As soon as Mr. Jian entered the inner hall, he suddenly knelt down.
The speed was so fast that even Bai Zhi on the side didn't expect it.
Anyone who has been around Xiao Xiruo for a long time knows that their queen doesn't like to be kneeled down, let alone being kneeled down to answer questions.
Unless she has a problem with you.
So as soon as Mr. Jian knelt down, he was suddenly lifted up by Bai Zhi. Before he had time to kowtow, Xiao Xiruo had already ordered someone to show him his seat.
Sitting on the chair with some fear, the old man did not lean back, but sat upright. His flattered look really made Xiao Xiruo helpless.
But she also knew that the times were like this, and the more she persuaded the other party, the more frightened the other party would become.
So she simply got straight to the point:
"It is really fate that I met the old gentleman today. I wonder if the old gentleman would like to tell me about today's events?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Jian immediately thanked Xiao Xiruo for saving his life and told his story in detail.
He was originally a county magistrate in Qin County. He traveled to various counties for many years and was responsible for autopsies and investigating cases. He also often treated people for medical consultations because of his superb medical skills.
However, this was more than ten years ago.
"Your Majesty, I don't know. Although your White Lotus Immortal today is just a joke, in the eyes of us and other people, you are no different from the real Immortal. How many years have it been... The officials have been protecting each other, the ground is full of rats, and the people's grievances have not been redressed.
, powerful men kill people indiscriminately."
Mr. Jian held the chair with both hands, his eyes turned red.
As a promoter, he has seen too much darkness.
Some people failed to rob a girl by force, so they beat the girl's father to death, and finally forced the girl to commit suicide by throwing herself into a well.
There are also those who seize people's fields, not caring about the other person's family, age or child, and then rake the land in turn, taking away the last bit of food from the other person's house on the pretext that the other person does not pay for the food.
"Sixteen years ago, I participated in the collection of corpses in a village. There was blood everywhere. Their heads were chopped off and they had no chance of survival. After death, they were beaten as bandits and their heads were used.
Go to the imperial court to receive the reward! And what did they do wrong? They just used the strength of a village to oppose the current Qin County Commander-in-Chief. At that time, hundreds of households in Zhulu County occupied people's fields and levied taxes..."
Jian Lao said word by word, he was heartbroken but could do nothing.
Xiao Xiruo didn't know until this moment that Mrs. Jian's whole family was in that village.
When he got the news and arrived, what he found was banditry and headless corpses.
For this reason, he ran around and investigated carefully, and soon learned that the bandits were actually soldiers from hundreds of families. They deliberately pretended to be villagers to rob, and then framed them for the villagers...
"After learning the truth, the first thing I thought of was to beat the drum to complain. However, the magistrate of Zhulu County not only failed to redress my grievances, but also scolded me for falsely accusing officials. Not only did he remove me from the position of official recommendation, but also ordered
He beat me fifty times, hard to the point of death..."
Hearing this, even Chu Jiaojiao, who was sitting next to Xiao Xiruo eating, couldn't help but frown.
"Dog officer, bad, kill!"
Patting Chu Jiaojiao's shoulder comfortingly, Xiao Xiruo signaled Mr. Jian to continue.
"If it weren't for the benevolent and righteous man in charge of the county police chief, who secretly replaced me and placed me at home to take good care of me, perhaps I wouldn't be able to see my empress today."
Raising his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eyes, Mr. Jian briefly told about the chivalrous man who was skilled in martial arts and had been running for the people.
However, the arm cannot twist the thigh. The government is like this, the court is like this, and the end of a small righteous man is just a random arrow piercing his heart, and he is labeled as a gangster.
"That box of gold was left by the righteous man. He hoped that I would put down my hatred and take care of the poor people for him. I don't have much ability, but this medical skill can benefit the people, so I opened this hospital in my friend's hometown.
Zhai, no cashier, two people treat each other."
He knew that the righteous man gave him the gold just because he didn't want him to be as motivated as he was, and he wanted him to live well.
After all, Wu County Magistrate is right when he says that the people will not fight against the officials...
However, even though he kept his name anonymous, the news of the gold was still spread to his disciple Xiao'er. Although he expelled him from the school, his life was never peaceful again.
"Having said so much, I just want to tell you one thing. Today's Qin County, and even the entire river, is far darker than you have seen... I don't blame the mob who believe in the Qinglian Sect and came to rob me.
Blame the officials who eat people without spitting out their bones! Because they are the ones who force everyone to be like this!"
In the end, the indignant Mr. Jian almost fainted, but Wen Susu gave him a few injections and he regained his clarity.
Before going down to rest, he did not forget to remind Xiao Xiruo, telling him that every county government has spies from above. Now that those officials know that she is coming, they must have started to whitewash themselves as quickly as possible.
So what she sees next is probably not real.
However, how could Xiao Xiruo not know what he said?
In the few hours she had been dealing with all this, her negative income had already been supplemented by several names from strangers who hated her greatly.
And instead of decreasing, these names are increasing.
"Tsk, I originally wanted to conceal my whereabouts, but now it's all exposed~"
Raising her hand to rub her temples, Xiao Xiruo's clear eyes were full of smiles.
However, Bai Zhi, who had received the news from the front, quickly stepped inside and said in a very unhappy tone:
"Those spies ran very fast, but in just a few hours, the news of your arrival in Yaohe has already reached Fucheng. It's such a rush, three horses were exhausted~"
Hearing Bai Zhi's words, Xiao Xiruo and Chu Jiaojiao were laughing, while Wen Susu beside them seemed to have remembered something and remained depressed.
However, Xiao Xiruo did not have time to care about Wen Susu at the moment. Instead, he ordered Bai Zhi to summon everyone and set off overnight to the other two counties adjacent to Yaohe.
So tonight, amidst the crowing of cocks and the crowing of dogs, the heads of two more county officials fell to the ground. Not to mention all the money they had collected was confiscated, and even their heads were hung at the gate of the county government office.
Immediately, the news of the imperial concubine's personal visit spread throughout the three counties, and spies were once again working non-stop.
By the early afternoon of dawn, the governors of several counties had gathered together again, and people began to discuss countermeasures in panic.
"Kill wherever you go, where is the demon concubine? This is clearly the executioner, our nemesis!"
"Master Yu, what should we do? If this imperial concubine only cares about the plague, we can still give it a try, but what about now? She even cares about Tanmo!"
"I'm not telling you how many officials in the twelve counties in the river can be neither greedy nor evil? Doesn't she want to drive us all away?"
Seeing how anxious his colleagues were, Yu Gao, who was sitting in the main seat, was not anxious anymore.
Previously, he suffered from the inability to resist the court and the Xiao family, so he could only collect the patients and evidence.
But now, this noble concubine didn't even bring Yi Luan Si and Sixteen Cavalry with her, but she dared to blatantly offend all the officials in the river.