In the back hall, people were crying and laughing, and the sounds of crying and laughter were mixed together.
People on the outside don't know what's going on inside. When they hear it, their hearts are on fire.
"Madam, madam..."
Yang Erlang strode forward, holding a fat baby in his arms. His face was originally full of tears, but now he was smiling.
"Is it a tiger baby? Is it a tiger baby?"
The Yang family's wife's heart was already lifted. With a burst of strength, she stood up from the ground, took the child with both hands, opened his swaddling clothes, and saw a birthmark on her chest.
Only then did the hanging heart fall, with a crash, and tears fell like a downpour.
"My son, my son..."
Sister-in-law Wang was also wiping her tears and said: "The child has been found, you can rest assured, thanks to Master Qingtian..."
Yang Erlang nodded heavily, hugged his wife, and the couple hugged each other and cried.
"My child, do you have any of my children?"
Someone next to me asked anxiously. Seeing other people find their children, they were filled with envy. At the same time, they also had some hope.
One after another, people came out of the back hall, and a family guarded their children, crying and laughing.
Some people had empty hands and were despondent. They looked at the children one by one, for fear that someone might misunderstand them.
There were nine children in total this time, and they were all crimes committed by Pi Kefeng and his team in Baihu County recently. Li Xing also acted urgently and quickly, catching them all and helping the children find their parents.
There were also some people from nearby counties who came all the way without stopping after hearing the news, but in the end their joy was in vain.
"Lord Qingtian!"
Yang Erlang and others knelt down in unison, shouting loudly and unable to get up from their knees.
Just when Li Xing was feeling dizzy, this sound startled him.
He raised his eyes and saw a crowd of people kneeling in the darkness in front of the hall.
"Everyone, get up."
The crowd was still unable to kneel down, and several police officers came forward but could not help him up.
Their gratitude to Li Xing came from the bottom of their hearts. If Li Xing hadn't acted quickly, waiting for a group of thieves to move the child would have been like looking for a needle in a haystack or climbing to the sky on foot.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
At this time, a long shout came from outside the county government office, which startled everyone.
"Imperial edict?" Li Xing wondered: "What is the imperial edict sent to me for?"
Although he was the county magistrate, Li Xing knew that he was simply a ninth-grade sesame official and was not even qualified to let the imperial court deliver imperial edicts.
"Sir, could it be that our buying an official position has been exposed?" Ma Qianli asked.
"Our officials were bought, right?"
"It's not uncommon for orders to be changed overnight."
Ma Qianli thought for a while and suddenly said: "Sir, quickly apply some blood on your body."
"Um?"
Ma Qianli said: "If you dress up your Excellency miserably and show your merits properly, maybe they will be merciful. Even if you take back your official position, there will be no more punishment."
"But I don't have any blood."
Ma Qianli raised his head and looked at Feng Tianlei.
Feng Tianlei had an injury on his shoulder, which was simply bandaged, and the blood had just coagulated.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
Another shout came from outside the county government office.
The eunuch who delivered the order was named Ade, and he was the little eunuch who served tea beside the emperor.
Today in the court hall, the emperor praised the official documents from Baihu County. He wanted to frustrate the courtiers and show off the emperor's majesty.
But he is still young after all, so he is no match for a bunch of scheming veterans.
Does catching a wanted criminal count as a good official?
Maybe it's just good luck.
This kind of shitty luck is not too rare.
Everyone said something to me, which directly confused the emperor and made him speechless.
It seems that this kind of thing is nothing at all, Li Xing is nothing, and His Majesty the Emperor is nothing.
But the emperor was still a little angry, so he sent his personal eunuchs to Baihu County to deliver the order, which was a counterattack for the courtiers.
Baihu County is not far from the capital, but the eunuch was inconvenient and worked hard to get there at this time.
A seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, let alone someone close to the emperor. When this young eunuch left the palace, he really did not pay attention to the officials from all over the country.
All the way to the county government office, I saw that at midnight, the county government office was brightly lit and the crowd was dark.
His heart was agitated, could this be a rebellion?
Growing up in a palace, I had also heard many rumors that the county magistrate in a certain place squeezed him too hard, and the people swarmed against him, rebelled against him, and hung the magistrate's head on the gate of the county government office.
Why, this happened to me.
But I saw a group of people kneeling down in dense crowds, shouting for Lord Qingtian.
Ade was stunned.
I have heard of the dog official who was beheaded by the people, but I have never seen or heard of the county magistrate being so supported by the people.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
The attendant next to Ade shouted again.
The crowd finally made way, and Ade and his group squeezed in.
The lobby of the county government office is not big, but it is already crowded with people, including police officers, prisoners, and Yang Erlang and his group.
The cries of the people, the cries of babies, the screams of pain from prisoners... all kinds of sounds were mixed together.
Ade was confused again.
What exactly is going on?
"Where is the local county magistrate? Let him come out to receive the order."
"Holy messenger, holy messenger..."
A weak voice sounded, and Li Xing was helped out from the back hall of the county government office by two police officers.
Ade was shocked. This was the first time he saw Li Xing. He saw that the magistrate's face was pale, his hair was messy, and his official uniform was stained with blood.
Feng Tianlei followed behind him, his face full of displeasure.
"What's happening here?"
"I, I..." Li Xing looked weak and couldn't even speak completely.
Ma Qianli was busy talking to the side and said: "The Holy Messenger is unaware of something. We captured a group of thieves today. Your Excellency took the lead and fought with the gangsters. He was seriously injured and rescued nine abducted babies."
"Wow, there is such a thing!"
Ma Qianli was fluent in speaking, and in a few words he described the situation as very dangerous.
When Ade saw Li Xing's miserable appearance, he still didn't believe it.
It’s just that Pi Kefeng and his group kept their heads down and said nothing. Make it up, just make it up. The danger, the danger is whether we are good or not!
"I heard in the capital that the newly arrived magistrate of Baihu County dared to fight with knife-wielding thugs with his bare hands. When I saw him today, he was truly a ruthless man."
Ade sighed and said: "If you are injured, you should have a good rest, why bother working so hard."
"State affairs are big, life and death are small, my body doesn't matter." Li Xing coughed repeatedly.
Ma Qianli took advantage of the opportunity and said: "This group of thieves is so cruel that they threw the babies into the dry well. If adults hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid these children would have died..."
"ah!"
Yang Erlang and others exclaimed in surprise. They still didn't know the details of what happened. At this moment, hearing what Ma Qianli said, they felt a wave of fear in their hearts.
"Lord Qingtian!"
"Lord Qingtian!"
The shouts came together, and when Ade saw this scene, he finally understood what was going on.
He subconsciously rubbed his eyes and couldn't help crying.
Li Xing blinked. He could understand children crying, and he could understand adults crying, but why was the eunuch crying?
"These are thieves, I really want to kill them with a thousand knives."
Ade cursed fiercely, feeling even more aggrieved.
He was also abducted and trafficked by a philanderer. He was separated from his parents when he was seven or eight years old. Later, after many twists and turns, he was sold into the palace and became a eunuch.
Working next to the emperor now can actually be regarded as a step to success.
However, no matter how difficult it is for my parents to meet each other, I have no face to see my ancestors again.
In the dead of night, when everyone is quiet, I often look at the moon and shed tears.
Today, when he saw his parents reunited and showing their true feelings, he felt sorry for himself and couldn't help but burst into tears.
If I had met a county magistrate like Li Xing, I can't believe that I could have avoided the tragedy of my parents being separated. Maybe I would be married and have children now. Although it is ordinary, I would be happy.