Don't move, this child bride is not easy to mess with.

Zhao Jingzi had recovered from his illness, but seeing that the life of his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was really hard, he wanted to help her out in return for saving her life.

However, the three of them were so poor that they couldn't find a single copper at home!

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came from military families, but they could barely survive without starving to death.

After Zhao Jingzi recovered from his illness, he came to Anlan County to find work.

He was born in Mahu, so he naturally found a job in a carriage shop. Every time he received wages, he gave them to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Unexpectedly, but also within reason, several of the clerks in the carriage shop were among the original three hundred horse thieves.

They all did not want to continue being thieves and had no other skills, so they came to work as coachmen.

However, the coachman is not that easy to do. He comes in rain or wind, and is exploited and bossed around by the boss. Several people had long since decided to leave, but there was no suitable work for the time being.

Although they and Lao Shiba and the others had once stirred the same pot, they were not from the same faction, so naturally they were not very familiar with each other. They met each other occasionally on the road and did not recognize each other.

Today, Su Mulan sent someone to hire a carriage from the horse-drawn carriage shop, and it happened that Zhao Jingzi came and met him.

Lin Xu felt a little sad when he heard the two of them talking about their past. Although he was not from a high background, his father had served as a deputy inspector and was a ninth-grade official.

Lin Xu didn't have as many bitter experiences as Lao Shiba and Zhao Jingzi.

After seeing the two of them finish speaking, Lin Xu collected his thoughts and briefly explained the situation in Anlan County, and even made it clear that Xie Chengan planned to cooperate with him. However, the specific inside story was not known to Lin Xu.

Zhao Jingzi pondered for a long time, then asked Su Mulan what he meant, and nodded in agreement.

Maybe this is also an opportunity to change the status quo!

The reason why I want to ask Su Mulan is because she is Zhao Jingzi's boss. They had just agreed to be Su Mulan's coachman.

At that moment, Lin Xulu thought about it and discussed with Su Mulan whether to continue going to Da'anliang Temple or to take Zhao Jingzi to the county government to see Xie Chengan first.

It was Su Mulan's cruel idea to ask Xie Chengan to cooperate with Zhao Jingzi. Of course she knew that this matter could not be done openly and honestly.

After all, the people in the county government have many eyes.

Su Mulan shook her head, sent Yang Xiaowu to find Wang Sanhaier, and notified Qingniu to bring Xie Chengan to Su's house in disguise.

Within half an hour, Xie Chengan arrived.

He and Zhao Jingzi discussed secretly for a long time, and then returned to the county office because there were still urgent business matters.

Xie Chengan also knew that Zhao Jingzi had just been hired by Su Mulan as a carriage driver, which saved him trouble as he didn't have to make other arrangements.

There were many outsiders present. He and Su Mulan looked at each other and said nothing.

After Xie Chengan left, Zhao Jingzi looked solemn.

At first he refused what Xie Chengan asked him to do. Fortunately, after Xie Chengan introduced it in detail, explained the powerful relationship here, and explained the truth to pieces, he readily agreed.

After all, this matter is not without benefit to him, and it can also avenge those brothers who died in vain!

The most important thing is that Xie Chengan is the county magistrate, so if this matter is handled well, the brothers will have a way out in the future.

Zhao Jingzi and Lao Shiba chatted for a while, and then asked him and Lin Xu what the reason for their trip was.

Su Mulan took over the conversation and said she was going to Da'anliang Temple.

Xie Chengan doesn't want to touch the case of Guo Xuan selling his official position for the time being. However, the county's Prime Minister Mei Mingtang and Chief Secretary Xia Heishou, who abandoned their posts and fled out of fear of crime, must be caught.

There were only two assistant officials in Anlan County, and they all ran away!

After Xie Chengan reported it to the government, the government sent officials to inquire about the case in detail. Xie Chengan hurried back to the county government office, because the official was about to arrive in the county and he had to go back to receive him.

Mei and Xia have been operating here for more than ten years, and they are indeed not that easy to catch.

When the county government came to its senses, the two men and their entire family fled. Lin Xu asked around, but there were no clues, which was strange.

To say that these two people fled alone is easy to say. But it was a bit strange to take the whole family, men, women and children, to escape so easily. It wasn't until Su Mulan reminded him to go to Da'anliang Temple that he suddenly realized.

However, this cannot be blamed on Lin Xu for being careless. This group of monks hides in Gaoyang Mountain and never comes to Anlan County.

Lin Xu had never come into contact with them. He only glanced at it accidentally in the county government books and knew that there was such a temple and how many people there were in it.

Moreover, people in the government would not easily go to the temple to arrest people.

Logically speaking, being a monk means breaking away from the secular world and is theoretically separated from society. Everyone has lost everything, so it’s a lot of punishment, so why bother pursuing it?

From a legal point of view, real monks and Taoist priests also have identity certificates, which are called ultimatums. You need to spend money or donate food to get it. This is equivalent to registering with the government.

Those wandering monks who went to place orders also carried ultimatums with them. Moreover, monks have faith and rarely commit crimes.

Therefore, Lin Xu never thought of going to Da'anliang Temple to check.

However, the Prime Minister of Mei County and Master Xia are different from ordinary people. They have been operating in Anlan for so long, and they have status, money, and connections.

It is not impossible for them to take their whole family to hide in Daanliang Temple.

And maybe they had already bought a property near the temple, and the temple didn't know about it.

Lin Xu told his speculation, and both Su Mulan and Zhao Jingzi believed it.

Zhao Jingzi was hired by Su Mulan to drive, so he naturally accompanied the two of them. There was Lao Shiba and another Yamen servant Ye Sanlang outside, and a group of five people set out for Gaoyang Mountain.

I originally planned to go there late, but I didn't want to be delayed for an hour because of Zhao Jingzi's incident. When we arrived at the foot of Gaoyang Mountain, it was already the end of Shenshi.

When the group of people entered the mountain gate of Da'anliang Temple, a monk at the gate came forward to ask why they were there.

Su Mulan was the leader of the group, so she naturally came up to talk to him, saying that he had come to offer sesame oil money, and also talked about renting a granary.

Mentou listened, and although his face was expressionless, his eyes shone.

After Su Mulan and her party were invited to the pavilion next to the mountain gate to rest for a while, the doorman asked the young novice to go to the guest hall to report the incident.

At the head of the gate is the monk who guards the main gate of the temple, and there are also several young monks who are at his command.

He saw that Su Mulan was dressed in an extraordinary way and said that she wanted to rent a granary. She must be a wealthy family, maybe a grain merchant, so he would naturally entertain her attentively.

However, before he could say a few words, the monk Zhike came. This is a great monk in his forties or fifties. He looks square and has a loyal face.

Su Mulan knew that all the guest monks were responsible for receiving monks and lay guests. These people were all human beings and could not just look at their appearance.

And they are very good at choosing people based on their clothes. In order to stay smoothly, Su Mulan first took out fifty taels of silver notes, saying that she wanted to add some sesame oil to the temple.

Sure enough, Zhike Monk, who had been relatively reserved just now, smiled and became enthusiastic in his words.