After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Suddenly, a boy came to report that Chen Xiaoliu was awake and wanted to see Mr. Xiao and Master Yuan. Mingjia put down her pen and asked Mrs. Yan to take the boy to the backyard to find his father.

Ming Jia recalled how his father looked after seeing Chen Xiaoliu injured last night, and guessed that Uncle Chen Liu's injury was probably related to the mission given by his father. When he looked up and saw Xie Boyuan standing at the door, he asked, "Uncle Yuan, does he know what my father arranged for Uncle Chen Liu to do?"

Xie Boyuan recalled the farewell to the government officials at the county government office years ago, and hesitantly said: "Years ago, your father sent Xiao Liu to escort Secretary Mu home, and Xiao Liu has not returned to the county government office since then."

Ming Jun also put down his book and hurriedly asked his master: "Does master usually find anything wrong with this scribe Mu?" Xie Boyuan recalled and shook his head. He didn't find anything wrong.

Mingjia thought for a while, could she say that she seemed to have discovered it? "Does Secretary Mu's clothes look good?" Mingjia asked hesitantly. Xie Boyuan and Ming Jun looked at Ming Jia with question marks on their faces.

In fact, Mingjia had been learning about clothing materials and clothing from Mrs. Yan for a while. She liked to observe what kind of clothes people around her were wearing. All the yamen servants in the county government wear uniform clothes, including the four Chengs and others.

In addition to Xie Boyuan wearing different clothes every day, there are also several scribes who wear private clothes to work every day, especially those from the three major families. Their clothes can almost represent the clothing trend of men in the upper class of Qu County.

For this reason, Mingjia secretly observed their clothes, and then discovered that Secretary Mu also changed his clothes every day. Moreover, the style of the clothes is worse than that of the other three scribes, but the workmanship and other matching are not inferior to those of the other three scribes.

Mingjia initially thought that the other three clerks were taking care of the mood of other colleagues, so they deliberately wore more ordinary clothes. In order to show his dignity, Secretary Mu probably spent a lot of money on his wardrobe.

But thinking about it now, the young masters from those three families would not be so kind. Based on Mingjia's knowledge of the prices of fabrics and ready-made clothes in the county, Secretary Mu's monthly money is not enough to pay for those clothes.

Mingjia told Xie Boyuan and her brother what she had discovered. Finally, Mingjia said, "It's best to check whether Secretary Mu's family has subsidized him. What if it's his family?"

As a result, Xie Boyuan said categorically: "It's impossible. At that time, we agreed on four scribes, one from each of the three major families, and the last one was left to the poor scholar. I specifically checked the ultimatum and village of Clerk Mu."

Xie Boyuan thought for a moment and said, "You two, keep reading! Your father is probably here, let's go meet Chen Xiaoliu." Xie Boyuan, who had already taken a few steps, suddenly stopped again, "I sent Cheng Si to Liancheng. If you two have any questions, please go to Thirteen or Fourteen first!"

Mingjia looked down at the plan she had just written. She felt that she was a step too late. It should have been said earlier that Fourth Uncle Cheng could handle the matter together.

When Xiao Qingshan arrived at Xiaoliu's room in the front yard, Xie Boyuan was already sitting in the room. Because Xiaoliu had hidden his whereabouts all the way back, he had not rested well and had a leg injury and high fever. He was tired and sick. When he saw Cheng Si, he relaxed for a while and then passed out.

Now that the fever is gone and I've had enough sleep, I'm looking much better. Seeing Mr. Xiao come in, Xiao Liu, who was originally sitting against the bed, thought of getting up and saluting, so Xiao Qingshan quickly held his shoulders. "No need to salute, just sit back and talk."

When Xiao Liu saw Master Xiao and Commander Xie sitting aside and looking at him, he directly told what he had encountered along the way.

He had originally been ordered by Mr. Xiao to secretly observe and follow Secretary Mu for some time. Secretary Mu did not leave the county office every day. So he didn't see anything wrong.

The purpose of sending Mu Shuli home this time was to see if there was any problem with Mu Shuli's family situation. Mu Shuli's document recorded that he was a villager in a village in the mountains north of the county.

Secretary Mu took Xiaoliu all the way out of the north gate of the county government office, and the two chatted for a while. Xiao Liu soon discovered that something was wrong. When Xiao Qingshan first arrived at the county government office and recruited workers to repair the county government office for the first time, Xiao Liu was responsible for recruiting workers in the village to the north.

At the beginning, Xiaoliu frequently promoted Mr. Xiao's policies in these mountain villages in the north. Xiaoliu not only knew everything about these villages, but at least had some understanding of them. After discovering that something was wrong, Xiaoliu did not say anything and continued to escort Mu Shuli home.

Finally, Xiao Liu actually arrived at Secretary Mu’s home, which was exactly as recorded in the document. A mother, brother and sister-in-law, and a little niece. Xiaoliu even had a meal at Mu's house before saying goodbye and heading back to the county town.

Xiaoliu walked quickly. Not only did he leave Mu Shuli's village, he even went to a village on the way back to the city to find Shui He. Finally, at the foot of a mountain, Xiaoliu ducked into the mountain and returned to Secretary Mu's home as quickly as possible.

Sure enough, there was no one. Even the whole village seemed weird, and Xiao Liu didn't dare to show up. I found fresh shoe prints behind the village and discovered that I had entered the mountains.

Speaking of the situation in the mountains, Xiao Liu said with some guilt: "Mr. Xiao, I went into the mountains and found many traps and even patrols. I fell into the trap to avoid the patrols."

At this point, Xiaoliu turned to look at Xie Boyuan and continued: "I didn't dare to go in after I was injured. I pretended that the trap was destroyed by a wild boar, so I hurried back. Please forgive me!"

Xiao Qingshan quickly said: "You did a good job, what's wrong! You have a good rest first and recover from your injuries." Xiao Qingshan and Xie Boyuan left Xiaoliu's room and returned to the study.

When Ming Jun and Ming Jia saw Xiao Qingshan and Xie Boyuan coming back together, they hurried over to ask about Uncle Xiao Liu. Why was he injured?

After Xie Boyuan sat down, he also looked at Xiao Qingshan. He was also curious about why Xiao Qingshan suddenly checked Mu Shuli, and he heard that Xiao Liu had already started.

Xiao Qingshan saw everyone looking at him and knew he couldn't hide it anymore. This matter started with Chen Shao'ang's letter more than a month ago. The main reason was that a child abduction and trafficking case occurred in Qinghe County where Chen Shao'ang was located.

There is a county captain in Qinghe County. On weekdays, when the rich households in the county have something to do, this county captain is very active. But this time, the grandson of the richest man in the county was lost, and the county captain actually left it to his subordinates to investigate, without coming forward himself.

As the county magistrate, Chen Shao'ang had to ask. What the county magistrate meant was that once the abducted child left the county, it would be difficult to find a needle in a haystack. Although Chen Shao'ang is young, he is a true genius. He does not believe this reason for dealing with it.

Chen Shaoang paid attention to the actions of the county lieutenant from then on, and finally found evidence that the county lieutenant was involved in the matter. It was not abduction but kidnapping. In the end, the county lieutenant confessed to all crimes and signed a confession.

However, the night before he was transferred to Ningzhou City, he committed suicide in prison out of fear of crime.