Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

Chapter 140 The County Magistrate is Making Things Difficult!

Liu Lao Hu happily entered the yamen with the pass and handover documents, but he didn't expect that he was detained by the people from the county government just after he finished speaking!

"Why is there no county seal after leaving Beijing?"

"Why did you arrive so early?"

"What did you do during that long period of time?"

Liu Lao Hu quickly explained: "There was a drought in the north and the people were rebelling. We took the prisoners and took a detour, and only then did we arrive safely!"

The county magistrate interrupted immediately and shouted, "Nonsense, what drought? What mob rebellion? There is no drought or rebellion in our great Zhou Dynasty. I think you are just spreading rumors to confuse the public and deliberately cover up the facts."

Liu Lao Hu was about to be wrongly accused and was about to protest when he was caught by the yamen runners!

"Search me!"

"He's all fat, wearing leather and leather boots. He must have taken advantage of the prisoner. He's breaking the law knowingly!"

The yamen runners took out all the things on Liu Lao Hu.

"Sir, we found a lot of silver and banknotes, as well as gold, silver and jewelry!"

Some of the stolen goods were found in Liu Lao Hu’s bag, and some were found on him.

Liu Lao Hu can’t explain these clearly!

"So much?" The amount of gold and silver was no less than three or four thousand taels, and the amount of gold, silver and jewelry was incalculable.

Seeing such wealth, even the county magistrate would be jealous!

"Tell me, where did all this property come from?" The county magistrate's face changed and he asked fiercely.

It was an unwritten rule that exiled yamen runners would be secretly given silver by prisoners, and the local authorities would never ask about it when the officials were handed over.

When Liu Lao Hu thought of the Shen family, his heart skipped a beat!

"Sir, I picked these up on the road!"

The county magistrate sneered and immediately ordered, "Tie up those yamen runners outside and search them!"

Liu Lao Hu's face changed. The county magistrate was going to confirm their guilt!

"Sir, I am not lying. I really picked these up on the road." Liu Lao Hu regretted it so much. If he had known earlier, he would have hidden the things in the carriage.

The county magistrate slammed the gavel and glared angrily: "If you don't behave, beat me!"

The yamen runners rushed forward, grabbed Liu Lao Hu and started beating him!

Shen Lanxi didn't expect that the person who came was not Liu Lao Hu, but the yamen runner from Baihe County!

"The escorting officers have been tied up, and all the prisoners have been thrown into jail!"

"Yes!"

Dozens of yamen runners rushed forward, without listening to any explanations, and tied them up. Anyone who resisted would be beaten!

"Lan Xi, what should we do?"

"Miss, save us!"

"Lan Xi..."

Shen Lanxi looked at the yamen runners gloomily, raised her hand and made a gesture!

Everyone called out Shen Lanxi and looked at her. The leading yamen runner immediately shouted in a pretentious manner: "Catch that man too!"

The women from Liuzhao Village and the students from Qinglan Academy stood in front of Shen Lanxi without saying a word!

"We are not prisoners, you have no right to touch us!"

The head of the yamen runners said arrogantly: "In Baihe County, I am the authority! If they cause trouble, arrest them all!"

Just as the bailiffs were about to take action, several loud shouts suddenly came from inside.

"He's dead. The county magistrate is dead..."

The head of the yamen runners and his men suddenly turned pale and ran into the county government office!

The person who saw Shen Lanxi raising her hand just now had his heart skip a beat!

The sudden death of the county magistrate was a serious matter, and the doctors and coroners were summoned in panic. One group of yamen runners guarded the county magistrate's body, while another group stared at them.

Shen Lanxi said coldly: "Let's find a restaurant and eat!"

Haruyuki shouted, “Yes!”

When the yamen runners saw that they were about to leave, they immediately rushed over to stop them.

"You are not allowed to leave!"

Haruyuki put his hands on his hips and shouted back, "We are not prisoners, why don't you let us go?"

Qiu Shuang: "Don't say you are the authority of Baihe County!"

The yamen runner looked away when he saw them like this, and said unsurely, "The county magistrate is dead, you are at the gate of the county yamen."

Chunxue glared at him angrily: "Don't tell me that we killed the county magistrate? There are so many people watching in the court, and there are also yamen runners watching outside. If you dare to say that it has something to do with us, we will go to the prefectural yamen and file a complaint!"

The yamen runners bullied the weak and feared the strong. Seeing that Chunxue was so confident, they thought that Chunxue had a backer behind him and did not dare to really offend him.

"Wait for me, I'll go ask our squad leader!" The yamen runner hurried to ask for instructions!

Once he got there, he was gone for half an hour.

When the yamen runner comes back, make an announcement loudly!

"The county magistrate died of a sudden illness. Those who need to leave should leave immediately!"

Shen Lanxi sneered and left with her people!

The Shen family members were anxious, (Lan Xi, the eldest lady) just ignore them!

The county magistrate is in trouble and the yamen runners are kidnapped. Can they still survive?

Hongxiang Inn

"My lord, the prisoners and the runners have all been locked up. They said they will wait until the next county magistrate arrives before making a decision!"

Shen Lanxi's eyes were dark, and there were two bottomless whirlpools in them.

"I'll have a good chat with the squad leader, the county magistrate, the legal advisor, and the clerk tonight!"

Let’s talk about who made the county magistrate make things difficult for them!

Unexpectedly, something happened in the county government again before evening!

The squad leader and the county magistrate are dead!

"The squad leader slipped and fell on his way out and died. The county magistrate was said to be so sad that he was in a trance while walking on the road and accidentally fell into the well and drowned!"

Shen Lanxi's face was as cold as frost. These two people must have been silenced!

"Keep an eye on the prison, pass messages in, and don't touch the food and drinks in the prison!"

"Yes!"

The three most powerful people in the county government had all died, and Baihe County was leaderless. Within three days, the prefect nominated someone to temporarily serve as the magistrate of Baihe County.

"The acting county magistrate is the prefect's brother-in-law!" After Wei Dongzhu said this, everyone else looked at the empty seat next to him.

Along the way, "Brother-in-law" has become Liu Yanhui's nickname, and people who are familiar with him jokingly call him "Brother-in-law".

Everyone felt weird when he was missing during the meeting!

Shen Lanxi pondered and said, "Spread the news that the Shen family is imprisoned in prison to the prefect's ears!"

Wei Dongzhu's eyes moved slightly: "Will there be any danger?"

Shen Lanxi: "If he is smart, he will understand how the county magistrate and his three men died."

Wei Dongzhu went to do it immediately.

The next day, before dawn, Liu Lao Hu and others were released along with the exiled prisoners. Their household registration was processed very quickly, and they were settled in Hongliutun, which is under the jurisdiction of Baihe County. They were given advance payment silver, seeds, farm tools, etc., and then they left at a very fast speed!

The sun rises late in winter, and when I finished all this, it was just dawn!

There were more than sixty prisoners, and they were only allocated three dilapidated houses. Each family was given ten taels of silver as resettlement fee. It seemed like a lot, but in fact, they still had to buy food, repair houses, and buy daily necessities. Families with many people could not even make it through the New Year!

"Shen family, where are our things?" a prisoner shouted.

When they were imprisoned in the county government office, all their valuables were placed in the carriage.

The other prisoners reacted and immediately surrounded the Shen family.

"Yes, where are our things? I still have some silver hidden in my bag."

"I still have quilts, cotton clothes and lots of dried meat."

"I have one at home..."

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