The Regent's Tender Darling

"Ah..." The clerk was a middle-aged man, skinny and skinny. He was smiling and waving his hand to her, indicating that she couldn't come in.

But after seeing Xuemei, she understood instantly. Her eyes widened and she quickly stepped aside, looking at Lin Jiaojiao with an apologetic look.

Lin Jiaojiao nodded slightly, without any intention of blaming him.

Entering the yard inside the shop, Hehua was busy cooking. It was almost noon.

"My lord." He Hua was a little surprised to see Lin Jiaojiao walking into the kitchen. She had heard from Miss Xuemei that the lord would come to see her today, but she never saw her. She originally thought she had something to do and couldn't come.

Lin Jiaojiao sniffed, it was the smell of fried cabbage. The cabbage that had just been taken out of the pot looked very fresh, and there was a faint sweetness in the air.

"You're busy, I'll just take a look." Lin Jiaojiao said.

This place was better than she imagined. She glanced at Xiaoyun who was following behind her and said, "Go and see your brother. I have Xuemei here."

The wine shop was not busy at noon, and everyone went home to eat. Lin Jiaojiao also had lunch here. After she finished her meal, Yao Guang came over.

As soon as Yao Guanglai came in, he bowed to her, lowered his head and said very respectfully: "Your Majesty, the common people have something to tell your Majesty."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Lin Jiaojiao was drinking tea. At this time, she put down the tea cup and focused her attention on Yao Guanglai.

Yao Guanglai thought for a while and then said: "The grass-roots people heard from my little sister Hehua that your Majesty was in the labor camp of Cha Jia Granary. The grass-roots people heard yesterday that people from the labor camp were summoned overnight to replace the beams of Jia Granary. The beams that came down were sawn into firewood.”

"What?" Lin Jiaojiao's face darkened, her originally flat brows suddenly wrinkled, and she was confused by Yao Guanglai's words.

Yao Guanglai thought he didn't explain clearly, so he repeated what he just said.

Lin Jiaojiao listened, frowned and thought, and then became suspicious of Yao Guanglai's source of information, so she asked, "Where did you hear about this?"

The tone was very serious, and the majestic look on his face made Xuemei next to him a little shocked.

He knew the importance of the matter as soon as he heard the tone, and Yao Guanglai quickly replied: "The common people heard what a group of beggars said."

"Beggars?" Lin Jiaojiao felt even more strange. How could a beggar be involved?

So he asked, "How did you find out from them?"

Yao Guanglai explained: "The grass-roots people went out to buy vegetables with their little sister a few days ago. At the vegetable market, they met a group of disabled beggars who were chased by the Forbidden Army. After the Forbidden Army left, they came back."

Yao Guanglai felt some sympathy when he said this. After all, they used to make a living by begging.

Then he said: "It turns out that the grassroots people also worked as beggars in Lin'an for a while, so they felt compassion. Every evening, the grassroots people would go to bring them some food. That is to say, yesterday, the grassroots people went to deliver buckwheat noodles and steamed buns. I heard them talking about it.”

"Are they just begging in the vegetable market?" Lin Jiaojiao asked. It seems that these beggars need to be questioned carefully.

"Yes." Yao Guanglai said in a positive tone, and then continued: "The common people heard that some of them are beggars in Lin'an City. Because Lin'an has had trouble recently, they all came to the capital to beg."

Lin Jiaojiao stared at Yao Guanglai and asked, "Is there anyone you know among them?"

Lin'an City is not that big. Since we are from the same city, we will definitely know each other.

However, Yao Guanglai shook his head and said, "We from the Wild Dog Gang are not welcomed by them, so we don't have much interaction with them."

Then he explained: "These beggars are also in groups. There is also a group of beggars occupying a street in Lin'an and no other people are allowed to go there to beg."

Lin Jiaojiao's thoughts were a little confused at this time. Jia Gugang secretly replaced the beams. Even if she didn't understand, she knew that this was not a trivial matter.