I am happy to be a mother in a famine year, I have a system to farm the land

The county magistrate lowered his head and carefully looked at the pleading paper in his hand again, and finally put down the pleading paper with a serious face.

During this period of time, a lot of food was lost. The large granary of the Wang family lost food and even killed people, but they have not found the murderer so far.

If this matter is reported, I am afraid that his performance this year will be at the bottom again.

Thinking of the ridicule from his colleagues in the past, the county magistrate clenched his fingers tightly.

In the past, there were not so many things, but the two years he took office coincided with the bad times, and there were even faint signs of catastrophe.

Li Zheng was angry in his heart, but after all these years of being an official, he quickly calmed down again.

"Wang Butou, follow Xiaozhangzhuang's Lizheng to Xiaozhangzhuang, make sure to investigate the matter clearly."

The county magistrate placed the pleadings on the table heavily. Although he didn't get angry, everyone could see his anger.

Hearing this, Li Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the county magistrate is willing to send people to Xiaozhangzhuang, there is still a possibility to solve the problem of food loss.

After all, there are so many people in the village, and he can't let the people in Xiaozhangzhuang panic because of this incident all day long.

"My lord, there is one more small thing..."

It's a bit embarrassing for Li Zheng to think about Liu Susu's matter, but after all, this matter has affected Zhu Qiuqi, and he can't let Liu Susu do what Widow Chen did back then.

The county magistrate looked at Lizheng with something wrong, and turned his head to give Master Xu a wink.

Master Xu said: "Lizheng, when you come to our county government office, you can just say what you have wronged. My lord is the official of our parents in Qingzhou, no matter what happens, he will make decisions for the people."

Master Xu's persuasion eased Li Zheng's nervousness and embarrassment.

"My lord, there is a girl in our village. She...she seems to have taken a fancy to a man with a wife and son. The wife who has been spreading rumors in the village for the past two days..."

The county magistrate thought that there was some grievance in Lizheng, but he didn't expect that what Lizheng was talking about, so he was a little stunned for a while.

The other people in the county office were also silent, and finally the county magistrate was the first to come back to his senses.

"If spreading rumors causes the other party to suffer harm, it is also a crime of slander. If it is serious, it will also be arrested."

Li Zheng nodded, planning to warn Liu Susu and Widow Chen when he planned to go back.

Although those rumors were spread by Liu Susu, Li Zheng felt that Widow Chen might have done something in it, otherwise the rumors would not have spread so quickly.

When Lizheng and Wang Butou brought the servants from the yamen to the entrance of the village, everyone in Xiaozhangzhuang was startled.

After all, Catcher Wang had a knife on his waist, and the people felt a natural fear when they saw the officials, so they subconsciously hid far away.

But seeing that Lizheng and the two clans were always with the yamen servants, some people couldn't help but want to step forward to see the situation.

After all, the loss of food in the Zhu family and the Tian family still had a great impact on everyone. Li Zheng couldn't help but report to the officials this time, and brought back the officials from the yamen. Everyone also hoped that the thieves would be caught as soon as possible.

"Hey, what are you doing? They're all gone!"

Li Zheng watched the crowd surround him, and immediately yelled loudly.

Seeing that Li Zheng was about to chase him away, everyone quickly explained: "Li Zheng, we also want to see if we can find the thief. If we can't find it, we all have to live with care."

The rest of the people also nodded in agreement. During this period of time, everyone was in a panic.

Now seeing the government servants coming, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Zheng looked at the expressions of everyone, how could he not know what these people were thinking?

"You'd better be honest, otherwise you will be implicated at that time, don't blame me for not reminding you."

Everyone was taken aback. Just now they wanted to follow the crowd to watch the fun, but now they all calmed down.

But looking at the people who are leading the government, everyone felt a lot more relieved.

"Looks like we'll be able to sleep soundly tonight."

"Yeah, a few days ago I didn't dare to sleep well at night, because I was afraid that the food at home would be stolen when I woke up the next day."

"No, I don't dare to sell those puppies in our family, so I just keep them at home."

Everyone can feel at ease and sleep well at night, but some people can't sleep.

"What are you talking about? Who's here?"

Widow Chen's face changed when she saw Liu Susu's words.

Liu Hongsheng frowned and looked at Widow Chen, "What are you doing in such a sudden surprise? Isn't it just the people from the government? The grain of the two families in the village has been lost. Lizheng must report to the government."

Liu Hongsheng lowered his head to eat, but he didn't realize that his wife's complexion was abnormally ugly.

Liu Susu noticed something wrong with Widow Chen, but she was also surprised, why did Widow Chen suddenly change her face when she was fine?

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Widow Chen was in a trance, she also looked absent-minded when Liu Susu called her.

"I'm fine, you guys eat first, I'll go find something."

The Liu family's father and daughter watched Widow Chen leave without thinking much about it.

But when Liu Hongsheng returned to his room, he realized that Widow Chen seemed to be afraid, and her hands holding the bundle were trembling slightly.

Liu Hongsheng frowned immediately.

"Her mother? What's wrong with you?"

Widow Chen seemed to be frightened, and hurriedly hugged the burden in her arms.

When she saw that it was her husband, she was relieved.

"Hongsheng, you're here."

Liu Hongsheng sat beside Widow Chen, "What's wrong with you? What happened?"

Widow Chen shook her head, "I...I want to go home and have a look."

Liu Hongsheng was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that Widow Chen wanted to go back to her mother's house.

"If you want to go back, go back and have a look, anyway, it's not far away."

Hearing that Widow Chen just wanted to go back to her natal family, he didn't even think about it. He only missed her natal family when she was Widow Chen.

Seeing that Liu Hongsheng had no doubts, Widow Chen's expression softened a lot.

But when she went out with her burden on her back, she met Li Zheng leading Wang Butou and others towards Tian's house.

Widow Chen lowered her head in fright, as if she was afraid of being seen.

He didn't say hello to the people around him, and left in a hurry with his burden on his back.

Widow Chen's move was too conspicuous. After all, Li Zheng had just told her not to allow villagers to approach her.

Now that Widow Chen was approaching, everyone saw her at a glance.

Seeing Widow Chen's flustered appearance, Catcher Wang couldn't help narrowing his eyes.

"Who is that person?"

Li Zheng heard Wang Butou's questioning, and then said: "Oh, that's Liu Susu's mother, the one who spread the rumors."

But Wang Butou didn't ask any more questions, but he still took a second look at Widow Chen's receding figure.

Widow Wang's appearance is indeed good, Lizheng saw Wang Butou's expression, thought that Wang Butou had taken a fancy to Chen Widow, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing in his heart.