"I know." Concubine Shu gritted her teeth. Her son was not close to her. Every time he came to the Queen Mother's place to greet him, he was always scolded, which made her even more dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, when will my third grandson come back?"
"Mother, the Jiaguan area has settled down. There is no big problem. The third child should be able to come back in a few months." The third prince was born with a talent, and Emperor Ping Zhao looked proud when he mentioned it.
"Well, that's good. As I get older, I always like to have my children and grandchildren by my side. I wonder when Xiao Qi will come back?"
"Mother, you don't have to worry about that little bastard. You already know how to pick fruits. If you go out, you will become sensible."
Emperor Ping Zhao smiled heartily, his sons all felt at ease, and his old father felt very comfortable.
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"Xinghua Village is ahead. We will stop for a while and continue to Taiping Town after noon. Xiao Xu, go knock on the door and ask where Li Zheng lives." Li Zimu looked at Xiao Xu.
"Is anyone home?" Xiao Xu knocked on the doors of five houses, but no one answered the door. He thought for a while and walked back.
"Sir, I knocked on five houses but no one answered. There may be something wrong with this village." Xiao Xu said thoughtfully.
Li Zimu frowned. There are two things that are most taboo when escorting prisoners. One is that the prisoner escapes on the way, and the other is that the road is not peaceful.
At this time, it was time for the peasant women to cook, and it was time for those who went to the fields to go home. Something might have happened to this village.
"You guys knock on the door together, there will always be someone in the house." If that man wasn't there, he would definitely choose to continue on his way.
After knocking on the door for ten times, only an elderly woman came out to open the door. When she saw the visitor wearing government uniform, she immediately knelt down:
"Master, are you here to investigate the case? Have mercy on my granddaughter Meihua, she was kidnapped by the people brought by Li Zheng."
"Grandma, please get up quickly. I'm passing by here on an errand and came to ask where the Li Zheng family lives." The government servant helped the old woman up.
"You are looking for Li Zheng? He is not at home now. He wants to kill my plum blossom. My plum blossom is innocent. Please go and save her quickly."
The old man kept crying for help, and the government officials had no choice but to go back and report.
Mu Chaochao had already prepared the lunch ingredients, and everyone in the Mu family and the guards of the Seventh Highness were holding fruits to eat.
"Sir, we found an old man. She said that she was leading someone to kidnap her granddaughter and kill her."
"Well, robbed a civilian girl?" Mu Chaochao guessed while eating strawberries.
"Go over and take a look." Ye Huaichen said.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" The old man covered his face with his sleeves and cried loudly, while the government servants on the side looked helplessly.
"Your Highness, this old woman keeps crying, even though she is in a humble position, she doesn't know what's going on?" Seeing the seventh prince coming, the officer saluted.
"Old lady, someone who can help you is here. Don't cry. Come over and tell this adult." Mu Chaochao pointed at Ye Huaichen.
"Sir, Mei Hua is innocent. She is about to sink into the pond. Please save her quickly." The old woman said excitedly.
"Why sink the pond?" Mu Chaochao asked curiously.
"More than a month ago, flower pickers were recruited into our village. Several girls were killed. Li Zheng refused to let the police report that the girls were innocent and wanted to sink them into the pond."
"It's simply ridiculous. A girl from a good family was harmed. Instead of looking for the flower picker, she actually wanted to kill the poor girl. How did she get caught here?" Mu Yunxi's face turned red with anger.
It was the first time that Mu Chaochao saw his mother so angry, and he felt that her mother was so sassy and beautiful.
"Where is the river?"
"Turn left over there and go straight on the right side of the intersection." The old woman pointed in the direction.
"Tian Quan, you rush over to rescue people first. Li Zimu, you take people to Li Zheng's house." Ye Huaichen ordered immediately.
"Brother Chen, I'm going too." Mu Chaochao watched Ye Huaichen get on the carriage and followed him.
"Sister, I want to go and have a look too." Mu Heng also wanted to go.
"It's not like we're going to play. What are we kids doing?" Mrs. Mu Er pulled her to her side.
"Come on, children should read more and learn more." Mu Chaochao took Mu Heng's hand and got into the carriage.
When they arrived at the river, some villagers had been knocked down by Tianquan and were lying on the ground howling.
"Who are you? Why do you come to my Xinghua Village to meddle in other people's business?" Li Zheng pointed at Tian Quan angrily.
Tianquan came and picked up the girl who was thrown into the river, and kicked away the villagers who rushed up.
"Are you Li Zheng?" Tian Quan looked at the man in his forties who was quite richly dressed.
"You came to ruin things in our village. Could it be that you are the flower picker?"
"Sure enough, there are unscrupulous people out of poverty. You must have bought them." Tianquan frowned at Li Zheng who was pointing blindly in front of him.
Tianshu went up and released the five girls from the cage. After the girls came out, they hugged each other and cried bitterly.
"Sisters, please stop crying. Tell me what happened? Who is Mei Hua? Your grandma asked us to rescue people." Tianshu looked at the girls.
"I am Mei Hua. We were bullied by flower pickers and lost our innocence. The villagers did not allow us to report to the government, and Li Zheng even wanted to sink us into the pond." The girl who spoke was pretty and pretty.
"Sir, can you really help us?" A peasant woman cried and asked, "I am Meihua's mother. My husband left early, and something like this happened to Meihua again. The villagers cannot tolerate these victimized girls. How can we survive?"
"Since you are Li Zheng, you should make decisions for the villagers. Why do you want to harm these girls?" Tian Quan looked at Li Zheng fiercely.
"These girls have lost their innocence. If word spreads, how will other girls in our village find their husbands' families?"
"Then if you don't report to the official to deal with the other girls, you won't be worried about the flower picker?" Tianshu felt that there was something wrong with Li Zheng.
"Girls should keep their chastity, and if they lose their innocence, they should die to apologize. This has been true since ancient times!" Li Zheng was confident.
"That's right." Many villagers agreed.
"I've heard that a person can be a thief in a thousand days, but I've never heard of a person who can prevent a thief in a thousand days. I bet you don't have a girl in your family." Mu Chaochao was stunned.
Ye Huaichen was impatient to listen to these unscrupulous people's nonsense and frowned at Tian Quan.
Tian Quan understood and immediately put Li Zheng and a few troublemakers into a cage and threw them into the water.
Several people were so frightened that they shouted for help. Tianshu Tianquan saw that they were about to sink and pulled them again. Several people were floating in the water, and the villagers on the shore were trembling with fear.
"I am the chief of the Yamen Police Department. After receiving the report, the people here will come with me back to the Yamen to investigate." A policeman came over with several government officials.
Tianquan Tianshu fished some guys out of the river, and Tianquan took several girls to the county government office.
After noon, the large team set off to Taiping Town. The post station in Taiping Town was small and inhabited by messengers. The government officials took the Mei family to stay at the inn, while Ye Huaichen took the Mu family to stay in the inn.
The inn has a large backyard. People don't want to be bored in the room, so they gather in the pavilion in the courtyard to enjoy the shade.
Tian Quan went to the inn to report the matter to the Yamen. Li Zheng concealed the flower picker and was dismissed from his post with a fifty-strong ban. Other villagers were also slapped with a thirty-strong ban.
"I'm sorry for those girls. How can they survive in the village with villagers like that?" Mu Yunxi lamented.
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