After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 428: The Wu Family's Children Visit the Prison

Now is the time to plant spring wheat in Northeastern states.

but……

boom!

The table has really suffered a lot these days. It was almost smashed to pieces by County Magistrate Kang.

"Who do they think they are? Why should they help with the spring ploughing?" County Magistrate Kang cursed, "They are clearly trying to test me. If I refuse their help with the spring ploughing, it means that I will abandon the Wu family and appoint someone else as the new village head!"

"And you, Peng Bantou, knew that they were thinking this, but you still dared to pass on the message to them. Do you think the job in the government is too bad and you don't want to work here anymore?!"

thump!

Peng Bantou knelt down with a pale face: "County magistrate, please calm down. It is my fault. I shouldn't have delivered the message to them. Please punish me. I only ask that you allow me to continue to work for the government!"

County Magistrate Kang, who was always very polite, suddenly started to curse loudly, shocking everyone in the room.

Yang County Lieutenant scolded Peng Bantou: "You deserve to die. You knew that the Wu family wanted to hold on to the position of village chief, but you still came to help pass on the message. This is not the way to help your fellow villagers."

"I know I was wrong." Peng Ban bowed his head and admitted his fault. He came over to deliver the message only because he saw that County Magistrate Kang was in a good mood today.

Unexpectedly, he had surgery.

Lieutenant Yang looked at Magistrate Kang and suggested, "Mr. Magistrate, since the Wu family has come knocking on our door, why not take this opportunity to announce the new candidate for the village head so that they will give up."

After hearing this, County Magistrate Kang nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, let's call all the relevant personnel and settle the matter today."

"Yes, I'll do it right away." County Lieutenant Yang went to do it personally.

Although County Lieutenant Yang was a military man, he was very efficient in his work. He first called the village chief Zhou and his son over before going about other business.

Because the case of Wu Lichang's family is a major case that has not been seen in Taifeng Town in decades, Village Chief Zhou and his colleagues have stayed in the county town until now to cooperate with the investigation.

Village chief Zhou and his men arrived soon.

After standing in front of the office yard door for a while, Village Chief Zhou took a few deep breaths and stepped into the yard solemnly.

"I am the village chief of Zhoujia Village in Taifeng Town. I have come here in response to your orders. I would like to meet you, Your Excellency!" said the old village chief Zhou.

Soon, Master Lu and Master Han came out and said, "Village Chief Zhou is here, please come in."

"Yes." Village Chief Zhou was trembling in his heart, but his face was calm. He walked into the house steadily and bowed to County Magistrate Kang who was sitting at the top of the table: "Greetings, Your Excellency the County Magistrate."

County Magistrate Kang nodded slightly and said, "Sit down."

After Village Chief Zhou sat down, Doctor Kang walked over and said with a smile, "Let me check your pulse."

"Oh, thank you for your help." Village chief Zhou smiled. He knew that the government was afraid that he would die too soon due to illness, so they wanted to take his pulse.

A quarter of an hour later, Doctor Kang finished examining Village Chief Zhou and took Mr. Zhou's pulse.

After a while, Doctor Kang reported to County Magistrate Kang: "Village Chief Zhou and his son are in good health and have longevity."

The positions of village chief and neighborhood chief in the countryside are passed down from generation to generation, and unless one commits suicide, the position is rarely changed.

After hearing this, County Magistrate Kang put down his brush and looked at the old village chief Zhou and his son. He said, "I have already informed your Zhou family a few days ago. I believe you already know why I called you here today... Tell me, are you willing to take this position?"

Village Chief Zhou hesitated for a moment before kneeling down and solemnly saying, "Your Excellency, I am willing to take over this position and be the head of each village in Zhenxi Liso."

"Although I don't have any great ambitions, I have seen the morals of the village deteriorate over the years, and I am very anxious. Now that the adults have taken a liking to me, I dare not say anything else. After becoming the head of the village, I will definitely control the villagers of Zhenxi Village, slowly change the morals of the town, and make the people's hearts turn to good."

The voice is not loud, but it is full of an old villager's love and expectations for his hometown.

Village Chief Zhou knocked his head heavily on the ground again, choking with sobs, "I am guilty. Over the years, I have heard about the bad behavior of Wu Wu, Kong Miao and other families, but I didn't say anything... If we could have scolded them in public earlier and exposed their hypocrisy, Taifeng Town would not have suffered a major murder."

From the mountain goods girl to the Huang sisters, have the locals really never heard of them being bullied?

I've heard of it.

But everyone is afraid of getting into trouble, so they would rather pretend they don't know.

After hearing this, County Magistrate Kang finally nodded in satisfaction and turned his gaze to Mr. Zhou Er, who was kneeling with his father. "Mr. Zhou Er, what do you have to say?"

Mr. Zhou Er swore an oath: "God, if I indulge myself and my descendants in taking advantage of their power to plunder, encroach on, and harm the villagers, I will be punished by lightning and my descendants will be cut off!"

Zhou Erye is a lazy person and has no obsession with taking imperial examinations or becoming a ward or village chief. But after listening to his old father's words, he eagerly wants to help his father fulfill his wish of improving the atmosphere and leading the villagers to be good.

Correcting bad conduct and restoring good morals is something that cannot be accomplished by one generation. He thought that with his generation, the morals of the people in Taifeng Town would be better.

Mr. Zhou Er made another request: "Sir, my father and I want to write a letter of abdication... No one knows what our descendants will become. With this letter of abdication, when the head of the village is replaced by another surname in the future, even if the Zhou family's children and relatives are dissatisfied, they will have no reason to cause trouble."

boom!

The table was in trouble again.

But this time, County Magistrate Kang slammed the table in delight: "Great! I was right about your Zhou family!"

Originally, County Magistrate Kang was worried that the Zhou family had too much power in the countryside and would become the second Wu Lichang family. However, after seeing that the Zhou father and son were not obsessed with power, he was finally relieved.

but……

County Magistrate Kang was not afraid that the descendants of the Zhou family would commit crimes. At worst, future county magistrates would just arrest them and execute them.

The local tyrants in the countryside will always be ants when facing the government officials of the imperial court!

But at this moment, County Magistrate Kang was happy: "Give the pens, ink, paper and inkstone to Village Chief Zhou and his son."

Village chief Zhou and his son each wrote a document of relinquishment, and Master Lu took it to County Magistrate Kang for review.

After reading it, County Magistrate Kang nodded with satisfaction and handed it back to Master Lu: "After the ink dries, store it in the government book for future generations to use."

"Yes." Master Lu took it.

After finishing the work here, County Magistrate Kang ordered: "Let County Lieutenant Yang bring the rest of the people in."

"Yes." Master Han went to do it immediately, his steps becoming lighter with joy.

Hey, his father-in-law is the head of the village now. If he follows County Magistrate Kang to take up the post elsewhere, he and his wife can feel more at ease with his father-in-law looking after the family.

……

"Lieutenant Yang, the Lord wants to see you."

Wu Liukui and his companions had been waiting outside for more than two quarters of an hour. After hearing these words, they finally felt relieved. They suppressed their impulse and waited until County Lieutenant Yang took the lead before following him.

Behind them were Village Chief Kong, Village Chief Miao, Clan Chief Lu, Grandpa Qin and others... They were all staying in the county town until now to cooperate with the investigation of the case.

"Wu Liukui of the Wu family leads the other members of the Wu family to pay a visit to the county magistrate. Please greet the county magistrate!" Wu Liukui shouted as soon as he came in, looking very eager.

He quickly put on an anxious look.

Haha, they’re acting now. Do all the members of the Wu family love acting so much?

County Magistrate Kang sneered, and then he became interested and asked Wu Liukui, "Why did your Wu family member ask Peng Bantou to come and report that he wanted to see me?"

Wu Liukui was overjoyed. County Magistrate Kang still cared about the power of the Wu family. Look at so many people coming in, but the first person to ask was a member of his family.

Wu Liukui looked worried about the country and the people, and said, "Sir, we are here to ask about the spring farming arrangements in the villages of Zhenxi Village... Food is the most important thing for the people, and spring farming is the top priority. The head of the village must lead the heads of the villages to supervise the villagers to do a good job of spring farming. Otherwise, if there is a mistake, it may affect the autumn harvest and grain taxes."

Haha, I haven’t even called you fat yet, but you’re already out of breath.