The legitimate daughter becomes cannon fodder? Rebirth to overthrow the system's fatality

After the two returned home and had dinner, Cheng Jiuyuan returned to her room and Chu Heng went to the study.

As the night deepened, Chu Heng looked at Chi Zhang and the other man and said, "You two should go back and rest."

"Yes!"

The Prince Chen's Mansion in Liping is not as big as the Prince Chen's Mansion in the capital, and the Pei family also lives there, so Chi Zhang and the other person live on the street not far from the Prince Chen's Mansion.

The two returned to their residence and went back to their rooms.

Shanlan changed into loose clothes and went to the bathhouse with a wooden basin.

When I came back, I heard some unusual movement in the house.

He quietly put down the basin and tiptoed into the room, only to see a dark figure rummaging around in the house.

Shanlan was immediately delighted.

Liping's reputation is well-deserved, he is the one who got the most out of the theft.

He walked up and patted the man in black, scaring him so much that he shuddered.

"Oh my god! Why are you walking so quietly?" The man in black sat down on the ground.

Shan Lan snapped his fingers and the oil lamp lit up.

The man in black stood up, patted his butt, and tiptoed to the door: "Brother, it's so late, I won't disturb your rest."

Shan Lan grabbed the man in black by the collar and said, "Don't leave in such a hurry."

"Hey, hey, hey! If you have something to say, just talk it over nicely and don't use your hands on me." the man in black shouted.

"Didn't you find anything valuable?" Shan Lan asked.

"Isn't it? Your room is cleaner than my pocket."

Shan Lan took the little thief to the wooden cabinet where he kept his clothes and said, "You've found the wrong place. Open it and have a look."

The man in black looked at Shan Lan with confusion.

Shan Lan raised his chin and motioned for him to open it.

The man in black reached out his hand suspiciously and opened the cabinet door.

After seeing clearly what was inside, the man in black fell to his knees with a thud.

I saw several pieces of armor hanging in the closet, and it was obvious that they were not worn by ordinary soldiers.

He was very unlucky, as he had stolen something from an official.

"Brother, no, sir, I am blind and do not recognize a great man. Please forgive me and just pretend you have never seen me this time!"

Shan Lan smiled and grabbed the little thief: "Liping has been so strict recently, and you still dare to commit crimes against the wind, and you stole from me, you are so brave!"

The little thief cried, "There's nothing I can do. I can't join the army because of my small body. It's too hard to build roads..."

"You're afraid of hardship, aren't you? You want to be idle, aren't you?"

Shanlan tapped the little thief twice, threw him in a corner, and went to bed, planning to send him to the yamen early in the morning.

The little thief couldn't move or speak, he huddled in the corner and wanted to cry but had no tears.

Why is he so unlucky!

……

The next morning, after breakfast, Chu Heng and Cheng Jiuyuan went to the yamen.

When he got to the street, he saw Pei Xiu and a group of road repairmen gathered together, sighing about something.

"Uncle!" Cheng Jiuyuan shouted and walked forward.

"You are looking at..." What...

"Hey? Wasn't this street paved yesterday?" Cheng Jiuyuan looked ahead in confusion.

I saw that the street that was paved with stone slabs yesterday has now turned into a dirt road, leaving only countless stone slab marks.

"It was paved, but when we checked this morning, we found that the slabs had disappeared overnight. Look here..."

"Who is it? They even stole the paving stones!"

“It’s simply unbelievable…”

Pei Xiu and the road builders were filled with admiration.

Cheng Jiuyuan and Chu Heng also found it incredible.

"Go check." Chu Heng turned around and instructed Chi Zhang.

Chi Zhang took the order and left.

Pei Xiu asked people to continue paving the road.

At this time, Shan Lan was seen pulling over a young man who was trapped in a cocoon.

Chu Heng asked: "What are you doing..."

Shan Lan was already amused before he even said anything, "This little thief stole from me, and I was just about to send him to the government office."

"Why send you to the government office? Just stay here and build the road." Pei Xiu said.

He knew very well that since this attempted theft failed, he would be sentenced to one month of road repair work.

Shan Lan untied the rope and handed the person over to Pei Xiu.

"Don't even think about running away. Go and register. If you run away, you will be punished even more severely!"

The little thief went to register with a sad face and head down.

Many of the people who were paving the road were forced to work as punishment for stealing, and they cursed as they worked.

"I just laid the floor yesterday and you stole it. My work was in vain!"

"Thieves also have their own code of conduct, but this man has no moral principles."

"Go tell your brothers on the street to add another rule: Don't steal public property!"

"We'll never be able to finish stealing from here and there!"

"We must find this man and let him repair the road!"

Chu Heng and Cheng Jiuyuan said hello to Pei Xiu and continued on their way to the yamen.

Everything that happened in the past two days is both laughable and sad.

"The atmosphere in Liping cannot be changed overnight." Cheng Jiuyuan sighed.

"Yes, there is a long way to go."

But fortunately, it was just a petty theft and not a serious crime.

After the two men had been trying the case in the yamen for an hour, they saw Chi Zhang coming in with four or five young men.

"Master, the paving stones were stolen by this group of people."

Chu Heng looked at the young man in the lead: "Why did you steal the stone slabs?"

The young man kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, this matter has nothing to do with my brothers. It was my idea. They just wanted to help me! Your Highness, let them go. I will take full responsibility."

Chu Heng snorted and laughed: "You are quite righteous. You haven't told me why you stole the stone slab?"

"I am getting married in two months, so I want to repair my thatched cottage and pave the yard. My family is poor and I don't have money to buy stones..."

"So you're going to scratch the newly built government road?"

"I know I was wrong! I just hope Your Highness will not blame my brothers. They were all trying to help me."

Chu Heng glanced at this group of young people, all between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, which was the age when they had no place to use their brute force.

"You are quite capable. In one night, a few people actually removed the stones of an entire street. If you do something wrong, you will be punished. Go and repair the road. As the mastermind, you will repair the road for half a year, and the others will take three months."

The guys had sad faces.

This case is closed, and we will move on to the next one.

It was almost noon when Pei Yan hurried into the yamen.

"Second cousin, why are you here?" Cheng Jiuyuan asked curiously.

"I was robbed. My carriage was parked outside the restaurant, but within an incense stick of time, my bag was gone."

"How much was lost?"

"Fifty taels of silver, that's for the grain merchants."

There was an outburst of exclamation inside and outside the yamen.

Five hundred thousand taels!

Chu Heng and Cheng Jiuyuan both stood up in surprise.

In the past few days, they have handled dozens of theft cases, with the amount of money ranging from a few coins to a few taels, and the most being no more than ten taels.

When they suddenly heard the number five hundred thousand taels, both of them, who were not short of money, felt that the amount was huge.

Chu Heng immediately ordered strict checks at the city gates, and asked Chi Zhang to take people to check inside and outside the restaurant.

"Second cousin, do you still have money to pay the grain merchant?"

"It's not a big problem, but I feel uncomfortable because I can't let out this breath. I've been traveling around the country with my father for two years, and this is the first time I've encountered something like this."

"Second cousin, you are too careless."

"I will be more careful next time." He forgot for a moment that this was Liping.