Prince Regent's Concubine

"There is no rush to learn kung fu, as long as you don't have nightmares at night."

After Ling Qingshi finished talking with Lin Xun, Duobao came back with something to eat, "Master, when I came back earlier, I found the sound of fighting inside, so I didn't dare to go in. I guess you must have not had dinner, Master. I went and bought it."

Ling Qingshi nodded, "That's it, don't go to death if you don't know kung fu, now learn to be clever."

Duobao smiled innocently, "They were all taught by the people in the palace. They said that the master knows kung fu, so don't go to it yourself unless you have to. If the master needs help from someone like me who doesn't know kung fu, it will be really dangerous. "

"It seems that the palace is quite good at teaching people," Ling Qingshi asked him what he had learned in the afternoon while eating the food brought back by Duobao.

Duobao lowered his voice, "Young Master, there is not a single beggar on the street in Kaiyang County, and many people have lost their families, and they are all strong laborers. When they go to the yamen to report the case, they will not see the county magistrate, and they will be stopped by the yamen directly." Now, if anyone dares to make trouble, he will be put in prison directly."

"At the beginning, few people were lost, and there were fewer people making troubles. It's good to say, but later on, more and more people were lost. In the villages below Kaiyang County, half of the strong laborers in one village disappeared, and they all went to the county government. Come to make trouble, the people in the county government were afraid of causing trouble, so they gave each family two taels of silver to appease. In the future, as long as the family members disappeared, they could go to the county government to get two taels of silver. I don’t know if it’s useless or money After calming people down, no one went to make a fuss afterwards."

Duobao said again: "I went around the county in the afternoon and found that the people here are quite rich, but there are few men, and they are all women, children and the elderly."

Ling Qingshi knew that those strong laborers were sneakily taken to the mountains to mine mines. Without the strong laborers, the crops in the fields would not be able to grow. This Kaiyang County might not even be able to survive next autumn, and there would be problems.

It's ridiculous that these people still hope to hide the truth.

It also shows that the royal family is weak and can't even control the affairs under their own noses, but if the court officials try their best to send people to go down there, it won't make things happen like this.

There are problems with the court, and there are problems with the officials, and there are still a bunch of people who don't have a brain and want to make trouble.

Ling Qingshi felt that it was necessary for Xiao Chuyi to quickly step down from the position of Prince Regent, so as not to blame the little emperor and his mother in time.

Ling Qingshi nodded, "You've done a good job. I'll continue to inquire tomorrow. It's best to ask where all the gangsters in this county have gone."

"Don't worry, young master, I must have asked clearly," Duobao grinned, then ran in and said to clean up their room.

The Lin family house was turned into a mess, and all valuable things were taken away. On the contrary, the room where Lin Xun and his children lived was not very messy because there were a lot of valuable things. Ling Qingshi did not dare to let Lin Xun stay alone at night. I decided to sleep in his room at night, and then add a bed outside, so that Duobao can sleep.

After the meal was finished, Duobao took Lin Xun to wash up, and Ling Qingshi waited until the two hidden guards he had arranged to follow the group of people in the inn arrived.

The two said to Ling Qingshi, "Except for the inn, they went straight to the capital. The tied women and children were all stuffed into the carriage, and they also packed some goods, pretending to go to the capital for business."

"On the way, we stole a female family member and asked some questions. After learning that they were from the Lin family, we knocked out the group of people. The female family member and children of the Lin family sent a signal for people from the capital to pick them up. The palace has gone. The group of people were tied up and waited for the yamen to collect them, and only one person was brought back for questioning."

After finishing speaking, he jumped onto the roof and threw someone down, "Princess, this person is the leader."

Falling from the roof, he fell for a while and couldn't get up. The hidden guard stepped on his chest, "Be honest, just say what I ask you, or be careful of your dog's life."

The man snorted twice, and was picked up by the hidden guard and knelt in front of Ling Qingshi. Ling Qingshi looked at him coldly and asked, "Where are the men from the Lin family, where have you been sent?"

The man probably was frightened by the two hidden guards along the way, so he kowtowed to Ling Qingshi tremblingly, "I don't know, I don't know anything, please forgive me, I don't know anything."

"Kill it," since Ling Qingshi didn't want to talk nonsense since he refused to say it, he wanted to get up and leave.

"No, don't, don't kill me, I don't want to die."

No one paid attention to him, the hidden guard's knife was on his neck, and he burst into tears instantly, "It's not that I don't want to say, I really don't know, the man from the Lin family was taken away after being injured, We are only responsible for taking those women and children to the capital, and we don't know anything else."

"I don't want to die. My lord, I've said it all. Please, please forgive me." He kowtowed while crying and begging for mercy.

Ling Qingshi glanced at him and asked, "The number of women and children in the Lin family is wrong, where are the others?"

"Returning to the adults, the rest of them are all aged. They said they were not easy to sell, so they were all taken away with the men. Those women who were going to be sent to the capital were young, and the children were young. It will be sold when it is useless.”

Ling Qingshi raised his foot and kicked him, "Bastard!"

The kneeling people didn't dare to refute, and when Ling Qingshi got angry, even the wind around him became a bit colder, so he didn't dare to beg for mercy again.

Ling Qingshi said to the two secret guards, "Lock up people, tell the whereabouts of other people before giving food, or starve to death if you don't tell."

Ling Qingshi didn't believe that he wouldn't know that he could lead so many gangsters and even become a leader. If he didn't have any skills, he would definitely not be able to do it. If he didn't speak up, he would either be threatened, or the methods they used were not ruthless enough.

The hidden guards carried out Ling Qingshi's order unconditionally, they found a random room and locked him in, not only did acupuncture, but also tied him tightly with rope.

After that, Ling Qingshi asked the two of them to rest. There are many rooms, so they can find a place to sleep at will, and they don't need to stay overnight.

Ling Qingshi said the same thing after the group of hidden guards who were carrying people came back, and went to wash and sleep by himself.

Only Lin Xun and Duobao know kung fu in this house, so they don't need guards.

In fact, Ling Qingshi really hoped that people would come, as many people would come to solve as many as possible, and if there were more kills, the number of people available to the other party would decrease.

Unfortunately, it was peaceful all night, and no one came to send the head off.

The next morning, Duobao took Lin Xun out to buy food. Ling Qingshi assigned the secret guards the task of exploring the mine, sketched out the route he had memorized yesterday, and asked them to go out after breakfast.

But before breakfast came back, magistrate Xu sent someone to deliver the letter first.

"My lord, my lord said that there were many corpses at the gate of Pingjiang Garden last night. That is the house of the Qin family. Please act carefully today, my lord."

So those who followed him yesterday and came to kill him last night were all members of the Qin family, Ling Qingshi nodded, "Understood, thank you county magistrate for your kindness."

Turning his head, Ling Qingshi looked at the hidden guards, "Since the Qin family dares to do something, let the mine change ownership today."