When he got up and was angry, Xia Qiu, who had a hard mouth and a soft heart, still obediently washed and dressed, and went out in the sedan chair and stepped on the moonlight.

The government is short of funds, there is only one sedan chair, and it is really hard for two people to squeeze inside.

The road was far away and shaky, Xia Qiu quickly fell asleep, and his head fell on Lu Tingxiu's body.

I hadn't heard her snoring like burrowing through the wall for a long time, but instead of being upset, in this burst of sharp sounds, drowsiness struck.

After not resting well for a few days, Lu Tingxiu was suddenly woken up by the action of falling off the sedan chair, the mountain wind lifted the curtains, and the sun hung high outside.

The sun was dazzling, Lu Tingxiu stretched out his hand to block it, but he didn't know that the car door was suddenly opened, and many heads were crowded at the car door.

The mountain road was bumpy, and the two sleeping people fell from the cushion at some point and fell to the ground in a ball.

A group of rough men, watching the sleeping posture of the magistrate of the county, silly and happy.

Or Xu Mingliang was highly conscious, quickly lowered the curtain, and scolded his subordinates for work, "What are you doing in a daze, the corpses are all collected?" ”

After tidying up her appearance, seeing that Xia Chubby hadn't woken up yet, Lu Tingxiu picked her up and threw her on the soft cushion.

Fifty-eight corpses were neatly placed at the entrance of the mine, and the people of the county government recognized them one by one, all of them were fresh faces, and none of them were familiar.

The grass house was reduced to nothing, and there were six corpses of laborers in front of the door, who either died under the guard's knife in a panic, or fell from the mountains and forests, causing heart palpitations and death.

The deceased's face was brown and red, and the joints of his limbs were swollen, and his condition was worse than that of the villagers.

In last night's operation, most of the laborers ran away, and the remaining 108 people sat in piles under the shade of trees, waiting for the government to arrange.

At that time, Xia Qiu had woken up, she took a cursory look at the symptoms of labor, and quietly shook her head at Lu Tingxiu.

These people are basically hopeless.

Xia Qiu was in the crowd and saw Xia Laoer.

The man who was lazy and flaunting his might was now struggling to breathe, his eyes were dull, and his face was like an old man.

In the past, Xia Lao Er came and went as soon as he called her, and when he was in a bad mood, he didn't get angry with her. Xia Qiu didn't have the slightest idea of recognizing his relatives, all of this was his own fault.

Even, she felt that it was retribution.

Seeing that the official master came, without waiting for Lu Tingxiu to speak, Xia Lao Er had already been pushed out of the pile by the angry laborers.

pushed it out with him, as well as Qiao Laohei from Luliang Town.

These two people, both of whom were matchmakers in the middle, were bewitched by pockmarks and recruited hundreds of people to go to Yongding County to build embankments and dams.

Everyone is looking forward to making a lot of money, but who knows that they have just been on the road for half a day, and they are sleepy after lunch.

By the time they woke up, they were trapped in the cave and had become black laborers.

For a year and a half, they mined and smelted in the cave where they did not see the light of day, and worked as soon as they opened their eyes, day and night, and did not obey the whip at all.

Many people have been injured in the legs and feet by the ore, even if their lives are in danger, they still have to work.

The initiators of all this are Xia Lao Er and Qiao Lao Hei, if it weren't for their tongues and lotus flowers, they wouldn't have encountered these devils at all.

If it weren't for the presence of people from the government, these two people would have been stoned to death by irrational laborers.

The two of them couldn't argue, knelt down in front of Lu Tingxiu, and kept kowtowing and begging, "Lord Zhixian, we are also deceived, please save us." ”

Say a thousand things and ten thousand, all because of greed.

Of these more than 100 people, which one is not Xia Lao Er and Qiao Lao Hei?

Lu Tingxiu asked the two to identify Mazi.

The two searched for the corpses for a long time, and there were no pockmarks at all.

In other words, this man took advantage of the chaos last night and fled.

Lu Tingxiu ordered the first class of Zhou to take the laborers back to the yamen to register, and then send them to each family.

Lighting the torches, Lu Tingxiu and his party went into the mine to investigate. The ore is seriously mined privately, and the potholes under the feet are uneven, and a lot of iron tools have been smelted according to this scale.

"My lord, these people are really unconscionable, don't they know that private mining is a big crime for the Nine Clans?" Xu Mingliang led the way in front with a torch in his hand, and said openly: "Or is this someone trying to rebel?" ”

Lu Tingxiu's eyes narrowed, and he scolded: "As an official, the most taboo is empty mouth and white teeth, and be careful that trouble comes out of the mouth." ”

Xu Mingliang was silent and secretly scolded himself for being a pig.

Ordinary cases, brainstorming is understandable, but this case is special, and Lin County is now a place of right and wrong, so it is really impossible to speculate.

The ore is deep in the mountains, and the government whip is beyond the reach, and those people are very likely to kill the horses, and then I don't know how many people will be victimized, and I am not sure that there are others who will be driven by huge interests and will embark on the road of crime again.

The mine is the source of evil.

Lu Tingxiu ordered to adjust the black powder to blow up the hole.

The official Ming Jin withdrew his troops, and was just about to return home, when many figures suddenly appeared at the foot of the mountain, and they quickly ran towards the mine with a guy in hand......

Draw the bow and arrows, draw the sword and draw the sword, and everyone is ready for battle.

"Protect your lordship." Everyone surrounded Lu Tingxiu in the middle.

Adults habitually pull Xia Qiu and protect them behind them.

Xia Qiu pricked up his ears to listen, his head jumped, his steps were messy, he was not a well-trained person, it was a small fuss made by the officials.

Sure enough, as they approached, Xia Qiu saw a few familiar faces, Dadong father and son, Shi San's family, etc.

In total, more than a hundred people came, all carrying the guys in their hands, and judging from their clothing, it was the same group of laborers who had taken the opportunity to escape last night.

These people panicked in the dark, and unintentionally ran into the village, which alarmed the people of the village. Knowing that they were mining on the water source, and the symptoms were the same as their own, and then thinking of the medicine sent by Xia Qiu, Shi San couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.

Only then did the laborer know that even if he escaped from the devil's cave, he could not escape the entanglement of strange diseases, and finally died.

As soon as the two groups were combined, they both had to die, so they angrily unveiled the rod and stayed up until broad daylight to kill back.

Last night's scuffle, the people of the government were in private clothes, and the workers didn't know if they were officials, thinking that it was two gangs of people eating dogs.

Shi San and the others had sharp eyes, recognized Lu Tingxiu and Xia Qiu, and immediately asked everyone to put down the guy.

Knowing that it was the government and that they had already exterminated these devils, they couldn't help but cry when they were moved, and they knelt on the ground with a sad expression, "My lord, please save us, we are old and young, and we can't die." ”

"My father and mother are dead, if I die, what will happen to my children?"

"My family is still waiting for me to bring my wages back......"

The cries came and went, and a pair of eyes full of tears and despair, like sharp knives with blood, cut the eyes of the officials present sour.

Lu Tingxiu's expression was grim, he leaned forward to help the old man, and said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, the government will go all out to crack this case as soon as possible, and give everyone justice." We will also seek out famous doctors and cures your illnesses and try our best to cure them. ”

Lao Suo's ravinely face, cloudy eyes full of tears, "My lord, can this strange disease be cured?"

Lu Tingxiu knew the answer, but he couldn't say anything, and he didn't even dare to look directly into those eyes full of longing, "Let's find the best doctor." ”

Lao Su probably guessed something, and his body trembled uncontrollably, "I've lived enough for my age, but my son was paralyzed in bed two years ago, if I have a good one, what can he do?" ”

One cannot drill into the horns of a bull, otherwise he will only sink deeper and deeper into the swamp.

Xu Mingliang stood up at the right time and arranged for the officials to register the sufferer to divert everyone's bad mood.

The people in the village who knew Xia Qiu's identity, in addition to thanking her for donating medicine, asked more about her condition.

That kind of dedication to life made Xia Qiu feel heavy as if he was going to the grave, but fortunately, Lu Tingxiu was on the side to cover up.

At sunset, the large army returned to the county office, obviously saving more than 200 bitter masters, but everyone was like a defeated rooster, and their hearts were mixed.

Xia Qiu entered the Hanging Pot Pavilion and sat in front of Old Man Tu with a heavy heart, "Master, it seems that I really did something wrong." ”