Chen Ying let out a low "hmm", and somewhat understood what Li Heng was doing.

Exiles in captivity...... A steady stream of funding from the imperial court...... The situation has not improved......

This should be a black industry chain.

These displaced people have lost their land, their relatives and their homes. And now, they have lost even their freedom.

They can't go back to their hometowns, they can't go to other places to earn a living, they can only stay here and become a tool for some people to ask the court for funding.

This is not something that can be done by a few people, from the bottom to the top, it is a whole chain of interests.

If Li Heng had not traveled in Weifu, but had come to Dengzhou in the name of the future governor of Jinan Prefecture, Chen Ying believed that these displaced people would have been arranged in "suitable" places for him to "see with his own eyes".

Thinking of this, Chen Ying suddenly remembered the group of homeless people he saw at the dock.

"Are the displaced people at the docks also controlled? If so, are the people who control them in league with these rice heads? If not, what are those people? Considering Ye Qing's unusually stingy speech, Chen Ying asked three questions in one go.

"Yes. No. Sea Gang. Ye Qing gave the answer in a standard leaf answer.

"Sea Gang." Chen Ying muttered to herself, and couldn't help but think of the "Qing (Ah) Gang" known in the first life and originated in the Qing Dynasty.

The original disciples of this gang were all engaged in the transportation industry, but I wonder if the Sea Gang is also similar to it?

Thinking about it in her heart, she asked again: "...... members of the Sea Gang?"

"You're asking too much." Ye Qing seemed to have lost her patience, or she didn't want to mention too much about these things involving the gangs, or she didn't know much about the situation of the gangs, so she interrupted Chen Ying's curious question.

Chen Ying closed her mouth with some regret.

One of the most important channels for detectives to obtain information comes from dialogue, and Ye Qing is obviously not a good person to talk to.

"I'll come, you go back." Ye Qing walked over and pointed to the corner of the carriage.

The plain tone was not an order, nor did it seem like a consultation, but she was saying what she thought was the most reasonable suggestion.

Chen Ying had no intention of confronting her, so she obeyed her arrangement and sat back in her place.

I hope that this Ye Nuxia's martial arts will not be as rigid as her people.

As he sat down, Chen Ying thought.

"Cousin, why did you change into this dress?" Li Xi didn't seem to be happy to see Chen Ying and Ye Qing getting too close, so he asked about something else at this time, and pulled the men's arrow sleeves on Chen Ying's body with his hand, his face full of envy: "I just said what are you doing hiding in the house, but it turned out that you were changing clothes." Cousin, I want to wear something like this too, can you ask someone to make one for me? ”

Some coquettish tones, combined with her pitiful expression, are pitiful like small animals. Chen Ying smiled at her: "It's good, when you get to Jinan Mansion, you ask the little kite to tell Xunzhen the size." ”

"Thank you, cousin." Li Xixi said diligently, his eyes swept over Ye Qing on the side, and he snorted proudly.

This action was full of childishness, and he seemed to be deeply glad that he could pull his cousin to his side.

Chen Ying couldn't help laughing.

It seems that even though he knew that Ye Qing was here to protect them, Li Xi still couldn't get close to this Jianghu guest.

Chen Ying shook her head, didn't reason with her, just sat quietly in the corner, and let Li Xi snuggle up to herself.

The official roads of Dengzhou Mansion are not accessible in all directions, especially the official roads outside Huangxian County, with a total length of about no more than 20 miles. Therefore, about half an hour later, the convoy set foot on the loess road.

After a short drive on the loess road, the convoy stopped, trimmed slightly, checked the horses and wheels, etc., and then set off again.

This place is dry all year round, and the loess road is not so muddy, but it is a bit potholed, and there are gravel everywhere.

After all, such a journey is still very tiring, the road is bumpy and the carriage is shaking back and forth. Chen Ying didn't have anything to do with herself, but she was very worried that Li Xi, a delicate woman, would not be able to bear it. But she didn't expect that in the shaking for nearly an hour that followed, Li Xi didn't say more than half a word, but gritted her teeth and endured it, which was really surprising.

Seeing that her face was slightly pale and her hair was wet with cold sweat, Ni, as a mother, was extremely distressed, so she took a few brocade pads for her, and Li Xi took Ni's hand and coquettishly said: "...... When I get out of the car, I want my mother to rub it, and then ask Qiu Fei to give it a beat, I ......"

Before he finished speaking, the carriage shook violently, and the terrible neighing of horses suddenly broke through the air and exploded in everyone's ears.

Li Xi was leaning over to speak, but he was defenseless at the moment, and immediately lost his balance, and hit the car wall with a "bang", fortunately Chen Ying reacted very quickly and blocked a soft cushion on the car wall in advance, Li Xi's head did not directly touch the hard wooden board, and most of the force was removed.

And Rao is like this, Li Xi's face is still pale in pain, and because of the suddenness of the incident, he didn't even scream, only subconsciously grabbed Chen Ying's sleeve, and his hands trembled unconsciously.

"What?" Ye Qing immediately asked.

"Someone stopped the car." There was a reply from the coachman ahead, and Chen Ying remembered that his name was Ma Laosi.

At this moment, his hoarse voice was like a tightened clockwork, twisting the atmosphere in the car more and more tightly, and after swallowing his saliva, he added, "It's homeless, a lot." ”

Chen Ying's heart jumped heavily.

From Huang County to Zhaoyuan County, there should be no more cities on this road. And if there is no city, where did these outcasts come from?

At this moment, Ye Qing's body was curled up like a tanuki, and she leaned forward with a light movement, and the strange flexibility made people almost forget her age.

In the astonished eyes of everyone, she came to the car door and stretched out her hand to push.

"Hulala", the door opened, the west wind suddenly rolled up the curtain, swept in a large area of sunshine, and spread half of the car brightly.

Chen Ying raised her head, and saw Ye Qing's stretched figure embedded in the door, holding the door frame with one hand to support the center of gravity of her body, and most of her body leaned out of the car.

The car was desperately slowing down, the wheels rubbing the ground made a harsh creak, as if the wooden wheels would break in the next second, and the inertia made everyone in the car involuntarily rush forward, only Ye Qingru stood on the ground and didn't move.

After a few breaths, the vehicle finally stopped, and above the wilderness, the wind suddenly rose, the sand and gravel flew, and there was a "crackling" sound of mud and sand lapping on the body.

"About six or seven hundred." Ye Qing looked into the distance and said.

There seemed to be a hint of urgency in his deep voice.

Chen Ying patted Li Xi gently, signaled her to let go, and immediately came to the car door to look outside.