Of the thousands of taels of silver, a small part was set aside to buy materials for the construction of the trade routes.

The money that should have been distributed to the people fell into the hands of the officials of the Ministry of Works.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry didn't say anything, they just dragged it, day after day, and it seemed that half a year had passed since it was delayed.

There are many people who live with the money they have saved, and they have limited residual information in their hands, and there is no way to farm, and there is no way to reap the benefits.

Originally, I thought that I could earn more money by doing this work of building a trade road, but in the end, not only did I not make any money, but I even put all the money in my own house.

Some people had run out of money in their homes and had to live on the gruel they received every day in the camp.

If you don't eat much, you will have the strength to work.

Over time, many of those people starved to death.

"Starving!?"

Chen Mu sat up straight suddenly, he gritted his teeth and kicked the table away with a bang!

He angrily walked around the room, then turned his head to look at the people who were kneeling on the ground.

Those people looked surprised and looked at each other, they thought that Chen Mu had conspired with the officials of the Ministry of Industry to embezzle ink and silver.

Now that they saw Chen Mu's appearance, they felt hesitant again.

The man looked angry.

Could it be ...... Is he indeed an official sent by the capital to oversee the government?

But if he hadn't been an official overseeing the government, there would have been no need to ask them about these things.

After learning their purpose, just pull them out and kill them.

Now I am constantly asking about the corruption of the Ministry of Industry officials, maybe this person ......

Several people present looked at each other, and some of them had a little hope in their eyes, and the man stepped forward on his knees, and was about to speak, as if he had thought of something.

He frowned and closed his mouth, Chen Mu turned his head to catch a glimpse of the man's appearance, and said coldly.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, don't worry, since I already know about this, I will definitely think of these ways to make decisions for you!"

Seeing Chen Mu say this, the man gritted his teeth, was silent for a moment, and then raised his head sharply.

"Since you have said so, my lord, then I ...... Then I'll tell you everything those officials did, not only for the greed for ink and silver, but also for some women. ”

"I don't know where they took those women and sent them, but I've heard ......"

Speaking of this, the man's face turned a little pale, and when Chen Mu saw the other party's appearance, he inexplicably had a little ominous premonition in his heart.

He took a deep breath, glanced at the man, and motioned for him to have something to say, and when the man saw this, he continued to speak.

"I've heard that the officials sold the women to the kilns, and most of them were family members of farmers who died of starvation or illness while building a trade road."

"Among them are women over twenty years old, and there are girls who are no more than ten years old, and we tried to track it down after we heard about it, but we ......"

But how cunning those officials were, they did not dare to fight with them openly, and when they noticed that their deeds were discovered by those officials, they immediately stopped fighting.

In this way, the whereabouts of those women were lost.

Chen Mu clenched his fists when he heard those people finish speaking, he was so angry that he couldn't speak, and Meng Qing, who was sitting on the side, stared at him in surprise.

She looked up at Chen Mu's way and said after a while.

"I ...... I've also seen such stories in folk picture books, is there really such a thing? Those officials of the Ministry of Industry were really bold. ”

Seeing the beautiful woman sitting by the window say this, the big men looked at each other, and one of them said with a wry smile.

"They are sure that we have no chance to tell the adults in the capital about this, and there are also adults in the capital who are conspiring with them."

"It is impossible for the two sitting above to know about this, and naturally it is impossible for them to punish them, so they dare to act recklessly."

"The women had no backers, their husbands and sons died of illness and exhaustion in the process of building trade routes, and they were alone and had no way out."

"When they took those women away, they said they wanted to find a way out for them."

Chen Mu closed his eyes when he heard this, he took a deep breath, and then said slowly.

"I already know this, and I will definitely make decisions for you, those officials of the Ministry of Industry are in collusion with the county commanders and county guards of which cities? Which adults in the capital did they collude with? Tell me everything you know. ”

Seeing Chen Mu say this, those people nodded,

Chen Mu asked the truth of the matter, but he never did anything to them, and the anger on Chen Mu's face did not seem to be pretending, and they also vaguely realized that maybe the person in front of them was indeed not the person who conspired with those officials of the Ministry of Industry.

They made clear all the information they had learned, including the identity of the county magistrate who had conspired with the officials of the Ministry of Works.

"Who is the person in the capital who conspired with them? We don't know, if you are an official from the capital, send someone to check, and that's all we know. ”

Seeing that the other party said this, Chen Mu nodded with satisfaction, and asked the big men if they had a place to settle down now, and the big men smiled bitterly and shook their heads.

They had come to this inn with the determination of death.

Before the assassination, they had only camped in the hills around the city.

Their fields were also called up for the construction of trade roads, and they were the people of this town, and the magistrate of this town was not bad to them, and gave them all the money that should be given.

And they gave it to the people who had been taken to build a trade route.

They had no money left in their hands, and before they came, they set fire to the camp where they had set themselves camp.

In this way, it is to tell the people who have been helped by them that they have no way back and will not go back.

Now that things are turning around, they think about it again, but they feel that what they did before is a bit ridiculous.

Seeing them like this, Chen Mu thought about it for a while, and asked people to arrange them in this inn.

These people are all important witnesses, and in order to prevent their affairs from leaking out, attracting the attention of those officials of the Ministry of Industry, they are targeted by those officials of the Ministry of Industry.

Chen Mu decided to let them settle down in this inn, so that if he noticed something wrong, he could also ask these people.

When those people saw that Chen Mu not only did not kill them, but also arranged them in this inn, they were relieved and thanked Chen Mu again.

Seeing this, Chen Mu waved his hand indifferently, and after letting them take them down, Chen Mu turned his head and glanced at Meng Qing who was sitting by the window.

Meng Qing was shocked for a long time, noticing that Chen Mu was looking in her direction, she was silent for a moment and then said.

"It's appalling that there is such an injustice in this world."