The official looked at Chi Xi, who was smiling gently, a trace of weakness flashed in his eyes, and after pursing his lips, he whispered: "My family has not been in good health recently, but I am afraid that I don't have the energy to handle the case, why don't Mrs. Xi go back and think of a way to see if you can find the thief?" ”

Chi Xi stared at the embarrassed official twice, smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Since this is the case, then I will go to the state capital!" The county magistrate is unwell, and I have lost a lot of money here, so I don't dare to delay time, and I can judge the case even if I want to come to the state capital. ”

As soon as Chi Xi's words came out, the official was stunned for a moment, the state government can naturally judge the case, but the decision is a big case, and the matter within the jurisdiction of the local county government has never crossed the reason that the county order is directly reported to the state government.

"Mrs. Xi, this is not in order, is it?"

The official frowned and said: "Although my family is unwell, Dahe Village belongs to the jurisdiction of our county, and your affairs should be managed by the county magistrate, and you should report to the state government, which is not in accordance with the rules." ”

Chi Xipi smiled and didn't smile: "The county magistrate is unwell, how dare I bother?" But my losses are really heavy, if I miss the best time to investigate the case and let the thieves escape, won't I lose a few hundred taels of silver in vain? Your Excellency, please be accommodating, and then ask the county magistrate if he can file a case for me. ”

Chi Xi quietly took out two pieces of silver from his sleeve and quietly handed them to the official.

The official raised his eyebrows, quickly reached out and took it and stuffed it into his sleeve, and after a moment of silence, he was embarrassed: "Since Mrs. Xi is so urgent, then I will report it again to see if the adults can change their decision." ”

"Then there will be labor."

As soon as the official ran into the yamen, Tian Cuihe wrinkled his brows and said: "This Chen Daxiong used to receive the favor of his father, but now he can't avoid it." It's just an ordinary report, and it's all so perfunctory, it's really a presumptuous official. ”

When the water is clear, there are no fish.

This world is not a simple right and wrong, and it is the choice of the vast majority of people to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages. There are very few people with high moral character, and most of them are ordinary and ordinary laymen, who has no selfishness?

Chi Xi was not too annoyed by Chen Daxiong's approach.

Tian Cuihe turned his head to look at Chixi, whose eyes were soft, and asked in a low voice, "Our carriage is a little bumpy, are you sure there is nothing uncomfortable?" ”

Chixi is pregnant, and there can't be a half-point difference in the pool.

"It's okay, I'm fine, don't worry."

Today's carriage was very slow, the carriage was not bumpy, she did not have any discomfort in her body, not to mention that the children in her belly were almost five months old and not so fragile.

The official sent into the county office for about a quarter of an hour, and he didn't know what he said, and when he ran out, he had a faint smile on his face: "Mrs. Xi, my lord is inside, please follow me in." ”

Chixi nodded, glanced sideways at Tian Cuihe, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law raised their feet to follow the official.

Chen Daxiong may be really sick, his face is pale and wilted.

When he saw Tian Cuihe and Chixi walking in together, he hurriedly stood up and politely stepped forward and bowed his hand to Tian Cuihe: "I've seen Old Madam Xi." ”

Tian Cuihe shook his head, with a faint expression: "Lord Chen is polite, you are now the county master, and I am just a cloth cloth, you don't have to salute me." ”

Chen Daxiong smiled politely: "Old Madam Xi said that she was laughing, please take a seat." ”

Although Mrs. Xi is now a cloth dress, the current saint is her nephew, and her sister is the emperor's biological mother, and together with the empress of the emperor's main palace, she is respected as the queen mother by the current saint.

Now in the palace, there are two queen mothers.

It's just that Empress Dowager Tian's mother's family is weak, and she was implicated by the Xi family and was suppressed by the first emperor, but she is not as powerful as Empress Dowager Guo, and now she is also having a hard time in the palace.

But the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and no one can predict whether the Empress Dowager Tian and the current saint will suddenly rise and bring down the prosperous Empress Dowager Guo.

He is just a small county order, even if he does not have the kindness of the old marquis Xi back then, he does not dare to snub Tian Cuihe.

As for Mrs. Song's warning......

Chen Daxiong secretly gritted his teeth and decided to disobey the yang and the yin.

No matter how capable Lord Song is, he is only a state government official, let alone Mrs. Song.

If he offends Tian Cuihe because of this, when the Xi family makes a comeback, he will have no chance to make up for it.

While speaking, Chen Daxiong covered his mouth and coughed a few times, and said unsteadily: "The weather has changed recently, and I occasionally feel cold, so I didn't dare to invite you in because I was worried that I would pass my illness to Mrs. Xi and Mrs. Xi, which is really offended." However, I cannot tolerate hearing that a few hundred taels of silver have been stolen from your house, and I ask you to inform me of what has happened, and I will send someone to find out about it. ”

Seeing this, Chi Xi made things clear, and Chen Daxiong patted the table and said, "How can this be reasonable!" Someone came, filed a case with the official, and immediately sent someone to investigate the matter. ”

As soon as Chen Daxiong gave the order, the official hurriedly came to do it.

The people in the village were still a little curious when they heard that the Xi family had reported the case, and they all guessed that the person who stole the medicinal materials must be the Wang family.

When Tian Cuihe and Chixi returned to Dahe Village with a group of officials, the villagers suddenly felt nervous, and the people's fear of officials seemed to be engraved in their bones.

Some people looked at five or six officials walking around the village, and a sense of fear rose in their hearts, and the families hurried home to close their doors after finishing their work, and did not dare to have anything to do with the officials.

was bolder, opened the window, and watched from a distance as the group of officials walked to the Xi family's field to do some investigation.

"Open the door, the official is handling the case, open the door quickly."

There was a knock on the door of the Li family next door to the Wang family, which scared the child and was about to cry, Boss Li covered his son's mouth and raised his voice: "It's here." ”

When he opened the door, he saw several officials with large knives hanging from their waists standing at the door of his house.

The official who took the lead frowned and asked him: "I heard that this morning you saw the people of the Wang family next door coming back sneakily, covered in mud, and still don't care about people?" ”

Boss Li nodded: "It was my daughter-in-law who saw it, and she did say so." ”

The official asked a few more questions, and Boss Li told the truth, the official who took the lead was called Hong Tao, he turned his head and pointed to the gate of Wang's house, and said lightly: "It's smashed, go in and have a look." ”

The two people behind him hurriedly ran over, pulled out the big knife on their waist, and cut down the courtyard gate of the Wang family with a few big knives.

"The soil in this courtyard is the same as the soil in the medicinal herb field, and the Wang family has disappeared after the incident, which is obviously absconding for fear of crime."

Chixi and Tian Cuihe followed the official into the courtyard and found that many things in the courtyard of the Wang family were very familiar.

Sister-in-law Osmanthus exclaimed: "Oh my God! Xiaoxi, isn't this the bamboo basket you couldn't find some time ago? And this hoe, and these eggshells! How could the Wang family have so many eggs? There are also chicken bones here! It's so damning! How can I say that there will be fewer eggs and chickens every day! It turned out that the Wang family came to steal it! With so many of us guarding your house, they can still steal it, it's crazy. ”

There will indeed be some less things at home, but the family is full of people, and some less things Chixi just thinks that they may have been borrowed, and she doesn't care much about some small things, but she didn't expect them to be stolen by the Wang family!

Chi Xi's face was very ugly, and Tian Cuihe also frowned.

Hong Tao remembered that the county magistrate had instructed him to handle the case well, so he stepped forward with his feet raised, and said solemnly with a frown: "Mrs. Xi, since the thief has been identified, we will go to catch the thief first, and when the thief is caught, we will send someone to inform him, and Mrs. Xi is waiting at home." ”

"Thank you, my lords, for your hard work. It's not early now, so a few adults will stay for dinner, stay in the back mountain for one night, and be busy tomorrow morning! ”

When I came back from the county seat today, I was no longer looking for it, and the official messenger came and went around the village and the field a few times, and the sky was already dark.