"The county lord helps, ask the county lord to help."

After the figure came, he didn't step forward, but was a few steps away from Liu Xinning, and knelt and kowtowed.

Liu Xinning hurriedly looked over and found that it was a thin old man with gray hair.

She frowned, "Uncle, did you recognize the wrong person?" ”

Although her identity is well known, her appearance is not recognizable by any person on the street.

"You are the Lord of Zhaoyang. Xiaomin is here to save your life. The old man said in the affirmative.

Liu Xinning couldn't help but take a few steps back and put her right hand on the sleeve arrow on her left arm.

It's all because she wanted to secretly take Chun Nuan to Jushanzhuang, so she asked Chun Nuan to park the carriage far away from the gate, but now there is no helper.

However, with the drugs in her hands, the jewelry and hidden weapons on her body, and the repeating sleeve arrows, she should not be able to defeat the old man alone.

"How do you recognize me?"

"Just now the county lord sent the county lord away, and Xiaomin hid aside and saw it. The county lord, Xiaomin is not a bad person. Xiaomin is the people of Zhaoyang County, and he begs the county lord to listen to heaven. ”

The old man also seemed to see Liu Xinning's vigilance, and hurriedly explained.

The old man said as he threw over his household registration and road guides, "Please check it out with the county lord." ”

Liu Xinning motioned for Chun Nuan to go over and get something, but she was still vigilant and kept the action of sending sleeve arrows at any time.

Chun Nuan quickly took the household registration and road guide, and after checking it carefully, he nodded at Liu Xinning.

"Uncle, what is the matter with you, and come in with me and talk slowly."

Liu Xinning thought about it, but still felt that it was safer to be in a place where everyone was her own.

When the old man heard this, he only felt hope, and tears immediately flowed down his eyes.

"As the county lord said, this matter needs to be explained in detail."

As soon as the old man spoke, Liu Xinning felt that he was not an ordinary farmer.

She glanced at Chun Nuan, and Chun Nuan led the old man to the door.

And Liu Xinning is vigilantly walking at the rear. That way, if the old man has a move, she can also deal with it in time.

Chun Nuan knocked on the door and saw the concierge's surprised eyes: "County Lord, are you back so soon?" Who is this man? ”

"Let's go and call a guard." Liu Xinning did not answer the porter's words, but directly commanded.

When the man heard this, he immediately shouted loudly, and several guards came at one time.

"Search."

Before Liu Xinning's words fell, some of those guards stood vigilantly in front of her, and some stepped forward to check carefully.

The old man did not resist and let the guards search him.

Soon, the guards came to report that there was nothing dangerous about the old man.

Liu Xinning and Chun Nuan were completely relieved.

"Let's go."

After finishing speaking, Liu Xinning took the old man to the main hall in the front yard.

The old man walked in the verandah in the courtyard, looking at the pavilions and pavilions passing by, the small bridges and flowing water, and facing Liu Xinning's subordinate guards, his waist couldn't help but bend even more.

Liu Xinning entered the main hall and sat in the first place, and after letting Chun Nuan guard the door, the old man spoke.

It turned out that the old man's surname was Zhang Mingxianwen, and although he was full of white hair, he was only forty-five this year.

He was originally the shopkeeper of a shop in Zhaoyang City, the capital of Zhaoyang County.

After the death of the original owner, the new owner dismissed him and replaced him with his own.

He suddenly lost his job, and his wife and son had passed away, and he was alone, thinking about returning to his roots.

His hometown is in a remote mountain village in Dongshan County, under the jurisdiction of Zhaoyang County.

Zhang Xianwen did not return to his hometown for three years, and only when he went back did he learn from the patriarch that his brother's family had died of illness.

Now only a nephew and a niece remain.

But his nephew was in prison.

Zhang Xianwen was naturally shocked and inquired everywhere. As a result, the villagers were secretive.

It wasn't until later, relying on money, that Zhang Xianwen secretly inquired from a child in the village.

It turned out that his nephew died of his father's illness and mother, so he could only take his young sister and rely on the clan to survive.

Later, the son of a wealthy family in the county was jealous of others in the flower building and accidentally killed a person.

Murder pays for life, and the rich son should have been sentenced to death.

Especially the deceased was a scholar, and now he is a child, and he can get a reputation for his talent in the re-examination.

However, the rich man gave up a lot of money to bribe the county magistrate, and compensated the family of the bitter lord for forgiveness, so he was only sentenced to 20 years.

But in the past 20 years, the rich man didn't want to go to jail, so he had to spend money to buy a poor man to go to jail for him.

After searching for it, I found Zhang Xianwen's nephew.

Zhang Xianwen's nephew was already helpless, and the patriarch collected the money, and then distributed some to the clan elders, so he sent people in to replace him.

This kind of buying people to take the sin has existed since ancient times, but it is just wishful thinking.

However, Zhang Xianwen's nephew didn't want to. However, he could not resist the clan.

The patriarch used his ancestral grave and young sister as a threat and let him go to prison.

When Zhang Xianwen returned to his hometown, he wanted to return to his roots, and he wanted someone to break the pot for him.

Now, this Zhang family is about to die, how can he be willing?

Therefore, Zhang Xianwen first took the money to the county jail to dredge it up, and saved his nephew.

However, in the official mansion, if you have not been imprisoned, you can still change people, and you have been in prison for half a year, how can you be willing to toss again?

Therefore, the officials in the government handed over Zhang Xianwen to the rich family.

As soon as the rich man saw that someone was doing something bad, he naturally beat Zhang Xianwen and threatened him.

However, Zhang Xianwen has been a shopkeeper outside, and he often deals with the officials, so he has some knowledge.

He knew that this county government was afraid that he would not be able to go, so he wanted to go to the county government to complain.

Unexpectedly, the rich family was very willing to marry his young daughter to the teacher next to the county guard as a concubine.

With the teacher guarding, Zhang Xianwen naturally couldn't get close to the county office. Not to mention, the rich family has been sending people to chase and intercept them.

Zhang Xianwen couldn't, so he could only leave Zhaoyang County scarred and secretly go to the capital.

He came to the capital for nothing else, just to find the county lord of Zhaoyang for help.

The administration of the Daqing Dynasty was divided into two levels: county and county.

The imperial power is not under the county! Therefore, only officials above the county level belong to the imperial court assignment.

The Daqing Dynasty is also particular, and it is not handled by skipping the level.

That is to say, the affairs of any county are under the management of the local yamen, and the yamen of other places are not allowed to interfere without authorization.

Therefore, what happened in Zhaoyang County can only be handled by the county government at the highest. If the county government doesn't care, the other counties can't take care of it.

However, Zhaoyang County is the fief of the lord of Zhaoyang County.

Although the county lord of Zhaoyang does not have actual jurisdiction, this is her fiefdom in the end, so she can go up to heaven to hear.

Therefore, Zhang Xianwen, who is quite brainy, gave up going to the county government and went directly to Beijing to find the county lord of Zhaoyang.

However, the Mansion of the Eldest Princess of Changle is in the East Inner City, where can he be an ordinary person to enter?

Therefore, Zhang Xianwen inquired about the Zhuangzi of the eldest princess's mansion closest to the capital, and only hoped to get acquainted with the people on the Zhuangzi, and it would be good to give a message.

Zhang Xianwen wandered around here for a few days, and he was lucky enough to meet Liu Xinning.

In the evening, Liu Xinning went out to see Ye Lanqing, and was seen by Zhang Xianwen, who was secretly hiding on the side.

When Liu Xinning went out just now, because she was out of Zhuangzi, she didn't bring a hat, and she just wanted to get out of the car and wear it again.

Who would have thought that he would be recognized like this?

(End of chapter)