Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

Chapter 134: The County Magistrate Returns to the City

"What letter? Let me see it." Magistrate Tian took the letter and read it.

"Hahaha, my eldest daughter is so thoughtful. She has done another big thing for me."

"After reading the letter, Magistrate Tian was very happy to know that their investigation had made some progress. Also, the man surnamed Ma was gone, which made everyone happy. They will definitely punish them later, but for now, let them have some more time to roam.

"Let's go, tell Madam to pack up and go back today."

County Magistrate Tian has been in Xiaoniu Village for nearly a month. If his wife had not brought people to take care of him, he would still be a little uncomfortable with the environment. The villages in the north are too poor and there is not much to eat, which is pitiful for the villagers. Recently, because he and his wife were here, they brought some income to the village. But when they left, the village was still poor.

County Magistrate Tian felt that the burden on his shoulders had become much heavier. The people here were under his jurisdiction, and he was their parent official, so he had to consider their livelihoods.

Now that his daughter is here, he can be more generous with money. Although it is a bit embarrassing to use his wife and daughter's money, his salary as a county magistrate is too low, so there is nothing he can do about it.

County Magistrate Tian was thinking about his plan to enrich the peasants, and he felt even happier that he could make another step forward.

"Master, what are you laughing at? You've been laughing foolishly all the way." Xu saw that her master was in a daze all the way and had no idea what he was thinking.

“Hey, I was thinking that my daughter has grown up and her abilities are getting stronger and stronger. Isn’t she helping me a lot this time?

Yuer is also very outstanding, but like me, she prefers to be steady and upright in doing things. However, my daughter takes an unconventional approach. Sometimes I think that maybe she can achieve results faster.

If she hadn't stepped down so quickly this time, I wouldn't know how long it would take to finish my work at night. As a county magistrate, I have really let down the people under my rule.

I've been here for so long, but I'm still not as capable as my own daughter. "

"Humph, don't you even look at who gave birth to it?"

"Yes, yes, this is all thanks to you, madam. Without you, I don't know what I would do."

"Okay, stop flattering me. Every time you flatter me, something must be wrong. Tell me, what is it this time?" Although Xu knew the character of her master well, who doesn't like to hear nice words?

"That's right. I thought that my daughter seemed to have done a lot of profitable business when she went north this time. I was wondering if I could ask her to spend some of her money to help the people in this county.

Look how poor it is here. There is nothing. We don’t know how many years our family will have to live here.

I have offended someone, and I don't know if I can go back. My daughters will have to suffer with me, and I can't bear it."

Xu felt that her master was really not straightforward. He wanted something but he laid a lot of groundwork.

"Hurry up and tell me what you want to do. You are not afraid of getting tired after talking so much."

"Madam, all I am concerned about is your children and you. I wonder if I can let my daughter get more money to help me develop Shu County.

I don’t dare to hope that this can be built into a second Hu County. I just hope that the people here can have enough food to eat, live in good houses, and come to the county town more often in their spare time.

I also want to make this Shuxian night market flourish, fill the streets with laughter and joy, and recreate the brilliant lights.

Madam, don't you want to see this scene again?"

"Yeah, I haven't seen that scene in a long time, but you are targeting your daughter too much."

"Yu Heng has many places to spend money. All the expenses at the county government office are from your shop. I'm afraid you have used up all your savings."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu was so angry that she wanted to laugh. There was still a father who would cheat her daughter like this. Other people were saving dowry money for their children, but this old guy was spending his own daughter's money and felt so at ease with it. She didn't know what she saw in him back then.

"How dare you use your own daughter's money? When she gets married, you have to pay her back for all the money she has spent now."

"Madam, you are making things difficult for me! My small salary is not even enough to fill her teeth.

Madam, let's talk about how to develop Shu County. We still lack popularity here. Once this place is well developed, more people will be willing to come and live here.

The people have money, they have enough food, their children can stand up, and there are more people. How wonderful it is. "

"Yeah, okay, I'll help you talk to Xing'er. I've never seen you act like a father before."

"Thank you, ma'am." Magistrate Tian turned around and saluted his wife. Xu was so angry that she laughed and slapped his saluting hand away, "You are so rude."

At this time, Tian Yuheng had sent people to each village to call the village chiefs to the county government and asked them to formally report the missing villagers.

Before when Manager Ma and others were here, the villagers didn't dare to speak carelessly, for fear of saying something wrong and their family would be missing someone again. Even though County Magistrate Tian had done everything here in the past six months, they still didn't dare to do so.

Moreover, there has been no movement from the prefect in the past few years, as if he is observing Magistrate Tian.

In this case, the villagers didn't dare to say anything. They just said that people from their village had gone to work in other places, and maybe the life there was too good and they didn't want to come back.

This also resulted in County Magistrate Tian and his colleagues being at a loss in their investigation of the case. County Magistrate Tian stayed in the village for about a month before he could get any information.

Now that his daughter and her companions had captured Manager Ma and obtained so much information, County Magistrate Tian felt a little uncomfortable. He thought that he had worked so hard for so long and only got such superficial information. It was really not worth the time.

As for Manager Ma, he fell ill as soon as he returned to the city. He seemed to be paralyzed and kept muttering things like "Lord Yama, please spare me, I know I was wrong."

The prefect came to see him several times and also hired a doctor to see him, but to no avail.

Soon after, the people below reported that contact with Shu County had been cut off.

After seeing this series of events, Prefect Yan felt that something must have changed in Shu County, so he immediately sent people to investigate thoroughly.

"If necessary, get rid of Magistrate Tian. The cleaner the job is, the better. The nobles above don't like him anyway, so it doesn't matter if he dies."

"Yes, I'll do it right away."

What Tian Yuheng and his team are doing now is to race against time with Prefect Yan and do everything they can to stop them before they find and clean up the evidence.

"Second Young Master, we've discovered that there are big problems in the county. After we cleared out the people, we found that those people were using the identities of the previous citizens here. However, during the few years that the prefect was in office, they replaced their own people into the county little by little. I'm afraid that the original citizens are no longer here." Tian Zhenwei recently assisted in investigating the situation of the people here in the county.

They had never expected that the prefect would be so bold as to resort to such a vicious method as using a substitute. They first threatened the first resident, telling the neighbors that the resident was a distant relative. Then, after a while, when everyone got to know the relative and became familiar with him, the original resident simply pretended to be out doing business and then disappeared.

After that, the prefects either continued to be replaced or left for other places.

Their method seems to be always effective. At most they will find another reason, or simply make the person sick and then they will come to take care of him, but soon the person will die.

In short, let the surrounding neighbors know them and get familiar with them first, and then implement the replacement plan. Currently, more than half of the people in the county have been reduced.

Looking at the information reported by Tian Zhenwei, Tian Yuheng was also extremely shocked. These people actually did it so secretly that it was a waste of his time recording here for more than half a year. Presumably, these county magistrates and chief clerks had also noticed something, but they didn't say anything.

Now Tian Yuheng had to wonder whether the identities of the county magistrate and others had also been replaced, or whether they were just following orders and protecting themselves.

These things can only be dealt with when County Magistrate Tian returns. As a son, he has no right to manage them.

When County Magistrate Tian returned, the village chiefs had also arrived.

Today, Magistrate Tian brought along the County Magistrate and the Chief Clerk. He wanted to know whether these people were involved and what the people’s attitudes were towards them.

"Fellow villagers, I have already found out the situation of your family. I know that you didn't tell me before, which is understandable. Now that we know it, why don't you tell me everything?"

Magistrate Tian's words made the Muramasa below afraid to speak. They looked at each other, not knowing what to do.