Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 57 Li Hongqing fled

Chen Qingsi's expression was gloomy, and she could feel the indignation and unwillingness from Li Hongqing's words.

He himself felt the same way.

Qingxi County is where Chen Shuozhen started. Most of the people in the county are her loyal followers, and most of the middle-aged people in the county have become her bodyguards.

In the Battle of Wuzhou, Chen Shuozhen was defeated and died, and naturally there was not a single guard left beside her.

When it comes to the heaviness of losses, no one can compare with Qingxi County.

The orphans and widows left behind by these people are the most miserable...

As the magistrate of Qingxi County, Chen Qingsi couldn't help but feel horrified when he looked at the large number of orphans and widows in the household registrations of each village and county.

He also regarded this matter as the biggest problem he faced after taking office.

It is hard for Chen Qingsi to imagine that in their current situation, the only belief that supports their survival is their children.What would happen if this was robbed by traffickers?

Just like Aunt Zhou whose daughter-in-law caused trouble to Du Zi, her son followed Chen Shuozhen in the uprising and never came back.Now that my wife is dead, what if something happens to my grandson?

Does Aunt Zhou still have the courage to live?
Human traffickers deserve to die, but if they take advantage of the tragedy at home to rob children from orphans and widowed mothers, they deserve to be cut to pieces.

Chen Qingsi secretly rejoiced. According to common sense, the situation in Qingxi County should be the hardest-hit area where human traffickers are rampant. Perhaps this is because this place is the lair of Chen Shuozhen, the leader of the thieves, and the court is worried that there are remnants hidden here, so they have been paying special attention to this place.

This probably makes the traffickers afraid to reach out here.

As the court relaxes its control over Qingxi County, sooner or later it will become a target for human traffickers.

Chen Qingsi said happily: "Ms. Li, this news is so important. I really ignored these beasts. Now that I know this, ma'am, don't worry. I will take precautions in advance and won't let those beasts succeed."

Just as Li Hongqing was about to say goodbye again, Xiao Miaochen's voice came from outside the house.

"Mr. Lang, why don't you close the door on this cold day?"

Xiao Miaochen brought hot soup on time.

Chen Qingsi was about to introduce his new wife to Li Hongqing, but saw Li Hongqing's expression changed inexplicably.The female hero seemed to be a thief. She looked left and right, then walked to the back window in three steps and then jumped out of the window like a spiritual ape.

with a snap.

The sliding window hit the window edge with a crisp sound.

This change made Chen Qingsi, who had always been calm, a little overwhelmed.

No, why are you running?

"Lang Jun?"

Xiao Miaochen entered with a strange look on his face, and his eyes fell on the shaking rear window: "What's the sound? Is it a cat?"

Chen Qingsi thought for a moment and said, "It's the wind. My husband was stuffy in the house. The candlelight was too strong, so he opened the door and the window to let in some air and relieve the stuffiness."

He had a clear conscience, but Li Hongqing's running away made him feel guilty for no reason.

This thing makes no sense!
“You’re not afraid of freezing either!”

Xiao Miaochen didn't doubt him. He put the ginger soup in his hand on the table and wanted to close the window.

Chen Qingsi stepped forward with a guilty conscience and said, "I'll do it!"

He opened the window and took a look outside. It was pitch black and couldn't see anything. He closed the window and bolted it specially.Xiao Miaochen said with a smile: "It's weird" and served him ginger soup to ward off the cold.

Ever since she discovered that her husband didn't seem to like drinking ginger tea that much, she only made ginger soup.

Chen Qingsi smiled awkwardly and didn't know what to say. She drank the ginger soup and felt a little uneasy.

Li Hongqing's figure was like electricity. She learned from her grandmother Hongfunu how to recognize objects in the dark at night. With the faint moonlight, she left the government office through the broken wall. She was relieved when she saw no one around.

He took two steps forward and suddenly stopped.

wrong?

She tilted her head, looked at the government office behind her, squinted her eyes, and a question flashed in her mind: Why am I running?

She turned around stiffly and looked at the dark government office, her mind filled with questions.

This……

This girl is sending money, she is fair and honest, she has a clear conscience, what is she guilty of?
She asked herself this question again, and a terrible thought came to her mind: "How could it be like a secret meeting?"

Not getting any answer, Li Xianu was so angry that she stamped her feet.

Early the next morning, Chen Qingsi found Kuang Zheng and made arrangements for yesterday's news.

"Brother Kuang!" Chen Qingsi knew that there were not many people she could really trust. Apart from his wife Xiao Miaochen and the two maids Qianyan and Qingkong, Kuang was the most trustworthy person, so he always called him by his old name.

Kuang Zheng didn't dare to respond with the old attitude, but every time he heard the words "Brother Kuang", he felt that he had endless strength.

"The security of the county must be carefully monitored. Strangers coming and going from the county must be checked in detail, especially strangers who are close to the county school. You must be more careful. I heard that there are many children smuggled in surrounding counties. Even incidents of kidnapping, this kind of situation cannot happen in our county."

Kuang Zheng immediately said: "Don't worry, County Magistrate Chen, my subordinates will never let Yazi succeed in this county. If these unscrupulous beasts dare to do evil in the county, one of my subordinates will chop them down."

Chen Qingsi didn't say anything. He just chopped off his teeth.

The Tang Dynasty was very humane in this regard, and passers-by acted bravely without questioning the crime.

Not to mention a servant like Kuang Zheng.

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A few days later, somewhere in a mountain col.

"Er Gouzi, why did you come back empty-handed again?"

A man full of flesh, whistling and joking.

The ordinary-looking middle-aged man, known as Ergouzi, was so angry that he picked up the stones on the ground and threw them away.

Ergouzi cursed all the way to a dilapidated thatched hut, put on a smile and shouted inside: "Boss!"

A man in sackcloth strode out. He was tall and tall, with a huge black iron machete hanging on his waist. He looked at Er Gouzi who was as flattering as a dog in front of him, slapped him and said, "You kid has never been a thief. Kong, your attack was accurate and ruthless, why did you come back empty-handed?"

Ergouzi was almost knocked to the ground, and said with a mournful face: "Boss, forget it. There are so many good products in Qingxi County, and they are all orphans and widowed mothers. I thought they were going to get rich. I don't know where Tiansha County came from. The order moved all the people from the surrounding villages to the county. I thought that if the robbery failed, I would deceive and deal with orphans and widowed mothers. I had experience in dealing with orphans and widows. Who would have thought that some damn county magistrate would open a county school and take all the children? When we arrived at the county school, we all gathered together to play, but there was no chance. The little one was so stubborn that he really didn’t believe that he wouldn’t get a chance... The past two days were somehow worse. The little one just wandered around the county school, Before I even made a move, I caught him and asked him about his past and his origins. Fortunately, he was clever and had the boss to show him his true past and he managed to get past him."

"Boss, Qingxi County is really hard to start with. How about you let someone else go? Let the dog go to other counties and make sure to catch some good ones for the boss."

The man in linen clothes was a little surprised and said: "It seems that there is a real person in Qingxi County. That's all. Just avoid this county. A stinky bitch has been spotted. Be careful."

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