Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Chapter 1333 Another Imperial Edict

When the mother-in-law heard this, she knelt down with a bang and kowtowed slightly to Bai Ming.

She knocked again and again.

Bai Ming helped her slightly, but she stubbornly refused to get up.

She banged her head loudly.

"This is for Qingqing."

"This is for Xiaomei."

"This is for the leaves."

"This is for Xiu'er."

"This is for Xiaolan."

"This is for Xiaoqiu."

"..."

The mother-in-law kept knocking, kept knocking.

He knocked his head until it bled.

But originally, there was a big scar on her head.

I don’t know how many times she kowtowed to seek justice for Qingqing, and how many people she kowtowed to before she left such a big mark.

The splattered blood was like sharp knives piercing Bai Mingwei's heart.

Bai Mingwei couldn't bear it. He bent down several times and finally helped his mother-in-law up.

She covered her mother-in-law's bleeding forehead with a handkerchief: "Auntie, stop knocking, stop knocking."

The mother-in-law grabbed Bai Mingwei's hand and squeezed it tightly.

With tears in her eyes, she stared at Bai Mingwei, her eyes with blood flowing through them, looking particularly firm.

That was a begging to entrust everything to Bai Mingwei.

Bai Ming slightly met her gaze and nodded solemnly: "I received your thoughts."

At this moment, the girl who had been crying silently suddenly spoke with tears in her eyes: "General, I was kidnapped by them! They kidnapped me from the place where the refugees are resettled!"

The girl's words made Bai Mingwei look at her: "Were you kidnapped?"

The girl cried and nodded: "After the disaster, my family and I were separated. We fled all the way from the east to near the city, and later settled in a place where refugees were resettled."

"But one night, I and several others were kidnapped, and we came here when we woke up. The people who were kidnapped with me never came back after being sent out several times..."

When Bai Mingwei heard it, he knew there was a lot in it.

She suppressed all her emotions, softened her voice, and spoke in a soothing tone: "Speak slowly, what is going on?"

The girl slowly became calm under Bai Ming's slightly calm eyes.

She recounted what she knew:
"In places where refugees are resettled, people often die because they cannot bear it. The dead people are always quietly carried away, and then the matter goes unsolved."

"At first I thought it was the officials who handled the matter quietly in order not to cause panic. But after a series of events, I discovered that there was something fishy involved."

"Those officials were originally afraid of taking responsibility and tampered with the head count. The dead people would 'disappear' as if they had never been here."

"But some people have relatives and friends, so there is no way to falsify the number, lest relatives and friends leak the information in the future, which will cause them to be found out and cause big trouble."

"So their bodies were just carried away, but the people were still on the list, and the things that were supposed to be given to them fell into the hands of certain people."

At this point, the girl paused.

Then, she continued with sobs:

"Because such actions have not been discovered for a long time, they have become bolder and bolder. They will even take action to kill some people who are already in poor health, creating the illusion that they died of illness."

"Later on, some people with no relatives or relatives will disappear one after another. They may be any random people. In short, they are people who disappear without attracting attention."

"I saw with my own eyes that some officials were attacking the refugees. I was so frightened that I wanted to file a complaint, but before I could do anything, the thieves took me here."

Bai Mingwei heard the words and understood instantly.

It is expected that these officials were just afraid of taking responsibility, so they falsified the names on the roster.

But some people really have no way to fake it and can only keep those people's names on the roster.

Since the relief is based on people's hair, these people who are no longer here will naturally not be able to receive the relief, and the relief will naturally fall into the hands of the officials. This gives them the opportunity to make a fortune.

Because Jiangbei was busy, the court could not take care of everyone, and their activities were not discovered, so they became bolder and even attacked the refugees in order to get relief.

This is almost the same as the way the military uses empty pay.

In the face of human greed, this is also a very unavoidable problem, so she did not have much emotional fluctuations about it.

However, some people dare to openly abduct a refugee girl. You can only imagine how rampant these people are!

Thinking of this, her eyes were extremely cold.

Finally, she suppressed her emotions and patted the girl on the shoulder: "You have worked very hard."

One sentence made the girl burst into tears.

It was like I finally found someone to talk to about my grievances, and I couldn't stop for a while.

At this time, a guard walked in: "Master, Your Highness is ready, please go back."

Bai Ming nodded slightly: "I understand. Come here, I have something for you to do."

The guard walked to Bai Mingwei's side, listened to Bai Mingwei's soft words, and then nodded in agreement.

Bai Mingwei looked at the mother-in-law and the girl: "Don't worry, the injustice here will soon be brought to light."

After saying that, Bai Mingwei walked out.

Her steps were a bit long.

People who know him well must know that she was angry at this time.

In this way, she returned to the government office full of anger.

Liu Yao has been waiting for her for a long time.

Not only Liu Yao was there, but Bai Yu was also there.

Seeing her arrival, Liu Yao immediately said: "Without courtesy, if the matter is urgent, I will start directly."

"First of all, the hiding of stolen goods in the warehouse went very smoothly. The false account books they were going to use to explain the source of the stolen goods have been destroyed, and they have no chance of falsification."

"In addition, Fan Zhizhou is in custody and the group is leaderless, so our opponents are currently unable to take any action to deal with us. As long as we give us a little more time, we can figure out the ins and outs of where all the stolen goods are hidden."

"Secondly, starting from the transportation channels of stolen goods, some merchants were indeed involved, but the time was short, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that they are related to official corruption, so I want to know your progress."

At this point, Liu Yao's expression became very serious: "The most important thing is that I have received news that Zhang Jingkun has come with another imperial edict."

"The general content of the imperial edict is to immediately escort all officials involved back to the capital for trial. Before Zhang Jingkun's trip, Song Taifu secretly visited him."

"Taifu Song must have reached some kind of agreement with him, so he didn't immediately issue an imperial edict asking us to hand over the person. He was eager to participate in the trial, and he probably wanted to investigate the corruption case first."

"Zhang Jingkun's responsibilities are that within two days at most, he must come up with the imperial edict, otherwise no one will be able to deliver the mission."

Bai Mingwei heard the words and thought thoughtfully: "I have long thought that Shilang Zhang's arrival was a bit strange. There was no imperial edict or oral instructions. He was just eager to participate in the interrogation. It turns out that this is the reason behind it."

Liu Yao nodded: "The news was sent by the Imperial Grandmother, and it cannot be false. So we have to finalize the matter before Zhang Jingkun takes out the imperial edict and takes him to the capital."

"If they are escorted to the capital without any explanation, on the one hand they will be silenced by those who are afraid of being implicated. Even if they survive to the capital, there will be great variables."

"Not only will the real big cancer have not been dug out by then, but those businessmen who collaborated with corrupt officials will be able to go unpunished."

"General Zhenbei, the current situation really requires no delay. I hope that you can bring some good news."

Liu Yao finished the matter in one breath.

It was obvious that he was feeling uneasy and nervous.

He is the prince, and he knows the effect of that imperial edict better than anyone else.

What's more, the Queen's grandmother specially sent this news, which shows the seriousness of the matter.

If Zhang Jingkun really takes out the imperial decree and takes people to trial, no one here can stop him.

So the situation is indeed urgent.

Faced with Liu Yao's uneasiness, Bai Mingwei seemed particularly calm.

Even a little too calm.

Bai Yu was the first to notice something strange about her, and couldn't help but ask her in a soft voice: "Mingwei, what happened?"

(End of this chapter)