Pampered Tian's Wife: The Little Weaver Girl in the Farmhouse

Chapter 72
The county seat was still eighty miles away from the town, and the carriage drove fast all the way, and by the time it arrived at the county seat, it was almost late.When they arrived at the city gate, soldiers guarding the city came forward to investigate. Fortunately, Qi Tiankui thought of it and came out with his identity card.

After checking Qi Tiankui's identity document, the city guards let them enter the city.In fact, it can be heard that Qi Tiankui and the others speak with local accents. Looking at the identity documents, it is a village under the jurisdiction of the nearby Kaiyuan County.This should be coming to the city to run errands or visit relatives, so there is no need to be embarrassed.

Entering the county seat, Qi Tiankui and his son's eyes were smeared, and they couldn't tell the difference between south, east and north.It was shopkeeper Han who pointed out that Qi Tiankui and his son parked the carriage at a place just after entering the city. There was someone who was responsible for parking the carriage and was guarded there.Horse-drawn carriages are not allowed to wander around in this county town, and the carriages that can walk in the county town are all famous and respectable people in the county.

After the carriage was put away, shopkeeper Han led Qiao Yun, Qi Tiankui and his son, all the way forward.After walking for about two quarters of an hour, it was considered to be outside the gate of the county government office.

Qiaoyun had never seen the county government at this time, so of course she was a little curious at the moment, so she looked it over carefully.

This county government office is generally located in the north center of the county seat, which basically embodies the traditional government regulations of sitting in the north and facing the south, left the civil and right military, the front court and the back sleep, and the prison house is located in the south.Facing the street is a Xuanhuafang, with Kaiyuan Guzhi written on the front and Xuanhua on the reverse.On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, the county magistrate will preach the oracle here to educate the people.

The gate of the county government office is three rooms wide, and the open room is the aisle. In the front half of the tip room on the east side, there is a drum for crying out for grievances. It is the drum here.If the people really have any great grievances, they can beat the drums here to cry out their grievances.

In the front half of the tip on the west side stand two stone tablets, on which it is written that false accusations will be added with three grades, and the more you sue, the more you will be whipped fifty times.This is to warn the people not to sue casually. If you make a false accusation, you will be charged with a third class.

Going further in, it should be the lobby, but Qiaoyun stood outside and couldn't see what was going on inside.Based on her understanding of some buildings, this should be a typical county government layout.The gate, the lobby, the second hall, the welcome hall, and the third hall are the central axis, and there are several houses on each side as the places where other officials usually do their business.

Looking at this not-so-luxury building, but revealing its majesty everywhere, Qi Tiankui and his son couldn't help their legs trembling right now.

Shopkeeper Han also understood that it would be futile to count on Qi Tiankui, so he whispered an order to ask Qi Tiankui and the others to wait at a distance, and then Shopkeeper Han went to the gate of the county government alone.Arriving outside the gate of the county government office, shopkeeper Han was stopped by guards on duty. Shopkeeper Han took out something that seemed to be greeting cards from his arms, and asked the guards to send it in.

Not long after, a person dressed as a small official came out from the county government office. This person seemed to be very familiar with shopkeeper Han, and the two started talking.This is obviously not the place to talk about things, so the shopkeeper Han said a few words to the man, the man turned around and gave orders to the guards, then left the gate of the county government office with shopkeeper Han, and walked towards Qi Tiankui and his son.

"Brother Qi, this is the master secretary of the Kaiyuan County Yali. You can ask him about the things you want to ask. However, this place is not the place to talk. Let's find a teahouse and sit down slowly. Tell me." Shopkeeper Han introduced the visitor to Qi Tiankui.

Qi Tiankui and his son hurriedly bowed to the lord master, "Cao Min pays homage to lord master."

The chief bookkeeper waved his hand, "There is no need to be too polite. Shopkeeper Han and I have been friends for many years, and we are not outsiders. Let's go, let's find a secluded place, and then you can tell me the matter in detail." You're welcome, no pretensions.

Shopkeeper Han often came to the county town and was very familiar with all the places in the county town, so he led the crowd to a tea house not far from the county government office.Everyone asked for a private room, ordered a pot of tea and some snacks, and then sat down to talk about things.

Now that he's here, he doesn't care about anything else. The shopkeeper Han first talked about the Qi family's affairs a little bit implicitly, and then asked Mr. Liu if the magistrate had such a nephew.

Master Liu has been in the county government for a long time, and he knows everything about the entire county, let alone the magistrate's house.After hearing this, Mr. Liu shook his head, "Brother Han, I guess you are in the wrong place for this matter. The county magistrate's surname is not Hu, how could there be a nephew named Hu? Even the magistrate's wife is not surnamed Hu ah."

"The person you are talking about is definitely not from the county government office, not even the servants of the county magistrate. Alas, the girl of the Qi family must have been deceived." Master Liu sighed and shook his head.

"To tell you the truth, this kind of thing has happened several times in the vicinity of the county seat. The county magistrate was very angry when he knew about it, and ordered people to arrest him, but he only caught a young man. According to that person's confession, they are not alone, they should be a group of people who specially pick out girls who are only fourteen or fifteen years old."

"They all pretended to be wealthy sons, and said they were relatives of the magistrate's family. After deceiving those little girls, they took them away. In fact, in the end, they sold those girls to those shady places. Sigh , It’s all injustice, I arrested a person before, and it’s been quiet for a long time, unexpectedly, these people went to a remote village to deceive people again.”

Master Liu glanced at Qi Tiankui, and said helplessly, "I said, you don't need to look for it anymore. If your daughter can't find it, she should have been sold. Even if you find it, you don't need to look for it anymore. What can I do? Bao Buqi has already been ruined by others, and getting it back will also discredit the family."

"I'm on good terms with Shopkeeper Han, that's why I told you this. Go back, don't look for it, I can't find it. There is still a picture of that person in the county government. What's the use? These people are cunning Very, and it is also related to the reputation of the daughters of each family. The county magistrate is also in a dilemma. If the notice is really posted and made public, will those families who lost their daughters still stay in the village?"

Hearing these words, Qi Tiankui felt like a bolt from the blue.He had some hopes at first, if he could find Xiumei today and bring them back, at worst, he would hurry up and prepare for their marriage.This kind of thing, if you can cover up the past, that's it, don't worry about wives and concubines, as long as you can cover up your ugliness.

But upon hearing this, Qi Tiankui was completely dumbfounded.Feeling that my daughter was not taken away by the magistrate's nephew, but by a liar, what should I do? "My lord, is what you said true?"

"If you don't believe me, I can take you to see the official files left in the county government office. There is only a portrait of a person in it, just like what you said." Master Liu said firmly.

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