In fact, if Lin's father's leg had been properly set back then, he wouldn't be lame. Now that the bone has grown crooked, the only way to straighten it is to break and re-set the bone.

However, Lin's father's current health condition is too bad, and he needs to recuperate for a period of time before his bones can be re-set.

The Lin family boy's blindness was caused by a blood clot in his head compressing his nerves.

If conditions permit, there is hope for recovery if acupuncture is performed for more than six months.

Lin's mother was severely depleted and could only recover with the help of tonics and good food and drink.

Overall, there is hope, but a lack of money.

Even though the county magistrate Xu Dongsheng had given him the money, the prescribed medicine still had to be prepared.

The Lin family of three never imagined that one day they would be drinking medicine prescribed by the county magistrate.

The following day, the trial began, and Bai Shengxi naturally denied everything. He even tried to get the villagers to testify.

The villagers of Xinghua Village, standing outside the main hall, had long hated the former village chief.

Especially since their whole family is in jail, if we don't seize the opportunity to kick them while they're down, when will we?

Therefore, I said everything that I dared not say before.

They even made up fairly much of what they had heard and speculated about.

In the end, Bai Shengxi and his eldest son were executed immediately, while the other members of the Bai family were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 5 to 20 years, depending on the circumstances.

The Bai family's assets were liquidated, and the people were compensated first; the remaining portion was confiscated.

The woman wasn't entirely innocent either; she had benefited from the Bai family's influence.

Now that the Bai family's affair has been exposed, the women will also have to suffer the consequences.

They didn't punish anything else, just made these women do all the cleaning and chores.

However, it wasn't the county government office or Xinghua Village that was being swept, but rather the streets around the county government office.

Whether these women will find a way to escape depends on their own intelligence. For example, divorce.

Then naturally, they wouldn't be implicated by the Bai family.

After dealing with Bai Shengxi's matter, the village voted to elect a new village chief.

This man was once a student of the Imperial Academy, but because he was envied by a young man from the Bai family, his forehead was broken and left with a scar, thus preventing him from ever pursuing an official career.

The incident in Xinghua Village was just a minor episode.

With the help of the Zhao family (father and son/daughter), Kenqing City quickly implemented various measures.

The armed forces in various villages and towns have been greatly strengthened.

At the same time, farmers received high-yield grain seeds and placed great hope on the spring planting that year.

Xu Dongsheng also submitted a letter explaining the current situation in Kenqingcheng.

The population loss was too great, and the people suffered greatly from the harassment of foreign enemies. They were starving and in unbearable pain.

His words implied that he was suffering greatly, and he requested tax reductions to give the people a chance to catch their breath.

At the same time, we should take this opportunity to attract back as many people who have left as possible.

With everything settled in Kenqing City, it was time to say goodbye.

Despite Xu Dongsheng's reluctance, Zhao Qingyan still had to go to Dawar City.

As for the orphanage, Zhao Qingyan left it with enough food, cloth, and money.

The specific arrangements for management personnel, etc., will be left to Xu Dongsheng to handle.

In order to help him make a smooth start, Zhao Qingyan left Xu Dongsheng tens of thousands of taels of silver.

This doesn't mean that Zhao Qingyan loved Xu Dongsheng deeply, but rather that all of Xu Dongsheng's money was with her.

It's just returning part of the money to the other party.

Yes, ever since Xu Dongsheng and Han Xuri recognized each other, he has received no shortage of good things, and certainly no shortage of money. The one in the palace has also given him many rewards.

Xu Dongsheng naturally entrusted all his belongings to his wife for safekeeping.

After Zhao Qingyan and her group left, the best-selling businesses in Kenqing City were brick and tile shops, and the craftsmen were naturally the bricklayers.

After all, when someone comes up with a good idea or solution, wouldn't they want their family members to benefit from it as soon as possible?

Therefore, after the bricklayers built heated brick beds and fire walls in their homes, the neighbors found out and followed suit.

The children were very worried when they learned that Grandma Huang and the Zhao sisters were going to Dawar City.

One by one, they began to recount the horrors of Davar.

One child even said there was a dog hole in the north wall of Dawar.

He once escaped death by crawling through a dog hole.

But these words sounded like a big problem to the Zhao family.

The north city wall—isn't that the northern Mongolians to the north?

If those dogs find the dog hole and sneak into the city, it would be easy for them to seize Davar from within and without.

No wonder none of the previous county magistrates had good outcomes. The loophole was there.

It was because of this news that the Zhao family left Kenqing City ahead of schedule.

It took more than a day to get to Davar.

The guards at the city gate are from the border defense battalion.

Upon learning that Zhao Minggeng was the newly appointed county magistrate, everyone looked at him with pity.

After Zhao Minggeng and his party entered the city, the city guard said,

"Dude, do you think this magistrate offended someone?"

Knowing that several county magistrates have already died in Dawar, why are they still sending people here?

The second soldier guarding the city shook his head.

"How would I know? But that man looked very tall and strong. His build didn't resemble that of a scholar; he looked more like a military general."

The city guard slapped his forehead.

"You know what, they're all pretty tall. I think I saw the young master carrying a bow on his back."

Zhao Minggeng and his party arrived at the county government office.

The appearance of the county government office truly surprised Zhao Minggeng and his group.

The stone lion in front of the county government office is missing a leg and leans askew.

One of the gates of the county government office had fallen off, leaving only half of it, giving the impression that it was about to collapse at any moment.

From a distance, you can tell what the county government building has been through.

The western part of the roof has long since disappeared. There is also a large hole in the eastern wall.

Two tables were set up in front of the county government office.

An elderly man, around fifty years old, was writing something, while an old man in tattered clothes was muttering to himself beside him.

As I got closer, I could hear clearly that the old man was writing a letter to his son.

The one writing furiously was a ghostwriter.

After the transaction between the two was completed, Zhao Minggeng finally spoke and asked.

"Old man, is this the county government office? It's so dilapidated, is anyone still on duty inside?"

The person writing the letter looked up and saw a tall, imposing man, but didn't pay him any mind.

"Hey, just from the way you talk, I can tell you're from out of town, right?"

There isn't even a county magistrate in our county government office, so who's on duty? The people who could run away have all run away.

The rest were people who simply had nowhere else to go, or had various family matters to attend to.

I used to be the registrar here.

Now, I can only make a living by writing letters for people.

Who knows when those Northern Mongol bastards will attack the city again? I might not even be alive then.