Chapter 220 Sister, are you really an official?
[It's fine now, but it won't be good if they force themselves on me later; it's kind of scary.]
[You can't scare me; I don't meet the requirements for forced love.]
That's true, but I feel their paranoia isn't that severe; it's more of a mild case.
"Okay, I'll let the bicycle out. I'll tell them I'll get it tomorrow."
Ji Yingying returned to the house, put the bicycle out, and was about to lie down to sleep when she heard a commotion outside.
Fire.
【What? Can it burn down here?】
I don't know, it's not far away.
"Who started this fire? How could there be a fire in a place like this?" Ji Yingying put her bicycle away again and went out to wake the four of them up. They were all drunk, but when they heard Ji Yingying say that there was a fire, they immediately sobered up, more sober than anyone else.
"How could it catch fire?"
"I don't know!" Ji Yingying replied, then prepared to go out and take a look.
This is a small county town, a very small county town, close to Haixiang Kingdom, and it looks almost like a village.
Fengcheng doesn't seem that far from here by donkey, but by carriage, horse, or on foot, it's quite a distance.
When she arrived at the scene, the fire had already burned two houses. People who came out were crying, and firefighters were working hard to put out the fire.
The yamen runners also arrived.
"This won't do!" Ji Yingying was anxious, thinking that if things continued like this, all the houses would easily burn down.
"Let's not get so close, you'll get burned." Xiao Mei tried to pull her away, but Ji Yingying ignored her and called out, "Rong Er!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
The sudden appearance of a person shocked both Xiao Shuai and Xiao Mei. No wonder she could come out on her own; it turned out she had a bodyguard!
"Go and arrange for the yamen runners to demolish the houses over there, and surround the fire in this area. Also, the water source..."
"Master, the tide is going out."
"It's really inconvenient. Let's deal with the flammable items in that house first."
"yes"
Rong Er went to handle it, while she watched from the side.
[Xiangxiang, did you see what caused this fire?]
Yes, the arsonist was that guy over there; he was also watching.
"Rong Er, grab him, and him too!" The two men looked shifty and were immediately grabbed by Rong Er. He tied them up and then went to help put out the fire.
With Ji Yingying directing from the side, the county magistrate dared not speak, because he had already seen the token in Rong Er's hand, which was the token of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works.
"What are you doing here? Go up and put out the fire! We're all in this together! Don't you understand? I don't even know how you got your official position?"
The county magistrate, feeling wronged, immediately agreed to go and help.
The fire was quickly extinguished, and Ji Yingying then sent someone to check in case any embers remained and could cause a secondary fire.
"Sir, what should we do next?" The magistrate was covered in soot that his face was barely recognizable.
[This scoundrel doesn't even know what to do; how did he get his official position?]
[He bought his way into the position; he was originally a poor scholar who married a wealthy woman and thus bought an official post. Because the area is remote and no one can control him, he's in this state of confusion!]
Ji Yingying couldn't bear to look!
"You ask me what to do? Don't you know what to do?"
"Your Majesty, I do not know..." He panicked. He had never experienced anything like this before, and he truly did not know what to do. If Ji Yingying were not here, he would know what to do.
"It's unbearable to look at. How can you be an official like this?" Ji Yingying retorted, then said, "Have someone go and check if anyone's dead?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will make the arrangements immediately."
After the magistrate left, Ji Yingying called Rong Er over and said, "Have someone report to him to demote him and replace him with someone else as magistrate."
"yes"
Rong Er immediately went to make arrangements and returned shortly afterward, staying by her side the whole time.
They searched for bodies and counted the number of dead. The large house hadn't collapsed from the fire, but they could still tell how many people had died.
"Rong Er, you will be in charge of handling this case, and then report back."
"yes"
As soon as Rong Er left, Xiao Mei and Xiao Shuai came over.
"Sister, are you still an official in the court?" Because the county magistrate addressed her as "Sir," not "Princess" or "County Princess."
"Yes, I was forced to become an official last year. I'm currently working in the Ministry of Works. There was a snow disaster in Youzhou City during the Spring Festival, right? I went there, so I got a vacation and I'm on vacation now."
[Heh, you're skipping work. What's the point of trying to sound all refined and sophisticated?]
[It's useful. I'm naturally refined and unconventional, haha. You're just a idiot, you wouldn't understand.]
Yes, yes, I don't want to understand.
Ji Yingying snorted, "What the hell is this?!"
"My little sister is amazing!" the young master suddenly said. Ji Yingying blinked, feeling a sense of liking.
[Oh my god, the young master is so cute! He has a kind of tea-like vibe, but he also looks like a little puppy.]
Milk tea!
【Milk tea?】 Ji Yingying blinked and looked at the young master again. She quickly understood and wanted to laugh. How funny! However, it did look like it.
"I can't go on anymore, I'm sleepy. Let's go back to sleep. The results will be out tomorrow."
Ji Yingying yawned, followed them back, and went straight to bed.
When I woke up in the morning, the county magistrate came over and brought the case files with him.
"Has the case been solved?"
"Yes."
Ji Yingying took it and glanced at it. It was a revenge killing. The family that started the fire belonged to the local gentry, surnamed Chen. He seemed quite amiable, but his son was the kind of villain who committed murder, arson, kidnapping, and all sorts of evil deeds.
This time, they robbed the two men's wives and daughters, and then had their house burned down. The old mother, father, younger brother and sister-in-law, and everyone else in the house perished in the fire.
The two men didn't know how to seek revenge at first, but later someone gave them a plan, which gave them the opportunity to take their revenge.
The death toll was also very high, with the Chen family suffering the most deaths. The other families nearby had virtually no deaths, and a lot of assets were liquidated.
"How much money is left in the county government's accounts?" Ji Yingying asked, but the county magistrate did not dare to answer.
"You don't even know how much money is left in the county government's accounts?" Ji Yingying slammed her hand on the table, startling the young men who were about to enter.
How old is this child?
Are officials really that arrogant?
"Alright, I'll let Rong Er handle this. You just keep an eye on things. It won't be long before the Emperor sends someone to take over the county. You can then see which position you're assigned to and do the work accordingly!"
It's unbearable to look at. They're not even as good as her bodyguards. Look at Rong Er, he can do everything and he's good-looking too.
The county magistrate was dumbfounded. He was stripped of his official position just like that?
I wanted to beg for mercy, but I didn't dare!
"Go out!" Ji Yingying waved her hand, then saw the group of them and immediately went to greet them.
"Brothers, sister, you're here?"
"Hmm, little sister, did you really serve as an official for half a year?"
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