[Yes, yes, it was your people who burned it.] Xiangxiang added a fitting comment.
"Second Brother, how many are dead or wounded?" Ji Yingying didn't reply to anyone else, focusing instead on the casualties.
"Zero casualties. All the people are under control and are now being held in the charity cemetery ten miles outside the city."
"What? A mortuary? A place for the dead?"
"Yes, that place is big. We drugged everyone and locked them all up there."
"Dazed? Will he wake up?"
"I can't wake up. I've taken some medicine. That medicine can keep people asleep forever."
"With so many people, how did you manage to do that?" I didn't go to bed until after 2 a.m. yesterday. The fire was started last night. How could it have been so fast?
Even if you have space and a car, you can't move so fast.
“Each person carries a few, and it only takes half an hour to carry them all. Then, at the fourth watch of the night, a fire is set off. Don’t forget, His Highness the Crown Prince has given you the most men.”
"That's true, that's fine too. Let's go to the teahouse to watch the excitement today, and I'll take you to eat some melon seeds."
"Sister, I have already reported your actions yesterday to mother. You must kneel in the ancestral hall when you return."
"What..." Ji Yingying shouted angrily, the sound so loud that even the birds in the big trees outside took flight.
"Second brother, from today on, we are no longer related. You are no longer my second brother, and I am no longer your sister. Get down right now..." Ji Yingying was so angry. Is there any brother like this?
She is investigating a case, investigating a case!
The people of Li County outside were dumbfounded. What had happened that made the brother and sister turn against each other?
Just as he was about to shout "Hey, the government office is here" the curtain of the carriage was lifted and Ji Jiayu came out.
"Have you arrived at the government office?"
"right."
Ji Yingying also came out. When the officials in the government office saw Magistrate Li coming back, they hurried up to him and told him about the burning brothel. The officials did not feel puzzled when they saw Magistrate Li, but Ji Yingying felt puzzled.
What happened? Wasn't Magistrate Li imprisoned for a long time?
You forgot, there are also imposters, those are just human skin masks.
[Oh right, right... I almost forgot, wasn't that fake Magistrate Li from yesterday also in a brothel?]
Yes, they've all been moved to the mortuary now; the fake Magistrate Li's disguise has been exposed.
Who is it?
[I didn't see anyone, so I don't know how fragrant the melon is.]
【All right. 】
After washing up in the backyard of the yamen, Ji Yingying took Rong Yi out and went directly to the largest restaurant in Anmin County.
Anmin County has only two streets, which are divided into streets for the poor and streets for the rich. This is something that has been in place for some time.
The poor people's street was sparsely populated, with very few people, and even fewer buying things. Not only were there few people, but those who did buy things were dressed in rags, and they treated their two copper coins as if they were ten.
Those people are obviously malnourished.
Rich Street is where wealthy businessmen and some young ladies stroll. The things on the street are very exquisite, even the food.
To enter the rich street to sell things, you have to pay a protection fee of thirty cents a month. Moreover, if the things you buy are not good, you will not be allowed to buy them.
[Host, the tax problem is overwhelming the people here. Also, if you want to enter the rich man's street to buy things, you have to pay two copper coins.]
Good heavens, this county magistrate is simply exploiting the people!
Yes, Magistrate Li is back. Hopefully, he can ensure the people have enough to eat and drink.
【Then you need to have someone distribute the supplies, otherwise it will be very difficult. All the grain grown by these people has been requisitioned, and the same goes for other small villages. There's no way to escape; they can only wait to die.】
This group of people is really good at hiding problems.
After staying outside for half a day and returning home at noon, Ji Yingying's first thing was to send people to control the so-called rich street. The entire street was under control. Anyone who caused trouble would be killed or controlled directly.
"Go and call all the people in the county over here, and also bring back that fake Magistrate Li."
Goodness, do you know where all that food is kept?
[Have someone check out this place, xx, so we can just pull it out when we need it.]
"An Yi, take a team to this place and bring back all the food."
There's one more thing you need to deal with.
Where is it?
Xiangxiang gave an address, which was in a rocky mountain outside the county town.
Wow, this requires the army.
Yes, we have to surround and annihilate them, otherwise we can't win. Those are all soldiers.
[What's the point of a campaign of encirclement and suppression? Isn't our dynasty short of soldiers? Let's just take them back to that old emperor, Deng. They're all people; if we kill them all, their families will be heartbroken.]
Then let's plan slowly.
"Rong Yi, do we still have anyone left?"
"There aren't many people left. These people can't be transferred. Your safety still depends on their help."
"Okay, I'll handle it."
Ji Yingying was just about to eat some melon seeds when Ji Jiayu came in.
"Little sister, everything outside has been arranged. Are you going to get involved?"
"I... want it," Ji Yingying groaned, stood up and ran outside. Someone at the door shouted, "The Protector of the Nation Princess is here."
Wow, this is so grand! It's really pretentious, hehe, but I like it.
[I like it too! Let's go out and get some juicy gossip, there's so much to see!]
"Hehe, I don't have time, I have things to do."
The chair was placed, and Ji Yingying sat down. The people immediately knelt down and shouted, "Long live the Princess!"
"Get up."
[Hehe, how impressive!]
The people all lowered their heads and dared not look up. Anmin County had become a rotten mess. No one knew what the princess was doing here?
"When I passed through here, I noticed something was wrong with Anmin County. Today, when I arrived at the government office, I learned that the county magistrate had been taken into custody and a fake magistrate had been installed to abuse his power and commit all sorts of evil deeds. I was furious. A fake magistrate has caused so much suffering to the people of Tianyou Dynasty. So, I arrested the imposter and rescued the real Magistrate Li."
"For the sake of future developments, I will convey this message to all the people, so that you may know that the person who has brought such devastation to Anmin County in the past six months is this villain."
"After kidnapping County Magistrate Li, he killed his wife and children, sold his son, and forcibly abducted women, causing the people unbearable suffering. If I hadn't been passing by, I wouldn't have known that Anmin County was such a tyrant."
"I'll leave this man to you. If you have any grievances, seek justice. If you have any vengeance, seek revenge. I'll give you half an hour. After half an hour, I'll have this thief executed."
"Also, if you're worried about Jiangnan City, that's fine. Our Crown Prince and the King of Qi have both gone there to crack down on corruption."
Ji Yingying waved her hand, ordering the fake magistrate's mask to be removed, and at the same time, ordered him to be taken downstairs.
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