Luo Yong followed, and the further he went, the more uneasy he felt.
Why is this road leading to the county town? Weren't these people supposed to be meeting with the Goddess of Fertility? Why are they heading to the county town instead?
In a flash, Luo Yong guessed a possibility: the Goddess of Fertility was actually hiding in the desolate county!
Thinking of this, his heart pounded, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.
Chen, the county magistrate, realized that he was very familiar with the route, and he almost burst into tears.
“Your Excellency, you don’t need to worry. I’ve already sent my men to guard those courtyards,” Luo Yong said in a deep voice.
After the county magistrate arrived, he went against the grain merchants, thoroughly investigated many account books, and offended many people. Now he doesn't have many people he can rely on.
The reason he only took the county magistrate to the desolate mountains in the middle of the night was because all the available manpower in the county government had been sent out.
"Your Excellency, think about it carefully. If we don't go, how many people in the desolate county, how many pregnant women, will be harmed by these guys?"
"Do you know what I saw back then? Those people cut open pregnant women, mutilated the babies inside, and then put them into wooden coffins!"
"The whole yard is full of these wooden coffins. How many people must they have harmed?" Luo Yong said with a pained tone.
"This time, we may not succeed. Perhaps next time, the people sent by the magistrate will still be unable to subdue this goddess of children. But as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we cannot give up!"
"Besides, Magistrate, you heard what they were saying just now, didn't you?"
After trembling for a moment, Magistrate Chen finally nodded: "Let's go, let's go take a look!"
Seeing the tragic figure of Magistrate Chen, Luo Yong breathed a sigh of relief.
He thought of what the county magistrate had said before.
“Luo Yong, County Magistrate Chen is actually a good official. It’s just that he’s the only one who has opposed the former county magistrate all these years. He can’t fight city hall.”
“I have investigated the cases over the years, and many of them were handled by County Magistrate Chen. He helped the villagers a lot.”
"If you go with him, you must protect Magistrate Chen, and you must also be careful!"
"The investigation into the Goddess of Fertility is extremely urgent, and your lives are also of great importance!"
Luo Yong took a deep breath and quickly pulled County Magistrate Chen into hiding.
Ahead, Liu Xin twitched her ears and whispered to the others, "Aunt An, sister-in-law, no wonder the Mountain Goddess didn't let us confront those two behind us."
"One of them is a constable from the county government, and the other is the county magistrate!"
"It turns out the government has already set its sights on the Goddess of Fertility, and even they can't do anything about it!"
At this point, Liu Xin's expression held a hint of pride.
If it were before, she would have been terrified and her legs would have gone weak at the thought of government officials following behind.
Liu Xin showed no fear whatsoever, for her backer was the Mountain Goddess!
Cui Ying stroked her chin thoughtfully: "Does the Mountain Goddess forbid us from dealing with these two people because she wants us to offend the government?"
Or is it that the Mountain Goddess wants to cooperate with the government of the desolate county?
She didn't voice her last guess, but she felt it was very likely.
"Hurry up and act. We'll do whatever the Mountain Goddess tells us to do. There's no point in guessing!" Lin Anniang instructed them.
"We'll split up then. Yingniangzi, Xinniangzi, and I will go to Granny Shi's courtyard, while the rest of us will go to other courtyards in groups of three!"
There are four courtyards in total, and the girls are divided into groups of three.
None of these people objected. The courtyard where Granny Shi lived was the residence of the true form of the Goddess of Fertility, and it was even more dangerous there.
The way Madam An and Madam Cui made this arrangement was also for their own good.
"Don't be afraid, Grandpa Lin will be waiting for us outside. If anything goes wrong, he will rescue us immediately."
Grandpa Lin is the old man who awakened the ability to levitate. He can control not only himself, but also others.
Lin Anniang gave each person a few words of advice, and the group quickly disappeared.
"Damn it, they split into four routes. Did they spot us?" Magistrate Chen was panting heavily as he chased after them. He couldn't understand how such a group of young women could run faster than him!
Aren't these people tired? Don't they feel exhausted? Could it be that he's too old and useless?
After thinking for a moment, Luo Yong pulled County Magistrate Chen along the route Lin Anniang was on.
"Follow them, everyone else listen to that person!"
By this time, it was fully light, and the streets were bustling with people, merchants carrying loads of goods, and servants going out to make purchases.
Luo Yong blended in easily, and was not noticed at all without careful observation.
Soon, he made another discovery: this road was also very familiar; wasn't it the same house he had found yesterday?
The real goddess who grants children isn't in that desolate mountain, but in this house here?
Luo Yong felt that he had most likely been tricked.
But he also had a strange feeling that if he continued to follow those women, he would surely discover the truth!
"Let's go, keep following!" He gritted his teeth and chased after them again.
A familiar courtyard came into view. After a few people knocked on the door, Granny Shi, with her hunched back, opened it.
Her cloudy eyes swept around, and when she saw Cui Ying and Liu Xin, she subconsciously frowned.
"Why are you two here at this hour?"
Cui Ying keenly noticed that Granny Shi's left arm was drooping, as if something was wrong.
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