Chapter 91: Jingshan Xue Clan, Yueli's Birth Mother
Xie Lixing deliberately avoided the important issues.
Yuli was very upset about his lack of honesty, and she stepped back unhappily, "I'm tired, I want to sleep."
Because Xie Lixing did not cooperate, Yueli unilaterally announced that she would go into a cold war with him.
As a result, Xie Lixing spent two months of the two and a half month journey coaxing Yueli.
It was not until the group arrived at Jingshan that Yueli was coaxed into submission.
Sometimes Yueli was curious about where Xie Lixing got his patience from. She had been making trouble for so long but still hadn't challenged his limits!
"Let's go to the inn to rest first, and then go to the mine in Jingshan tomorrow. We should be able to see your parents there." Xie Lixing's tone was a little cold when he talked about Yueli's parents.
However, his tone is cold in itself, so this little change seems almost non-existent to most people.
Yueli felt something was subtly wrong.
However, she didn't think anything else and just thought that Xie Lixing was in a bad mood recently.
"Okay." Yueli climbed onto Xie Lixing's back as usual and let him carry her.
This is her way of acting coquettishly and asking for peace.
Xie Lixing's brows relaxed a little, he put his hands behind his back, supported Yueli's legs and walked towards the post station.
The group consisted of handsome men and beautiful women, all dressed in expensive clothes, which attracted many people to stop and look. They were wondering if some important person had come to the local area.
Yueli lay on Xie Lixing's back, looking at the clothes of the people around her with lifeless eyes, feeling a heavy heart.
If the people in Jingshan, which is not considered a poor area, are so poor, what about the people in Jinzhou?
Rumor has it that people will be eaten in places where there is famine...
I don’t know whether it will happen in Jinzhou.
Thinking of this, Yue Li cursed Liu Yuanzhou in her heart. He really deserved to die! How could such a person, who was even more vicious than her, sit in the male lead's position and become the emperor?
After entering the post station, Yueli was settled by Xie Lixing, who then asked Shuxiang and a few others to guard Yueli's door.
So that no one would disturb her.
Xie Lixing went out to meet the magistrate of Jingshan and the general who guarded the mine.
The two of them naturally had to warmly welcome the Regent when he arrived.
"Meet the Regent."
The two of them came to Xie Lixing with a flattering attitude.
Xie Lixing nodded, and sat at the head of the yamen, looking down at the two people standing below. "I want to see someone from the Xue family. I hope you can arrange it for this time tomorrow."
"Xue?"
Jingshan was an exile area, and families were often exiled there. The county magistrate and the general were aware of this.
Xue is one of them.
However, the two people's impression of the Xue family was not because of their exile, but because of the real and fake daughters of the Xue family and the prime minister's family.
When Xue Chaolu left, she pointed at their noses and cursed at them.
A letter was also sent from the capital, asking them to "take good care" of Xue's people. The two naturally obeyed the order, so they made things difficult for Xue.
Now that the Regent is here, is he also targeting the Xue family?
"I don't know how Xue offended Your Highness. Please tell me clearly!" The general stepped forward and spoke respectfully.
His meaning was very clear. If Xie Lixing wanted to make things difficult for the Xue family, he didn't need to do it himself. He just needed to tell him.
He will take care of it.
This is what he did when the letter came from the Prime Minister's family.
Hearing this, Xie Lixing's eyes fell on the general. "From what you said, General, has someone caused you trouble for the Xue family before?"
The general was a rough man and didn't know how to beat around the bush, so he just had to nod.
The magistrate finally came to his senses and noticed something was wrong with Xie Lixing's tone. He hurried forward to interrupt the general, "To answer your question, Your Highness, the incident of the real and fake daughter caused a lot of uproar. As parents, naturally, they don't want to see their daughter suffer any injustice, right?"
The magistrate's words made Xie Lixing nod.
He smiled slowly, "In that case, take me to see the mine now, preferably where the Xue family works." He wanted to see what kind of life the Xue family was living now.
Xie Lixing stood up and walked straight out of the yamen.
The magistrate realized something was wrong, but it was too late and he could only follow.
The general followed the two men, confused, and kept asking the magistrate in a low voice, "What's wrong? Why did you interrupt me?"
"The Xue family is the prince's in-laws' family!"
The magistrate gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words.
The Regent's people had not ordered any care, nor had they ever heard of the Regent's wife wanting to return to her ancestral home. They thought that the Regent's wife disdained her biological mother's family and refused to come back.
Who would have thought that they would come more than three years later!
The general opened his eyes wide and now understood that Xie Lixing was not here to cause trouble for the Xue family!
But I came to help the Xue family!
"What should we do...?" the general asked in a low voice.
The magistrate gave him a sidelong look and told him to shut up.
Xie Lixing was right in front of him, and he kept secretly pulling his sleeve and asking him why he did this.
The two followed Xie Lixing with their own thoughts and all the way to the mine.
The mine is an iron mine, which is very large. Many numb laborers are like zombies, knocking on the cave wall again and again.
Even when Xie Lixing appeared, he didn't attract their attention at all.
There are men and women, old and young here.
When they came in, they never thought that there would be a day when they would be able to get out, because they had no money to redeem themselves.
Xie Lixing looked at the people walking around him without any expression, until the general took him to the most remote and difficult mining area.
"Your Majesty, this is where the Xue clan members are doing hard labor."
The general's voice trembled as he said this.
You can see that he is very scared now.
Xie Lixing looked in the direction he pointed and saw a dozen people working hard to chisel a hole in the wall.
Among the dozen or so people, there were two children aged seven or eight, seven or eight female relatives, and only four or five males, including two elderly people.
They were all very thin, with whip marks of varying sizes on their bodies, even the children had some.
Xie Lixing's eyes darkened a little.
"I remember that more than 300 members of the Xue clan were exiled. Where are the others?"
"Your Highness, the Xue family encountered a plague during their exile, resulting in over a hundred deaths and injuries. While performing corvée labor, their health deteriorated and over a hundred people died of the disease." The magistrate began to explain to Xie Lixing.
Xie Lixing's gaze slowly fell on him.
"There are more than a hundred people?"
"The conditions are difficult. Many people have died of illness in recent years. Some want to escape... some have already escaped..." The magistrate's voice began to tremble as he spoke.
Xie Lixing's gaze was too oppressive.
Even he, who had been an official for many years, couldn't withstand it.
"I will personally question the Xue clan. If you conceal anything, I will take your heads."
After saying that, Xie Lixing walked up to the Xue family members.
The Xue clan hadn't seen a noble official in a long time, especially after seeing one three years ago, when members of the clan died one after another...
They are very resistant to dignitaries.
Subconsciously I wanted to avoid it.
"This king thanks you for your kindness and will go to Yueli to find relatives for my wife."
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