Empress Abandoned in the Cold Palace: Queen Juan, she doesn't talk about martial arts

Chapter 216 Corruption Chain

Xiao Shengyun lowered his eyebrows and thought about Su Lijin's words, and he had some different feelings in his heart.

He couldn't say clearly for a while, so he just thought secretly.

"Let's go on our way first."

After this matter is over, Su Lijin is about to leave the village.

"It's not good! It's on fire!"

Suddenly there was a cry of alarm, and the two turned their heads, only to see that the village was already on fire, and the houses of the farmers were almost engulfed in flames.

"How could this be..." Su Lijin's eyes widened in shock.

Xiao Shengyun frowned: "The fire is too big, save people quickly!"

The two rushed into the village, and the village was almost turned into a sea of ​​flames. They were in the fire and thick smoke, but they only managed to rescue some people in time.

"The fire is too big, we can't save it..." His body was covered with thick smoke and black ash, Su Lijin panted, looking at the sea of ​​flames, helpless.

"We've tried our best." Xiao Shengyun didn't give in too much, his clothes were burned several times, and he was a bit embarrassed.

"Woooooo...my house is gone..."

Some peasant women sat down on the ground and cried, and the children beside them looked at the fire helplessly with dirty faces.

The other people who were rescued were also crying and very sad.

Su Lijin couldn't bear it, thought for a while, and then said: "I want to go to the government."

"I'll go with you."

The two went directly to the government office, but when the county magistrate listened to Su Lijin's report, he just lightly let them go.

Su Li frowned: "Lord county magistrate, most of this village has been burnt down, and many people have died. Should you send some people to take care of it?"

"Government? How to manage it?" The county magistrate glanced at her, his tone very perfunctory.

Hearing his impatience, she felt dissatisfied in her heart, but she still said patiently: "Naturally help the villagers renovate their houses and let them rebuild their homes."

"It's not that easy. I know about it. Let's go."

The county magistrate was still perfunctory and sent people away with one sentence.

Seeing this, Xiao Shengyun frowned slightly, and a glint of fire flickered in his black eyes.

Su Lijin next to him was even more angry and yelled at the county magistrate for being cold-blooded and ruthless, only eating his salary and not doing anything.

But after scolding, she couldn't actually solve the problem, so she could only suppress her anger.

Su Lijin's complexion remained unchanged, and she moved with reason and affection and said: "My lord, these villagers are also people under your management. You are their parent officer. Now they have been caught in a fire and lost their homes. As a parent officer, you should take them take things to heart.”

"Now there is no other way, so I hope that the adults will apply for it, and see if they can issue some silver taels to help them."

"Don't worry, they only need the silver to rebuild their homes, and they won't ask for more."

She repeatedly assured that the villagers would not take an extra penny.

However, the county magistrate sneered and said: "If the farmer's house is gone, the government will pay for it. If everyone is like this, then the government will give money to everyone."

"My lord, that's not what I mean. The common people are also taxed. They should be protected in case of disaster..."

Su Lijin was about to continue speaking, but was interrupted mercilessly by the county magistrate.

"Okay, the higher authorities won't approve this matter, so hurry up and leave, otherwise, don't blame me for arresting you for obstructing the government."

Immediately, yamen servants came around, glared at the two of them, and drove them outside.

Xiao Shengxun clenched his fists, his black eyes were full of hostility, and several yamen servants took a few steps back in fright.

Pulling him away, Su Lijin shook her head: "Forget it, let's think of another way."

Glancing at the government office, she was really disheartened.

The officials of this party are really ineffective. This government office is basically useless and does not do anything that should be done.

"What are you going to do?" After a long while, Xiao Shengyun asked, his voice still a bit cold.

Obviously, the county magistrate's face just now angered him.

Su Lijin thought for a moment, and said: "If there is no money from the government, the villagers will not be able to rebuild their homes. Their houses have been burned, and their belongings are gone. They are all stretched thin and cannot afford the expenses at all."

This is indeed a fact, Xiao Shengyun remained silent: "But the county magistrate doesn't care at all."

"Well, I don't expect to be able to persuade him."

Shrugging, Su Lijin couldn't help but sighed.

"He refuses to transfer the money, then..."

After a while, as if thinking of something, Su Lijin's eyes suddenly lit up, and she pointed out: "Then let's go get it directly."

Said that he was going to get it directly, Xiao Shengyun immediately understood that she was going to steal it.

Thinking of stealing official silver, he shook his head with a smile, and only she would come up with this method.

But he had to admit that when he heard this method, he agreed with it in his heart.

The official money is taken from the people, and it should be used for the people. Since the county magistrate can't let them distribute it themselves, it's okay for them to take it.

The two looked at each other and saw the same thoughts.

"When are you going to pick it up?" he asked.

"Tonight, when they are fast asleep, I will pick them up in the middle of the night."

Excitement flashed in her eyes.

Time passed quickly, and it was midnight, and the moon shone on the quiet night in the dark night.

In the moonlight, two figures lightly crossed the wall and entered the county magistrate's office.

All the way through the corridor, the figure came to a room.

The room was locked with a big lock, obviously the things inside were very valuable.

The two looked at each other, turned over and went to the roof, looking down from the roof tiles.

Leaving Xiao Shengying outside, Su Lijin went in to investigate alone.

As soon as he entered the room, Su Lijin's eyes lit up in shock.

"So many boxes of gold, silver and jewels!"

The room was full of various boxes and books, among which there were more than six boxes filled with dazzling gold, silver and jewels!

This amount of silver jewelry is not the amount that a small county government should have at all.

Su Lijin flipped through the pages, and suddenly found a list.

After glancing at it, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "This thing... looks familiar."

After thinking about it, Su Lijin suddenly remembered that some of the contents of the account books that she had accidentally glimpsed at the Queen Mother's dormitory were exactly the same as those on this list.

No wonder she looks familiar!This thing might have something to do with the account book!

"Who's in there?"

Suddenly, a question came from the door, followed by the sound of unlocking, and the door was opened with a bang.

Su Lijin didn't have time to hide at all, so she froze on the spot for a moment.

Suddenly a hand hung down from above her head, quickly grabbed her waist, and pressed her against the beam.

The movement was fast, without any movement.

"Strange, no one."

The person who came in looked at the empty warehouse suspiciously, touched his head and went out again.

The two turned over, Su Lijin patted her heart in shock, and glanced gratefully at Young Master Guyun.

Xiao Shengyun looked at several large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry in the warehouse, his eyes were also full of surprise, and the light flickered slightly.

"Look at this list, it's exactly the same as a corruption case ledger I once saw."

Passing the list to him, Su Lijin narrowed her eyes: "I suspect that this is the same corruption chain."

(End of this chapter)