Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 309 Questions
The two returned to the yamen. The lights were already on at the door, and the guards on duty had changed. When they saw them coming, they asked, "Why are you back again? Did you leave something behind?"

Luo Sha walked up to the man with a smile and said, "No, there's something going on in the village, so I came to ask Brother Ma about it."

"Then go ahead. He is still with Master Qi."

"Ugh!"

The two men walked to the room where Qi Renli handled official business. They did not dare to push the door and go in. Instead, they tiptoed to look inside.

The window has just been pasted with new paper. When the light is shone inside, the shadow can be clearly reflected on the window paper.

"Who else?" Rosa asked.

There was more than one person in the room.

"It should be Lord Qi." Luo Si guessed.

"Shall we go in?" Luo Sha asked again, "Should we call Brother Ma out?"

"Knock on the door first." Luo Si said, "We have to greet Master Qi after all."

"You make sense." He said this, but took a step back.

The meaning was very clear, Luo Si understood it, and went forward to knock on the door. The door was soon opened. Unexpectedly, the person who came to open the door was Lord Qi.

The two of them hurriedly bowed to Qi Renli.

"Didn't you leave the court?" Qi Renli asked, "What happened?"

Luo Si gritted his teeth and replied, "Sir, we want to talk to Brother Ma."

Qi Renli turned around and called out Ma Laifu who was sorting the accounts.

"Brother Ma!" Looking at the closed door, Luo Sha stepped forward and pulled the man away. "I'm sorry to interrupt your work. We have something urgent to ask you in the village."

"Ask me about your village?"

"This is what happened..." Luo Sha recounted what had just happened in the village. "Now, the villagers want to kick her out, so they asked us to come and ask, what procedures do the villagers need to go through at the government office to kick someone out?"

Ma Laifu scratched his head and said, "I don't know about this either."

Luo Si said, "Although you entered the yamen with us, the two masters value you. Plus, you are very careful and know more than we do about many things. We don't know who to ask, so we want to ask you first."

Rosa nodded, "Yes!"

Ma Laifu thought for a moment and said, "For this kind of thing, I'm afraid we have to ask Lord Meng. No one else can make the decision."

When he heard that he had to ask the county magistrate, Luo Sha became even more afraid and looked at Luo Si, hoping that he could come up with a solution.

Ma Laifu said to the two of them, "At this hour, Lord Meng should still be in the front hall. You can go directly to the study to find him."

"This..." Luo Sha said in a low voice, "It's not a good idea to ask Lord Meng about such a small matter, right?"

Ma Laifu said, "This is not a small matter. Don't waste your time here. Go quickly! Lord Meng can go back to the back office early these days. If you go late, you can only wait until tomorrow."

"Alas!"

Under the gaze of Ma Laifu, the two walked towards Meng Changqing's study.

But the more he walked, the more hesitant he became. Luo Sha said, "It would not look good to ask Lord Meng about such a small matter."

Luo Si couldn't understand, "What's so bad about this?"

"People won't think that we are showing off just because we have a little power, right?"

"Why do you think so?" As they were talking, they had already reached the door of the study. The door was closed, but the light was on inside. Neither of them dared to go up and knock on the door.

"How about we come back tomorrow?" Luo Sha backed off.

"Didn't we ask Wang Lamei to leave tomorrow morning? Would it be too late to ask tomorrow?" Luo Si asked. Just as they were struggling, Bafang came over with tea. Seeing the two at the door, he stopped them and asked, "Why are you standing here?"

Luo Sha saw Ba Fang and smiled as usual, "Master Ba, we want to ask you something, Master. Is it convenient for you?"

"Then go in." Bafang opened the door with his foot and shouted into the room, "Master, Luo Si and the others want to see you."

Luo Sha only heard Master Meng's voice coming from the inner room, "Come in."

"Let's go." Bafang gestured to them with his mouth.

The two followed Bafang and walked in stiffly. When they looked up, they saw a row of bookshelves taller than people. The bookshelves were full of books. Lord Meng was sitting not far from the bookshelves, concentrating on writing something on paper.

After Bafang came in, he started to get busy. He put down the tea in his hand and stood beside the desk to grind ink.

"Wait until they are dried before collecting them." After Meng Changqing finished explaining this to Bafang, he looked up at Luo Si and Luo Sha and asked with a smile, "Any questions?"

Luo Sha replied anxiously, "We didn't know who to ask about our village's affairs, so we asked Brother Ma, and he told us that only you can make the decision."

Meng Changqing listened and nodded, "Okay, then tell me about your village."

Luo Sha told the story again, and Ba Fang frowned as he listened. There are such people in the world who choose to act like evil when they could be living a good life.

Of course Meng Changqing knew Jiang Chan and Luo Sanmu. When he heard that the matter was related to their children, he was very concerned.

But she thought for a long time and couldn't remember who Wang Lamei was, so she asked.

Luo Sha hurriedly said, "It's Luo Xinzhu's mother."

Meng Changqing was about to say that he didn't know Luo Xinzhu either, when Luo Si added, "She's the ex-mother-in-law of the man who sells millet cakes in the market."

After hearing this, Meng Changqing had an idea, "The family that Shu Erhua married before."

"Yeah."

Meng Changqing asked: "Has your village decided to drive out this person named Wang Lamei?"

"Yes." Luo Sha followed up with another sentence, "We don't know if this is possible, so we two came to ask you."

Meng Changqing said: "According to the laws of Beishan County, you cannot drive her away. Her land was allocated to Luojia Village, which is recognized by the law. If she does not want to leave, you have no right to deal with her privately."

Luo Sha was surprised that she had accidentally broken the law, and she quickly excused herself, "The villagers wanted to drive her away, and we just came to ask the government for their opinion."

"The government means, no, your village cannot drive her away." Meng Changqing gave the conclusion, but added: "But she tried to harm the girl, which is illegal. Since she has admitted it, we can sue her for it."

Luo Sha was already thinking about what to say when he returned to the village.

Luo Si still didn't give up, "Sir, is there really no way to get her to leave Luo Village?"

Meng Changqing smiled and said, "Go back and think about what I said. I still have things to deal with."

This was to let them go, and the two had no choice but to say goodbye.

After leaving the government office, Luo Sha complained to Luo Si, "Look at what you said in front of the adults. The adults have already said it's not okay, why are you still asking? The adults are obviously unhappy."

Luo Si stared blankly ahead, recalling what Meng Changqing had just said in his mind.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Luo Sha patted him, "Are you scared to death?"

"Your Excellency said, let us think about what she said."

"Then you must chase them away, right? The master said no, no, the master asked you to think about it, and he had already said it before."

"No!" Luo Si suddenly clapped his hands, "If you don't want to leave!"

"what are you saying?"

"I understand what you mean!" Luo Si grabbed Luo Sha's arm, "It's fine as long as she wants to leave!"