Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Isn't Chapter 553 strange?

Meng Changqing sighed, "Liu Dexiang wanted him to kill you, but he refused. He came here specifically to warn you."

After hearing this, Sun Xiang could hardly believe his ears. "Has that Liu guy gone mad? Or does Mao Chunfang have some kind of leverage over him that he's treating me like a servant?"

Meng Changqing thought for a moment and smiled, "It's probably something wrong with your head. Just stay here and cooperate with Dr. Hu's treatment. Getting better is the most important thing right now."

Sun Xiang's expression changed several times before he finally composed himself and solemnly thanked Meng Changqing.

Meng Changqing returned to his room, took off his clothes, and lay on the bed, but he was no longer sleepy.

The drowsiness had probably worn off, but even as I lay in bed, my mind was racing.

Liu Dexiang had a high opinion of himself but lacked strategy. Protecting Sun Xiang under such a person would not be a problem.

After all, she couldn't defeat him by force.

Mao Chunfang's trip tonight was probably because he felt insulted and didn't want to associate with Liu Dexiang anymore. Of course, he might also have been testing the waters for Liu Dexiang.

Anything is possible.

Meng Changqing decided to wait and see.

Let's wait and see what happens when those three officials in Beijing find out, and when Liu Dexiang can't hold back and does something stupid.

Meng Changqing's mind was racing, and once he started thinking, he couldn't stop, going from Beishan County to Liangzhou, and then to the capital.

I tossed and turned in bed for a long time before finally falling asleep.

the next day.

As was customary, Feng Zhong'an and others began their official duties after breakfast, but on this day they sat in the main hall for a long time without seeing Liu Dexiang.

Xu Xiaoyun suddenly looked up from the account book and gazed into the courtyard.

"Strange!" he muttered, walking briskly to the doorway.

"What's wrong, Lord Xu? What's strange about this?" Feng Zhong'an asked him.

Everyone in the room looked at Xu Xiaoyun. Xu Xiaoyun didn't answer immediately, her gaze remaining fixed on the courtyard.

"Lord Xu?" Li Daolang called him again.

Xu Xiaoyun turned around and said to everyone in the room, "Look, isn't it strange!"

Feng Zhong'an looked at him, "Are you alright? What's wrong?"

"Haven't you noticed that there seem to be many people missing from the government office?" Xu Xiaoyun pointed to the few yamen runners on duty in the courtyard. "There were originally sixteen people in the courtyard, but now there are only six. Where did they go?"

The minor officials from Liangzhou Prefecture inside the room looked uneasy. They had heard some rumors, but it was easy for Prefect Liu to do those things, and they couldn't say anything about them.

Feng Zhong'an seemed to only notice the changes in the courtyard after being reminded by him, and said, "Yes, why are so many people missing?" He then asked the yamen runners guarding outside, "Where is Prefect Liu?"

The constable could only say, "I don't know." He couldn't very well say he hadn't gotten up yet, could he?

"What do you mean I don't know?" Feng Zhong'an waved his hand impatiently. "Go find someone right now!"

"Yes!"

Seeing the constable leave, Xu Xiaoyun also stepped out, saying as he walked, "No, it's not just here that there are few people."

Xu Xiaoyun looked around and reached a corner. Just as she was about to turn back because the road ahead was narrow, she heard someone say, "Hurry! Let's go!"

Xu Xiaoyun immediately pressed herself against the wall, only sticking her head out.

On the path behind the house, two servants were seen urging people toward the small door.

The person being urged on by them, though fully covered up, was clearly a woman from her walking posture.

Three women? Why are they leaving the government office so early in the morning? And why are they doing it so mysteriously?

Xu Xiaoyun was puzzled, but did not speak rashly.

They waited until those people left through the small door before quickly heading back.