Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 791 Visit
On the last day of February, Meng Changqing had nothing urgent to do, but he was concerned about the situation in Weishan County, so he decided to make a trip there.

This time, she traveled entirely by official road, passing through Yangmen County and overcoming countless checkpoints along the way.

It's clear that these checkpoint guards are traumatized.

Normally, seeing the county magistrate's official seal would be enough to pass through, but this time, everyone's identity was carefully checked.

These officials were inspecting the goods while simultaneously apologizing.

Meng Changqing knew it would be difficult for them, but fortunately she hadn't brought many people with her, so it wouldn't take long.

In fact, when Meng Changqing entered Weishan County and passed the second checkpoint, Cao Hongxing already knew that he had come and what he was there for.

If Cao Hongxing hadn't agreed, Meng Changqing would have been stopped halfway there.

Upon arriving at the Weishan County Government Office, even before entering, one could see many people walking back and forth, clearly very busy.

"Is your father at the county government office?" Meng Changqing asked the guard after getting off the plane.

"Who are you?" The young guard did not recognize Meng Changqing.

"Magistrate of Beishan County"

The guard was startled, and his voice became tense, "Please wait a moment, I'll go in and report right away."

The young guard ran very fast and soon brought out an older constable. The older constable squinted at Meng Changqing from inside the gate.

Once they could see clearly, they immediately came out to greet him, "Lord Meng."

Meng Changqing knew such a person; she must have met him when she came to Weishan County before.

"My master knew you were coming and is waiting for you inside." The old constable led Meng Changqing and the others inside. "Please come in."

The layout of the Weishan County government office is generally similar to that of Beishan County.

As soon as Meng Changqing entered, he felt a sense of familiarity.

The old constable led them outside the study.

The study door was open, and the winter curtain hadn't been drawn in yet. The old yamen runner lifted the curtain and said, "Please come in." The room was a bit dimly lit. Cao Hongxing's desk was placed by the window. Listening to the sounds outside, Lord Cao looked up from behind the stack of official documents on his desk.

When Meng Changqing saw him for the first time, he was so shocked that he took half a step back.

She almost thought she had stumbled into some kind of biohazard scenario.

"Lord Cao..." Meng Changqing called out tentatively, "Is he still conscious?"

Cao Hongxing's entire face was swollen, and the lower half of his face was covered with stubble. He was dark-skinned, and only his two eyes were clearly visible on his face, but they were also bloodshot from lack of sleep.

"Do I look like I'm dead?" Cao Hongxing opened his mouth to speak, and only then did Meng Changqing feel that he had a bit of a living presence.

"Why do you look like this?" Meng Changqing walked towards him, but halfway there he felt some obstruction.

The smell emanating from Cao Hongxing was indeed quite unpleasant. "No matter how busy you are, you must take care of yourself."

Meng Changqing's words were indeed somewhat sincere, after all, Cao Hongxing was a rare official who got things done.

"You've come here to see a joke because you have nothing better to do?"

Of course, Cao Hongxing didn't have anything nice to say either.

"What are you laughing at?" Meng Changqing dragged a stool over and sat down opposite Cao Hongxing. As he sat down, he said to Cao Hongxing, "Quickly put away anything on the table that I can't see."

The artillery battalion being bombed is something no one in the Great Liang would laugh at.

I came here to ask if there's anything I can do to help, since our two counties are adjacent.

Do you think a mountain search is necessary? If so, I'll provide half my men to your command.

"Come on." Cao Hongxing grabbed a damp cloth from the side, the purpose of which was unknown, and wiped his face. "Your county office only has a few people, and you're sending half of them."

“My county government does not have many staff, but my county has at least tens of thousands of people.”

"Let the people search the mountains?" Cao Hongxing wearily tugged at the corners of his mouth, though Meng Changqing couldn't see it clearly. "Whether those released are citizens of my Great Liang or spies from Yan, who can say for sure?"