Pastoral lucky girl's counterattack

Chapter 1024 Initial Inquiry
"Do you think your strength is strong enough? I mean compare with him." Qiu Laifu said lightly.

"Master, don't you think highly of him? As far as his three-legged kung fu is concerned, can he compare with me? And what he learned, haven't I already learned it?"

"It's one thing to have learned it, and it's a serious matter to be able to use it. If you can use the knowledge you have learned better than him. Show your strong ability, and he will surrender to you."

Xiaohong tilted her head, shook the sky-high braids on her head, and then said, "Master, won't he be the emperor in the future? I don't want him to be sincere. If I beat him so that he has no confidence, then he will be the emperor in the future." It’s not that he became a useless emperor. Then how can he manage a country well?”

Qiu Laifu was speechless.

"Master, as long as he doesn't look at me with disdainful eyes." Xiaohong patted her chest.He said very generously and proudly.

Qiu Laifu nodded, "Well, it's right if you think so in your heart, you two should get along well, and for a while, the three of you will find out the old background of the prefect of Huang together."

Little Red's eyelids drooped, "Master, where do we need to investigate that matter? Isn't there the Tower of the Sky? We just need to ask him."

Qiu Laifu shook his head, I didn't just check his information, I meant to pull him down.To bring down a corrupt official, one must obtain evidence of his violation.Let Li Zhiyao investigate this matter, and you and Xiahou will assist him.

Xiao Hong hurriedly said, "Master, I understand, you are testing him, aren't you?"

Qiu Laifu shot him a look, "You're just a ghost. Do you have to tell me if you know it?"

Xiaohong giggled. "Master, if we do a good job, will we be rewarded?"

"You are indispensable. Work hard. Also, you may not be able to return to your mother's side for a few days, so you should take a letter back."

"Master, you can use the voice transmission you just practiced. When you called me just now, my mother felt so amazing! You can use the voice transmission to tell my mother what happened here."

"Do you think I'm your servant?" Qiu Laifu was furious.

Xiaohong immediately exaggeratedly exclaimed, "Heaven and earth conscience, master, how dare I!"

Li Zhiyao arrived in the afternoon, had dinner in the evening, had a good night's rest, and started working the next day.

Qiu Laifu showed him all the information found in the Ling Xiao Pavilion, and asked him to use it as a reference, and he also had a sense of direction when tracing.

The easiest place to get news is the teahouse, where Li Zhiyao brought Xia Houyu and Xiaohong.I sat in Siye Teahouse for a long time.Finally got a message.

There is a family member of Li. The family members who went to labor before did not come back.Because the family has lost the main labor force, it is very difficult now.

Li Zhiyao personally went up to ask the tea guest where the Li family lived.

The three bought some snacks on the street to satisfy their hunger on the road, and then hired a carriage to go to the village.

Three strangers came to Qingshui Village.The leader is a young man who is dressed in a noble manner.He had a guard and servants with him.Get off the carriage at the village head.Go all the way to Qingshui Village.Along the way, I also inquired about the addresses of the families where Hu served in hard labor last year.

Li Zhiyao took the lead in asking for directions, and after each person got an answer, Xia Houyu would take out a few copper coins from the bag and give them to the other person.There was a copper plate to open the way, and they made inquiries smoothly.

Just last year, there were more than 50 men in the whole village who went to labor.But three men did not come back.After many inquiries.The three men who did not come back were named Liu Daniu, Liu Kui, and Li Jiazhu.

And these three.Li Jiazhu's family is having the hardest time now.After inquiring, Li Zhiyao and the others came to the gate of Lijia Village.

Three or four crumbling thatched cottages with adobe walls.There is also a side room on the west side.A half-person-high earthen wall encloses a courtyard.The yard was kept clean.In one corner were two hens.The gate is a wooden fence.

Li Zhiyao couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the scene in front of him.

He didn't expect that.How could someone live in such a crappy house.In the past, he followed Qiu Laifu to various places.Always stay in some towns, seldom go to the country.

Even in the countryside, people live in relatively good yards.So he has never noticed what the houses of civilians look like?

Unknowingly, he leaked out the words in his heart. "How can someone live in such a bad house?"

Xiaohong heard Li Zhiyao's words, and murmured softly, "This is still a place to live, some people don't even have a piece of thatch to cover their heads!"

Li Zhiyao looked back at Xiaohong.I don't quite believe what Xiaohong said.

Xia Houyu felt that the atmosphere was not very good, so he urged, "My lord, you should call the door first."

Li Zhiyao tried to open his mouth, but he didn't make a sound.Then he looked at his clothes, then at Xia Houyu and Xiaohong's, and felt that he was wearing the clothes of a nobleman, while one of them was dressed as a guard, and the other was dressed as a servant.Anyway, they should be calling the door.

Xia Houyu saw his eyes drifting over her body, and then glanced at Xiaohong, probably guessing what he meant, so she took the initiative to say, "Forget it, let me call the door."

"Is anyone there? Is anyone here?" Xia Houyu patted the wooden fence lightly.The voice was hoarse and steady.Give people a sense of security.

Soon there was an echo in the cottage.

An old voice answered from inside the house. "Who is it? The door is not closed, come in by yourself."

Xia Houyu turned his head and glanced inside the wooden fence. There was no bolt inside, and the door opened with just a slight push.

The three of them entered the yard and did not enter the house, but stood at the door of the house.

There was a rustling sound in the room, and then footsteps accompanied by a strange sound, gradually came to the door.

"Who is it?" Accompanied by an old voice, an old man in his 60s came slowly out of the door with a walking stick.

When he saw the three people in front of him, he just felt his eyes brighten. Whether it was the clothes or the temperament of these three people, they were not ordinary people at first glance.

The old voice trembled a little. "You, who are you? Who are you looking for?"

Li Zhiyao frowned the moment the old man appeared.Looking at the clothes on the old man's body, the patches are heavily patched, and the original color of the clothes can hardly be found.Look at the stick in his hand.The upper end has been polished smooth.Obviously, it has been used for a long time, which shows that the old man has long been bad at it.

Li Zhiyao only felt a lump in his throat.Still bowed to the old man, and then introduced himself. "I'm a clerk in the government office. I'm here to check the family background of those who did not return home after serving in corvée last year. Now the higher-ups want to compensate those family members who did not return home. I'm here to do this. Yes. This is my guard, this is my servant."

A gleam flashed in Old Man Li's eyes. "Really? But, there is no news of my son's death. The child just hasn't come back. We can wait. Maybe someday he will come back."

(End of this chapter)