Qin Shi: I only work eight hours

Chapter 27: Questioning Lu Liang
Three days later.

Li Wu saw the injured Xiaomei.

After confirming that the woman thrown into the study of the County Magistrate's Mansion was Xiaomei, Li Wu stopped talking and returned to the inn.

After returning to the inn, Li Wu told Xu Lin about this.

"How is the security at the County Magistrate's Mansion?"

After listening, Xu Lin asked.

“Not too strict.”

Li Wu answered.

There are not many guards in the County Magistrate's Mansion, which is completely incomparable to the Chang'an Lord's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Do you have any way to rescue Xiaomei?"

Xu Lin asked.

"Have."

"But it takes time."

Li Wu frowned slightly when she heard that, and then said.

Xu Lin nodded and handed the task of rescuing Xiaomei to Li Wu.

……

Four days later.

The night is getting darker.

Li Wu sneaked into the County Magistrate's Mansion when the guards were changing shifts.

Then he used the sound of the flute to disturb the guards who were guarding Xiaomei, and then rescued Xiaomei from the county magistrate's mansion.

Soon, Li Wu brought Xiaomei to Xu Lin.

When Xiaomei saw Xu Lin, she instinctively took two steps back and covered her chest with her hands.

"do not be afraid."

"Lü Liang and I are not the same kind of people."

Xu Lin comforted.

Then he asked Li Wu to guard the door.

Then he personally poured a cup of tea for Xiaomei.

Seeing this, Xiaomei took a few steps forward doubtfully, took the tea bowl with both hands, and took a sip of hot tea.

Seeing that Xiaomei was very wary, Xu Lin took out her cousin's "report letter" from his arms and handed it to Xiaomei.

After seeing the "report letter", Xiaomei breathed a sigh of relief. She thought Xu Lin and Lu Liang were birds of a feather!

"Please, sir, seek justice for me!"

"Lü Liang, Lü Ming has been bullying men and women in Yiqu for years, doing all sorts of evil..."

After reading it, Xiaomei knelt on her knees and begged.

After seeing this scene, Xu Lin immediately helped Xiaomei up.

Then ask Xiaomei to write down what Lu Liang and Lu Ming did.

Because Xiaomei came from a poor family and was illiterate, she wrote very slowly.

Seeing this, Xu Lin called Li Wu over.

Xiaomei said, Liwu wrote it.

……

After half a stick of incense.

Xiaomei stopped talking and Liwu wrote nearly twenty pages of rough paper.

Li Wu put down the brush and handed the straw paper to Xu Lin.

Xu Lin looked closely at the contents on the straw paper.

What Li Wu wrote on the paper was exactly the same as what Xiaomei had just said.

After taking a quick look, Xu Lin nodded with satisfaction.

Then he asked Xiaomei to put her fingerprints on it.

First he framed Xiaomei's parents, then killed them to silence them, then forcibly abducted Xiaomei and her daughter, and then set fire to Xiaomei's house. Lu Ming was very skilled in this!
"You just said that this kind of thing has happened many times in Beidi County."

"Then you could find those people and get them to sign this stack of papers?"

Xu Lin looked at Xiaomei, who was covered in wounds, and asked.

Xiaomei looked embarrassed when she heard this.

The people of Beidi County feared Lu Liang like a tiger. Even the county governor did not dare to offend Lu Liang, let alone the people?
She dared to stand up and expose Lu Liang because she no longer cared about life or death.

"I can find those people, but..."

"But they probably won't sign, because Lü Liang and his subordinates have so many people."

Xiaomei explained respectfully.

"What if Lü Liang, Lü Ming died?"

Xu Lin smiled and asked.

"Then countless people will surely come forward to expose Lu Liang and Lu Ming's crimes!"

Xiaomei was surprised when she heard this, but then she couldn't hide her joy.

"it is good."

"You can rest here for a few days first."

Xu Lindao.

Then he put on his coat and wrote a letter to Lao Liu and others from the Shadow Secret Guard.

If he delays, something bad will happen. He will go and deal with Lu Liang now!

"grown ups!"

"I have another favor to ask of you."

"My daughter is still in the County Magistrate's Mansion. I hope you..."

Xiaomei said anxiously when she saw Xu Lin was about to leave.

If it weren't for her daughter, she would have committed suicide long ago!
Before Xiaomei could finish her words, Xu Lin interrupted her. "Okay."

Xu Lin readily agreed.

Then he went to the County Magistrate's Mansion with Li Wu.

……

the other side.

Yiqiu County, Beidi County, County Magistrate's Office.

Lu Liang had just finished his midnight snack and was not sleepy at all, so he asked someone to find a few women for him.

There were many women in the cellar of the County Magistrate's Mansion, including widows in their thirties, girls in their early teens, daughters of merchants, and concubines of petty clerks in Beidi County.

Soon, the butler returned to the study.

Lu Liang was displeased when he saw that there was no woman behind the housekeeper.

"grown ups."

"problem occurs."

"Xiaomei is missing!"

The butler stepped forward and reported respectfully.

"kindness?"

"Why is he gone?"

"Eated by a tiger?"

Lu Liang disagreed.

The butler swallowed and was about to tell his guess when the guard suddenly came to report that the captain of the Shadow Secret Guard wanted to see him.

"A captain of the Shadow Secret Guard?"

"Several people?"

Lu Liang frowned.

He didn't know much about the Shadow Secret Guard, he only knew that the Shadow Secret Guard was only responsible to Ying Zheng.

"Two, one male and one female."

The guard answered.

"Let them in."

Lu Liang ordered after hearing this.

"promise!"

The guards immediately accepted the order.

"You go down first."

"It's just a missing woman, what's the big deal?"

Lu Liang looked at the housekeeper and scolded him.

He kept two tigers in his backyard. Although these two tigers had never eaten anyone, they had bitten people.

So it is possible that Xiaomei was eaten by the tiger when she passed by the backyard while going to the toilet.

In Lu Liang's eyes, Xiaomei is just a plaything, so he doesn't care whether Xiaomei lives or dies.

Soon, Xu Lin came to the study.

When Li Wu was monitoring Lu Liang, he toured the entire Yiqiu County and found that there was not a single piece of straw paper in Yiqiu County. Neither the common people nor the merchants discussed straw paper very often.

Therefore, the death of Xiaomei's parents was most likely related to the fact that Caozhi affected Lu Liang and Lu Ming's interests!
It doesn’t matter whether your parents bought the straw paper or not. What’s important is that I, Lu Liang, want to use this opportunity to let the people of Beidi County know what the consequences will be if they dare to buy straw paper privately!
After exchanging a few brief greetings with Lu Liang, Xu Lin sat cross-legged in front of the table.

"Lord Lu."

"I've been in Beidi County for nearly half a month, why haven't I seen a single piece of paper?"

"Could it be that Lord Lu has issued an order prohibiting anyone from buying straw paper privately?"

Xu Lin looked at Lu Liang and asked with a smile.

"How can this be?"

"Replacing bamboo slips and silk with straw paper is a national policy!"

"It benefits the country and the people. How could I possibly go against national policy?"

Lu Liang denied it immediately.

What he said was so righteous, it sounded like the truth!
Seeing this, Xu Lin smiled, picked up the tea bowl, drank a sip of cold tea, and asked Lu Liang to continue.

He was not afraid that the herbal tea might be poisonous, because more than half a year ago, he had gained an immune body to all poisons by working only four hours a day!
"As for why there's no toilet paper in Beidi County, I think it's probably because the people there are relatively ignorant."

"I can't tell good from bad for a moment!"

Lu Liang said as he thought.

"Really?"

Xu Lin's smile grew wider.

Lu Liang tells lies without blushing or getting nervous, it's obvious that he lies often!

"Let's not talk about toilet paper anymore, let's talk about something else."

"I heard that a family was killed in a fire in Yiqu County not long ago. Does Lord Lu know about this?"

Xu Lin asked.

"A family was killed in a fire?"

"Not long ago, a family in Yiqu County did die, but they were not burned to death. Instead, they committed suicide out of fear of punishment for stealing money."

Lu Liang said seriously.

"Oh."

"I see."

"It seems I remembered it wrongly."

"But I heard that not all the people in that family died. There is a widow who is still alive. I think her name is Xiaomei. She was taken to Lord Lu's County Magistrate's Mansion. Is this true?"

Xu Lin asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)