It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

Song Zhi ran to the gate of the county government office breathlessly, only to see a group of officers busy packing their luggage. The horses were also led aside, obviously preparing for the upcoming inspection outside the city.

Song Zhi gasped and let out a breath, luckily she arrived in time.

Her eyes scanned the officers and soon locked onto Li Wen who was cleaning up.

He was standing at the end of the crowd, wearing a black police uniform, with a cold and unsmiling face, and seemed particularly out of place with his colleagues standing together.

Song Zhi didn't care about the crowds of people present. She walked straight to the end of the team and called out softly, "Officer Li, I have something to ask of you. Could you please spare me a moment to talk?"

Li Wen was startled when he heard someone calling him. He looked closely and saw that it was Song Zhi.

He was slightly stunned, but thinking of what the master had told him yesterday, he nodded slightly and followed Song Zhi to an empty corner.

After the two of them stood still, Li Wen spoke first, "I wonder what Madam Song wants to talk to me about?"

Song Zhi, "I originally agreed to go to the two markets to set up a stall, but the Wang family is now unwilling to release me. I want to ask Officer Li to accompany me and exchange my uncle and cousin."

Li Wen frowned, "Did your uncle sign a contract to sell himself to the Wang family?"

Song Zhi shook her head, "No."

"Then why didn't the Wang family allow your uncle to return home?"

Song Zhi then told Li Wen about how his uncle lost a sheep while guarding the sheepfold at night.

"We originally planned to let my cousin come back first, but the Wang family said we need to pay the compensation first, otherwise they won't allow my eldest brother to return home."

After hearing this, Li Wen said calmly, "You are indeed in the wrong in this matter. It is reasonable for them to ask you to pay compensation."

Song Zhi nodded and said, "It was indeed my uncle and his colleagues' fault that the sheep was lost, and I also brought the compensation money today.

"But I'm still worried that I won't be able to bring my family home. I beg Officer Li to accompany me so that we can fulfill our promise to you as soon as possible."

Li Wen's eyebrows jumped. Although this girl looked weak, she was good at picking on people's weaknesses when she spoke and did things. Yesterday, the master had just told her to find him if she had any difficulties. This person came here right away.

How could he not respond to this?

But he still had to ask what needed to be asked.

He paused and said, "Since you brought compensation, why are you so sure that the Wang family won't release you? There must be a basis for this, right?"

Song Zhi was waiting for him to ask, so she told him in detail what happened yesterday when the Wang family came to the village to inquire about her family's situation.

She pretended to be terrified and said, "It's not that I'm overthinking it. We're just a small farming family. If the Wang family is determined not to let my eldest brother and his family return home, I can't fight them alone."

"If we provoke them, my eldest brother and his men might lose a sheep today and work for the Wang family for nothing. Then tomorrow they might lose a flock of sheep or even a herd of cattle. How can we possibly afford to compensate for that..."

Song Zhi said humbly and sincerely, "That's why I made this request. I didn't even remember Officer Li could help me."

Li Wen heard the sarcasm hidden in her words.

The more Li Wen interacted with her, the more he felt that this girl was sharp-tongued. No wonder the fat woman at the corner of the alley and the owner of the drugstore couldn't argue with her.

This statement is just short of naming the Wang family, which is a frame-up.

Although he didn't want to get involved in the Wang family's affairs, the county magistrate had ordered her to come to him if she encountered any difficulties.

Then he couldn't just ignore it.

Li Wen thought for a moment and said, "Please wait here for a moment. I will go and ask the county magistrate for instructions."

After saying that, he turned around and walked straight into the county government office.

At this time, in the public housing, Zhou Yu was giving instructions to the chief clerk, clerk and other officials about the official arrangements after his inspection tour in the countryside.

Li Wen waited for a cup of tea until Zhou Yu came out of the public housing.

He then stepped forward and reported everything Song Zhi had just said truthfully.

The more Zhou Yu listened, the more his brows furrowed.

If this was a simple property dispute, it would be fine. But if it was really done intentionally by the Wang family, Zhou Yu's face became even uglier as he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Zhou Yu immediately said, "I have some things to do here. You can take a team with you and go with me."

"Besides redeeming the person, you should also investigate the tenants of the Wang family. Why do the slaves come to work for the Wang family? Has any of them ever lost their master's livestock and been forced to stay with the Wang family?"

Li Wen understood and immediately took the order and left.

At this time, Song Zhi was pacing anxiously outside the county government office, feeling as if every day was a year.

Just as she was thinking about whether to ask someone in to inquire about the situation, Li Wen strode towards her.

"Madam Song, when will you leave? The master has ordered us to accompany you."

Song Zhi was delighted and pointed to the market across the street. "Officer Li, please wait a moment. I have to go to the market to call my family."

Li Wen nodded, "Then Madam Song, go and call the others first, and we'll meet up here later and set off."

After thanking him, Song Zhi walked towards the grass market.

Without looking for it specifically, Song Zhi walked towards where the crowd gathered.

As she got closer, she could faintly hear noisy discussions about something like making trouble and something about jelly.

She hurriedly took a few steps into the crowded crowd and saw that the floor of the stall was a mess with scattered jelly rolling on the ground.

The three of them were squatting on the ground cleaning up the mess.

Song Zhi's face instantly turned cold, and she grabbed her little sister who was squatting on the ground, "What happened?"

When Song Huan saw his sister, the tears that had been accumulating in his eyes rolled down.

She held Song Zhi's hand tightly, wiped the tears from her face, and sobbed, "Someone wanted to buy jelly from us just now, but we had just reserved it yesterday, and my second brother said it's not good to sell it to him."

"When the man saw we refused to sell it, he got angry and smashed our bowl of jelly!"

Song Huan was originally a bit timid due to the dominance of his original body.

Later, I followed her to the county town to sell goods every day, and I became more lively little by little.

This sudden incident really scared her. She sobbed and cried uncontrollably for a while.

Yang also saw Song Zhi at this time, and she didn't bother to clean up the mess on the ground.

He immediately rushed to Song Zhi and asked in panic, "Azhi, when are we going to pick up your uncle and the others?"

"Just now...just now Xiao An wanted to call the police, and that person threatened us. We should think about our relatives who are away from home. Do we want them to be tenants for the rest of their lives?

"Are they not going to let your uncle and brother go home?"

Song An stood in front of Song Zhi with a dejected look on his face, "Sister, I'm sorry, I didn't protect the stall well."

His eyes were also red, obviously he had been crying secretly.

Song Zhi was very angry. The Wang family was so arrogant that they dared to be so rampant in broad daylight under the nose of the government.

When forced purchase failed, he just threw a tantrum and even dared to threaten afterwards.

Good, very good!