Become a founding empress in ancient times with the system

The old man's words were full of a strong rural accent, and it was only after County Magistrate Chen explained it to her that she finally understood.

It turned out that he had heard about the ginseng here, so he came here. Although County Magistrate Chen was not a corrupt official, he was definitely not a good official either. He never cared much about the affairs of the city.

This naturally led to some bullying, such as deliberately withholding wages, which was commonplace. Even if the case was brought to the government office, no one would accept it.

His most common quote is: Why do everyone else post but you don’t? Why don’t you look for the reason within yourself?

Those who received their wages all had young and strong men at home to support them. Those who did not receive their wages were naturally lonely and helpless elderly people, or women who were unable to seek justice for themselves.

Sheng Chang'an glanced at County Magistrate Chen with an expressionless face. In a sense, it was also an animal instinct. He surrendered on the same day and presented the evidence of his crime that afternoon.

If she had found out about this, she would certainly not let this man off easily, but he chose to surrender himself voluntarily.

And after her investigation, she found that his biggest crime was inaction and turning a blind eye to some unfair phenomena occurring in the county.

However, one should do his job and serve the people. If an official does not serve the people, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. He may escape the death penalty, but he cannot escape punishment for his crime.

County Magistrate Chen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still with a flattering smile on his face. He knew that he would definitely lose his official position, but he still wanted to keep his life.

As a neighbor next door to Yueheng County who was ready to rebel at any time, how could he not understand it? This is how he found a way to survive. He thought he was better than most officials.

It's just that he doesn't care. There's nothing he can do. He takes money from others and helps them get rid of disasters, but he just ignores it.

The old man has a child under five years old at home, but he is already old. After hearing the rumor, he wanted to come and see for the sake of his grandson.

Who knew that as soon as he got here, a rock rolled down the slope and hit his leg.

When asked how he heard it, he just said that it was spread everywhere in the village.

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of him, Sheng Changan could only wave his hand and send a few people to take the old man back.

Xu Qing was terrified. "Sir, this isn't right. Why are there fewer and fewer people?"

This time, Sheng Changan came to rescue people in the name of bringing a total of one hundred people with him, but along the way, he always ran into people who needed help, so by the time he arrived here, there were only about a few people with nothing to do.

Her eyebrows moved, and her tone was calm, "I know."

She also sent someone to investigate, and it seemed to be an accident, but she didn't believe there were so many coincidences.

But although County Magistrate Chen was a fence-sitter, he did not have the ability to set up such a big plan.

Su didn't have many people left that day, so naturally he couldn't do it, unless he had someone to help him behind the scenes.

It seems that someone wants her to die here before entering Beijing.

There was a hint of coldness in Sheng Changan's eyes, but her heart was very calm. After all, she brought more than just these people with her.

"What's that sound?" Before Xu Qing could recover from his shock, he seemed to hear the sound of rolling stones. He saw the stones rolling straight down the slope and jumped. "Sir, what should we do now?"

Sheng Changan's forehead twitched. The stones rolled in a straight line. Although there were many stones where they were standing, it was not impossible to dodge them.

She knew there were traps, so how could she go too far ahead? In this place, it was almost obvious what the traps were. What she cared about was what would appear behind the traps.