"By the way, is Captain Cao in the county government office?"

The hooligans who bullied her sister yesterday have not been dealt with yet.

Cao Dutou must have seen those gangsters yesterday, and he has been in Jingyang County since he was a child, so he must know the forces in Jingyang County better than her.

Lu Ruoyu also knew what happened yesterday and guessed what Song Jinshu wanted to do.

In the past, she didn't take care of things and had too many chores to deal with, which encouraged Li Sanye's faction.

Now that the biggest cancer in Jingyang County has been removed, there are still many that are left, and he has not had the time to deal with them.

Since Song Jinshu was prepared to take charge of this matter, he was happy to see it happen.

"Your Excellency, Captain Cao is here! I will have him come over right away."

After getting Song Jinshu's nod, Lu Ruoyu immediately went out to find someone.

"Raise your hands higher! Keep the ground steady!"

At this time, Cao Dutou was training his yamen runners. Although there was no apparent change in Jingyang County during this period.

But he clearly felt that their new county magistrate did not like formalism.

Having been abused by the previous county magistrate for a long time, he had a lot of passion but nowhere to display it, so he was in a daze and decadent for a long time.

He had a premonition that in the near future, he would be able to realize his passion.

"Captain Cao?"

When Lu Ruoyu came over, she saw the scene in front of her.

Cao Dutou was training his runners with great enthusiasm, and the excitement in his eyes was visible to the naked eye.

"What are you doing?"

"County Magistrate Lu, what does Lord Song want to say?" When Captain Cao saw Lu Ruoyu coming, he was overjoyed.

Looking at Cao Dutou's eager look, Lu Ruoyu pursed his lips. He didn't understand why he was so excited?

Every time I saw him coming over before, he always looked like he didn't want to talk to me.

Why are you so polite today?

"Lord Song wants to question you." After a two-second pause, Lu Ruoyu reminded: "It's probably about what happened yesterday."

Sure enough!

Cao Dutou's eyes lit up. He was determined to perform well and make a good impression on Lord Song.

Cao Dutou ordered his men to train seriously, and he followed Lu Ruo to the hall.

Song Jinshu looked up and observed Cao Dutou carefully.

Seeing that he was big, with strong arms and bright eyes, he was exactly in line with the image of a yamen runner's chief.

I feel safe standing next to him.

He stood out among a group of skinny yamen runners.

No wonder he can be the boss!

"Captain Cao, I heard from my sister that you helped teach a lesson to a group of hooligans who bullied her yesterday?"

"Yes!"

Why are you so loud? You almost scared her to death!

Cao Dutou's voice was so deafening that Song Jinshu couldn't help but scratch his ears.

"You've done well! I intend to have you apprehend these lawless social cancers. Are you up to the task?"

Here I come! My future depends on this.

"I will definitely fulfill my mission! Please rest assured, sir, I will not let a single rat shit go unpunished!"

Although Song Jinshu didn't know much about Cao Dutou, he still had a good first impression of him.

"Well! I order you to immediately arrest the ruffian who bullied a decent woman yesterday. I also ask County Magistrate Lu to post a notice."

"Hmm...it says that whoever reports a thug and provides evidence of his crime will be rewarded with one ounce of silver by the government."

She can't possibly arrest and convict people without any basis!

Furthermore, the imperial law clearly stated that anyone who bullied men or women would be sentenced to thirty feet in prison, but she felt that this was far from enough.

This deterrent is too weak, and she doesn't want the girls in her Jingyang County to be frightened when they go out in the future.

Therefore, this time the gangsters must not only be punished, but also punished severely, so as to deter those with bad intentions and let them know that there will be no good end for those who dare to bully girls on their territory.

About an hour later, the first people to receive the news were residents living in the county town.

Especially for the people in the west of the city, there are mostly small vendors or restaurants and shops.

In the past, when they set up stalls and opened shops, they were often bullied by this group of hooligans.

The lighter ones are getting things for free or collecting protection money, while the more serious ones are being bullied by them and being forced to close their shops or hand over the land deeds.

Some of them had their ancestral skills taken away by this group of gangsters, and were not allowed to continue running their ancestral business.

The existence of these hooligans and ruffians has caused countless families to be broken up and people to die.

Unfortunately, the former magistrate of Jingyang County was indifferent and acted improperly, leaving the people with no way to seek redress for their grievances.

Some families have completely given up and were preparing to plan how their children and grandchildren would leave Jingyang County, but they did not expect to hear this news today.

Several conversations were heard from a dilapidated house somewhere in Jingyang County.

"Hey! Old Zhang! You're at home! Why don't you take your old man to the government office to file a complaint?"

Aunt Zhang was packing up the remaining food in the house. After eating all the food, she planned to take her family to the provincial capital to sell her food and beg for food.

After hearing the advice from her next-door neighbor, she didn't take it seriously.

With dull eyes, he picked out the gravel hidden in the rice.

"Those adults only care about themselves and don't care about the lives of us ordinary people. Don't tease me!"

Aunt Zhang looked up at the sky. Why haven’t her son and daughter returned from picking wild vegetables in the suburbs yet?

The woman who just spoke looked at Aunt Zhang, who had white hair at a young age due to family changes, and felt sad for them.

But thinking about the content of the notice, she decided to pass it on to the Zhang family.

After all, if it were true, the suffering that the Zhang family had endured in the past could be reversed in an instant, and they wouldn't have to be in such a state now...

"Old Zhang! Just listen to my advice! My husband said that our new county magistrate is a good official!

The previous rumors were all spread by others. Those people are jealous of Lord Song and want to create disunity between us and him!

I heard from my husband Dalang that the notice was posted by Lord Song himself!

And I just saw Captain Cao leading the officials from the yamen to the west foot of the city, and they brought out quite a few people!"

The foot of Xicheng is the gathering place for gangsters and hooligans, and also their lair.

Therefore, ordinary families would avoid going to Xichengjiao if possible. Even children would be beaten by their parents if they looked there.

Aunt Zhang's eyes flickered when she heard this, and a glimmer of hope ignited in her heart. If this was true...

Then...then can the Zhang family no longer be slaves?

Suddenly there was a cough in the room.

Suddenly, an elderly figure trembled and walked over, with a glimmer in his eyes: "Mother Tiaozi, is what you just said true?"

Tiaozi's wife looked at the strange yet familiar man in surprise. It took her a while to recognize who he was and she exclaimed, "You...you are Lao Zhang?"

She looked at the couple in front of her with pity.

"What I just said is absolutely true! If you say one more word, I will be struck by lightning!

"Old Zhang, if you don't trust me, you can ask your son Dalang to go to the county government office and ask around. He'll know if what I said is true!"

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