When the victims heard what the guards said, they did not feel embarrassed at all, but some were dissatisfied with the two girls.

"It's all because of you being useless! If you weren't useless, why would the Master not want you?"

"You're really a money-loser. You can't even seduce a man. What's the point of using you?"

The two girls stood there with pale faces, not knowing what fate would be waiting for them.

There were many girls in their village who fled from famine, but all of them were used by the villagers to exchange for food and drink.

As long as the other party is willing to give them something to eat and drink, the villagers will sell their girls no matter who the person is.

Now that they have lost their usefulness, the villagers will definitely not care about their life or death anymore.

These have nothing to do with Mu Baobao and his group.

Even the usually kind Mu Baobao didn't say anything at this time.

Before going out, her grandmother specifically told her to listen to her older brothers and not to sympathize with strangers easily or talk to strangers easily.

Grandma said that people’s hearts are covered by thick skins and it is hard to tell whether they are good or bad, so don’t talk to strangers.

"Big brother, are we leaving here?" she asked.

Sang Ye took a fan and fanned the ice, "Not leaving here, but staying away from here."

"The situation here is not good right now. If we continue to stay here, we will be in big trouble."

Even though their clothes were not good, they were considered to be very well dressed in the eyes of the disaster victims.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble and danger, it is safest to stay away from the city gate.

Baby Mu said "oh" obediently.

The group rode in a bullock cart and arrived at a nearby grove.

This place is not far from the town, but not very close either. Even if there are disaster victims nearby, they will grit their teeth and hold on to the outside of the town.

Mu Baobao and his group did not get off the ox cart, but sat in it to rest.

Guards patrolled nearby.

Mu Baobao and Zheng Xingguang sat there reading a book full of pictures. It was specially made for children and was not usually available at home.

Sang Ye was fanning herself with a fan.

Mu Pingping is completing his homework.

Hua Yun is checking the account books.

Shangguan Quan was checking what medicinal herbs were left.

"Young Master." The guard who went to investigate came back.

"Come in and talk." Sang Ye sat up straight.

The guard bent over and entered the ox cart, and he felt a cool breeze that relaxed all the pores on his body.

He knelt on one knee and saluted, "Master, I have basically found out the situation."

Sang Ye said, "You say."

The guard elaborated, "This County Magistrate Yuan has a good reputation in town. He has done many good deeds and appears to be a relatively upright person. He has a good reputation among the people."

"But in reality, County Magistrate Yuan is a man who seeks fame and reputation. He does all these things for one purpose."

"That is, to pave the way for your own career!"

"Even the Yuan County Magistrate was giving out porridge to attract the attention of the Zheng Crown Prince so that he could climb up the tree of the Zheng Crown Prince."

He used some means to learn these things from several close confidants of County Magistrate Yuan.

Plastic Tube, "...Do I look like such a stupid person?"

Sang Ye smiled and joked, "Who made Zheng Shizi a child of the second brother's age?"

"In the eyes of some people, children are easy to fool."

Zheng Xingguang chuckled twice, then turned around and continued playing with Mu Baobao.

"Fishing?" Mubao tilted his head and said cutely, "Big brother, why do we need to fish?"

"My little brother doesn't really like eating fish, so even if I catch some fish for him, it's useless."

This County Magistrate Yuan is so strange. Instead of buying fish, he wants to go fishing.

Sang Ye explained with a smile, "Baby, this is about fame and reputation, not fishing."

"To seek fame and reputation means to use bad means to obtain the reputation and benefits you want."

"County Magistrate Yuan did so much, even providing free porridge for days, all in order to use Prince Zheng to get himself promoted."

Mu Baobao's little head turned around and around, and finally he understood, "So, County Magistrate Yuan's target is my little brother?"

"Smart!" Sang Ye praised.

Mu Baobao cried out, "Little brother, you are so pitiful. Everyone wants to take advantage of you."

Zheng Xingguang had long been accustomed to it. "It doesn't matter. They can't use me anyway."

"But this County Magistrate Yuan can no longer be kept. This kind of thing is worse than those petty-minded people."

Sang Ye agreed, "That's true."

"Those petty-minded people seek revenge on those who have offended them. People like County Magistrate Yuan, on the other hand, can exploit everyone for their own future and reputation."

"Is it possible that County Magistrate Yuan's superiors knew about what he did?" Mu Pingping said.

"With all the things County Magistrate Yuan did, it's unlikely his superiors didn't know about it, right?"

Sang Ye said, "That's hard to say."

"If County Magistrate Yuan hid the matter well enough, given his good reputation, it's not surprising that his superiors didn't know about it."

Hua Yun took over the conversation, "His superiors are in charge of other places, and they don't interact with each other very often, so they usually don't investigate him strictly. It's not surprising that they don't know."

Mu Pingping understood, and he really learned a lot this time.

"As long as they know how to pretend, even if they are a family member, they may not know it." Shangguan Quan has the most say in this.

Mu Pingping asked, "Should we investigate County Magistrate Yuan's boss?"

Sang Ye said no, "Others will handle this matter. We just need to write a letter to report the situation to the Emperor."

Mu Pingping naturally listened to him.

After discussing this matter, Mu Baobao and his group did not stay here and continued to move forward.

As for the matter of County Magistrate Yuan, someone will handle it.

……

Rongdu, the imperial palace, a side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Emperor Sheng sat on the dragon throne with his legs crossed, looking sideways at Prince Chang who was kneeling below, and then glanced at the prince sitting next to him.

"Prince, have you made up your mind?"

Hearing the teasing in his father's tone, the Crown Prince bowed helplessly, "Father, I would like to give my fifth brother a chance."

"But the fifth brother is determined to commit suicide. He has secretly gathered a group of people and is preparing to force the emperor to abdicate and rebel."

Sometimes he wondered how crazy Prince Chang's brain was to think he could successfully force the emperor to abdicate and rebel with only one or two thousand people.

"I didn't do that! I didn't do that!" Prince Chang was sweating all over and defended himself hastily.

"Your Majesty, please understand. I have absolutely not committed any act of treason. The Crown Prince is framing me."

He didn't understand. He had clearly planned everything out, and was just waiting for him to lead his men to force the palace and rebel, but who could have known that something like this would happen.

Emperor Sheng still looked the same, but his tone was a little colder. "Prince Chang, do you think that I am old and don't know what you have been doing in secret?"

"Or do you think that what you did was very secretive and no one knew about it?"

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