Luo Wenchang waved his hands repeatedly and said, "The villain is incompetent, but it is thanks to the county magistrate who rescued him and returned to the city. He really dared not take credit. The master is really absurd!"

"This is a question of attitude. I still know that if you don't avoid life and death, you will be able to cause this.

Everyone, even if the enemy retreats, we are not safe. Linlu County has many traitors, but they are not as reasonable as Li Jin from Linlushan. Most of them are doing evil like Kong Yanzhou.

Our army training should not only not be relaxed, but also be fast! This time we obtained so many spoils at once, just arming our army.

Fifth Brother, this matter is left to you! Cao Ning, Hao Guang, Rong Chui, you three are responsible for assisting. From now on, Fifth Brother’s order is my order. Who dares to disrespect? Be careful that I’m not polite!”

"Yes!" The four of them agreed to stand up and intervene.

"Wenchang, I'll trouble you with the public security in the county. Wang Heng, Mu Hong, Jia Hu, you should pay more attention and strengthen patrols. Now is an extraordinary period. You don't have to be polite if anyone has any abnormal movements. I'll arrest you first."

The four of them also stood up quickly, especially Luo Wenchang trembled excitedly and said, "Don't worry, sir, we will definitely patrol carefully."

"Well, Wenchang, it's really embarrassing for you to experience a sudden change in your family."

"Sir, don't say that. I can't blame others. I'm responsible for it. Only in this way can I feel better in my heart. Don't worry about me."

"Wenchang doesn't have to blame himself too much. It's better to be mournful and follow the changes!" Gao Chong said, then turned his head to Liu Ziyi and Xiao Yun and said, "Ziyi, Xiao Yun, as the saying goes, there is no right to speak without investigation. Let's take a good look at it in the next period of time, find out the real situation in Linlu County, and plan the next step of action."

"Yes! We dare not obey orders!" Liu Ziyi and Xiao Yun quickly agreed. They felt that Gao Chong often had some words that sounded ordinary but contained a lot of supreme truths, which made them feel enlightened and understood a lot of truths at once.

The next day, when the sun rose, the golden color of Linlu County shone, Yue Fei and others sent Gao Chong and others out of the city. He and Liu Ziyi, Xiao Yun, Gao Baobao and Gao Hu took two yamen runners to leave the county town, and began a patrol of Linlu County.

Linlu County has more than 300 villages below 16 townships and more than 300 villages. Their main purpose this time is to roughly check the basic situation of various places under their jurisdiction. They did not avoid people and went directly to the town.

The people in the village were very surprised by the sudden arrival of these angry people in the clothes. They secretly poked their heads out of their homes and looked at Gao Chong and others.

Gao Chong arrived in front of the village, then turned over and dismounted. Two yamen run out to find someone to ask Baozheng's residence in the village. As soon as they went out, they ran out for the young children.

He was thin and looked particularly big. The little guy was carrying a broken teapot and ran to Gao Chong and others and knelt down on the ground and said, "Dear Master, drink water!"

"Do not go! What are you! Can adults drink your water at will? Tell me, where is your Baozheng family?"

The little boy's eyes were filled with a loss, he lowered his head and retreated silently.

Gao Chong looked at Xiao Yun with dissatisfaction and said, "Wait a minute, I'm really thirsty after rushing all day on this hot day. The child comes here, I want to ask you for a sip of water."

A hint of desire rose in the little boy's eyes. He quickly handed over a broken but clean pottery bowl, pouring water and saying, "Master, drink water. This is the well water from our Hengshui Village, not from the Huan River."

Gao Chong took the water bowl and laughed, "You are so mean." After that, he tilted his neck and drank it down.

"No, it's very sweet, kid, I'll give me another bowl!" Gao Chong was very happy and handed the water bowl over. The little boy agreed excitedly, then quickly filled the water and handed it over again.

"What's your name? How old is this year?" Gao Chong casually chatted with the little boy.

"Master, I am a wild boy from the countryside. What's the name? Everyone calls me Chen Zhuang. I am 13 years old this year. Last month, I was flooded and I was the only one younger sister left at home."

Gao Chongxin sank, and Liu Ziyi next to him touched his head and said, "Chen Zhuang, what do you rely on for a living when your parents die? Do you rely on selling water? I guess no one is willing to buy your water, right?"

"Master! I'm not a water seller. I can't survive here anymore. I want to go out and go out, but I will probably die outside. But my sister has no one to take care of me, so I really can't let it go.

When my mother left, she held my hand and asked me to take care of my sister. There was a big flood here, and no one could survive, and even begged for food. My sister was about to be unable to hold on.

Dear kind-hearted masters, you don’t care about having an extra mouth to eat. Please take my sister in there! I really don’t want to sell her. I don’t want a penny. As long as you can take her in and let her survive.

My sister is only 9 years old, but she can do any work at home. Everyone has no maid to serve her, so she doesn’t care and just asks her for one. We don’t want money, just have a bite of food. I beg you all!"

Chen Zhuang lay on the ground and kowtowed constantly, his forehead was red, and there were already traces of blood seeping out.

Gao Chong grabbed Chen Zhuang's arm, and his hands were like pliers, and Chen Zhuang exclaimed in anger.

"Sir?" Liu Ziyi quickly reminded him.

"Ziyi, I, the county magistrate, did not meet the requirements!" Gao Chong felt a little sad.

"Sir, no wonder you. It's all this abominable flood and the previous magistrate. Aren't we always saving people now? I believe that one day will improve, and this day will come soon."

"Chen Zhuang! What are you doing? It's not enough to hit the master and let your whole family die again!"

Gao Chong turned his head and found that his two servants ran out with an old man in his 50s. The old man was gray and trembling when walking. Although he cursed at Chen Zhuang, his concern was beyond words.

"Taigong. I really have no choice, Taigong atones for his sins."

"Atonement, atonement, do you know who this is? This is our county master! If you bump into the county master, who dares to atone for your sins?"

Gao Chong waved his hand and said, "Taigong, don't say that, I am also a human being, there is nothing to do without collision. It is my fault that this kind of problem occurred in Linlu County!"

"Sir, we are so miserable!" When Mr. Chen heard Gao Chong say this, he felt sad from his heart and suddenly knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

"Please get up!" Gao Chong pulled the grandfather up and said, "Taigong, I'm not polite. Tell me about the situation in the village."

The old lady got up from the ground with difficulty. Just as he was about to speak, many villagers came out one after another in the village. Everyone had heard the letter and all rushed out. They surrounded Gao Chong under the big tree at the entrance of the village, wanting to see what kind of person the new county magistrate was.

"Brother." A thin little girl, like a wooden stick, looked timidly at Chen Zhuang who Gao Chong was pulling. The little girl hadn't combed for a long time. She was black and her hair was like chaotic wormwood, and there were still sticks of grass and wood.

"Ni'er, why are you here? Kowtow to me quickly! I'm going to take you in." Chen Zhuang kept wavering to the little girl.

The little girl bit her lower lip tightly and shook her head vigorously. "I don't want to leave, I don't want to leave my brother!"

"You little bastard, I'll eat white flour buns with you! Go away quickly, I don't want you anymore!" Chen Zhuang saw the little girl still stubbornly shook her head, and then roared loudly.

Gao Chong stopped him and said, "Okay, Chen Zhuang took his sister to rest a while. When I finish dealing with the matter here, I will talk to you."

Chen Zhuang agreed and quickly stood with his sister beside him.

"The grandfather is sitting next to me, so don't stand. It's hot, find a place to sit down. I just want to know everyone's situation and see what can help you."

"Thank you, Master!" Everyone cheered and then looked for a place to sit down next to them. Some people simply sat cross-legged on the ground.

"Sir, our Hengshui Village is the largest village in this area. There were originally seven or eight hundred households and thousands of people in the village. Now everyone is here."

Gao Chong's heart thumped, and he looked around. It was good now that there were three or four hundred people, and most of them were old, weak, women and children.

"Taigong, where are we, who are we?"

"Sir, in recent years, there has been almost no harvest in the fields. Some people have fled to famine; some people can't stand it and go up the mountain to become bandits against their conscience; some people are buried in the soil, and the rest are those of us who are unwilling to leave our hometown and have no ability to go up the mountain, waiting here for the day we are buried in the soil."

"There are floods in all counties in Xiangzhou. What did the government do? Did they not provide any disaster relief?"

"Disaster relief? Sir, the county yamen runners came some time ago, but they came to collect taxes! It was said that it was a major disaster in Linlu County, and the county wanted to build water conservancy and collect taxes on disaster relief and canal repairs. They snatched away all our savings and rations, and then they never appeared again."

"Mr. Chen, since they have stolen all your savings and rations, how did you live?"

"How do you live?" Chen Taigong glanced at Xiao Yun who seemed to not believe in him and said, "I'm not afraid of being buried. Can you see that there are green trees and grass around you? They are all eaten with the soil. To be honest, except for not eating dead people, even the beans in the shit were snatched to eat!"

"Uh~" Xiao Yun felt uncomfortable and almost vomited it out.
Chapter completed!