"Our village is not under the same jurisdiction as the first two small villages. The villagers also want to save face, so they let us fight." The old man sighed.

Every one hundred and ten households has a Li Zheng. This area is densely populated and has many villages, so it is normal to have two Li Zhengs.

It's just that Li Zheng was supposed to mediate conflicts, but now he lets the villagers fight for water, which is really unqualified.

Zhao Ruxi turned around and glanced at Chen Kang.

Chen Kang understood what Zhao Ruxi meant, and there was a hint of sweat on his forehead.

He hand-picked the twenty-three li Zheng around Nanyang. Of course, this selection not only depends on the person's ability, but also depends on how much money is paid to him every year.

All this money had been allocated to Cai Yaozong before, so when he and Cai Yaozong encountered this kind of problem, as long as it didn't go too far, they would just turn a blind eye. But now when they meet Zhao Ruxi, it's a bit difficult to handle.

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After they said goodbye to the old man and left the field, Chen Kang explained to Zhao Ruxi: "Other villages don't have this problem, but the villagers of these two villages have a feud. There was a married woman in Wangjia Village.

Huaishu Village was beaten to death by her mother-in-law, and the villagers came to seek justice. There was a conflict between the two sides, and the Wangjia Village people beat another person from Huaishu Village to death. The two villages built up grudges. So they started arguing over trivial matters.

The village chiefs can't hold it back, it's not like what the old man said just now, they just let them fight because of face."

Zhao Ruxi nodded without comment.

Seeing that Zhao Ruxi didn't ask any more questions, Chen Kang breathed a sigh of relief, but he still thought to himself, even if Zhao Ruxi was smart, so what if she had a background? After all, she was a young girl who had no experience in the world. If there was any problem, she could fool it with just a few words.

With this in mind, he heard Zhao Ruxi say: "Let's go for a walk in the village."

Zhao Ruxi came here. In addition to taking a look at the fields, water conservancy and reclamation conditions below, she just wanted to see these lanes. In the places she visited two days ago, she had already seen three lanes.

Therefore, Chen Kang was not surprised by her request.

The land they were standing on belonged to Wangjia Village. The group walked for a while and entered Wangjia Village.

When I entered the village and took a quick look, I saw a magnificent house. When I say it is grand, I don't mean that it has the size and exquisiteness of the carved beams and painted beams of Zhao Ruxi's house in the city, but it is in a dusty mud brick house.

The large green brick courtyard with high walls looks very impressive.

"That's the home of Wang Houde, the village chief." Chen Kang introduced.

Zhao Ruxi narrowed her eyes: "His family is quite rich."

"Wang Houde's father, Wang Jiaxing, was a scholar. He went to the capital to work as a shopkeeper for half his life. He saved up money and returned to his hometown to buy fields and build a house. So his house is better than others." Chen Kang said with a smile.

"Wang Jiaxing was well-informed and fair in the capital. After he returned to his hometown and settled down, the people in the village chose him to be the Li Zheng. After Wang Jiaxing's death, Wang Houde was elected as the Li Zheng by the villagers."

Many people in the village had gone to the fields, but there were still some old people and children in the village. When they saw a group of well-dressed people entering the village, everyone gathered around curiously.

Someone recognized Chen Kang and saw him following a very beautiful man of unknown gender as if he were serving his master. An old man had the courage to ask curiously: "Chen Jingcheng, who is this noble man?"

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Chen Kang did not hide anything and replied: "This is the new Tongzhi Master Zhao."

Zhao Ruxi cupped her hands and said, "Hello, ladies and gentlemen."

Before everyone had time to answer, they heard a voice from the front: "Is that Chen Jingcheng in front of you?"

Zhao Ruxi looked up and saw a fat middle-aged man trotting over, with a warm smile on his fleshy face: "The magpies were chirping in the morning. It turns out that the adults from the yamen are here."

As he spoke, his eyes scanned the crowd, and finally his eyes rested on Zhao Ruxi.

Chen Kang did not wait for him to speak again, and quickly introduced: "Master Zhao, this is Wang Houde, the Li Zheng of Wangjia Village."

He turned to Wang Houde and said: "Wang Lizheng, this is the new Tongzhi Master Zhao."

Wang Houde quickly raised his hand to Zhao Ruxi, his small eyes narrowed into slits with a smile: "Master Zhao, the little man Wang Houde, Li Zheng of Wangjia Village. Please take care of me in the future, Master Zhao."

"Wang Lizheng." Zhao Ruxi smiled and raised her hand in return.

Mr. Zhao, the new colleague from Nanyang, is a female official. It is estimated that this news has already reached the ears of all the Li Zhengs. Zhao Ruxi met several Li Zhengs today. They seemed to have little regard for the fact that she is a woman and not very young.

I'm not surprised either.

The same was true for Wang Houde. Apart from his initial curiosity, he showed no clues after that. He enthusiastically led everyone into the house, asked his servants to serve tea and snacks, and then answered Zhao Ruxi's questions.

The two of them had just said a few words when a burst of noise came from outside the door.

Wang Houde's amiable face suddenly darkened, and he said to the butler standing by: "Go and see what happened."

Zhao Ruxi looked at Zhou Chun and saw Zhou Chun nodded imperceptibly. She stood up and said, "I'd better go and have a look together." After saying that, without waiting for Wang Houde and Chen Kang's reaction, she walked directly outside.

"Hey, Mr. Zhao..." Wang Houde called out. When he saw Zhao Ruxi walking out indifferently, he looked at Chen Kang as if asking for help. Chen Kang nodded to him, stood up and chased after him.

At this time, many people had gathered outside the door on three levels, and in the middle of the crowd, a middle-aged couple was kneeling there and crying: "Master Qingtian, please make the decision for us."

As soon as he saw these two people, Wang Houde's face became extremely ugly.

He slowed down and followed Zhao Ruxi and his party, turned around and asked the housekeeper in a low voice, gritting his teeth: "Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on the couple? Why did you let them come here to cause trouble?"

The housekeeper Zhang was at a loss: "The villain sent all three servants out of the house and tied the couple directly to the cave in the back mountain. I don't know what the three servants were doing at this moment. How could they let these two people go?"

came back?"

Wang Houde's nose was so angry that he said, "If you ask me, who should I ask?"

The butler was about to go to the three servants to ask about the situation. As soon as he raised his feet, he felt something was wrong. He stopped again, looked at the two people kneeling at the door, and asked Wang Houde, "Master, what should we do now?"

Although Wang Houde was angry, he was not panicked.

He ordered: "Ask your wife to give you two hundred taels of silver notes and secretly give it to Chen Jingcheng."
Chapter completed!