The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn

Liang Cheng said to Li Qing: "Master, Ding Yi and I walked around the county separately and found that there were fewer street vendors than in other places. Ding Yi asked someone to find out. The vendors here have to go to the market. You have to pay the stall fee and various other miscellaneous fees every month. After one month, the money earned is not enough to pay the fees, so there will naturally be fewer vendors."

Li Qing nodded, "I have already discovered it from the accounts. These miscellaneous fees will be waived after I hand over."

Liang Cheng nodded, "Old Ding and the others found out that Magistrate Liu's family left Le County to return to their hometown half a year ago. They also said that Magistrate Liu was just a puppet magistrate, and the real decision-maker in Le County was Wang County Cheng."

Li Qing felt that the helpers his sister had found for him were really good, with good kung fu and strong ability to do things. No matter what you do, you can get it done without any special instructions.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Liang. I would like to ask you to help check the warehouse in Le County to see how much grain is stored in it."

"Okay, we'll go tonight."

Fan Mingfang stood under the eaves of the backyard and saw Li Qing entering the yard. She turned to Xiao Cong and said, "Let me serve food. The master is back."

"Yes, madam." Grandma Yun and Mrs. Yang got busy.

Fan Mingfang looked at Li Qing who looked tired and said softly: "Are the accounts unclear?"

Li Qing looked at her and smiled, "Well, the same transaction appears repeatedly in the account books, and there are some other problems. Where is Dong'er?"

Fan Mingfang smiled and said: "Dong'er is asleep. It's been a tiring day. You should eat quickly!"

Not long after Li Qing and the others left, a dark shadow sneaked into the county government office and went straight to the room where Li Qing and the others were checking the accounts. After entering the room, he carried the oil can in his hand and sprinkled bits and pieces of kerosene on the account books and On the cabinet table.

Finally, he picked up an account book, tore off a page, walked to the door, lit it, and placed it on the account book sprinkled with kerosene. With a "boom", the account book ignited.

The man in black stood there calmly and looked at it, then closed the door and disappeared into the night.

After a while, the fire gradually became bigger and bigger, the tables, chairs and cabinets in the room made crackling sounds, and the fire had the momentum to spread.

Wang Zhi clutched his stomach and muttered: Damn you, you gave me a meal of wine and gave me diarrhea. As he spoke, he walked slowly towards the inner hall.

Suddenly his eyes widened and he shouted loudly, "The water has escaped! Someone come quickly! The water has escaped!..."

When the officers on night duty in the yamen heard the shouting, they rushed towards the fire with basins and buckets, filled the fireproof water tanks with water, and poured water on the fire.

When Li Qing heard the shouting, he was stunned for a moment, "Oh no, someone set a fire." He rushed out immediately.

Liang Cheng and his gang also came after hearing the news and joined the fire fighting. After a while, the fire was finally put out, and the room where the account books were stacked and the room next to it were reduced to ruins.

Lin Su said to Li Qing: "Your Majesty, when we went back for dinner, I was the last one to go out. I put out all the oil lamps and then closed the door and left. How could there be such a big fire for no reason?"

Liang Cheng also said: "Yes, we went to the back office for dinner, it only lasted a few minutes, and there was no wind, how could the fire be so big, unless someone set the fire deliberately."

Wang Zhi had a gray face and ran to Li Qing dripping wet. "Master Li, when I came to watch the night, I found that the fire had spread to the next door room. It was too late to save it."

Li Qing looked at him, "Were you the first to discover the fire? Who is watching the night tonight?"

Wang Zhi bowed and said, "Yes, I should be on duty tonight. My stomach hurt just now." Wang Zhi knelt down with a plop on the ground, "My lord, please forgive me."

Li Qing had a sullen face and waved his hand at him, "You get up first and explain the situation clearly to Master Lin later."

"Thank you, sir." Wang Zhi kowtowed with tears in his eyes before getting up from the ground.

Li Qing looked at the account books that had been burned to ashes and thought to himself: It seems that these people knew exactly which room the account books were in, and they came straight to the account books. As soon as he started checking, some people got scared and simply had them set on fire. these ledgers. Dare to burn the account books, it seems that Le County’s tax revenue is very high!

Lin Su glanced at Li Qing, whose face was ashen, and said consolingly: "Your Majesty, the fire has broken out, it has been put out, and it has not caused any major losses. We are lucky."

Several other officers knelt down in front of Li Qing anxiously, "Master Li, the younger ones are late to put out the fire..."

"Get up! You don't know how to walk on water. After this lesson, everyone should walk more frequently when you are on night watch in the future." Li Qing looked at several guards with ash-faced faces, "It's cold at night, go and change your clothes." Get your clothes on!"

The officers felt relieved after hearing Li Qing's words and saluted: "It's adults. Please remember, young ones. Thank you for your help!"

Li Qing waved his hand and said: "Shuihuo Qingqing, go freshen up and come back to Master Lin to explain the situation."

"Thank you, sir." Several people bowed gratefully and left.

Watching those people leave, Li Qing whispered to Lin Su: "The only thing we can do now is to keep silent about the accounts we found today as soon as possible."

Lin Su nodded, "That's all we can do."

Li Qing then said to Liang Cheng and others: "Brother Liang, from now on, you will keep Wang Zhi and Wang Xiancheng under surveillance. I think they are doing something secretly. Also, go to the warehouse to investigate tonight. Be careful when doing so.”

Liang Cheng and others bowed and said, "Yes, sir."

The account books have been burned, so there is no need to check them. Li Qing returned to the backyard. Fan Mingfang stood at the door of the backyard and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Qing coming back.

"What's going on? Where's the fire?"

Li Qing took Fan Mingfang in his arms and walked inside, "The account books were burned."

"The account books were burned!" Fan Mingfang stopped in surprise and looked at him worriedly, "Was it a fire? Or was it set on fire?"

Li Qing looked at Fan Mingfang's worried look and patted her shoulder, "It was set on fire. Don't worry, when I go back, I will write down the accounts I have read and check slowly, and I will eventually get to the bottom of it." "

"Such a thing could happen in such a small county. It seems to be even more chaotic than in Liangzhou. Fortunately you weren't there, otherwise..." Fan Mingfang didn't dare to go on and didn't even want to think about it.

Li Qing noticed her fear, led her to sit down, held her in his arms and said softly, "Huanhan, don't worry, I will be fine."

"Yeah! I know," Fan Mingfang looked up at him and smiled softly, "Don't you want to write down the accounts silently? I'll grind the ink for you."

Li Qing smiled and kissed her, "I can't calm down while you are here. You go back and accompany Dong'er."

"You still want to make a joke." Fan Mingfang smiled and punched him, "Okay! I won't disturb you anymore."