After she became a county magistrate, she took the ghost to investigate the case

Chapter 169: Inquire about information

Before Huang Shaohua could finish his words, he was hit on the head by a small stone that flew out from nowhere. The force was so great that a big bump appeared on his head.

"Who?" The guards didn't bother to defend Rao Qingji and surrounded Huang Shaohua and Li Siqi, which resulted in a loophole in the originally airtight encirclement.

Xu Yingying took advantage of this opportunity, rushed out, and ran away with Rao Qingji.

Rao Qingji didn't react for a moment, and was a little dazed, just following behind Xu Yingying.

But Xu Yingying had to run with him while trying to stop the "pursuers" behind them, so she was really powerless.

When she turned around, she saw that Rao Qingji still didn't react, and she was furious. Seeing a place that could be hidden not far away, Xu Yingying took Rao Qingji to stop. At this time, she was still dressed the same way as when she met Rao Qingji before.

"Wake up, if you continue like this, we will all die here!" Xu Yingying yelled in Rao Qingji's ear in frustration.

Rao Qingji seemed to have just come to his senses and looked at Xu Yingying, "It's you? Why did you save me?" Rao Qingji was very puzzled, his face full of confusion.

"Why so many whys? The pursuers are coming soon, think about how to hide first." Xu Yingying avoided Rao Qingji's answer and looked nervously in the direction of the pursuers.

Rao Qingji then realized his current situation and stopped being stupid. He perked up and looked around, then grabbed Xu Yingying's sleeve and said, "Follow me."

Xu Yingying was delighted that Rao Qingji did not feel annoyed with her, which meant that this plan had a chance of success.

Not daring to delay, Xu Yingying followed Rao Qingji closely. Rao Qingji was very familiar with the place. In no time, he took Xu Yingying to shake off the pursuers behind and returned to the refugee area.

After returning to his own territory, Rao Qingji finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xu Yingying behind him, panting.

"Why are you there?" Rao Qingji asked.

Xu Yingying's breathing stagnated, and then she said, "After you recognized me, I was harassed by a few beggars. Someone saved me, but they didn't let me follow you."

"I had nowhere to go, so I stayed not far away. Just now I saw you in a hurry and didn't know where to go, so I followed you from a distance. I never thought I would see you surrounded."

Xu Yingying said the excuse she had prepared long ago, that Rao Qingji had a low level of education, and it could be said that he had almost no intelligence except for brute force, and Xu Yingying saved him, so he no longer had the initial rejection of Xu Yingying.

"In that case, you just stay here. You saved me, there's no reason for me to leave you alone." Rao Qingji thought for a moment and said.

Hearing this, Xu Yingying was even more delighted. She didn't expect that this time it would be so smooth. Taking this opportunity, Xu Yingying successfully moved into the house closest to where Rao Qingji was. The things in the house were all available, and it could be said that it was no different from Rao Qingji's.

Some people questioned why Xu Yingying was treated this way. Before Xu Yingying could speak, Rao Qingji took the lead and said, "This brother Xu saved me, so I naturally have no reason to treat my savior unfairly. If you have any other opinions, you can come to me."

Xu Yingying felt a little warm at heart when Rao Qingji defended her in person, but she still didn't forget why she got in here.

With Rao Qingji's support, Xu Yingying was able to thrive in the refugee area.

At the beginning, many refugees did not like Xu Yingying at all, but Xu Yingying was very patient. She did not boss the refugees around, nor did she oppress these poor people just because of Rao Qingji's support.

Gradually, the refugees' attitude towards Xu Yingying improved a lot.

It didn't take long for Xu Yingying to basically grasp the situation of the refugees. With the information in hand, Xu Yingying found an excuse to leave the refugee area. After confirming that no one was following her, Xu Yingying returned to the county magistrate's mansion with ease.

When Li Siqi saw Xu Yingying, he was delighted, but then he became more worried. He looked Xu Yingying from head to toe, and only heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that she was not injured.

"What are you looking at?" Xu Yingying found Li Siqi's look a little funny.

"See if you are injured. How are you? Are you okay?" Li Siqi glanced at Xu Yingying unhappily and then asked.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Rao Qingji trusts me very much now, and I've found out a lot of things. But in order to avoid his suspicion, I can't stay here for too long. I'll make it short." Xu Yingying comforted Li Siqi.

Then he said, "I made some simple inquiries. The reason why Rao Qingji was so opposed to the transformation of the refugee area was because the imperial court did not treat the people in the refugee area as human beings, and insulted and oppressed them to the utmost. Some officials even took away the relief money and relief food given by the imperial court to the refugees. This made them particularly disgusted with this situation."

Xu Yingying explained the current situation clearly in just a few words. Hearing this, Li Siqi also fell into deep thought.

He also didn't expect that the refugees would actually be treated like this.

“So, if we want to solve the refugee problem, we must start with this point,” Xu Yingying analyzed calmly.

"Don't worry, I will take care of these things. You may have to stay in the refugee area for a while. I will give you a solution as soon as possible." Li Siqi promised.

Xu Yingying believed Li Siqi, but she still wanted to know how Li Siqi wanted to solve this matter.

"What are you going to do?" Xu Yingying asked.

"Since we are going to set up a new county, these refugees will be the original residents of the new county. We can arrange housing and land for these refugees who want to move into the new county, and give them a certain amount of silver as a subsidy. What do you think?"

Li Siqi told Xu Yingying his initial thoughts.

Xu Yingying was also very satisfied with this approach. "Let's do it this way. You can send someone to spread the word. The sooner the better. Those refugees don't want to stay there forever."

After that, Xu Yingying looked at the time and stood up, preparing to leave. "It's almost time. I need to go back, otherwise Rao Qingji will get suspicious."

After returning to the refugee area, Xu Yingying acted as usual. Not long after, news of Xinxian County's subsidy policy for refugees spread to the refugee area and naturally reached Rao Qingji's ears.

Rao Qingji called Xu Yingying over and said, "Now you know what they said."

"I heard about it, Brother Rao, what's wrong?" Xu Yingying pretended to be confused.

"It's just that it's a bit too coincidental now. I suspect that there is a traitor in the government around me." Rao Qingji said with a serious face.