The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn - Chapter 588

   Chapter 588 588 Set fire

Liang Cheng said to Li Qing: “Master, Ding Yi and I walked around the county town separately, and found that there are fewer street vendors than other places. Ding Yi asked someone to inquire, and the vendors here have to go to the market. You have to pay the stall setting fee, and you have to pay other miscellaneous fees every month. After one month, the money you earn is not enough to pay the fees, so there will naturally be fewer vendors.”

  Li Qing nodded, “I have found out from the account, and these miscellaneous fees will be waived after I hand it over.”

  Liang Cheng nodded, “Lao Ding and the others heard that the family of the magistrate Liu left Lexian and returned to their hometown as early as half a year ago, and they also said that magistrate Liu was just a puppet magistrate, and the county magistrate Wang was the real master of Lexian.”

  Li Qing felt that the helpers his sister had found for him were really good, with good skills and strong ability to do things. No matter what you do, you can do it well without asking yourself.

   “Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Liang, I would like to ask you to help check the warehouse in Lexian County to see how much food is in it.”

   “Okay, let’s go tonight.”

  Fan Mingfang stood under the eaves of the porch in the backyard, saw Li Qing entering the yard, turned to Xiaocong and said, “Let’s have dinner, the master is back.”

   “Yes, ma’am.” Grandma Yun and Mrs. Yang got busy.

   Fan Mingfang looked at Li Qing with a tired face, and said softly, “Is the account unclear?”

  Li Qing looked at her and smiled, “Well, there are some other problems with the same transaction repeated in the account book. What about Dong’er?”

  Fan Mingfang smiled and said, “Dong’er is sleeping, I’ve been tired all day, you can eat now!”

Not long after Li Qing and the others left, a dark shadow sneaked into the county office and went straight to the room where Li Qing and the others checked the accounts. on the counter.

   In the end, he picked up an account book and tore the page, walked to the door and set it on fire. It was still on the account book that had been sprinkled with kerosene. With a bang, the account book ignited.

  The man in black stood there calmly and looked at it before closing the door and disappearing into the night.

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

  Wang Zhi covered his stomach and muttered: “Dead Marquis, eat him a drink and cause Lao Tzu to have diarrhea.” While talking, he walked slowly towards the inner hall.

   suddenly widened his eyes and shouted loudly, “Get out of the water! Come on someone! Get out of the water!…”

   The night guards in the yamen heard the shouts, carrying basins and buckets, swarms of bees ran towards the fire, filled the fire-proof water tank with water, and splashed water at the fire.

  Li Qing was stunned when he heard the shout, “Oh, someone set the fire.” He rushed out.

  Liang Cheng’s group also heard the news and joined the firefighting team. After a while, the fire was finally put out, and the house where the account books were stacked and the house next to it were turned into ruins.

  Lin Su said to Li Qing: “Xianzun, when we went back to eat, it was the last door I went out. After I put out the oil lamps, I closed the door and left. How could such a big fire be lit for no reason?”

  Liang Cheng also said: “Yes, we went to Houya for dinner, only a few quarters of an hour before and after, and there was no wind and fire, how could it be so big, unless someone deliberately set it on fire.”

  Wang Zhi’s face was black and gray, and he ran to Li Qing wet, “Master Li, when I was on the night watch, I found that the fire had spread to the next room, and it was too late to save it.”

  Li Qing looked at him, “You were the first to discover the fire? Who is watching the night tonight?”

  Wang Zhi bowed and said, “Yes, it’s time for the little one to be on duty tonight. Just now, the little one’s stomach hurts a little bit.” Wang Zhi fell to his knees with a plop, “Sir, please forgive me.”

  Li Qing sullenly waved at him, “Get up first, and explain the situation to Master Lin later.”

   “Thank you sir.” Wang Zhi gratefully kowtowed before getting up from the ground.

Li Qing looked at the account book that had been burned to ashes and thought to himself: It seems that these people knew very well which house was holding the account book, and went straight to the account book. When he started to check it, some people were afraid, and they simply set it on fire. these ledgers. Dare to burn the account book, it seems that Lexian’s tax water is very deep!

  Lin Su glanced at Li Qing, whose face was ashen, and comforted: “Xianzun, the fire has already broken out, it has been extinguished, and no major damage has been caused. It is a fortune.”

   The 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 in the water. After this lesson, you should walk more frequently when you are on duty in the future.” Li Qing looked at the officers with their faces covered in ash, “It’s cold at night, go and change your body. Underwear!”

  The officers felt relieved when they heard Li Qing’s words, and saluted: “It’s the adults, the children remember it, thank you for the body!”

  Li Qing waved his hand and said, “The water and fire are ruthless, go wash up and come back to Master Lin and tell me about the situation.”

   “Thank you, sir.” Several people bowed gratefully and backed off.

   Watching those people leave, Li Qing said to Lin Su in a low voice, “The only thing to do now is to silence the accounts we found today as soon as possible.”

  Lin Su nodded, “That’s the only way.”

Li Qing said to Liang Cheng and the others: “Brother Liang, from now on, you will keep Wang Zhi and Wang Xiancheng under his watch. I think they are doing tricks in the dark. Also, go to Cangyu tonight to investigate. You have to be careful.”

  Liang Cheng bowed and answered, “Yes, sir.”

  The account book has been burned, and there is no need to check the account. Li Qing returned to the backyard, Fan Mingfang stood at the door of the backyard, and was relieved to see Li Qing coming back.

   “What’s the matter? Where is the fire?”

  Li Qing took Fan Mingfang and walked in, “The account book is burnt.”

   “The account book was burned!” Fan Mingfang stopped in surprise and looked at him worriedly, “Is there a fire? Or was it set on fire?”

Li Qing looked at Fan Mingfang’s worried look, and patted her on the shoulder, “It was set on fire. Don’t worry, when I go back and write down the accounts that I have read, I will check them slowly, and I will always find out. “

   “How could such a thing happen in such a small county, it looks more chaotic than in Liangzhou. Fortunately, you weren’t there, otherwise…” Fan Mingfang didn’t dare to say any more, and didn’t even want to think about it.

  Li Qing sensed her fear, led her to sit down, put her in his arms and said softly, “婠婠, don’t worry, I’ll be fine.”

   “Yeah! I know,” Fan Mingfang looked up at him and smiled softly, “Aren’t you going to write the accounts silently? I’ll polish the ink for you.”

   Li Qing smiled and kissed her, “I can’t calm down when you are here, go back with Dong’er.”

   “I still have the mind to joke.” Fan Mingfang thumped him with a smile, “Okay! I won’t bother you anymore.”

   (end of this chapter)