Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 192 - Governor Gao is Really Despicable
Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Governor Gao is Really Despicable
Chapter 192 -192: Governor Gao is Really Despicable
Having left the prison, Murong Jiu looked up at the clear blue sky overhead and felt extremely cheerful.
Her rebirth had changed the fates of many people.
The end Lady Wang met not only greatly satisfied everyone but also meant that, one day, the Second Prince would be brought down too, living a life worse than death, just like Lady Wang.
Jun Yuyan, watching her serene profile, felt the peacefulness of the times and was also grateful that when his people were beating Lady Wang to death, he had ordered them to spare her life.
It was only fitting that Lady Wang’s ultimate fate was to be beheaded in public.
“Do you want to change your clothes?”
“No need to trouble yourself, the smell didn’t get on me. Let’s hurry out of the city; I can’t wait to see my Tea Ridge County.”
Although the prison was damp, it wasn’t too smelly because there were people specifically tasked with cleaning, to prevent it from becoming filthy and breeding disease. Only Lady Wang’s cell had been “specially taken care of,” so it was particularly dirty and smelly.
But Murong Jiu had kept her distance, so naturally, nothing had gotten onto her.
Moreover, she never liked wearing dresses that dragged on the ground; she only changed her shoes when she got on the carriage.
Because she was in a good mood, she didn’t feel tired at all during the half-day journey, and by the time they arrived at Tea Ridge County, she was still full of energy.
Tea Ridge County indeed turned out to be a remote and impoverished area. Surrounded by several large mountains, the flat land that was Tea Ridge County featured not many houses but plenty of farmland. Every household had a river flowing in front of it, and the main road was spacious. Although the road was in poor condition, Jun Yuyan’s men had temporarily smoothed it out, so the carriage ride wasn’t bumpy.
The appearance of several low-key yet luxurious carriages caught the curiosity of the common folk, who all craned their necks to look.
Many of the bolder children ran to the roadside, looking on with faces full of curiosity.
“Chun Tao, bring out some candy and share it with the kids,” Murong Jiu instructed.
She had asked Chun Tao to take a substantial amount of candy from her sweet shop in advance; these were not the chunks of maltose but sweets made with sheep’s milk, cow’s milk, and sugar beet. The sweet shop had just opened recently, and thanks to the affordable prices, sales were good.
However, sugar beets were limited after all; once these candies were sold out, they would have to switch to cane sugar. If they wanted a large yield, they would have to wait until the next year when sugar beets were planted on a large scale.
The candy was wrapped in oil paper, with six pieces in each small pack, and every child who came up received one.
The children ran off joyfully with their candy.
Tea Ridge County was so poor that many children had never tasted candy after being born.
“Princess Consort Ling is really nice, giving candy to the children; you can tell she prepared it in advance.”
“Yes, didn’t the people who came to repair the road a few days ago say that the Emperor has granted our Tea Ridge County to Princess Consort Ling? Does that mean she will be our master from now on?”
“What ‘master’? We’re not servants. Who knows what kind of person Princess Consort Ling is.”
“Exactly, just by looking at her, you can tell she’s here for sightseeing. What does it have to do with us ordinary folks?”
“So, Princess Consort Ling won’t deal with the County Lord’s bullying and licentiousness?”
Dont’ look down on Tea Ridge County for being just a small county with only a few thousand people; even a small county is still a county.
Tea Ridge County once had tens of thousands of people, with thousands of farming households. If it wasn’t for the despicable County Lord, so many people wouldn’t have left their homes and moved away.
The issue was that the County Lord had offended someone, rendering his promotion hopeless; trapped in this backwater, he committed all sorts of atrocities, seeping with wickedness.
Murong Jiu did not hear these discussions, but she observed some anomalies apart from the clear mountains and waters. For instance, many houses had collapsed, seemingly due to neglect and disrepair. They were eroded by time under the weathering of wind and rain.
The villagers by the road also seemed too thin.
Although this area is poor, the land appears fertile, and crops are planted in the fields.
The continuous heavy rains in the summer destroyed many crops in Great Yan, but Tea Ridge County is situated high, with rivers carrying rainwater away to a natural lake downstream, so it doesn’t look like it has suffered from a disaster. The fruits and vegetables bearing fruits are the best proof.
On the way here, I also saw tea trees planted on the mountains, their green leaves growing lush and pleasing. The weather is nice today, and many women are picking tea leaves on the mountain.
The tea leaves from Tea Ridge County are not any precious variety, but they are tender and green at the tip, with a fresh taste, which can be considered decent green tea. Basically, you can pick and dry tea leaves for sale all year round, except in winter.
The villagers shouldn’t be so thin and emaciated, obviously, they are starving. Aside from the children, the expressions on these villagers’ faces are very indifferent.
Murong Jiu’s brows furrowed deeper.
Jun Yuyan said to her, “Don’t worry, before coming here, I had Zhou Chen and Yang Shan come over to scout the area. When we arrive at the place, let them explain the situation.”
Murong Jiu nodded, knowing she couldn’t rush things.
The lodging place was in a villa halfway up the mountain.
It looked simple, but I didn’t expect it to be quite luxurious inside, which made Murong Jiu’s brow furrow again.
Jun Yuyan said, “This is Governor Gao’s residence.”
As he spoke, Yang Shan and Zhou Chen had already arrived.
“Greetings, Master and Main Wife!”
Their voices were very loud, especially Yang Shan’s, who was extremely respectful.
Yang Shan was a life that Murong Jiu had saved when she first entered the mansion and was seriously injured. It took several months for his body to recover completely. Right after he recovered, he couldn’t wait to start working for the Princess Consort, to repay her.
If it wasn’t for the Princess Consort, not only would he have died, but his brother Yang Chuan might have been taken by the Second Prince to be groomed as a rival for the Master.
When he regained consciousness, he was terrified to hear that the Second Prince had tried to make contact with his brother after his severe injury, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
He knew his brother’s character too well. If he had died, with just a bit of provocation from the Second Prince and some so-called evidence to prove that he was killed by the Master, his brother would definitely become a knife in the Second Prince’s hand, desperately trying to seek revenge for him.
Fortunately, the Princess Consort saved him and reminded the Master to bring his brother to the Prince Mansion, preventing the Second Prince’s nefarious scheme from succeeding.
“What exactly is going on in Tea Ridge County? How is the investigation going?”
Murong Jiu asked.
Seeing the villa, she knew that Governor Gao was not a good man, but Yang Shan and Zhou Chen must have found out more.
Yang Shan said, “Reporting to the Main Wife, Governor Gao has been in office for eight years, he has been extorting from the people, bullying both men and women, driving away nearly a hundred households, and causing the death of more than ten people. His cruelty is beyond description and heaven cannot tolerate such acts! I took it upon myself to have him arrested!”
Murong Jiu said, “Well done!”
Jun Yuyan asked, “Have the evidences been collected properly?”
“It’s all collected, just waiting for the Master and Main Wife to take a look. I’ll escort the man to Shuntian Prefecture after that.”
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But Jun Yuyan asked, “Have you found out who’s backing this Governor Gao?”
Murong Jiu was surprised. Could such a small County Magistrate even have a backer?
