Quickly wear in the small world while eating melons

Chapter 296 I am eating melons in the escape article 38

Naturally, not all the people in the village stayed in the village. Many of them had gone to the county. After all, they were about to flee with their families, so of course they wanted to buy some useful things.

In addition, the village chief also told those who went out of the village to buy things to pay attention to the current situation in the county. Of course, considering that some people would not ask for information at all, the village chief asked them to do their best and not reveal themselves.

The village chief also told them to be careful when buying things and never let anything about their village leak out to the county.

Everyone naturally knew that this matter was of great importance. If the people in the government office knew their plan in advance, everyone in the village would suffer.

After Bai Xiaohu entered the county town, he found that the city was as quiet as yesterday, and the business of various shops was very slow. He did not rush to buy a mule, but first went to find someone he knew to ask for information.

That man worked in a pawn shop. People like them had connections with all the wealthy families in the county and were well-informed.

When he arrived at the dental shop and saw someone who was idle, Bai Xiaohu quickly called out, "Yuanbao."

The man turned around and showed a pleasant face. When he saw Bai Xiaohu, he hurriedly came up to him and called out affectionately, "Brother Xiaohu, why are you here?" His tone was full of surprise.

After hearing his words, Bai Xiaohu said happily: "Why, can't I come to you if there is nothing wrong?" Yuanbao was someone he had helped before.

Once he came to the county town to buy something and happened to meet a man stealing Yuan Bao's purse. If he had not seen it and shouted, the purse would have been stolen.

After that, the two of them gradually started to interact with each other, and as they had similar personalities, their relationship became better and better.

As for Bai Xiaohu, although the people in the Bai family think that he is unreliable and still out of touch at such an old age, Bai Xiaohu has made many friends outside because of his loyalty and good speaking skills.

After hearing what Bai Xiaohu said, Yuan Bao smiled and said, "Come on, we just met a few days ago, and I don't know your character yet. If you didn't have something, why would you come to see me just a few days later?"

After hearing this, Bai Xiaohu stopped joking and said seriously, "I came to you this time because I really have something to ask you."

"Just tell me what's going on. Do we need to talk about this between us?" Yuanbao said quickly.

"I know you guys in this business are always well-informed. I want to know what's going on in the county recently, especially among those wealthy families?" After hearing Yuanbao's words, Bai Xiaohu didn't hesitate and asked directly.

Yuanbao has been working in a dental shop. Since he has a pleasing face and is good at speaking, he does quite well in the shop. Although he is not the manager, he is second only to the manager. So he must know a lot of information, which is why he came here.

After hearing Bai Xiaohu's question, Yuanbao put away his usual smiling face and became serious, "Brother Xiaohu, since you asked this question, I believe you must have known something. I wanted to give you a message, and now it's just right that you come to me."

When Bai Xiaohu heard this, he knew that something serious had begun, so he looked at the other party seriously, waiting for his next words.

"Brother Xiaohu, as far as I know, most of the wealthy families in this county have left." Yuanbao answered Bai Xiaohu's question.

Bai Xiaohu was surprised. After all, he had received news yesterday that several wealthy families had left and some were preparing to leave. He didn't expect the actual number to be so large. Almost all the wealthy families were gone.

Bai Xiaohu still had a question, "So many people left, and they are all well-known wealthy families in the county. Didn't the government do anything about it?"

"How can we manage? The county magistrate has run away, so how can anyone manage him? Moreover, those people left in a legitimate way. There is no reason for the government not to let them leave." Yuanbao revealed another shocking piece of information as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What? The county magistrate actually ran away!" Bai Xiaohu was really surprised, and his voice rose several degrees. He didn't expect that he would hear such news when he came to inquire about the news.

After speaking, Bai Xiaohu realized that his voice was too loud, so he quickly looked around and only breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was no one around.

It's not his fault. Who wouldn't be surprised to hear that the county magistrate, the highest official in the county, is no longer in the county?

Yuanbao could understand his feelings very well. You know, when he first learned the news, he felt the same way.

However, the reminder still needs to be given, "Brother Xiaohu, not many people know about this now, and I just found out about it by chance, so don't go out and talk about it."

Bai Xiaohu nodded in understanding, saying that he would never tell anyone. After all, if everyone knew that the county magistrate had run away, who knows what kind of chaos would happen in the county.

"The county magistrate ran away. What's the current situation in the government office?" asked Bai Xiaohu.

Yuanbao knew about this. "It is said that before the county magistrate left, he handed over all the affairs of the county to the county magistrate and the county lieutenant. Now these two are the ones who call the shots in the government office."

Bai Xiaohu was very curious after hearing this. "Since the county magistrate and the county lieutenant knew that the county magistrate was leaving, why didn't they stop him?"

"They tried to stop him, but they couldn't! The county magistrate was determined to leave, what could they do?" Yuanbao replied.

Bai Xiaohu often hangs out outside, so he knows a lot of things. He knows that the county magistrate will be punished if he escapes without permission, so he asked, "The county magistrate just ran away like this, isn't he afraid of being punished by the court?"

"Do you know the origin of our county magistrate?" Without waiting for Bai Xiaohu to answer, he continued, "It is said that our county magistrate has a great background. His family is a big shot in the capital. It is said that he is from a marquis's mansion. What do you think he is afraid of? Maybe he will not be punished at all after returning to the capital."

Yuanbao said this with an angry look on his face and a tone full of sarcasm.

He paused here, and after calming down, he continued, "This county magistrate originally came here to gild his reputation, but he ended up encountering not only a drought, but also the misfortune of Prince An's rebellion."

When Yuanbao saw Bai Xiaohu showed no surprise when he talked about Prince An's rebellion, he knew that he also knew the news, so he continued, "Although the rebellion is not in our state, it is next to us after all. Prince An may attack at any time, especially since our county is not far from the next state, which makes us even more worried."

"Look, as soon as he got the news that Prince An was preparing to attack our Linzhou, he couldn't wait to run away." Yuanbao sneered at this, and was really angry.

Bai Xiaohu understood Yuanbao's feelings very well. As a county magistrate, it would have been fine if he didn't do everything he could to protect the people, but when something happened he just ran away. What kind of official was he?

In addition to this reason, there is another reason why Yuanbao was so angry about this.

Yuanbao's father died when he was a child because people in the government office wrongly accused his father of a crime. He was beaten with a stick and then thrown into jail. He died of his injuries a few days later.

From then on, Yuanbao hated everyone in the government office, especially those corrupt officials who did nothing.

Yuanbao told him this before.

Bai Xiaohu said nothing, but just patted him on the shoulder silently.