When Xiaobao finished speaking, Long Lin immediately showed a look of surprise.
"Are there no exceptions?"
When Xiaobao heard this, he immediately shook his head.
"Your Highness, there is no one, everyone bites them to death but refuses to say anything, and no one admits this.
In one village, we found the leader, but as soon as we found out, the man bit his tongue and committed suicide at home.
This is the only one, and the rest of the villages have not gained anything."
Long Lin blinked his eyes and showed a faint smile.
At this time, Fu Di looked at Xiaobao and spoke.
"Xiaobao, have you checked the population of the village? After they went out, there must be no one who has returned. Have you checked in this direction?"
Xiaobao nodded.
"Master Fu, when Xiaobao left, I listened to your instructions and naturally checked, but in most villages, there is no population record at all. People in the village said that no one went missing. Everyone agreed, and Xiaobao couldn't do anything.
ah."
During this period, Xiaobao was very angry, but facing a large group of people, he really had nothing to do.
Several times, we had conflicts with the villagers, which was very difficult.
Long Lin nodded.
"Xiaobao, did you bring the person you were asked to take with you?"
"Your Highness, of course Xiaobao will be brought with him. In each village, two strong men are specially brought with him. The people chosen are the strongest young men in the village."
"Where are these people?"
"Your Highness, there is no suitable place, so I can only put these people into a cell first. Now in the cell, the villagers who were brought back are still making trouble in the cell."
Xiaobao looked extremely unhappy. This chore was more strenuous than fighting a battle.
Long Lin could see that there was obviously countless anger gathering in Xiaobao's heart at this moment.
"Xiaobao, thank you for your hard work. Please take a good rest during this time."
After Long Lin finished speaking, Xiaobao's expression only softened a little.
"Your Highness, it's not hard for Xiaobao at all. If you say it's tiring, it's really not tiring at all. It's just that facing these villagers is really annoying.
We know clearly that someone must be out in the village, we know clearly that there is a leader in the village, but we just can't find him, we can't use torture, and even though we have good words, no one listens to him, eh... it's so difficult."
Xiaobao's complaining voice made everyone want to laugh.
"Xiaobao, it's all over. It's understandable that they don't speak. As long as they bring people back, they will one day speak."
After hearing this, Xiaobao nodded.
Long Lin looked at Fu Di.
"Fu Di, among the people brought back by Xiaobao in these cells, there must be the leaders of the village. It's just not easy to identify them at the moment. You should work harder and separate these people and see if you can find them.
Pry open your mouth."
"Okay, Your Highness."
Fu Di responded, stood up and walked directly outside.
He wanted to go to the cell first to see who these people were, but he was not sure whether he could pick out the leader.
Fu Di left, and Xiaobao also turned and left.
Yin Hao and Bai Shu were still very curious after hearing these things, and followed Fu Di towards the cell.
Long Lin and Long Qian were sitting in the hall.
"Brother Six, why don't you talk about those common people?"
Long Lin turned around and showed a smile.
"Badi, there are not many fools in this world. Those who go outside the village, even if they have forgotten everything, they must know one thing."
"What happened?"
Long Qian subconsciously asked.
"They understand that what they are doing is definitely not a good thing."
When Long Qian heard this, he raised his hand and scratched his head.
"But Brother Six, since you know it's not a good thing, why do you still do it? Just for the mere ten taels of silver?"
"Just a few dozen taels?"
After hearing this, Long Lin spoke directly.
Long Qian didn't feel much. In his eyes, a few dozen taels was really not much, and she couldn't do anything at all. A maid might have dozens of taels of silver in one year, and not only that, but also clothes and so on. .
"Brother Six, it's only a dozen taels of silver, why are you so surprised?"
Long Lin let out a sigh. He finally understood. No wonder those powerful people in the past did not take ordinary people seriously.
These dozens of taels of silver were simply a huge amount of income for the ordinary people in the village.
But in the eyes of the prince Long Qian, it was indeed nothing.
Having lived in the palace since childhood, Long Qian didn't have much idea about silver. He wouldn't lack these things, so naturally he wouldn't care too much.
"Eighth brother, what surprises me is not the silver, but your opinion. For you, the silver is indeed very small, but for the people in the village, many people will never see ten taels of silver in their entire lives. income."
"No way, Brother Six."
"No? I'm afraid this is a very real thing. The village you and I visited had people bringing back silver, so it looks relatively affluent. Many villages don't have the income of this silver. I'm afraid food and clothing are still a problem. .”
"Are the people so miserable? Why doesn't the court care?"
Long Qian didn't think much and asked directly.
In Long Qian's view, the people's affairs are the court's affairs. Since the people's food and clothing are a problem, it should be the court's responsibility.
Long Lin looked at Long Qian and suddenly felt that this question was a good one.
"Eighth brother, you are also a member of the imperial court. Have you ever taken care of these things?"
"Brother Six, are you kidding me? I'm from the imperial court, but I'm in charge of the Ministry of Punishment. If I wasn't in charge of food."
Long Lin immediately smiled, and that was actually the problem.
"Eighth brother, you are right. You do not care about these matters. Logically speaking, local officials devolved from the imperial court are in charge of these matters. But you have also seen that fat county magistrate. Will he take care of it?"
"Brother Six, this county magistrate was bought, so it is naturally worse. It is only because this county is controlled by the people behind it that it becomes like this. There are many county magistrates in this world, and it is impossible for them all to be like this. Bar?"
Long Lin showed a wry smile.
Impossible? It’s really hard to say. In this world, there are too many places where the emperor is far away. Basically only local officials know about the counties in various places.
It’s really hard to say how many good county magistrates there are.
"There are always good officials, but they must be rare. Since ancient times, officials have protected each other. There are a few officials who care about the lives of the people. I am afraid that most of them are either trying to climb up the ladder or trying their best to make money."
"Brother Six, you take this too much for granted. I think most officials are good. They have the salary from the court, so they will naturally do things for the court and the people."
Long Qian didn't agree with Long Lin's idea. Many people had read books about sages. How could they all become corrupt officials?
"Eighth brother, it's not something I take for granted, it's a fact.
Officials are all human beings, and they will consider their own future. This is normal. Putting those free money together, I am afraid that most people will become unable to restrain themselves after seeing it. This is normal, too.
There is no other way to do this kind of thing except to keep investigating."
Long Qian nodded and stopped worrying about these things.
What he cares about is the power behind this stone island, which is related to his mother and him.
As for the large number of officials in the imperial court, he doesn't think much about it at the moment.
