The so-called loess root is just the rhizome of a wild plant. It tastes slightly bitter and non-toxic, but it cannot be linked to food in any case.

At this time, Xu Hu couldn't help but say, "I've eaten a lot of this thing when I was a child. I still remember the taste. It's not something that children should eat."

Xiao Yuan was silent for a moment and asked the child again: "Do children in the village eat this every day?"

"Not that, it's just that when there is no fire at home, my father asked us to dig some by ourselves." The little boy said.

This sentence has already shown that the people here are actually hungry and full.

What kind of people's livelihood is abundant!

Xiao Yuan took a deep breath, squeezed and smiled, "Can you share some of me?"

"Yeah." The little boy handed him the loess root in his hand.

Xiao Yuan took it, first looked, then tasted it, chewed it, and murmured: "What's the difference between this and the bark..."

After saying this, he also stood up and pulled the little boy and said, "Go home."

But the little boy shook his head.

"What, don't you want to have a meal?"

"I think, but my father said that there are distinguished guests in the village today, so I told me not to go back."

What a naive and obedient child, a hint of heartache flashed in Xiao Yuan's eyes and said gently: "Dad will not blame you. Let's go home."

He led the little boy and asked him about the situation in the village on the way.

When he brought the child back to the village chief's house, several people in the yard also quickly got up. When he saw the child, the village chief Shi was obviously panicked. He was at a loss at first, and then he looked at the child: "Erniu

!What are you doing!"

"Dad..." The little boy lowered his head in fear.

"You won't get out!" Village Chief Shi scolded.

Xiao Yuan interrupted him unhappily, "Don't scold the child, what's wrong with him? Why don't you call him after dinner?"

"This." Village Chief Shi swallowed and said carefully: "Master, the child is young and ignorant. Isn't the villain afraid of offending the King?"

"It's all nonsense!" Xiao Yuan said angrily: "I think you are guilty!"

Hearing this, Tao Xingde, the village chief and others were all shocked, and the latter said in a trembling voice: "This, why did the king say this?"

Xiao Yuan said: "Adults lie about pros and cons, but the child is naive, and everything about him will only reflect the real situation in the village."

As he said that, he also picked up the loess root in his hand, "What is this? Hum? Let's give this to the child for lunch?"

"This, this." Seeing the loess root, Village Chief Shi showed an anxious look, while Tao Xingde shook his eyes repeatedly and said, "Shi Village Chief Shi, explain it to the king quickly."

"Ah? Yes, yes." The village chief reacted and hurriedly said, "Report to the king, these are just made by children when they play..."

"Is that?" Xiao Yuan was angry and laughed: "But the child said that if he eats this, he won't be so hungry."

"Captain Shi, this is what you said about the people of Shijia Village. They are all full and dressed warmly? Do you know that you have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Ah!? Hearing this, the village chief Shi was so scared that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Don't be angry, the king calms down, even if the villain has great courage, he dare not bully him

Lord…”

"Then I won't report the situation!"

"Yes, yes..." At this point, Village Chief Shi dared not hide it.

Under his words, the situation in Shijia Village was clear at a glance. Every household has a happy life, which is a superficial phenomenon given by Tao Xingde.

After hearing this, Xiao Yuan took a deep breath and couldn't help asking, "Did Tao Xingde ask you to do this?"

"This, this..." The village chief didn't dare to speak easily for a while, and subconsciously glanced at Tao Xingde.

Although he didn't say it, his appearance of not daring to say it has already explained some problems.

Xiao Yuan stopped asking more, but changed the subject and said, "By the way, I heard from the child that a few days ago, a little girl drowned in the village. She could have saved her, why not?"

"This, this is the daughter of his second aunt's family. It's not that she doesn't help her, but...but..." Village Chief Shi seemed unable to speak.

"But what?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"But, it's because his second aunt can't raise that daughter at all, so it's a pain to save her..."

Just watching the child die?

Little do people know that people's livelihood is suffering and they cannot eat enough. Some people have too many children and cannot raise them at all. They can kill them with their own hands. This is the cruel reality.

"King Zhidao is going to inspect the village today, and the villain is unwilling to slander Shijia Village. He is confused for a moment..." Village Chief Shi also covered his face and cried sadly.

Hearing this, Xiao Yuan closed his eyes deeply, and what followed was a huge anger!

There is no doubt that he slapped Tao Xingde without saying a word!

With a bang, the dignified county magistrate was directly overturned to the ground by the slap, and then he crawled to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Don't be angry, don't be angry..."

The county magistrate beside him screamed even more, and quickly knelt on the ground, raised his butt, put his hands on his head, and his body trembled slightly.

"Stop the anger?" Xiao Yuan became even more angry and pointed at him and said sternly: "This is what you mean by the people's livelihood and prosperity!? This is what you mean by the people's living and working in peace and contentment!?"

"Tao Xingde! As the county magistrate of Lianzhou, you dare to falsely report and conceal the so-called political achievements! I think you, the official, have done the final result!"

Hearing this, Tao Xingde tightened his body and said in a panic: "Great the king, forgive me for my crimes, I am confused for a moment, and I will never mean to deceive the king."

"Stop it!" Xiao Yuan was furious and shouted to Xu Hu: "Take off his official hat for me!"

"No!" Xu Hu responded immediately.

Tao Xingde cried again and begged for mercy.

Everything that happened was based on his so-called political achievements. Xiao Yuan inspected the village. He was not panicked before. If everything went according to the plan, on the surface, Lianzhou was really developing well and he would definitely get the court.

Award.

But what I didn't expect was that Xiao Yuan wanted to stay at the village chief's house for lunch, which no one expected.

There were all problems with this lunch.

False reports and false reports, deceive superiors and subordinates, are sometimes more hateful than corrupt officials, because they completely ignore the lives and deaths of the people.

After dealing with the matter here, Xiao Yuan did not stop in Shijia Village. As soon as he returned to the county government, he dismissed his post and investigated Tao Xingde and the county magistrate, and ordered the soldiers to throw him into prison.

Then, he scolded the officials of Lianzhou and reorganized the matter in Lianzhou.

The king was furious, and the officials were silent. Xu Hu brought tea and said with courage: "King, what should I do next?"
Chapter completed!