"Alas, speaking of this, the new County Magistrate replaced everyone with his relatives." This was indeed the most bizarre appointnt of a County Magistrate he had ever seen.
So County Magistrates take office alone, bringing only a few followers, or at most bring their wives and children.
But this County Magistrate, he brought almost his entire family of relatives.
"Let tell you, now our Quanya’s constables, one is the County Magistrate’s brother-in-law, the other is his young uncle. As for the bailiffs, all of them are his various cousins, maternal uncles, brothers-in-law, even his future brother-in-law is among them."
"Do his brother-in-law and young uncle have any skills?" Ye Zi’an questioned whether the bailiffs and constables at the county yan could be soone easily appointed without actual skill, especially since constables are required to be highly capable.
"What skills? I could take down a bunch of them single-handedly." Constable Hong felt frustrated just thinking about it; he wouldn’t have been so discontent if it weren’t for this reason.
Originally, his wife fell ill, and he didn’t want to be a constable any longer so he could take care of her, but there’s a difference between leaving on his own accord and being dismissed by the yan.
Especially since the people who replaced him were such individuals, how could cases in Quanya County be investigated or tried properly from now on?
"What’s the background of this new County Magistrate? To be able to pull off such things, nepotism shouldn’t work like this. At the very least, there should be so genuinely capable people in those positions."
Yang Chuxia was speechless too. Did the new County Magistrate have a hole in his head?
Constable Hong said, "On the surface, he seems to be a County Magistrate who passed the exam from the countryside, and so the saying goes, ’When one man gets a governnt position, all his cronies co into power too.’ Not sure if there are people backing him."
"Since these people arrived, have they done anything harmful to the common people?" Ye Zi’an was most concerned about this, afraid that relying on the County Magistrate as their backing, they would bully others with their power.
"As of now, nothing has happened in Wangquan Town, but I can’t say for other places."
Ye Zi’an nodded and then asked, "So Uncle Hong, what do you plan to do next?"
"For now, I can’t think of anything else, just staying ho to take care of Auntie Hong. She was able to get out of bed and walk around before the New Year, but now she can’t. A doctor just visited a few days ago and fears that she may not make it through the year. I’ll wait and see. If Auntie Hong... then I’ll decide what to do next."
"Uncle Hong, if you have any difficulties, rember to tell us." She felt powerless when it ca to life, aging, sickness, and death; she wasn’t a miracle doctor after all.
Then she thought, wait, she might not be a miracle doctor, but Mu Shaoling was, and that man was still in Quanya County. She just didn’t know if she could invite him to take a look. That man was quite proud and might not agree. Better not to ntion it to Uncle Hong for now and bring it up if Mu Shaoling was willing.
"Ah, I understand. We can still get by for now, the salary from being a constable isn’t bad, and I have saved quite a bit over the years, enough for Auntie Hong’s dicine."
After finishing his words, Constable Hong didn’t stay any longer, worried about his wife at ho.
"We should go to the pharmacy later and see if we can buy so good ginseng, and then visit Auntie Hong. Uncle Hong took good care of us back in the day."
"We should definitely pay a visit," Ye Zi’an nodded in agreent.
Thus, shortly after Constable Hong had just reached ho, Ye Zi’an and Yang Chuxia arrived at his door, causing Constable Hong to feel sowhat embarrassed, thinking he shouldn’t have ntioned his troubles.
However, Ye Zi’an reassured him that it would have been wrong not to tell them, for they regarded Uncle Hong as their own uncle, which relieved Constable Hong of so of his embarrassnt.
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