It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Master Liu looked at Lu Xingchen with a smile on his face, "Wouldn't the county magistrate invite me to sit in the yamen and have a cup of tea?"

Seeing that he seemed to have a lot to say, Lu Xingchen nodded, "Okay, Master Liu, please come in."

Master Liu also made a gesture of invitation and asked Lu Xingchen to walk in front.

Lu Xingchen didn't hesitate and walked back to the yamen.

Master Liu followed closely behind.

The two of them sat as host and guest in the yamen.

Feixue and Wei served two cups of hot tea.

"It's not a good tea, please don't mind, Master Liu." Lu Xingchen said with a smile.

"The tea that the county magistrate gives us is all good tea." Lawyer Liu is very good at speaking.

"Then, Master Liu, do you have anything else to say? You might as well be frank." Lu Xingchen made a gesture to invite Master Liu to have tea.

Master Liu took a sip of tea and spoke calmly.

"Of course, these two joys are for everyone. They are for the county lord, for our Lord Zhou, and for the common people..."

"That is, the county lord wiped out the two gangs of bandits in Niutou Mountain, and removed a major threat to the people of Jizhou."

Lu Xingchen nodded gently, "This is a happy news..."

"Is there anything else?"

"The third happy event is the happiness of the county lord and our second young lady." The smile on Master Liu's face became even brighter.

Lu Xingchen didn't quite understand what this meant for a moment.

"I heard that the county lord has not yet been engaged, and our second young lady is fourteen years old, in the prime of life, waiting to be married, and has not yet been betrothed."

"The county lord has such a beautiful appearance, and our second young lady is also outstanding."

"So our Lord Zhou sent me here to discuss this marriage. I wonder if the county lord has any idea?"

This third joy shocked Lu Xingchen.

By the way, she is a man.

"I know the county lord will be surprised to hear this news. After all, he has never heard of our second young lady before."

"Your Excellency, the County Magistrate may consider this..."

"If this marriage can be accomplished, then Xing County and Wan County will be one family. We can help each other in the future and deal with any risks together." Master Liu continued to promote.

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly, "That's a good idea."

"But since it's a good thing to accomplish, it's better to give us young people a chance to meet each other."

"Although it's the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, but if the second young lady and I can fall in love with each other, wouldn't things be better?"

Master Liu never expected that Lu Xingchen would be so easy-going.

He actually intends to marry their second daughter.

"Okay, this is good. I will go back and tell our Master Zhou right away, and then find a chance to send the second young lady over." Master Liu said excitedly.

Lu Xingchen nodded, "Then I won't invite Master Liu to dinner."

Master Liu stood up and waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, business is more important. If Wanxian and Xingxian can form a Qin-Jin friendship, it will be a great thing for us."

So Master Liu left in a hurry.

Lu Xingchen was full of doubts.

"Feixue, call Lu Feng over." Lu Xingchen ordered Feixue.

Feixue agreed and went out to pass on the message.

About half an hour later, Lu Feng appeared in front of Lu Xingchen.

"My Lord County Magistrate, you are looking for me." Lu Feng came in and asked politely.

"Brother Lu, you don't have to be so polite." Lu Xingchen smiled and motioned for him to sit down.

"Your last name is Lu now, so you are part of our Lu family."

In the past, she called him Brother Lu, and he also called Lu Xingchen "Xingchen", but now it seems a little inappropriate.

"Privately, I still call you Brother Lu, and you still call me Xingchen."

Lu Feng nodded, "Okay..."

"Just now, Master Liu from Wan County came over and said he wanted to bring me together with Zhou Shu's second wife..."

"You have been to Wanxian with your uncle, so you know something about this second lady."

Lu Feng showed a surprised look, "I heard that Zhou Shu wanted to marry his second wife to Zhao Long, the county magistrate of Teng County..."

Lu Xingchen frowned slightly, "There is actually such a thing. What does he mean by this? Selling the same thing twice."

"Wanxian County Magistrate Zhou Shu is a jack of all trades, but he has a narrow vision and is always planning for his own little interests." Lu Feng commented.

"And he wasn't very kind to the people in Wan County either."

"It seems that Zhou Shu himself proposed the marriage between Miss Zhou Er and Zhao Long."

"It's not peaceful lately. Zhou Shu and Zhao Long have been in frequent contact."

"I don't know why he suddenly thought of you, Xingchen."

"Maybe it's because we've been so successful recently and he thinks we're people he can rely on, so he changed his mind."

"He is quite good at changing with the times." Lu Xingchen sneered.

"In that case, I know what to do."

"In two days, Zhou Shu will send his second wife to Xing County to meet me."

"When the time comes, you will spread the news to Teng County and let Zhao Long hear it."

Lu Feng nodded, his eyes filled with admiration for Lu Xingchen.

He had heard that Lu Xingchen was going to hand over Song County to Lu Yunfeng for governance.

Of course, Lu Xingchen’s military strength was one of the important reasons why he was able to take over Song County, but Lu Feng thought that the more important reason was his strategy.

From the time when Song County was attacked by bandits from Niutou Village to later when Jia Wanhe came to Xing County for help, everything seemed to be part of Lu Xingchen's plan.

From the beginning of this incident, Lu Xingchen seemed to have designed the final outcome.

Of course, Lu Xingchen's mind is also broad enough.

After all, Lu Yunfeng was the one who ran away with them.

If this matter was given to someone else, let alone being entrusted with the governance of a county, he might not be trusted to do even the most ordinary things.

"Xingchen, thank you." Lu Feng stood up and bowed deeply to Lu Xingchen.

"Brother Lu, what are you doing?"

Lu Xingchen quickly reached out and supported the man.

"My adoptive father's affairs...you should hand over Song County to him to govern..."

Lu Xingchen smiled and said, "He is my uncle. Even if his bones are broken, his tendons are still connected."

"Besides, under the circumstances at that time, it was natural for my second uncle to want to be the county magistrate himself."

"Your last name is Lu too, so we are a family."

Lu Feng nodded vigorously, moved.

"Xingchen, if you have anything to ask in the future, just tell me. I will definitely rush to the front without hesitation."

Lu Xingchen smiled and nodded.

After Lu Feng left, Lu Xingchen went to Baiyun Temple to find Master Yuan.

It turned out that Master Yuan was not in Baiyun Temple.

Because Lu Xingchen wanted to use Master Yuan Tian, ​​he also conducted some investigation on him.

She knew he had a lover, a widow.

So Lu Xingchen came to Widow Cao's house.

Yuan Tianshi was originally practicing in Baiyun Temple during this period. But Lu Xingchen hadn't looked for him for a long time, so he thought there was nothing wrong. Besides, he hadn't touched a woman for a while, so he was itching to do it.

So this afternoon he came to Widow Cao's residence.

Originally, he wanted to have dinner with Widow Cao, chat with her, listen to her sing some songs for him, and kill time before going to bed in the evening.

But Widow Cao hadn't seen Master Yuan recently, and she felt a little itchy.

The two of them hit it off immediately and were very passionate about it.