In the county government office, Du Qingchen told the county magistrate about everything. The magistrate is nearly 50 years old, with a slightly white beard and hair, and his stomach is sticking out. There are not many wrinkles on the skin, and it looks very amiable.

After listening to Du Qingchen's speech, Magistrate Feng pondered for a moment, then said, "How do you know that the rice sac flower is poisonous? I have also studied poetry and books since I was a child, but I have never heard of it."

Du Qingchen cupped his hands and saluted, "My lord, what you read are all works of great sages who govern the world and save the people. I'm a villager in the countryside. How can I read those sage books? So, when I was in a private school, which story book did I prefer to read?" , This thing was just accidentally seen in a miscellaneous book. At first, the villain was not sure, just thinking, first detain him, and then slowly question him, also for the safety of the villagers, and later for the sake of Confirmed, the villain pretended to force him to eat it, to see if he dared to eat it! Sure enough, he was not willing, so the villain was sure, this thing is indeed poisonous."

County magistrate Feng nodded, "You are alert."

"My lord praised it, but it was only for the sake of the food of the villagers. Even if there was only a little doubt, the villain would not dare to let it go." Du Qingchen replied with a nod.

County magistrate Feng admired Du Qingchen very much. He was a good-natured man, but he was just a little suspicious, so he detained the guests in his own restaurant, and he found poisonous substances such as rice sac flowers. If he was someone else, he would be suspicious and unwilling There are more troubles, and they will only let people go. At most, they will not buy it.

"What's your name?" County Magistrate Feng asked.

"The villain Du Qingchen."

The name was somewhat familiar, County Magistrate Feng thought for a while, and soon thought of Du Qingchen's identity, "Are you the... restaurant owner who accompanied Su Junxia to the secret road?" County Magistrate Feng asked with interest.

Du Qingchen nodded, and said embarrassedly: "It's the villain, who actually didn't help much. It's all because of Su Jun's chivalrous skill and courage, and his chivalrous heart that he was able to get out of trouble."

"Su Junxia is naturally good. It is also very good if you are willing to go down the secret road with him." Although County Magistrate Feng is the head of a county, he has been oppressed by the Chen family all year round. Suddenly, when he woke up, Chen The family became a passing cloud and ceased to exist. Magistrate Feng was secretly happy for a long time. In the future, in Pingxing County, he could finally be a real county magistrate without anyone to restrain him.

He is the local parent officer!County magistrate Feng knew that Du Qingchen had contributed to the destruction of the Chen family, so his attitude towards Du Qingchen became better.

Although he doesn't have any great talents, he is not a heinous person. He is just greedy for money and lustful, but he is not very greedy. He is the kind of corrupt official who wants to wipe out the common people. Because of the filial piety of others, he is generally considered a pretty good person.

County Magistrate Feng said cheerfully: "Sure enough, he lived up to the reputation of the rumors, and he is a chivalrous person. Speaking of which, when you come like this, I remembered something again."

Seeing Magistrate Feng's kind and smiling face, Du Qingchen knew it was not a bad thing, so he smiled and listened attentively.

"The restaurant in your family, is it the restaurant in the town that is very famous in the county these days? Others say that your food is different from other restaurants, and many of them have never been eaten before."

Du Qingchen cupped his hands and said modestly: "It's all praised by others, but in fact they are just ordinary home-cooked dishes."

"Family? No! That's not common. A few days ago, one of my concubines mentioned your food, saying that she also heard that it was delicious and novel. Her family originally wanted to cooperate with you and eat together. Open a restaurant in the county town, and split the bill with you fifty-fifty, and said that in this way, she can let her servants buy it in the future, so she can satisfy her hunger."

Du Qingchen's eyes turned cold, and then he looked up with a gentle smile, "Isn't the county magistrate talking about the Qiu family?"

County Magistrate Feng smiled and nodded, "It's his family. My concubine is the daughter of the Qiu family. I just heard that you refused? Why?"

"Oh, it's good to be able to cooperate with Boss Qiu, but...Boss Qiu is too polite and insists on giving me [-]% of the profit. My lord, although businessmen are after profits, I have always admired Old Qiu. How could they let them lose money like this? , so I rejected them."

County magistrate Feng is not stupid, he smiled and pondered for a while. Originally, he just mentioned it casually. After all, when his concubine told him about it, he just listened casually and didn't care at all. Now Now that I heard it this way, it seemed that there were many problems inside. Although Du Qingchen said it beautifully, I'm afraid he didn't want it in his heart.

If you don't want to, then don't want to!Anyway, the Qiu family didn't mention this matter recently, and he didn't deliberately treat the people just because of a sentence or two that a concubine once said, and County Magistrate Feng didn't continue to ask.

Du Qingchen himself was a little restless, relying on the female family members of the Qiu family to be attached to County Magistrate Feng, if they can blow pillows to County Magistrate Feng today, they may continue to target Feng County tomorrow, so Du Qingchen cupped his hands and said: "Actually, if Aunt Qiu likes my family There is no need to worry about the meals. After a while, when I have saved enough money, I will buy a shop in the county town and open another shop in the county town. My family also has takeaway food. If Aunt Qiu likes it, I can order food every day. It can also be delivered every day.”

"Oh?" County magistrate Feng was a little interested, "What takeaway? Let's hear it."

Du Qingchen also said that this kind of thing can't be hidden anyway. If Magistrate Feng wants to know, he can find someone to go to the town to find out. The reason why he didn't know is because he didn't care before.

County magistrate Feng understood, and nodded approvingly, "I can't tell, you kid, not only has a benevolent heart, but is also a very smart person, but that's right, otherwise, Su Junxia wouldn't have just taken you to No? Sure enough, he is clever and clever."

Du Qingchen smiled and said a few words modestly.

Outside the county government office, Du Genyou kept looking into the door, and finally waited for Du Qingchen to return, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him. Du Qingchen looked thoughtful, and Du Genyou only thought he was scared He didn't dare to say anything more at the gate of the county government office, so he left the county government office with Du Qingchen supported.

"Boss? Brother Qingchen? You're back to your senses!" Du Genyou raised his hand and waved it in front of Du Qingchen's eyes, but Du Qingchen raised his hand and patted it down.

"I'm fine!" Du Qingchen said.

"I see you've been in a daze and don't know what you're thinking, so I called you. How about it? Did you explain it clearly to the official? It won't hurt you, right?!" Dugan asked.

"It's okay. He has already been taken into custody, and his guide has been taken. When he finishes his prison sentence, he will be moved back to his hometown. Without the guide, he can no longer run around." Du Qingchen replied.

Dugan heaved a sigh of relief, "That would be great, and it will save him from going to other places to harm other people. Really, he is not afraid of committing crimes by selling poison for money! I said, Brother Qingchen, since everyone It's okay, why are you still looking pensive, as if thinking about something?"

"It's okay, I just think that this county is not bad. Let's open a restaurant here as well." The Qiu family doesn't seem to be able to rely too much on Feng County Magistrate's influence, and they still have to go round and round when doing things. Since Aunt Qiu said that she just wanted to eat his family's food, that's why she asked the Qiu family to cooperate with him to open a restaurant in the county town, so it's fine for him to come by himself. Now Aunt Qiu can't use this reason to brag Pillows are cool!

Moreover, according to what he saw, County Magistrate Feng had a good impression of him, so he probably wouldn't listen to his Aunt Qiu's words and treat him. Therefore, it is better to have a good relationship with County Magistrate Feng.

Du Qingchen didn't know that since shopkeeper Qiu found out that he and Su Junxia had a good relationship, he had already given up on his plan. Even Aunt Qiu only mentioned it once at the beginning, and never said it again. Be careful.

Outside the restaurant, Su Dong stood at the door and kept looking at the intersection where Du Qingchen came back. Finally, when he saw Du Qingchen and the two of them, he immediately trot over happily, stood still, and looked Du Qingchen up and down. There was no trace of torture, and his body was clean. , there is no problem at all, Su Dong was relieved.

"What are you looking at?" Du Qingchen laughed, "Don't worry, I'm a witness, and I helped the government arrest someone. It's fine if they don't give me an award for bravery, and they won't do anything to me."

"Then no one is willing to enter the government office!" Su Dong said.

This is true!Du Qingchen nodded, "Actually, our county is not bad, very gentle, and has a good temper. Have you heard of any brutal torture cases in our county over the years?"

Su Dong tilted his head and thought about it. It seems that there is really no such thing. Over the years, the county government seems to have never existed. He has never heard of any cases, and he has never heard of anyone who was tortured, injured or had a broken arm or leg. This time Du Qingchen didn't report to the government, they almost ignored the existence of the government.

"Let's go! Don't worry." Du Qingchen patted Su Dong's shoulder.

Su Dong nodded.

At the same time, in the provincial capital, Liutai, Du Rulin, Qiuyou and others also finished their exams and were waiting for the results to be released in Tao Taishou's mansion, when a servant girl invited them to the flower hall for a banquet.

Qiu You said solemnly: "Please allow us a moment, let us take care of it."

"Yes." The beautiful maid nodded respectfully and waited at the gate of the courtyard.

In the room, Qiu You immediately showed his true colors, and brought Qiu Jin with him, and the four of them were extremely nervous.

"My God, I have never attended such a banquet before, what should we do?! What are we going to wear? If we go, if the etiquette goes wrong, we will lose face..." Liu Tai was the youngest, so he stood there impatiently spin around.

Qiu You had no choice but to restrain his nervousness, raised his hand and held it down, "Don't panic, Taishou Tao hosted a banquet for officials and their family members, we just incidentally, the reason why we were asked to go is also out of courtesy, we will go, as long as we quietly Stay in a corner without making a sound, and you can live in peace if you don't get out of the way, so what if you are a high-ranking official? We even participated in the literary meeting with Mr. Liu! We know the rules! We will not lose our manners."

"Is there a literary meeting held in Pingxing County? I remember that literary meeting. At the banquet, we ate sheep soup soaked cakes. When writing poems and essays, there was not enough paper. In the end, the young ones squatted on the ground and scratched, oh, I I remember that Liu Tai was writing poems on the ground at that time, saying it was to save paper." Du Rulin would rant when he was nervous, and talk too much.

Qiu You choked. They were born in the countryside and came to the prefect's mansion suddenly. They were not used to it at first, but the prefect Tao was gentle and Tao Xiude helped to take care of them. Gradually, I got used to it, and the etiquette became more and more thoughtful, but, this is a banquet!

The servant girl said, this is a banquet hosted by Tao Taishou for Han County officials and their families and friends!The people who come and go are all dignitaries, famous families, and these country boys, if they go to such a banquet, they will definitely be out of place!Not to mention anything else, they don't even know where they should sit and stand!They have never received such an education since childhood!

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