C110 (1/2)

The county magistrate was skeptical. ”Is that possible?”

The Grand Master said: ”If you believe me, then believe me. That day, many commoners, including the Miss Yue, saw their Ling Xiao Inn being flooded unharmed. Could it be that many commoners were slandering them? The commoners and Ling Chaofeng did not have any enmity towards each other, why would they? ”

However, the muddleheaded things of the past were now even more astute.

The county magistrate held his head, which was swollen from the pain, and thought about it again and again before saying, ”I had originally relied on these words to extort so much money from Ling Chaofeng. Not to mention that he did not have any magic, if he did, wouldn't he have made Master continue to suspect him? ”Think about it again, if he really has a magic technique that can change silver notes back into silver notes, isn't that stupid? Isn't it easier for him to control the old master and make things easier for him?”

The Grand Master was taken aback. This was truly a rare opportunity. As expected of someone who had opened his eyes in the face of money, even his brain was opened to it.

”There must be a thief in the family. Let's interrogate him again. I want to see whether their mouths are tough and their bones are hard, or my board is tough.” The county magistrate was infuriated. He struggled to get up and shouted, ”Have they admitted him yet?”

It was one of those days when the county magistrate, who was half-dead from exhaustion, suddenly remembered that he and Yue Huaiyin had promised to stay at the Siyun Pavilion for three days.

After ruthlessly tormenting Yue Huaiyin, she pounded the bed and wailed, ”Huaiyin, the master's thousand gold is gone just like that.”

Yue Huaiyin snickered in her heart, but on the surface, she advised: ”Return all of your gold. Master, don't be anxious.”

The county magistrate replied, ”It's not difficult to extort him, but he has a good relationship with the Prefect Liang. I'm afraid that if we irritate him, my gains will not be worth it.”

Yue Huaiyin faintly said: ”Master, a thousand gold is not a small sum. Many people would not be able to see this much in their entire lives, Ling Chaofeng would rather give you so much money than trouble Prefect Liang.

”Really?” The county magistrate was shaken.

”It's still the same logic. It's not that you're making things difficult for him, it's the commoners that are making things difficult for him.”

Yue Huaiyin crouched by the man's side, coaxing him into being happy, and said gently: ”Master, it was the citizens who feared that there were demons and ghosts blocking the way, and that the citizens wanted you to come forward and kick them out. You are a parent, naturally you have to work for the citizens, Prefect Liang cannot make things difficult for you. And Ling Chaofeng himself felt guilty, so he was willing to give you money, right? If he does well, does he care about the rumors and gossip of others? ”

Liu Qingping held his head and thought for a while, ”If it's more or less like it, Huaiyin is much more trustworthy than Grand Master.”

Yue Huaiyin said: ”I am just speaking the truth. Master, think about it, this matter does not have anything to do with you. It was because the commoners came to cause trouble that you called Ling Chaofeng here. You only asked him a few questions, and he immediately brought the money here.

”Indeed, he seems to have come prepared. He's in such a hurry to hand over the money.” The county magistrate seemed to have believed Yue Huaiyin's words.

”There must be something strange going on in that inn.” Yue Huaiyin said, ”They don't have much business, where did all this money come from?”

”But if there really are demons and ghosts, I do not have the ability to kill demons and exterminate devils.” The county magistrate was endlessly frustrated. ”If there is, I don't need to stay here and become a sesame official.”

Yue Huaiyin's eyes moved slightly. She knew that she could not be impatient, she had to take things step by step, this stupid thing had already started to believe her. In the future, as long as he slowly guided, he would definitely be able to follow what she told him.

He then continued, ”My lord, being an official is tiring. If I were to take a look, I would feel more at ease with being a local sesame seed. As long as you have silver, you can do whatever you want. If one day, Ling Chaofeng and the rest were expelled, then a thousand silver would probably be no problem for them. ”

If he could get his hands on the Ling Xiao Inn, then there would definitely be a lot of gold and silver hidden in the inn, and they would all be his at that time.

”For you to cause such a commotion at home, the citizens will definitely discuss about it.” Yue Huaiyin said, ”We can also think of a way, and bring about conflict with the Ling Xiao Inn, the common people are the easiest to stir up, and at that time, push everything onto the common people, and Prefect Liang won't be able to do anything to you. The common people will support you.”

A few days later, a strange rumor began to spread through the town. It was that the government had allocated a large sum of money to the county magistrate's office to provide food for the disaster.

In order to not delay the court's pension for the commoners, the county magistrate took his own and made up for it.

When the news spread to the Ling Xiao Inn, Ling Chaofeng's friend passed by and drank a cup of tea, and said with a sneer: ”I heard that the capital's money was allocated to the Li Prefecture, and the Prefect Liang himself personally delivered it. I simply didn't know what was going on in the county's yamen, and what kind of person he is pretending to be. But as long as the commoners have the money to take it, their parents will be their heaven. ”

When Xiaowan and Ling Chaofeng heard this, they felt that the county magistrate might really have lost his money.

A few days later, originally a year had passed, and he thought that no one would bring up the words again, but after it had spread out, it caused quite a stir, so the fact that his Ling Xiao Inn had retreated unscathed from this water disaster was, in the end, a strange thing.

There was even someone who talked about how there was never any business with Ling Xiao Inn, yet Ling Chaofeng seemed to be extremely rich. When he first married the little girl with Qingling Village, his betrothal gift was worth a whole 100 gold taels.

The commoners started to suspect where Ling Chaofeng's money came from. They also started to suspect that it was related to him breaking in and cheating on them using antiques.