I am the county magistrate in Liaozhai

However, Lu Jingxue wanted to apologize, but she couldn't even meet Wen Ji.

If it was normal, Lu Jingxue would definitely have asked her sister or brother-in-law for help. In fact, he originally wanted to do the same, but on his way to find his brother-in-law, he suddenly remembered what the magistrate Cheng said.

Yeah, he'd be pretty useless if he had to turn to someone for an apology.

Lu Jingxue spent a long time on the spot, and decided to bring some gifts to thank the government office first, and then ask Wen Ji's whereabouts.

Strange to say, he was very reluctant to come to the study in the government office before, but now there is still no hope of getting back together, but he feels relieved, but the county magistrate Cheng is too busy, so he only sees Master Tao.

"I'm sorry, but the student's purpose of reading is not pure, which surprised the master."

Tao Zui: ...that didn't surprise me at all.

However, Tao Zui couldn't refuse this gift and accepted it: "Are you leaving Tangxi?"

Lu Jingxue didn't think too far for a while, so she shook her head and said, "I don't know, but before I leave, the student wants to see Wen Ji again, I wonder if my master can..." Before he finished speaking, he also felt abrupt, so he said again Swallowing it back, he changed his rhetoric, "When will Mr. Cheng come back?"

Intoxicated, he thought that brother Cheng had already said that much yesterday, but he still hadn't given up on this kid's thoughts, so he shook his head and said, "Wen Ji is no longer in the county office. As for the whereabouts of my lord, I can't tell you."

Lu Jingxue didn't believe it, he was really stubborn, and immediately said that he would stay and continue studying.

Tao Zui knew in his heart that this kid was not interested in drinking, so he didn't try to stop him after a few words of persuasion, but his previous convictions were there, so he didn't dare to assign homework this time, instead he talked about history books.

Telling history was originally boring, but it was very interesting when intoxicated. I still like to listen to Master Tao's lectures on history, and I can also listen to some funny and witty stories of famous people.

Lu Jingxue was ready to scratch her head and lose her hair, and she actually tasted a bit of fun after listening to it. He thought to himself, if only reading could be as interesting as this.

It took half a day to hear this, and Cheng Jin came back from outside when it was dark.

"Miss Wen Ji's whereabouts? I don't know." Cheng Jin really didn't lie. After Wen Ji decided to try writing operas yesterday, she left the yamen. It should be a while before she came to find him.

Lu Jingxue originally wanted to ask again, but in the eyes of Mr. Shang Cheng, he was... Cowardly.

It's also strange, Mingming Master Cheng is only the age of the weak crown, and he is not a few years older than him, but he is not angry and pretentious, so that he can't say a word.

After returning to her brother-in-law's temporary residence on such a day, Lu Jingxue lay on the bed for a long time before realizing that he was not as tired as before and fell asleep.

At this time, there was a knock on the door: "Jingxue, I heard from your servant that you went out today?"

Lu Jingxue put on her coat and opened the door. Seeing that it was her brother-in-law, she nodded and said, "Well, I'm going back to...the Yamen study for class."

Mr. Song was so shocked that he almost didn't hold back the chicken soup that his wife made. Maybe his wife and brother are so excited that they have brain problems?

"Then are you okay? Hurry up, drink up the soup. Your sister boiled it all day and put wild ginseng in it. It's definitely a great tonic." Mr. Song hurriedly pushed the person in, and put the soup in front of the person to urge road.

"It's okay, brother-in-law, you don't need to make such a fuss, I feel...not bad today."

Mr. Song was so shocked that he dropped his spoon on the table: "So, you still have to go tomorrow?"

Lu Jingxue hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I won't faint after reading it again."

So the next day, Lu Jingxue went to the Yamen Study to report again.

revel:……

The weather has been getting warmer and warmer for the past year, and the sun is very good today. Ah Cong dug up a lot of things to dry, and Cheng Jin rarely had time, so he helped Ah Cong sum up the decoration style of the small local restaurant.

"Master, I'm not going to change the layout of the interior. Mr. Song said that the Accord on the third floor can be designed more elegantly and generously, so the price can be higher."

Mr. Song's business is doing well, and it's not without reason. Cheng Jin agreed after hearing this: "Very good, are you going to make shabu-shabu here?"

A Cong nodded: "Yes, I seldom ate mushrooms in the capital before, but Tangxi is mountainous, the mushrooms are delicious, and there are fruits and vegetables from Langya Township, so I want to try it, young master, can you?"

"Of course you can, but for fungus, you have to find someone to check it, and it's best to check it several times. After all, it's an imported thing. Poisonous fungi are not uncommon in the mountains. If you mix one or two flowers in, it's a villain. dancing."

As soon as Ah Cong heard this, he hesitated: "Then...forget it?"

Speaking of the delicious taste of mushrooms, it is comparable to fish and sheep, but such extremely delicious food rarely appears in Beijing, because the toxicity of mushrooms is difficult to distinguish, and most of the nobles in Beijing are naturally "one size fits all".

Cheng Jin thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible, but wild fungus is risky after all. Have you ever thought about artificial cultivation? Don't be greedy, just one or two species, preferably ones that are easy to identify and not easy to confuse .”

Ah Cong shook his head honestly: "Master, that's too difficult."

Cheng Jin thinks about it too, A Cong makes everything delicious, if you want to cultivate mushrooms artificially, the cost will be high: "Then don't grow mushrooms, it's not the rainy season, you can think about it later way."

"Fortunately, I asked the young master." Ah Cong said with some gratitude, "It's okay, spring bamboo shoots will be available in a while, I can make marinated fresh bamboo shoots, and secret crispy bamboo shoots, if preserved well, they can be eaten for a long time."

When the county magistrate heard this, he said, "Suddenly I want to eat braised bamboo shoots in oil."

A Cong thought for a while, and said, "I bought water bamboo yesterday, and I can cook it in oil. Do you want to eat it? There is an old duck in the backyard. Let's stew it and drink the old duck soup."

"Eat!" County magistrate Cheng deserved that happiness.

However, as soon as the old duck soup was served, the cattle catcher quickly brought in a man wrapped in sackcloth with only a pair of eyes exposed.

"What's the matter, you dare not show your true face?"

Catcher Niu has a weird look on his face. If he had to describe it, it would be a look of hell: "My lord, this man's name is Ma Liu, and he is a habitual thief."

Used to stealing to the government office to report the case?

"Who is in the hall? Why don't you tell me quickly if you have any grievances."

Master Hei was not here today, Cheng Jin originally wanted to find Tao Zui to come over to be a class recorder, but Tao Zaizai unexpectedly sent Lu Jingxue here, it can be seen that the teaching scum, every teacher has a headache.

Lu Jingxue also found it quite miraculous, it turned out that the magistrate judged cases like this, so he stumbled and wrote while listening to people's self-reports with great interest.

"My lord, the villain Ma Liu, who lives in Baijiazhuang outside the town, is here to accuse the old man of poisoning!"

...You speak the local dialect that you cannot understand, and it will be difficult for anyone to listen to it.

"Poisoning? Conceal it, cattle catcher, take off his ragged robe."

The cattle catcher quickly tightened his face, and then picked it up with the scabbard, and removed the sackcloth from Ma Liu's body.

Ma Liu screamed in fright, but Lu Jingxue's cry was louder than Ma Liu's, without him, with Ma Liu's current state, Cheng County Magistrate felt that the old duck soup at night was not good.

I saw that the exposed skin on Ma Liu's body was densely covered with duck feathers, and some of them grew slowly and looked denser. From this point of view, he didn't have a human figure at all, and even his face was covered with a layer of fluff. .

"My lord, you monster! Where is Daoist Yan, hurry...quickly take him!"

Ma Liu was so frightened that he quickly defended: "My lord, the villain is not a demon, but the villain is really a human being. It's because the white old man poisoned the villain, and the villain became like this!"

...It's too eye-catching, and the county magistrate Cheng obviously regretted taking off the man's robe.

"You put the sackcloth on first."

Ma Liu rewrapped his robe, and then angrily accused the neighbor next door, the old man Bai, of poisoning him, and also gave an example of how the old man Bai was a villain who must take revenge.

Without even looking into Ma Liu's eyes, Cheng County magistrate just heard the voice: "Oh, really? Then how did he poison you?"

Ma Liu hesitated and refused to speak.

"Then let's retreat because you disturbed the official business."

Cheng Jin made a gesture to leave, but Lu Jingxue slipped faster than anyone else. When Ma Liu saw him, she fell to the ground immediately, but the sackcloth didn't catch him, and she showed her hand covered with duck feathers: "My lord, I say! I say! "

"It was the villain who was greedy for a while and ate the duck raised by the old man, but his duck must have been poisoned!"

Cheng Jin: ... Sure enough.

Compared to Cheng County Magistrate, who was used to hearing outrageous reasons during this period, Lu Jingxue listened to it with a psychedelic face. She steals other people's ducks and blames the poor breeding of other people's ducks?What an outrageous reason.

Cheng Jin knocked on the table: "Mr. Lu, write it down."

Lu Jingxue wrote it down with a psychedelic face.

But Ma Liu was still trying to excuse himself: "The ducks flew into the villain's yard, it must be that old man with ulterior motives, he wants to kill me, please make the decision for the villain."

"Oh, then why did he want to kill you?"

Ma Liu began to falter again.

"Since you can't tell, if the official calls the old man, you have no words to refute, but he can accuse you of theft." Cheng Jin knocked on the gavel and said sharply.

Then Ma Liu finally revealed that sometimes he was short of money and would go to the old man Bai's house to borrow something to deal with emergencies.

By borrowing this word, it is used very spiritually.

Cheng Jin asked again: "Then have you paid it back?"

Ma Liu has already begun to regret coming to the government office.

But Ma Liu's appearance covered in duck feathers is creepy to look at. Since he came to surrender, Cheng Jin asked Catcher Niu to find someone to go to Baijiazhuang to invite the old man.

While waiting for people to come, Cheng County Magistrate ran to the backyard and asked Ah Cong to add two more vegetarian dishes.

"Is it because the old duck soup is not enough?"

Cheng Jin waved his hand, with a look of disgust on his face: "Don't mention the old duck soup, there is a strange case today, so I won't tell you about it to scare you."

Ah Cong was timid, so he stopped asking immediately, but it was a cat demon whose curiosity was really uncontrollable.

"What case? Could it be the headless corpse case?"

"You really want to know?"

Maomao nodded quickly: "Of course, I am a demon, so how can I be afraid of those things?"

After half a stick of incense, Pan Maomao watched Ma Liu and hugged herself tightly in fright: "It's too scary! You mortals are too scared to grow hair!"