The Golden County Magistrate

After a long while, Cao Yu sighed, "This thing is what I got from County Magistrate Chen!" Then he simply recounted his contact with Chen Yan.

After that, he said helplessly, "I claim to be a superior chess player, but I have fallen flat on my face here. County Magistrate Chen gave me nine endgames last time, but I have only solved two of them so far!"

The more He Dun listened, the more he felt something was wrong, and he tried to probe, "Your Excellency is looking for me because..."

Cao Yu sighed and said, "I originally thought that if you knew this thing, you might be able to give me some pointers, but you don't know it either, so there's no hope, alas!"

He Dun finally realized and breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that Cao Yu really just wanted to ask him for advice after all his blind speculations for a while!

"But it doesn't matter. I have some free time anyway. Sir He, why don't you play a few games with me? The rules are simple. I will teach you. Sit down!" Cao Yu calmed down and opened the chess box.

He Dun sat down hurriedly.

Cao Yu slowly divided the chess pieces and said, "This chess has round and square pieces. I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel that the round pieces are easy to win, and the square pieces are easy to lose. Lord He, do you know why?"

He Dun's mind moved, and he said, "I have a little idea, please give me some advice. Although the square pieces have sharp edges and corners, they seem to be powerful, but the sharp corners are easy to break, while the round pieces are impeccable and can be defended perfectly, so they naturally have the upper hand."

Cao Yu smiled slightly and said, "It's a pity that Song Zhixian is just like this square chess piece. The edges and corners can't be hidden, so how can people feel at ease? I don't know, Lord He, is it a square chess piece or a round chess piece?"

He Dun instantly understood the implication.

He immediately stood up and bowed respectfully: "Whether I am square or round depends on your words."

Cao Yu stroked his beard and nodded: "The boy is teachable, the boy is teachable, haha! It seems that there is still a lot of time for you and me to play chess together in the future, hehe..."

He Dun could hardly suppress the ecstasy in his heart, knowing that he had passed the test.

The position of Longzhou prefecture governor is finally in his hands!

...

After dark, Chen Yan suddenly heard a loud "pop" from the deck outside.

"What's the noise?" Xueyan came from the kitchen. She was busy making dinner for Chen Yan. When she heard the noise, she hurried over to take a look.

"Go out and take a look." Chen Yan took her out of the cabin.

When they looked outside, they were both shocked.

Then, Xueyan's pretty face changed color, and she said in surprise: "Master Jin, what are you doing!"

At the stern, a long gangplank was placed between the small building ship and the cargo ship behind it. The sound just now was the sound of the gangplank hitting the deck of the small building ship!

On the bow of the cargo ship, Jin Ze was frowning and directing the sailors to fix the gangplank. It seemed that he wanted to come over!

At this time, the fleet was sailing, and it took a lot of effort to fix the gangplank. Although the sailors were busy and sweating, they couldn't get it done for a while.

Hearing Xueyan's words, Jin Ze looked up at them, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

"I am used to taking a walk before going to bed, but I didn't expect that the building ship was also our fleet's."

He saw the building ship before he got on the ship. At that time, he didn't think they were together, and thought it was someone else's ship.

But he didn't expect that he was going to see the river view before going to bed, but he came out and saw the small building ship leading the way in front.

In shock, he asked the sailor next to him who owned the ship. The sailor was from Zhou's Chamber of Commerce, so he naturally didn't dare to answer and was vague. Jin Ze became suspicious and asked him to build a gangplank and go over the ship to see for himself.

Xueyan gritted her teeth and was determined to take the blame.

If the other party knew that it was Chen Yan's ship, then Chen Yan would have deceived the other party. In addition, Jin Ze was particularly concerned about the integrity of officials, so he would be furious, which would be very disadvantageous to Chen Yan!

It would be better to say that it was Zhou's Chamber of Commerce's ship. Even if the other party was angry, they would only blame Zhou's Chamber of Commerce and would not affect Chen Yan.

But when she was about to speak, Chen Yan took the lead and said calmly: "Your Excellency misunderstood. This ship is not from the fleet, but my own private ship."

Xueyan was frightened and looked at Chen Yan in astonishment.

Is he crazy? If he said it so directly, Jin Ze would definitely find fault!

Little did he know that Chen Yan had already figured it out. Even if he didn't say anything, Jin Ze would definitely make trouble when he saw him on this small boat. In this case, he might as well be open and honest.

"What! Your private boat? This boat must have cost at least two or three thousand taels to build?"

"You are just a seventh-rank county magistrate, how can you have such a boat?"

"Could it be that this was obtained through bribery!"

Jin Ze's face changed and he shouted. .

He probably knew how much the county magistrate's salary was.

To have such money, the most likely possibility is that it was obtained through greed!

Chen Yan couldn't help but get angry.

Without asking questionsBai, he put on a big hat right away, this guy is obviously looking for trouble with him on purpose!

Since they met, the other party has been looking for trouble with him repeatedly. He has endured it for half a day, and he has endured it enough!

"Master Jin, you are too narrow-minded!" He said coldly with a gloomy face.

"What?" Jin was stunned.

"If this ship only has an outer shell, maybe three thousand taels can be taken, but if the things inside are included, it will cost thirty thousand taels." Chen Yan sneered.

"What!" Jin was shocked.

Xueyan was also stunned.

Is Chen Yan stupid?

The other party said that he took bribes, and he didn't defend himself, but he actually said the price was so high, was he afraid that the other party would think he was not greedy enough!

Sure enough, Jin Ze came back to his senses and became even more furious. He shouted, "Chen Yan, Chen Yan, I didn't expect you to be such a corrupt official! Our Great Zhou has always advocated integrity and fight corruption. I didn't expect that you, a mere seventh-rank county magistrate, would dare to take bribes like this. What crime should you be punished for!"

Chen Yan said indifferently, "I only have one thing to say."

Jin Ze sneered, "I want to see what you can say!"

Chen Yan slowly said, "Please shut your dog mouth, Lord Jin!"

Jin Ze was stunned, his face turned blue, and he jumped and shouted, "Chen Yan, who dares to insult me! Do you know that just based on this sentence, I can punish you. According to the Great Zhou law, you should be punished by shaving your hair, eyebrows, beard, etc.

You should know that the Great Zhou still adheres to the "body and hair are from parents". Although this kind of punishment is not very lethal, it is extremely insulting.

Chen Yan said coldly: "I scolded you a few times, and you want to punish me by shaving my head. Then I want to ask, Lord Jin, what punishment should you be given for framing a court official?"

Jin Ze said angrily: "You dare to quibble! You clearly accepted such a luxurious ship as a gift. If this is not bribery, what is it?"

Chen Yan said calmly: "When did gifts from friends become bribes?"

Jin Ze sneered: "Haha, this is ridiculous! What kind of friend would give such a valuable gift? I'm afraid it's a bribe under the pretext of a gift!"

Chen Yan raised his eyebrows: "Then I want to ask Lord Jin, according to your statement, this is a bribe, then why did Lord Zhao, the prefect of Longzhou, bribe me, a seventh-rank county magistrate?"

Jin Ze was stunned.