The Golden County Magistrate

"Chen Yan, you!" Zeng Hong stood up angrily and wanted to curse.

"Keep calm." Jin Ze grabbed him and said with a sullen face.

Zeng Hong understood and sat down angrily.

There was no need to be angry with the other party for this matter. At this moment, the people who stayed on the boat must have taken the opportunity to go to Chen Yan's boat to find evidence of this boy's corruption and bribery!

As long as he got it, this kid would have a look!

Xueyan lowered her head and almost couldn't help laughing.

Chen Yan's move was too mean, completely ruthless.

But there are two sides to the story. Now those adults disliked him even more...

Several people waited and waited, but the ordered dishes didn't come for a long time.

Everyone smelled the fragrance from the next table and watched Chen Yan and Xueyan eating deliciously. Everyone hated and greedy.

"They even ordered rice! What a precious thing it is, they are too..." Zeng Hong couldn't help but mutter when he saw Chen Yan asking the waiter to bring rice.

At home, it's not rare.

But outside, and with Jin Ze, it's basically impossible to eat rice, which makes everyone drool.

"Waiter! Why haven't I ordered the dishes first?" Jin Ze couldn't help it, and saw the waiter walking by and shouted.

"The kitchen is busy, wait a little longer!" The waiter replied impatiently.

"How unreasonable!" Jin Ze was so angry that he slammed the table.

"Sir, calm down." Zeng Hong beside him hurriedly advised.

"Why are you so angry! This guy is obviously giving me a bad face because I spent too little money!" Jin Ze said angrily, "Go find your shopkeeper, I want to talk to them today!"

"Okay, you are powerful, I can't afford to offend you, can I go and urge you?" The clerk frowned and said, turning away.

"Humph, these market guys, if they give a good face, they will be ignorant of the world." Jin Ze was a little relieved.

On the surface, everyone agreed, but secretly couldn't help but peek at Chen Yan's table frequently.

This is too torturous!

At the same time, at the ferry terminal.

Jin Ze's two accompanying officials who stayed behind walked carefully across the gangway and boarded the small boat, but no one came to stop them.

"That guy is too careless. He didn't leave anyone to guard the boat. He wasn't afraid that the boat would be stolen." One person said in surprise.

The two were prepared to use their authority to stop them if anyone tried to stop them.

Unexpectedly, the boat was so quiet that there was no one on it.

"It's strange, where are the sailors on the boat?" The other man looked around and asked in surprise.

"You remind me that since the Jingyang Ferry, there seems to be no boatman or helmsman on the boat. Could it be that they are all in the cabin below?" The first man also said.

"No one is here, let's go to the boathouse and take a look!"

The two walked quickly into the boathouse. As soon as they stepped in, the door behind them suddenly slammed shut.

The two were startled and turned their heads to see a tall and strong sergeant standing by the door, staring at them coldly.

"Who are you!" One of them reacted quickly and asked immediately.

The sergeant sneered and walked towards the two.

The two people's faces changed and they were about to speak again.

Suddenly, four or five soldiers rushed out from nowhere and surrounded the two men to death.

"This is a private boat. Those who trespass will be punished according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty! Brothers, beat them!" The first soldier shouted.

"Yes!" The soldiers responded loudly and pounced on them like a tiger.

"How dare you! I am the court... Ouch!" Before the words were halfway through, they had already turned into screams of pain.

The soldiers had no intention of showing mercy. They punched and kicked the two men, making them scream and wail, and rolling on the ground.

After a while, the two men were bleeding and dying.

The soldiers stopped, took the rope, tied the two men up, and stuffed their mouths.

A soldier took out a confession from his arms, grabbed the bloody fingers of the two men, and pressed fingerprints on them.

"It's done! Haha!"

At the same time, in the restaurant.

Chen Yan simply ate a little and stopped eating.

These things are indeed far inferior to the food on his ship. How can he eat them?

Xueyan is not picky, but she has a small appetite. After eating some, she can't eat anymore.

"There are so many left. What should we do?" She looked at Chen Yan.

"Don't waste it. Ask the waiter to pack it and take it back to your sisters." Chen Yan said generously.

"Don't you bring some for your soldiers?" Xueyan asked.

"No need." Chen Yan shook his head.

When the soldiers of the Nafu Camp are in the camp, their food is better than that of many dignitaries at home. Meat, eggs and milk are basically of guaranteed quality and quantity.

But when they are on duty outside, they only eat fixed food.Military meals, to avoid accidents caused by eating, which would affect the mission.

After the food was packed, Jin Ze and others had almost finished eating, paid the bill, and were about to leave.

"Didn't the lord say that we should talk about business after the meal?" Chen Yan asked with a smile.

"No need, I feel a little uncomfortable, let's talk later." Jin Ze said stiffly and left directly.

Originally, this trip was to lure the snake out of the hole. Now that the matter must have been done, how could he still have the heart to talk nonsense with Chen Yan? If he said one more word to the latter, his anger would rise straight up!

Chen Yan smiled in his heart, and said nothing more, and walked behind with Xue Yan.

"Sir, why do you have to embarrass Lord Jin and others? After all, he is a great and honest official, and a good official." Seeing that the people in front were far away, Xue Yan couldn't help but whispered a word of advice.

"Who says that an honest official must be a good official?" Chen Yan asked back.

"Ah? Honest officials are not good officials, so corrupt officials are good officials?" Xueyan was confused.

"Am I corrupt?" Chen Yan asked again.

"This..." Xueyan was a little embarrassed to say it directly.

"Okay, your hesitation explains the answer. Let me ask you again, am I a good official?" Chen Yan asked.

"Under your rule, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and are rich and stable, so they are naturally good officials." Xueyan said without hesitation.

This conclusion was not drawn by her, but by Tang Yun.

Of course, she also fully agreed.

"So, corrupt officials are not necessarily bad." Chen Yan laughed.

"But what does this have to do with whether an honest official is a good official?" Xueyan said puzzledly.

"An honest official only means that he is not greedy for money."

"But a person has many desires. Some are lustful, some are power-hungry, and some are fame-hungry."

"Just like this Lord Jin, he is indeed not greedy for money, but he is greedy for fame, power-hungry, and may even be a little lustful."

"If he is considered a good official, then there are no good officials in the world!"

Chen Yan said in a low voice.

"I can understand greed for fame. Lord Jin really loves the reputation of being honest, but how can we tell that he is greedy for power?" Xue Yan asked in confusion.

"The first time we met, he used his official position to intimidate me."

"Just now in the restaurant, he always wanted to find the shopkeeper."

"These two things are both manifestations of bullying others with power. People who are not greedy for power would not do such things."

"By the way, he wanted to find the shopkeeper to deal with the waiter for a meal. Is this something a good official would do?"