Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 811

Hearing this late at night, Du Lan and Feng Zi'an felt a chill run down their spines. "Brother, why are you saying all this!" Du Lan complained.

“Didn’t Zian ask me?” Du Song suddenly stopped after saying that.

The two people following behind were startled and quickly stopped as well. Feng Zi'an moved even closer to Du Lan and asked cautiously, "Brother, what's wrong?"

"We've reached a fork in the road," Du Song said. "To get to Yangmen County, you have to turn at this intersection."

"Oh dear! I thought something had happened!"

Feng Zian said to Du Lan, "You make the decision: should we stay in Liangzhou City or stay here?"

While Duran was still considering, Dusong suddenly said, "I'm afraid we can only stay in Yangmen County."

"How to say?"

"It's too late. The city gates will close before we even reach Liangzhou City, and we won't be able to get in."

“If this were Wanzhou, we wouldn’t mind waiting outside the city gates all night,” Feng Zi’an said. “But it’s not safe here. I’m not going to talk about saving money or not. Let’s find an inn in Yangmen County to stay.”

Duran naturally agreed.

The three hurried along and finally found an inn in Yangmen County to stay in before it got completely dark.

The conditions in Yangmen County are not much better than those in Beishan County.

In addition, Meng Changqing from Beishan County pays special attention to hygiene, so in terms of the cleanliness of the streets and shops, Yangmen County is not as good as Beishan County.

Because of this, Feng Zian complained while shaking the dust off the quilt, "If I had known we wouldn't be able to get into Liangzhou City today, I would have stayed in Beishan County instead. Sigh, the inns there look much newer than this one."

“If you really have that thought, why are you urging the mule to go faster?” Duran said.

"I was just venting." Feng Zi'an had already made up his quilt and went to pull Du Lan, "Why don't you get some sleep?" "No matter how good Beishan County is, it's still a place where war is being fought, so it's not safe after all." Du Song advised the two of them, "When you're out and about, you two should stop arguing."

"It's been like this for so many years, and it can't be changed overnight."

The three of them stopped talking about it.

Earlier, in the Beishan County government office, just after Feng Zi'an and his two companions left, Qi Renli hurriedly asked Meng Changqing, "Sir, we had a good excuse earlier, why didn't we just ask them for some money?"

Meng Changqing weighed the six taels of silver in his hand. "This family is very stingy. If we just ask them for the silver, even if they give it to us, they'll only give us a dozen or twenty taels at most."

Qi Renli, recalling Feng Zian's expression of wanting to haggle but not daring to, nodded in agreement, "That's quite possible."

Even a mosquito's leg is still meat. Having a few dozen ounces is better than having nothing at all.

Meng Changqing shook his head, not to deny Qi Renli's idea, but to shake his own pride that he couldn't let go of once he put it down. "My heart is too greedy. I always want to cast a long line to catch a big fish, but I don't know if the fish will take the bait."

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Changqing quickly called over the constable next to him and instructed him: "I will write you an official document. Go to Liangzhou City and find Doctor Hu. Tell Doctor Hu that if someone comes to him, you should also push the person to Beishan County. It would be best if the person could open a medicine shop in Beishan County."

"I'm afraid you won't remember all of this. Come, follow me into the study."

Meng Changqing wrote a document and a letter, and had the yamen runner deliver the letter to Doctor Hu. In the letter, he promised that as long as the person was brought to Beishan County, Doctor Hu would receive a commission once the money was made.

"This letter..." Qi Renli asked uncertainly, "Will it arrive in time?"

"The letter will definitely arrive in time. The city gates are closed, and the three of them won't be able to enter Liangzhou City."

"Will Doctor Hu help us?" Qi Renli asked again.

Meng Changqing didn't dare to make any definitive statements, only saying, "Let's give it a try. If it really doesn't work this time, I'll try a different approach next time someone comes."