Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 197

As soon as County Magistrate Chai returned to the backyard, a servant from the kitchen came over and said that Xia Junyan was in the kitchen, and asked the county magistrate whether she would make the dinner or the cook from the yamen.

Chai County Magistrate changed into his regular clothes behind the screen to let the heat out of his body a little, and then said, "Let her come."

Mrs. Xu fanned him: "Why is the master so indulgent to that woman? It's only been a month, and she actually got into two lawsuits. Could it be that she is lawless with the support of others."

Lawless?

County Magistrate Chai smiled wryly: "The shopkeeper Xia is quite familiar with the laws of this dynasty."

"Is it possible that he is literate?"

Magistrate Chai sighed, walked to the iceberg in the house, and asked the servant girl to fan her vigorously.Wearing an official uniform and interrogating in the lobby all afternoon, he was sweating all over his body, but it was not the time to take a bath, so he had to blow the cold wind first to cool down the heat.

Xu ordered her maid to bring the town's mung bean soup.Magistrate Chai's eyes lit up, he drank two bowls unceremoniously, let out a long sigh, and leaned comfortably on the couch.

"This shopkeeper Xia is quite interesting. Others avoid the yamen, but she took the initiative to find it several times." Xu said, "Also, what is going on with the head catcher in our yamen? Look, shopkeeper Xia is his concubine, right?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Magistrate Chai, who had closed his eyes, sat up immediately, "Where did you get these things? Is it those girls? According to me, the maids in this yard should also take care of them." Yes! Madam is kind, they are so bold that they dare to say anything, there is no reason for servants to talk about the yamen servants!"

County magistrate Chai is a gentle person, and he rarely speaks harshly to outsiders, let alone his own family.Xu was so startled that she was about to stand up and apologize, but Magistrate Chai took her hand and signaled her not to do so.

Xu was a little nervous: "Don't be annoyed, the matter is here, and no one else can allow others to think too much."

"It's nothing for others to think about. They are white people. I wear a black gauze on my head, so I don't have to be more cautious." Magistrate Chai looked around, and Mrs. Xu understood, and let all the maids in the house go out.

"Ma'am, I don't know. I originally expressed my intention to become an official to Shangfeng, but it was a pity that I didn't approve it. After one month, my order to move to the left was revealed. At that time, everyone thought I had offended Shangfeng. That's why he was demoted to this point."

Xu nodded, she had always thought so.County Magistrate Chai wanted to become an official, but Shangfeng scolded him for "staying idle". Although County Magistrate Chai didn't make any mistakes back then, the evaluation of "staying idle" was equivalent to poking a laziness stamp on him.

Magistrate Chai sighed: "I didn't tell you before because I was afraid to make you worry. In fact, even if there was no such thing, I would have been transferred here to facilitate certain people and things."

Mrs. Xu was a little confused: "The purpose of letting the master come here to be the county magistrate is to make things easier for others?"

Magistrate Chai hummed.

"There is no such thing as the transfer of dignified officials from the imperial court..." Xu was furious at first, but was suddenly glared at by Chai County Magistrate, and suddenly understood, but even his voice trembled, "Could it be internal... um... "

"Shhh—don't die!" County Magistrate Chai hurriedly covered Xu's mouth, "This is just my guess. If you are rotten in your stomach, just pretend you don't know anything!"

Xu nodded repeatedly.But he was a little sad in his heart. The people above just threw him over because they saw that Chai County was good-natured and soft-tempered.

"Master, do you know who that person is? Is it really the one from our yamen?"

Magistrate Chai twirled his beard: "That's one."

"Could there be several more?!" Mrs. Xu clutched her chest. An inner guard of the imperial court is enough to make people frightened. What in this small Yun'an County sent several people here?

(End of this chapter)