"My lord, this is not good, my lord!"
Magistrate Hu looked at his subordinates who rushed in without even knocking on the door. He raised his beard and scolded him on the spot: "You bastard! What a shame! What a shame! Those who don't know think that Donglin County Government Office is about to collapse." !”
"Sir, it's almost as good as collapse." The yamen servant panted and muttered in a low voice as he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"What the hell is going on? Tell me quickly!"
"Sir, someone from Dali Temple is here, saying they want to investigate the case. I'm just guessing that the incident in Xisha Village has been found out by Dali Temple, and the higher ups need to hold them accountable!" The Yamen officer said all his worries at once. come out.
"What did you say? Someone came from Dali Temple? Why didn't you tell me earlier!" Great, now the murders of more than a dozen families in Xisha Village can be cleared up!
Magistrate Hu's eyes lit up, he immediately put on his shoes and strode out.
Seeing this, the Yamen servant murmured in his heart, "Why don't you look worried at all?" Could it be that he thought wrong?
While thinking about it, Magistrate Hu had already walked away. Looking at his back getting smaller and smaller, the yamen servant shouted: "Sir, wait for me!" He hurried to catch up.
Outside the front hall, Magistrate Hu saw four silhouettes standing in the hall from a distance. Looking at their attire, they seemed to be two men and two women. He couldn't help but pause in his steps and entered from inside.
"Hu Yuanqing, the magistrate of Donglin County, Xiaguan, has met your Excellency!"
Turning around, Ye Yun looked at Magistrate Hu who was bending over to bow and said: "Master Hu, there is no need to be polite. I am the Young Minister of Dali Temple. I am here to assist Master Hu in investigating the case on the orders of Master Ji, Minister of Dali Temple."
"My lord, I'm very grateful that you can come here! It's getting late today, so I'll arrange for you to stay in the backyard first, and I'll go to survey the site early tomorrow morning. What do you think, sir?"
"Very good! Could you please Sir Hu to prepare some more food? We are in a hurry and haven't eaten yet."
"Don't worry, sir. I will order people to prepare it right now." As he spoke, Magistrate Hu glanced at Hu Er, who was standing at the door and acted as a wooden manor, and said, "Hu Er, go ask the cook to cook some dishes and deliver them to you when they are ready. West Cross Courtyard.”
"Young man, take your orders!" After saying that, he walked away quickly.
Seeing this, Magistrate Hu turned his head again and said to Ye Yun: "Your Excellency, you are tired from traveling and traveling. Why don't you take your Excellency to the bedroom to have a rest first?"
"Then there is Lord Laohu." Ye Yun nodded.
"Yes, sir, please come this way!" After saying this, Magistrate Hu took a step back and waited for Ye Yun to go first before raising his feet to follow.
The distance from the front hall to the backyard is not far. In just one cup of tea, we arrived at the West Cross Courtyard. There were three vacant rooms in the courtyard. Magistrate Hu led Ye Yun into the main room. There were two side rooms left. Bai Zhi and Yan Yan lived in one. Chu Resign one person to live in one room.
"The conditions of the county government are limited and the bedrooms are simple. Please don't find it objectionable," Magistrate Hu said.
"Master Hu, you are worrying too much. After a hard day's work, I am very satisfied to have a clean and tidy bedroom to rest."
"In that case, I will not disturb your lord's rest. I will send two maids here later. If your lord has anything to do, just ask them to do it."
"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Hu. I don't need anyone to serve you here for the time being."
"Then I will send someone over when my lord needs it."
"Okay, Mr. Hu, just go and do it if you have something to do."
"I'm resigning!"
Not long after Magistrate Hu left, a yamen servant came over with a food box: "Sir, the food is ready. The little one is here to deliver it to you."
"come in."
"Creak" the door was pushed open, Hu Er came in from the outside, looking at the food box on Hu Er, Ye Yun said: "Put it on the table."
"Yes." Hu Er walked straight to the table, put down the food box, opened the food box, took out the food inside, placed them on the table one by one, then put the food box away and said, "Sir, please use it slowly. Wait until you finish eating." , come and collect the little ones." After saying that, he picked up the food box and left.
Glancing at the food on the table, Ye Yun walked to the door and called, "Chu Ci, Bai Zhi, and Yan Yan come over to have a meal."
Almost at the same time as Ye Yun finished speaking, Yan Yan's impatient cheers came from next door: "I can finally eat, hurry up, hurry up, I'm starving to death! Bang!" The door was opened, and Yan Yan pounced like a hungry wolf. Shi Bian rushed out from inside, swished into the main room, sat at the table and ate hungrily.
Bai Zhi, who came a step behind, saw Yan Yan eating like this and swallowed her saliva unconsciously. In order to rush during the day, she only ate a few mouthfuls of dry food to satisfy her hunger. Until now, she was already hungry and her chest was pressed against her back. If possible, She wished she could be like Miss Yan, not having to worry about anything and just focus on the food.
"Eat first when you're hungry. Don't worry about going out." Seeing Bai Zhi clearly wanting to eat but holding back, Ye Yun couldn't bear to say.
"No, Bai Zhi will have dinner with the master." Bai Zhi swallowed her saliva silently and looked at Ye Yun with a firm look on her face.
Seeing Bai Zhi being so persistent, Ye Yun didn't say anything more and just said: "Go over and sit down."
"Master, won't you sit down?" Bai Zhi asked curiously, looking at Ye Yun who was still standing at the door with no intention of going in.
"I will wait for Chu Ci."
"Bai Zhi will wait with the master."
Not long after, Chu Ci came in from outside the courtyard, and Bai Zhi suddenly said: "No wonder I haven't seen you come out for a long time. It turns out you have gone out. But, you are fooling around, where have you been?"
Ignoring Bai Zhi's inquiry, Chu Ci walked straight towards Ye Yun, stopped half a meter away from Ye Yun and said, "Master."
"Yeah." Glancing at Chu Ci's slightly red cheeks and slightly rapid breathing, Ye Yun said, "Let's go in and eat."
By the time the master and servant Ye Yun sat down, Yan Yan was already half full. Looking at the three people who had not yet used their chopsticks, Yan Yan swallowed and said, "Eat quickly, eat quickly, it tastes very good!"
Bai Zhi had been extremely hungry for a long time. When she saw that Yan Yan was eating so deliciously, she couldn't hold on any longer and picked up her chopsticks to devour.
"Come, eat some food." Seeing Chu Ci just picking up the rice in the bowl in a muffled voice, Ye Yun picked up a chicken leg and put it in Chu Ci's bowl.
Seeing this, Chu Ci paused with his chopsticks, then thanked him and silently ate the chicken legs that Ye Yun had brought him.
Compared with the three people who were eager to fill their stomachs, perhaps because they were too tired from riding a horse for a long time for the first time, Ye Yun did not have much appetite. He ate a few bites casually, then put away his chopsticks and watched the three people eating quietly. .
After burning a stick of incense, the three of them stopped their chopsticks and looked at the almost eaten plates on the table. Yan Yan showed a rare hint of embarrassment.
It's so embarrassing. Chu Ci, a grown man, doesn't eat as much as she does.
"I'm sorry to make you laugh..." Yan Yan murmured in a low voice.
"Isn't food just for people to eat? There's nothing to be embarrassed about." Ye Yunrou smiled and said to the rescue.
"Well, the master is right, you have to eat and drink enough to have the strength to work, not to mention there are dozens of corpses waiting for Miss Yan to inspect, how can you do it without eating enough." Bai Zhi agreed thoughtfully.
When Ye Yun and Bai Zhi said this, Yan Yan suddenly felt that it made sense. In order to allow herself to examine the body in the best condition, Yan Yan decided to conserve more physical strength. So, under the surprised eyes of Ye Yun and the other three, Yan Yan Yan ate all the remaining vegetables on the plate and wiped them clean!
