Xiao Mu looked indifferent: "Sir, do you want to hear the truth from me?"
Liu Mian: "Governor Shen said that the two letters from the Xu family were delivered to him through special channels."
"Your Excellency, you suspect me?" Xiao Mu said lightly.
"Of course it was you. I put the letter in your hands, and then it went into the hands of the governor."
"I explained it to your Excellency before, I lost that letter."
"What a coincidence!"
Magistrate Liu patted the table, "I felt something was wrong before. How could it be such a coincidence that someone came to you to get the letter just after we separated? Does anyone else know about this besides you and me?"
"grown ups!"
Xiao Mu had no expression on his face.
"If I did this, what do you think I am?
I grew up in Qingshan Village. Apart from digging for medicinal materials in the mountains, I almost never left the village. How did I know about that so-called special channel? "
Xiao Mu's words left Magistrate Liu speechless.
This was exactly what he couldn't understand.
From what he knew about Xiao Mu, he was just an ordinary country boy, the kind of person who would be very satisfied with a hundred taels of silver reward.
But if Xiao Mu didn't do this, who else could?
Is there really someone who has been watching this matter secretly and knows their movements well?
"You promise? It's really not you?" Liu Mian looked at Xiao Mu and asked again.
"You have this time to ask me, why don't you send someone to investigate and find out who is targeting you." Xiao Mu reminded kindly.
Liu Mian fell into confusion again.
Ever since Governor Shen said those words, he has been thinking about this matter.
Before today, he almost believed that Xiao Mu did this.
But when he faced Xiao Mu, he wavered again.
Xiao Mu was too calm and didn't look like he was lying at all.
If he was really lying, he was too thoughtful.
This does not match his identity at all!
"never mind!"
Magistrate Liu finally gave up his plan to pursue the matter further, "I will continue to investigate this matter. If I find out that you did it, I will never spare you!"
Xiao Mu curled his lips: "I wish you to find out the truth as soon as possible."
After the matter was discussed, Xiao Mu went to the back garden to pick up Ye Luoxin, and the two left the county government office together.
At this time, Xiao Song had bought all the things he wanted to buy.
There are oil, salt, tea that are needed at home, and snacks that Ye Luoxin specially asked him to buy back to Xiangzhai.
On the way back, Ye Luoxin told the two of them the gossip she had heard, and sighed: "Xu Zishang has such a good backer as the county magistrate, but he doesn't even want to use the opportunity to make a comeback and insists on returning to his hometown."
Xiao Mu said: "The closer the relationship is, the more we have to avoid suspicion. He borrowed Liu Mian's help this time. I'm afraid it will be more difficult for Xu Cai and the county magistrate's daughter to get along in the future."
Ye Luoxin thought for a while, and it seemed to make sense, so she stopped worrying and asked, "Then what did Mr. Liu secretly tell you?"
Xiao Mu straightened his expression: "There is no secret. I just briefly talked about the illegal salt case."
"Well, this is strange."
Ye Luoxin said: "They have been selling illegal salt for so long and have never been caught before. This time it only involved a businessman like Xu Zishang, but they were suddenly exposed. There must be a lot of people involved in this." A powerful person has done something wrong, but I don’t know who it is.”
Seeing Ye Luoxin's troubled expression, Xiao Mu's lips twitched, but in the end he said nothing.
Xiao family.
During dinner, Xiao took the initiative to mention to Mu the good news that Magistrate Liu had given him today.
"What? Will the imperial court give us a reward?"
Xu Zhengxiang's hands shook and she even forgot to pick up the vegetables. "What will you give me? Money or fields?"
"I don't know, the county magistrate said that the new prefect Leng will ask the court for credit!" Xiao Mu replied.
"This, this, this, and such a good thing!" Xiao Changhe also sighed.
Xiao Mu added: "Master Liu asked me today who should get the credit for this work. I made the decision myself. Luo Luo came up with this threshing machine, so the credit should go to her."
No one had any objection after listening.
"Yes, it does belong to Luo Xin."
"It should."
"Actually, it's all thanks to everyone! The picture was drawn by Xiao Jing." Ye Luoxin said.
"Sister-in-law, I drew the pictures according to your description, and the ideas were not my own.
Even if I don't draw, others can draw, and the credit has nothing to do with me. Xiao Jing said immediately.
Xiao Changhe also said to Ye Luoxin: "Our family knows this very well. If we talk about rewards, it must be you."
"Exactly!" Xu Zhengxiang said again: "Xiao Jing is a man. If you want rewards, you have to fight for them yourself. How can you take credit from others."
"Brothers and sisters, you don't have to give in," Yang Feng said: "Anyway, no matter whether the imperial court rewards us with money or fields, we can all benefit from it!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhengxiang immediately said: "Then let me tell you first, although we are not separated, the things the court rewards are all for the second wife, so don't worry about it."
Seeing that no one had any objections, Xu Zhengxiang continued:
"When the time comes, you can accept whatever Luo Xin and Lao Er want to give you. If they don't give it to you, don't even think about making a fuss about it."
"Mom, I got it!"
"Don't worry, mother."
Xiao Song and Xiao Jing expressed their opinions one after another.
When he donated the threshing machine, Xiao Mu made three requests, and the county magistrate fulfilled them.
No one thought that this matter would have a sequel.
"What's this called? Is it the new official's first ignition after taking office? This ignition has now reached our house!" Xiao Changhe muttered.
"That's Luo Xin's idea, even the prefect is interested in it! I said, our Luo Xin's brain has so many ideas."
Ye Luoxin was a little embarrassed by the praise.
How does she have so many ideas? These are the wisdom of the crowd, she just happened to learn some of them.
If I had known that I would have such an opportunity, I should have studied more, and maybe I would have led everyone to a well-off life by now.
In the next few days, Ye Luoxin and Xiao Mu kept running back and forth between the village and the county seat.
The newly purchased shop needs to be renovated.
You need to buy the seasonings for braised pork and the stove.
Fortunately, their shop sells only a single item and does not accept customers to dine in, so it is not that troublesome to clean up.
