Tongfu study room.
Tong Yaoyao's sudden smile confused her father Tong Shangshu.
"What's going on? This is..."
Little did he know that at this moment, Tong Yaoyao remembered Wu Xin's rogue-to-rogue face again in the tavern.
"Do we have any grudge?"
"Do we have any grievance?"
"Did I throw your child into the well?"
Tong Shangshu looked at his daughter's smiling face and the blush on her cheeks with confusion, becoming more and more puzzled.
Seeing her father's confused and anxious look, Tong Yaoyao quickly went on to explain what happened that day.
"The owner of the tavern was very smart. He saw through their scheme at a glance. After a while of entanglement, he kicked everyone out of the tavern... My daughter didn't know what happened next, and she followed her father back to Beijing..."
"Oh, that's it." Tong Shangshu nodded.
"Dad! You haven't said yet why this matter was brought to the court and alarmed His Majesty?"
Tong Shangshu took a sip of tea and said, "Later, the county magistrate and the wealthy family surnamed Liu were killed..."
"I heard you say this last time."
"Later, the second county magistrate went to extort the tavern owner and was killed... Later, the third county magistrate also died. A total of six county magistrates were killed..."
"Ah!" Tong Yaoyao covered her mouth and exclaimed.
This is a bit out of line.
"Are the food and drinks in the tavern really delicious?" Tong Shangshu suddenly asked as if he remembered something.
"Of course, it's even more delicious than the one in the imperial dining room, but... most of my daughters have never seen that dish, and that wine, it's the only one in the world..."
Tong Yaoyao said with an envious look.
When it comes to wine, Tong Shangshu, who has always been a heavy drinker, immediately stood up, opened his eyes and yelled: "You girl, when you come across good wine, why don't you bring a jar back to your father to try it?"
"That wine was drunk in the tavern, and it's not for takeout." Tong Yaoyao rolled her eyes and argued.
"well!"
Tong Shangshu sighed, like a frustrated rubber ball, and sat back on the chair.
"However, my daughter really asked Xing'er to bring back most of the remaining jar of wine... I just forgot to honor you, old man."
"You... didn't tell me earlier," Tong Shangshu stood up again, his eyes shining, "Quick! Go get it..."
"Dad! You haven't said yet how the emperor will handle this matter..."
"Bring some wine and let's talk!" Tong Shangshu interrupted his daughter with a wave of his hand.
"You...hum!"
Tong Yaoyao pouted her little mouth and ran out to get the wine helplessly. In fact, she was never willing to drink most of the jar of wine, and she only occasionally smelled the aroma of the wine.
A moment of effort.
Tong Yaoyao walked in holding a small jar and reluctantly handed it to her father.
Like a cat seeing a mouse, Tong Anguo immediately pounced on it, grabbed the wine jar, and opened it.
For a moment.
The aroma of wine overflowed and filled the entire study.
"Ah! It smells so good..."
Tong Shangshu sniffed violently, almost dripping the wine into the wine jar. He couldn't wait to take the cup and fill it up.
Then, drink it all in one gulp.
"Wow!"
The strong liquor enters the throat, carrying a scalding heat down the river until it reaches the lower abdomen.
A warm current also spread.
"So strong! So mellow!"
Tong Shangshu closed his eyes, smacked his lips, and savored the aroma of the wine, as if every pore in his body was being moistened by the wine.
Cool!
"Dad! Don't go out and drink. You haven't told the emperor how to deal with the case!" Seeing her father's intoxicated expression, Tong Yaoyao's white eyes flew all over the sky.
"What did you say?"
Tong Shangshu drank three glasses of wine in a row before he remembered his daughter who was looking at him eagerly.
"Hahaha! Dad is a little lost."
Tong Shangshu smiled awkwardly and said, "The emperor is also ridiculous and bold. He actually asked the tavern owner to be the county magistrate of Nantang..."
"ah!"
Now it was Tong Yaoyao's turn to be surprised again. It turned out to be like this. However, thinking about it, this ending was not bad. However, that person... can he be a good parent official of a county in the future?
Tong Yaoyao was a little excited.
"Yao'er! Why are you bringing only half a jar? It's not enough for daddy to drink for one meal." Tong Shangshu shook the wine jar, looked inside again, and said with a bitter look on his face.
"Does it taste good?" Tong Yaoyao tilted her head and looked at her father's unpromising look and smiled.
"It tastes good! Dad has never drunk such a fine wine in his life, nothing compares to this..."
"How about we cooperate with that person to sell bars?" Tong Yaoyao suddenly had a bold idea.
"Um?"
Tong Shangshu pondered for a moment and said: "It's feasible. In the spring of next year, you go and talk to that person. No, he will already be the magistrate of Nantang County by then. By then, you will reveal your identity. I think the cooperation will be successful."
"okay!"
"However, it is not convenient for dad to come forward in business matters. It is all up to you to take care of it yourself. Find an outstanding shopkeeper. The matter is settled. When the time comes, dad will have good wine to drink... Hahaha! "
"Drunkard!" Tong Yaoyao laughed.
A beautiful plan was formed like this.
Besides, Mr. Wu Xin, the owner of Qingyun Village in Nantang County, never dreamed that he, who competed with the county magistrate every day, would one day become the county magistrate.
When the eunuch who delivered the edict stood in the courtyard and read the imperial edict loudly, Mr. Wu was still in a state of severe confusion.
They say pie falls from the sky, but who knew that a county magistrate could fall from the sky? How much shit does it take to get such good luck?
Did the emperor take the wrong medicine?
What kind of brain circuit is there to do such a naughty thing?
Wu Xin seemed to be dreaming.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: Due to the poisoning case in a tavern in Nantang County, many county magistrates died, resulting in a vacancy in Nantang County magistrate and no one to take over..."
"I have considered it again and again, and specially appoint Wu Xin, the owner of the tavern, as the magistrate of Nantang County... I hope that magistrate Wu will be honest and upright after taking office and live up to the divine grace! Imperial decree!"
"Magistrate Wu, please accept the order!"
Looking at Wu Xin who was stunned on the spot, the eunuch who delivered the order reminded loudly.
"Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law!" Mr. Wu, who had come to his senses, hurried forward and put a piece of silver into the little eunuch's hand.
"Well, Mr. Wu! You are the county magistrate appointed by His Majesty. Don't embarrass the royal family!"
"Grandpa, relax, I will definitely make Nantang the best county in the world."
"Haha! Young man, being an official is not just about talking..."
"understand!"
After seeing off the eunuch who delivered the edict, Wu Xin held the imperial edict in his hand, rubbed his eyes, and looked at it for a while: "This is the legendary edict. This paper is so irritating that I can wipe my fucking buttocks!"
"Hey! You brat, you've become an official." Lao Jintou came over from outside carrying a wine gourd.
"No way! Master, I was born to be an official." Wu Xin raised his eyebrows proudly.
"Tch!" Lao Jintou curled his lips disdainfully.
"Old Jintou, how about we discuss something?"
"You must be up to no good."
"Master, I have become the county magistrate, how about you always being my boss?"
"Not so good? You can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife." Lao Jintou took a sip of wine and shook his head like a rattle.
"It's not a bad thing. It's just that after the young master became the county magistrate, he was busy with official duties and was afraid he wouldn't have time to make wine. You should drink this wine sparingly. One sip is less than one sip!"
Wu Xin shook his head and pretended to sigh.
"Don't... don't bother me!"
Lao Jintou immediately panicked, waving his hands repeatedly and saying, "Do it, do it... Master Jin, why don't you let me take over this job?"
Wine is his lifeblood, and he is used to drinking good wine. Drinking other wines is like drinking water. If Wu Xinzhen cuts off his wine, will he still be alive?
"Master, I have been waiting for your words!"
Wu Xin grinned and said, "Let's go with me to the county government office. First, we should clean up the officials' grandsons and establish their authority!"
