I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

"Ah... Magistrate Lin, you, haven't we already arranged it?"

Mrs. Niu stopped crying and asked.

"Who did you bribe? You bribed an official of the imperial court. This is a capital crime!"

Magistrate Lin slammed the gavel with a loud bang, making a deafening noise.

"Take him away..." Lin Tuiguan said fiercely through gritting his teeth.

"Mr. Lin, you accepted bribes and refused to speak for us. My nephew is a patrol officer in the military department of the capital, and you know him..."

Old Man Niu was dragged by someone and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Beat them hard! They actually slandered me!" Magistrate Lin shouted angrily in the lobby.

Old Man Niu kept shouting that he was innocent.

Patrolman Wang from the police station was a friend of his nephew Niu Dali. He found Patrolman Wang and asked him to take care of Lin the magistrate.

He gave Captain Wang ten taels of silver.

This time, the Niu family's father and son wanted to completely destroy the Zhengguo shop and take the opportunity to close their shop.

Now it seems like shooting oneself in the foot.

……

Ji Xiaobei was a little confused. What was going on?

What am I saying? Why did the wind direction change?

Seeing Ji Xiaobei in a daze, Lin Tuiguan hurriedly said with a smile: "Miss Ji, it's okay, you can go now!"

Ji Xiaobei: …

She walked out of the government office with a swagger and happened to run into Qin, the shopkeeper of Taoranju.

Shopkeeper Qin was talking to a young yamen runner. When he saw Ji Xiaobei coming over, it was too late to hide. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Miss Ji, why are you here? Well, I haven't seen you for a long time. Let's go to Taoranju for dinner when you have time!"

Ji Xiaobei smiled and nodded, saying, "Shopkeeper Qin, I dream of eating your roast duck. I'll go buy one right now. Is there a purchase limit today?"

"Limit, ah... no purchase limit, please go ahead, young lady..."

Shopkeeper Qin said with a smile.

After Ji Xiaobei walked away, the young yamen runner said in confusion: "Uncle Qin, how can you lie? You just asked me about Miss Ji..."

Shopkeeper Qin jumped up and hit the young yamen runner on the head: "Go back and do your job well..."

Shopkeeper Qin got on the carriage holding his robe.

The young yamen runner touched his aching head, staring angrily, and muttered, "Humph, Taoranju's roast duck is clearly limited in purchase, how come you immediately said there is no limit when you met Miss Ji... I'm going to go home and tell Aunt Qin about this..."

Ji Xiaobei went to Taoranju, and Manager Qin was already waiting for her at the door.

Shopkeeper Qin asked someone to bring over two food boxes of freshly sliced ​​roast duck.

"Miss Ji, I remember you have two little kids at home. This is a light meal I prepared for the kids. Oh, and here are two new dishes in the restaurant. Please try them..."

Shopkeeper Qin introduced the five large food boxes on the counter to Ji Xiaobei.

Ji Xiaobei: If we don’t have a donkey cart and five large food boxes, do we still need to hire a horse carriage?

"Miss Ji, please stop wandering around. Let the boy take you back. Lai Shun, take the girl back!"

Shopkeeper Qin said to the clerk who was clacking his hands on an abacus at the counter.

The boy quickly put down his work and got into the carriage carrying the food box.

"Shopkeeper Qin, how much silver is it in total?"

As Ji Xiaobei spoke, he took out five taels of silver. The food at Taoran Ju was not cheap.

But these meals cost five taels of silver, no more, no less.

"Miss Ji, it's free! Last year you planted potatoes on the West Mountain, and the two dishes you took away were made with potatoes! If it weren't for the potatoes you planted, I wouldn't have thought of those two new dishes using potatoes as ingredients. Today's dishes are for you to taste..."

Shopkeeper Qin kept shirking his responsibilities.

Ever since he knew the relationship between Ji Xiaobei and his master, he was always respectful whenever he saw Ji Xiaobei.

This Taoran Ju will belong to Miss Ji from now on. The master eats some dishes, but he still wants money. Doesn’t he want to die?

"Shopkeeper Qin, what you said is wrong. I can't even grow potatoes by myself, so how can I eat for free..." Ji Xiaobei didn't want to argue with the shopkeeper over a few pieces of silver, so she raised her hand and threw the silver into the cash box under the counter.

Ji Xiaobei's movements were so fast that Shopkeeper Qin couldn't even see clearly. He only heard the sound of the cash box on the counter snapping.

"Thank you, Manager Qin. I'm leaving now!"

Ji Xiaobei turned around, jumped into the carriage and left.

After Ji Xiaobei was taken away early in the morning, the whole family was panicked.

Mrs. Lin suggested going to the capital to ask Xiaoyao for help, but was stopped by Liang Yuyao.

"Mom, Shitou and the others have gone to get information. Let's wait until they come back. I don't like to cause trouble for others. If we rashly go to find Master Fu, I will be unhappy when I find out."

Liang Yuyao pulled Mrs. Lin and said.

Mrs. Lin wiped her tears and said, "What should I do?"

"Aunt, this fight was between me and Ji's Second and Third Wife. We have caused trouble for the shop."

Aunt Song said with a sad look on her face.

If she hadn't said anything, perhaps the fight wouldn't have broken out and the Niu family would have just cursed and left. Xiaobei wouldn't have hurt anyone and wouldn't have been arrested.

Liang Yuyao comforted her and said, "Aunt Song, we can't let others point fingers at us and scold us!"

"Yes, Aunt Song, you did nothing wrong. Look at how you were beaten. Now that they have found your home, you can't stick your neck out and let them beat you!"

Mrs. Lin said angrily.

"That's right, the Niu family is too much... They are scolded by everyone on this street..."

Xiaoju interrupted.

There were bursts of donkey braying at the door.

"I'm back..." Xiaoju ran out in a hurry.

Then I saw the stone rolling and crawling in.

"Mom, I went to the government office, but I didn't see my sister... The bailiff said there was no case being tried in the hall..." Shitou said, panting.

"Oh, God, where is your sister?" Mrs. Lin burst into tears.

No one spoke. Where had Ji Xiaobei been taken by the arresting officer?

"Could it be that he was arrested and taken to the capital for interrogation? Aren't there relatives of the Niu family working in the capital?"

Xiaohua, who was sitting on the side anxiously, suddenly interrupted.

"You dead girl, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb!"

Xiaohua stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.

"No, such a small case will not be sent to the capital for trial, mother, don't worry!"

Liang Yuyao had lived behind the government office for several years, so he had some common sense.

Everyone in the room was fidgeting.

"Mother, mother..."

Ji Xiaobei's voice was heard in the yard.

Mrs. Lin tickled her ears and asked, "Yes, it's Xiaobei's voice..."

"Sister..." Xiaohua rushed out.

"Mom, you are not deaf, she is my elder sister..."

Xiaohua turned her head and grinned, shouting into the house.

Everyone in the room ran out.

Ji Xiaobei was walking inside with five food boxes hanging on his body.

"Xiaobei...what are you doing..."

Everyone ran over, some took the food boxes, some checked Ji Xiaobei to see if anyone was injured.

"Mom, I'm fine. Magistrate Lin released me and beat the Niu family members with a stick..."

Ji Xiaobei said with a smile.

"Sister, did the government send you any delicious food?" Xiaohua asked in disbelief, looking at the five food boxes on the ground.

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