Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

"My grandfather's men followed the enemy all the way and discovered that they had left the city and, after circling for a long time, ended up at... the Tongjin Ferry."

Lin Fanyun's short words gradually made Shen Zheng's thoughts clear.

Tongjin ferry.

Ah Wu ran into the abandoned dock where the murderer was found.

It is now known that Gadberg has some connection with the other party, and the other party may be related to the assassination.

So... rounding it off, was it really the same as Gardeber having someone assassinate her? Was her previous guess correct?

She pulled at her hair in annoyance. Lin Fanyun consoled her, "Lord Shen may not know that the Tongjin Ferry had been secretly blocked by the Ministry of Justice long before. This general and my grandfather both suspect that the Tongjin Ferry may be related to the assassination attempt on your way to the capital."

The Ministry of Justice had indeed found Tongjin Ferry.

"Thank you, General, for telling me." Shen Zheng raised his glass in thanks. "Please also ask the General to convey my regards to General Lin. When I am free, I will personally visit him."

Lin Fanyun laughed and replied, "Grandfather asked me to remind you that the Ministry of Justice is pressing the murderer. You need to be on guard against them getting desperate. If you don't have enough people around you, the Lin Mansion can send a group of guards to your residence."

What can't people do when they are pushed to the limit?

Shen Zheng also understood this principle and thought that she had to be more cautious.

"Thank you, General and Old General, for your kindness. The mansion is guarded by the Imperial Guards, so it should be safe enough. As for Dong Jiao... he has been caught up in this dispute. I hope the General will protect him."

After finishing their business, the two drank tea for a while.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Lin Fanyun stood up and said goodbye: "I have delivered the message. I have something else to do in the mansion, so I will leave first."

Since the other person had come here out of kindness, Shen Zheng didn't want to be impolite, so she asked, "General, are you ready for dinner? Nan Shu and the others are here today. If you haven't eaten yet, why not have a simple meal at the mansion before leaving?"

Lin Fanyun paused for a moment.

Deep down, he felt that this was a good opportunity to build closer ties.

But etiquette cannot be abolished.

"I came here empty-handed, so it's really hard to bother you." He smiled and shook his head. "Next time, I'll come with a gift and eat for free. I hope Lord Shen won't refuse."

Watching his back as he left, Shen Zheng couldn't help but think - this guy is quite normal when he is normal.

Sure enough, tutoring is a good thing.

......

The kitchen prepared eight pots of frogs, four pots each of pickled ginger bullfrog and perilla bullfrog. One pot of pickled ginger and perilla bullfrog was sent to Dongxifang.

Today, there are two tables in Ziyiju.

Shen Zheng and others were sitting at the extra-large round table in the main hall, while Grandma Gu and others were sitting at the slightly smaller round table in the side hall.

As Shen Zheng shouted "Let's eat", everyone's eyes fell on the lid of the ceramic basin, and they wanted to lift the lid with their eyes.

It’s nothing, it’s just so fragrant.

Shen Zheng stood up and raised her hand to open the lid of the nearest pot. White mist wrapped in fragrance attacked everyone, and everyone subconsciously took a deep breath.

This is a pot of pickled ginger bullfrog.

The soup is a translucent ginger yellow color, with the snow-white frog meat half-sunk and half-floating in the soup, and the cornus officinalis and chopped garlic sticking to the meat, which looks very energetic.

"Gulu——"

"GuluGulu——"

I don't know who started it, but the sound of swallowing saliva rose and fell in the hall.

Shen Zheng winked at them and opened the remaining three lids.

In two of the pots, deep purple perilla leaves were crushed in the oily soup, and frog meat that looked like garlic cloves was coated in the sauce, with even the gaps between the bones glistening with oil.

The sour taste of pickled ginger and the bitter taste of perilla stimulate everyone's taste buds before they even enter the mouth.

Shen Zheng raised her chopsticks and said with a smile, "Try it. We didn't have this before in the Great Zhou Dynasty. We are the first to try it. Whether it tastes good or not, I look forward to your honest evaluation."

As soon as these words were spoken, the true nature of the frog meat seemed to be revealed in everyone's eyes.

The pickled ginger floating in the basin disappeared, the chopped perilla disappeared, the steaming soybean oil disappeared, the chopped green onions, garlic, and dogwood disappeared, leaving only the fat frog covered in slime...

You know, when this thing was alive, it wasn't cute at all...

Everyone subconsciously looked at her wrist, waiting for her to be the first to pick up her chopsticks.

She was trying to be naughty, so she deliberately didn't move, and the chopsticks stopped half an inch above the basin.

As if the situation wasn't chaotic enough, Cui Jinyin, who was "disturbing the army's morale," said, "Well... I'll just eat roasted chicken. I love roasted chicken. You guys eat, you guys eat..."

Her chopsticks reached for the roasted chicken.

Shen Zheng smiled and looked at the others: "What do you mean? Doesn't it smell good? Then I..."

"Sister Zheng saved my life. My life, Yu Jiusi, is yours. Let me be the first to taste it!"

Yu Jiusi roared out this simple sentence with the tragic heroism of a man cutting off his own arm.

He took a deep breath, as if he had made some kind of decision, and accurately picked up a ginger-flavored frog and put it into his mouth without even looking at it.

"Oh, hot, hot, hot—"

A whole frog was re-fried in his mouth.

"Sister Shen said it's delicious, so it must be delicious!"

Before Yu Jiusi could comment, Yu Nanshu immediately picked up her chopsticks.

Compared with Yu Jiusi, her movements were more gentle. She only picked up a perilla frog leg, put it in front of her nose to smell it, and then her eyes lit up and she opened her mouth to eat it.

Under the gaze of everyone, the brother and sister had the same expression - they chewed their lips twice, then suddenly glared, and then looked at Shen Zheng at the same time.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Fang Ziyan swallowed his saliva.

The brother and sister looked at each other, and at the same time stretched their chopsticks into the bowl, but said, "It's not tasty, don't eat it."

Everyone could still tell the good from the bad, and almost the next moment, the basin was filled with chopsticks.

"That's just me who saw it first! I've been eyeing it for a long time!"

"I picked it up first, so it should be mine!"

"Don't grab it, don't grab it!"

"Aren't you afraid to eat it? Give it all to me and my brother!"

"Wrong, wrong, let us have a taste soon..."

It was not until the end of the first round of frog grabbing and the frog meat entered their mouths that the others understood the reactions of the brother and sister - the moment they bit down, the firm and tender frog meat exploded directly between their lips and teeth, the tip of their tongue was wrapped in juice, and the fresh fragrance rushed straight to the top of their heads.

I don’t know how the seasoning is made, the frog is fresh and the ingredients are even more fragrant.

"Wow—it's so delicious..." Fang Ziyan cried as he ate. "I ate frogs when I was a kid, but they weren't even one ten-thousandth as good as this. I've decided that when I return to Tongan County, I won't take the imperial examination. I want to become a big frog farmer in Quanyang County."

Seeing everyone's eyes narrowed with gluttony, Cui Jinyin's appetite was also aroused.

When she was debating whether to pick one up, a fat frog "fell" into her bowl.

Turning around, Yu Nanshu raised her chin at her.

"Try one. We've all eaten your ice cream, so you have to eat our frogs too."

Suppressing the joy that was bursting out of her heart, Cui Jinyin said "hmm" awkwardly and started to pick up the frog meat.