He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Teacher, my family wants to hire a teacher to teach the enlightenment of several young children in the house, and also to be responsible for the studies of my sister Su Wanwan. I wonder if you have a suitable teacher to recommend to me?" After that, Su Yu waited quietly for the teacher's response.

Prince Ye thought for a moment, then smiled and replied, "I do have a good candidate. His name is Jiang Shuhuai. He once served in the Hanlin Academy, but has now resigned and retired. He is currently unemployed at home. With his talent and experience, he should be able to teach your children with ease."

Su Yu was stunned after hearing this. He muttered, "This... isn't this a bit of a waste of talent? After all, we just need a teacher to provide enlightenment education for our child, and my sister doesn't need to take the imperial examination."

Thinking of this, Su Yu continued to ask with difficulty: "Also, teacher, would Mr. Jiang be willing to accept students from our family?"

Seeing this, Prince Ye laughed heartily and consoled him, "Don't worry, I have some friendship with Mr. Jiang. I believe if I talk to him about it, he won't refuse."

Anhuo in the dark touched his forehead and complained, "Prince, who dares to refuse you?"

Hearing the teacher's affirmative answer, Su Yu felt relieved. He quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern, teacher."

King Ye waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. Just go back and wait for good news from your master."

"Yes, then I will take my leave first." Su Yu respectfully bowed to King Ye again, then turned around and slowly walked out of the lecture hall.

Walking through the long corridor, the sunlight shone on his body, casting a slender shadow. The breeze blew, blowing up the hem of his clothes. Just looking at his back made people feel unrestrained and uninhibited, causing the only few little maids in the mansion to whisper to each other. Su Yu stepped over the hanging flower gate and walked out of the Jiang Mansion along the corridor.

As soon as Su Yu walked out of the mansion, he saw the servant Xie An driving a carriage towards him at full speed. Su Yu raised his eyebrows in confusion. What happened?

Xie An stopped the carriage and jumped out. "Master, something bad has happened. Just now, the apprentice from Carpenter Chen's house came to Taohua Lane in a hurry to deliver the news that County Magistrate Yang sent people to arrest Carpenter Chen and his son Chen Dahu."

Su Yu was shocked when he heard this, "What? What happened? Tell me in detail."

Xie An quickly replied: "I heard from my apprentice that someone reported to the authorities, saying that the toothpaste sold in the carpenter's shop would corrode the mouth and hurt people. But I think this is impossible. We use it every day, but this has never happened before."

Su Yu was also confused. He murmured in a low voice: "That's a bit strange. How could the toothpaste we make corrode the skin, unless..." Su Yu dragged out the last syllable.

Seeing his master say this, Xie An hurriedly asked, "Master, unless what?"

Su Yu said with certainty: "Unless it's a fake."

"Let's go to the county government office right away," Su Yu said, then he jumped on his horse and galloped towards the county government office.

According to the laws of the Great Sheng Dynasty that he had recently learned, if the goods sold caused ulcers on people's skin, and the ulcer area was within one square inch, the person would be flogged forty times, and one more lash would be added for every two inches the ulcer covered, up to a total of one hundred lashes. If the person was disabled, he would be required to do three years of hard labor, most of which was hard labor in mining.

He had to go quickly, otherwise the lives of the father and son would be in danger.

The servant Xie An was also busy driving the carriage and following behind Su Yu.

As soon as Su Yu left, Anhuo appeared behind King Ye. He sighed and said, "Your Highness, I didn't expect Su Yu's arithmetic to be so good."

Prince Ye took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and he replied affirmatively: "It's not good, it's very good, and it's better than anyone else."

Anhuo thought to himself, he didn't expect that the prince would have such a high opinion of his disciple Su Yu.

However, there is an important matter that I must report immediately, "Your Highness, I have something to report."

"What's the matter?"

"This morning, the Emperor sent Eunuch Jingde to Prime Minister Qin's residence to deliver rewards. He said that in recognition of Prime Minister Qin's hard work and great contributions, he rewarded him with many tonics and precious medicinal herbs. Among the medicinal herbs, he specially rewarded him with a hundred-year-old ginseng."

"Hundred-year-old ginseng? It seems that my royal brother is very happy. Do you know why?"

"According to the report from the people below, it is probably because the eldest lady of the Qin family and the prince of the Anding family broke off their engagement yesterday."

"Well", this is not surprising. It seems that the emperor has never wanted the two families to get married.

"Prepare the car to go to Qin's Mansion. I will also go to see the teacher and bring a portion of new tea sent from Jiangnan. Then go to the kitchen to bring back some braised beef and beef tendon."

"Yes, I'll prepare it right away," Anhuo said and left...

Not long after, Su Yu and Xie An arrived at the gate of the county government office.

Su Yu jumped off the horse with a nimble posture. The servant Xie An hurriedly led the horse to the side of the government office, tied the reins, and immediately trotted after Su Yu.

However, just as the two were about to step into the gate of the government office, the yamen runners standing on both sides suddenly stretched out their swords and held them across in front of them, blocking their way. One of the yamen runners shouted, "Who are you? This is an important area of the county government office. You are not allowed to enter or leave at will."

Su Yu was about to explain when suddenly a rough and loud male voice came from not far away: "Let them both in."

When the two yamen runners saw that the man was a favorite of Lord Zhong - Constable Xu Yanshi, they did not dare to neglect him. They quickly put away their swords and stepped aside to let him pass.

Constable Xu walked quickly up to Su Yu and asked, "Mr. Su, why are you here at the county government office today? Are you here to see Lord Zhong?"

It turned out that he had just heard some noise coming from the door, so he came over to check it out out of curiosity. He never expected to meet Su Yu and his servants here.

He knew that Su Yu had helped Miss Zhong before, and he naturally had a good impression of this person who came to her aid, so he took the initiative to help.

Su Yu knew that the constable in front of him was County Magistrate Zhong's man, so he directly stated his purpose, "I have an urgent matter to discuss with County Magistrate Zhong."

When Constable Xu heard this, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Su, County Magistrate Zhong is still trying the case. You can only go to the side hall and wait for a while."

Su Yu hurriedly asked: "Excuse me, Constable Xu, are the people being interrogated Chen Carpenter and his son?"

Although he was curious about Su Yu's question, Constable Xu still replied: "That's right. The father and son of the Chen family have been beaten half to death by County Magistrate Yang's men. If I hadn't seen it and found County Magistrate Zhong in time, these two lives would have been in danger."

Su Yu felt that the ancient times were really unfair. He asked: "The case of County Magistrate Yang hasn't even started yet, and he's already started beating people again?"

Constable Xu knew that Su Yu might have misunderstood, so he hurriedly explained, "Mr. Su, you don't know that because of what happened last time, Lord Zhong has already stopped County Magistrate Yang from interfering in the trials of any cases at the government office. But this time is different.

This time, it was County Magistrate Yang's servant who bought the toothpaste from Carpenter Chen, which caused the mouth injury, so County Magistrate Yang had his men teach him a lesson.

After hearing this, combined with what he had heard before, Su Yu also had a general understanding. He said: "Constable Xu, please take me to the court quickly. This matter is related to me, and it is not a small matter. I'm sorry to trouble you, Constable Xu."

Constable Xu was stunned. He had never seen anyone who took the initiative to take on tasks these days, but now he had seen one.

Constable Xu hesitated for a moment, then pulled Su Yu aside and whispered a few words of advice, "Mr. Su, I think even if this matter is related to you, you should not get involved in this mess. If this matter is confirmed, the punishment will be very severe, which is not something a weak scholar like you can bear."

Su Yu also knew that he meant well, but he couldn't just stand by and watch the Chen family father and son die. "Thank you for your kindness, Constable Xu, but I have to go."

Seeing that he could not persuade Su Yu, Constable Xu sighed and said: "Well, Mr. Su, please allow me to report to Lord Zhong first."

Su Yu bowed and said: "Thank you for your help, brother."

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