Gourmet Girl: Becoming a Royal Merchant Started from Selling Buns

"What kind of rotten officials are these! Both high-ranking and low-ranking officials are like this. Is there no one to reform this bureaucracy?!"

Such blatant behavior is unimaginable in a floating county and other places!

Lin Yong was exhausted, his voice filled with deep resentment and helplessness as he said, "Corruption is rampant. How can we reform it?"

"I was originally the prefect, but because I refused to go along with the corrupt officials, I was ostracized and eventually demoted to Laifuyou County."

He smiled bitterly and gritted his teeth. "I thought I could just fulfill my duties as a county magistrate in this corner of town and stick to my duties, but I never thought someone would reach out to me! How hateful!"

Su An couldn't help but stare at him in shock when he heard that.

It turns out that Lin Yong's journey to becoming a county magistrate was so bumpy and tortuous.

He can still maintain his integrity and be upright, which is truly commendable.

Seeing Lin Yong's disgusted expression, Master Lu laughed heartily: "Master, you have been an official in Fuyou County for quite some time. Don't you understand the rules of officialdom?"

"Why are you so stubborn? Only by following a strong backer can you rise to prominence and achieve success! If you are willing to work with me today and put these things behind us, you will definitely benefit from working for the prefect in the future!"

As he spoke, he waved his folding fan confidently, as if he had seen Lin Yong's compromise.

Lin Yong's eyes instantly became sharp, and then he put his hand on the sword at his waist and drew out the long sword with a "swish". The blade shone coldly, and there were six words engraved on it.

"Integrity brings clarity, honesty brings authority—" Su An's eyes showed surprise.

Nice calligraphy, nice sword!

"I, Lin Yong, will never associate with evildoers in my life!" After saying that, he took a big step towards Master Lu.

Master Lu's eyes widened in horror. He never expected that Lin Yong would suddenly draw his sword and attack him.

"Lin Yong, how dare you!"

He tried to dodge in panic, but Lin Yong raised the long sword in his hand high and chopped it down with a tremendous force, the momentum seemed to split the injustice in the world apart.

"what--!"

Master Lu only had time to let out a horrified scream before his head rolled to the ground. Blood gushed out like a fountain, splashing onto the floor of the inner hall, forming a glaring red color.

Lin Yong stood there, his long sword dripping with blood. His eyes remained cold and resolute. He said coldly to the headless corpse, "If your backer wants to come looking for me, I, Lin Yong, will accompany him to the end!"

"Hahaha! That's so satisfying! You're worthy of being the County Magistrate Lin the people have been talking about!"

Seeing this scene, Lu Ming stood up with an excited and generous expression, laughing and praising.

"I've been in the palace for many years, but I've never seen an official as fearless and unyielding as County Magistrate Lin. How sad and lamentable!"

Su An's eyes sparkled with gold, full of admiration, "So courageous, so righteous, really admirable."

Then he touched his chin with some worry and asked, "But Lord Lin, if the Qingzhou prefect asks you about it, won't it be difficult for you?"

Lin Yong exhaled heavily and said, "I will report this matter to the capital truthfully. In this world, justice always prevails. I don't believe that no one in the capital can punish the Qingzhou prefect!"

Su An nodded in agreement after hearing this.

In order to save the court's reputation, the palace would not turn a blind eye to such evil deeds. Even if it was just to save face, they would definitely punish the prefect.

Thinking of this, Su An felt a lot more relaxed. After saying goodbye, he and Lu Ming returned to the road construction work.

They thought that without Master Lu as the supervisor, the road construction would be more complicated, but unexpectedly, without the villain's mischief, they had smooth sailing and the construction was in full swing.

However, only three days later, this peace was suddenly broken.

Early in the morning, the streets, which had been bustling with people, were in chaos, with people running around in panic, telling each other what had happened.

"The sky is falling! Our county is surrounded by soldiers from Qingzhou!"

"What's going on? Why are the government officials surrounding our county? We are all honest citizens!"

"You don't know yet? I heard that a few days ago, our County Magistrate Lin offended the Qingzhou prefect because of a road construction issue! This County Magistrate Lin is truly punished by heaven. He offended such a high-ranking official, but he brought suffering to us honest people!"

The last words were like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up a thousand waves.

The people in the market were stunned at first, and then panic and anger spread quickly like a plague.

"God damn it! This is a sin! We must go find County Magistrate Lin and make him give us an explanation!"

"That's right, everyone has their own share of responsibility. As the county magistrate, he must step forward at this time!"

Everyone was indignant and responded immediately. In an instant, the crowd rushed towards the yamen like a tide.

People pushed and shoved each other, shouting and cursing, and soon broke through the defense line of several yamen runners at the yamen gate.

But after searching for a long time, there was no sign of Lin Yong!

"Where has County Magistrate Lin gone? Is he going to be a coward and let us, the people, bear the consequences of the mistakes he made?" A burly man roared, his voice echoing in the empty hall.

A fat man in the crowd rolled his eyes and suddenly said, "That's not right. I think Su An has something to do with this. Wasn't she the one who proposed the road construction in the first place?"

"Have you noticed that since Su An started buying up shops and getting rich, County Magistrate Lin has become a completely different person, restructuring and repairing roads. She must be the one behind this."

The fat man slapped his chest as he spoke, "You all know me, right? I, Liu Bao, was the original owner of that shop. But Su An fell in love with my shop, so she flirted with the prince and then with County Magistrate Lin. Only then did she force me to give up the shop!"

"Now that the prince is away, she and County Magistrate Lin must be up to something unspeakable, and that's why they've offended the Qingzhou prefect!"

If Su An were here, she would definitely find out that this Liu Bao was the boss Liu who had failed to harm her several times and who had asked to work for her and learn from her after she bought the shop.

This matter caused a lot of uproar at the time, and after Liu Bao said this, everyone suddenly understood.

"Yes, that must be the case! Didn't County Magistrate Lin frequently visit the Su family shop these days? They must have done something sinister while building the road!"

"Then let's go find Su An. We can't just let it go like this!"

Like a swarm of enraged bees, the crowd turned around and swarmed towards the Su family shop.

At the Su family, because everyone had spread the news, the whole family also knew that the county town was under siege, so they temporarily closed the shop and did not go out.

At this time, Zhang San, who had gone out to investigate the situation, ran back in a hurry.

"Oh no, boss. I don't know how the rumors got around, but now everyone is saying that you colluded with the county magistrate to do something bad, which is why the prefect was furious and sent troops to round us up. Everyone is coming to our Su family to demand justice!"