Gourmet Girl: Becoming a Royal Merchant Started from Selling Buns

"Master, you mean that——"

Halfway through his words, Jian Yi realized something was wrong and quickly pursed his lips.

Fu Zhun lowered his eyes to look at the broken cup, and twitched his lip coldly, "I guess so."

"You continue to investigate, and send a few highly skilled secret guards to lurk outside the prison to protect her safety."

……

After the He Wangshi incident, Su An was transferred to a solitary cell as he wished, and managed to sleep through the night in a state of half worry and half sadness.

I was just worried and tossed and turned, and soon I had dark circles under my eyes.

In order to avoid worrying herself to death, she simply started doing radio gymnastics.

"One, two, three, four. Two, two, three, four..."

When Lin Yong came in, he saw Su An in the cell twisting his waist and back, raising his hands and kicking his legs, jumping around, and he was immediately surprised.

"Miss Su, what's this?"

"Oh." Su An turned his head when he heard that, and saw the county magistrate opening the prison door and coming in, looking even more surprised than him.

"Why is the county magistrate here? Why are you here so suddenly?"

Lin Yong secretly observed her strange movements, nodded, and said, "It seems you came here for questioning. The young lady looks full of energy."

Su An couldn't help but touch her nose. She always felt that Lin Yong's eyes were as if she was about to ask a doctor to check her brain.

"What I'm doing is the radio gymnastics that's been popular in my hometown. It strengthens the body, and each jump can prolong life without making any noise."

"I see." Lin Yong was slightly shocked after learning the lesson. "No rush, let's discuss this after the young lady finishes her practice."

Su An was not polite and invited generously, "Want to dance together for a while?"

"No need to."

Lin Yong stepped back and just silently memorized Su An's training movements.

Such a good thing as prolonging life should naturally be kept in mind first.

After Su An finished the dance, he broke out in a sweat and his mind felt much clearer.

After a brief greeting, the two sat down at the table.

Lin Yong sat upright and resolutely, saying bluntly, "There are many procedures for interrogating a case, but this time I came here simply to ask you a private question, so there's no need to be so reserved."

"..." Su An glanced at his serious expression, and for a moment he didn't know who was the more reserved.

She sighed helplessly, "I don't know the details of Ni Dagui's death, but I did see He Cheng that night. He suddenly appeared on my way home and attacked me."

As he spoke, Su An thought of something and rolled up his sleeves.

"The only evidence I have that doesn't count as proof is the bruise on my wrist. Look, he scratched me!"

There were indeed scratches on the slender white wrist, which was enough to show how ruthless the person was.

But no one believed her when she said that it was He Cheng who did it.

The only eyewitness that night was Jian Yi, who was also Fu Zhun's bodyguard. His testimony alone could not overturn He Cheng's case.

When Su An was mentioned, he gritted his teeth in anger and said in a louder voice: "County Master, do you know about the bribery at the prison gate?"

"As long as we investigate the prison bosses who accepted bribes, we will always find clues to prove that someone let He Cheng go that night!"

Su An stared at Lin Yong closely, but to his surprise, there was no surprise on Lin Yong's face, as if he had already known it.

He frowned and sighed silently, "Miss Su, I've heard about the prison gates accepting bribes. It's hard to get rid of corrupt officials. In the past, under my crackdown, bribery in this prison was limited to commercial transactions."

This kind of trend cannot be eradicated, and the jailers know it, so they won't go too far.

"But this time, there was intervention from a big shot above!"

After saying that, Lin Yong clenched his fists, his face was very ugly, staring at Su An and asking: "This time I came here, I want to ask you, young lady, do you know who is behind this?"

Su An couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect that the county magistrate had also noticed it.

Unfortunately, she herself wanted to know, so she could only shake her head regretfully.

"You said you were a big shot. How could a small person like me have the ability to contact you?"

"Well," Lin Yong frowned deeply, then stood up and said, "Since that's the case, I can only look for other clues."

Su An followed him and asked indifferently, "If you find any clues, how will the county magistrate deal with He Cheng?"

After all, he is that damn “big shot”!

"We will handle it impartially!"

Lin Yong's brows were stern, and after saying this, he walked away with a firm step.

Su An's heart was slightly shaken, and his admiration for Lin Yong instantly reached a new level.

When Bao Gong came to this county magistrate, he would call out "God is above you!"

At this moment, Lin Yong just walked out of the prison door and ran into Xu Datong who had been waiting for a long time.

He immediately frowned and shouted unhappily, "Didn't I tell you that there was no need for anyone to be on duty during the trial? What are you doing here?"

What's more, he was not far from the prison gate, which made him suspected of eavesdropping!

Xu Datong, however, didn't care at all and just saluted perfunctorily.

"County Master, I just want to remind you again. The people above us are not someone you and I can offend!"

"How dare you!" Lin Yong shouted angrily, his eyes flashing with sharp light.

"I am handling a case, how can I allow you to dictate my decisions?"

Xu Datong narrowed his eyes and straightened his back. "County Master, I was just giving you a reminder. Why don't you know how to appreciate your kindness?"

"If you provoke someone you shouldn't, you might see a ghost in broad daylight and die with regrets!"

Such a blatant threat did not make Lin Yong retreat even a single step.

He sneered and bumped into Xu Datong's shoulder. "Those who are only interested in profit deserve to be haunted by the ghosts of the dead."

"Even if I lose my official hat, I will not be associated with you!"

After saying that, he waved his robe open heavily without looking back.

"This damn old stubborn man!"

Xu Datong stared at his back fiercely, with a murderous look in the corner of his eyes.

He then looked around and quickly slipped out through a small path.

He first entered a remote teahouse, then walked around left and right, activated the mechanism and walked into a secret room.

The room was filled with aroma, and Xu Datong couldn't help but feel soft and distracted just by smelling the sweet scent.

He swallowed hard, walked in and knelt down in front of the person behind the screen.

"Report to the master, that He Wangshi failed, and the secret guard suddenly appeared and saved Su An, and also cut off He Wangshi's arms. I'm afraid this chess piece is useless!"

Soon, the lazy and charming voice of a woman was heard from behind the screen, "Well, I did lose an interesting chess piece."

"I didn't expect him to send Jian Yi to take action. It seems that Su An is indeed highly regarded by him."

Xu Datong gritted his teeth and said, "But Master, this has alerted the enemy. Even the county magistrate has noticed something and has threatened to investigate thoroughly even if it means losing his official hat!"

"That old stubborn man is stubborn and won't change. Do you want to..."

Greed flashed in his eyes, and he was just waiting for Lin Yong to die, so that the position of county magistrate would be his!

If you hold on to your master's thighs tightly, you may be able to rise to the top!