In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Others didn't know, but Xie Chengjin knew it very well. This place was originally just a dilapidated mountain villa, but someone had bought it at some point and opened a grain store here.

Xie Chengjin took a deep breath and walked straight into the grain store with the people behind him.

Although it was still early, there were already quite a few people in the grain store, all of them bringing money to buy grain.

Xie Chengjin stood aside and watched for a while, and he found that the price of food here seemed to be more than twice as high as in the capital. Xie Chengjin immediately took a breath of cold air. If this was true, then this food store could be considered a real black shop.

But even so, there was still an endless stream of people coming to buy food and supplies.

Xie Chengjin couldn't bear to watch it any longer. He waved his hand behind him and walked into the store aggressively.

Seeing that the visitor had ill intentions, the people and staff in the store were all unsure.

Xie Chengjin strode over to the counter and handed the investigation form given to him by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the clerk for inspection. He said in a cold voice, "This store is currently suspected of disrupting the market and causing property losses to the people. According to the laws of this dynasty, we have the right to investigate this store. I hope you can cooperate."

However, facing the court's investigation order, the clerk behind the counter was not at all panicked. He did not even lower his head to look at the investigation order, but turned around and looked behind him.

The next second, a hand was placed on Xie Chengjin's shoulder. Xie Chengjin glanced sideways, ignoring the person behind him, and instead set his gaze behind the clerk. Sure enough, the next second, a sloppy man walked out from behind the clerk.

Xie Chengjin looked at the man like this and frowned tightly.

"Who are you?" Xie Chengjin asked first.

Xie Chengjin was very disgusted by the man's temperament.

The man looked Xie Chengjin up and down and said sarcastically, "Who do you think you are? You don't even know who I am. Go out and ask around. Everyone in this area knows me, Hu Lao San!"

Xie Chengjin frowned. He really didn't know who this Hu Laosan was, but from the looks of it, he was undoubtedly a gangster.

"Why should I know who you are? This store has violated the laws of our dynasty and should be closed down. Are you trying to disobey the emperor's order now?" Xie Chengjin shouted angrily.

"Disobeying the imperial order?" Hu Lao San laughed. "What the hell is this imperial order? Don't even think about deceiving me. If you know what's good for you, take those ungrateful people behind you and leave here immediately. Otherwise..."

Hu Laosan sneered and clapped his hands, and several people who looked like thugs walked out from behind him.

Xie Chengjin snorted coldly, "It seems that you are not willing to accept my toast and will drink the wine for punishment. In that case..."

After saying that, Xie Chengjin clapped his hands and said, "Come on, surround this place for me!"

As soon as Xie Chengjin finished speaking, the officers and soldiers behind him rushed forward, showing their swords, "How dare you!"

Seeing that Xie Chengjin didn't seem to be lying, Hu Laosan's face changed instantly, "Who are you, who are you?" Hu Laosan spoke a little haltingly.

Xie Chengjin sneered, "Who am I? You will soon find out who I am."

Some of the people brought by Xie Chengjin surrounded the grain store and did not allow anyone to enter or leave. The other part took all the ruffians and people from the granary store present back to the government office in the capital, and no one escaped.

At first, Hu Laosan didn't take it seriously, but he felt scared when he was caught.

The granary store was sealed off, and Xie Chengjin started to get busy. He interrogated those suspected of reselling grain one by one in the yamen.

In order to deal with this matter, Xie Chengjin did not return home for many days. Su Zhizhi knew that Xie Chengjin was busy with this matter, but she was particularly worried and missed Xie Chengjin after not seeing him for such a long time.

Looking at Xie Chengjin again, after the interrogation of the first few people was completed, more people were unexpectedly involved. In order to handle things more conveniently, Xie Chengjin simply used the sealed grain store as a temporary place to handle official business.

Su Zhizhi really missed Xie Chengjin so much that she originally wanted to go out of the city to visit Xie Chengjin, but she happened to meet Su Peizhi who had to go out of the city for something. Su Zhizhi heard from Su Peizhi that he seemed to be going out to pick up a batch of goods.

Su Zhizhi naturally left the city with Su Peizhi, but they did not go in the same direction after leaving the city. After leaving the city gate, Su Zhizhi said hello to Su Peizhi and went straight to Xie Chengjin's office.

The grain store had become a temporary government office, but these people were not transferred from the capital, but were seconded from other places, and the relationship between Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin was not very clear.

Seeing Su Zhizhi getting off the carriage and about to head into the government office, the gatekeeper immediately blocked Su Zhizhi's path and shouted, "Who are you? This is government-imposed territory, no one is allowed to trespass!"

Su Zhizhi was a little confused, but seeing that the person in front of her looked unfamiliar, Su Zhizhi did not get angry. Instead, she explained, "I came here to look for Master Xie. Do you know where Master Xie is right now?"

"Why are you asking about Lord Xie? He is handling official business and has no time to see you. You'd better leave quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!" The yamen runner did not give Su Zhizhi any good look.

Su Zhizhi's temper was not particularly good. Seeing the yamen runner being so rude, Su Zhizhi felt very angry. She couldn't help rolling her eyes, and then she forced her way in without saying a word.

Seeing that Su Zhizhi was so unmoved, the yamen runners felt that their reputation as officials was being challenged. They raised the things in their hands and placed them in front of Su Zhizhi.

One person sneered, "Miss, don't refuse a toast. This is a key government site, where cases are handled. Are you suspected of committing a crime by barging in like this?"

Su Zhizhi looked at the bailiff in disbelief, as if she didn't understand why he would say such a thing.

But before Su Zhizhi could take any further action, she was pushed out by the yamen runners. Su Zhizhi stood outside in a daze. It took her a long time to react. She was so angry that she laughed. Su Zhizhi was speechless.

After a while, Su Zhizhi managed to calm down her thoughts, turned her head and looked calmly at the two yamen runners at the door, then tidied herself up and walked inside again.

The yamen runners looked at Su Zhizhi who was walking forward again with a rather unhappy expression on their faces. They had no idea what Su Zhizhi wanted to do.