After the system ran, I took off with my family

Chapter 331 Yaojiang County Magistrate

"It's okay. Actually, I've known your identity for a long time. I've seen you in the capital before." Lin Shuyue smiled and shook her head.

Su Jinxiao was stunned, "So Brother Lin has seen me before."

Lin Shuyue nodded: "Yes, I didn't tell you before because I thought you wanted to hide your identity."

She changed the subject and said with a smile, “But it’s a coincidence, Brother Su, the first time I met you was in a restaurant in the capital.

At that time, you were furious and ready to seek justice for your sister. I was thinking at that time that this young master's sister must be extremely blessed to have such a good brother who would protect her without hesitation.

“In my opinion, you don’t need to care too much about what others think.

As long as you don't do anything that goes against your conscience or harms the world, whether you indulge in pleasure and live a carefree life or make great achievements and serve the court, as long as you are happy, there is nothing wrong and others have no right to criticize you.

“On the contrary, those who laugh at you are the ones who are truly ridiculous.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with enjoying life. Isn’t the ultimate goal of hard work in life to live a comfortable life?

Maybe they're telling you what to do out of jealousy."

"Brother Lin, thank you."

Su Jinxiao was silent for a while before he thanked him solemnly. When he lowered his head again, his eyes were slightly red.

Lin Shuyue patted his shoulder, a smile on her face: "Brother Su, we have known each other for a long time, and now we have been through hardships together. There is no need to be so formal."

Su Jinxiao took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and a bright smile appeared on his face again. "Brother Lin, listening to your words today has given me a lot of enlightenment."

Seeing that he had come out of his depressed mood, Lin Shuyue asked curiously, "Brother Su, are you going north to Yecheng to visit your elder brother?"

"I guess so. However, the main reason I'm going to the North this time is because my cousin from my aunt's family who is married in Suicheng, Liangzhou, is getting married at the beginning of next month. I'm going to congratulate him on behalf of my mother. After the wedding banquet, I'll go to Yecheng to find my eldest brother."

After Su Jinxiao finished speaking, he changed the subject and asked curiously, "Brother Lin, what about you? Why did you go north this time?"

"As for me, I don't have any particular purpose. I just want to see the scenery of the north, to see the rolling snow-capped mountains in the north in winter, and to experience how magnificent the endless yellow sand outside the pass is."

Lin Shuyue looked at the night sky, her eyes full of longing.

The more Su Jinxiao listened, the brighter his eyes became. As if he remembered something, his expression dimmed again and he just stared at the night sky in a daze.

Lin Shuyue noticed his emotions, but did not ask.

As the night deepened, the group sat for a while and then went back to their rooms to rest.

The next day, everyone packed their luggage early in the morning, said goodbye to Grandma Sun, and set off for Yaojiang County.

Before leaving, Su Jinxiao asked Ah Sheng to pay for the accommodation of four rooms, and secretly stuffed a small bag of silver under the pillow in the west wing.

Before noon, everyone arrived at the gate of Yaojiang County. As soon as they entered the city, they saw Xu Feng waiting on the roadside.

As soon as Xu Feng saw his young master's carriage, he immediately stepped forward happily, "Young master, I have finally waited for you."

"I have already booked a room at the Yuelai Inn. You and Master Lin can check in directly.

Afterwards, Xu Feng led the way and took everyone to the booked inn.

Yuelai Inn is located in the city center. The inn covers a large area and there are even private rooms in the lobby on the first floor.

After checking into the inn, the group went downstairs and asked for a private room on the first floor for lunch.

As soon as he put down his bowl and chopsticks, Xu Feng stepped forward hesitantly and said, "Master, yesterday evening I went to the county government office to report a case. When the officers heard it was about bandits, they took me directly to Lord Luo, the magistrate of Yaojiang County.

After I explained the situation in detail, Lord Luo immediately ordered Constable Liu from the county yamen to lead his men to Xiaoxiangling to investigate. This morning, Constable Liu and his team returned to the county yamen with the bodies of the bandits.

Thinking back on that scene now, it's still a bit creepy. Dozens of corpses filled up several carts. Fortunately, Constable Liu was thoughtful and covered the corpses tightly with straw. Otherwise, if the people in the county saw them, it would probably cause panic.

"only....."

Facing Su Jinxiao's puzzled gaze, he hesitated and said, "It's just that after examining the wounds on the bandit's body, Lord Luo asked to see the young master and Mr. Lin."

After saying that, he quickly glanced at Lin Shuyue.

He guessed that the person Lord Luo most wanted to meet was Mr. Lin, who was a martial arts master.

"Meet me and Brother Lin?"

Su Jinxiao looked at Xu Feng in confusion, "Then why did Lord Luo want to see Brother Lin and me? Could it be that we did something wrong by eliminating harm for the people?"

Lin Shuyue also looked at Xu Feng curiously.

Xu Feng saw that his young master had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "Young Master, Lord Luo probably didn't mean that. After leaving the county government office, I went to ask someone and found out that the Yaojiang County Magistrate was from the Luo family of Wangzhou.

Two years ago, I came to Yaojiang County, Suzhou to take office. Shortly after taking office, a group of bandits from Xiaoxiangling attacked the village in the middle of the night. It caused a big uproar in Yaojiang County at that time. The villagers in the surrounding villages were all in panic, fearing that their villages would be targeted by the bandits.

Lord Luo was furious and led his men to Xiaoxiangling to suppress the bandits.

However, the terrain of Xiaoxiangling is complex, there are many wild beasts in the forest, and it is very dangerous. The bandits are also cunning. Not only did the bandit suppression fail, but Lord Luo and a group of yamen runners also returned with injuries.

However, perhaps the massive anti-bandit operation frightened the bandits and made them realize that the newly appointed county magistrate was not a mediocre person who only knew how to pursue pleasure.

They stopped their reckless attacks on villages in the mountains and instead set their sights on the northbound caravans passing through Xiaoxiangling.

However, Lord Luo seemed to still be brooding over the mountain bandits' attack on the village in Xiaoxiangling, and he even spent a large sum of money to recruit strong men to join him in suppressing the bandits.

Therefore, I dare to speculate that Lord Luo wants to meet the Young Master and Master Lin, on the one hand, with the intention of establishing friendships, and on the other hand, he probably has the intention of recruiting Master Lin and the other two."

Su Jinxiao and Lin Shuyue looked at each other and realized that this was the case.

"Brother Lin, what do you mean?"

Su Jinxiao turned around and asked Lin Shuyue for her opinion, as if he would directly refuse to see Lord Luo if Lin Shuyue showed any displeasure on her face.

Su Jinxiao really thought so. If he didn't want to see her, then he wouldn't have to. As the young master of a marquis's mansion, he had the confidence to do so.

Lin Shuyue thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then let's meet."

According to Xu Feng, this Lord Luo should be a good official who serves the people. Even if his purpose is really to recruit her to suppress the bandits, then what's wrong with agreeing to him? As long as she doesn't work for nothing, everything is fine, not to mention that it is such a matter of eliminating harm for the people.

After confirming, the two followed Xu Feng to the county government office.

After explaining the situation to the yamen runner on duty at the door, the runner took them directly to the back hall of the county government office. I guess Lord Luo must have given instructions in advance.