The first county magistrate in history

Chapter 104 The Master is digging a hole again

The imperial palace bedroom.

Xia Mochu twisted her waist in front of the dressing mirror on the floor and praised it endlessly: "I didn't expect there would be such a masterpiece in the world!"

Xia Mo Ning's pretty face flushed, still in excitement: "Sister, Qin Zheng is so talented, there is absolutely no one else like him in the entire Daqian Dynasty! Anyone who has a husband like him is simply blessed by their past life!"

Xia Mochu's expression changed slightly, and she looked at her sister: "You're not falling in love with him, are you?"

Xia Mo Ning's pretty face turned even redder, and she twirled her sleeves and said, "How is that possible? He's my master!"

Xia Mochu snorted coldly: "I'm glad you know!"

There was a flash of disappointment in Xia Mo Ning's eyes!

Xia Mochu suddenly said, "If it were you, how would you deal with Cheng Lanzhou and the others?"

Xia Mo Ning was stunned. How would I know?

However, Qin Zheng did mention it.

So she copied him: "The villain has evil intentions and was sent by the King of the North to cause trouble. If he is not severely punished, the academy will be unable to continue. My master deliberately resigned to give my sister an excuse to take action and set an example!"

Xia Mochu looked at her sister in surprise. This naughty sister had finally grown up.

How long have you followed Qin Zheng?

Qin Zheng is quite capable.

"How to do it specifically?" Xia Mochu asked.

Xia Mo Ning breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that her sister agreed.

So she said, "Although their actions are punishable by grave offenses, they are, after all, court officials and the children of the King of the North, so we must show them some respect. Let them beg my master for forgiveness and ask him to return. This will not only dispel their arrogance, but also establish my master's authority. It will also demonstrate my sister's determination to run the school!"

Xia Mochu nodded: "Not bad, Mo Ning, you have made progress, and I am very pleased!"

In fact, Xia Mochu also knew that this was not entirely his sister's idea.

But it’s already pretty good, better than before when I knew nothing.

In the long run, it will be beneficial to learn from others!

Xia Mo Ning was overjoyed to receive praise from her sister...

"Sister, it's nothing. I'll go back to the Young Master's Mansion." Xia Mo Ning didn't want to stay in the palace. It was meaningless.

Xia Mochu looked at her sister speechlessly: "Did you forget to help Qin Zheng promote it?"

Xia Mo Ning chuckled and said, "Sister is in charge of the palace, and I'll be in charge of the outside! Also, Qin Zheng and the Prime Minister are going to North City incognito tomorrow to investigate the development model, and he promised to take me with him."

Xia Mochu was shocked: "He and the Prime Minister?"

Xia Mo Ning just remembered that Qin Zheng asked her to tell her sister.

"Sister, my master is afraid that you will become suspicious, so he asked me to tell you..."

Xia Mo Ning explained it in detail.

Xia Mochu was even more surprised: "He wants to jointly purchase real estate in Central City with Xia Bitu?"

Suddenly, Xia Mochu's eyes lit up and she shouted out the door, "Uncle An, go buy a house!"

……

The next morning, Qin Zheng took Su Xiaoman and Xia Mo Ning and slipped out of the back door of the Young Master's Mansion.

At this moment, the three of them were dressed as a young businessman and two followers.

Xia Mo Ning and Su Xiao Man were both very excited about dressing up as men. However, the tight wrapping of the cloth on their breasts was a little uncomfortable.

The three of them headed straight for Beicheng Bridge.

This bridge is the iconic dividing line between the northern city and the central city.

Under the bridge is the river water brought in from outside the city.

People come and go on the bridge.

Although it was still early, street stalls had already been set up at both ends of the bridge and vendors had already set up their stalls.

They sell everything, including a breakfast stall.

There are also some folk artists preparing to open the show.

Most of the artists in the Daqian Dynasty performed folk songs, monkey shows, acrobatics, and martial arts performances, such as piercing the throat with a silver spear, breaking stones with the chest, swallowing swords, wrestling, sparring, etc.

Xia Mo Ning seldom left the palace, and had never been to the North City District, so she was dazzled by what she saw.

This was also Su Xiaoman's first time in the capital. There were more people and more businesses here, and it looked fresh.

There are also folk artists in Hongtong County, but because Hongtong County is so rich, these artists have basically moved indoors and no longer perform on the streets.

Neither of the two women expected it to be so lively so early in the morning.

The two female companions were on Qin Zheng's left and right, and the three of them walked across the bridge and entered the territory of the northern city.

Seeing that Qin Zheng did not stop after getting off the bridge, Su Xiaoman reminded him, "Sir, didn't we agree to wait for the Prime Minister here?"

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Go for a walk first, then come back to find them. Also, call me boss!"

"Hehe, boss!" Su Xiaoman thought it was very funny.

As they were walking, two yamen runners came up, wearing badges from the Beicheng Prefecture.

Qin Zheng suddenly said, "Xiao Man, give me your purse."

Su Xiaoman was startled: "What do you want to buy, sir?"

Qin Zheng stretched out his hand: "You will know in a moment."

Su Xiaoman took out the purse from her sleeve and handed it to Qin Zheng.

However, Qin Zheng didn't catch it.

The purse fell to the ground with a click, and the small silver coins, several ingots of fine silver, and several banknotes inside fell out.

Su Xiaoman was shocked and quickly squatted down to clean up.

I wondered, even if the adults didn't catch it, it wouldn't fall apart, right? She tied the purse tightly!

At this time, the two yamen runners looked at each other, quickly walked past Qin Zheng and the other two, and left.

Su Xiaoman fixed the purse tightly and handed it to Qin Zheng: "Sir, it's all my fault..."

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "I did it on purpose!"

Su Xiaoman and Xia Mo Ning were stunned...

Qin Zheng and the other two walked slowly.

Suddenly, a shout came from behind: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

"Beichengfu is investigating the case, get out of here!"

"stop!"

"stop!"

Qin Zheng and the other two looked back and saw six yamen runners rushing towards them with a menacing look.

Qin Zheng and the other two pulled over to make way.

Su Xiaoman and Xia Mo Ning didn't know who the bailiff was chasing, so they watched curiously.

Unexpectedly, six yamen runners came in front of the three men.

Su Xiaoman and Xia Mo Ning saw two of the yamen runners, who were the two who had just passed by.

"It's him who stole my purse!" A bailiff pointed at Qin Zheng and grinned.

"I'll testify!" Another yamen runner looked at Qin Zheng with ill intention.

At this moment, Xia Mo Ning and Su Xiao Man instantly understood what Qin Zheng had just done.

Xia Mo Ning's face looked grim. If she hadn't followed Qin Zheng on a secret visit, she would never have seen the true faces of these yamen runners under the emperor's feet.

Xia Mo Ning looked at Qin Zheng, knowing that Qin Zheng would definitely cheat people, but she didn't know how!

Qin Zhengtian was calm and composed. He looked at the yamen runner who had framed him and said, "You said I stole your purse. Do you know how much money was in it?"

Xia Mo Ning and Su Xiao Man thought to themselves, yes!

The yamen runner laughed and said, "In my purse there is more than a thousand taels of silver, silver, copper coins, and banknotes. If there is anything missing, it must be you who hid it."

Xia Mo Ning and Su Xiao Man were dumbfounded. This was indeed a reason!

It seems like this is a repeat offender!

Qin Zheng smiled, took out a purse from his sleeve, and threw it directly to the yamen runner: "About a thousand taels, please do me a favor!"

Xia Mo Ning was confused. This was not like Qin Zheng's style!

Su Xiaoman understood and was happy. The adults started digging holes again. They could probably make a lot of money, definitely many times more.

Su Xiaoman regretted that she didn't bring enough money today. As the housekeeper of the Shao Shi Mansion, she was unqualified and was delaying the master from making money!

When several yamen runners saw the bulging money bag, their eyes lit up.

The yamen runner weighed his money bag and looked at Qin Zheng and the other two.

He smiled with the corner of his mouth tilted and said, "You are quite sensible. Are you from another place doing business?"

Qin Zheng nodded: "I'm going to open a bank in the imperial capital!"

Xia Mo Ning now understood a little bit that Qin Zheng was deliberately showing off his wealth.

But, you're the Vice Dean, my Junior Master, why are you testing the Beicheng Prefecture yamen runners? Is this a task assigned by my sister?

But, I can’t seem to beat the six of them!

When they heard about opening a money shop, several yamen runners looked at each other.

The yamen runner opened the purse, took a symbolic look at it, then took out the silver bills inside and glanced at them.

His face suddenly darkened: "You stole more than five thousand taels from me, and this is only a little over a thousand taels. Where did you hide the rest of the banknotes?"

Xia Mo Ning was furious. You have robbed us of more than a thousand taels, and you are still not satisfied?

But she didn't say anything, for fear that her voice would be exposed.

Su Xiaoman also wanted to ask, didn’t you just say more than a thousand taels?

But I knew the adults would take care of it, so I kept quiet.

"I'll ask them if they have any banknotes on them!" Qin Zheng looked at the yamen runner, turned around, and said to Xia Mo Ning and Su Xiao Man in a low voice, "Remember, when I say run, run towards the bridgehead. Run as hard as you can!"

Xia Mo Ning was puzzled: "Not fighting anymore?"

Qin Zheng was speechless: "Can you beat him?"

Xia Mo Ning: "..."

Qin Zheng turned around and suddenly pointed to the sky: "Look, the Buddha is coming!"

"Buddha?"

The six yamen runners subconsciously looked up at the sky

Qin Zheng suddenly raised his hand and sprinkled out a bunch of chili powder!

"Run!" Qin Zheng grabbed Su Xiaoman and Xia Mo Ning's hands and ran away.

"Ah... catch them!"

"Aww...don't let them get away!"

There were several screams and painful roars coming from behind.