So that afternoon, all the staff were busy running around the restaurant with smiles on their faces.

Su Laosan drove steadily until evening before finding the next inn.

After booking rooms at the restaurant, the group had a comfortable sleep.

When everyone woke up in the morning, they were full of energy. Not far away, there was a caravan that was repairing itself, and it seemed to be heading in the same direction.

The caravan members looked at Su Muyao and her group's vehicle with curiosity.

Even a younger person came up and asked what it was, since none of them had ever seen it before.

After giving a brief explanation, the group of merchants had already moved on and left.

Su Muyao, along with her father, General Lin, and his guards, found a food stall.

"Boss, I'd like four large bowls of wontons."

The stall is run by an elderly couple. Although they look old, their stall is very clean.

You can tell at a glance that he is a clean person, especially from the aroma wafting from the pot.

"Alright, please have a seat, gentlemen. It will be ready shortly."

After the old lady finished speaking, she hurriedly took the already wrapped wontons to her husband to cook.

Soon, four large bowls of fragrant wontons were served, sprinkled with chopped scallions.

The guard beside General Lin looked at the elderly couple and asked, "They don't look young, and they're still out setting up a stall at this age!"

Upon hearing this, the old lady sighed and said, "We always need to save some money for our retirement."

Hearing this, he was clearly taken aback: "Where are your two children?"

The old woman shook her head and said, "We don't have any children."

I never wanted it years ago, and as I got older, I lost that desire even more.

It's very puzzling. Logically speaking, everyone wants to have children after getting married, so why don't they want to?

The old man standing to the side chuckled as he watched his wife talking to the guests.

"Yes, a few years ago, my wife's mother had a difficult childbirth, and after that I told her, I was even more reluctant to let her give birth."

"In my younger days, my wife and I traveled everywhere and had a wonderful life. It's normal to suffer a few days in the second half of our lives."

Su Muyao looked up abruptly upon hearing the old man's words.

After all, this old man's thinking is really ahead of its time!

Just then, two more men arrived and each ordered two bowls of large wontons.

Upon hearing this, the old woman immediately went to do her work, and the two men started chatting as soon as they sat down.

"Did you know? I heard that the county government office caught fire, and most importantly, the county magistrate is dead."

Another man asked curiously, "What's going on? Tell me, I really haven't heard of this."

"Oh my, you have no idea how tragically that magistrate died; his whole body was roasted to a crisp."

I heard there's a jail in the county government office that's full of young women.

Most importantly, all the women there were incredibly beautiful, and they were mostly children from nearby farming families.

"No wonder! No wonder he was so embarrassed in that neighboring county. It turns out he had connections with the imperial court!"

"Oh dear, don't talk nonsense. How did this get into the imperial court? It's just that the county magistrate was lustful."

It has absolutely nothing to do with the imperial court. I heard that the youngest daughter of the Liu family ran away in the middle of the night the day before yesterday.

She escaped, so the county magistrate's dirty deeds became known to the surrounding villages.

Soon, people from all around knew about this, and those who had lost their daughters probably had a pretty good idea of ​​what had happened.

It goes without saying who set the fire to the magistrate's house.

Fortunately, all the women in the cell were rescued.

"Pah! I knew that old bastard wasn't a good person. He deserved to die."

My mother used to grow too many vegetables, so she took some to the market to sell, and the taxes they collected were incredibly high!

I've already inquired about it; the taxes in our great dynasty aren't like that at all.

They collect what they should collect, and they even collect what they shouldn't.

"All the money they collected ended up in their own pockets."

"I heard that a lot of excrement was thrown at the entrance of the county government office today."

I'll take you to see it in a bit. A high-ranking official of the imperial court is actually doing this kind of thing in private.

Although the county magistrate is gone, there are still other officials.

Especially those missing women, even though they were found, their families still went to demand an explanation.

The two got more and more excited as they talked, completely unaware that everyone at the next table was listening intently.

Su Muyao sensed the gossip and thought it wouldn't hurt to look at her father for a little while longer.

"Dad, let's eat quickly and go take a look."

The group ate their wontons heartily. After finishing, Su Muyao paid the money and inquired about the location of the county government office.

…

Upon arrival, they found the area surrounded by a large crowd of people, all of whom were indignant and hurling insults at each other.

Especially the small teahouse to the right of the county government office, it was packed with people.

A group of people were gathered outside the county government office, discussing whether the county magistrate's property should be given to the victims.

"What else did the people in the county government say? Although the county magistrate is gone, his family's wealth is also gone."

They even said it was stolen by a notorious bandit, and that anyone who caught the bandit would receive a reward of a thousand taels of silver.

"That's all bullshit! They definitely pocketed the money."

"Hmph! What notorious bandit? Why did he have to show up at this particular time?"

"How could it be? Isn't it because they think we ordinary folks are powerless that they bully us like this?"

A noblewoman in the crowd smiled gently.

"They're all a bunch of incompetent people."

He then left.

After returning home, the woman collapsed onto the soft couch.

“Madam, you’re back. Everyone outside is clamoring that even though the master is gone, the money in the mansion should still be given to the victims.”

"What's there to be afraid of? I have nothing to do with that old man anymore."

Besides, wasn't his mansion burned down?

Where is there any gold or silver treasure left?

The woman's house was not far from the house of the county magistrate that had burned down.

Although she was a woman married through proper channels, she also had a high-ranking official as her father.

Unfortunately, his father had just passed away not long ago.

After her death, the county magistrate felt that she had lost the support of her maternal family.

No longer needing to be restrained, they immediately began a large-scale search for beauties.

The county magistrate's wife couldn't bear the blow and demanded a divorce.

The magistrate was naturally pleased to hear this, as he had long since decided he didn't want to continue living with this elderly woman.

There are so many young and beautiful women outside, while his wife has long lost her former beauty.

The woman was thinking about how humble the county magistrate had been in order to win her over when she was young.