In an exquisite private room on the second floor of Babaolou, a large round table is filled with a wide variety of delicious dishes.

The town magistrate Chai He was wearing a neat official uniform and sitting at the table with his back straight and his expression serious and solemn.

At this moment, the door was gently pushed open, and Xia He appeared at the door. When Chai He saw Xia He coming, a smile immediately broke out on his face, and he quickly stood up and walked towards him.

"Please come in quickly!" Chai He said as he waved his hand to signal the waiter to leave first.

After the door was closed, he held Xia He's hands warmly and kept thanking him.

Xia He raised his eyebrows, looking puzzled, and asked, "Sir, your sudden gratitude really confuses me. What is the reason for this?"

Chai He smiled slightly and pulled Xia He to sit down at the table. His eyes were fixed on Xia He all the time, and he said slowly, "To be honest, I have been thinking about a question these days, which is why the mysterious prescription appeared in our government office."

"Since I came to this town to serve as an official, I have had very little contact with others. I have only had contact with Brother Xia."

"And... I heard that your father-in-law is a doctor, and it seems that he also suffered from blood disease, but he suddenly recovered later?"

Xia He raised his eyebrows.

Chai He said calmly,

"You understand medical principles. So, apart from you, I really can't think of anyone else who would be so kind-hearted."

"On behalf of the people in this town, I would like to thank Brother Xia."

Faced with Chai He's straightforward words, Xia He did not directly admit or deny it.

However, Chai He already knew what was going on, so he stopped asking questions about it.

At this moment, Chai He was filled with emotion, recalling the situation when he first arrived here. At that time, he was extremely poor and could hardly get a full meal.

Now, finally something like this has been accomplished here, and the situation has improved. It is no longer as poor as before.

However, when he recalled those difficult years again, he deeply realized that such a situation was actually very common for ordinary people, and there were even many people who lived more difficult and miserable lives than him.

"Brother Xia, do you know?"

"This table of food, chicken, duck, fish and meat, all together will cost five taels of silver."

"But this is only the cost of one meal for those wealthy people, and they will also waste it, and in the end most of it will be left over and become swill."

"But five taels of silver is five thousand coins. I can buy 250 kilograms of pork, 500 kilograms of wheat flour, two sets of new winter clothes for a family of five, and I can repair the leaking roof of my house. I can..."

Chai He spoke intermittently, his speech becoming faster and faster, and he drank glass after glass of wine.

"Master Chai, you are drinking too much."

Chai He's eyes widened, his eye sockets were red as if they could spit fire, his face was full of anger, and he looked as if he was ready to bite someone.

However, beneath this anger, there was also a hint of shame and unwillingness.

He clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth and said to Xia He: "Brother Xia, you know, I am already thirty years old this year, and I have accomplished nothing!"

"Grandpa asked me to come here because he wanted me to have good relations with these military households and achieve more political achievements. If possible, I will take the opportunity to make more money to pave the way for my future career."

"But...but I really don't want to do this!"

Having said that, Chai He sighed heavily.

"Look at the Qin Dynasty now. What kind of life do the common people live? Those corrupt officials are rampant and oppress us common people to the point where we can hardly breathe."

"Your Majesty is also not caring and letting them do whatever they want. In addition, the barbarians in the south are becoming more and more powerful, and our Great Qin's national strength is getting weaker day by day. If this continues, it will take less than 30 years for the Great Qin to be destroyed!"

Chai He became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice unconsciously became louder.

Xia He, who was standing by, couldn't help but frown when he heard what Chai He said. He thought to himself, "This Lord Chai is really bold. He dares to say such a rebellious thing.

So he advised: "Master Chai, you are probably drunk, so you should say less to avoid getting into trouble."

"I'm not drunk! I'm sober! Even if I have to risk my life today, I'm going to speak my mind!"

Chai He slammed the table hard, and the wine splashed everywhere.

Then he continued to talk incessantly, from the corruption of the court to the difficulties of people's livelihood, from military failures to the crisis of the country.

In this way, Chai He kept talking until he finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell headfirst on the table, drunk.

The guard who had been waiting outside the door for a long time saw that his master was already drunk and unconscious, so he hurried in. He first nodded to Xia He with a slight apology, then carefully helped Chai He up.

"Since Master Chai is drunk, I will take my leave now."

This dinner tonight was totally weird.

After leaving Babaolou, the hot flashes and noise disappeared immediately.

The government office didn't have any horse-drawn carriages at the time, so Chai He rode in a donkey cart.

The guards carried him up, and he kept muttering to himself.

Seeing this, the guard just sighed, walked to the front, drove the donkey cart away.

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On a cold winter night, everything is silent, with only the biting cold wind whistling through the streets.

At this moment, several figures appeared quietly in the darkness like ghosts.

These people were dressed in black tight clothes, tightly wrapped from head to toe, and even their faces were covered with black masks, revealing only a pair of eyes flashing with cold light.

Despite this, their strong and muscular bodies can still be seen from the outlines of their bodies tightly wrapped in clothes.

His cruel and cold eyes were fixed on a dilapidated donkey cart that was slowly passing by not far away. The two figures on the donkey cart seemed a little blurry under the dim moonlight.

"Mr. Cui, are we really going to do it? That's the town commander..."

"What are you afraid of? This is a task assigned by the Young Master himself, and we have the support of the Thousand Households! As long as we do it cleanly and neatly, no one will dare to investigate."

Cui Tian's voice was low and fierce, and there was a flash of determination in his eyes. There was no trace of the friendliness he had shown to Xia He before.

"Humph, then we will say that a barbarian spy sneaked into the city and brutally killed the town magistrate. Who would think it was us? Besides, even if someone suspects us, so what? As long as we destroy the evidence thoroughly, those people won't be able to figure it out."