Chapter 94: Prefect Xu
After the prefect's wife, Mrs. Zhao, returned home, she was anxious and wanted to tell the prefect Xu the news.
But Magistrate Xu was on the side of his concubine.
Zhao asked for invitations several times, saying that there was something very important, and only then did she invite Prefect Xu.
Prefect Xu looked impatient and said, "Tell me, what big thing happened? Call me over."
"Master, you probably don't know yet, but that female captain built an ice sculpture garden, which is extremely popular. Everything inside is crystal clear and looks like a dream."
Prefect Xu didn't take it seriously.
"Women just like to have some pretty little things, it's no big deal."
Prefect Xu became impatient and turned around to go back to his concubine's room, but Zhao grabbed his sleeve.
"No, sir, you underestimate her. There is a walking ice horse in the Ice Sculpture Garden, just like the wooden ox and flowing horse in the legend. Many people are reluctant to leave after the garden closes."
She also took out the painting that Daguanyuan made for her for free to prove that what she said was true.
Prefect Xu took a glance at the colorful painting and was greatly surprised, his face finally became serious.
Beiyue City had created something similar to the wooden ox and flowing horse, but he, the prefect, was completely unaware of it.
"Master, the point is that her garden is making a fortune every day. She sells VIP tickets one after another for five taels of silver."
After hearing this, Prefect Xu felt very unhappy.
All the money in the entire Beiyue City belongs to him. It is not easy for others to make money from it.
A clean magistrate earns 100,000 silver coins a year.
Especially at this border, where the emperor is far away and the sky is high, Prefect Xu is particularly bold and greedy, and feels particularly confident.
Together with the three generals of the armed forces, they extorted layer after layer from the people.
I used to feel that the common people had nothing to give, but recently it seems that they have some extra money.
This is exactly what he wants to see most.
The New Year is coming soon, and recently the officials are doubling down on their extortion from the people so that they can have a prosperous new year.
But I didn't expect that there was still a big fat fish that slipped through the net.
"Well, there is a big fat fish waiting to be slaughtered in Beiyue City. This is a good thing."
Killing a big fat fish during the Chinese New Year indicates abundance every year.
This year's Chinese New Year will be an extremely prosperous and fruitful one.
Zhao: "I have already found out everything today. The ice sculpture of Grand View Garden was created by the female captain. Master, please be careful when you make a move. Don't let her get you killed. After all, she is also an official."
Prefect Xu snorted.
That girl was just a thousand households. The Great Yan Dynasty had a strict hierarchy, and a higher-ranking official could crush people to death.
It is not too easy for him to kill a thousand households.
There is no time to lose, we must seize the wealth as soon as possible.
We will send spies to the Ice Sculpture Garden to investigate tomorrow.
He was very familiar with doing this kind of thing. If there was food being sold inside, he would frame the place for a case of poisoning and put the boss and his employees in jail.
If they don’t sell food, they will think of other ways to scam people.
The ultimate goal is to take over the Grand View Garden.
The next day, the fat, scarred Liu Chan was assigned by Governor Xu to the Ice Sculpture Garden.
Liu Chan wandered around the Grand View Garden and found that there was no food for sale there.
Then the only option is to commit fraud.
Liu Chan looked around and felt that among the guys in the Ice Sculpture Grand View Garden, the most dull one was a painter.
The painter had a messy hair, panda eyes, and a dull look. He looked like someone who was easy to bully.
Liu Chan decided to target Jiwotou. It was bad luck for this kid.
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Mother Sun, Mrs. Liu and others have come to the Ice Sculpture Grand View Garden for the fourth time.
Walking around in the ice sculpture garden, it is so fresh that my eyes can’t see enough.
It’s just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden in Dream of the Red Chamber.
Granny Liu sighed, "We are made to look like country folk who have never seen the world. We are from the capital, so please don't lose your status."
But what Mother Sun was thinking was: These ice sculptures are so beautiful. If she could paint a picture of them and bring it back to the capital, it would allow the old sisters who have never been to Beiyue City to broaden their horizons.
To be honest, in the entire Dayan Dynasty, everything withered in winter and there was nothing to see.
This is why the preciousness and beauty of this ice sculpture garden are revealed.
Mother Sun discovered that in the Grand View Garden, you could really pay someone to paint for you, and they would paint for you on the spot, but it was too expensive, only one or two taels of silver for a painting.
I can't afford it.
Mother Sun saw the Second Young Master Qin in front of a beautiful phoenix ice sculpture. It was the Second Young Master Qin who was painting.
The Lin family and the Qin family are cousins, and Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Lin are sisters.
So Mother Sun recognized the Second Young Master Qin, and she also knew that the Second Young Master Qin was a painting fanatic.
At this moment, the second young master Qin was standing in front of the drawing board, painting with a paintbrush in his hand. His eye sockets were dark blue, and it was obvious that he did not sleep last night.
"My dear cousin, I am Madam Sun who is by Madam Lin's side. I have met her before in the Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital. Why are you here?"
"Cousin, I am Madam Sun from the Lin Mansion—"
Mother Sun shouted several times, but failed to bring Mr. Qin back to reality as he was concentrating on painting.
However, Qin Er's servant A Shui did respond.
"Oh, it's Mother Sun. My second son works here to earn money by painting for others."
"Work to earn money?" Mother Sun was very confused. Earn money? The Qin family is so rich, the second son actually needs to earn money?
Ah Shui explained, "The second young master has spent more than 100,000 taels of silver recently, and has been temporarily kicked out of the house by the master and his wife."
So that's how it is. It sounds quite pitiful.
Mother Sun had already known the price of on-site painting, and was reluctant to spend a tael of silver, but she felt sorry for the second young master, so she decided to pay him to paint a picture.
"Then I will support you, Second Young Master. Please help me draw a picture."
Before Madam Sun handed over the silver, a frail old lady bumped into the second young master Qin.
In just a moment, the old lady fell to the ground and rolled her eyes.
But Grandma Sun was terrified. What? Is this old lady dead?
Someone in the crowd shouted, "Someone's been killed. Someone from the Grand View Garden has been killed."
A group of people gathered around to watch the fun, creating an unstoppable crowd.
Qin Er was naive to death, and had never encountered such a situation before. He was frightened to the point of turning pale and falling to the ground in the snow. The paint he had used for painting spilled onto the ground, dyeing the white snow on the ground into bright colors.
Soon a group of people gathered around the old lady and cried.
"Grandma, please don't die."
"Mom, you died unjustly!"
"Mother-in-law, we will definitely seek justice for you."
The young woman went straight to grab Qin Er's face. Mother Sun was startled and subconsciously stepped forward to block her, but A Da got there first.
The burly A Da stood like a pine tree, standing between the old lady's family and Qin Er, protecting Qin Er.
Miss Qianqian said that every guy in the garden must be protected and not let them be bullied by others.
"It's still unclear what happened, so we can't just beat people up without asking questions."
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