Chapter 120 Ning Yuanze arrives in Yun'an County and the new county magistrate takes office
In front of them, people were queuing up to enter the city. They saw a convoy of five or six cars passing them from the side.
Unexpectedly, the convoy stopped when it was more than ten meters away from the people, and even moved to the side, apparently waiting for them to enter the city first.
Ning Yuanze was quite surprised. He didn't expect that the people in this remote county were so polite.
He couldn't help but look over curiously, and when he saw the coachman in the lead, he suddenly became dazed. He felt that the man looked very familiar, but he was also very sure that he had never seen him before.
This is strange.
Perhaps because he had been staring at the other person, Lin Wan soon noticed something was wrong and became curious.
"What are you looking at, my husband?"
Ning Yuanze shook his head: "Nothing."
Lin Wan followed his gaze and saw the convoy. She asked curiously, "Are they waiting for us to enter the city first?"
"That's right. It seems that the customs of the people here are quite good." Ning Yuanze smiled.
Lin Wan nodded and took a few more glances.
Perhaps the two men's gazes were too direct, which made the coachman notice it, so he looked over and saw that it was Chen Xinghai.
Chen Xinghai was originally waiting in line to enter the city, but when he saw three carriages approaching, he stopped aside.
Although the two carriages at the back did not look luxurious, the one in the lead was different.
He was quite knowledgeable and knew very well that those who could ride in such a carriage were either rich or noble, and he could not afford to offend them, so he took the initiative to give way.
Unexpectedly, the other party also stopped, and the people in the car looked at him.
From his perspective, he could only see a young man. He was handsome and elegant, dressed in silk and satin, with a clear and upright gaze. It was obvious at a glance that he was of extraordinary status.
The man nodded at him, then the carriage started again and headed to line up at the city gate.
This was just a small episode. Chen Xinghai didn't know that the other party was the newly appointed county magistrate, and Ning Yuanze didn't know that the other party was the family that did the spicy sesame oil business with his family.
After entering the city, Chen Xinghai led the convoy straight to Ruyi Restaurant.
This is his third time leading a delivery team. After this time, he can hand it over to his third uncle Chen Tong.
Chen Tong is quite capable and has become familiar with the owner and manager of Ruyi Restaurant. He is more suitable for this task than Chen Xinghai.
"Uncle San, I'll leave the delivery to you from now on."
On the way back, Chen Xinghai said as if he had taken off a heavy burden.
He found that compared to dealing with people, he preferred to stay in a corner and quietly do his own thing.
Chen Tong's eyes were filled with excitement, and he felt that he had been entrusted with an important task.
"Don't worry, Xinghai, I will never let you and your mother down."
Chen Jie and others were a little envious, but they also knew that they couldn't get past them with their status, as they were relatives after all.
It's great that they can make so much money and gain so much experience.
When everyone left the city, Ning Yuanze and his group had already settled down in the county government office.
Everything belonging to the former county magistrate Qian Qingrong has been cleared out, or it would be more appropriate to say that his property has been confiscated.
Everywhere was cleaned up, just waiting for the new county magistrate to move in.
Qian Qingrong was really greedy. In addition to the more than 50,000 taels taken away by Xiao Ying, he also seized more than 100,000 taels of gold, silver and jewelry, not to mention antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
Together with the assets of Zhou Wang, Zhao Yuanwai and others, the total assets exceeded one million taels.
Nine-tenths of it was taken away by Wei Liang and put into the national treasury, leaving only ten percent for Yun'an County.
Even this ten percent is enough to feed the county government. The Yun'an County Government has never been so wealthy.
As soon as Ning Yuanze arrived, the county magistrate, the chief clerk, the county lieutenant and others came to visit him and handed over the account books.
Seeing the deposit in the account book, Ning Yuanze was very satisfied. The money was enough for him to do a lot of things.
"This yard is so small."
In the backyard, Lin Wan frowned slightly and told the servants to put the things away.
"It's too unfair for my husband to live in a place like this."
Although Ning Yuanze was a concubine's son, the prime minister's mansion did not treat him badly. Firstly, Prime Minister Ning had few children, and secondly, he had been smart, hardworking and motivated since he was a child.
So from childhood to adulthood, I have had the best food, clothing, and other necessities, and the yard I live in is also very spacious and has everything I need.
The yard in front of him was not even half the size of the one in the Prime Minister's Residence, and the decoration and layout were far inferior. Lin Wan felt unhappy just by looking at it.
"I'm sorry to have made my wife suffer with me."
Ning Yuanze held Lin Wan's hand, with a hint of apology in his dark eyes.
Lin Wan was the legitimate daughter of the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple. Although the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple was a fourth-rank official, her status as a legitimate daughter meant she could have married the legitimate son of a second- or third-rank official, but she married him, a bastard's son.
Now she has followed him to Yun'an County, abandoning her comfortable life in the prime minister's mansion.
"As long as I'm with my husband, I'm not afraid of hardship."
Lin Wan felt warm in her heart, and she looked at the man in front of her with affection, her eyes full of tenderness and love.
"But the main house is not clean, so let's live in the room next door."
"It's up to you, Madam."
The main house was the one where Qian Qingrong was killed. Although it had been cleaned long ago and even the bed had been replaced, Lin Wan still felt it was unlucky.
"Fortunately, the bandits have been wiped out. Otherwise, it would be too dangerous. They even dared to kill the county magistrate."
When she thought of this, Lin Wan couldn't help but shake her head.
Ning Yuanze frowned slightly. He was very interested in this case and had learned about it before coming.
It was very necessary for him as his successor to find out everything about the former county magistrate, not to mention that it involved Ruyi Restaurant.
Therefore, I noticed many things were wrong.
After reading the files the next day, he became even more confused, especially since the bandits insisted that there were thirty-seven people who attacked and killed Xiao Ying's family.
However, thirty-five of them were nowhere to be found, alive or dead, and the loophole could only be plugged by claiming that the bandits lied and deliberately disturbed the public.
There were also four small words on the file: Ruyi Restaurant, which seemed to be an annotation by the person who reviewed the file.
Ning Yuanze's eyebrows jumped. Could it be that the other party suspected that this was done by the Ning family?
No, definitely not the Ning family.
He had some understanding of his own methods. It would only take a word to deal with Qian Qingrong. There was no need to assassinate him or put the blame on the bandits.
If it wasn't the Ning family, then it could only be...
His eyes fell on the two words "Xiao Ying". This family is very suspicious.
Although the file records that this family is just ordinary people with relatively strong strength, after eliminating all impossibilities, this is the only possibility left.
Then he fell into the same confusion as Wei Liang: where did the thirty-five bandits go?
Those were thirty-five people, not thirty-five ants. How could they just disappear?
No wonder Wei Liang closed the case in this way. It was too weird and he had no choice but to let these bandits take the blame.
However, Xiao Ying's family needs to pay more attention.
…
Xiao Ying's family didn't know that they were being targeted by the new county magistrate again.
That very night, Chen Xingyun and Chen Xinghe both entered the first level of Qi Refining and officially became Qi Refining cultivators.
Their spiritual roots were inferior to Chen Xingyue's, so it took them a little longer.
Since Chen Xinghai has dual spiritual roots, it will probably take him several days to enter the first level of Qi Refining.
After entering the first level of Qi Refining, both the brother and sister felt that their strength had increased greatly. Apart from anything else, their safety on the way to town and back home was greatly improved.
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