Commanding 20,000 troops in the three prefectures of Anling did not excite him too much.
However, the phrase "Hero is mighty" brought a slight smile to Chen Yuan's face.
"Thank you." Gu An'an glanced at Li Laosan lying on the ground and kicked him. "Considering you're a regular customer of mine, I'll ask one more question. Do you insist that I take you to the yamen to see the officials?"
"I... I need to see the authorities. What I meant was that when I saw the scorpion, it was already dead."
Seeing the stubborn person, Gu An'an didn't waste any words, "Xiao You."
Xiao You hurried over, "Make way, make way, shopkeeper, what are you doing?"
"search."
Xiao You's eyes widened. "Ah, it's not very proper for a young lady like me to search a man's body... It's fine, it's fine, right away."
Li Laosan's expression changed upon hearing this. "Gu An'an, you used torture and searched me. I'm going to the yamen to report you."
"Why so much nonsense?" Xiao You immediately picked up the cotton cloth from her shoulder and stuffed it into Li Laosan's mouth, and the world immediately fell silent.
Soon, all of Li Laosan's belongings were found.
Sure enough, there was a small bamboo tube.
There was also a scorpion's severed leg inside.
"Please take a look and bear witness for me."
The other diners could never have imagined that one day someone would frame Gu An'an.
The key point is that before they could even exchange a few words, Madam Gu caught them red-handed.
The diners readily agreed.
Gu An'an calmly took the cotton cloth off. "Brother Li, how do you explain this?"
Li Laosan remained silent.
"Then let's send him to the authorities. But Brother Li, do you think Jiang Yongshan is such a powerful figure? He's just a lowly clerk in the county government. Can he really control everything?"
Upon hearing this, Li Laosan quickly said, "It's not Jiang Yongshan, don't talk nonsense."
"Oh, I see you won't admit it until you're face-to-face, Brother Li. That's good. Let's go to the county government and have a word with them. Anping County has never had that many cases. I think the county magistrate will be very happy to see you walking right into their trap."
These words made Li Laosan feel uneasy. "You, you don't think you can fool me."
"We'll see then. Anyway, you're the one spreading rumors and framing me."
As soon as Gu An'an finished speaking, Xiao You grabbed her like a chick and put her arms around her. "Let's go to the yamen."
He had only taken a couple of steps when Li Laosan chickened out.
He immediately knelt down on the ground, "Madam Gu, I was blinded by greed. Please don't hold it against me. It was Jiang Yongshan who instructed me to ruin your shop. He said that once your shop is ruined, he would partner with me to open a new one."
This is something only Boss Jiang would do.
Gu An'an laughed, "Alright, Xiao You, you write the complaint. Brother Li, please rest at the shop. We'll need you as a witness to accuse Jiang Yongshan later."
Li Laosan looked sullen when he heard this. He didn't want to rest here, but what was the use of saying it?
We still have to follow Gu An'an's arrangements.
A customer in the shop asked curiously, "How did Manager Gu offend the constables from the county government?"
"You don't know this, do you? Manager Gu's ex-husband was the same brother as our Lord Jiang."
"I see. I remember that Manager Gu and your husband divorced amicably. Why is the Jiang family still so relentless towards you?"
If not now, when?
Gu An'an sighed and said, "My ex-husband was disliked by his family since childhood. Even before the divorce, the other members of the Jiang family would cause me trouble in every way. Didn't my former mother-in-law come to cause me trouble a few days ago?"
"I do remember this. The Jiang family is really shameless to treat Manager Gu, a weak woman, like this."
Chen Yuan listened to Gu An'an complaining to a group of diners and got a general idea of what had happened.
However, he disagreed with the notion that Gu An'an was a weak woman.
He could tell at a glance that the scorpion was already dead and hadn't just rolled around in the pot, so he immediately devised a plan to lure out the truth.
Perhaps she is a bit too thin and weak.
But he is extremely intelligent and by no means weak.
...
Anping County does indeed have few cases, since less taxation means that whatever the people earn is theirs.
With money, the likelihood of committing crimes is greatly reduced.
The county magistrate's eyes lit up when he saw the petition. "Go and summon that Madam Gu, and Jiang Yongshan, who's off today, right? Call him over too."
The advisor was also eager to get started and personally went to invite Gu An'an.
Gu An'an gave a few simple instructions before heading to the county government office, but unexpectedly, Chen Yuan also wanted to go.
"List……"
"Lin Yuan, that's my courtesy name."
Gu An'an immediately understood that Chen Yuan did not want anyone to know his identity.
"You don't need to go."
Chen Yuan stepped out, saying, "I'm a witness, and besides, I'm bored and want to wander around."
The children in Prefect Chen's family are all quite eccentric.
They seem polite, but they're actually quite stubborn.
Gu An'an had no choice but to go along with him.
Jiang Yongshan, however, was still somewhat bewildered when he was summoned to the yamen. "But what does the magistrate have to tell me?"
The bailiff who came to summon him glanced at him and said, "Yes, it's great news, it's related to your brother's wife."
Jiang Yongshan's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "I see. I'll go right away."
He was off work today, and he originally thought that it would take Li Laosan a few days to get things done, but he didn't expect it to be done so quickly.
The thought of Gu An'an becoming a prisoner filled Jiang Yongshan with uncontrollable excitement.
Family matters aren't a big deal right now, since that beauty has promised that if he deals with Gu An'an, she'll be with him.
Just thinking about the beauty's fragrance made Jiang Yongshan feel hot all over.
Jiang's wife, who was taking care of the family at the time, was curious when she heard this, "Is it related to Gu An'an?"
"Mind your own business when it comes to men's affairs."
After saying this, Jiang Yongshan left home and hurried to the yamen (government office).
He arrived at the yamen before Gu An'an, and the smug man didn't notice the person not far behind him.
Gu An'an merely gave a cold laugh when she saw Jiang Yongshan.
Have you encountered this kind of thing before?
"No."
Chen Yuan asked curiously, "Then how did you know...?"
"Because I have a messenger." These kinds of things are usually settled privately, but Li Laosan insisted on taking it to the yamen, which means he has connections there.
Gu An'an knew these diners quite well, even if she didn't know them all.
How could Li Laosan possibly know anyone in the government?
Just then, Sister-in-law Jiang came over to tip off Jiang Yongshan and Bai Qiaoyin that they were working together.
When Gu An'an learned that the needlework shop next door was going to be converted into a brothel, she realized that they were doing it with both hands.
They wanted to take his own life through a two-pronged approach.
Life is right here, but those people may not have the ability to take it away!
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