This County Magistrate Chen was both greedy and lustful. When he heard they were coming, he sat up straight and said, "What are you still standing there for? Bring the person in!"
The officers and soldiers hurried to the door and brought Chu Chenyin and the others in.
They were dressed in coarse linen clothes, and County Magistrate Chen did not recognize their identities. He just thought they were some poor country gentlemen.
He spotted Chu Chenyin in the crowd at a glance, his eyes almost popped out, and he rushed over like a pug, "Girl, are you guys fleeing from the famine in the north?"
Chu Chenyin deliberately pretended to be weak and lowered her head and said, "Yes, sir."
After hearing this, County Magistrate Chen's eyes sparkled. He waved his hand and ordered the servants behind him, "Go, serve the food quickly. Bring up all the good wine and food!"
The servant beside him responded quickly after hearing this.
"Come, young lady, sit down." County Magistrate Chen smiled with his squinting eyes and invited Chu Chenyin and the others to sit down. He also asked the servants to bring chairs for Lord Fu and the others.
Lord Fu and the others were not polite and sat down.
Not long after, the food was served.
County Magistrate Chen whispered a few instructions to the servants beside him, asking them to add something to the food.
After hearing this, the servant immediately went to the kitchen.
As soon as the servant left, Fu Yanting took the opportunity to go to the toilet and followed him.
Just as the servant was about to pour the powder into the food, Fu Yanting strode forward, grabbed his wrist, and said with a smile: "Master Chen is really hospitable. He even added extra ingredients for us."
The servant was startled and raised his head to shout, but Fu Yanting raised his palm and knocked him unconscious.
After the servant fell to the ground, he hid the person, took the medicine powder and the drug Chu Chenyin gave him, and poured them into the wine pot next to the food.
This pot of wine was sent to County Magistrate Chen.
When County Magistrate Chen saw that the wine had not been served yet, he immediately sent someone to urge it.
Not long after, two other servants brought up the wine and food.
County Magistrate Chen thought there was medicine in the food, so he just drank heavily and kept urging Chu Chenyin and the others to eat more food.
"Come on, eat more. You guys are hungry after all this journey."
The dishes on the table include braised pork, braised pig's trotters, steamed yellow chicken, boiled fish, braised lion's head and so on.
Chu Chenyin didn't hesitate and ate the meat piece by piece.
Fu Qianghong and Fu Xingcheng also picked up the chicken legs and started eating them in big mouthfuls.
The usually reserved Marquis and his wife also picked up their bowls and started eating.
They rode at full speed for two days. Although they had dry food along the way, the long journey would be too much for even a strong man.
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