No wonder the soldiers guarding the city gate looked at us strangely when we entered the county town.
It seems the county magistrate is not a good one.
When Ouyang Yuqing heard what Shen Yingying said, he thought of what the women in front of the rice shop had been saying.
And along the way, he saw all sorts of people on the street, their expressions seemingly filled with misery.
He felt that what his young wife had said was the truth.
However, these were all just guesses in their hearts and had not yet been confirmed. He said to Shen Yingying, "Let's go to the county government office and see what kind of monster this local official is."
Inside the county government office, the head soldier guarding the city gate was gulping down water.
After finishing his water, he put down the cup and said to the county magistrate sitting above him, "Your Excellency, something terrible has happened!"
I just saw His Highness the War King enter our county town while I was guarding the city gate.
The magistrate of Pingyuan County was enjoying the personal service of his thirteen concubines in his study.
The old man was enjoying the meticulous care of his newly arrived thirteenth concubine when he heard a hoarse voice shouting from outside the study, "Something terrible has happened!"
The county magistrate's pleasant mood was interrupted by the cry of "Something's wrong!"
He angrily said to the steward serving outside the door, "Which scoundrel is so unlucky as to disturb my refined pleasure?"
Just then, the butler also saw the newcomer.
He thought to himself, isn't this the brother-in-law of the First Madam's second younger brother?
Instead of guarding the city gate properly, why is he running around here yelling and screaming?
The steward was puzzled. He asked the panting soldier leader, "Chen Fugui, what are you howling about? If you scare the master inside, you'll get a beating."
Chen Fugui was so exhausted that he couldn't catch his breath, and he didn't have time to argue with the butler.
He said impatiently to the steward, "Something terrible has happened! Quickly! Go and report to the master."
The housekeeper saw that Chen Fugui was so tired he could hardly breathe, and he kept saying that something terrible had happened.
It doesn't look fake.
Fearing that something important might be delayed, the steward quickly reported to the county magistrate inside the house.
"Master, Chen Fugui requests an audience. He says something terrible has happened."
In the study, the county magistrate's hands were roaming restlessly between the breasts and buttocks of his thirteen concubines.
Hearing the steward's report, he said dismissively, "What big thing could happen? We're far from the emperor's reach here. I'm the local tyrant of this place."
When anyone sees me, tigers will lie down before me, and dragons will coil around me.
Chen Fugui heard the magistrate's words, and he felt his voice was terribly hoarse.
He coughed twice.
Cough cough...
Then, in a hoarse voice, he said to the county magistrate inside the room, "Sir, something really big has happened. This time, a very important person has arrived."
Upon hearing Chen Fugui mention the important figure, the county magistrate released his thirteen concubines.
"Sweetie, I'll take good care of you after I finish taking care of things."
The county magistrate straightened his unseemly posture and said to the door, "Come in, I want to see who this important person you're talking about is?"
When Chen Fugui heard the county magistrate call him into the study, he didn't stand on ceremony.
He hurriedly pushed open the door and entered the study, and seeing the tea on the table, he began to gulp it down.
Seeing Chen Fugui's unruly behavior in the study, the magistrate gulped down Chen Fugui's fine tea like a cow.
However, he didn't get angry because of his wife.
After drinking the tea and quenching his thirst, Chen Fugui wiped the water from his mouth with his sleeve and said to the county magistrate, "Sir, I was guarding the city gate just now."
Suddenly a caravan of horse-drawn carriages entered our county town.
I was still wondering which faction this caravan belonged to when I saw His Highness the War King's confidants carrying their waist tokens as they entered the city.
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