The county magistrate's name was Li Jinbao. He looked at the newcomers, stepped forward, and knelt. "Your humble servant pays respects to His Royal Highness Prince Chen and Princess Huguo. I did not know that Your Royal Highness Prince Chen and Princess Huguo had come. I apologize for not welcoming them. I beg your forgiveness."
Fengjiu: "What are you doing?"
County Magistrate: "I am reading books about drought and hope to find a solution to the drought as soon as possible."
Fengjiu sniffed and glanced at the county magistrate. The grease stains on the county magistrate's mouth had not been wiped clean!
Fengjiu: "Why do you smell like meat here?"
"Princess, you must have smelled something wrong. I haven't eaten meat in over six months. The people are starving and have nothing to eat. I don't have much food left."
Fengjiu's nose moved again, and her feet were still moving towards the antique shelf. The county magistrate was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and immediately stood up to stop Fengjiu.
An Yi scolded: "You are so bold! The princess didn't even ask you to stand up, and you dare to stand up."
He walked up to the county magistrate and slapped him several times in the face, and the county magistrate was stunned.
After realizing what was happening, he immediately knelt down again.
Fengjiu walked to the antique display cabinet and stopped. She dragged a chair over and stepped on it. She took down a vase and poured out a roast chicken with two legs missing from it.
"Wow, Achen, look, I found a roast chicken!"
Nangong Beichen: "Haha, Li Jinbao, why is your roast chicken in the vase?"
"Your Highness, Prince Chen, I don't know! It must be that stray cat that stole someone else's roast chicken and hid it in this vase."
Fengjiu found half a fish in another vase. "County Magistrate, this fish was also hidden by a wild cat, right? You have so many wild cats in your house!"
The county magistrate's legs were shaking and he stammered, not knowing what to say.
Nangong Beichen looked at Li Jinbao who was kneeling on the ground: "Li Jinbao, tell me, what is the drought situation in the county during this period?"
Li Jinbao stammered, "Right now the county is short of water and food, nothing else is a big deal."
Nangong Beichen: "Oh, then how many people have starved to death in the county now? How many families have run out of food? How many people still lack water at home? Tell me about it!"
Li Jinbao: "Well, well, there should still be some food and drink. Those who died should be civilians. There was no food in the fields last year, so more people died?"
Nangong Beichen was furious when he heard what he said, and slapped the table to pieces.
Feng Jiu walked forward and patted Achen's hand, then glanced at the county magistrate: "Since the county magistrate's family is so fond of cats, how about I give you a cat as well?"
County Magistrate: "Thank you, Princess, for the reward."
The county magistrate was quite proud of himself. He thought, they were just two little kids, and he could just fool them and get away with it.
In fact, the county magistrate Nangong Beichen knew about this. His uncle was the Minister of Rites Li Xiuzhu. He had heard of Li Jinbao in the capital at that time. He was the apple of the eye of the old lady of the Li family. The position of county magistrate was earned by Li Xiuzhu's merits. The old lady must have been forcing him too much.
The Li family knew that Li Jinbao was a fool who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, but he was not a bad person. So the Li family used their connections to send him to Nanyuan County to be a county magistrate.
The Li family also assigned him a legal advisor to assist him and married him to a fierce wife.
Although he had no political achievements here, he was not the kind of official who oppressed the people. The county government was basically managed by the legal advisor, and his wife went back to the capital to visit relatives during the New Year, so Li Jinbao dared to seek pleasure in the county government.
If his wife were here, he wouldn't dare to do it even if he had a hundred guts. His wife's family runs a bodyguard agency and she has been practicing martial arts since she was a child. As long as Li Jinbao disobeys, his wife can beat him to a pulp.
Feng Jiu: "You have to take good care of the cat that the princess gave you. My cat likes to sleep with people. You have to hold it when you sleep at night, otherwise it won't be able to sleep!"
"Yes, I will definitely hold it while sleeping and treat it like my own son."
"Then you must keep your word, otherwise I won't forgive you."
"I will take good care of your cat, Princess. Don't worry, I love cats the most."
"Well then, you should take good care of this princess."
Fengjiu waved his hand and Xiaobai came out.
Li Jinbao, who was standing by, widened his eyes and immediately crawled under the table when he realized what was happening.
He was still shouting, "There's a tiger! Come quickly, help me!"
Fengjiu: "My Lord County Magistrate, why are you hiding under the table? Didn't you promise to take good care of my cat for me? You even said you would raise it as your own son."
"Wuwuwu, Your Highness, please spare me. I'm scared. Wuwuwu, my lady, where are you? I'm scared."
Everyone in the room was left in a state of confusion by Li Jinbao, who even called her "wife"!
Nangong Beichen said coldly: "I will count to three. If you don't come out, I will chop off your head right now."
"One, two."
Before he could even utter the three words, Li Jinbao crawled out from under the table.
Nangong Beichen: "Tell me, what were you doing just now?"
"Your Highness, I was just reading a book."
Nangong Beichen patted Xiaobai's big head and said, "Xiaobai, go and teach this Lord Li how to tell the truth."
Xiaobai turned around and roared at the county magistrate. The county magistrate was so frightened by the deafening tiger roar that he fainted.
An Yi went over and pinched his philtrum. After a while, the county magistrate woke up slowly. When he opened his eyes, he saw a mouth full of canine teeth and almost fainted again.
Nangong Beichen said from the side: "If you faint again, I will give you to it as dinner."
Li Jinbao shuddered, immediately sat up, and cried, "Your Highness, please spare me. I was just drinking and watching dance with some local wealthy businessmen and was not reading at all."
Call them all out. The few people at the back came out trembling. They saw clearly what happened in the room just now.
Several of them knelt obediently next to Li Jinbao. They were not bad people, just some rich second-generations from Nanyuan County.
Nangong Beichen had no intention of doing anything to them, as these rich second-generations had money.
"You are feasting and drinking in the government office. Didn't you see the people on the road when you came? They are almost starving to death, and you are feasting and drinking."
One of the fat men glanced at the tiger next to him, swallowed his saliva, and said to Nangong Beichen: "Your Highness, I am willing to donate 10,000 kilograms of grain to the people. My family's grain reserves are running low. Last month, we also gave out porridge at the door for half a month. There are really too many victims, and we don't have much food left."
Nangong Beichen nodded and said, "You are from the Zhao family, right? I know about your family's porridge distribution. Please bring the food to the government office."
The remaining few people also donated 10,000 kilograms each and sent them away.
Nangong Beichen asked Li Jinbao to take them to the dry well nearby. Li Jinbao knew nothing. He just ate, drank and had fun all day long. How could he know where the well was?
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