Chapter 22 See you next March
Song Jinghe and Yunlan have been imprisoned for three days, and Fu Ning has not returned yet.
The governor of Quzhou has arrived and is ordered to investigate the cause of death of County Magistrate Yao.
They, along with Da Mao and Er Mao, were taken to the county government office.
The governor of Quzhou was sitting in the hall, with the county magistrate's wife and Xu Chang standing beside him.
The county magistrate's wife burst into tears and said, "Sir, please give our master some justice. It must be these bastards who killed him."
The Jiedushi said in a deep voice: "I heard that another person escaped?"
The county magistrate's wife wiped her tears and nodded, "Yes, that little bitch named Fu Ning ran away on the day our master died, and she is still being hunted down. I am sure that there must be something wrong with the elixir she gave our master."
"Oh?" the Jiedushi asked curiously, "Who is this Fu Ning? How come he can make elixirs?"
The county magistrate's wife shook her head and said, "The master brought it back suddenly one day."
Xu Chang on the side rushed to say: "This Fu Ning is a bandit from the nearby mountains. The master took a fancy to him and brought him back."
The Jiedushi frowned and looked at Song Jinghe and the others, "Who are these four people?"
"One is the master's concubine, one is Madam Fu's brother, and the other two are Madam Fu's maids."
The Jiedushi looked at them and asked, "What do you have to say?"
The redness and swelling on Yunlan's face had not completely disappeared, and several patches of her head were bald from being pulled out by County Magistrate Yao. She said with tears in her eyes, "Sir, when that county magistrate was beating me, he suddenly fell to the ground and died. It really had nothing to do with us, right?"
She looked at Song Jinghe, Da Mao and Er Mao.
Several people nodded.
The county magistrate's wife said anxiously, "Sir, don't listen to their nonsense. Our master has been beaten to a pig's head. He was either killed by Fu Ning or by this little hoof."
Yunlan's tears flowed down her cheeks. "Madam, how can you wrongly accuse me like this? How can I beat the master?"
The county magistrate's wife was choked for a moment. Yunlan looked thin and weak, and indeed did not look like someone who could defeat her master.
The Jiedushi interrupted, "Okay, stop arguing. I've already understood the general situation. I believe the truth will be revealed after the coroner examines the body and gives his conclusion."
Several people stopped talking and waited anxiously for the result. After a while, a thin coroner came to the lobby and gave the results.
The county magistrate was neither beaten to death nor poisoned, but died of a sudden heart attack.
After hearing this, the Jiedushi nodded and said, "It seems that it has nothing to do with these people."
Yunlan was obviously relieved, but the county magistrate's wife was still unwilling to give in and shouted, "How could it have nothing to do with them? Why did that Fu Ning run away?"
"Are you talking about me?" A clear and powerful voice came from outside the lobby.
Fu Ning and an old man walked into the government office together and came to the front of the hall. "Madam, did you mention me just now?"
The county magistrate's wife was stunned, "Xiaojian...Fu Ning? Why are you back?"
Fu Ning raised his lips and said, "If I don't come back, won't I be slandered by you?"
She said to the Jiedushi, "Sir, I have brought Mr. Zhou from the Cultivation Society with me this time. I want him to prove that there is no problem with my elixir."
The governor had always had some connection with the Cultivation Society and knew that Elder Zhou was the most senior cultivator among them. He could not help but stand up and asked, "Elder Zhou, why are you here?"
Elder Zhou sighed, "It's because our newly recruited monk ran into trouble and insisted on bringing me to see him."
When the county magistrate's wife saw that the people brought by Fu Ning had a good relationship with the governor, her face immediately turned ugly. It turned out that Fu Ning was so capable that he could even win over the old man from the Cultivation Society.
She was still unwilling to give up, and hurriedly took out the Qi-boosting pill that the county magistrate usually took and handed it to Mr. Zhou, "Please help me take a look. This is the pill that our master bought from Fu Ning."
When Elder Zhou took it in his hand, he felt a slight flow of spiritual energy. He sniffed it closely and found the scent of Rongshan. "This is a very good third-grade elixir. It has the effect of nourishing the kidney and replenishing qi. I dare to guarantee that it will not kill people. May I ask, madam, how much did you buy this elixir for?"
The county magistrate's wife paused for a moment, "One hundred and twenty pills."
Elder Zhou frowned and said, "How can a pill of this quality be sold at such a low price? Xiao Fu, you are doing business at a loss!"
Fu Ning smiled secretly in her heart. She had already told Mr. Zhou on the way here about the county magistrate threatening her to make the elixir. Now she cooperated very well and showed a wronged expression, "Mr. Zhou, it's really because they held my husband hostage to threaten me that I can only sell it at such a low price."
As she said this, she glanced at Song Jinghe, but the other party looked away.
The Jiedushi heard it very clearly. He knew that the county magistrate had embezzled people's property, but he didn't expect that he would set his sights on the alchemist. He was really audacious.
"Now the matter is very clear. County Magistrate Yao died suddenly due to anger. None of you present here has anything to do with it." He slammed the gavel and said, "This case is over. I adjourn the court!"
The county magistrate's wife continued to shout, "Sir..."
But no one paid any attention to her anymore. A new county magistrate would soon take office. A few days after the news of County Magistrate Yao's death came, people had already set off firecrackers to celebrate.
Yunlan happily held Fu Ning's hand and said, "Xiaoshuang, you are amazing!"
Fu Ning smiled and said, "I was delayed on the way and came back a little late. Are you all right?"
Yunlan looked at Song Jinghe and saw that he was keeping his mouth shut. She thought he was embarrassed and said quickly, "We were locked up in a dungeon. It was damp and cold. Mr. Song's legs got a little cold."
Fu Ning looked at Song Jinghe, squatted down in front of him, put his hand on his thigh, and transferred a little spiritual energy, "Xiao Jing, I made you suffer."
Song Jinghe clenched the wheelchair handles tightly and couldn't help but distance himself from her, but the warmth of her palms came from his legs, which had always been numb, and it was so warm that he couldn't bear to leave.
He lowered his eyes to look at Fu Ning and found that this woman had become somewhat pretty at some point, a healthy and aggressive beauty, just like the white wine he tasted that day.
The system reported in Fu Ning's mind, "Boss! The villain's favorability has increased by another five points, and now it is fifty points. We are really getting better and better."
Fu Ning said something smug and narcissistic as usual, then stood up and turned to Mr. Zhou and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou. If it weren't for you, I would have been buried with the county magistrate."
Elder Zhou stroked his beard and said, "It's rare for an alchemist to appear in Quzhou. How can we allow him to be exploited and slandered at will? My friend, I think you have great talent. Are you willing to become my apprentice?"
Old Zhou was a well-known alchemist not only in Quzhou, but also in the entire Hedong Road. Many monks wanted to become his disciples, but he did not accept many disciples. Fu Ning was the first disciple he took the initiative to accept.
But Fu Ning smiled and shook her head. If you were to be serious, she was older than Mr. Zhou, so she didn't need to become an apprentice in alchemy for the time being.
"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Zhou. I still have a lot of things to do in the village. I can't go to Pingzheng County with you, nor can I learn alchemy from you."
"Okay." Elder Zhou showed a regretful expression on his face, and then pulled her aside and said mysteriously, "I have a copy of Immortal Master Shen's alchemy notes. It is worth a fortune and has disappeared from the market. I spent a lot of effort to get one back then, and I don't usually take it out. If you take me as your master, I will teach you."
Fu Ning couldn't help but laugh. She had memorized her notes by heart, so why would she bother looking at a copy? She said, "I do have some important things to do right now. I'll come to Pingzheng County to see you next March."
Mr. Zhou was surprised and asked, "Next March? You want to participate in the competition?"
Fu Ning nodded, his tone firm, "I want to go to the world of cultivation."
"Okay." Mr. Zhou smiled helplessly, "My friend, we'll see each other in March next year. I hope you'll be stronger then."
Fu Ning smiled. She would definitely be stronger than she is now.
"How are you going to get back? I'll let Xiaoya take you there."
Mr. Zhou waved his hands again and again, "No, no, I can just rent a carriage. Your Luwu runs too fast, my heart can't take it."
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After seeing off Old Zhou, Fu Ning, Song Jinghe and Yun Lan went back to the county magistrate's residence to pack up their belongings. There weren't many things, actually, and she didn't plan to stay here for long.
When Fu Ning put on his bag and pushed Song Jinghe out of the yard, he unexpectedly saw the county magistrate's five or six concubines standing at the door.
"Sister Fu, where are you going?"
Fu Ning felt a little puzzled. "I'm going back to the village. What are you doing?"
One of them said, "Take us back with you."
Yun Lan was originally following behind, but now she took a big step to block in front of Fu Ning, "Didn't the two cultivators buy you a yard before? You could just live there, why do you want to follow Fu Ning back to the village?"
"How can we, a few weak women, survive without anyone to rely on? You followed Sister Fu to the village, but you didn't care whether we lived or died."
Another one said dissatisfiedly: "That's right, when you hooked up with the monk, didn't you also intend to keep him all to yourself? It's a pity that he didn't like you, so you chose Sister Fu!"
Yunlan raised her eyebrows, "You!"
"Okay." Fu Ning was annoyed by their quarrels. He looked at them carefully and found that they were all pretty and pleasing to the eye. "If you come back with me, I will have to build my own house, farm and hunt. Life will be very hard. Have you thought about it?"
The concubines nodded one after another.
"Okay, you guys come back with me. If you can't stand it, just go back to the county yard by yourself."
System: "Boss, these people don't have many points, and they are used to living a good life. Will it cause more trouble if we take them back?"
Fu Ning said: "It's okay. To revitalize the village, we first need more people."
She left the village alone, but unexpectedly she brought seven or eight people with her when she returned.
When Fu Ning returned to the mountain village, she found her mother and A Cai waiting for her at the foot of the mountain.
She came and went in a hurry during this period, and they hardly had a good conversation.
But the favorability between my mother and Acai reached 100 points without me noticing.
Ah Cai held Xiao Sanhua in her arms and poked her forehead, "You little bastard, you didn't even bother to tell us about your own ideas. You made me so worried!"
Fu Ning covered his head and stepped back. Seeing his mother's equally angry expression, he quickly changed the subject, "I brought a few friends back. They also want to live in the village in the future."
The village chief and A Cai looked at the beauties behind Fu Ning, who were not only beautiful but also dressed in expensive clothes, and they couldn't help but frown.
"Xiao Shuang, since you brought them back, you are responsible for helping them adapt to life in the village."
Fu Ning nodded obediently, full of energy, "No problem! Let's start by building the house!"
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Sister Fu: Fat County Magistrate, your backyard will be mine from now on.
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