Next, Magistrate Xu began to explain.
"President Jing, do you still remember the former leader of the Qingcheng Sect?"
"Lin Qingshan?"
"Yes, it's Sect Leader Lin!"
Then, Magistrate Xu pointed at Madam Feng and said, "Chief Jing, you may not know this, but Xiao'e's surname is Lin!"
"Oh? Madam Feng has a relationship with Sect Leader Lin?"
Jing Zhe pretended not to know.
"It's related, it's extremely related!"
Magistrate Xu clapped his hands. "Master Lin is Xiao'e's cousin, and he is considered the most outstanding among the younger generation of the Lin family! When he was in Jiangling, he had the best relationship with Mu Bai, and Master Feng also greatly admired Master Lin!"
"Oh, I see."
Jing Zhe nodded and glanced at him: "But what does this have to do with whether or not I pay my respects to Master Feng?"
"President Jing, the fact that you injured Sect Leader Lin at the Jinxi Martial Arts Tournament is common knowledge in both the Lin and Feng families, especially since Sect Leader Lin is now dead—"
"Prefect Xu, you mustn't be talking nonsense!"
Jing Zhe quickly interrupted him: "Sect Leader Lin was struck by lightning and died on his own. It has nothing to do with me!"
"President Jing, I've heard about this too, but think about it, the probability of someone being struck by lightning is too small. President Jing believes it, and I believe it, but how can ordinary people believe it? Especially the Feng and Lin families, they're too concerned to believe it! They always feel that President Jing is involved in the death of Master Lin! After all, if he hadn't been injured by President Jing, how could Master Lin have been struck by lightning and killed?"
"Nonsense!"
After hearing Magistrate Xu's words, Jing Zhe was furious: "That's complete nonsense! What does a person's skill level have to do with being struck by lightning? Even if Lin Qingshan became a grandmaster, lightning could still strike him dead!"
"President Jing is absolutely right..."
Magistrate Xu wiped the sweat from his brow and thought to himself, "I think it's not that the lightning wants to strike him, but that you want to strike him!"
"But the key point is that the Feng and Lin families are just ordinary people; how could they understand these principles?"
"Oh? Then I should definitely go and explain it to them in person!"
Jing Zhe spoke with righteous indignation.
"President Jing, you absolutely mustn't!"
What a joke! Of the 15,000 taels of silver, Magistrate Xu could pocket 10,000 taels. That's much faster than collecting the incense money from Peach Blossom Temple over several years. Magistrate Xu can't let Jing Zhe meet Master Feng!
So he continued, "President Jing, actually, several months have passed since then. The Feng and Lin families have gradually recovered from the shock of Master Lin's sudden death. If President Jing goes there now, wouldn't that just bring back their painful memories?"
"So I won't go, and they'll just think what they want of me?"
"If President Jing trusts me, then I'll explain things to the Feng and Lin families when I visit them!"
Jing Zhe glanced at him and said, "I really don't trust you."
"..."
Seeing that Magistrate Xu's mouth was agape as if he was about to cry, Jing Zhe smiled and said, "I was just joking with you. Well then, thank you very much, Magistrate Xu. Please go and explain to them for me. I'm busy anyway, and I have many other places to go, so I won't visit the Feng family!"
"It's only right, it's all only right!"
After watching Jing Zhe leave, Magistrate Xu wiped the sweat from his face and plopped down on the ground.
Hearing footsteps coming from the stairwell at the end of the corridor, Madam Feng helped Magistrate Xu up and said, "I still don't quite understand why he would add five thousand taels on his own? He wouldn't even agree to ten thousand taels before!"
Just as Magistrate Xu was about to speak, he remembered the house next door and gave Madam Feng a wink. Madam Feng then went next door to take a look.
"The window is open, so the person should have left. If I'm not mistaken, it should be Qingqiu from Qingyun Sect. Manager Lin said she came earlier, but then we don't know where she went."
When Madam Feng returned and closed the door, she became somewhat worried: "Do you think she might talk nonsense?"
Without a second thought, Magistrate Xu shook his head and said, "Even if that man surnamed Jing is talking nonsense, Qingqiu wouldn't be talking nonsense."
"..."
If Jing Zhe were there and heard Prefect Xu speak so negatively about his character, I wonder what he would think.
At this point, Madam Feng continued, "Do you think there's anything wrong with the guarantee and... adultery agreement he took?"
Magistrate Xu thought for a moment and said, "No problem... or rather, there is definitely no problem for the time being. His purpose is very clear: he came for the Feng Family Restaurant. Or perhaps, in his view, our matter is nothing to him at all; he just wants to find a good location for the Da'an Newspaper."
He then added, "However, I heard from Grand Tutor Bai's letter that Jing Zhe is extremely greedy. Once he gets the deed to the Feng Family Restaurant, who knows what he might do!"
"You mean he'll go back on his word later? And then use the adultery agreement to force us to return the money?"
Mrs. Feng said with concern.
“That’s very possible! If we write a letter of adultery, he’ll have evidence to control both of us.”
After hearing what Magistrate Xu had to say, Madam Feng sighed and said, "But what can we do? In that situation, if he tells us to write, we have no choice but to write!"
After saying that, he glared at Magistrate Xu with great dissatisfaction: "Isn't this all your fault? I said we shouldn't do it today, but you were in such a hurry, even when I told you not to do it, that gave him an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Look what's happened now?"
Magistrate Xu quickly comforted her, saying, "Xiao'e, don't worry, this isn't necessarily a bad thing..."
"Isn't this a bad thing?"
"Listen to me—wait, go get your clothes first..."
Just as Magistrate Xu was about to speak, he glanced at the large expanse of snow-white skin on Madam Feng's body and immediately became aroused. This only proved that men are driven by their lower instincts. Even at this moment, he could still think about sex. However, Magistrate Xu was still frightened and swallowed hard while hurriedly reminding her to get her clothes.
Madam Feng was also frightened and quickly ran to the end of the side room to get her clothes. After the two of them were dressed, Prefect Xu explained, "I received a letter from the Grand Tutor a few days ago, instructing me on some matters. It shouldn't be long before an uprising breaks out in Jingzhou. As long as it succeeds, why should we be afraid of a man surnamed Jing?"
"real?"
“What the Grand Tutor said is certainly true! When the time comes, the Jing family will naturally not care about us, and once he is finished, his Da'an Newspaper will most likely go out of business. Then I can use some tricks to get the Feng Family Restaurant back into our hands! In this way, we can make a lot of money. Isn't that a good thing?”
Magistrate Xu analyzed with a chuckle.
"Then I hope that day... comes soon!"
Mrs. Feng also looked ahead.
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