Chapter 027 Finalization

Zhao Yucheng took Yuan Ming to his own carriage and came to the gate of the town government with him.

When the two got off the carriage, Yuan Ming was more calm and composed, as if he was just here for fun.

Zhao Yucheng hesitated for a long time before finally speaking: "Brother Yuan, the governor was really angry yesterday. He has been frowning today. He called you here now. I'm afraid it has something to do with what happened yesterday."

Yuan Ming understood: "I know."

Zhao Yucheng was slightly surprised: "Aren't you worried at all?"

"I just did what I thought was right. The governor is very clear about right and wrong. Maybe this time he wants to reward me."

Zhao Yucheng: "..."

Yuan Ming said so, what else could he say? It seemed that the emperor was not anxious but the supervisor was.

After a few words, they arrived at the inner courtyard of the town yamen, which was the residence of the governor.

The servant led them through a long corridor and came to the back garden. In the middle of the red flowers and green grass sat a small pavilion with flying eaves. The town guard was sitting at the chess table in the pavilion.

The two walked back and forth across the path paved with goose-warm stones in the middle of the garden, stopped in front of the pavilion, and bowed.

The town guard had a gentle look and smiled as he asked them to sit down.

The maid served tea, and the town guard invited them to drink tea while asking about the progress of the classes in the school. At first glance, he looked like an elder who cared about the younger generation.

Unfortunately, Yuan Ming had seen too many intrigues and easily saw the deep calculations in the town guard's gentle eyes.

After a round of small talk, the town guard said, "Today, I have ordered people to thoroughly investigate the cases of Qin Qiaoer and Wang Qian. Both parties have hidden secrets, but I have spared her from imprisonment because she is just a weak woman and she is the victim of this case. I have only fined her some money. As for Wang Qian, he was so bold that he bribed the clerks around me. The chrysanthemum banquet is a small matter, but the imperial examination is a big matter. I have reason to suspect that he will use the same trick to interfere with the imperial examination, so I sentenced him to five years of hard labor and banned him from taking exams for life. . "

After saying this, he looked at Yuan Ming meaningfully: "Do you think my judgment is fair?"

Yuan Ming and Zhao Yucheng looked at each other and bowed, saying: "Your Excellency has a clear mind. You have found out the truth and helped the weak. I think it is very good.

" Zhao Yucheng followed up, "I agree with what Brother Yuan said."

The guard's eyes moved between the two of them, and he suddenly laughed heartily: "That's good."

After that, he said some meaningless nonsense and let them go back.

Just as the two were about to leave, the town guard suddenly said, "My nephew Yucheng and my daughter Zhiyan grew up together, so we can be considered childhood sweethearts. It's just that you were busy with your studies and rarely saw each other. If you have time in the future, you can come to our house more often."

Zhao Yucheng was delighted to hear this and quickly said, "Thank you, sir. I will."

Because of this sentence, Zhao Yucheng seemed a little excited until he left the town government.

Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows: "Brother Zhao really loves Miss Fu. I have known you for so long, but I have never seen you so emotional."

Zhao Yucheng was stunned and blushed, but he did not deny: "Miss Zhiyan is both talented and beautiful, so she has many admirers."

Yuan Ming smiled: "From what the town governor said, it seems that he is interested in marrying you. Brother Zhao should seize the opportunity."

Zhao Yucheng nodded repeatedly. After a moment, he frowned: "But before today, my father mentioned it to the governor many times, but the governor either avoided the topic or said that it was not appropriate for the marriage. Why did he suddenly change his mind?"

"He had always refused to agree, but suddenly changed his mind?" Yuan Ming thought.

When he returned home, Yuan Ming met an unexpected person.

Qin Qiaoer and the two elders of the Qin family stood up when they saw him come in, with the same smile on their faces.

Ji Qingyue ran to Yuan Ming and asked worriedly, "Why did you come back so late today?"

"The teacher asked me to do some work. I'm sorry to have worried you." Yuan Ming patted him on the back to comfort him.

Ji Qingyue shook her head: "I'm glad that my husband is okay."

He looked at the other three people in the courtyard and explained: "Uncle Qin brought gifts to thank us."

Yuan Ming looked down and saw five boxes of different sizes piled at their feet. He nodded: "Uncle Qin is too polite. We didn't do anything. It was Miss Qin who remained calm in the face of danger. It was her own credit."

Qin's father hurriedly said: "If it weren't for you, my Qiao'er would definitely not see Wang Qian's true face clearly, and would not really let him go. It's right to take some things."

Yuan Ming didn't say anything else.

Qin's father and mother looked at each other, and seeing that Yuan Ming didn't want to say more, they didn't stay any longer and quickly left.

Before leaving, Yuan Ming stopped Qin Qiaoer and said, "Miss Qin, I want to ask you, what did the town keeper ask you in private?"

Qin Qiaoer thought for a moment and said, "At that time, he called Wang Qian to confront me face to face. He didn't ask much except what happened between us."

Yuan Ming nodded.

"By the way, the town keeper didn't ask anything, but I think Wang Qian is a little strange." Qin Qiaoer added, "He never told me why he took Yue Ge'er to the waterside pavilion at the chrysanthemum banquet. When I mentioned this, the town keeper acted as if he knew something and stopped Wang Qian from talking."

After sending the Qin family away, Yuan Ming turned around and closed the door, thinking about what Qin Qiaoer said.

The reason why Wang Qian tricked Ji Qingyue to the waterside pavilion was to make Ji Qingyue push Fu Zhiyan into the pool. Ji Qingyue was the county magistrate's brother, so even if he did something, the town keeper would not dare to blame him, and Wang Qian could take advantage of the situation to save the beauty and win the favor of Fu Zhiyan and the town keeper.

If the town keeper knew about this... he would definitely not let Wang Qian go, so he sentenced him so heavily, under the pretext of protecting the fairness of the imperial examination, but in fact it was a revenge to make Wang Qian unable to turn over.

Yuan Ming's eyes flickered slightly. He now knew why the town keeper wanted to see him, but after meeting him, he only said some useless words, and when he saw that Zhao Yucheng had a good relationship with him, he agreed to let Zhao Yucheng and Fu Zhiyan get along.

The reason was actually him, or to be more precise, Ji Qingyue.

His marriage to Ji Qingyue was very simple. The county magistrate looked down on him as a son-in-law and did not even attend the wedding, let alone make it public. Therefore, very few people knew the true identity of his husband.

And now, the town governor also knew it.

He wanted to get in touch with the county magistrate through Zhao Yucheng.

Yuan Ming couldn't help but worry about his IQ. Not to mention whether his relationship with Zhao Yucheng was that good, he was just an unpopular brother-in-law who was not in the eyes of the county magistrate at all. What good could he be expected to bring?

"Husband, there is sweet-scented osmanthus cake here, it smells so good!" Ji Qingyue held up an oil paper bag in her hand, and those exquisitely packaged gift boxes were scattered all over the table.

Yuan Ming shook his head when he saw this, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

His husband was really generous. He knew that he was being used, but he could still eat the things sent to him.

Once Qin Qiaoer's matter was settled, the world became quiet again. Yuan Ming did not attend the trial the next day. He just listened to Liu Shaoxuan's gossip that the Qin family had lost a lot of money. Yuan Ming forgot about it and did not take it to heart.

The days returned to peace, and soon it was time for Yuan Ming to submit his manuscript.

During these ten days, the sales volume of Shi Ri Yi Du has always remained the highest in the store, and the total amount has even reached half of the entire store. Shopkeeper Zhao hummed a little tune every day, and his whole face was radiant. When he saw Yuan Ming coming in, his eyes were shining like a cat seeing a mouse.

"Mr. Yuan, I have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time, and finally you are here." Shopkeeper Zhao invited him to the lounge, busying himself diligently and pouring tea himself.

Yuan Ming said, "The agreed submission date is today. Why is the shopkeeper in a hurry to see me?" Shopkeeper

Zhao smiled, took out a banknote from the drawer and handed it to him.

Seeing the face value on it, Yuan Ming was a little surprised: "So much, there are only so many people in Shifang Town, even if everyone buys one, it is impossible to make so much money."

"Shi Ri Yi Du" was Yuan Ming's idea, and the advertising promotion depended entirely on his serialization. The shopkeeper was very sincere and gave him 30% of the profit, but the face value of the banknote was really a bit large.

"It's not just Shifang Town." Shopkeeper Zhao smiled so hard that his eyebrows were not visible. "People in other counties have also heard about Ten Days of Easy Reading and are very interested in it. Several bookstores have offered olive branches to us some time ago and have reserved hundreds of copies at a time."

Yuan Ming suddenly realized that he had read Ten Days of Easy Reading a long time ago. In addition to his serials, it also contains many short essays, storytelling, food recommendation articles, etc., all of which are excellent works, carefully selected by Shopkeeper Zhao. Yuan Ming knew that Ten Days of Easy Reading would be popular, but he didn't expect it to be so popular so quickly.

After receiving the banknote, Yuan Ming took out the new manuscript.

Shopkeeper Zhao carefully accepted it without even glancing at it, and it seemed that he trusted him very much.

After talking about the manuscript, the clerk handed him the letter that Ji Qingyue wrote to Brother Jin as usual.

This time the letter was very thick, and the envelope was bulging.

When he arrived at the school, there was still some time before the class, so Yuan Ming came to the back garden, found a secluded place, and took out the letter. It was

a full five pages. The first two pages expressed his love for Brother Jin's new article, and the rest...

"Sorry to bother you, there is something that has been bothering me, and I would like to take this opportunity to ask for your opinion..."

After reading it, Yuan Ming felt complicated.

Ji Qingyue told Brother Jin about the matter between Qin Qiaoer and Wang Qian, and also told him about their establishment of a team to help others. In the end, he doubted whether what he did was right. If it was right, why was he not understood and instead used by others. If it was wrong, did it mean that he should not continue.

Yuan Ming folded the letter and put it neatly into the envelope.

He returned to the classroom, took out a pen and paper, and wanted to write a reply to Ji Qingyue, but he couldn't put pen to paper.

It was an accident that he used Brother Jin's pseudonym, but once a lie was spread, countless lies were needed to cover it up. He didn't want to deceive Ji Qingyue again.

After thinking for a long time, he couldn't write a single word.