"but……"
The two simple words were enough to terrify Liang Xin, who broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that Qi Sichen was going to change his mind and punish him.
"You...you said..." He cautiously raised his head, and when he peeked at Qi Sichen's face, he saw that it wasn't too bad, but rather a little confused. He felt slightly relieved, but still asked with great nervousness, "If there's anything you want to say, my lord, I will tell you everything I know!"
Qi Sichen was capable enough to investigate his past thoroughly. Even if he wanted to hide it, he wouldn't have the ability, so he might as well just tell the truth.
Thinking of this gave Liang Xin a bit more confidence.
"However, there is something I am curious about. On my way to your county, I heard someone mention that there is some kind of minor deity in your county?" Qi Sichen asked lazily, seemingly casually.
Zhang Xiangyang cleverly went to Liang Xin's study, took out some of his treasured tea leaves, brewed some tea, and presented it to Qi Sichen.
Qi Sichen took the teacup, but only played with it in his hand, showing no intention of drinking it.
Hearing that Qi Sichen was actually going to ask Lin Wanyue?
"You mean her!" Liang Xin's face immediately lit up with excitement, his earlier panic gone, replaced by a hint of exhilaration. "That is indeed our county's little deity! Although she's young, she's certainly very capable. Just now... my apology for your rudeness was actually out of concern that someone might dare to harm our little deity, so I acted impulsively!"
"But our little fairy is truly a capable person. She's not even five years old yet, but not only is she adorable, she's also much more capable than those sixty- or seventy-year-old Taoist priests!"
"She can do everything from fortune-telling to summoning wind and rain! To be honest, I was blind before and even offended some minor deity, which is why I've come to know her abilities more and more."
Liang Xin looked ashamed and stammered, "It was only after being properly instructed by the little fairy that my mind came to its senses. I listened to her instructions and treated the people under my rule well, which led to the current situation. If it weren't for the little fairy, I'm afraid my mind would still be muddled, and I don't know how many stupid things I would have done."
Qi Sichen: "..."
Hearing his words, he remained noncommittal.
The guard standing beside him gave a soft snort, clearly not believing Liang Xin's words.
After all, since Liang Xin was capable of passing the imperial examination, he was at least one in a hundred, if not one in ten thousand, in terms of academic ability.
At such an advanced age, how dare you say your mind is muddled?
They're clearly stupid and wicked!
But since the master took it into consideration that he had corrected his mistake, he did not pursue the matter further, so the others did not say anything more.
Qi Sichen heard about this incident on his way to the county town by boat. At the restaurant where he was staying, a storyteller on the first floor was playing a clapper and recounting a story with great clarity: "A five-year-old fairy fights a bullying magistrate, and a sixty-year-old Taoist priest is beaten to a pulp."
Qi Sichen was skeptical, never expecting that Liang Xin, one of the parties involved in this story, would actually speak so highly of Lin Wanyue?
This was somewhat unexpected for him.
It seems that although Liang Xin has no conscience, he is a magnanimous person?
They don't hold grudges.
"Um...Sir," Liang Xin asked Qi Sichen with great eagerness, "Are you also planning to have your fortune told by the little fortune teller in our county? She's incredibly skilled at it; if there are any important matters in the court that you're struggling to decide..."
Before he could finish speaking, a cold gaze fell upon him, sharp and piercing like a knife.
"Don't nag about things I haven't told you!" the young guard said coldly.
"!!!"
Liang Xin then realized that he had overstepped his bounds.
How could a mere county magistrate like him have the right to interfere in matters of the imperial court?
He only said this because he thought the man didn't seem as ruthless as the rumors suggested.
Liang Xin opened his mouth as if to explain, but faced with the young guard's cold face, he silently swallowed back all the words he was about to say.
Quietly shut up and stand aside.
Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of him, Qi Sichen put down his teacup and walked away.
Liang Xin quickly led the others from the county government office to see them off.
After everyone had walked away, Liang Xin plopped down on the ground, wiping his sweat with his sleeve.
"No, are we just going to watch that lord leave like this?" Zhang Xiangyang quickly came over and pulled out his dirty handkerchief. "Are you sure you don't want to send someone to protect them? They seem to have a small number of people."
This year's harvest is plentiful, and there are far fewer bandits driven by hunger to become outlaws in the mountains than last year, but we still can't let our guard down!
An official who can frighten even their own county magistrate like this must be extremely powerful. If something were to happen in such a small place as theirs...
Zhang Xiangyang was a little worried about the head he had managed to keep with such difficulty.
Liang Xin refused to take his dirty handkerchief with disgust, and said weakly, "You still dare to protect him? Do you want to die? He only brought a few people with him on the surface, but the people he brought behind the scenes could probably wipe out our entire county without any problem."
"Then...then are we just going to watch like this?" Zhang Xiangyang scratched his head, looking in the direction Qi Sichen had left, unsure of what to do.
"Don't worry about so much! Just do your jobs well, especially these next few days. Don't make any mistakes, otherwise! It's not a big deal if you die, but I'm afraid I'll be implicated by you." Liang Xin warned with utmost seriousness.
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