Chapter 121: Braised Meat Recipe 2/2

He could also make some profit for himself.

Linhu County was truly a wealthy place. Even though the Lou family had taken over so much land, the people here could still make a living.

At this moment, someone suddenly rushed in from outside. “Sir, something bad has happened!”

“What do you mean something bad? I’m fine!” The county magistrate was displeased.

The servant froze, trembling all over, unable to speak.

The county magistrate realized something was wrong. “What happened?”

And as soon as he asked, a group of soldiers rushed in from outside, subdued him, and dragged him outside the county office.

It was only then that the county magistrate realized he was truly in trouble.

But he still held on to a glimmer of hope. He was a magistrate, and he couldn’t be disposed of so easily.

He also knew a lot of things about the King of Jin. The King of Jin would definitely find a way to save him.

Thinking like this, when he saw Magistrate Zhang, he said, “Magistrate, I am an official appointed by the court. How can you treat me like this?”

“Kneel!” Magistrate Zhang ordered.

Naturally, the county magistrate didn’t want to kneel. But just then, someone came up behind him and kicked him in the back of his knees.

Unconsciously, he knelt down.

Once he knelt down, Magistrate Zhang slammed his gavel and began interrogating him…

Magistrate Zhang had made up his mind.

As a magistrate, he couldn’t just arbitrarily execute a county magistrate. But after arresting the county magistrate, he had no intention of letting him live.

He would act first and report later, getting rid of this person!

Similarly, there were Lou family members who had committed crimes that needed to be dealt with.

As for why he had to do this… he was afraid that if he didn’t, these people would escape punishment and emerge unscathed.

The Emperor was already in his forties and still had no heir… Over the years, he has been very indulgent towards King Jin. He should also be considering letting King Jin ascend to the throne.

In such a situation… even the Emperor wouldn’t dare offend King Jin.

The Emperor would also be afraid—afraid that after his death, the King Jin might mistreat his concubines, imperial consorts, and two daughters.

Various thoughts flashed through Magistrate Zhang’s mind. Then, following the example of County Magistrate Gou, he interrogated County Magistrate Yan in front of the people of Linhu County.

He had read all the books praising County Magistrate Gou written by Li Qingzhi. At the time, he felt that it was particularly satisfying that County Magistrate Gou openly interrogated Zhang Yunquan.

Now, he could also have his moment of satisfaction!

County Magistrate Yan had committed many atrocities, and Chang Zhan was not his only victim.

Magistrate Zhang directly sentenced him to death and ordered the soldiers to execute him immediately.

Both County Magistrate Yan and the people of Linhu County were stunned.

But after County Magistrate Yan was stunned, he started begging for mercy, saying that Magistrate Zhang didn’t have the authority to do this. The people cheered.

“Magistrate Zhang is a good person!”

“Kill him! Kill him!”

“This guy is finally going to die!”

…

The captain of the soldiers looked at Magistrate Zhang with some concern. “Magistrate Zhang, isn’t it inappropriate to just behead County Magistrate Yan?”

A magistrate actually beheads a county magistrate… After this incident passed, Magistrate Zhang wouldn’t fare well!

Magistrate Zhang needed the soldiers’ help, so he lied: “I have a secret decree from His Majesty. His Majesty allows me to do this!”

The captain of the soldiers fell silent upon hearing this.

Although everyone thought that the King of Jin would be the next emperor, the current emperor is still alive!

After killing County Magistrate Yan, Magistrate Zhang had the Lou family members brought in and, starting with Mr. Lou, interrogated them one by one.

He had found some victims in advance and gathered enough evidence to sentence Mr. Lou to death.

Then, something unexpected happened—new victims emerged and accused Mr. Lou!

Seeing that he had really killed County Magistrate Yan, the people of Linhu County began to believe in him.

Mr. Lou was also sentenced to death, and Magistrate Zhang, as before, ordered the soldiers to execute him on the spot.

Seeing this scene, the Lou family cried incessantly.

They begged desperately for mercy, but Magistrate Zhang didn’t listen at all!

After bringing Mr. Lou’s eldest son forward, Magistrate Zhang continued the interrogation…

That day, the courtyard of the Linhu County office was covered in blood, much of which flowed into the river.

It was quite a terrifying scene, but the people of Linhu County were cheering.

Some even scooped up the river water to drink—there was the blood of the villains in that river!

They had long wanted to tear apart those villains, eat their flesh, and drink their blood!

Magistrate Zhang was truly a good official!

While Magistrate Zhang was making a big scene in Linhu County, in Miaoqian Village, the villagers gathered near the Li family’s house, eagerly awaiting the banquet.

The Li family’s braised meat was truly delicious, and they couldn’t wait to eat it!

Of course, even though the braised meat was delicious, they hadn’t forgotten why they were attending the banquet.

The Li family hosted this banquet because Li Qingzhi was the first to solve the case at the provincial examination!

Li Qingzhi was really clever!

Li Qingzhi was talking to someone when Aunt Jin suddenly squeezed over and touched Li Qingzhi’s forehead with her hand.

Li Qingzhi looked puzzled, then saw Aunt Jin put her hand on her own son’s forehead and say, “God, bless my son to be as smart as Li Qingzhi…”

After saying that, seeing Li Qingzhi looking at her with confusion, Aunt Jin said, “Ah Qing, you know, my son is particularly dumb… I’m borrowing some of your cleverness to enlighten my son!”

Li Qingzhi: “…”, He had never seen such a thing before!

Li Qingzhi felt speechless at Aunt Jin’s behavior. Suddenly, an elder from Aunt Jin’s family followed suit, touching his forehead and then his own, saying, “I’ll enlighten myself.”

“I want enlightenment too!”

“Enlighten my son too!”

“And mine!”

…

Without thinking, Li Qingzhi ran away. Although he liked physical contact with people, he didn’t like being touched on the head with dirty hands.

Moreover, with so many people… his forehead might lose a layer of skin or even be rubbed bald!

But Li Qingzhi underestimated the villagers’ persistence.

After he ran into the house and refused the villagers’ requests for “enlightenment,” they didn’t dare touch his forehead anymore, but they all looked at him with imploring eyes… being stared at by a group of middle-aged and elderly people made Li Qingzhi extremely uncomfortable. He could only take out some articles he had written: “My talent is all in these articles; you can touch them.”

Then, the villagers queued up to touch his articles and then touched their own foreheads, trying to absorb the talent from his articles.

This scene… looked like some strange religious ritual. “These people, it’s useless at all!” Li Qingzhi sighed.

Jin Xiaoye said, “Not necessarily; maybe it really works.”

Li Qingzhi was puzzled—since when did Jin Xiaoye become superstitious?

Jin Xiaoye said, “After being in contact with you for a long time, I always feel that I’m getting smarter…” Her memory now was much better than before.

Li Qingzhi: “…”, Jin Xiaoye did indeed become smarter, but not because she was “enlightened” by being with him, but because he used his abilities to help Jin Xiaoye develop her brain a bit.

Just as he was thinking this, Li Qingzhi was touched on the forehead by Jin Xiaoye, who then quickly followed suit by putting her hand on her own forehead.

Li Qingzhi cleared his throat, “Xiaoye, using hands is not very effective, forehead to forehead is better…”

He lowered his head, aligning his forehead with Jin Xiaoye’s, their foreheads touching. Was there anything further than this?

Just as he was about to get intimate, Li Damao and Li Ermao came in and said, “Dad, Mom, what are you doing?”

Li Qingzhi looked serious. “I’m imparting some intelligence to your mother.”

Li Ermao exclaimed, “Wow, Dad, I want too; I want to become smart!”

Li Damao also looked hopefully at Li Qingzhi.

Li Qingzhi had no choice but to pick up the two children and press their foreheads together.

Since it had come to this… He used his abilities to make them a little smarter.