My Husband Comes from the Future
My Husband Comes from the Future Chapter 137.2

Chapter 137: Spreading Joy 2/4

All of these stewards could read, and this book was easy to read… They took turns reading the book and also discussed the recent events in the capital city.

“King Jin is distorting right and wrong, but Eunuch Lu printed these ‘Records of Injustice’ to speak up for the people of Linhu County!”

“Eunuch Lu is a good person!”

“Master Qiantose is also a good person. The people of Linhu County are really pitiful!”

“It’s because of this book… How did Eunuch Lu’s men bind the book into such an ugly appearance?”

“It looks like it was bound by someone who had never bound a book before.”

“This book appeared suddenly; there was no sign of it before, and suddenly it’s everywhere!”

Wu Baichuan, holding this book, suddenly figured out many things.

He had talked to Duan Jin before, and although Duan Jin did speak the dialect from near Chongcheng County, his accent… Duan Jin should be from Linhu County!

Duan Jin’s hands were full of needle eyes, and he said he was making jewelry… Who would use needles to make jewelry? And with the boat swaying like that, making jewelry? How is that possible!

And his men saw the book…

The “Records of Injustice” that Eunuch Lu received, were they brought to the capital city by Duan Jin and the others?

Was Duan Jin Master Qiantose’s man?

No, it should be said… Was Li Qingzhi Master Qiantose’s man?

Wu Baichuan carefully recalled and became more and more certain of this matter.

Master Qiantose had been to Chongcheng County before, and Li Qingzhi… He turned the incident of Master Qiantose punishing Sun Juren into a story, and even a play came out later!

Li Qingzhi definitely knew Master Qiantose!

And also… Before coming to the capital city, because of the situation in Linhu County, the businessmen from Chongcheng County were worried… At that time, he got some news from the Chamber of Commerce, saying that after Li Qingzhi and Zhu Qian killed Master Yan, they had visited Linhu County.

Magistrate Gou also obviously admired Master Qiantose a lot, and even after Master Qiantose killed Master Yan, he began to measure the land.

Did Li Qingzhi arrange for these two to come to the capital city to save Master Qiantose?

But now in this situation… Would bringing the “Records of Injustice” to the capital city by these two people implicate him?

Although their backer was Eunuch Lu, if they offended King Jin, small businessmen like them would not have a good ending!

Wu Baichuan was extremely worried, and his face turned pale. The businessmen around him noticed and asked with concern, “Old Wu, are you okay?”

Wu Baichuan said, “I’m fine, just not feeling very comfortable.”

“Is it because the weather is too hot? This weather, it’s getting hotter day by day!” This person took out a large fan and fanned Wu Baichuan.

Wu Baichuan was scared into a cold sweat. Now, with the wind blowing, he couldn’t help but shiver a bit, and his hair stood on end.

The person stopped fanning and frowned, asking, “Old Wu, what’s wrong with you? Are you sick?”

It was at this moment that someone came in from outside. “Big news! There’s big news! It’s also considered good news! Hahaha!”

It was the leader of the Shen family’s people who came. He was also the highest-ranking person in the caravan. Everyone looked at him curiously. “Shopkeeper Shen, what’s the news?”

Shopkeeper Shen said, “The governor of Jiang’an Province has been replaced, and it’s someone from Eunuch Lu’s side!”

“Who is it?” everyone asked immediately.

These businessmen all wanted a good governor. Only when Jiang’an Province was stable could they do good business.

“It’s Magistrate Zhang! Magistrate hang from Hexing Prefecture! It turns out Magistrate Zhang killed someone in Linhu County with the Emperor’s secret decree!” Shopkeeper Shen smiled and relayed the news he had heard. “Magistrate Zhang has always been Eunuch Lu’s man. Previously, when Eunuch Lu found out that King Jin was causing trouble in the south, he pretended to quarrel with Magistrate Zhang and sent Magistrate Zhang to Hexing Prefecture as the prefect, secretly investigating the matter. Magistrate Zhang didn’t disappoint Eunuch Lu and found out a lot of things…”

After finishing, Shopkeeper Shen didn’t forget to praise Eunuch Lu: “Eunuch Lu is truly devoted to the people!”

The others in the caravan also praised Eunuch Lu.

When their backer wasn’t Eunuch Lu, they had always praised others. When their backer at the time, Lu Qingxi, had grievances, they would even speak ill of Lu Qingxi.

But now everyone had changed their tune.

After praising for a while, they also discussed the word of Magistrate Zhang, no, Governor Zhang.

Governor Zhang was a good official who wouldn’t cause trouble for no reason. He was really good.

Wu Baichuan kept nodding and said repeatedly, “Magistrate Zhang is really good. It’s great that he can be the governor!”

Wu Baichuan was really happy!

He had been worried before about being implicated, but in just a blink of an eye, Magistrate Zhang had become Governor Zhang!

According to his previous inference… Li Qingzhi knew Magistrate Zhang, and their relationship was pretty good!

Li Qingzhi’s future was definitely unlimited, and he had helped Li Qingzhi do something, so it could be considered as hitching onto this line!

He wouldn’t ask Li Qingzhi for any benefits just because he helped Li Qingzhi with a small favor, but he knew Li Qingzhi, and if something serious happened in the future, at least there would be someone to ask for help from!

From now on, he must always heed Li Qingzhi’s words.

Li Qingzhi was from a peasant family background, and within less than a year, he had established relationships with Governor Zhang and Eunuch Lu!

In Wu Baichuan’s mind, Li Qingzhi was almost omnipotent.

Wu Baichuan’s friend, who had fanned him with the fan, became even more puzzled — Wu Baichuan, who had just been pale, suddenly had a rosy complexion?

As they were talking, Feng Da arrived.

Feng Da had come to find Wu Baichuan.

He mentioned the dinner invitation from Chang Duan and, seeing other members of the caravan present, extended the invitation to them as well.

None of the caravan’s managers refused to go; they all smiled and agreed, even promising to bring generous gifts.

They didn’t know how Duan Jin had managed to get in Eunuch Lu’s good graces, but it was a fact that he had become Eunuch Lu’s man.

They definitely needed to ingratiate themselves with Duan Jin.

Including the shopkeepers from the Shen family’s caravan, there were only about twenty people, so Chang Duan set up three tables.

He, along with Feng Da and the shopkeeper, started preparing tomorrow’s dishes in advance.

Although the ingredients he used were not expensive, the preparation was meticulous. For example, with the pig lungs… they were repeatedly washed with water until they turned white, then all the lung tubes were carefully removed, and the lungs were stewed in chicken broth for a day and a night… The large lung lobes would shrink to the size of a chicken egg, and eight lung lobes would be arranged like a flower, then topped with a secret sauce, creating the “Blossoming Prosperity” dish from the Chang family’s recipe book.

This preparation resulted in the pig lungs melting in the mouth and their flavor was exquisite.

Chang Duan spent the whole day preparing all the dishes.

He invited those merchants for dinner, but they arrived early, so he led them to the upstairs private rooms to seat them.

After some greetings, when it was about time, Chang Duan had the cold dishes served first, then he personally went to the kitchen to prepare the hot dishes.

Jiang’an Province was prosperous, with a variety of delicacies. These merchants had traveled far and wide and had tasted various cuisines, so they were considered quite knowledgeable.

However, Chang’s ancestors were imperial chefs, and he prepared dishes that some of these merchants had never seen before but knew were exceptionally delicious.

After finishing the dishes, Chang Duan changed into a new outfit and continued drinking and chatting with them upstairs. During the banquet, he occasionally showed closeness to Wu Baichuan.

The shopkeeper and others understood his signal and expressed their intention to take care of Wu Baichuan more in the future.

Both hosts and guests enjoyed themselves.

After leaving the restaurant, the shopkeeper sighed, “The big restaurants in the capital are indeed different. Some of those dishes, I haven’t even heard of, let alone tasted.”

Others nodded in agreement, praising the deliciousness of the dishes and envying Wu Baichuan for having such a fellow townsman.

With a bit of alcohol in him, Wu Baichuan’s face was flushed, and he was in a great mood.

Today, he had also broadened his horizons.

The shopkeeper hadn’t even tasted those things before!

For instance, the pig lung… In Chongcheng County, pig liver, intestines, and heart were considered valuable, but nobody liked pig lungs. He had tried it once and found it unappetizing.

But the pig lungs made by Wu Baichuan… They didn’t even taste like pig lungs!

He was really lucky to know Li Qingzhi.

As Wu Baichuan and his friends enjoyed gourmet food, many households in Chongcheng County were also enjoying delicious braised dishes.

Li Qingzhi’s braised meat shop had been open for three or four days, but for the people of the county, it was still very fresh and delicious.

Those wealthy households… Perhaps they didn’t buy braised meat on the first day, but in the following days, they would have their servants wait in line to buy it and have it every day.

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