After she became a county magistrate, she took the ghost to investigate the case

Chapter 270: Fellow Countryman Meets Fellow Countryman

"Let's just forget about this matter today. You can leave after you pay the fine." The county magistrate waved his hand.

"Yes, sir, thank you, sir." Hu Weihua replied with great respect.

Then he immediately paid the fine and left the county government with Xu Yingying and the other two.

Xu Yingying felt very guilty when she looked at the child following her, so she gave the child some money as compensation.

After getting the money, the child happily said goodbye to Xu Yingying and the others.

On the road.

Xu Yingying asked Hu Weihua curiously, "What is going on?"

Hu Weihua explained helplessly after hearing this: "The specific situation is that the Western Region has newly promulgated a law, which means that everyone must go to the county government to apply for a business license before selling anything."

At this point, Hu Weihua gave a bitter smile and explained helplessly: "In fact, the so-called business license is just an excuse for the government to legitimately extort money from merchants so that the government can exploit the people."

"Ah? So that's how it is!" Xu Yingying said with sudden enlightenment.

Li Siqi, who was standing by, couldn't help but sigh: "The county magistrate here is too evil!"

"Yes, but what can we do when we have no power or influence?" Hu Weihua nodded helplessly.

After much thought, Xu Yingying decided to stop selling tea, take her things and go to an inn to rest.

Although they brought a lot of special products from the Central Plains this time, after much thought they finally decided that life was more important and they didn't want to be sued for selling things again, as that would be a waste of time.

Moreover, they used all the money from selling things today to redeem the two of them. When they calculated carefully, they even spent two hundred taels of silver.

When she thought of this, Xu Yingying stopped thinking about it.

After some searching by Xu Yingying and Li Siqi, they finally found an inn run by someone from the Central Plains.

Xu Yingying's eyes suddenly lit up, and she waved her hand and decided to move in.

As they were both from the Central Plains and could speak the same language, she could then ask the innkeeper for information and quickly find clues about the cold poison.

Thinking of this, Xu Yingying couldn't wait to take Li Siqi and the others to move in.

night.

Xu Yingying changed her clothes and appeared in front of the boss, then deliberately hung around him.

Sure enough, this move quickly attracted the attention of the innkeeper.

The boss looked at Xu Yingying excitedly and asked, "Are you from Central Plains too?"

Xu Yingying pretended to be surprised and nodded, "Yes, I am from Central Plains. My friend and I came here to buy some herbs."

The boss became extremely excited when he heard this, "Great, I finally met a fellow countryman, I'm also from Central Plains."

After hearing this, Xu Yingying became very excited.

The two felt like they had met too late, and immediately sat down at the table and started chatting.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Xu Yingying saw that the time was almost right, so she started asking about the antidote for the cold poison.

"Boss, do you know where to buy the antidote for the cold poison?"

Xu Yingying asked the boss eagerly.

The boss was slightly stunned when he heard the voice, then thought for a while and finally said: "The antidote for the cold poison is only available to the royal family. On weekdays, the royal family basically stays in the capital and never goes out of the front door or the back door."

When Xu Yingying heard this, her entire face was filled with disappointment. "Ah! Is that so!"

To go to someone else's house and get them out, isn't that like pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth and walking into a trap?

When she thought of this, Xu Yingying felt overwhelmed.

"What's wrong? Why are you asking about this? Is someone infected with cold poison?" the boss asked.

Xu Yingying nodded and answered very obediently: "To be honest, my brother got the cold poison. He got the cold poison for no apparent reason since he was born."

"I took him to look for doctors in the Central Plains, but no one could find the antidote. Some knowledgeable doctors heard that there was an antidote in the Western Regions, so I brought him all the way here to look for it."

Xu Yingying explained helplessly.

When the boss heard this, he suddenly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, "So that's how it is!"

He immediately fell into deep thought. Seeing this, Xu Yingying thought that the search for the antidote would fail.

But the next second, the boss's words turned things around.

"But...it just so happens that another royal family member is surveying the terrain in the past few days in Yuquan and is planning to build a mansion here. It's near the southern part of the city. Can't we go and ask around?"

The boss looked at Xu Yingying and spoke thoughtfully.

When Xu Yingying heard this, she became extremely excited. This was simply great news for her.

"Thank you, thank you so much." Xu Yingying said gratefully.

"It's okay. I didn't help you with anything. It's just a small thing, a piece of cake." The boss said modestly.

After saying goodbye to her boss, Xu Yingying excitedly went upstairs to share the exciting news with Li Siqi.

Li Siqi was extremely happy when he heard the news that there was an antidote for the cold poison.

They made a prompt decision and went to look for the royal residence the next day to inquire about the situation.

The next day, under the guidance of the boss, Li Siqi and Xu Yingying successfully found the unfinished royal mansion.

After some discussion, the two decided to find an opportunity to move near the royal residence so that they could get clues about the royal family and then wait for an opportunity to find an antidote for the cold poison.

In this way, the two returned to the inn with a full harvest.

noon.

"what--"

"my head."

"it hurts."

Xu Yingying heard some unusual movement coming from Li Siqi's room, so she rushed in, only to find Li Siqi lying on the floor of the room groaning in pain.

"This is... the cold poison." Xu Yingying took a look with her shortsightedness and immediately understood the cause of the incident.

She hurriedly helped Li Siqi to the bed, and then planned to go to the drugstore to buy some medicine. Since she could not speak Mandarin, after thinking it over, she took Hu Weihua with her and asked Hu Weihua to act as an interpreter, while she left a servant to take care of Li Siqi.

Under the guidance of Hu Weihua, Xu Yingying quickly found a pharmacy. Just as she was about to go in, a gorgeously decorated carriage suddenly appeared and went straight to Xu Yingying.

Seeing that the carriage was about to hit Xu Yingying, the driver forcibly controlled the horse.

The violent shaking of the carriage instantly aroused dissatisfaction among the men in the car. A well-dressed man stuck his head out. His face was full of dissatisfaction and his body was full of hostility.

But the moment the man saw Xu Yingying, he was stunned.

He likes women from the Central Plains the most.

Then a malicious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Yes, because the incident happened suddenly, Xu Yingying forgot to disguise herself and ran away.