The First Volume of Qinghe County

  Three or five lanterns shone into the house, instantly breaking through the darkness.

  The ox carefully avoided the broken wine jars on the ground, bent down to take a look at the terrifying corpse, touched the deeply embedded fragments on the corpse's forehead, and then stood up, waving his hand: "Bring that old woman up!"

  The old woman was led into the house by two bailiffs. After all, she was a woman and had been frightened by the corpse just now. This time, she didn't dare to look again and turned her body sideways with her back to them, not saying a word.

  "What's going on here, you old hag?" Cow Head shouted: "You'd better turn around and take a look! Whose corpse is this?"

  "Hey, I'm telling you, this dead guy is short and small, can we find another one in Qinghe County?" The venomous-eyed yamen couldn't help but interject: "Isn't it that Wu Da who sells pancakes?"

  "What did you say?" The cow head flipped its ears and went up to directly slap one ear: "Can't you see that the boss is asking questions? You, get out and stay there!"

  The yamen runner covered his ears and walked towards the door, still muttering to himself: "Can't take care of yourself...and yet won't let others speak..."

  The cow kicked with a blue face and directly kicked the self-proclaimed fellow out of the door.

  "Come on! Clear the table and bring the dead man over!" Niu Da Tou ordered, "Let this old woman take a good look!"

  Two bailiffs came up, looked at the messy table, frowned and grabbed the table leg with a force, directly flipping the table over.

  Clang clang, what wine bowls and plates, all were cleared away in an instant, how refreshing!

  Two bailiffs, one holding the head and the other holding the feet, didn't exert much effort to lift up the corpse and placed it on the table.

  "Old woman, take a good look!" The cow-headed man slapped his chest and grabbed Wang Po like a small chicken, pulling her to the front of the table: "Light the lanterns, make it bright!"

  You're really something! You don't even understand this much! After all, my wife is also acquainted with your superior!

  The old woman's face was dark and cold, staring at the blood on the corpse that had already turned black. Whatever the reason, this man who often beat his wife was now dead.

  "Recognized me?" The cow looked at Wang Po with narrowed eyes, this old woman must know a lot of things, and she had to ask them all out.

  "I've recognized him." Old Lady Wang nodded slightly: "It's Wu Da, who lives in this house and usually sells pancakes at the crossroads."

  "Then who are you?" Niu Dou asked again: "Why did you appear here?"

  "The old woman is Wang Po from the tea house next door. She heard a big commotion over here at night and thought it was suspicious, so she came out to take a look."

  "What did you see?"

  "When his wife arrived, he was already dead."

  "Where's your lantern?" Niu Da Tou suddenly asked: "It's almost midnight, you come out to check, not even bringing a lantern?"

  "My wife and I were born with a pair of night eyes, and looking at this side seems to be somewhat bright. Hurriedly coming out, there was no time to light the lantern." Wang Po replied calmly and without hesitation.

  "Night eyes? You're just a pair of thieving eyes." Niu Dutou's expression changed: "You didn't even bring lanterns, are you here to help or cause trouble?"

  Wang Po, a woman in her fifties, wouldn't have any of it: "Don't try to bully an old lady like me. Neighborhood watch is the rule of our great Song Dynasty, and I'm here to help."

  "Good." The cow's head nodded: "Since you said that, then I'll ask you, where did the wife of Wu Da go?"

  "When the old woman arrived, she only saw Wu Dalang's dead body and didn't see any sign of Pan Jinlian." Wang Po replied fluently.

  "What do you think Wu Da died of?"

  "I don't know." Wang Po replied curtly, "But it's true that Guo Ge, the fruit seller, has been coming to Wudang frequently these days to drink wine. It wouldn't hurt to investigate him a bit."

  "Xiong brother? Suddenly, the image of that thin figure appeared in Niu's mind, carrying a basket and shouting on the street. How did this kid get so familiar with Wu Da? Most likely it was because he coveted Wu Da's wife Pan Jinlian's beauty, always hanging out at Wu's house."

  This little brat doesn't even dare to show his face in front of himself, let alone compare with our esteemed County Magistrate? And he dares to compete with the County Magistrate for a woman?

  Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian's affair had long been a topic of discussion in the yamen.

  Especially those guys who have nothing to do every day, talking as if others are doing things and they are watching from the side, don't even know where they heard it from, the more they talk, the more absurd it becomes, even how Ximen Qing did Pan Jinlian, what posture he used, how long he took, all said clearly.

  The cow suddenly thought of this and suddenly remembered that Wu Da was actually his colleague, the brother of the tiger-slaying hero Wu Song.

  This is getting out of hand!

  The cow's head suddenly changed color, Wu Song was the kind of person who could beat a tiger to death with his bare fists. If he found out that his brother had died, wouldn't he turn the whole place upside down?

  No way, Niu Dou realized this matter was too big and he couldn't make a decision on his own.

  "Come in!"

  "Agreed!"

  "Take Wudalang's body to the mortuary and have it placed there, seize this old woman and wait for County Magistrate to make a decision!"

  The cow said it very loudly, as if afraid someone hadn't heard.

  Today, the two yamen runners who came with him are quite familiar with Wu Song. They follow him around all day, and if he makes a slight mistake, it will be distorted into something else once it reaches their mouths.

  Anyway, with County Magistrate still around, I'd be a fool to take the fall! That Pan Jinlian, didn't she run off to County Magistrate's residence? These two people, if things don't go well, they might really have an illicit affair!

  The rough cow's eyes flashed with cunning, if Wu Song and Ximen Qing were to fight, the snipe and the clam would struggle, and he might be able to take advantage of the situation!

  Ximen Qing, although busy for the whole afternoon, returned to his mansion and called for Fu Zhuangcai. He was in high spirits as he pulled Fu together to study An Gong's prescription.

  His hand trembled slightly as he picked up the note, looking at the familiar handwriting. Fu Zhuang's voice was also shaking: "Master, where did you get this from?"

  "Oh, it was given by Dr. An." Ximen Qing smiled complacently: "This...the divine doctor has a beauty in his arms, why bother with these mundane things? These mundane things, of course, are left to someone like me, a mundane person, to handle."

  Fu suddenly had an urge to kneel down, this was the unspoken secret of the An Shen Medical House! The An Shen Medicine was more important than life itself, how could it be taken out so easily?

  "Co-development?" Ximen Qing laughed and said: "This prescription is left in the hands of Doctor Anshen, it can benefit himself, if combined with Jingyang Spring, it will definitely benefit the world!"

  Fu suddenly became speechless: "So you're saying, Master is not planning on spending money anymore?"

  "Come on, sell it! Why don't you sell?" Ximen Qing's eyebrows danced with excitement: "I dare not say more, this bottle of Ten-whole Great Supplement wine, at least buy three to five guan!"

  Looking at Ximen Qing's gestures of the bottle size, Fu Zhuang said with a dead heart: "Boss, this Jingyang Spring is already 100 coins per bottle, it's simply a sky-high price. You've added more than ten times to that, can anyone afford it?"

  "In Qinghe County, of course, it can't be sold." Ximen Qing nodded: "So I plan to go to Tokyo to sell, and ask you to come over to calculate the cost, see how much medicinal materials are needed to configure a jar of wine, and what is the cost?"

  Fu Zhuanggui took a glance at Fang Zi, and indeed there were many precious medicinal materials in it. However, to be honest, this cost was simply negligible compared to the selling price of three to five guan.

  "The cost of medicinal materials is not high, mainly because the preparation process is complicated and requires careful attention."

  "Good!" Ximen Qing danced with joy, as if he saw countless moths flying around in front of him: "People are not a problem, from tomorrow on, you can discuss and do it with An Shen Yi, I will notify the winery to send ten jars of Jingyang Spring wine to help you practice."

  "In terms of medicinal materials, we must use the best ones. For this Ten-wholesome Great Supplement Wine, everything has to be top-notch!"

  "What is Doctor An doing at this time? Why isn't anyone in sight?" Fu Zhuangguan looked at Fang Zi, thought for a moment, and still didn't quite understand some of the key points.

  "Oh, this... Anshen Medical Joy Mei * daughter, this must be to close the door and celebrate." Ximen Qing squeezed his eyes.

  I'm going!

  Fu Zhan'gai looked at Ximen Qing who had no shame and put the letter in his sleeve, hastily paid his respects and fled in a hurry.

  "Master, I'll come back tomorrow to discuss with the divine doctor."

  "Uh, come a bit later tomorrow." Ximen Qing smiled and said: "This...the divine doctor is probably not going to get up that early!"

  After seeing off Fu Zhanggui, Ximen Qing looked up at the sky and saw that it was already late. He simply ate something and then pulled Xue'er into the house, saying "We're still young, can't let 40-year-old An Shen doctor look down on us!"

  With excitement, Ximen Qing was invincible and made Snowy lose her helmet and armor, begging for mercy again and again.

  "Master, Xue'er can't take it anymore, spare Xue'er." Xue'er felt that her waist was almost paralyzed.

  "Will Master get it or won't he?" Ximen Qing teased with a lingering tone.

  "Will be handled... Master will handle it..." Xue Er was already being pushed onto the Li Bo's **, her voice was intermittent: "Xue Er... this time is dead."

  After extreme pleasure, Ximen Qing finally spared Snowy, and the two of them didn't wear clothes, just like that, naked and sleeping together...

  This shameful habit was demanded by Ximen Qing of Yuxiao, sleeping naked has its benefits!

  Sleeping naked can relieve stress and eliminate fatigue!

  Sleeping naked can be good for beauty!

  Sleeping naked can let you have zero-distance hugs with your loved one!

  Upon hearing this, Xue Er's first reaction was to pout.

  Isn't it for convenience? Master is too lazy!

  What's with this zero-distance hug, it's clear you want to become a negative distance at any time!

  However, after several nights, Xue'er found herself slowly liking this feeling and especially liked to entwine around Xi Menqing like an octopus.

  Ximen Qing had just fallen asleep when he heard what sounded like someone lightly knocking on the door outside.

  "Whatever it is, let's talk about it tomorrow!" Ximen Qing replied sleepily and irritably: "The world hasn't ended yet, don't bother me!"

  "Old master, it's Pan Jinlian who has come. She says that Wu Dalang is dead!" The voice outside the door seemed to be Xiaotianqing's, but it sounded a bit strange, both urgent and deliberately lowered.

  "What!" Ximen Qing's body shook violently and he was completely awake!