Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Chapter 236 Staff

Some of the remaining people had already received their sesame cakes, while others hadn't. They looked at each other in bewilderment, when an old man stepped in to smooth things over: "Never mind, little one, look, these sesame cakes are worth your wages."

Another person said, "Yeah, young man, don't let us run out of sesame cakes. Take them, we're just unlucky today."

"you!"

Lin Chuqi was so angry that she threw the sesame seed cake on the ground, grabbed the worker's wrist, and shouted angrily, "Come with me to the yamen!"

"Who do you think you are, daring to arrest me!"

Although Lin Chuqi was exhausted, the recruiters seemed to rarely do heavy work. In the midst of the shoving, Lin Chuqi, who was in a fit of anger, actually dragged him all the way to the street.

Suddenly, an angry voice rang out: "You two! What are you doing!"

Two rows of yamen runners surrounded her, and Lin Chuqi instantly heard a very familiar voice: "Young master, what a coincidence!"

Turning around, I saw that it was indeed Wei Fuguang, who was bowing with a half-smile.

The county magistrate, who had been angrily questioning earlier, rushed over. He was stunned to see the provincial governor bowing to a street thug. He cautiously asked, "Lord Wei, who is this...?"

"This is the brother-in-law of the current Prince Jing, Young Master Lin."

Upon hearing this, the crowd erupted in uproar, and the recruiter was utterly terrified. He quickly pulled out a string of coins from his pocket, presented them to Lin Chuqi with both hands, and said with a forced smile, "I was blind to your greatness. Young Master Lin, you are a magnanimous man, please don't hold it against me."

Lin Chuqi awkwardly turned cold: "My wages are eighteen coins."

"Oh, look at you, what are you saying? Forget about wages, this is just a small token of my appreciation, I..."

Lin Chuqi didn't waste any more words with him. She counted out eighteen copper coins from the string of cash, put them away, and then said, "You have to pay for the other people's money too."

"Yes Yes Yes."

The worker nodded and bowed in agreement, then tried to slip away, but Lin Chuqi stopped him: "Wait a minute."

"Is there anything else you need, Young Master Lin?"

Lin Chuqi's gaze was like a nail, and she said, word by word, "How many workers have you recruited before? Not all of them know Lord Wei, right?"

The recruiter broke out in a cold sweat: "This... this is my first time recruiting, I'll never dare to do it again."

Upon seeing this, Wei Fuguang chuckled and said to the county magistrate, "Lord Liu, it seems this matter needs to be investigated thoroughly."

The county magistrate bowed and said, "Yes, sir."

Amidst cries of injustice, the constables took the recruited workers away. Wei Fuguang invited Lin Chuqi into the carriage and asked, "I couldn't ask earlier, young master Lin, how did you end up in this predicament?"

Lin Chuqi briefly recounted what had happened, and then said, "Lord Kui, lend me a carriage, I need to go find Qiaoqiao."

"Of course, I will also send a few more constables to escort the young master along the way."

"No need for that, Lord Kui, I can drive."

"It's always good to have someone escorting you. If I hadn't happened to run into the young master today, I don't know what would have happened."

"It's all because the officials have failed in their duties."

Kui Fuguang was taken aback. Lin Chuqi suddenly realized he had misspoke, but after working hard for half an hour and almost being cheated out of his wages, he was exhausted, both physically and mentally. He felt like he had a fire burning inside him and had no intention of maintaining composure. So he simply continued, "Officials are the parents of the people and should always put the people first, care for their livelihood, and investigate corruption. Now someone dares to openly use pancakes to pay his wages in the city and even boasts that the constables won't arrest him. Such blatant disregard for the law! I ask you, Lord Kui, isn't this a result of your long-standing dereliction of duty? Lord Kui, did you really want to investigate this case, or were you simply trying to save face in front of the people?"

These were harsh words, and Lin Chuqi was prepared for a bad ending.

Unexpectedly, after a moment of silence, Wei Fuguang cupped his hands and said earnestly, "Young master is right. I will have someone thoroughly investigate this kind of case today. I will use this person as a starting point to expose corruption and malpractice."

Her frankness caught Lin Chuqi off guard, instantly extinguishing the fire in his heart. He stared blankly at Wei Fuguang for a while, then belatedly felt a little embarrassed: "Lord Wei... uh... is a good official, thank you for your trouble."

"A good official needs someone to constantly spur him on."

Kui Fuguang stretched out his hand in front of Lin Chuqi and smiled sincerely: "Young master, how about you be my advisor?"

Lin Chuqi opened her eyes wide, and in an instant, her blood rushed through her body, and her limbs felt icy cold.

Why did I do that?

"As your subordinate said, a good official needs someone to constantly urge him on."

"Just for this?"

"Young master is unwilling?" Wei Fuguang slowly lowered his hand. "Please forgive my overstepping."

Lin Chuqi grabbed Wei Fuguang's wrist faster than she could speak, her fingers trembling slightly: "Wait, I didn't say no."

"...Young Master?"

"Isn't it just being a staff member? I have the title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations), I don't know if that's enough." Lin Chuqi let go of his hand, her heart pounding like a drum.

He came to Ningzhou to find an answer, following his heart.

Is this really the answer?

Kui Fuguang smiled brightly: "That's enough."

She glanced at Lin Chuqi's profile, which seemed inexplicably awkward as she looked out the car window, and suddenly remembered the matter of finding Bai Zhi. However, as soon as she opened her mouth, she slowly closed it again.

...Never mind, he probably doesn't know where Bai Zhi is anyway, so why bother him?

Since the barbarians temporarily withdrew their troops, the atmosphere at the Salamu garrison has become more relaxed. Bai Zhi diligently serves Ge Zhen every day, dressing and feeding him. Ge Zhen always picks and chooses things in a shrill voice, complaining that the clothes are rubbing against his arms or the fruit is dripping with juice. He is very demanding, and Bai Zhi has forcibly suppressed the urge to slap him countless times.

Meanwhile, she was also learning about Salam's life and customs, both openly and secretly.

This Alyumo seemed to have few friends. In the many days since Baizhi arrived at the station, only the young man from the inside came to talk to her. Everyone else bowed to her with awe. Whenever she tried to talk to someone, all she got were incoherent sentences.

So Bai Zhi could only wander around the main square from time to time, trying to gather information. However, the people of Salam were very respectful of her and could not get any information out of her. They even spoke to her respectfully. Only the two guards at the foot of the statue would talk to her a few more times, but they only talked about the sun god.

Over the course of a few days, Bai Zhi either suppressed her anger while serving Ge Zhen, or suppressed her anger while listening to others spout nonsense.

I was seething with anger.

Bai Zhi plopped down behind the main square, putting on a deadpan expression as she looked at the kneeling people before her.

At that moment, she understood Zhou Shensi.

The statue of the sun god had its eyes closed, looking indifferent to worldly affairs, but Bai Zhi felt a surge of anger just looking at the statue.

"What a load of crap," Bai Zhi thought. "Your gods wouldn't even give you a second glance."

Suddenly, a commotion arose in the distance; several children were arguing. Bai Zhi vaguely heard words like "lampwick" and "firecrackers." Soon, several adults came to break up the fight, and one of the children shouted, "Why can't we make them! Dry half of the lampwick, grind the other half, add a handful of sulfur, and you'll have little firecrackers!"

"You're exaggerating! If firecrackers are so easy to make, why are they so expensive!"

"Who told you to be so stupid! If you made it yourself, you wouldn't need to buy it outside!"

Bai Zhi scratched her ear; it turned out that Salamander also enjoyed playing with firecrackers.