In the evening of the next day, when Qu Zhixian came to the town office, he really startled Mayor Yao, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord Zhixian! You are dressed like this, at first glance, the lower officials are almost unrecognizable, why do you wear the clothes of ordinary people and come to Taohua Town for a private visit? Could it be that the lower officials have done a deceitful and unseemly deed? ”

The magistrate smiled: "If it weren't for the county coming down for a private visit, how long would you plan to hide it?" ”

"Is there anyone who falsely accuses the lower officials, abuses their power for personal gain, and accepts bribes? There has to be evidence for this! ”

The magistrate said: "Now I have evidence to prove that the 'lewd thief case' and the extermination of the thieves in the Slender Dog Ridge cottage are not all done by the arrest house, there are masters who are helping, and they also occupy a guiding role. ”

When he said this, Mayor Yao was stupid, and he hurriedly explained: "Lord Zhixian Mingjian! Not reporting is that the lower official has selfish intentions and wants to keep him by his side, he also has this will, and he can't reveal his identity, as for the reward, the lower official rewarded him with five hundred taels of silver, but he refused, and finally had to confiscate it, and it didn't fall into my private pocket, so it can't be considered corruption! ”

"This county knows that you are not that kind of person, for the official to be honest and clean, clean and self-loving, this county is just annoyed that you don't tell the old man about it, even if you tell it secretly, you know that this county is collecting evidence of the crime of 'King Dingnan', and there is a great lack of such masters!" The magistrate said very sincerely.

Mayor Yao said: "Xia Guan has also thought about it, this matter is not trivial, if you want to ask him for help, you must tell him the ins and outs of the matter in detail, and you can't have reservations, which shows that you trust him 100%, if you tell him the whole thing, and he is not willing to help, how can it be good?" Therefore, Xia Guan wants to get your consent first, and then explain it to him and Pan, which is better! ”

"The county is still the same sentence, don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people, since you want him to help you do things, you have to tell him everything first, so that people are willing to do it for you sincerely!" The magistrate said very angrily.

Mayor Yao immediately summoned Feng Zhutou and said, "You personally go out to fry a few plates of appetizers, and the old man wants to have a heart-to-heart talk with the magistrate!" ”

Qu Zhixian has come to Taohua Town many times to inspect, and the people under Mayor Yao all know him, but in the face of the magistrate, they don't dare to say hello, thinking that they are not qualified enough to make mistakes.

"Usually you are a loner and live in the yamen? What about the family? The magistrate asked with great concern.

Mayor Yao said: "Xiaguan has only one son, doing business in Duanzhou City, his daughter-in-law and grandson have passed, and the insiders have also followed him to wait for his grandson, and he has bought real estate in the city. "No wonder this county has been here many times, I haven't seen your son and family, I have moved to Duanzhou, I have seen my son in the early years, handsome and chic, Yushu is in the wind, I am studying the scriptures hard, I don't want to come down in a few years, it is already a branch and leaves, the children and grandchildren are full, it seems that we are all old!" It's almost time to say goodbye to your hometown! ”

Speaking of these things, Zhixian can't help but feel a little sad, life is short, decades have passed in a flash, he wants to eradicate the "tumor" in Duanzhou area in his lifetime, and do a good thing for the people, but this is undoubtedly "ants shaking the tree", success or not, is still unknown, maybe the tree has not fallen, he is already broken.

At this time, Feng Zhutou had already instructed the store to send the wine and food, chatting and drinking, very deed, the two were of similar age, Zhixian was only a few years older than Yao Zhen, they were all people fifty miles away, and they already "knew the destiny of heaven"! But now the magistrate found that Mayor Yao was getting younger and younger, full of vitality, ruddy face, and bright eyes, as if he was more than ten years younger than before, and he was also a little stunned, what kind of panacea did Mayor Yao eat? Not only do you not see you old, but you are getting younger and younger? I can't figure it out.

Mayor Yao suddenly asked, "Lord Zhixian!" Do you know what kind of business the master you're looking for is in Peach Blossom Town? ”

"This county found out that this young man's name is Fang Gongzi, and he has a medicinal restaurant in Taohua Town, yes, what kind of business does the medicinal restaurant do? Isn't it the same as opening a medicine shop? Zhixian asked curiously.

Mayor Yao asked mysteriously: "Lord Zhixian! Do you feel that Xiaguan is a few years younger than before? ”

"How young is what? It's a teenage younger, but fortunately I came to the town office, if I met you on the street, the county really wouldn't recognize you? Zhixian said.

Mayor Yao said, "That's right! Xia Guan drank the medicinal food in Fang Gongzi's medicinal diet hall for a few months, and there was such a big change, no wonder the people of Immortal Medicine Valley lived more than three hundred and six, and they were as energetic as a twenty-five-year-old young man, it seems that this is true at all, you see Xia Guan, just after drinking for a few months, there has been such a big change! ”

"Oh! The medicinal food hall was originally a place to sell elixirs, no wonder the business is so good, I heard that thousands of taels of silver are received every day! The magistrate said enviously.

Mayor Yao said with a smile: "It's not an elixir, it's just that it has the effect of delaying aging, health and longevity. ”

"Really? When the county arrived, the insiders were asked to live in Taohua Town for a long time, and they ate medicinal food every day, one was a bad old man in his sixties and seventies, and the other was a young woman in his twenties, an old husband and a young wife, wouldn't they be laughed off by others? ”

When the old man was moved by him and knew that he would not agree, he would not be afraid that he would not agree, so that the matter of collecting evidence would be settled.

At this time, Mayor Yao told all the things he knew about Fang Gongzi, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and even the anecdotes he knew about the Immortal Medicine Valley were also said in a subtle and vivid way, which made Qu Zhixian sometimes nervous and his heart jumped straight up, and sometimes he laughed, and the two chatted until the middle of the night, and then went to bed to rest.

When the two came to the medicinal restaurant, Fang Lei had not yet come, and it was Dongmei who received the two, and she said politely: "The town lord!" The young valley lord will come over soon, and after he pulls a cart of gold ore every day, he will go to the medicinal food hall first, and then go to the lamp factory! ”

Qu Zhixian felt strange and asked, "Why does Fang Gongzi personally pull a cart of gold ore out of the valley every day before coming to the medicinal food hall?" ”

"I don't know about it! Can't you let someone else pull? "Mayor Yao hasn't heard what Fang Gongzi has said.

Dongmei explained: "That's the case, the gold ore in the Immortal Medicine Valley, only the young valley master personally drove through the valley road, it was the original gold ore, and after the others drove through the valley road, it became an ordinary stone, and it could only pull one car a day!" ”

"Is there really such a thing in the world? It's incredible! Qu Zhixian sighed.

Mayor Yao said, "What's new here? Didn't I tell you last night? People in the valley can come out at will, but people outside the valley are not allowed to enter, and when they walk into the valley for a few feet, they will foam at the mouth, convulsions all over their bodies and die! ”

Who would dare to try such a dangerous place?