When Li Si returned to the Yamen, he arrived at the lower Yamen. Zhou Bi stayed in the Yamen to take care of the affairs.
Li Si handed the medicine to him and said, "This medicine was just made by Miss Li. I specially asked me to bring it to you. It is said to nourish the body, so you don't need to drink it."
Zhou Bi looked at the large bag of medicine on the table, and his anger went straight to his forehead, "She's not sick, right? For her sake, I asked you to send a message to her. It's good for her to ask you to give me the medicine. She is troubled.
The trouble is not big enough to make me angry to death. So they brought me some medicine to calm my anger, and I thanked her."
Seeing that he was losing his temper, Li Si hurriedly said something nice to Li Yan, "Sir, you have wronged Miss Li. Miss Li didn't want to make you angry. She knew your hard work, sir, and was afraid that you would be in bad health, so she asked her subordinates to give it to you.
You bring the medicine. Not only you, but also dozens of subordinates have gotten Miss Li's medicine."
When Zhou Bi heard that the government officials also had medicine, he felt bad again.
He is not alone.
Judging from Li Yan's attitude towards him, he is probably the one who comes along.
Li Si suddenly felt that the adults were looking at him a little strangely, maybe he hadn't offended him.
At this time, Wang Fugui came in sweating profusely.
Since the Yeomi incident has caused such a big fuss, he has an unshirkable responsibility.
If he could have carefully inspected the food when it entered the treasury, the matter would not have been brought to an end in front of the people.
He also caused his brother-in-law to offend the imperial envoy in front of others.
Wang Fugui's heart dropped and he couldn't feel at ease.
"How did things go?"
There was a shortage of rice and grain in the treasury, so Zhou Bi asked him to atone for his sins and go to adjust the grain supply.
Wang Fugui said with a bitter face and angrily, "Brother-in-law, those bastards and bastards will not lend you food without giving them money."
"At first, the shopkeepers of several grain stores I approached made excuses to deal with me, saying that they had no grain on hand. They then tried to think of ways to see if they could get more grain from other places."
"The following few families thought they had heard the news and either made excuses that I was not here, or they were sick in bed at home and found all kinds of excuses to avoid me."
He knew he was not doing his job well, so his voice became lower and lower at the end, and he did not dare to look up at Zhou Bi's face.
Zhou Bi had no time to listen to his chatter and asked him with a sullen face, "So, how much have you raised for the disaster relief food you need tomorrow?"
Wang Fugui lowered his head and whispered, "Only half was raised."
"Only half?"
After hearing this, Zhou Bi pressed his eyebrows, feeling worried to death.
These profiteers don't behave like this when they ask him for help.
Wang Fugui slapped himself, "Brother-in-law, this is all my fault. If it weren't for me..."
Zhou Bi waved his hand and interrupted him, "Now that things are like this, what's the use of blaming you?"
"Besides, this is not your fault alone."
If we really want to make a mistake, it is those who secretly used the calamity food that made a big mistake.
Li Si suggested, "Sir, why don't you go look for Miss Li? When I came, I saw that she still had some food stored there, which should be able to solve the urgent need."
"It can only be this way."
Zhou Bi sighed helplessly, "Go to Li Yan's place again. Tell her that you owe her the money first, and I will repay it to her with interest."
"promise."
Just as Li Sigang was about to leave, Zhou Bi thought of something again and hurriedly stopped him, "Wait a minute."
Then he said to Wang Fugui who was standing aside, "Why are you standing there in a daze? Go get a pen and ink."
When Wang Fugui did something wrong, he didn't even dare to take a breath and did whatever he was told.
Zhou Bi immediately wrote an IOU in front of the two of them, pressed his fingerprints, and stamped his personal seal.
This wave of skillful operations left Li Si stunned.
Zhou Bi didn't look at his stupid look and handed him the IOU, "Go and come back quickly."
At this time, a voice as sweet as rain came into my ears, "No need to go, I'm here to deliver food."
Li Yan, wearing a black Taoist robe, felt like entering a deserted place when entering the yamen.
Zhou Bi looked at this god's move with doubt in his eyes.
In my mind, is there such a good thing?
impossible.
Every time the little ancestor comes to the Yamen, he won't give up without causing some trouble.
This time, let's see what she wants.
In front of him, Li Yan took the IOU from Li Si's hand with a smile, "This is the IOU. As per the old rules, I will keep it for you."
He then said obediently, "The magistrate is so reassuring in his work. I just like to deal with you."
Zhou Bihehehe thought to himself that if I didn't write you an IOU, you could easily hand over the food to me.
Zhou Bi had already seen clearly what kind of character the little ancestor had.
If there is no gain, she is the one to blame.
Li Yan blinked, "The food is at the gate of the government office. You can take it to the warehouse."
After saying that, he found a chair and sat down.
Since Li Yan said so, the food must have arrived at the Yamen Gate.
Zhou Bi arranged for Wang Fugui and Li Si to transport grain.
"Is there anything else?" Zhou Bi saw her drinking tea and had no intention of leaving, so he sat down next to her.
"Look what your lord said, if nothing happens, my little girl can't come to the Yamen and have tea with you, lord?"
Zhou Bihe said, "Stop pretending, tell me if you have anything to say."
Li Yan smiled and said, "Actually, I'm here for you this time."
Zhou Bi raised his eyebrows, "How do you say this?"
Li Yan turned her eyes and said with a smile, "Have you offended Master Sun?"
"You instigated Qin Xiaochun to come to the government office to cause trouble, right?" Zhou Bi asked instead without answering, looking at her with sharp eyes.
Li Yan smiled.
Zhou Bi's eyes were filled with inquiry, "How did you know that there was something wrong with the disaster food shipped by Mr. Sun?"
Li Yan opened her eyes and said nonsense, "I said I calculated it with my fingers. Sir, do you believe it?"
Zhou Bi, "......"
Believe it or not!
I really want to give her a big slap on the ear.
He rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to her.
Li Yan blinked her almond-shaped eyes and continued to make nonsense, "On the way they were delivering food, we happened to meet them. The road was bumpy, so we spilled some rice."
"The little girl has bright eyes and quick hands. When she saw that the color of the rice was different, she picked it up and took a look."
"Oh, I didn't expect that it would be moldy if it fell out. At that time, I was cautious."
Zhou Bi was so angry that he stretched out his hand and said, "You even realized something was wrong, why didn't you let me know in advance."
Li Yan looked at him with dark eyes, "If I tell you, can you believe me?"
Besides, even if you find out, what can you do?"
"Can you still refuse the imperial court's disaster relief food?"
"Then you can't just say nothing and just mess around on your own."
Zhou Bi was speechless, "At least you can talk to me first so that I can have a countermeasure."
"I think you did it on purpose. You didn't want me to know about this on purpose." Zhou Bi became angrier as he spoke.
If she had told him in advance, even if he had nothing to do, he would not be forced to go to the mountain like now, like a duck being driven to the shelf.
Li Yan smiled and comforted him, "It's my daughter's fault. She didn't think carefully enough when things happened. No, I've thought about it and come up with an idea for you."
Hearing that she had an idea, Zhou Bi suddenly became more energetic, "What's the good idea? Tell me in detail."
"It all depends on the magistrate's courage?" Li Yan smiled like a fox.