The eunuch who delivered the order waited for a long time before County Magistrate Shi came to receive the order.
The decree to dismiss County Magistrate Shi had already been written clearly in the newspaper.
The eunuch thought he would see a very disappointed Magistrate Shi, but he didn't know that Magistrate Shi came over with a red face and did not look like a dismissed man at all.
The eunuch looked at Magistrate Shi in confusion, thought for a moment, and thought that Magistrate Shi didn't care much about his official position, so he directly announced his decree.
The decree was very clear: Magistrate Shi did not care about the life and death of the local people, extorted money, demoted people to common people, and confiscated their property.
After hearing the decree, County Magistrate Shi was dumbfounded.
He never imagined that the purpose was to dismiss him from office and confiscate his home.
He refused to give up and grabbed the eunuch who was delivering the order, "Father-in-law, is there any misunderstanding here?"
The eunuch looked at him with disdain. No wonder there was nothing unusual about County Magistrate Shi. It turned out that he didn't even read the newspaper.
"This decree was given by the Holy One himself. Is Magistrate Shi questioning the Holy One?" the eunuch said contemptuously.
County Magistrate Shi quickly retracted his hand and said, "Father, that's not what I meant. I was wronged."
The eunuch didn't listen to his excuse and accepted the order. He said with a smile but not a smile: "It's not unjust or not. What you said, Magistrate Shi, doesn't count, and what I said doesn't count. Let's just say goodbye!"
Luo Gong watched with his own eyes as County Magistrate Shi went from being proud of the spring breeze to crying and regretting it. Finally, he felt a sense of joy in his heart.
Everyone at the banquet didn't know what happened at first. It wasn't until officers and soldiers came in and said they wanted to ransack the house that everyone knew that Magistrate Shi had been dismissed from office and ransacked the house.
Mrs. Ma was still comparing herself in the mirror in the room, wondering which piece of jewelry she should wear today.
The maid reminded her that it was getting late.
Mrs. Ma said: "Then let them wait for a while, no matter what, they have to let me finish choosing the jewelry first."
But before the jewelry selection was finished, officers and soldiers rushed in, and the back house immediately became a mess.
It was only on the second day that Shen Xiu heard the news that Magistrate Shi had been dismissed from office and his house was confiscated.
I heard that officers and soldiers confiscated tens of thousands of taels of silver from Magistrate Shi's house.
All this money was collected by County Magistrate Shi during his years as an official.
With Emperor Jianyuan's decree, these silver coins were confiscated.
County Magistrate Shi, who had lost tens of thousands of dollars, was ordered by officers and soldiers to move out of the county office immediately before he could regret the money.
On the day when County Magistrate Shi moved out of the county government office, the streets were crowded with people watching the excitement.
Magistrate Shi and Mrs. Ma were seen with their heads lowered, and the expressions on their faces were as embarrassing as they were.
At first, people were just watching the fun, and they didn’t know who was upsetting the crowd, so they threw rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves on Magistrate Shi.
So everyone immediately followed suit.
When Magistrate Shi and Mrs. Ma walked out of the street, a lot of rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves were thrown at them.
This incident has been circulated among people for a long time, and everyone said that this is a bad thing.
If Magistrate Shi had been willing to be a good official, why would he have ended up like this?
This is what everyone feels the most.
When Shen Xiu heard such emotion, she could only smile.
She is currently busy opening the shop. Once Mrs. Ma leaves, she will no longer have to worry about anything in the future when opening the shop.
Of course, Shen Xiu was also worried that after County Magistrate Shi left, another corrupt official would come.
However, Qu Huan received news from Luo Gong, saying that the imperial court also took into account Magistrate Shi's previous misdeeds, so the person sent to Huai'an County this time must be an upright official.
Before Qing Guan took office, Wei Yan finally rushed back from Fucheng.
He arrived in the county town at the end of August. At this time, the autumn wind was starting to pick up, and the pedestrians on the street had also changed from their summer shirts and put on their autumn clothes.
When a husband and wife meet again after a long absence, they are naturally happy.
After Shen Xiu carefully looked at Wei Yan, he suddenly felt that the other party had changed a lot this time.
Wei Yan originally had fair skin, but now his skin has been tanned slightly yellow.
But when he held Shen Xiu in his arms just now, Shen Xiu clearly felt that his arms were strong and strong, changing from his previous frailty.
She asked Wei Yan the reason.
Wei Yan explained: "Mr. Meng found a Taoist priest named Wuwei to help me take care of my body."
No wonder Shen Xiu felt that he had changed a lot and became stronger.
But when Wei Yan mentioned Mr. Meng, Shen Xiu couldn't help but be concerned about that issue, "Has Mr. Meng accepted you as his disciple?"
Wei Yan smiled slightly: "What do you think?"
Shen Xiu knew the answer when she saw his smile.
"Ms. sir, when you come back this time, you seem to be much more cheerful than before."
Wei Yan said with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Meng, he has always told me that in life, you should enjoy yourself in time. Although I can't imitate his coolness, but being with him is much easier than before."
"It seems that Mr. Meng is really a good teacher." Shen Xiu had always been worried about Wei Yan's introverted temperament. Now seeing that he was greatly influenced by Mr. Meng, she couldn't help but feel that it was a good thing to be under Mr. Meng's disciples.
Wei Yan said: "In addition to Mr. Meng, his old friend, Taoist Master Wuweizi, also helped me a lot. Unfortunately, I searched for a long time and couldn't find his nephew."
Shen Xiu then asked: "What nephew?"
Wei Yan then repeated what Taoist Master Wuwei said.
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "Ms. sir, you are really serious when I say you are serious. I think Taoist Master Wuwei has no nephew at all. He just said that to make you feel better. Otherwise, if you worked so hard to find someone, why didn't Mr. Meng help?
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Wei Yan was just in the middle of the game and couldn't see through it for the moment.
Now that he was exposed by an outsider like Shen Xiu, he suddenly realized: "No wonder Mr. Meng told me that everything depends on fate. That's what he meant."
"Ms. sir, if you really want to thank Taoist Master Wuwei, why not go up the mountain to thank him in person after passing the examination in the future." Shen Xiudao, "If it is convenient, you can take me with you. I also want to meet Taoist Wuwei,
Thank you very much."
Wei Yan thought Shen Xiu was right, "That's it, I'll take you to see Taoist Master Wuwei when the time comes."
It is a pity that things are unpredictable. When Wei Yan and Shen Xiu said this, they never imagined that there would be many surprises in the future after winning the election. As a result, it would be seven or eight years before they saw Taoist Wuwei again.
But that’s a story for another day.
After Wei Yan came back from Fucheng, the house suddenly became lively.
At first, Yuan Ziwen and Qu Huan came to see Wei Yan, and later Mr. Lu also came. Not only did they come to congratulate Wei Yan on winning the case in the government examination, but he also came to deliver an invitation to Wei Yan to attend the Lu family's wedding banquet.
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Wei Yan already knew the wedding date of Yuan Ziwen and Lu Yuhan when Yuan Ziwen came to visit, which would be next month.
When Mr. Lu invited Wei Yan to have a wedding banquet, Wei Yan declined. He had already promised Yuan Ziwen that he would go to Yuan's house then, so Mr. Lu could only refuse.
Mr. Lu was not angry and instead invited Shen Xiu to attend the banquet at Lu's house.
Shen Xiu was stunned at that time. Lu Yuhan still didn't know her relationship with Wei Yan. It might not be good for her to go to the Lu family on behalf of Wei Yan like this!
However, Mr. Lu couldn't help but made the decision that Shen Xiu must come to Lu's house on the day of Lu Yuhan's wedding.