In the study in the backyard of "Qi Xiangju", Mr. Wu listened to the servant's report and his face was as good as the bottom of a pot.

After hearing this, Mr. Wu said sternly: "It's just a small matter, how can you get this far? Han Lian has been selling wine for my family for many years, and has always been cautious and dared to help outsiders frame my family?"

The servant standing whispered: "The young man has fallen in love with the little lady of the Han family and wants to take her back to the house as a concubine. She is a little anxious and makes Han Lian angry. She partnered with Juren Du's family and stopped drinking from our restaurant."

Mr. Wu couldn't help but frowned: "This is Han Lian's fault. His little lady entered our family and naturally had silk, silk, satin, and good wine and meat. Why didn't she want to? A girl from a poor family is not as pretentious as she is! "

After thinking for a while, Mr. Wu waved his hand: "Let's not talk about these things, let me ask you, has the Du family brewed wine privately?"

The servant said with a bitter face: "Mr. The Du family is very careful about this. They built a shed outside their residence, surrounded by tightly, and specially made wine in the shed. Where can outsiders know? Now the old devout wife of the Du family is guarding the shed day and night, and she has nowhere to start if she wants to see it."

"In this way, the Du family made wine privately, and this matter cannot be confirmed?" Wu Yuanwai pondered for a while. "This matter is a bit tricky. If the Du family really filtered the remaining wine from the lees, Erlang would not be able to escape the suspicion of false accusation."

"The official, I can't say that. The wine from the Du family has tasted it, and it has different flavors from other wines, and it is extremely powerful. Even if you are a good wine, you will be drunk as if you are a bowl or two. Moreover, the wine tastes extremely strong and it is definitely not filtered out from the lees. If the residual wine is filtered out, the taste should be similar to that of the "Yaojiazhengdian", but it tastes completely different."

"Oh, no matter what, this matter is a bit difficult. If the Du family really has any wonderful methods, it is not a private brew, Erlang has committed a lot of sin this time. So, you go out and go to the city of the state and go to the He family. The judge who came here this time was a Jinshi in the first year of Jingyou, and he was in the same year as my cousin He Guanren. They always had some love in the same year, so it would not be too ugly."

The servant agreed with his hands and turned around.

The so-called big family is of course not just rich, but they have a few decent relatives. Fukuo County in Xuzhou is Changshe County, and Wu Yuanwai has a cousin there. The cousin of that family is successful. In the first year of Jingyou, there was a cousin of Wu Yuanwai, who was lucky enough to pass the Jinshi exam, which happened to be in the same year as Su Shunqin, who was going to come to Xuzhou. Su Shunqin was an official in the imperial examination. After being an official for many years, he was now a magistrate. He Zhongli started a lower starting point and is now a Jixian school manager in the capital and an official in the museum.

The place where the talent training in the Pavilion is there, and the fast lane of promotion is in full swing. It has a bright future. In addition, in the same year, Su Shunqin wanted to sell He Zhongli's face. This time, he made many mistakes, so he would not be punished too much. Mr. Wu wanted to come and fined some money and scolded him, and the matter would be over. Of course, if the Du family really brewed wine privately, it would be another matter, and his son would have to be rewarded.

Su Shunqin's handwritten letter came to Linying County, and everyone had their own thoughts and said nothing all night.

Linying was only fifty or sixty miles away from the city of Zhou. The next morning, a mansion came to report that before noon, Su Tong arrived outside the city.

County Magistrate Shi put on his official uniforms tremblingly and neatly packed his clothes. He did not dare to be careless in his personal circumstances. He greeted the officials and prepared to go out of the city to greet him.

An old official like Wei Aissi has already smelled a different smell. He knew that Tongzong would probably have to deal with County Magistrate Shi. However, since County Magistrate Shi took office, he has ignored everything and has not had a good relationship with his subordinates, so no one told him.

The atmosphere in the county government office was a bit subtle. Several old officials laughed secretly and watched the jokes of County Magistrate Shi. However, the county magistrate himself was unaware of it and prepared seriously, and was determined to leave a good impression in front of Shangguan.

Although Su Shunqin was a senior official, he later became a Jinshi. The person he looked down upon most was a person like Shi County Magistrate. He had no talent and knowledge in his heart. He relied on his qualifications. The court remembered him hard and rewarded him for his official career. He did not work hard as an official, but he was just a waste of time.

Before the sun reached the middle of the sky, Su Shunqin and his men arrived outside the city.

County Magistrate Shi was dizzy and the people around him pointed at him to see the slowly moving several officials Su Shunqin. Seeing that Su Tong was in his thirties and full of energy, he had a black beard under his chin and was extremely majestic when riding on a horse, County Magistrate Shi sighed: "Party Tong was only in his early thirties and had such a high-ranking official. I was in my twilight years and had only one county magistrate, but I wanted to welcome him a young man here. Wealth is in the sky, and this is true."

He brought a group of officials from the county, and only the county magistrates came forward.

Su Shunqin got off his horse and greeted everyone. Another elder was also waiting for the guild leader to come and offer gifts before entering the city together.

Du Xun followed behind the crowd, looked at the brand new clothes on his body, and sighed. The Buddha wanted gold clothes and people wanted clothes. This was true. On the way back from Kaifeng Prefecture, he was dressed in rags, like a beggar. When he was passing through the prefecture, he also thought about asking the officials for some travel expenses. He didn't want to look at himself, so he rushed out early. This time he went to the prefecture and the magistrate. As expected, he met the prefect and the magistrate as soon as he passed the name of the priest.

There are not many Jinshi in the villages in a state. According to convention, officials such as the governor of the prefecture would go to see him. Not long after Mei Xun arrived in Xuzhou, he was the time to meet Du Xun and others. When they met, Du Xun first talked about the difficulties of returning home after he lost his capital, and finally became a trash, which made Mei Xun sigh. Finally, he talked about the family making wine with wine lees. When the situation improved slightly, the villagers would make trouble.

Finally, Du Xun talked about the morning when Wu Kejiu took Chen Jiejie to arrest people, Yue Niang from the Hanjiajiajiao Restaurant was cooking porridge there, which aroused Mei Xun's interest. When asked in detail, he knew that the wine was indeed made from the lees. Yue Niang was afraid that the people would have food and clothing, so she set the daily porridge according to the amount of lees collected, which attracted Mei Xun's praise. Mei Xun didn't care about how to make wine and how much money could be made. At this point, Mei Xun had no idea about money. Any sacrificial article, epitaph, etc. could be exchanged for hundreds of stagnants. How could a little money be taken seriously? What interested Mei Xun was the two wine-making families who did not forget the poor when making money, and they actually went to pack porridge.

After asking the Du family's winemaking committee in detail, it was not a violation of alcohol ban. At most, after playing the edge, Mei Xun called Su Shunqin and asked him to go to Linying. The case of the violation of alcohol ban was small, and County Magistrate Shi was the problem. The case was so clear that County Magistrate Shi ignored him, which made Mei Xun very angry. Given the amount of alcohol sold by the Du family and the Han family in the past few days, it was a serious crime to commit alcohol ban. The county has no right to hear it and must report to the state as soon as possible. As a result, the matter was dragged so unclearly, there was no news in the state and the county did not handle it, which was ridiculous.

Su Shunqin was different. He was sensitive to scholars' affairs. He heard that the Jinshi of the Township was bullied in such a county and was furious. Now it is the time when the world is encouraging students to study and guide the people to study. It would be great if a big family in the village dared to bully Juren like this.

On the day Du Xun arrived in Xuzhou, the prefecture sent the magistrate Su Shunqin to investigate the matter on the grounds that there were too many alcohols that violated the ban and the case was serious. He was the one who came back with Su Shunqin, and Du Xun, a juren from the county, could tell what it meant at a glance.

After entering the county town, Su Shunqin and his officials went to the county government to greet each other, while Du Xun left quietly and returned home.

The afternoon sun shines on your body warm, making people feel lazy. When Du Xun came to the door of his house, he saw his wife sitting in front of the shed, taking a nap there alone. The shed was surrounded tightly and there was no sign of the situation inside.

When he arrived, Du Xun woke up his wife and asked, "Is anyone here to check it out these two days since I left?"

The wife shook her head: "But it's common, no one in the county came. But this morning, two people were lying over there, and it was not a good way to go. I was afraid that they would come to cause trouble, so I kept here."

After hearing this, Du Xun couldn't help but frown.

Normally, everyone is arrested, and the first thing the county has to do is to check the Du family’s method of making wine. How come no one comes? It turns out that Wu Kejiu was used to being arrogant in the county and did not report to the official in accordance with the normal procedures. Instead, he directly found Chen Jiewei and arrested people. He determined that the Du family brewed wine privately, but did not come to search for evidence or ask others, and the matter was so unclear.

Du Xun thought to himself that he was lucky. If he sued a lawsuit in the county, no matter what, the method of making wine would not be hidden. Now the people from the state are different. The magistrate and the magistrate have no interest in this method, as long as they know that it is not a private brew.

The method of making wine from wine lees is the key to the resurgence of one's own family business. Du Xun is more careful than Du Zhongxiao, for fear of being learned.

After entering the shed, Du Xun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that all the wine making equipment was there.

He told his wife about his experience of entering the city of the state. Du Xun said: "Although I relax, I will come back with the state Tongzhe this time. The Tongzhe takes great care of me. I think Dalang will be released as late as tomorrow. We will still make wine and rebuild the family business first."

The wife asked, "Officials, I heard that Dalang was beaten dozens of sticks by the Wu family's young master, which was very miserable. If we had not violated the ban on drinking, wouldn't the Wu family's young master violate the law of the king? Will he be imprisoned?"

Du Xun frowned, let out a moment of deity, and said helplessly: "According to the national law, the little beast should be imprisoned. However, there are many ways for them to talk to the people in the government. Who knows what will happen in the end? Let's watch our county."

After hearing this, the wife was a little anxious: "Wouldn't Dalang be beaten in vain?"
Chapter completed!