I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 204
As soon as the county magistrate came over, Chen Luo knew what the other party wanted to ask.

He smiled generously, waved and said, "You don't have to be so cautious, this place is not above a temple, why bother to pay attention to so many complicated etiquettes?
After all, it is thanks to you and Qu Xianwei who led the soldiers to come here today, otherwise my few personal guards would all have died in the hands of thieves.

So sit down here and eat with me. As for what you want to know, it's not too late to talk about it after dinner. "

When the county magistrate heard this, he was still a little embarrassed, kneeling upright on the mat.Chen Luo handed over a bunch of rabbit meat, and after he took it, he gnawed on it with the same appearance as Liu Le. On the contrary, it made Chen Luo, the person who established the etiquette of the great man, look like a barbarian.

After eating seventy percent full, Chen Luo also started to slow down his eating speed.

He took a sip of water and said: "I once found on the streets of Chang'an that some farmers captured rabbits in the countryside and sold them in the city. I can't bear it."

"So you ordered that farmer to let go of the rabbit in the cage?" The magistrate answered. He had heard that even if a sage saw a miserable bird, he would feel unbearable. Presumably the Chen Gong in front of him wanted to show himself like this Compassion, I said down the line, it is absolutely right.

Chen Luo shook his head: "Farmers sell rabbits for their own livelihood. If I order him to let the rabbits go, wouldn't that make the farmer's days of hard work come to naught. He entered Chang'an with a burden, but It’s not the right thing to do for nothing.”

The county magistrate nodded suddenly, and instantly felt that Chen Luo was not a hypocrite who talked about morality.

"The farmer is a peddler, and you approve of his behavior. You must have bought all the rabbits in that cage." He re-analyzed Chen Luo's behavior, so he proceeded from a new perspective. guess.

"That's right." Chen Luo looked at him approvingly, and recalled, "There seemed to be seventeen rabbits in that cage, and I bought sixteen and a half."

"You are so benevolent..." The county magistrate stopped abruptly, "Dare to ask Mr. Chen, why are there half of them?"

After taking a bite of the meat skewers and swallowing them, Chen Luo said: "At that time, an old man just came and wanted to buy half a rabbit to eat, so I calculated that there were enough rabbits for my mansion, so I gave him half a rabbit.

However, the meat of rabbit meat is fine and delicate, but the fishy smell is difficult to clean up. As a result, I lost my appetite after two meals.

I was very hungry today, and I ate two of them by roasting them, but I still feel passable. "

The county magistrate was silent for a while, he didn't think about how he should praise Yang Xiahou in front of him, so he lowered his head and ate the meat skewer in his hand until it was clean, then he raised his head again and said: "Mr. Chen, you really respect the old man!" , willing to give half of the rabbit to the old man, which relieved his pressure in life, which can be called a sage's deed."

Liu Le stared blankly at Chen Luo, then at the county magistrate.

Is the lover telling a joke in a serious way?

Why are you still praising it.

Faced with the sudden appreciation, Chen Luo was also quite helpless.

On weekdays, at the banquet with Xiang Yu, Liu Bang and the officials, I would occasionally talk about such things, to dilute the tense atmosphere during the banquet and to narrow the relationship between them.

Therefore, the county magistrate's reaction was beyond his expectations.

You must know that Chen Luo's original intention was to let him relax before talking. Unexpectedly, he racked his brains to do "reading comprehension", which may have the opposite effect.

But Chen Luo quickly understood the reason.

Most of the people I communicate with on weekdays are not very different in status, or are juniors who have great room for improvement, so the jokes I tell are really jokes.

But the county magistrate in front of him is different. The level difference between him and himself is not as far as Chang'an to Chudi, but at least as far as Chang'an to Daidi. So he told a joke, and he had to analyze the meaning carefully. As for Laugh loudly, that is impossible.

Being neither humble nor overbearing like Qu Chongyin is actually not in line with common sense.

After thinking it over, Chen Luo smiled.

He said bluntly: "I encountered an attack here, which is a very unexpected situation, so you can add these points when you make a statement.

For example, the thieves are wandering Wei people; their equipment is not sophisticated, and they were quickly dispersed; your support to me was quite timely, without delay; and then I invited you to eat to show that you were not harmed.

In this way, neither His Majesty nor the sheriff will blame you. "

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your guidance." The county magistrate was overjoyed and got up again and again to thank him.

After all, it is not difficult to come up with these points.

It is nothing more than reducing the strength of the thieves, exaggerating their usefulness, and deceiving the danger of the incident.

However, the most critical of these is Chen Luo's attitude. If Chen Luo is not willing to cooperate and exposes everything as soon as he arrives in Chang'an, then he will have to add a "crime of bullying" to himself, and he will die. resigned.

Therefore, although the county magistrate didn't say it clearly, he was very grateful to Chen Luo for not pursuing too much.

"By the way, what kind of person do you think Lieutenant Qu is?" After the county magistrate finished speaking, Chen Luo turned his head and asked.

The county magistrate rubbed his chin and said: "Mr. Chen has been kind to me, so I will naturally speak from the bottom of my heart and not deceive you.

Qu Xianwei's shortcomings and advantages are obvious.

He is a capable person, and he can find out the murderer in the first time when there are large or small cases in the county.It's just that he doesn't know how to be flexible in many cases, um... just a little stubborn.Even if the murderer was a child of a big family in the county, he would still go and arrest him. "

Speaking of this, he smiled wryly and said: "Several times, if I hadn't been in the middle Zhou Xuan, I'm afraid I would have met those big families when I went to Qu Xianwei."

"Is that so." Chen Luo thoughtfully, raised his head and said, "I need a witness in this case, so I want to bring him into Chang'an, and I hope you can help me persuade him when the time comes."

The county magistrate was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Okay, I understand. That kid is unreasonable and offended Mr. Chen verbally. I hope you don't blame him too much."

Chen Luo nodded slightly, and said with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, as long as what he says makes sense, then I will listen carefully, and I won't blame others for bad words."

"Thank you Mr. Chen, I will try to persuade him to follow you." The county magistrate is not stupid, he didn't really think that Chen Luo's previous questioning was just to bring Qu Chongyin to be a witness.

When the county magistrate left, Chen Luo put down the meat skewers, indicating that he was full.

"This county magistrate is quite interesting. He has more thoughts, but he is a good person." Hearing Liu Le asking her opinion of him, Chen Luo commented with a pursed mouth.

(End of this chapter)