She was replaced by a husband, married the future tyrant and farmed to fight back

Chapter 173 The World is in Chaos
"Why give it all to me?" Liu Yingyue shook her head.

Qin Yiran looked at her and said, "You are in charge of the cotton-padded jackets. You will have to pay the Qian family later, so of course you will be in charge of it."

Liu Yingyue blinked and said, "That's true."

One hundred sets of cotton clothes would cost no more than a few dozen taels of silver. Compared with five thousand taels, it was a drop in the bucket.

Of course, this was earned at the cost of Qin Yiran's life.

However, she pretended to be ignorant and praised, "Zhou County Magistrate is really nice."
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Because Qin Yiran was injured, Liu Yingyue was worried that the long-distance car ride would affect his wound, so she decided not to return to the village today and leave tomorrow.

Qin Yiran agreed.

In the afternoon, the waiter came up and said that someone wanted to see Qin Yiran, and handed over a note.

Seeing the waiter's respectful expression, Liu Yingyue guessed that he must be County Magistrate Zhou's man.

She took the note and looked at it, and it was indeed a note from the Zhou family.

Liu Yingyue nodded and said, "Please ask him to wait for a moment. We will go down to see him now."

In order not to arouse suspicion, she had to help Qin Yiran downstairs.

When the man saw Qin Yiran, he bowed respectfully and said, "Mr. Qin, my master said that the banquet yesterday was not well-received, so he asked me to come here to give him a gift to express his apology."

He presented a box.

Liu Yingyue smelled the scent of ginseng, and it was old ginseng.

County Magistrate Zhou sent both silver and medicinal herbs, which showed that Qin Yiran had helped him a lot.

"You're too polite, Lord Zhou." Qin Yiran nodded and smiled.

Liu Yingyue took the box and said, "You guys chat, I'll go back to my room first."

County Magistrate Zhou arranged for someone to come, obviously, to pass on information to each other.

Qin Yiran hasn't revealed his identity to her yet, so she stays away.

Qin Yiran nodded at her, "Okay."

Liu Yingyue held the box and took Hongzhu upstairs.

Qin Yiran then asked Zhou's attendant in a low voice, "How is Lord Zhou doing?"

"Everything is fine, don't worry, young master. The master also said that when you return to the village, just focus on your work, and the master will make arrangements for the county government."

Qin Yiran nodded, "I understand." While the two were talking in a low voice, someone sitting next to them was also chatting mysteriously.

The old man pinched his beard and asked, "What do you mean? Why did the county magistrate suddenly die?"

The young man was "stabbed to death."

The old man said, "Ah? Who is so brave?"

Young man, "I don't know, the murderer hasn't been found yet."

The old man said, "Humph, once the county magistrate dies, I'm afraid his Xu Sanlang won't be able to act so arrogant anymore."

Young man: "That's right, he's already in jail."

The old man said, "It's what he deserves! He has harmed so many girls and even robbed someone's bride, but he didn't take it seriously and tortured her to death. Now that his father, the county magistrate, is dead, there is no one to protect him. All the things he did in the past will be brought to court again. By the way, have you heard who the new county magistrate is?"

The young man said, "It's not clear yet, but the affairs of the government office are now in the charge of County Magistrate Zhou, Lord Zhou."

"Zhou County Magistrate is a good man. I am optimistic about him."

"I am also optimistic about him and hope he can be promoted to county magistrate."

As they talked, they started talking about other things.

Qin Yiran and Zhou's family retracted their gazes and looked at each other.

"I'll take my leave first." Mr. Zhou stood up, bowed to Qin Yiran, and left.

Qin Yiran did not leave. He ordered a pot of tea, drank his tea, and listened to the people chatting in the lobby on the first floor of the inn.

Some people chatted about town gossip and the affairs of the county magistrate.

Some people were talking about things in other states.

"There's chaos outside. I heard that the princes with the surname Qin started fighting."

"The previous emperor passed away suddenly and left no offspring. I'm sure no one will recognize the new emperor."

"The new emperor is of distant bloodline from the previous emperor, so of course no one recognizes him."

"I'm afraid the world will be in chaos."

"It's already a mess, alas."
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