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Chapter 212: Childhood sweethearts with the villain?

After a long and tiring journey, we finally arrived at Yueyuan County, which is close to Jiangning Prefecture.

On the first day after arriving, Chu Yuan slept until he woke up naturally.

This time she was in charge of the inspection duty. The so-called inspection was to observe people's livelihood and investigate corrupt officials. There was no need to follow a routine job.

So Chu Yuan often wandered around as she pleased, but of course without revealing her identity as a princess.

When she watched TV dramas in the past, she knew that ancient emperors all liked to go on secret visits, and now she also experienced this pleasure.

Only by putting aside the barriers of identity and status can we truly share the joy of the people and feel the pain of the people.

For example, Chu Yuan was currently on the shore, waiting for the uncles and aunties on the fishing boat to bring up crabs.

The crabs at this time of year are the freshest and most delicious. The ones caught this morning have been sold out. Chu Yuan arrived late, so he can only wait for a while.

However, the crab cages had been put down long ago, so it wasn’t too much trouble to fish them out one by one.

"Girl, sorry for the wait. You can pick any crab in this cage."

"Okay, uncle," Chu Yuan picked up a dozen large female crabs and said, "Uncle, your crab business is pretty good. How many times a day do you have to catch enough to sell?"

The uncle replied cheerfully: "Now is the season for eating crabs. We crab farmers rely on these few months to make money. When the market is good, we have to fish four or five times a day."

The aunt next to her was also kind. Seeing that Chu Yuan was alone and didn't look like a local, she said, "Girl, you are from another place, right? Crabs are the most delicious at this time of year. Many people are rushing to buy them. You came at the right time today."

Seeing that the people here lived a prosperous life and their families were happy, Chu Yuan paid the money and left.

Crabs are cold in nature, and are best paired with rice wine, which has the effect of promoting blood circulation and dispelling cold.

Chu Yuan randomly found a wine shop on the street and said, "Hey, give me a jar of the best rice wine you have."

"Okay, sir, you have a good eye. The rice wine in our store is the most famous in this ten-mile radius."

Chu Yuan smiled. Everyone would say that, but you have to try it to know whether it’s good or not.

Wine is much more expensive than crabs these days. Chu Yuan only spent less than one or two taels of silver to buy these crabs, but this jar of wine cost ten taels.

After returning to the mansion, Chu Yuan dismissed the cook and made a pot of crab baked in rice wine by himself.

She couldn't finish a dozen crabs herself, so she simply shared them with the maids and servants who accompanied her on the trip, as well as the two guards in gold and silver armor.

In the afternoon, she went boating in the lake again.

The wealthy families in Yueyuan area all have their own cruise ships. Chu Yuan had just arrived, so he just found a passenger ship by the lake and got on it.

But perhaps because he saw that she was alone and a weak woman, the shop owner started to raise the price when they got to the middle of the lake.

Chu Yuan did not resist at the moment. Just as he was about to take the silver from his purse, he heard a man's voice coming from outside: "Guo Lao San, are you asking for an exorbitant price again?"

The ship owner was unhappy to hear this and was about to leave the cabin to argue with him when he saw the word "Meng" on the other party's ship.

"Mr. Meng? Mr. Meng, please don't slander me for no reason."

Chu Yuan heard the subtle meaning in the two men's words and knew that this Master Meng was standing up for him.

"Thank you for your words, Master. From what Master Meng said, could it be that this boatman has often done this before?"

Meng Qixian saw that there was a beautiful girl on the boat, and his face flushed immediately: "This old man is not a good person. If you want to go boating, you might as well take my Meng family's boat."

Chu Yuan tiptoed to the boat on the opposite side.

Under her questioning, Meng Qixian explained the whole story in detail.

It turned out that this old man was a distant relative of the county magistrate, and relying on this status, he made a lot of money on this lake.

Because most of the people who come for a cruise on a whim are passing merchants, these people usually don't want to offend the government, so most of them choose to pay more money to avoid disaster.

Meng Qixian couldn't stand his behavior, and if he happened to see him, he would warn the passengers on the boat, so the relationship between the two was quite tense.

The Meng family is the largest salt merchant in the county, but Meng Qixian is just a bastard born to a skinny horse and has no say in the Meng family, so Gu Lao San is not afraid of him.

Chu Yuan asked him about the style of the county magistrate's family. Since he allowed his relatives to cause such chaos, he was afraid that the county magistrate was not a good official.

Unexpectedly, Meng Qixian had a good opinion of the county magistrate.

The county magistrate was a drunkard and a womanizer, but men tended to do ridiculous things when they were drunk, but as long as they did their job well, these things were harmless.

Chu Yuan sneered. She had thought that Meng Qixian was an upright gentleman, but she didn't expect that he was also vulgar.

Not wanting to say any more to him, Chu Yuan directly said goodbye.

Meng Qixian didn't expect her to leave so soon, but out of courtesy, he still ordered the boat to dock.

After returning to the mansion, Chu Yuan immediately sent people to check the life of this ancient county magistrate. She had a hunch that the "absurd thing" that Meng Qixian mentioned should be quite serious.

Sure enough, the spies brought back news the next morning, revealing every detail of Magistrate Gu's bullying of men and women over the years.

"Princess, please forgive me. We only checked whether his achievements during his reign were true, and neglected this aspect."

"Go down and accept the punishment yourself."

"Yes."

Chu Yuan carefully read the crimes written on the memorial. During the five years that County Magistrate Gu was in office, he married seven concubines, five of whom were sold to the County Magistrate's Mansion by their parents.

She finally understood what Meng Qixian meant by "it's no big deal". Although these women were not willing, they had to obey their parents' orders.

Maybe in the eyes of men, this is a very normal thing.

In such a huge country like Chengying, such things happen every day. Chu Yuan sighed and closed the letter quietly: "Someone come."

Although her power was limited, she could not ignore such a thing.

Especially, just two days before she arrived in Yueyuan County, a concubine was brought into the county magistrate's mansion.

Chu Yuan brought his men to the county magistrate's mansion and went straight into the backyard.

"Stop, who are you? How dare you break into the county magistrate's mansion? No...well...well..." Before he could finish his words, the guards covered his mouth and dragged him aside.

"I heard that your county magistrate has just married a concubine? Take me to her room."

The servant was a man who knew what was happening. Seeing so many of them, all carrying knives, he did not dare to resist and led them all the way to a small courtyard: "This is the courtyard where the Seventh Aunt lives."

Chu Yuan pushed open the door and found a young girl tied to the bed, struggling constantly.

Seeing someone coming in, she looked horrified: "Who are you?"