I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 252: The County Magistrate's Plan

The only person who might stand on their side, Bai Jingzhou's aunt, would really like to stir up trouble in her mother's family so that she can take advantage of the opportunity to profit from it. However, the Ningda family's attitude was surprisingly tough this time.

Ning Da directly said that if she caused trouble again, he would keep her at home to serve the two old people.

They also threatened her that if she dared to run away, their family would unilaterally break off the relationship with her and she would never be able to enter their door again.

A profit-seeking person like her would never stay to serve those two old people. It would be better for her to just stand there and find fault.

But she didn't dare to completely anger the Ningda family. You know, she was still thinking about the private money in her parents' hands. If the Ningda family broke off the relationship with her and she couldn't go back to her parents' home, how would she have the chance to steal the money in her parents' hands in the future?

Ning Da had grasped the weak spot of this woman. After the news that Bai Jingzhou was rewarded by the emperor spread, he did not forget to threaten the woman with breaking off the engagement, asking her to stay at home obediently and not go to Baijia Village to attract dislike.

Thanks to him, Bai Jingzhou's family did not have to face the strange trio from Ning Cuizhi's family.

On the contrary, the Qingshan County government had been eyeing this benefit on the day Bai Jingzhou received the imperial edict, and sent someone to call Bai Jingzhou to the county government office.

The county magistrate was very dissatisfied with the importance that Bai Jingzhou's family showed to Gu Wenxuan on the day they received the imperial edict. This was why he hesitated for so many days instead of approaching Bai Jingzhou right away and giving him a hint.

During that time, the county magistrate thought back and forth for several times whether Bai Jingzhou still needed to fight for him, how many chances he had, how he should treat Bai Jingzhou if he called him over, how Bai Jingzhou might react under different attitudes, and how he could force Bai Jingzhou to submit without completely angering him...

After tossing and turning for a long time, and whispering to his wife about how to fill in the gaps, the county magistrate felt that he had made all the preparations, so he sent someone to call Bai Jingzhou over.

According to common sense, they should not discuss such a private matter as the marriage between two families in the county government office. Whether they invite people to their home or meet them in a teahouse or tavern outside, it is better than calling them into the government office.

However, after much thought, the county magistrate and his wife felt that whether they invited people to their home or met them in a teahouse or tavern outside, it would weaken the county magistrate's invisible suppression of Bai Jingzhou and would not be conducive to their subsequent plans.

In order to ensure the maximum success rate of this matter, the county magistrate and his wife finally decided to meet Bai Jingzhou inside the county government office.

Bai Jingzhou, who was summoned, was given a warning by the other party as soon as he walked into the office of the county magistrate.

Although he had received a reward from the emperor, he was still just a commoner after all, so he needed to perform formalities when meeting an official. The only thing that made Bai Jingzhou feel fortunate was that he was not in the court now, so he did not need to kneel down and kowtow, but only needed to stand and bow.

Unlike the county magistrate who always said "no need to be polite" at the first moment, the county magistrate sat there, staring at Bai Jingzhou and gave him a firm salute, and then said in a pretentious tone, "No need to be polite, sit down."

"Thank you, sir." Bai Jingzhou sat down as he was told, his body straight, his eyebrows half lowered, as if waiting for the other party to speak.

The county magistrate saw that Bai Jingzhou was not nervous at all. It was obvious that the effect of this show of power did not meet his expectations, which made him frown subconsciously.

Collecting his thoughts, the county magistrate casually asked a few questions about Bai Jingzhou's studies.

Bai Jingzhou answered the other party's questions in a serious manner without saying a word more.

The county magistrate felt how difficult the other party was, so he had to take the initiative to hint to the other party that he could get him into the county school.

Bai Jingzhou showed a little surprise moderately.

The county magistrate smiled slightly and did not continue the topic. Instead, he changed the subject and said that a country girl like Gu Wenxuan was not worthy of Bai Jingzhou at all. Not only would she be unable to help him in the future, but she would also hold him back because of her short-sightedness and rude character. She was not like the ladies from their official families with profound family background who were carefully educated and suitable for the family, virtuous and decent, and could be a good match.

Bai Jingzhou almost laughed out loud after hearing the county magistrate's boasting. He was just a county magistrate, but he had the nerve to say that his daughter was a "lady from a noble family". Has the standard for a lady from a noble family been so loose these days?

And this bastard actually had the guts to say bad things about the girl he loved. If he didn't reveal some of this bastard's dirty laundry to the county magistrate, he would be letting this bastard down with his stinky mouth.

Bai Jingzhou did not confront the county magistrate head-on because there was no need.

The previous incident with Gu Yongwen had made him wary of the county magistrate, so when the yamen runners called him over, he asked Bai Jingshan to quietly help him move the rescue (county) soldiers (order).

Just now, the county magistrate was pretending to be waiting for him to salute, but he didn't feel anything and just saluted the other party firmly.

Anyway, according to the laws and customs of Dayan, he was not a lowly person, nor a suspect, and he was not summoned in the main hall of the county government. In this informal meeting, as a person of good status, he only needed to bow deeply when meeting the official, and he did not need to kneel down and kowtow.

It's just a bow. At most he can just think of it as paying tribute to the dead.

Bai Jingzhou would not take this level of intimidation seriously at all.

As for the county magistrate's words that explicitly and implicitly suggested that he break off the engagement and marry another woman, he simply pretended that he didn't understand them at all.

Anyway, he is just a country boy who has never been to a private school. He is slow to react, short-sighted, and foolish, which is more in line with other people's inherent impression of him than being quick-witted, versatile, and knowing everything.

The county magistrate's subsequent reaction indeed verified Bai Jingzhou's reasonable conjecture.

He kept talking, but Bai Jingzhou didn't give the expected response. His first reaction was not to get angry, but to frown and think about how to "wake up" this useless Bai Jingzhou without losing face.

However, before he could organize his words, County Magistrate Peng arrived with his legal advisor.

The county magistrate didn't want to continue this topic, so he stood up and saluted County Magistrate Peng.

County Magistrate Peng waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to be polite, then turned to look at Bai Jingzhou, "You can go now."

The county magistrate sighed and said, "Sir, I have something to discuss with this boy."

County Magistrate Peng glanced at him and said, "You should know who Lord Mu was who came to deliver the imperial edict. This child is his sworn brother."

"What?" The county magistrate's eyes widened. "Sir, are you serious?"

County Magistrate Peng nodded and said, "If you don't believe it, you can ask Lord Mu to verify it."

Mu Hanzhi is now a very famous figure around the emperor. How could the county magistrate have the courage to go to him and talk nonsense?