We agreed on a famine year, so how come your family has enough rice and wheat flour?

"Madam, why didn't you discuss going to the county with that fool beforehand?"

Chen Youtian was in Mei Yan's room, questioning her with a hint of displeasure.

Mei Yan picked up a vermilion lip rouge with both hands, brought it to her lips, and gently pressed it together. Her thin lips immediately became much redder. Then she turned to look at Chen Youtian and said bluntly:

"Chen Youtian, do you think that just because I married you, we're truly husband and wife? Do you think I need to discuss this with you?"

Chen Youtian forced a smile. "Madam, I was just worried about you. What if that fool had bad intentions towards you? I wouldn't be able to explain it to Magistrate Mei!"

"After all, when a fool gets stupid, he fears nothing and doesn't care about the consequences at all."

Mei Yan gave a soft hum, "Chen Youtian, the village has always said that Lin Feng not only had his head trampled by a wild boar, but also..."

Chen Youtian immediately realized something and burst into laughter.

"Oh right, how could I forget that? That idiot is a useless man. Even if Madam takes off her dress herself, he still won't be able to get it up."

Snapped!

Mei Yan slammed her hand on the table and stood up, glaring angrily at Chen Youtian.

"Madam, please don't be angry. I just spoke carelessly and said the wrong thing. I'll slap myself."

Chen Youtian realized he had made a mistake in his joke and quickly slapped himself twice across the face in front of Mei Yan.

Mei Yan's anger subsided.

Soon, a servant appeared at the door and reported to Mei Yan that Lin Feng had arrived.

Mei Yan quickly picked up a bronze mirror, checked her appearance, and after confirming that there was no problem, she put on a mink cloak and went out.

Chen Youtian also walked out of the house and saw Lin Feng, so he warmly stepped forward and shook his hand.

"Lin Feng, thank you for escorting my wife to the city."

"Remember, my wife is quite delicate, so please take extra care of her on the road!"

Chen Youtian said this, but in reality, he wished something would happen to Mui Yan.

Therefore, Magistrate Mei will certainly not let Lin Feng off the hook.

Lin Feng looked at Chen Youtian with a strange expression.

This guy... seems quite comfortable with Mei Yan going to the county alone with him.

Lin Feng didn't say much to Chen Youtian. He waited for a servant to bring a horse, let Mei Yan ride it, and then took her away.

"Drive carefully!" Chen Youtian waved from behind.

Not far from Dongshan Village, we saw Song Shun waiting by the roadside in a donkey cart.

Mei Yan recognized the donkey cart. "Isn't this our Chen family's donkey cart?"

"I remember a few days ago, you bought grain from Chen Youtian, and you took this donkey cart with you. But clearly that night, we were robbed by bandits."

Lin Feng had already guessed that Mei Yan would recognize the donkey cart, so he calmly said:

"I and a detachment of border troops wiped out Black Wind Stronghold. The donkey cart, as spoils of war, belongs to me. Is there a problem with that?"

Mei Yan covered her mouth and chuckled, "Chen Youtian really lost out big time. He was going to build you a house, and now the donkey cart that was stolen by the bandits is all yours."

Lin Feng looked at Mei Yan's smiling face; she was truly a charming young woman!

Especially when Anita Mui was riding a horse on the bumpy road, even though she was wearing a snow-white mink cloak over her clothes, she was still wearing a high-waisted ruqun underneath, which still gave people a glimpse of her alluring, snow-white figure.

"What are you looking at? Look again and I'll gouge your eyes out!"

Mei Yan noticed that Lin Feng's gaze was off, so she covered her chest with her small hand and glared at him angrily.

Lin Feng pursed his lips and didn't say anything.

At the same time, he wondered why this woman was even more beautiful and sexy than when he had visited her home not long ago. She was incredibly feminine and had clearly dressed up carefully.

Mui Yan clearly knew he had already done it, wasn't she afraid he'd get evil intentions...?

"By the way, did you bring Sun Li's head?" Mei Yan suddenly asked.

Song Shun, who was driving the donkey cart behind, immediately picked up a bundle containing a round object.

"Madam Chen, the things are here."

Upon hearing this, Mei Yan subconsciously turned around and glanced back, her face immediately turning pale, and she dared not look any further.

After all, it was a severed head.

After Mei Yan recovered, she asked Lin Feng.

"What are those big boxes on your donkey cart for? And you're also carrying jars of wine."

"It's nothing, just hauling some goods to the city to sell," Lin Feng replied casually.

Hearing Lin Feng's attitude, Mei Yan pouted and angrily stopped talking to him.

After a long while, the group finally arrived at the west gate of Qingyang County.

When the officials saw the donkey cart carrying goods, they wanted to inspect it and secretly made things difficult for it, demanding some toll money.

But seeing that the county magistrate's daughter was also in the line, he awkwardly let her in.

"It's a good thing I was here with you, otherwise those goods of dubious origin in your boxes would definitely have aroused the suspicion of the officials!"

Mei Yan wasn't stupid; she could guess that the goods in the box must have been seized from Black Wind Village.

Black Wind Stronghold is robbing merchants from the city again.

Therefore, this is a batch of stolen goods.

"Oh, thank you then," Lin Feng said indifferently.

"You..." Mei Yan was furious at Lin Feng's attitude.

At the Chen family home, Chen Youtian took good care of her.

When it came to Lin Feng, his status plummeted.

But the more this was the case, the more Mei Yan felt that Lin Feng was very different from others!

Arrived at the county government office.

Lin Feng told Song Shun to wait at the door, and then followed Mei Yan into the county government office.

The constables here all knew Mei Yan, and Lin Feng met the county magistrate without any hindrance.

The man sitting opposite Lin Feng was in his early fifties, with a thin face, a short beard on his chin, and dressed in a plain blue cloth robe.

"My daughter told me that you solved the problem of the bandits in Black Wind Mountain?" Mei Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"Your Excellency, it was not by my own strength alone. A group of border troops suddenly arrived in Dongshan Village and asked me to assist them in destroying Black Wind Stronghold."

Lin Feng did not take all the credit for himself, after all, these things could be easily found by asking any villager at the foot of the mountain.

Mei Zhiyuan nodded. "That makes sense."

"Which border troops suddenly came to the territory of my Qingshan County? Our yamen has no idea about it."

"I asked the leading general, but he did not answer."

Mei Zhiyuan didn't dwell on which border army it was. Since the other party hadn't revealed their identity, the credit could be claimed by the county government.

"Did you bring the head?" Mei Zhiyuan asked.

"I brought it." Lin Feng handed a bundle to the constable beside him.

The constable, carrying a bundle, approached Mei Zhiyuan, opened it slightly, and revealed a bloodstained human face.

"It's him!" Mei Zhiyuan's eyes lit up with joy.

Mei Yan then spoke up, "Father, although a mysterious border army also intervened, Lin Feng ordered Lin Feng to behead Sun Li. That's the greatest achievement!"

Mei Zhiyuan glanced at his daughter, then gestured to Lin Feng to sit opposite him.

"I heard from my daughter that you're a hunter?"

"Yes, sir," Lin Feng said as he took his seat.

"Not bad, not bad, you hunters are now officially registered with the government," Mei Zhiyuan said with a smile.

Lin Feng chuckled inwardly. "A county magistrate is a county magistrate after all. He's already trying to claim a share of the credit for solving the bandit problem."

"Someone, go and bring up the reward money for Sun Li's arrest warrant," Mei Zhiyuan ordered the constable beside him.

Soon, the constable returned carrying a wooden tray with a silver ingot on it.

Mei Zhiyuan said slowly, "Hunter Lin, because of your contribution to the border troops in eliminating bandits, it's impossible for you to have all of this thousand taels."

Lin Feng nodded without saying anything.

Mei Zhiyuan continued, "By the way, there's something I need to tell you. As you know, there are many refugees outside the city, and the relief grain provided by the imperial court is simply not enough."

"So the yamen took it upon itself to use part of the reward money for Sun Li's arrest for disaster relief, so now there are only twenty taels left."

That's outrageous! From a thousand taels, only twenty taels are left...

Lin Feng naturally did not believe Mei Zhiyuan's words. If the government had spent all its money on disaster relief, there would have been no situation of refugees entering villages and looting.

Lin Feng smiled calmly and said, "I understand completely. There is a famine right now, and many people are starving and are relying on government relief."

"Qingyang County was able to avoid chaos thanks to the county magistrate's efforts in organizing manpower for disaster relief."

Mei Zhiyuan was very satisfied with what he heard.

Let's hear what Lin Feng has to say.

"Your Excellency, I am willing to donate these twenty taels to disaster relief, so that we can work together to overcome this famine."

Lin Feng's words made Mei Zhiyuan and Mei Yan look at him with newfound respect.

Twenty taels of silver, not twenty copper coins, can be donated just like that?

Lin Feng bowed and continued, "Your Excellency, I would like to trouble you with these twenty taels to help me purchase grain for the people's relief."

Mei Zhiyuan seemed to understand another meaning in Lin Feng's words, and immediately had someone accept the silver without hesitation, then looked at Lin Feng with an appreciative gaze.

"Very good, very good. Hunter Lin, you have such a kind heart. On behalf of the refugees outside the city, I thank you for your donation!"

"It just so happens that I'm going to buy grain in my capacity as the county magistrate. The grain shop will give me some face and the price of a shi (a unit of dry measure) of grain will be lower than the market price."

Lin Feng scoffed, knowing that all 20 taels of silver would end up in Mei Zhiyuan's pocket.

But that was precisely his purpose.

Mei Zhiyuan is the second-in-command of Qingyang County.

In this chaotic world, if you want to get things done, you'll inevitably have to use the power held by the other party.

Anyway, it's not like it's his money, so I won't feel bad about giving it to him.

Seeing that Mei Zhiyuan had accepted the silver, Lin Feng left the county office without saying much to him.