Being invited to dinner by the county magistrate was a big deal, so Li specially found a new dress for Wang Yiyi to change into.

Even the village head was proud of this, as Jiang Chengzong and the county magistrate had never been invited to a meal before. Wang Yiyi was the only one in their village to have done so.

He came early in the morning and gave Wang Yiyi several instructions, as if he wished he could go himself.

Wang Yi was so tired of hearing this that even the emperor didn't seem to care this much.

The village head escorted the person all the way to the village entrance before leaving.

Jiang Mantun gritted his teeth as he watched all this; all of this should have belonged to his son.

Today, the whole family saw Wang Yiyi off at the town entrance. She was a little puzzled: "The magistrate treated my eldest sister like that, aren't you all angry? Why are you all so happy?"

Wang Dashan said, "What's there to be angry about? The magistrate was just handling things impartially. Besides, isn't your older sister perfectly fine?"

Even Da Ya chimed in, "I didn't suffer any injustice in prison. The magistrate even punished Jiang Chengzong and Skinny Monkey on our behalf. I'm so grateful!"

Wang Yiyi was speechless; she wasn't that magnanimous.

In the apocalypse, she would beat up anyone who stole a piece of bread from her.

When Wang Yi was delivering goods, the news that the county magistrate wanted to invite her to dinner at Yinyuelou had already spread, and many more people placed orders with her.

After delivering the goods, she deliberately wandered around for a while before going to Yinyue Tower, just before lunchtime.

Yinyuelou is the largest restaurant in Shixian County. It not only serves meals but also provides accommodation, making it a favorite place for traveling merchants to stay.

She had tried to sell tofu here before, but she never even saw the shopkeeper.

This time, the shopkeeper was waiting at the door early. "Boss Wang, what a great honor to have you here! The magistrate is upstairs. Please come in."

Wang Yi nodded, and immediately someone followed behind and diligently carried her bucket upstairs.

She took the bucket on purpose; there were even a few pieces of tofu inside.

She wanted to do business with the Silver Moon Pavilion.

As expected, the manager of Yinyuelou spoke up first: "I heard that Boss Wang is in the tofu business. My Yinyuelou uses quite a bit of tofu every day. I wonder if Boss Wang would be interested?"

In fact, Yin Yue Lou makes his own tofu, and he did this in order to get closer to Wang Yiyi.

Wang Yiyi laughed and said, "My tofu is just something I made at home. It can't compare to the tofu from Yinyuelou. Why don't you, Boss Qian, use my tofu to make a few dishes and send them to the magistrate to try? If the magistrate says it's delicious, I'll gladly accept the offer."

With a wave of his hand, Boss Qian immediately sent the tofu to the kitchen.

Boss Qian personally escorted Wang Yiyi to a private room upstairs before leaving.

Magistrate Li has not slept well for two nights in a row.

After Xie Yu left, he became more and more frightened. Although he was an official appointed by the court, if he really offended General Xie, he would lose his official position.

He dared not approach General Xie, and after much deliberation, he decided that the Wang family girl was the most suitable person to approach.

The fact that she could summon someone so late at night means she must have a close relationship with General Xie and perhaps know something about him.

He personally poured Wang Yiyi a cup of tea: "Boss Wang, please don't take your sister's matter to heart. I am only doing my job and acting in accordance with the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty."

That old fox is clearly targeting us on purpose; why is he bringing up the law now?

Wang Yi accepted the tea with both hands, her face full of gratitude: "How could that be? You've helped our family get rid of Jiang Chengzong and Li Shouhou. We're more than grateful."

Magistrate Li finally felt a little relieved; at least he wasn't involved in this matter. "Boss Wang and General Xie seem to be quite familiar with each other?"

Wang Yiyi took a sip of tea, her tone reluctant to elaborate: "Well, we're not exactly close. He just likes my mom's cooking and has eaten at our house a few times."

She didn't even blush when she said this. Anyway, it was a fact that Xie Yu had come to her house. As for how many times he had come and how many meals he had eaten with, who knew?

Magistrate Li was startled. Wasn't this clearly saying that he and the man were very familiar with each other? He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

He cursed his daughter several times in his heart; he had really offended someone he shouldn't have.

He chuckled twice: "Boss Wang is too modest."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Boss Qian knocked on the door and brought out the food.

"Boss Wang, the signboard of Silver Moon Pavilion, Autumn Dew White." Magistrate Li poured Wang Yiyi a cup of wine.

Wang Yiyi refused outright: "My lord, I am only fourteen years old and do not drink alcohol. I will drink tea instead."

Magistrate Li hurriedly took the wine cup back. The way this girl from the Wang family behaved made it really hard to believe she was only a fourteen-year-old child.

He didn't dare treat her like a fourteen-year-old child.

"Boss Wang, you're truly a young man of great promise."

Magistrate Li then said a few more polite words.

Wang Yiyi also gave a little mutual compliment.

After several rounds of drinks, Magistrate Li finally swallowed his pride and pleaded, "Please, Boss Wang, save my life."

These words left Wang Yiyi somewhat bewildered. Although she was dissatisfied with the magistrate's actions, she hadn't intended to kill anyone.

She prides herself on being beautiful and kind-hearted, and would never kill someone so easily.

Besides, even if she had this thought in her mind, she never mentioned it to anyone, so how did the magistrate know?

Wang Yi poured him a cup of wine. "What does Magistrate Li mean by this?"

"Boss Wang, tell me honestly, is General Xie dissatisfied with me?"

Wang Yiyi looked puzzled: "What makes you say that, Magistrate Li?"

Magistrate Li let out a drunken hiccup and blurted out all the questions that had been nagging at him for days: "If General Xie wasn't dissatisfied with me, why did someone use the Xie family's token to frame my daughter a few days ago? Isn't that a clear indication of their displeasure with me?"

Wang Yiyi hadn't expected the county magistrate to have thought so much about what happened that day.

Fortunately, she had disguised herself at the time.

She thought for a moment before saying, "My lord, you misunderstand. I have met General Xie. He is an upright man. If he were truly dissatisfied with you, he would have said so directly. I suspect that someone is deliberately trying to sow discord between you and the general."

Magistrate Li slammed his fist on the table: "Who would be so despicable as to use such methods? I, Li Defu, will never fall for it."

Then, looking surprised, he asked, "You've met General Xie?"

Wang Yi nodded: "We exchanged a few words."

To Magistrate Li, these words were interpreted as deliberate modesty.

He had a close relationship with General Xie and also knew General Xie.

Could it be that the Xie family and the Wang family are related by marriage?

The more Magistrate Li thought about it, the more he felt that his idea made sense. General Xie was only sixteen years old, which was a suitable age for the Wang family's daughters.

And it's very likely that it's the same Mr. Wang who's standing in front of us.

She had spoken with General Xie, and Young General Xie often ate at her house. She deliberately spoke in a tone of unfamiliarity, just so that too many people would know about this.

He felt he had discovered the truth!

Wang Yiyi had no idea that Magistrate Li was thinking so many random things in that instant. She just felt that Magistrate Li's attitude had become even more attentive, even a little obsequious.

Both of them had something on their minds, but the meal was still enjoyable for both host and guest.

Just before leaving, Wang Yiyi suddenly asked, "Lord Li, how was the tofu at today's banquet? I specially asked my mother to make it."

Magistrate Li, feeling pleased with himself, said with a smile, "Exquisitely delicious! Your mother's cooking skills are unparalleled."

He even made a look of reminiscence.

Wang Yi glanced at Boss Qian standing to the side, then smiled and saw him out the door.

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