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"No. Cough cough cough, Chunxia, ​​come here. There are some things I'm having trouble saying, you can say them!"

The Third Prince did not speak, but turned to look at the door and asked the maid who usually served him to speak.

Chunxia whispered a few words to Princess Wuxi, who then let out a sigh of relief.

Phew. Grandpa almost scared me to death. It turns out that the prerequisite for false pregnancy is that the female animal is aroused and has been touched and massaged by the male animal during this period, which stimulates the female animal to the point that false pregnancy may occur.

My relationship with Su Yan is perfectly normal. At most, we just stay in our little fox forms and roll around in bed together. This doesn't constitute any prerequisites whatsoever.

"Nothing happened?"

Nothing happened!

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Just as Princess Wuxi and the Third Prince finished their negotiations and were enjoying tea in a relaxed atmosphere...

On the other side, Su Yan also stepped out of Grand Tutor Jin's private room, his face full of dissatisfaction, and walked out of the pavilion on the top floor of Luohe Residence, flying towards the government office of Flower City.

Grand Tutor Jin asked Su Yan to write an industrial plan, but how could Su Yan possibly figure it out instantly?

Su Yan frankly stated that he needed some time and that it was impossible to write it in just a few sentences. Grand Tutor Jin then put down the chime bell hammer he was holding tightly and asked Su Yan to write down the detailed dumping of goods and subsequent plans as soon as possible.

After discussing those matters, Grand Tutor Jin also gave Su Yan some instructions.

Since he was able to understand Xia Yu's philosophy, he must also understand and accept the philosophy of assimilation, right?

When he's dumping goods in the southern border region, he shouldn't forget to cultivate a shared identity among those guys, otherwise they'll never be subjects of Xia Yu. Su Yan should understand some things himself, so he won't say more.

The Xia Yu people were not a single ethnic group; the Xia Yu City was home to a diverse array of ethnic groups, including humans, demons, sea creatures, hybrid demons, and plant demons. However, everyone recognized the nine-tailed fox as an auspicious creature. Even if they did not recognize it now, they would recognize it as an auspicious creature in a few hundred years or two generations later.

This is the common understanding: those who do not believe in the nine-tailed fox or are hostile to it are considered outsiders.

The belief that the nine-tailed fox is an auspicious omen is a general term; this faith truly points to the Emperor Wusheng.

Grand Tutor Jin's words meant that when Su Yan was making money without any conscience, he should not forget his main task: to assimilate the local natives into the Xia Yu people and create a shared understanding.

"Huh? What are you doing?"

Su Yan flew down to the backyard of the government office, thinking about what Grand Tutor Jin had said. She originally planned to go back to her room to take a bath, change clothes, and then have a good night's sleep.

But as soon as he arrived at the backyard of the government office, he saw Zhou You, Princess Luanming, Feng Shiqi, and Qingya, who did not manage the affairs of Flower City, all gathered in the pavilion, flipping through the Xia Yu Law and local laws.

"Yo~"

When Zhou You saw Su Yan return, he raised his hand to greet Su Yan and said:

“It’s nothing major, just that we encountered a case without precedent, so we looked through the law to see how it could be judged.”

"What kind of case is so complicated?" Su Yan landed in the backyard, squatted down, and stroked the little fox she had adopted at the government office, asking with great curiosity.

"He was a wealthy landlord who had three wives and four daughters."

"This shouldn't be illegal, right?" Su Yan asked.

Princess Luanming shook her head and said, "Of course it's not illegal. As long as you pay taxes when taking a concubine, it's legal. The real problem lies in what comes later. That rich man is despicable. He had his concubine pretend to be a widow and go to the tavern to trick young men who were greedy for beauty and money into working in the landlord's fields. After that, the landlord would jump out and say that the young men had violated the laws of Xia Yu by seducing married women, and he used this to threaten them, trying to get rid of those young men by throwing down a few taels of silver."

"Those young people were also furious, and in the afternoon they came to our government office and said that they would rather be stripped naked and paraded through the streets than not get justice."

Su Yan stared in disbelief, and after a long while, he managed to utter a single sentence through gritted teeth: "Wow, that was some amazing skill!"

This landlord is quite a character. The Xia Yu Law has only been in effect here for a short time, and most people haven't even read it. Yet, this landlord came up with such a sly and despicable idea to swindle young people.

I must say, he's truly a talented individual! It would be a waste of his talent if he didn't apply for a position as a clerk at the flower and plant administration office.

"The relationships are too complicated, and we don't have a good standard for judgment at the moment. More than 20 people are involved, including eight people from the landlord's family. Not only his concubine, but even his daughter went out to deceive people to come back to farm. The young people are also preparing to claim compensation for lost wages."

Zhou You clicked her tongue in amazement and began to complain.

I was planning to finish posting at 4 AM and go to sleep, but after cooking and eating, I ended up spending more than two hours in the toilet, almost dying there, which caused the delay.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 327 The Rise of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Unborn Emperor!

"How should he be sentenced? He should definitely be sentenced severely! Old Cai's behavior was provocative! The nature of his actions was so egregious that he should be given a heavy sentence as a warning to those who want to use this as a way to cheat and shirk responsibility!"

After listening to Zhou You and Princess Luanming's explanation, Su Yan admired the landlord's shrewdness in studying the laws of Xia Yu and exploiting loopholes to benefit himself, but Su Yan still felt that he should be severely punished.

Young men who peep on married women should be paraded through the streets; married women who lie about being widowed to seduce young and strong men should be directly sentenced to caning; and the daughters of wealthy landlords should be convicted of fraud and fined heavily!

Because the laws of Xia Yu represent the bottom line, and as a county magistrate, one must not only consider matters of the law, but also the public opinion storm that may follow the case of the landlord.

The laws of Xia Yu have just been implemented, and you're already trying to exploit loopholes for me?

Having calculated the costs of fraud and hiring tenants, Su Yan came up with this terrible idea. He figured he wouldn't lose money either way. He felt that if he wasn't severely punished, this incident would inevitably arouse the ulterior motives of other large landowners, who would try to use deception and fraud to lure young people to their fields.

Anyway, the cost of breaking the law is low. Even if the authorities impose heavy fines after the crime is exposed, it's just a matter of breaking even. As long as you successfully deceive someone once, you make a huge profit.

Earning money through unscrupulous means is incredibly satisfying.

"That's what we think too, but the real issue is here: we need to sentence them severely to demonstrate the rigor of our Xia Yu laws."

Princess Luanming said helplessly, "But the landlord's concubine took full responsibility and absolved the landlord of all responsibility. We stayed up most of the night to find the right law to drag out the landlord who had absolved all responsibility and give him a severe sentence."

They shared Su Yan's view that this case should be used as a model for judgment.

In addition to the laws promulgated by Emperor Wusheng, there were also some local laws. As the local officials, county magistrates not only had to judge according to the laws, but also had to be considerate of the people's sentiments and pay attention to local laws, and make a judgment after considering all factors, rather than simply beating people to death at the drop of a hat.

Otherwise, if the public resentment boils over and attracts the attention of the Demon Suppression Bureau, the county magistrate will face a more severe trial. He will be accused of knowingly breaking the law and will not even know how he died.

Hmm. Humane law enforcement. If you lack humanity, the people might invite an even more brutal Demon Suppression Division to kill the previous magistrate on the spot and make way for the deputy.

“What’s troubling us now is that it’s obvious to everyone that the landlord ordered his concubine to commit the crime, but we have no evidence to convict him!” Zhou You said with a displeased expression. “If all else fails, we can just pin a charge on him and give him a good beating to stop the public resentment from rising.”

Su Yan pondered for a moment after hearing this, then said, "We don't actually need to frame him. I'll just go to his place and check his books and taxes."

"No, no, no, of course I know that a guy like him must be careful in his work, but we don't need to find any crime. When we have nothing else to do, we can have the yamen runners come to his house to check his accounts. When they do check the accounts, we can make all the workers and tenants in his house stop what they are doing."

"We conduct a small inspection every three days and a large inspection every five days. It doesn't matter whether we find anything or not. Just treat it as a vacation for our yamen runners, a place to escape the heat, drink tea and eat fruit."

Su Yan couldn't help but chuckle as he spoke. As the official office of Xia Yu stationed in the Flower Region, it didn't have much power in the past due to the clan's autonomy. But now the Flower Office is different from before. It can investigate whenever it wants, and it doesn't even need to produce any evidence.

Going against the government? Can you take on the 300,000-strong army that the Red King illegally expanded, or can you kick Emperor Wusheng off his throne?

"Before the court session tomorrow, let's have a word with that old rich man. If he doesn't want our government to come to his house every day to check his accounts and use a recording crystal to record his nightly pleasures with his wives and concubines, let him honestly confess his crimes, serve three to five months, and then pay a fine of spirit stones to be released from prison."

"Are you trying to be aggressive?" Princess Luanming's forehead creased with annoyance. "Aren't you afraid he'll sue you?"

Su Yan waved his hand and said, "It's alright. If the landlord really files a complaint, I'm familiar with the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice."

"Pfft. Hahahaha."

Zhou You couldn't help but burst out laughing. He thought Su Yan had some way to get that landlord to willingly admit to all the crimes and not go to the main city of Xia Yu to file a complaint afterward. It turns out that this is how it was resolved.

This time, it's truly a case of the wicked getting their comeuppance; local thugs and ruffians have met their match with fierce bandits from the mountains.

"Now that the problem has been solved, there's no need to look through those old books. Let's judge it according to the current version in court. If the landlord is dishonest and acts like a hooligan, I'll go to his house and make a scene with him."

Princess Luanming closed the book. Dealing with these cunning people requires some clever tricks; it's really difficult to find a loophole to drag them to court for trial.

Thinking about it, Princess Luanming couldn't help but sigh. It was the first time she had conducted a public trial, and she had intended to seriously try the landlord through the law. Unexpectedly, in the end, she would still have to resort to some underhanded tactics.

"Everyone should get some rest! Before the public trial tomorrow morning, we still need to replace the gate tower in front of the government office with a nine-tailed fox statue of Xia Yu."

The flower-growing region worships the Holy Spirit and the Mountain God. The Holy Spirit is in charge of ensuring favorable weather, while the Mountain God is responsible for making the soil fertile.

In front of the houses of wealthy landowners in flower-growing regions, there is usually a pair of gateposts for the Holy Spirit and the Mountain God. The gateposts are mostly buried in the ground to support the gateposts, with the Holy Spirit in the shape of white clouds and the Mountain God in the shape of trees showing.

In this way, one can ensure the safety of the household and pray for good weather and abundant wealth in the coming year.

However, even though Xia Yu had taken full control of the flowers, and could display things like the Holy Spirit Mountain God, he absolutely could not place them in front of the official residence that symbolized Xia Yu's face. As Xia Yu's official residence, it was natural to place two majestic nine-tailed fox statues there.

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Su Yan returned to his dormitory, first placing the sleeping Little Dragon Girl, who resembled an eel, onto the bed, then taking a bath and changing clothes before going to bed to rest as well.

Of course, Su Yan still maintained her human form. When she was sleeping in the Moon Rabbit Clan's territory, she was bitten by a mosquito while in her little fox form. The bite swelled up for several days, which made Su Yan wary. She was worried that she might encounter the vicious mosquitoes again, so she transformed into her human form and put on a light garment to sleep.

With the arrival of the Lord of Night, Su Yan slept soundly through the night without any dreams until the next day.

The Lord of Night looked at the still-dark sky with a puzzled expression, glanced outside the door, and then disappeared into the void.

"Bang bang bang Brother Su, are you up yet? We need to prepare to invite the Nine-Tailed Fox statue over."

Zhou You's voice rang out from outside the door. The auspicious time for placing the nine-tailed fox statue was approaching, but Su Yan had not yet come out of the dormitory. So Zhou You took the initiative to run to Su Yan's dormitory door and knock on it, asking Su Yan to get up and get ready.

"what"

Su Yan groggily opened her eyes, responded to Zhou You's call from outside the door, and yawned:

"No matter how luxurious the nest is, it's never as comfortable as your own little fox den."

Su Yan slept so soundly that he didn't even notice that it was getting light, almost causing him to forget the important task of setting up the stone statue that morning.

After a quick wash, Su Yan ran to the front of the government office to watch the placement of the nine-tailed fox statue.

Offerings were placed on the altar in front of the government office, along with some incense and candles. Two stone statues of nine-tailed foxes had been placed in front of the flower office. The two foxes sat on the stone seats in a squatting posture, and their nine tails were not erect but rather curled up casually and relaxedly beside them.

The two nine-tailed foxes tilted their heads toward the door, as if watching the passersby coming and going from the government office.

Overall, the nine-tailed fox statues adopt a lot of curved shapes, deliberately reducing the fierce feeling that the nine-tailed fox's face and body may present. Instead, when people see them, they can feel that the two nine-tailed fox statues are relaxed and leisurely.

It's as if they're looking down on the world.

"Let's get ready to offer incense."

Princess Luanming picked up the incense and candles from the altar and began distributing incense to the county magistrates and yamen runners. After everyone finished their worship, the simple process of offering incense to the nine-tailed fox statue would be completed.

"I won't burn incense."

Su Yan looked at the two stone statues, each over two meters tall, with a hint of anticipation on his face. He refused the incense and candles offered by Princess Luanming, and ran to the shoulder of the nine-tailed fox statue, taking a deep breath.

At the height of the incense offerings at the altar, Su Yan suddenly opened his mouth and let out a fox-like cry:

"The Great Xia Dynasty rises, and the Emperor of No Life is born!"

At such a perfect moment to play with memes, Su Yan couldn't contain his excitement and climbed onto the nine-tailed fox's shoulder to play some harmless old jokes.

Princess Luanming and Zhou You were taken aback, but after thinking about it, they felt that the words Su Yan had said seemed quite appropriate. So, while burning incense, they also shouted the words Su Yan had uttered: "Great Xia prospers, Emperor Wusheng!"

"The Great Xia Dynasty rises, and the Emperor of No Life is born!"

The nine-tailed fox statue is located in front of the government office, signifying that Xia Yu has officially brought the flower area into his sphere of influence.