Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 424: Results

The next day, Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian made an excuse to visit the county capital and inquired about the results of the incident.

It was said that yesterday at the Zhulin Temple, the county magistrate was reciting scriptures with the presiding monk when he suddenly felt a little tired and went back to rest while his wife went to take a walk in the bamboo forest without him.

Not long after the county magistrate entered the room, a mother and her daughters returned to a neighboring room and heard a commotion.
The daughters were so frightened they screamed, attracting several guards!

Originally, Lian Fang Zhou would have been the victim and it was clear that the magistrate’s wife did not plan to give her an opportunity to escape.

She wanted to blow the matter up as big as possible!

The bigger the trouble, the less Lian Fang Zhou would have a way out.
This was how shameless she was!

Without a way out, she would have to resign herself to being a concubine, unable to ever raise her head again.

Things went very smoothly, it was perfect.

However, because the main character had been switch, everything changed.

Zhao Ru Jun was so terrified, her face was covered in tears.
The county magistrate simply pretended to be dizzy and rushed back to the city while his wife furious, attacked Zhao Ru Jun in shock, screaming and tearing at her!

It was not just because the county magistrate’s wife had seen all Lian Fang Zhou’s money disappear from her hands like smoke, but also because she knew exactly how clever Zhao Ru Jun’s methods were.
It was definitely not a good thing for her to enter her household!

Zhao Ru Jun was angry, unwilling and confused but the county magistrate and his wife couldn’t hide anything.
They had no choice but to bring her back to their manor…

Who send things were too big? Even if they wanted to hide it, they couldn’t!

In the teahouse, Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian sat on opposite sides.
Lian Fang Zhou had a smile at the corner of her mouth and her eyes were sparkling.

It was really beautiful!

Ah Jian refilled her tea and smiled slightly.
“The Zhao Family’s miss is a self-inflicted victim but the county magistrate’s wife won’t let her off!”

She snorted lightly, her eyebrows curved.
Smiling, she said: “That’s natural but its not enough!”

Startled, he looked at her.

Lian Fang Zhou explained: “If the roots are not eradicated, who knows if she will take advantage of the fertile soil to germinate? Zhao Ru Jun is not a good plant, I won’t give her a chance to recover! Think about it, although she has injured herself, what if she can coax the county magistrate and his wife again? When that time comes, it will be even more difficult to deal with her with such a big tree as her backing.”

“That’s right,” Ah Jian said, his eyes wide, “what are you going to do?”

“I’ll have to ask my cousin and cousin-in-law for help on this matter.
Let’s go back first, I’ll explain along the way.
Anyways, it won’t hurt to wait for a day or two.”

Ah Jian nodded, “Okay!”

Lian Fang Zhou had already thought about countermeasures in her heart.
The reason she needed Fang Qing and Su Jing He’s help was to use their connected to spread rumors.

With Su Jing He’s ready made network, she could save a lot of trouble and be assured that her role was confidential.

She wanted everyone to know that the concubine of the Zhao family was pregnant and the out of favor eldest young lady, Zhao Ru Jun, wanted to find a way out for herself.
Setting her sights on the county magistrate, she schemed against the county magistrate and his wife and finally succeeded in becoming his concubine!

The county magistrate had reluctantly accepted Zhao Ru Jun, worried about impacting his official reputation.
When this rumor came out, it would paint the county magistrate as a victim and he would be extremely relieved.

Under these circumstances, he would accept Zhao Ru Jun because he was a kind and generous person but he would absolutely never spoil Concubine Zhao, because otherwise, wouldn’t this be slapping himself in the face? He’d look like an idiot, treasuring people who had made a fool of him!

The second wave of rumors would say that Concubine Zhao had followed her father in business since she was a child.
She was smart, clever, and shrewd! With her taking care of affairs for the county magistrate, the county magistrate would definitely make a lot of money.
This was the reason Concubine Zhao dared to scheme against him.
Even if he was angry with her, he wouldn’t be angry with her forever! When his anger subsided and he could see her benefits, he would naturally forgive her.
Moreover, using what she learned to make money for the county magistrate was a type of atonement, right?

In this case, how could the county magistrate’s wife allow her to take power one day in the future? In order to avoid this happening, she would definitely destroy her first!

But for Lian Fang Zhou, this was not enough!

That’s why she would also have some people instigate the Zhao clan, letting them run rampant around the county under the banner of being the county magistrate’s concubine’s maternal relatives.
Unchecked, they would do many terrible, evil things.

This way, even if Zhao Ru Jun was really a treasure, it was impossible for the county magistrate to keep her!

She was doomed to ruin and misery!

This time, Lian Fang Zhou was completely, and utterly angry.

Before Lian Fang Zhou had time to go to Shuangliu County to find Fang Qing and Su Jing He, they arrived at her door in person.

Surprised and happy, Lian Fang Zhou invited them inside.

However, neither of them had good expressions and they greeted her with reluctant smiles.

Especially Su Jing He, it could be said that he was faintly hostile.

“Cousin, cousin-in-law, is something wrong?” Lian Fang Zhou asked, her heart feeling tight.
“Is it the cotton—”

“No!” Fang Qing hurriedly took her hand, revealing a brief, brilliant smile.
She sighed, “The cotton business is fine.
It’s about Xin’er… let’s talk inside.”

Hearing her mention Su Xin’er, Lian Fang Zhou’s expression changed.
She nodded.

Su Xin’er.
Su Xin’er also played a part in the Zhulin Temple incident!

Lian Fang Zhou had been deliberately not thinking about it.

Mostly because she didn’t know how to handle Su Xin’er.

First, it was because she was part of the Su family and secondly, she could see that Su Xin’er was coddled and unruly.
Her nature was not bad, she just hadn’t matured yet*.

Lian Fang Zhou’s methods were ruthless but she was actually soft-hearted.
She was reluctant to easily make enemies with others.

Besides, that day when Su Xin’er watched Lian Fang Zhou being taken away, the courtyard was empty and she had seemed very lonely.

Joy? She couldn’t feel it!

She believed that she had destroyed Lian Fang Zhou completely, so of course she should feel happy! After all, she hated Lian Fang Zhou so much and had wanted to teach her a lesson for so long!

But at that moment when her long-cherished wish was finally fulfilled, there was no joy in her heart.
It was just empty and frozen, which made her panic.

Irritated, she had ordered Ju Li not to follow her and went for a walk around the mountain behind Zhulin Temple by herself.

As a result, she wandered further and further in a trance.
When she finally came back to her sense, she realized that her surroundings were completely unfamiliar and she was no longer in the bamboo forest!

TN: *Really? Really!? ‘Just isn’t mature yet’? Are you joking?