"County Magistrate Ren..." Xu Sen's expression also changed subtly, as if he was recalling the beginning, and he was a little confused about how to answer.

Li Ling was not in a hurry. After asking, he picked up a chopstick of dishes and put them in his mouth, ate them slowly, and then reached out to get the wine pot. Seeing this, Xu Sen quickly took the lead: "Sir, let me do it." As he spoke, he had already picked up the slightly warm wine pot, held the bottom, and filled a cup for Li Ling and himself.

This time, Li Ling no longer hesitated and drank the cup. After savoring the taste of the wine, he nodded repeatedly: "What a good wine, especially after it is warm, the taste is even more mellow, making it difficult to stop the cup." After that, he drank the wine in the cup.

Xu Sen only took a sip and saw that Li Ling was empty, so he quickly filled him with another glass: "Since adults like this wine, drink two more glasses. This rice wine nourishes the stomach and has some effect of removing dampness. It is most suitable for drinking in this rainy weather."

"It's time to drink two more glasses. Don't just spend time pouring wine for me, drink a few more glasses. Today is your birthday." Li Ling said, but he was not polite in his hand. He soon fell into another glass. Then he asked the question just now after the other party drank a glass: "Tell me what you think of County Magistrate Ren."

"Responsible for the county magistrate, he is a good official. Just like you, you are willing to do something for the people of Huating. At the same time, you are not afraid of the pressure from the Xu Fang family. In order to prevent the people of this county from being harmed by the Huangpu River that has been flooded for many years, he also mobilized the whole county to build a river embankment that can still protect the peace of Huating." Recalling the past, Xu Sen gently spoke his impression of this former boss.

"Well, I have heard from people about these things, what about the others? How much hatred did the county magistrate and Xu Fang have formed? Is his sudden death also related to this matter?"

"Hate? It shouldn't be said, because in the eyes of both families, County Magistrate Ren was just a puppet that was not very obedient. It seemed that County Magistrate Xu, who was still the county magistrate at that time, had persuaded him not to always fight against the two families, because in Huating, even if he was the lord of a county, he would never have fought against these two local snakes."

Li Ling did not refute this statement, but nodded deeply: "Yes, if you don't have absolute strength, you may not be able to suppress the two families by just relying on your official status." The reason why he was able to remove the Xu family in just a short period of time was because of a group of outstanding people with outstanding force under his command, and directly suppressed the Xu family with unreasonable attacks. But if it were others, he would have died long ago in the assassination of the Xu family.

"But the county magistrate Ren refused to listen. He thought he had an official position, and no matter which family Xu Fang did, he dared to hurt him. Moreover, he firmly believed that the people of Huating also wanted to take advantage of him to gain freedom, so he decided to use the opportunity to repair the river embankment to suppress the two companies bit by bit.

"At the beginning, everything went smoothly. The county magistrate Ren, who was acting in power, not only summoned countless people, but also asked both Xu Fang's family to take out a lot of money and materials to repair the dike. However, after that, as he became more and more powerful in the yamen and even wanted to redeem a few disobedient subordinates, the situation changed. The Xu family directly used a fictional trick, which almost made the officials of the yamen say they were sick. Not to mention the dike, no one in the county yamen did anything, so that even the county yamen could not leave the door.

"Mr. Ren was extremely angry at the time and wanted to hold on. As a result... just after the river embankment was repaired, something happened to him. He suddenly got an acute illness and couldn't afford to get sick. Then in just one month, Magistrate Ren died of illness in the county government." At this point, Xu Sen sighed deeply, as if he was sighing about the impermanence of fate and felt sorry for Magistrate Ren's sudden death.

Li Ling's face was also a little ugly, so when Xu Sen poured him wine again, he drank the wine again. After drinking two glasses, he shook his head: "He is really too reckless. He knows that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the other party is a local snake. Even if he really wants to eliminate harm for the people, he should find a safe way and try slowly."

"What the lord said is that many things, especially big things, are really impatient. Otherwise, even if you can gain the upper hand for a while, you will still pay the price in the end." Xu Sen nodded and filled the two of them with wine. Before he knew it, he also drank four or five glasses of wine with Li Ling.

Fortunately, the rice wine is not too big, the wine glass is small, and the two of them are still clear before they get up.

"Why am I listening to your words implying me?" Li Ling suddenly asked with a smile.

"I dare not, and I am just a humble position. But I also think that the most important thing in becoming a local official is not talent, but a mind. As long as I can be with the light, I will be able to achieve something in any place."

"Haha, I can't agree with your statement. If this is true, what's the difference between me and Xu Gong? By the way, you have always had friendship with County Magistrate Xu, and maybe it was influenced by him, which is reasonable."

Xu Sen looked at Li Ling for a while, then said, "Sir, aren't you afraid that you will repeat the mistakes of County Magistrate Ren? After all, what you are doing now is far more radical than County Magistrate Ren. Even the Xu family has been destroyed by you, and you are unwilling to let the Fang family go..."

"This is not a question of whether I want to let them go, it is their own sins that they will not survive. If the Xu family had not been so aggressive and wanted to hold our official in their hands, and had committed many sins of anger between people and gods, I would not have confiscated his home and brought the relevant people to prison. And if they were not imprisoned, they would not have lost their lives. So if they were to be careful, they were themselves, or the most sinister guy behind them." Li Ling said, raising his glass again, which was to honor the other party.

Xu Sen raised his glass and drank the wine in the glass again: "Where is the Fang family? How are the adults going to deal with them?"

"It depends on their attitude. If it is true as they have found out now, they are just using some forces and influence to sell salt and do other transactions, and I can keep them. But if they have other intentions, then the Xu family's today is their tomorrow!"

"My lord is indeed amazing and I admire you. But aren't you worried that you will be attacked?"

"Counterattack? You have also seen it. The Xu family invited people from the Dajiang Gang to assassinate me, and I calmly fought back. Can the Fang family find stronger foreign aid?"

"Sir, it's easy to avoid hidden arrows and it's hard to prevent them. It's hard to guarantee that they have no other insidious means. As long as you take a wrong step, you'll probably follow in the footsteps of the county magistrate!"

Li Ling's glass handed to his mouth suddenly paused, and a strange light appeared in his eyes: "What do you mean? Did you find something, or did the Fang family ask you to persuade me to stop?"

Faced with Li Ling's questioning, this time Xu Sen did not show any fear as before, but took a sip of the cup slowly, and then smiled and said, "Do you really think that the Dajiang Gang and the Cao Gang under your command are the most powerful beings?"

Without waiting for Li Ling to respond, he quickly answered himself: "No, these people are powerful, but there are traces to follow. If people are in the clear, they can set up defenses in advance. Just like when you dealt with the Xu family that day, they would set up a net early. If they took action, they would only seek death.

"But the truly terrible enemy often lays out in unexpected places. When you realize that the situation is not good, you haven't even noticed anything strange. You are already in a dead end. County Magistrate Ren died because of this, called a sudden illness. In fact, he died of chronic poison, Hanshi San!"

"Well? Did you know that County Magistrate Ren's death was killed? Who is so bold?" Li Ling's face changed suddenly. As his hand shook, the wine in the glass was spilled out. Then he found that the other party's eyes were also on the pool of wine stains sprinkled on the table.

This made his eyes suddenly shrink, as if he already knew the answer: "This wine..."

"Hanshi Powder is an extremely unique drug in the world. It is colorless and tasteless, and the medicinal properties are extremely slow. From the beginning, it only makes people feel like stroke, cold, dizzy, hot, sleepy... Then over time, the symptoms will continue to increase. It looks like it is wind-cold, but within a month, it will take human life. During this period, there is no antidote, and no doctor can cure it. It is difficult to detect symptoms from the body after death. Because of this characteristic, no problems were found after the death of the county magistrate.

"Of course, it also has its own shortcomings, that is, this medicine powder cannot be dissolved in water and can only be mixed in wine, especially rice wine. If it is put into it, it can dissolve quickly without any impurities."

This time, Li Ling's face turned pale. He pressed his hands on the table and stared at the wine stains: "So in this wine..."

"Ten years ago, County Magistrate Ren was invited to his house to drink before he fell ill. By the way, even in this room, just like today, he was sitting opposite each other, and he was sitting in your current position. Of course, he was drinking such high-quality rice wine." Xu Sen still looked low-key and respectful, but his tone was full of cold murderous intent, which made the whole room feel a little cold.

Li Ling stared at him with fear and anger on his face, but more of it was suspicious: "Why? Why do you do this? No, no, you are lying to me! You and I drink here, and eat wine poured out of the same pot. Wouldn't you be poisoned? You said just now, this Hanshi Powder is beyond cure! Don't try to scare me with such a lie. I have seen much more danger than you think. I want to lie to me, just means, and you want to lie to me, you dream!"
Chapter completed!