Chapter 230: , the Princess has many concerns……

Chapter 32o, the Princess has many concerns……

The boy said, 'After Zhongshan Wolf Jia Yucun took office, the first case he encountered left him scratching his head: the suspect who beat someone to death and swaggered away, treating the murder case like a child's game, was the nephew of the Jia elder who had promoted him to office back then.'

Before this, Zhongshan Wolf Yucun had no idea. When the case was being tried, it was the case-handling personnel who told Yucun.

Yucun had just become an official and didn't know the unspoken rules of officialdom: officials cover for each other. Senior officials exploit junior ones, and junior officials shake down petty clerks with no legs, no feet, no background……

The doorman told Yucun, 'Sir, you have just taken office here—could you not have brought a copy of the province's Official Protection Talisman?'

Yucun hurriedly asked, 'What is an Official Protection Talisman?'

The doorman said, 'Nowadays every local official has a private list, which records the names of the province's most powerful and wealthy gentry; this is the same in every province. If you don't know and accidentally offend such a family, you'll not only lose your rank but perhaps even your life—so it's called the Official Protection Talisman.'

I just heard you arrested the man who beat someone to death, Lord Xue. If you really do that, sir, you won't keep your office, and you might even lose your life in this bureaucracy.

'How? Why?'

Yucun asked the doorman, puzzled.

The doorman secretly laughed, thinking: 'These officials are just scared stiff, afraid their hats will be knocked off.'

But the doorman didn't dare speak his mind, and he was also afraid of losing his meager livelihood. He tried to curry favor with his superior, saying, 'Sir, do you know who the Xue family is?'

'Just spit it out—don't try to sell me snake oil. I want to know who the Xue family is, and you're keeping me in suspense?'

Yucun replied in no pleasant tone.

'This Xue family is the nephew of the Jia elder who promoted you.'

'The Xue family is rich now.'

'All your previous superiors have handled this case.'

'The Xue family has plenty of money; as long as they send it up, the official's mouth will be sealed.'

'Now you're dealing with the Jia family's nephew—don't you want to live? You're courting death, right?'

Yucun was left dumbfounded by the doorman's words.

'Yes, I've been wondering how to repay the elder who promoted me; I dare not offend his close kin… Yeah, am I courting death? If I'm courting death, I should at least shave my head first!'

Yucun thought for a moment and asked the doorman, 'What do you suggest we do?'

The doorman said, 'This is easy to handle!'

'How should we handle it?' Yucun asked.

'First look at this Official Protection Talisman, and everything will be readily solved.' The doorman said, pulling out a crumpled piece of paper from his sleeve.

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'What is written on that torn paper?' the Princess asked.

'Is there even a need to say?' the city boy said, 'Your godfather—no, not the godfather you speak of, but your biological father, is'

'The King of the Forest Kingdom, a word to the Ghost Minister, and you'll be safe.'

The city man said very confidently.

'And you?' the Princess asked anxiously.

'I have my own way.'

'What is your plan?' the Princess had many worries.

'Doesn't the Ghost Minister like money? I'll just give him the gold star from space, and he'll surely accept me as his godson!'

'The gold star in space?'

'Yes, that gold star in space………………

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