Clerk

Five clerks rushed forward. Ignoring the County Magistrate's disgraceful state, they grabbed Yu Qian and dragged him out. "Drag him outside and throw him straight into jail!"

"There's no room left in the jail, is there?"

"Then lock him in the Land God Temple!"

"The guards at the Land God Temple have all been withdrawn. Who's going to watch him?"

The clerk was driven mad. "Then make him pay my medical expenses, give him fifty strokes, and throw him out!"

"Calm down. Does he look like someone who can afford medical expenses?"

The clerk looked at Yu Qian, dressed in rags and clearly looking like a disaster victim, and flew into a rage. "Drag him out! Drag him out!"

The four men hurriedly dragged Yu Qian toward the exit, but after tugging twice, they somehow could not move him at all.

The four men: ...

Yu Qian's face was even darker than theirs. Pointing at Cai Sheng, who was drooling and grinning foolishly, he asked, "This is the County Magistrate?"

The clerk slapped his hand aside. "That's none of your concern. Drag him out."

Yu Qian wrenched himself free, pounced forward, and grabbed Cai Sheng. His face was black as coal. "Cai Sheng, is this how you serve as County Magistrate?"

Cai Sheng wrapped his arms around Yu Qian at once, his eyes crinkling with delight. Pouting, he leaned in to kiss Yu Qian's face. "Beauty, beauty, whatever you want, this official will give it to you!"

As Cai Sheng's breath washed over him, Yu Qian caught the rich, fragrant scent of wine. Fermented through his stomach and intestines before rushing out through his mouth and nose, it was cloying and nauseating, yet unlike ordinary wine stench. It was far too fragrant.

In that instant, Yu Qian judged that it