Chapter 292: Entering the Dungeon Experience (2)_1
Meng Dinglun felt his face burning with embarrassment; the sweet potatoes had not yet been widely promoted. If they were to be planted next year, and when they went to the capital... they would inevitably visit the Shen family.
"I don’t want to go to jail! We have been falsely accused!" Pei Qian sobbed, clutching her arm.
"But it’s not like you can avoid jail just because you don’t want to go!" Pei Qin said.
Pei Qian’s eyes were red and swollen, her tears held back as she stared at Meng Dinglun.
Pei Qin also looked towards Meng Dinglun and pleaded earnestly, "Sir Magistrate! You are actually a good official, and you should not listen to the slander of some people! What the outcome will be after the promotion of sweet potatoes, I, as a commoner, am less knowledgeable. I cannot compare to your decade of scholarly pursuit and wide wisdom. Isn’t Yuanyang County under the jurisdiction of Runing Prefecture? Let’s start promoting it from Runing Prefecture. Moreover, we can give the sweet potato a new name, like ’red potato’ or ’earth potato,’ and then they will become known as Runing red potatoes or Runing earth potatoes! If you really want to investigate foreign spies and conspirators, we will be right here. We don’t have wings, and we can’t escape. Whenever you ascertain the truth, won’t you be able to catch the guilty ones without fail? A tiger’s whisker only needs a slight touch, but if you pluck it, it will bite."
Given an opportunity to step down, Meng Dinglun, although feeling tricked, had not actually thrown Pei Qin and the others into the prison before releasing them. Now that they were pleading for mercy, Meng Dinglun decided to go along, "It seems that the anonymous report letter indeed has some issues. You may temporarily go home. Once this office ascertains the truth and clears your names."
"Thank you, Sir! Thank you, Sir! You truly are an uncorrupted official, a clear mirror held high!" Pei Qin said, her flattery thick with servility.
However, Meng Dinglun did not see an ounce of respect in her eyes; his gaze fell upon the bag of sweet potatoes, "Is this the sweet potato?"
"Not only are there sweet potatoes, there is sweet potato flour as well!" Pei Qin rattled off a list of sweet potato dishes, "...Basically, from the time sweet potatoes sprout, they can be eaten! Humans can eat them, pigs can eat them! Fresh sweet potato sprouts are neutral in nature and sweet in flavor, and have the effects of nourishing deficiencies, boosting energy, moisturizing dryness, facilitating bowel movements, stopping bleeding, and nourishing blood. Finally, when the older sweet potato vines dry up, they can even be used for fuel."