In a small house next to the county government office.
Wang Mengcai, the county magistrate who is a dignified official of the county, is huddled pitifully in front of a small table, trying hard to stare at the thick land accounts in front of him with his small green eyes.
Because of the backward accounting methods of this era, rows of dense numbers and names were displayed in the accounts. In less than half an hour, Wang Mengcai was dazzled and his head was as big as a bucket!
In addition, the room itself was cramped and cramped, and the temperature outside was so high that Wang Mengcai was sweating profusely and at the same time, an evil fire was inexplicably born in his heart!
"My lord, something is wrong! Something is wrong!"
Just when Wang Mengcai was upset, a rush of footsteps sounded at an inappropriate time outside!
Immediately afterwards, a government servant opened the door and rushed in carelessly!
"What's wrong! I'm fine now!"
Seeing his subordinates being so reckless, Wang Mengcai felt that he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, so he suddenly stood up, patted the desk, and glared at the government officials!
"It's not that the adults are bad, it's... it's..."
The government servant who broke into the door didn't have any sharp eyesight. He didn't notice that the county magistrate was on the verge of explosion. He just gasped and said quickly: "Sir, something is wrong with your backyard! That...that Mr. Xiao Hou,
He actually lit a fire and cooked in your backyard garden!"
"What? Cooking on a fire in my backyard?"
When Wang Mengcai first heard this, his eyes that had finally widened suddenly widened again!
Unlike the previous county magistrate, Wang Mengcai was parachuted here from the Jiangnan area by the imperial court to be the county magistrate!
As a scribe who was born and raised in the Jiangnan water town, he was suddenly transferred from the picturesque scenery of Suzhou to the barren and vast Anping County!
Without the companionship of poetry and wine, and the romance of boating and sailing, Wang Mengcai's only remaining hobby is to play with his small courtyard and reminisce about his hometown.
The small bridges, flowing water, and magnificent gardens in his hometown! Wang Mengcai didn't dare to think about it, let alone build it! He was afraid that if he did anything wrong, he would be impeached by the censor and turned into a sieve!
But he put a lot of effort into the small garden in the backyard of the county government office! Every time he sees it, even the melancholy of homesickness seems to become a little lighter.
And everyone in the yamen also knows that their master is obsessed with the treasure of that garden!
On weekdays, when I pass by there, I always tiptoe, for fear of stepping on even a blade of grass!
But today, Mr. Xiao Hou, who came from Chang'an, just disliked the stuffy heat in the kitchen, so he asked the cook to take out the pot, and directly buried the pot under the shade of the trees in the courtyard to make rice, and cooked fish and shrimp.
This could not help but frighten the Yamen servant, and he hurried over to inform his master of this catastrophe!
"Master, what should I do?" Seeing that his master seemed to be possessed by a nightmare, standing there motionless, the Yamen servant was even more at a loss and hurriedly asked again!
"what to do?"
This question from the yamen servant finally woke Wang Mengcai out of his shock! He shook his cheeks twice at first, but in the end, he let out a long and dejected sigh and slowly fell down on the chair.
"If he wants to make a fire and cook, let him light a fire and cook..."
After murmuring these words, Wang Mengcai's eyes became moist. He was really distressed!
Everyone says there is a fire in the backyard, there is a fire in the backyard, but this time, it was the fire in the backyard.
Make a fire!
But even so, what can he do? What can he dare to do?!
Who are they?
Xiaohou, Sanyuan County!
The father of the emperor’s goddaughter!
He beat the censor at the top and kicked the official at the bottom! Almost all the meritorious generals in the court were his close friends!
Even when I was in Jiangnan, I had heard of this person's name more than once!
For such a big shot, let alone digging his garden, even if he dug his own ancestral grave, Wang Mengcai would have to cheerfully pass the shovel to the side, and would have to ask from time to time: Is the Marquis tired? How about a villain?
Do it yourself?
Therefore, after thinking clearly about the stakes, Wang Mengcai reluctantly decided: This time, he should just treat it as a wild boar that broke into his backyard, and let everything go.
"But...but he doesn't just light the fire and cook..."
He looked worriedly at the elder, whose face was full of grief and indignation. The yamen servant swallowed his saliva and hesitated: "He also disliked the peony flower planted by the young lady to sting someone, so he just poked it out and used it as firewood..."
"ah!"
"ah!"
This time, two exclamations sounded in the room at the same time!
One message came from Wang Dazhi County in front of me!
As for the other one, listen, it came from the inner room!
Hearing this exclamation coming from inside the house, the government officer who reported the news was moved. For some reason, the scene in the late spring when the house was full of beauty appeared in his mind.
For a moment, his eyes were a little straight!
"Master, my peony!"
Inside, along with exclamations, there were soon low sobs.
Wang Meng
After hearing this, he stood up irritably and walked around the small table twice. Suddenly he stamped his feet and shouted angrily towards the back room: "What's not a peony? Isn't it just a flower? I'll buy it for you later."
That’s it…”
The female voice in the room was even more sad: "But that was brought from my hometown in the south. Where can I buy it here?"
“If you can’t buy it, just ask your family to bring it!”
Taking a deep breath, Wang Mengcai seemed to have made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said to the yamen servant: "Okay! Get out! In the future, there is no need to report things like these. As long as he doesn't give the county yamen to the master, I will take care of the rest."
Go! I have already written a letter to Qingzhou. It will not take long before someone will come to take him back. Then, we will talk about it then..."
Having said this, Wang Mengcai sighed heavily again.
This prince's behavior is really unique, just like... like a child!
When I saw him being tied up before, I was scared to death, thinking that a disaster was imminent! I almost didn't even order a coffin first!
As a result, when he took someone with him, he was anxious to rescue him.
Only then did I realize that the Marquis was neither angry nor vengeful! He just revealed the matter lightly.
Except for an unknown servant, no one was unlucky in this supposedly huge incident.
At that time, I thought that the Marquis was really a prime minister, but now it seems that he is a very playful child! As long as he has fun, he doesn't care about anything!
If that's the case, then let him play. I don't believe that he can still play tricks!
Finally, he made up his mind not to care about him! Wang Mengcai just waved his hand to the government officer in annoyance, indicating that he could go down.
Unexpectedly, the yamen servant was as motionless as a wooden stake!
This chapter has been completed!