As night falls, Majia Village is also surrounded by darkness.
Under a half-dead ginkgo tree at the entrance of the village, two bonfires were burning slowly, and from time to time there were several explosions due to the branches expanding and exploding due to heat.
The people led by Lu Tongfan and the people led by Jiang County Cheng were all warming up around the bonfire.
The weather in November is already cold at night, but it is still a bit cold during the day. A thin cotton coat is enough, but at night, that thin one is not enough.
I had never thought of staying overnight before coming here, so I didn’t bring anything to keep out the cold. I had no choice but to go to the villagers’ homes to buy firewood and light a bonfire to keep warm.
As for going to the villagers' homes to avoid the cold, hehe.
The only one who had something to keep out the cold was Qi Bao'er. Ye Sanni learned that she was going to various places to check whether the preparations for the ceremony were sufficient, and a whole carriage was loaded with cold clothes, food and other items.
Twelve showed his face once and simply became a bodyguard. Qi Baoer's grade should have two bodyguards. She felt it was unnecessary, so she thanked the emperor when she left the palace. Now she takes the initiative to let Twelve be her
Guards, the emperor naturally has a lot to say.
But this is something for later, after all, the emperor has not received the letter yet.
Twelve were originally Linwei, the emperor's secret guards.
As for the secret guard, he gives the impression that he is taciturn, incapable of emotion, rigid, etc. In short, he should be a character who is as cruel as a wooden man.
Actually, that's not the case, at least not for Twelve, who is usually quite silent, but when it comes to talking, she's no weaker than her, and her thoughts are delicate enough.
For example, now, because this trip is not just going to one place, Lu Tongpan also brought a salute, and all the officials who followed also brought a change of clothes, but everyone put everything away before coming to Weijia Village.
They were placed in the inn, and there were only twelve of them, carrying two large bags of things for Qi Bao'er.
At this time, everyone was hunching their hands and hunching their backs to warm themselves to the fire. Qibaoer was wearing thick clothes and a thick cloak. Not only that, she also had cakes to eat.
Do you think you are angry or not?
Twelve warmed the paper bag in his hand with his internal strength and handed it to Qi Bao'er, "County Master."
Qi Baoer was slightly startled after taking it, and looked at Twelve with an unchanging expression.
Twelve: "???" What did he do wrong?
Qi Bao'er quickly withdrew his gaze and glanced around. Because the people on their side of the fire didn't say much, no one among the government officials sitting on the other side of the fire dared to say a word either.
She just didn't dare to speak, and everyone's eyes were communicating with each other, especially when she was eating, everyone's eyes were obviously greedy.
To be honest, I don't blame them.
The people in Majia Village seemed to be frightened out of their wits. Even if they were government servants, no one would open the door for them when they called.
You can't break in just because you stutter, right?
Then what happened to their official family?
Therefore, everyone present, including Judge Lu Tong, had an empty stomach, and the only one who had not eaten two meals was an empty stomach.
"How much more food do we have?"
Twelve smart, he understood the meaning of his county master as soon as he heard it, and he was quite reluctant. The only person he wanted to take care of was the county master, and everyone including himself was an outsider. He saved the county master's food for him.
To outsiders, he would be filled with displeasure just thinking about it.
But she still replied honestly: "My wife said that the county master has a good appetite recently, and I was afraid that the county master would be hungry, so my subordinates brought a lot."
In this case, it seems that if others want to eat Qibaoer's things, they are robbing them.
Fortunately, Twelve's voice was not loud, and only Qibao'er could hear it.
Qi Baoer glared at him angrily, "Take them out and share them with everyone."
When Twelve came out carrying a whole bag of cakes worth twenty or thirty yuan, Qi Baoer was so surprised that his eyes widened.
She originally thought that this guy only brought pastries. Why didn't he bring out these pastries earlier?
The government officials were naturally very grateful when they received the cakes. Not to mention that they finally had something to eat after being hungry for two meals. The fact that these cakes were all made of pure white flour was worthy of thanks.
Qilin Country is short of food. It's not just talk. Ping'an Town is relatively remote from Yong'an City. For half a year, food has to be bought on a per capita basis. It doesn't matter whether you have money or not, or you are poor.
No one would think about why the county master didn't bring out the food he had. Well, there are different levels. To put it harshly, one can be said to be the master and the other the servant.
Yamen servants are public officials in the government. They have no rank or rank, so they have a higher status than ordinary people. Among ordinary people, they are official servants. But in front of high-ranking officials and people with titles like Qi Bao'er, they have nothing to do with each other.
There is not much difference among ordinary people.
What the county lord brings out is called reward.
Rewards, whether good or bad, must be received happily.
The county boss just wouldn't give it to him, even if he threw away what he couldn't finish. Even if they were greedy, they didn't dare to complain. They couldn't even express dissatisfaction, otherwise it would be disrespectful.
In Qilin Kingdom, disrespect is a crime.
This is the main reason why people under imperial power try their best to be superior to others.
Moral kidnapping does not exist.
Jiang County Prime Minister did not dare to approach Qi Baoer and Lu Tongpan at first. It was not because he did not want to fawn over, but because he was smart. If the level difference was too big, if he acted too hastily and did not say anything to others, it would only make people feel bored.
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Now there was an opportunity to serve it. Jiangxian Cheng held the cake and hurried up to pray for Bao'er to express his gratitude.
But that's what made him smart. He thanked me and immediately stepped back, not waiting for the opportunity to rub his face.
Jiang County Magistrate didn't know that his move caused Qi Bao'er to look at him several times, which convinced Qi Bao'er that he was the official of the county magistrate.
Qi Baoer took the paper bag that had been warmed by twelve and went to Lu Tongpan. Lu Tongpan also took a piece of cake, but he did not gobble it up immediately like the others, but held the cake and still leaned against the tree.
Close your eyes and rest your mind.
His expression was slightly tired and solemn, as if he was worried about something.
Qi Bao'er took the cake from his hand and gave it to the yamen servant next to him, then stuffed the paper package into his hand before he could do anything.
Judge Lu Tong was startled by her move, but when he opened his eyes and saw that the person coming was her, he let her do what she did.
He pinched the paper bag and said with a smile: "Your guard was smart enough to bring these food."
Mainly because I didn't expect that the villagers here couldn't even knock on the door.
After Qi Bao'er stuffed the paper packet in Lu Tongpan's hand, Twelve stuffed a similar paper packet to her as fast as lightning.
Qi Baoer took out a big bun from the paper bag and took a sip, "This is a big meat bun made by my mother. We were in a hurry and didn't bring too much. Uncle Lu is lucky."
As long as her mother prepared buns for her, she would stuff as much meat as possible into them.
The little girl's innocent look with her bulging cheeks was really cute. Lu Tongpan almost couldn't help but reach out and pinch her little face several times.
But he was really hungry, and the aroma of the meat buns rushed to his nose, forcing his hands to take out a big bun without obeying the control of his brain.
At this time, Qi Baoer stopped chewing the buns and raised his eyes to look at the village.