Seeing that Magistrate Mo was not a difficult problem for people like them with official status, as soon as the token was obtained at the door, the Yamen servants came out with orders to lead them in.
Magistrate Mo is over 20 years old,,,well, as far as Qi Baoer and others know, if his age is not false this year, he should be fifty-seven in the record [file], but if you look at the person in front of you,
, to say it without exaggeration, if someone is not seventy, he must be sixty-nine.
He has white hair, deep wrinkles on his haggard face, gray eyebrows and white beard.
Although he tried his best to appear energetic and try his best to stand up straight with dignity, his back still looked slightly hunched, and his sense of depression that could not be concealed was still noticeable at a glance.
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"Chief Ye, General Yuan." Magistrate Mo and General Yuan are of the same rank, half a level higher than the chief, so he doesn't need to be more humble when facing these two people. It's enough to give them a courtesy.
Courtesy and thoughtful.
Of course, etiquette in official circles is not so easy to say. General Yuan and Chief Ye are both from Beijing. Beijing officials are low-grade, and their status in the local area is generally higher than that of the local party.
An official.
It depends on whether the local official is a good horseman and a lively thinker.
The Magistrate Mo in front of me, from a single point of view, is not this kind of person.
Qi Bao'er stepped forward with a smile and returned the same courtesy, "I have met Mr. Mo, and I have come to chat with you without invitation. I hope Mr. Mo will not give up."
As soon as Magistrate Mo saw that the person he was talking to was Chief Ye, and when he thought that General Yuan had always acted as a protector and stood not far behind Chief Ye since he came in, he knew that the real person among this group of people was
The person in charge is not the slightly higher-ranking General Yuan, but the young Chief Ye Da in front of him.
"Chief Ye Da and General Yuan worked hard to transport military pay and military supplies for the imperial court. They are indeed role models for us. It is Mo's blessing to be able to come to our house. We should sweep the bed to welcome him, so why should we despise him."
After finishing his words, Magistrate Mo made a gesture of invitation and led the way, "Master Ye, please invite, General Yuan please."
Qi Baoer raised his heels and did not surpass Mo Zhifu, nor did he walk alongside him. Instead, he followed Mo Zhifu a few steps slower than him.
It can be said that the humility of a junior official is a perfect display.
Magistrate Mo didn't know whether he didn't notice or didn't care about this, there was no change in his expression, but well, when he looked at Qi Bao'er, his eyes became much warmer.
Alas, no matter what, once you enter the officialdom, you seem to be unable to stop caring about these things.
In silence all the way, everyone was led by Magistrate Mo to the living room of the Magistrate's Mansion.
After the maid offered tea, Magistrate Mo drove away the servants and government officials.
Qi Bao'er first picked up the tea and took a sip, looking slightly startled. To be honest, the taste of this tea was quite hard to describe. It was slightly astringent in the mouth and a little bitter when swallowed, but after entering the throat, there was a hint of sweetness.
General Yuan has been with Qi Baoer for a long time, and he is a very discerning person. In addition, Qi Baoer does not hide himself all the time like other powerful people. Now it can be said that,
Qi Baoer's expression changed slightly, and General Yuan could guess what she meant.
Seeing Qi Baoer frowning slightly, General Yuan immediately focused his attention on the tea cup in front of him. Is this tea so bad that it would displease Prince Xian?
What does Mo Zhifu mean?
General Yuan was speechless and felt contempt in his heart. He hated the fact that civil servants were here, saying and doing things, and sometimes even a very casual thing would have another meaning.
The fact was just as General Yuan had guessed. Magistrate Mo also saw the change in Chief Ye's expression. He chuckled and said:
"This tea is Zhongzhou's specialty velvet tea. Although it tastes astringent and not sweet, it is a good thing in the northwest."
Although Qi Baoer and others had drank antler tea together, they had all heard of it.
There are few forests in the northwest. Although many places have been reclaimed by hard-working people for farming, the cultivated land is only a drop in the bucket compared to the entire northwest.
Forests and water have always complemented each other, and less forest also means less water. If there is less water, the land will dry up. Over time, most of the natural areas will become deserts.
In other words, in most places in the northwest, as long as there is wind, the wind will carry fine sand; bad weather such as sandstorms is not uncommon. On the contrary, sandstorms are common in places slightly closer to the desert; even in Zhongcheng
The oasis is surrounded by mountains, forests and fields, and is subject to sandstorms once or twice a year.
But God will not really kill people's way of survival. There is a lot of sand and dust in the northwest, which is very harmful to people's lungs. No, Zhongzhou, known as the oasis in the northwest, has vegetation like velvet grass. Whether it is
Used as medicine or drank alone, it has the effect of moisturizing the lungs.
The above is Qi Baoer's own understanding. In reality, almost everyone in the northwest suffers from cough. Hundreds of years ago, someone accidentally discovered a strange grass on the mountain. This grass is not
The leaves are not green, but strange grass with fluffy/white young hairs.
As for who discovered that velvet grass has the effect of curing coughs and who made it into tea, it has long been impossible to find out. Anyway, now velvet tea is a must-drink tea for people in the northwest.
Qi Baoer smiled and put down the tea cup, "Although it is astringent in the mouth, a sweetness pours in after swallowing."
Magistrate Mo smiled and said nothing.
If Qi Baoer reveals her true identity now, Magistrate Mo will still be afraid of her; but the highest level of their group is only the same as Magistrate Mo, and one side represents the military and the other represents the government.
]; To put it bluntly, even if Magistrate Mo offended them, they would not dare to do anything to Magistrate Mo.
What's more, why is he doing what he is doing here when you run away with your troops?
We don't have much contact with each other. Could it be that they are trying to escape?
Although Magistrate Mo was under siege everywhere in Zhongcheng, the big and small matters that happened in Zhongcheng could not be hidden from his eyes, otherwise he would not have had such a long stalemate with the treasurer's yamen named Yuan.
What happened on the street that morning had already reached his ears. The guards around Chief Ye Da beat the Liu family's precious Du Miaomiao half to death on the street.
He also knew that the Liu family's baby was frightened and had a high fever after returning home. Now almost all the doctors in Zhongcheng have been invited to Liu's mansion.
This is also the reason why there is still no movement from the Liu family.
Liu Yuanwai is now focused on rescuing Du Miaomiao, and has not bothered to come to Mr. Ye to cause trouble for them.
But once Liu Gongzi's illness is relieved...
Thinking of this, Chief Mo felt a sense of embarrassment in his heart, thinking that even though he was a powerful magistrate, he could not do anything to deal with a small merchant.
Shame and shame.
But no matter how embarrassed he was, it didn't stop Magistrate Mo from trying to get some benefits from Chief Ye and General Yuan.
If you dare to beat Mr. Liu in the street, you are either a fool or you are really fearless.
When Magistrate Mo first heard about this, he was biased to think that these people were fools. But now, especially when he learned that the person in charge was actually the young Chief Ye Da, he felt that these people were just fools because of their youth.