The girl led them around the main courtyard to the back. When they arrived outside the courtyard of the study, they happened to meet a young lady who turned around with a disappointed look on her face. She couldn't help but stop when she saw Zhou Man and the others, "Xiuhong, who are these three?"
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Xiuhong stopped with a smile and said, "Ms. Cousin, this is my uncle's guest."
She hesitated for a moment, then introduced her to Zhou Man and the others, "This is our cousin."
Man Bao saw that she seemed a little older than her, so he smiled and saluted first, "It turns out to be my cousin."
Seeing that she was doing Confucian etiquette, Miss Biao hesitated for a moment before squatting down and doing her own salute. However, seeing that Xiuhong had no intention of introducing her, she felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Man Bao also glanced at Xiu Hong, then introduced himself with a smile: "My name is Zhou Man, and these are my two junior brothers."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang also bowed, and then paused awkwardly, both sides looking at each other.
Seeing that they seemed speechless, Xiuhong reminded: "Miss Man, Master Bai, my uncle is still waiting."
The three of them nodded to their cousin, then smiled and went into the yard with Xiuhong.
Xiuhong only sent the person to the gate of the hospital, and someone came out to pick her up.
The three of them let out a big sigh of relief when they entered the study, and couldn't help laughing when they looked at each other.
Magistrate Tang was sitting by the stove adding tea. When he saw it, he asked, "Have you encountered something funny? Let us listen to it."
"No," Bai Shan naturally would not criticize his servants in front of his master, not to mention it was not a big deal. He pulled Man Bao and sat down on the low stool next to the stove, and said with a smile, "Why just
Have tea and nothing to eat?”
Tang He then turned to Yang He and said, "After a trip to Xiazhou, why are you so hungry when you come back?"
Yang Heshu smiled and said: "Xiazhou was short of meat and vegetables before, so when I suddenly returned to the capital, I naturally wanted to make up for it."
Tang He asked: "Is it difficult for you to take over Xiazhou now?"
Yang Heshu smiled softly, "The most difficult time has been passed. If it is difficult in the future, can you still feel sad about those four months of being unjust and unjust?"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, who had experienced it in Xiazhou, nodded together. Yes, no matter how difficult it is, can it still be difficult when the epidemic is rampant?
Magistrate Tang asked: "Those people in Xiazhou hate you..."
"Niu Kang will be released in a few days," he said: "He did not introduce smallpox maliciously, so the law cannot ask him for his crime. He is here, and the Niu family is here, and they want to turn away from me.
It’s not difficult to have hatred in you.”
Tang He then reminded: "Enough is enough."
Yang Heshu: "When I arrive in Xiazhou, I will persuade the Niu family to leave Xiazhou and go back to their hometown."
Niu Cishi will definitely not be able to go back. He has seriously neglected his duties this time and is considered a felony. He will most likely be sentenced to prison and may even be exiled.
Originally, the Niu family had in-laws in Xiazhou, and Niu Cishi had been operating in Xiazhou for many years. Even if he became an official, the family could continue to operate in Xiazhou, but with the current reputation of the Niu family, they would not have any good results if they stayed in Xiazhou.
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In fact, Xiazhou's public opinion had been guided by others before, and it was not that Yang Heshu didn't know it. It was just that the city was full of sadness at that time, and he knew that everyone needed an outlet. If he and them started fighting immediately, without mentioning the harm to the survivors,
Blasphemy against the dead may not be a win for him.
But now that he has left Xiazhou, and even his wife and children have taken refuge in Zhuangzi outside the city, people are starting to talk about it now. It is more convenient than harmful to him.
People are always naturally biased towards the weak, especially if he has not made a big mistake and is within the righteousness of everything.
In front of the four of them, he did not hide his scheming, and even taught the ignorant Bai Shan and the others: "Sometimes showing weakness can lead to greater gains."
County Magistrate Tang tutted: "What you teach is not a gentleman at all. Be careful of teaching them bad. Mr. Zhuang will come to settle the score with you."
Yang Heshu burst out laughing and said happily: "You are right."
So I never mentioned it again.
Bai Shan and others were still a little disappointed.
Man Bao was going to see Dr. Xiao in the afternoon and was not very free. He came here today because he was worried about Yang Heshu.
So they had lunch at Yang Mansion and then left.
The meal was served in the study, and Yang Heshu didn't let them visit the elders in his family. He sent the four of them directly to the side yard, watched them get on the carriage, and then nodded and watched them leave.
After both carriages had walked out, the smile on his face faded. He turned his head and said to the boy who was accompanying him: "Go and ask Wan Tian who led Miss Man and the others to the study this morning.
Yes, did you meet anyone or see anything on the way?"
The young man agreed and waited for the uncle to return to the study before looking for Wan Tian.
Within a quarter of an hour, Wan Tian came over and told Zhou Man and the others everything from the moment they got off the carriage to the study.
Yang Heshu is practicing calligraphy and meditating.
Wan Tian then said: "Sir, do you want to tell the manager? That girl is too unruly. She still wants Miss Man and the others to speak on their own."
Yang Heshu said: "She's just not smart enough. Zhou Man and the others haven't taken her seriously, so why should we go to war? But the girls in the house are not as good as before."
He didn't even teach well.
Wan Tian lowered his eyes and thought: How can it not compare to the past? It is obvious that even the little girl next to the young lady cannot compare, and Mrs. Hou doesn't know how to manage the house...
Yang Heshu looked at what he had written and frowned slightly. He said, "Pack your things. I'm a little sick. The house has been busy recently and it's hard to recover. Let's go to Zhuangzi to stay for a few days and wait for the official documents from the Ministry of Officials to come.
Just leave.”
Wan Tian was stunned for a moment and then asked, "Don't you still want to know whether Miss Man and the others will go to the Western Regions?"
"Man Bao said that His Majesty has sent a message to Anxi. This trip will take a long time. I'm afraid there will be no results for a while. Let's go back to Xiazhou and wait. If they want to go to the Western Regions, they have to go from Xiazhou
Passed."
Wan Tian thought so, so he turned around to clean up.
They had only been home for two days, and the luggage they brought was so small that they didn't need to pack it at all. They just packed it up and left.
Marquis Yang was not at home. When he came home in the afternoon and found out that his sons had gone out of the city to live in the village, the butler sweated on his forehead and said: "I see that the uncle is in serious condition, so I might as well take a dip in the spring. It's only February."
Well, when the cold wind from the north blows, it's chilly to the core."
Marquis Yang glanced at him and said, "You don't need to make amends for him. He must dislike having too many guests disturbing him."
Marquis Yang was a little angry at first. How could he live in a separate courtyard outside the city as soon as he came back, and he didn't even say a word to him?
But after he was angry, he thought about his son who had lost so much weight, and he felt sorry for him, so he waved his hand and said: "Forget it, he can go if he wants to and ask someone to send him something. Xiazhou is desolate and there are not many good things.
Since he is in the capital now, he will take the opportunity to make up for it."
Look at how thin you have become. It wasn't that miserable when you went to the lower county of Luojiang County to serve as the county magistrate. Xiazhou was still a capital city, huh.