Back at Shantang Street, the Lin family was still waiting.
Tian Qi and Shuai Hui carried the big and small bags into the main room. Mrs. Lin felt very sorry for Wang Xian's wasteful spending, but she was very affectionate in her words and demeanor. It can be seen that "polite can travel all over the world, but rudeness cannot move even an inch."
'This sentence is indeed applicable to everyone, even the old lady from a scholarly family is not immune...
Lin Qing'er asked if she had eaten, and Wang Xian said that she had eaten outside. After saying a few words, they went back to their rooms to sleep. Shuai Hui and Er Hei slept with Tian Qi. Wang Xian, the future uncle,
Naturally, he received some preferential treatment and slept in the private room prepared for Lin Qing'er.
Wang Xian entered the room for a moment, and the door was gently opened. Lin Qing'er brought him foot-washing water, but within a short time, he had already fallen asleep on the bed.
The solitary lamp is like a bean, and under the dim light and shadow, that young and delicate face is full of worry and fatigue...and these cannot be seen at all in the daytime. He always brings smiles and warmth to others, but he himself
After resisting all the difficulties... Lin Qing'er's nose was slightly sore and her eyes were moist. This young man who was one year younger than herself had truly transformed into a man, a man she could rely on wholeheartedly...
While she was filled with relief, she couldn't help but feel sorry for herself. Seeing him so tired, she couldn't do anything to help...
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Wang Xian, who was not sleeping deeply, felt someone touching his feet. When he opened his eyes, he saw Sister Lin squatting on the ground and taking off his shoes.
Feeling his body tightening, Lin Qing'er did not raise her head and whispered: "Don't move." Then she took off the sock on his right foot, held his foot with both hands, gently put it in the basin, and washed it carefully.
Mu.
"No way," Wang Xian always respected Lin Qing'er in his heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been with her forever if they were under the same roof, but he was in love with Sister Lin and stopped being polite.
...Now that I saw her washing her own feet, I was immediately flattered and said: "The hands that write and draw are not meant to wash people's feet."
Lin Qing'er slowly raised her head. She didn't know whether it was because of the vapor or something. She had a pretty face as red as jade, and her eyes looked at him with deep affection. She said lovingly: "This is my wife."
duty.”
Hearing this sentence, Wang Xian suddenly felt hot all over his body and felt energetic. He sat up and said, "Qing'er, can you say it again."
"Lie down." The ambiguous atmosphere became more and more intense. Lin Qing'er was so embarrassed that she couldn't control herself. She stretched out her hand to push him and said coquettishly: "Isn't she your wife or something? Do you really think we are siblings?"
"Hehe, no." Wang Xian chuckled, lay down obediently and said, "I know you have always felt aggrieved. You feel that for people like me, it is acceptable to be siblings, but it will be a big loss for us to be husband and wife..."
"Although you are extremely smart, you know nothing about women's thoughts." Lin Qing'er shook her head, while rubbing the acupuncture points on his feet for him, biting her red lips and said: "I have said before that as long as you are willing to make progress, no matter what your age,
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, even if I follow you to eat rice bran, I will not feel aggrieved..."
"Haha..." Wang Xian smiled happily.
"On the other hand, I see you carrying such a heavy burden but can't do anything to help," Lin Qing'er said quietly, "I feel really useless."
"It's useless," Wang Xian's nasal voice became more and more serious, and he hummed: "I feel comfortable now, I'm going to fall asleep..." After saying that, he started to snore slightly.
Sister Lin's hands did not stop, pressing him for half an hour before drying his feet, then carrying him back to the bed with difficulty, and gently covering him with a quilt.
Looking at his sleeping face, the exhaustion finally disappeared, replaced by a baby-like tranquility. Although Lin Qing'er was tired, she smiled happily.
She couldn't help but place a gentle kiss on his forehead, then blew out the oil lamp in a panic, and shyly closed the door and went out.
When she returned to her mother's house, she saw that my mother had fallen asleep. Lin Qing'er couldn't help complaining that she was really unfilial. She had only been back for two days and still didn't spend time with her. She quickly turned off the lights, took off her shoes and went to bed.
I gently pulled the quilt for my mother, and saw her smiling and opening her eyes.
"Mom, did your daughter wake you up?" Lin Qing'er whispered.
"If my daughter doesn't come back, will my mother be able to sleep peacefully?" I said with a slight smile.
"I'm sorry, mother..." Lin Qing'er felt very apologetic, but didn't know how to explain it.
"What are you talking about? Are you the kind of person who dominates your daughter?" I stretched out my hand to hold my daughter's hair, and said with great comfort: "Mom is finally relieved. You said before that you were not wronged.
The happy ones are all true..."
"Of course it's true." Lin Qing'er shyly got into bed, no longer embarrassed to show her face.
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Early the next morning, just after breakfast, a police officer from Changzhou County drove to pick him up. Today, Uncle Tian Qi did not need to lead the way. Wang Xian only took Shuai Hui and Er Hei, got on the carriage and arrived at the county government office first, waiting for Xuzhi County to finish processing.
After business, I followed his sedan chair to the Susong Salt Transport Branch located at the former site of Dahong Temple in the Yuan Dynasty.
The Yansi Yamen's people have high standards, and they look down on a mere seventh-rank official. Fortunately, Xu Zhixian is the parent of the county, so they have to look at him differently and make him look good.
But the doorman cannot be spared, so of course it was Wang Xian who came out. After receiving the famous assassination from Xuzhi County, the doorman invited him to have tea in the porter's room, but Wang Xian didn't even sit down and had to stand aside.
After waiting for at least half an hour, the concierge came to ask them to come in. Wang Xian couldn't help but look at Xu Zhixian with admiration.
He didn't even drink a sip of water. Apparently he had foreseen this and did so to avoid the urge to urinate.
Thinking of this, he no longer resented Xuzhi County. It was really difficult to be the county magistrate of the provincial capital. The main halls of other counties were filled with parents and elders, but the county magistrate of the provincial capital was like a grandson. He had to kowtow to worship the Bodhisattva in any temple he went to.
So it’s very interesting that Xuzhi County is willing to bring him here. How can we expect others to do everything for us? They don’t have that ability at all!
After entering the salt department, Tongzhi signed a contract to hold the room, and Xuzhi County waited for a while. An official in his forties or fifties, wearing a scarlet robe, finally lifted the curtain and came out from the inner room.
What I have to say is that this person broke Wang Xian's good feeling about Fei Pao... When he saw Zhou Xin wearing Fei Pao, sitting in the hall, his cool and noble look almost blinded him. After that,
Wang Xian was obsessed with crimson official robes. He dreamed several times that he was wearing crimson robes, sitting in front of a breakfast stall and eating tofu puffs... It was so cool.
But the person in front of me was short and fat, with a prominent chest and a protruding belly. He was wrapped in a crimson official robe, and he looked like a big red lantern. He had a face full of fat, a rosy nose, and two small eyes.
Showing arrogance and indifference.
This is Yang Tongzhi who caused them harm.
Xuzhi County hurriedly stood up and saluted, but Yang Tongzhi just snorted with his nose and plopped down on the main seat, "Sit down."
"Thank you, sir." Xu Zhixian only dared to put half of his buttocks on the chair.
"Your county has taken the time to come here," Yang Tongzhi said with squinted eyes: "I wonder what business you have to do?"
"It is not our county's official business to return to you, sir." Xu Zhixian said, "I have been entrusted by my friends from the same town to deliver two letters to you."
"Where are you from?" Yang Tongzhi asked with a smile: "How can I be a courier from your county?"
"It was Wei Wenyuan, the magistrate of Fuyang County, in the same year that he was promoted to official position." Xuzhi County replied.
"..." When he heard about Fuyang County, Yang Tongzhi felt as if he had eaten a fly and was tired of the taste: "It turns out that your county is here to be a lobbyist."
"Your Excellency, you have misunderstood." Xu Zhixian said hurriedly: "It is indeed the letter sent to you. There is not only the letter from Wei Zhixian to your Excellency, but also the autographed letters from Zhejiang Zheng Fangbo and Zhou Zhitai." He said to Wang Xiandao: "I haven't submitted the letter yet.
grown ups."
Wang Xian took out three letters from his pocket and bowed them in front of Yang Tongzhi. Yang Tongzhi took them for a long time and said to Xuzhi County: "Why do you bring a scribe here?"
"He is the person in charge of Fuyang's food purchase this time." Xuzhi County explained: "Weizhi County sent him to deliver the letter, and he also wanted to accept the adults' questions."
"You were really fooling around in those same years. How can a scribe be responsible for such a big thing?" Yang Tongzhi opened a letter with a letter opener and took out the envelope and said, "Is there anything good in the scribe? It's all
These cunning and money-grubbing people, no wonder such a big thing happened."
Wang Xianzhui stood behind Xuzhi County. He had to hold back to prevent his fist from falling on the pig-headed face.
"After all, you are still young." Xu Zhixian accompanied him and said with a smile: "When our subject was passed to the Golden Palace in the fourth year of Yongle, the emperor saw that this boy was young, so he actually asked him to go home to study as a Jinshi, and then use it when he grows up.
This was considered a joke at the time, so adults must have heard it, right?"
Xu Zhixian wanted to hint to the other party that although Wei Zhixian was young and of low status, he was still in the emperor's heart, so it was better not to offend him. Who knew that Yang Tongzhi ignored him and shook his head flatly: "I haven't heard of it." He said the second half of the sentence.
Gagged.
Xu Zhixian had no choice but to shut up and wait for him to read the letter. Over a cup of tea, Yang Tongzhi finished reading the letters from Zheng Fantai and Zhou Zhitai. As for the letter from Weizhi County, he didn't even open it...
Under the expectant gaze of Xuzhi County, Yang Tongzhi said with a smile: "I have already read the letters from the two magistrates, and I will reply to them later." After a pause, he said: "You don't need to come here again, this department
He has his own messenger."
"Then..." Xu Zhixian asked bravely: "May I ask when he will be released?"
"Your county is also in charge of the judiciary. How can you say such a thing?" Yang Tongzhi wanted to show his righteousness, but his appearance was too poor and he looked rather wretched. "It all depends on when to release people and whether to release them or not."
As for the case itself, if they are indeed innocent after trial, they will naturally be released immediately."
"Can we release the ship first?" Xuzhi County asked again: "Zhejiang has been hit by a disaster, and hundreds of thousands of people in Fuyang County are still waiting for food to save their lives."
"There is no reason for this." Yang Tongzhi said flatly: "Youdao means that people take stolen goods together. Unless they are proven innocent, they cannot let the ship alone." After a pause, he said: "Otherwise, if there is still illegal salt hidden in the ship, I would