"It's really rude. I didn't know it was the family members of the Duke of Zhenguo who were here."
Mr. Tian is only from the ninth rank, and such a rank is not popular. When he saw that it was a behemoth like Zhen Guo Gongfu, he was of course respectful. What he was thinking was that no matter who he was in the Guo Gongfu, he would always be with him.
We are related to the Duke of Guo, otherwise we would still be able to get the Crown Prince’s post?
"Sir, look at this house."
Mr. Tian immediately understood what Gao Mama said. How could a woman from such a wealthy family let him search the house casually? He was just a low-level official, so naturally he would not dare to search the house casually.
"Oh! We also want to search to see if there are any missing fish on the ship, or if there are any internal agents. How could there be something in the girl's house?" In fact, the Jiang bandits have been caught, and searching the house is just a routine matter.
"Thank you very much, sir. I wonder when the ship will leave?"
"Is this? We may have to wait for several days. Such a big accident has happened to this ship. We may have to temporarily detain it. The steward will also go with us to retrieve the bodies of the bandits from the river. I'm afraid it won't be opened for another three to five days.
"
Mr. Tian did the math and found out that the three or five days were still short, and the passengers on the ship could not leave. There was nothing we could do about it.
"What?" After listening to Mr. Tian's words, Gao Mama felt that it must be more than three to five days. This is just a conservative estimate.
"In fact, the boat passengers cannot leave. They have to wait for at least two days. When the Shangguan comes, everyone on the boat has to be registered and each person has to write a separate testimony." Whether he is a Jiang bandit or not is not decided by a few people.
Passengers on the ship are all witnesses and must sign and sign before they can leave.
However, what will happen if there are only a few people on the boat? Gu Juren and others can leave first? How can he show his good intentions if he just agrees from the beginning? I wonder if the family members of the Duke's Mansion will go back to tell him.
What about the good words?
"Then I wonder what you can do? My girl has been delayed for some time, and the old man from Jingyuan Mansion is still waiting! If it is delayed for so many days, I am afraid that the old man will be anxious."
Gao Mama frowned, she didn't want her girl to wait here. Who knows when the boat will leave?
"Oh? Who is your old lady?" Mr. Tian's eyes lit up. If he is just a female family member, he will not get much benefit, but if some high-ranking official takes a fancy to his talents, then maybe his luck will turn around!
"My girl is here to visit relatives in Jingyuan Prefecture this time. The old man is her maternal grandfather, the former chief minister Liang Zhirui who has become an official."
When Gao MaMa talked about this, her face was full of pride. Although the old lady in her family had already become an official, he had many disciples. It was a pity that he was indifferent to fame and fortune and had already become an official early. Otherwise, why would her girl have such a difficult life in the house?
"Oh! How disrespectful and disrespectful!" Mr. Tian didn't expect this girl to have such a background. Wasn't the former chief minister the father-in-law of the prince of Zhenguo Palace? No wonder! They took the post from his biological father!
Mr. Tian is far away from the capital, but he doesn't know what's going on in his house. He just thinks that he is a noble man, and he doesn't dare to offend him easily.
"If the girl is really anxious, she can leave first. How could she know about the Jiang bandits if she is so rich? There is no use in staying!"
Gao MaMa looked at Mr. Tian's fawning appearance and sneered in her heart. I'm afraid this Mr. Tian is also a follower of others.
"Thank you very much, sir!"
Mr. Tian watched Gao Mama take the post and leave with her head held high. The people coming out of this Duke's mansion were different. Even a servant woman was much better than the mistress of the squire and landlord's house.
"Girl! It's done, the officials won't come to search the house." Gao Mama entered the house and said to her girl quickly.
"Can you tell me when the boat will leave?" Yao Mengxian asked quickly when she saw Gao MaMa coming in.
"It's going to take several days, so we can only wait." Gao MaMa was also worried. It wouldn't be a problem to stay here all the time! But how are they going to leave? They are all weak women, and Uncle Li is still a weakling.
The two guards might not be able to count on the wounded.
Yao Mengxian also fell silent after hearing this.
"You didn't say how many days?"
"It was said that we should wait at least three to five days, but I'm afraid that this is just an understatement. Master Tian said that we can leave first, but it's not easy to find a boat on the river. If we take a carriage, we will go here
There are several of them, and they are all women, so there may be some inconvenience."
The boats on the river have all paid deposits in advance. The boats are basically full. There are many merchants traveling between the capital and Jingyuan Prefecture. How can there be any spare rooms?
"Then we can only wait. Uncle Li injured his leg, otherwise we can send a letter to my grandfather and ask him to send someone to pick us up." Yao Mengxian was also afraid that the old man would have to wait impatiently. After all, it would be several days later than the original date.
The return date is still uncertain!
"Then girl, why don't you write a letter and ask the escort to send it to the escort agency and ask the old man to send someone to pick us up." If the girl's family stays out for one more day, it will be one more day of danger, not to mention that there is no elder here yet.
"That's fine!" Yao Mengxian nodded in agreement and asked Qingdai to polish the ink and prepare to write a letter.
Gao Mama turned around and saw the food box beside her, and remembered what Ming Mo said in the morning.
"Girl, the guy downstairs told me that his young master told me not to send any more food."
Yao Mengxian was about to write. When she heard this, her hand holding the pen paused, and a ball of ink appeared on the paper. The ink stained the paper, and the paper was useless.
She balled up the paper and threw it into the copper basin, and then spread a piece of paper again, "Since it is what the benefactor said, let's do it. In the future, we will look for opportunities to repay him!"
When the ink was dry, she gave the letter to Gao MaMa and asked her to ask the escort to deliver the letter. Because of the relationship with the Duke's government, they would not be stopped if they wanted to go on official duties. For this little thing, the escort should be able to do it.
, otherwise, it would be really useless.
Gu Chengyu asked Ming Mo and the others to pack their luggage, then asked Ming Yan to go out and hire three carriages to come over.
"Chengyu! Do we really want to take a carriage and leave?" Sun Xian asked Gu Chengyu while packing his luggage. Although he asked this question, he was just packing his luggage, but he was not slow at all.
"I don't know when this ship will leave. Aren't you in a hurry to go back?" Gu Chengyu sat leisurely on the stool, watching Sun Xian hustle in and out, and said teasingly.
Even Ye Zhiqiu was also cleaning up, and his face looked better than yesterday. When Gu Chengyu said this, he also pursed his lips and smiled.
"Sooner or later, you are going to leave this time, so why bother laughing at me? Men should get married when they are young, and women should get married when they are young. Isn't this human nature?" Sun Xian had been teased a lot in the past two days, and he had become accustomed to it.
Gu Chengyu choked up what he said. He really hadn't thought about getting married. He had subconsciously ignored this before. He didn't know what would happen in the future, so he could only let nature take its course.
"I'm still young!" Gu Chengyu smiled at Sun Xian and left the room.