In the front yard of Huguangju, Chai Yan was lying comfortably on a wicker chair to bask in the sun, and couldn't help but stretch.
After stretching, Chai Yan turned around and looked at Yuyuan. She was still walking in the yard, and asked: "Madam, you have walked in and out several times, can you tell where you are dissatisfied?"
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Yuan Yuan glanced at Chai Yan and said, "I'm not dissatisfied with anything. Everything is good. That rich man is very good at doing things..."
"Then what have you been thinking about for so long? Without saying a word..." Chai Yan expressed doubts.
Yuan walked to Chai Yan and said, "No, I just feel like there is something missing at home..."
"What's missing?" Chai Yan frowned and sat up, asking, "How about, madam, I accompany you to the street to buy two maids?"
Yuan shook his head: "That's not what I meant. I meant that the yard is empty. It would be nice if we could plant some flowers and grass."
"Oh, that's what you're talking about!" Chai Yan waved his hand and said: "As long as the lady likes it, you can plant it whatever you like, even if it's like a botanical garden! Hahaha..."
"Botanical Garden?" Yuyuan thought for a moment and said, "Are you talking about the garden?"
Yuan Yuan has been with Chai Yan for a long time, and he can understand most of the new terms he speaks.
"That's right, you can plant whatever you want, I have no objection at all." Chai Yan nodded with a smile.
Then, Chai Yan suddenly became serious: "Madam, speaking of maids, we actually bought two. This house may not be big or small, but it must be cleaned and tidied up by someone! And in the future.
Someone has to make three meals a day..."
Speaking of this, Chai Yan suddenly joked: "Oh, if I had known this, I would have brought that girl Xiaokui over!"
"Xiao Kui?" Yuanyuan still doesn't know about Xiao Kui.
Chai Yan slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you about Xiaokui..."
In the next quarter of an hour, Chai Yan told Yuanyuan everything about Xiaokui.
After hearing this, Yuanyuan said with admiration: "Ms. sir, you did the right thing in this matter. Xiaokui is a good child and she really deserves to help."
Mentioning Xiaokui, Chai Yan also thought of Uncle Cai and Aunt Yun, and wondered how they were spending these days.
Suddenly, Chai Yan's stomach growled.
Chai Yan looked at the sky and shouted: "Oh, it's already past noon... Madam, are you hungry?"
Yuan nodded.
Chai Yan jumped up and said: "Madam, please wait, I will go out to buy some food and come back!"
Yuan Yuan had no objection, nodded and said, "Go back quickly."
Soon, Chai Yan walked out of the house and down the steps. When he walked a few feet away, he didn't forget to look back at the plaque on the lintel.
The "Huguangju" plaque in front of me is naturally incomparable to the one at home in Jingcheng, but it can be considered a pretty good one.
When Chai Yan went out, he walked towards the Wudesi Police Office. He remembered that there were several restaurants nearby, but he didn't know if they were open for business during the Lantern Festival today.
Walking outside the courtyard wall of the Jishi Yamen, Chai Yan asked Shangguan Peining in his mind: "Has the situation inside changed?"
Shangguan Peining replied: "No! The northwest corner of the house, where the smell of blood is always the strongest, should be the place where prisoners are tortured and imprisoned..."
Chai Yan nodded secretly and said: "Very good, let's go check it out tonight!"
Not long after leaving, Chai Yan saw restaurants, but only one was open for business today.
Chai Yan thought that he didn’t have to choose over and over again, which would save him a lot of trouble.
When he walked into the shop, a waiter came over and greeted him warmly. Chai Yan looked at the menu on the wall and ordered three of Yuyuan's favorite dishes. Then he paid the money and added "take it away" at the end, and the waiter hurriedly left.
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Chai Yan was drinking tea in the shop and waiting for the food to be served. At this time, four capable men came in from outside. The youngest was in his early twenties, and the oldest was only thirty-five or six.
Shangguan Peining suddenly reminded: "Chai Yan, the smell of blood from these four people is very strong!"
Chai Yan smiled inwardly and replied: "They are from the Wude Division's Prosecution Office!"
"How do you know?" Shangguan Peining asked.
Chai Yan lowered his eyes while drinking tea, and said calmly in his heart: "They are wearing official boots on their feet! You forgot, I also have such shoes!"
Shangguan Peining took a look and saw that the four of them were indeed wearing official boots.
The four of them came to sit around an empty table. The youngest one was busy ordering to the waiter, while the other three chatted while drinking tea.
While we were chatting, one of them suggested: "Today is the Lantern Festival. We will go to Fengxian Tower to sit down later."
"Okay! As long as you treat me!" A person next to him immediately joked.
"Would you like to go?" The man who suggested it said casually, looked at the man in his mid-thirties, and said with a smile: "Old Wang, you can go too."
The man named Lao Wang took a sip of tea in a leisurely manner, put down the tea bowl and said slowly: "I won't go..."
"Secretary Wang, why don't we go together? It's a holiday today and it's okay to have a good time." Another colleague advised.
Chai Yan was attracted by this title as soon as he heard it. Generally speaking, the highest officials of Wude Division's judicial offices in various states hold the position of sexton. This man is called a sexton, which means that he is a sexton.
The head of Yaozhou Wude Division’s Prosecution Office.
Therefore, Chai Yan secretly memorized this person's appearance and features.
But Secretary Wang still shook his head and refused the invitation: "I'm not going, you can go."
When colleagues saw that Secretary Wang was unwilling to go, they stopped trying to persuade him and started talking about other topics.
"Did you know? The haunted house next to us has been sold!"
The person who spoke was still the man who suggested going to Fengxian Tower.
"Do you still need to tell me? Everyone who has moved in and out has been cleaned up these days!"
"Yes, I saw it too. There was a plaque on the door and it was named Huguang Ju."
"Who is so brave? Dare to live in a haunted house!"
"A haunted house? Is that considered a haunted house? Our place is called a haunted house!"
"Yes, yes...hahaha..."
As soon as these words came out, except for Mr. Wang who just laughed slightly, the other three people all laughed heartily.
After a while, the waiter brought a food box to Chai Yan and said politely: "Sir, all the dishes you asked for are here."
"Thank you!"
Chai Yan thanked him, stood up, took the food box, and left the store.
At this time, the four people at Secretary Wang's table were all looking at Chai Yan's back, and someone said, "This guy is very unfamiliar!"
A colleague suddenly slapped the table and said in surprise: "Hey, do you think this is the person who bought it?"
Secretary Wang then looked at Chai Yan's back again, then turned back and said, "Is it none of your business?"
The other three looked at each other, and then laughed together.