Meng Ruhu led a postman to the courtyard and met Chai Yan.
Meng Ruhu gestured: "This is Mr. Chai Yanchai."
The postman respectfully raised his hands and said, "Master Chai, there is an urgent letter for you from the capital."
Upon hearing this, Chai Yan immediately nodded and said, "Okay, bring it to me quickly."
However, the postman did not take out the letter, but said carefully: "Please show Mr. Chai your waist badge. I also follow the instructions above and must deliver the letter to me."
Chai Yan expressed his understanding and took out his waist badge without haste and handed it to the postman for inspection.
After the postman checked that it was correct, he handed the badge back to Chai Yan, and then took out an envelope sealed with wax paint from his pocket.
Chai Yan accepted the letter, and the postman completed his mission. He said goodbye to Chai Yan and left.
Then, Chai Yan said to Meng Ruhu: "Meng Li, thank you for your help."
Meng Ruhu said hurriedly: "Master Chai, you're welcome, it should be, it should be..."
Chai Yan smiled slightly, turned around and walked into the house, ruthlessly leaving Meng Ruhu, who still wanted to chat with Chai Yan, in front of the house.
"Master Chai, that little guy has resigned." Meng Ruhu saw this and was very sensible, so he apologized and left.
Chai Yan took the letter to the main hall, opened the envelope and took out the letter, sat down and read...
After reading it for a while, I realized that it turned out to be a letter from His Royal Highness the Prince asking him to return to Beijing early, and it had nothing to do with the gold mine in Lintai Mountain.
In other words, His Highness the Prince may not have received Hang Baiqiu's urgent letter to the city yet.
After reading the letter, Chai Yan loudly called Guan Maochun and ordered him to chase out the door quickly and call back the postman who had just left.
After hearing this, Guan Maochun ran out of the door.
At this time, Hang Baiqiu heard the noise and came to the main hall and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chai Yan then said: "Sir Hang, you came just in time. Your Royal Highness has written a letter..."
"Yeah! Show me..."
Hang Baiqiu looked happy. She thought it was a reply to the urgent letter she sent.
Chai Yan saw Hang Baiqiu's thoughts and said when handing the letter to her: "It's not a reply, it's His Royal Highness who is urging us to go back early."
After Hang Baiqiu read the letter from beginning to end, he raised his head and asked, "But the imperial court hasn't sent someone to take over yet, so how can we leave?"
Chai Yan nodded, frowning slightly and said: "Yes, we must wait for someone to come and take over before we can leave!"
At this moment, Guan Maochun came back with the postman.
The postman stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Master Chai, do you have any other instructions?"
Chai Yan said, "Brother, please sit down for a while, and I'll reply with a letter asking you to send it back to the capital."
Then, Chai Yan said to Guan Maochun: "Take this brother to the side hall to have a cup of tea and rest."
Guan Maochun took the order and walked to the side hall with the postman.
Chai Yan got the letter back from Hang Baiqiu and said, "I'll write a letter."
With that said, Chai Yan walked straight to the study.
When Hang Baiqiu saw that everyone was gone, she was about to go back to her small courtyard. Suddenly she felt something strange behind her, and immediately turned around and shouted: "Who?"
"Sir Hang, you are a villain, you are a villain!"
The person who appeared in Hang Baiqiu's sight turned out to be Meng Ruhu.
After Meng Ruhu went out just now, he happened to see Guan Maochun chasing the postman back. Out of curiosity, he wanted to come over and see what was going on.
"Meng Ruhu?" Hang Baiqiu said angrily: "Why are you here? Who let you in?"
Meng Ruhu said hurriedly: "Sir Hang, please calm down. The postman didn't know where Master Chai lived, so he found the villain, and the villain came with the postman."
These words made Hang Baiqiu feel a little better, and he said: "It's none of your business now, let's go."
"Yes, I will leave immediately. I don't dare to disturb Commander Hang's rest." Meng Ruhu responded humbly, while retreating towards the door.
Hang Baiqiu turned around to go back to the yard, but then suddenly turned back and shouted: "Wait!"
"Yes, Sir Hang." Meng Ruhu seemed to be under a restraining spell, and he stopped moving as soon as the voice came out.
"Ask you something..." With that, Hang Baiqiu waved to Meng Ruhu, motioning for him to come closer.
Meng Ruhu hunched over and came to Hang Baiqiu in a short step, whispering: "Sir Hang, what do you say..."
Hang Baiqiu couldn't help but feel happy when he saw it, because Meng Ruhu's actions just now looked very much like a eunuch in the palace. The only difference was that Meng Ruhu still had a beard.
Hang Baiqiu asked as he walked into the small front garden, "Let me ask you, in the past few days, are there still people collecting the bandit suppression tax?"
"If I tell you, Chief Hang, we have stopped taking them back a long time ago. All the bandits have been wiped out, how can we take them back again?" Meng Ruhu replied.
"Really?" Hang Baiqiu asked back and warned: "Don't think that I won't make secret visits. If you dare to lie to me, you, the chief, will be gone!"
Meng Ruhu was horrified. What he cared about most was his position as chief. He was so frightened that he quickly bowed his hands and bowed: "You dare not deceive Chief Hang. Since the rogue bandits were destroyed, we have really not collected any more taxes and fees for the suppression of bandits."
Yeah, it’s absolutely true!”
Hang Baiqiu looked at Meng Ruhu coldly, then slowly put his hands behind his waist and said seriously: "Okay, let me believe you first!"
"Thank you, Sir Hang!" Meng Ruhu said hurriedly.
After a pause, Hang Baiqiu asked again: "Is there any movement over General Jiang in Yaozhou Beiying?"
"Motion?" Meng Ruhu frowned and tilted his head, and after thinking for a moment he asked unclearly: "Sir Hang, the noise you are referring to is..."
Hang Baiqiu said: "I want to ask General Jiang when they plan to withdraw their defenses and return to their original station?"
Meng Ruhu shook his head and said with a blank expression: "I don't know, Sir Hang, these are military affairs. I am a commoner and have no right to know this!"
Hang Baiqiu said solemnly: "Aren't you very familiar with Zhong Shida? Don't you know?"
Meng Ruhu's face suddenly fell: "Sir Hang, what you are talking about is all in the past. Ever since that dog... Colonel Zhong's attitude towards the villain's family has changed greatly.
Where can I find out the news..."
Hang Baiqiu thought about it carefully. The last time Zhong Shida stood up for Meng Ruhu's son, who knew that he was dealt with by his own side? Their relationship was probably really broken.
"Okay, it's none of your business, you can go!" Hang Baiqiu has nothing more to ask.
Meng Ruhu nodded and took a step back. After hesitation, he said: "Sir Hang, I'm so brave, I want to invite you, Mr. Chai, and three other adults to... go to my house for a meal in a few days."
Family dinner…”
"Going to your house for dinner?" Hang Baiqiu was confused: "Why?"
Meng Ruhu immediately put on a smile and expressed his goodwill: "Sir, sir, it will be the villain's birthday in a few days, and the villain's family especially hopes that several adults can attend..."
Hang Baiqiu said without thinking, "Not interested!"