Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 118 Patrol Envoy

"Let me take a good look at myself, what does Zhang 27lang, who is passed down from Wuling, look like?"

Meng Xiaowan tilted her head and looked at Zhang Zhe, her mouth full of inexplicable words.

Zhang Zhe turned over and turned his face to his wife on the same pillow.

"My lady watched it for a long time, what do you think?" He deliberately stared into Meng Xiaowan's eyes solemnly, "Do you think this person is quite kind?"

"Hmph," Meng Xiaowan hid her smile, and snorted coldly, "I'm not lucky enough to know such people."

"But I'm very lucky," Zhang Zhe deliberately played tricks, "but I know that person's head wife."

Meng Xiaowan was overwhelmed by him, so she pressed her hands against Zhang Zhe's chest angrily.

She raised her eyebrows and spoke word by word.

"Master Su from the Chuyao Pavilion personally took off the boots and washed the feet of Mr. Lang, how does it feel like not knowing?"

"In the sky, I was even more drunk than a pig. I didn't know she played with me like that!"

Meng Xiaowan got up and put on her clothes, ignored him and went straight to the table.

On the table were dozens of sheets of paper sent by Chu Yaoge. In addition to her husband's seven manuscripts, there were also 800 poems written by Su Mingyan, and the other three were exchanged by Chu Yaoge. Two thousand eight hundred taels of silver bills.

The bank note was put aside, Meng Xiaowan didn't look at it at all.

She just stared at Su Mingyan's handwriting.

It was the right time on the third day after the incident, and both of them overslept.Bailu heard Meng Xiaowan getting up from outside, so she pushed the door open and entered the main room.

Bailu only changed Meng Xiaowan's clothes, but deliberately ignored Zhang Zhe.

This is to complain for my eldest lady!

In the past two days since Zhang Zhe came back, apart from Mrs. Qin and his wife, Sanqi and Lulu didn't like him very much.

After Bailu went out, Zhang Zhe pestered Meng Xiaowan dissatisfied.

"Miss, look at this white-eyed wolf. Anyway, I got back so much money in exchange for this meal of wine!"

Only then did Meng Xiaowan grab those banknotes, and shook them lightly a few times.

"How did I hear that my husband was able to get the money without drinking?"

Zhang Zhe covered his head with a blanket helplessly: Labor and management are leaving home.

After a while, the blanket was lifted by Meng Xiaowan.

She smiled and pulled him up: "Why don't you lose your temper because of your concubine?"

Her answer was a pair of funny eyes.

Just as Meng Xiaowan was about to turn around, she might as well be dragged onto the couch by that person.

The second day was August 22.

Meng Xiaowan turned eighteen today.

Zhang Zhe booked a venue on the third floor of Reading Moon Building in the county city, and invited many people to the banquet.

There were uncle's family, cousin's family, Huo Bingcheng and his concubine Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Luo Chen and Miss Luo Si, and some female family members that Meng Xiaowan met at the osmanthus appreciation meeting, including Han Yueqin.

There were also quite a few people who came uninvited, such as Luo Chengfeng, the third son of Luo, his second sister Luo Luoqi, and Mrs. Gong, whom Zhang Zhe didn't like very well.

For this birthday banquet, the master chefs of Reading Yuelou were all in the kitchen, using their best skills for every dish.Zhang Zhe adopted the format of two people serving one case, with ten dishes per table, and all of them were stir-fried in an iron wok!Now the book with twenty cooking recipes is kept in the resting room of the master chefs in the Yueyue Tower, and the incense is constantly burning.

People other than the shopkeeper and the four master chefs are not invited to enter this room now, and their legs will be broken before they say anything.

Not only is Meng Xiaowan's birthday party free today, but the couple will also be free of charge when they come here to eat and live.

Since using Zhang Zhe's cooking recipe, the business of Reading Yuelou has become the hottest restaurant in Wuling, bar none.

If it wasn't for Zhang Zhe's banquet, most people wouldn't be able to book a seat, let alone the entire third floor.

Miss Luo Si and Miss Chen's family were fighting for the last braised lion head, and they were still complaining about their disagreement, saying that they really shouldn't have a joint case with the other party.

On Meng Xiaowan's birthday today, the eight dishes, one soup and one porridge made by the four master chefs of Yueyuelou instantly conquered everyone's taste buds, except Zhang Zhe.

Meng Xiaowan and Shen Yanru were laughing and talking, but their eyes couldn't help looking at the four or five tables on the left.

This is the "surprise" her husband prepared for her birthday, the eight beauties headed by Su Mingyan.

Su Mingyan, the No. [-] family member in Wuling, took the lead in performing for her. To be honest, Meng Xiaowan felt that she couldn't bear it.

But Zhang Zhe took the trouble to prepare for her, and she couldn't refuse, she could only stand up and thank the eight girls one by one.

Huangmei's gong and drum troupe was improvised, but they still used slightly changed tunes of local operas, which they couldn't learn temporarily.Although Meng Xiaowan smiled and took Luo Chenshi's hand to watch together, she secretly looked at the eight girls' appearance and eyes.

That Yuxin was obviously avoiding the eyes of Mrs. Zhao, the Huo family's concubine. This is a trouble for the Huo family, so it's nothing to worry about.

And that Lin Funiang, who played Dong Yong in reverse, likes to look at herself, which is strange.

The Luozhu, Yuezhao and Xiufan were all fine, but Ms. Xu, who played the role of Seven Fairies, never dared to look her in the face.Hmph, this is obviously a ghost in his heart.And that Yuyao, she is probably the youngest among them, but she is the most courageous, and dares to look at the male guest in a daze from time to time.

And isn't the direction she was staring blankly at her own?

But Meng Xiaowan didn't take these people to heart.The only thing she can't see right now is Su Mingyan.

When the two met, they talked as if they had met at the Osmanthus Appreciation Association, and they seemed to be able to chat very well.

But she was very vigilant and found something different in Su Mingyan's eyes.

Her husband just came over and toasted everyone with a glass of wine.

This sister Su's eyes flickered.

However, the Huangmei arranged by her husband, both in tone and lyrics, is extremely beautiful, which made her lose her vigilance towards these women for a while, and became fascinated.

Meng Xiaowan's birthday soon became famous.

One is because of the food, the second is because of the song, the third is because of her own reputation that is being spread, and the fourth is because of Zhang Xinzhi's reputation.

Since August 24, Ms. Xu has been soaking in Changyin Pavilion with Luozhu. There are countless fans of Huangmeiquan every day, and it is even hard to find a ticket.As the first government examination in September approached, children from various counties in Wuling County began to arrive slowly, which brought the business of the county to a new level.

At this stall, the news came from the provincial highway that Yan Yun would be transferred from the prefect of Wuling to the tour envoy of the three counties of Bashan West Road.

Zhang Zhe also mixed with this group of yamen during this period of time, and only then did he figure out Dazheng's local official system.

In Dazheng, all provincial and highway officials are dispatched by Beijing officials, such as the observation envoy in charge of a line of affairs, the transfer envoy in charge of a line of finance, the supervisory envoy in charge of a line of prison supervision, and the head of a line of soldiers and horses. The defense envoys, this is the four provincial envoys.

The local state capitals use the real-time system, such as Yan Yun's Wuling prefect.

The full title of Yan Yun's next position is "serving the doctor in the middle and dispatching the patrol envoy of the three counties of Bashan West Road".

Luo Chengfeng once told Zhang Zhe in a mysterious way: the imperial court rarely set up patrol envoys, because that was the post of the people who were in charge of the soldiers and the people.To some extent, Yan Yun's job difference after promotion is more important than this congratulatory observation.

He Guan was able to gather the strength of the four envoys in his own way to attack Southern Wu because he had a document against rebellion in his hand.Among them, Shao Zhuanyun refused to cooperate, so He Guan couldn't play well, so he had to find a way to move him away.

The patrol envoys don't have this trouble, because the patrol envoys are civil servants and military officers, and when they arrive at the place, the three counties are ruled by the law.If the general judge of the three counties does not give face to the patrol envoy, the patrol envoy will not be polite, and he can directly seal the yamen in various places with his own seal, and take all the responsibility.In other words, Prefect Yan is about to be transferred to the commander of the newly established three-county theater.

Dazheng's attitude towards Xilu can also be seen from this.Even if Xi Lu subdued and the princess gave it away, Lanke County could be regarded as acknowledging the cession, but peace is impossible.

(End of this chapter)