I do fortune-telling in ancient astrology

County magistrate Huang is tall and thin, about 30 years old, with a thin face that looks like a skeleton.As soon as the Cao family's carriage stopped at the gate of Tongxian county government office, he greeted him. After bowing to Mrs. Ouyang and the two girls, he looked back at the Cao family's two carriages that were as big as houses and the mighty people behind them. The army armor team obviously tensed up.

Listening to Cao Ruicen's dictation, Lin Xingwei thought that County Magistrate Huang was such a powerful person, but Zuo was just a hard-nosed and soft-hearted person.He treated Cao Yi badly before, and probably underestimated Cao Yi's family background.

Hearing that County Magistrate Huang said that Jiangnan special dishes had been set up in the spacious banquet hall, Cao Yi was startled for a moment, obviously not thinking about it beforehand.Mrs. Ouyang's expression was cold and serious from beginning to end. No matter how magistrate Huang bowed and smiled, she was unmoved.

The same is the county government. Lin Huaiyue's Meng county government is really incomparable with Tong county government. Although Meng county is close to the capital city, it is still a bit shabby. The gates are not as tall as Tong county, and there is no spacious banquet hall. Even the yamen that tried the case was very obscure.

This banquet was really arranged, even the governor of Danyang County and other officials and their family members were invited to sit down. The governor sat at the top, the lower left was the governor and his wife, and the second from the lower left was County Magistrate Huang and Cao Yi sat in the third seat from the lower left, Mrs. Ouyang and Cao Ruicen sat in the lower right seat, and the other seats on the right were accompanied by other officials.

The seat originally arranged for Lin Xingwei was the second from the bottom right, but Lin Xingwei consciously sat beside Cao Yi and shared a food table with him.

The meals on the food table are quite rich, such as stewed pheasant with yam, grilled river fish, fried pine nuts, cold venison, and several other green vegetables.

If you are in the capital at this time, you can only hide some green vegetables in autumn in the cellar. If you take them out and freeze them, they will not be as crisp as the green vegetables at this moment, and there is no river freshness to roast. It seems that the products of Tong County are better than those in the capital. But also rich.

The maids served hot wine, and the county sheriff started the opening remarks: "Everyone only knows that the family members of Cao Xiancheng are here today, but you don't know that Mrs. Ouyang, the mother of Cao County Cheng, is the wife of Guang Luxun Cao Rong. Sitting next to Cao Xiancheng This one is Cao County Cheng’s fiancée, Princess You Ning, the only daughter of the Marquis of Nanyang, the niece of the Empress and Taifu Su, and the granddaughter of the Taiwei. Therefore, County Magistrate Huang discussed with me, and specially set up a banquet for the relatives of Cao County Chancellor."

When the Lord Magistrate was speaking, everyone glanced back and forth at Mrs. Ouyang and Lin Xingwei's faces. Most of them couldn't believe that Cao Yi had such a big family background, and even couldn't believe that Cao Yi had such a noble fiancee.

Everyone raised their wine glasses to toast the guests from afar. Mrs. Ouyang drank it down in one gulp with a serious expression. Wrinkled magistrate Huang.

Everyone was silent during the meal, and after eating for a while, County Magistrate Huang asked Mrs. Ouyang respectfully: "Madam, do you think the delicacies in our Tong County are comparable to those in the capital?"

"What do magistrate Huang think?" Mrs. Ouyang aggressively tore off one of the pheasant's legs, and put it on Cao Ruicen's rice plate.

County magistrate Huang was taken aback by the question, and said awkwardly: "I have never been to the capital, and I have never eaten the meals in the capital. I don't know what to do."

Mrs. Ouyang smiled: "That's why County Magistrate Huang is ignorant of goods. He thinks that the food in the capital can be compared with that in Tong County. I accompanied my husband to fight in the north and south, and I have been with His Majesty for so many years. Where is the food that is not good?" Have you ever eaten? Just a little wild game is enough?"

Everyone froze, stopped the chopsticks in their hands, and looked at Mrs. Ouyang in surprise.

Cao Yi's fists were clenched, and she glanced nervously and apologetically at the magistrate Huang, who was dripping with cold sweat. It was the first time Lin Xingwei saw Mrs. Ouyang sneering at others, but she didn't dare to show it.

The magistrate of Danyang County took a sip of wine silently, and said: "Lord Cao became famous when he was young, and the nephews in the family have all achieved fame. Asking someone from the imperial court, and learning that His Majesty sent Lord Cao’s youngest son to Tong County, the officials were so happy that they didn’t sleep all night.”

He turned sideways, looked past the county magistrate Huang in the middle, and said to Cao Yi: "Magistrate Cao County has been in charge of Tong County for several months. You can say anything, and you will praise what you are satisfied with, but you will be outspoken about what you are dissatisfied with."

He looked at Mrs. Ouyang again, and said: "No one is perfect, and if there are advantages, there must also be disadvantages. As the parent officer of Tong County, County Magistrate Huang is old and experienced. It is understandable to criticize the juniors of his subordinates, but it can be heard by people with ulterior motives." , I thought that magistrate Huang deliberately bullied Cao Xiancheng, there were too many gossips, Cao Xiancheng also felt resentful, for this reason, I caused a misunderstanding, please forgive me, Mrs. Ouyang."

County magistrate Huang cast a grateful look at Mr. Juncheng.

Mrs. Ouyang smiled kindly, and said: "Your Excellency, you are serious. Zhi Ang is young and has just entered an official position. He has many shortcomings. It is his blessing to be reminded by you adults. How dare you complain? But if Some villains bully him when he is young, thinking that he doesn't understand anything, so they put on little shoes for him to make him trip, he is not worthy of being an official!"

County magistrate Huang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said repeatedly: "Don't dare, dare not, I dare not."

Cao Yi looked up at Mrs. Ouyang, and said loudly: "Mother, I am the deputy of the county magistrate Huang, and I should follow his orders. If you say that wearing small shoes makes you trip, it's those people who do evil outside. There is a trend of wild bandits in the countryside. Make trouble, make people's lives difficult, Huang county magistrate and I are very troubled, I even wrote to my second brother, asking him to send people to help us, but my second brother is busy with work, and he has not received my letter for a long time echo."

Mrs. Ouyang looked at the sheriff above her, and asked, "Isn't this what the sheriff should do? Why do you have to worry about a little magistrate?"

Cao Ruicen's face had long since lost her arrogance. She tugged Mrs. Ouyang's sleeve lightly, and asked in a low voice: "Is mother really going to offend everyone? How will my brother Yao stand in the future?"

Mrs. Ouyang brushed her away without saying a word.

The county guard smiled awkwardly, without any evasion, and said bluntly: "Danyang County is not big, it is not small, those wild bandits are ordinary people, it is impossible to drive them all out, clean up this group, there will be others Dude, there are endless occurrences, and this is not the case only in Tong County, but also in other counties. Therefore, we also have a shortage of manpower. Cao Xiancheng thought of finding foreign aid, but it was helpless. I also reported this to the court and asked the court Assistance, we have received a reply from the court, and people from the court will come to Danyang County to deal with these matters soon."

Mrs. Ouyang snorted coldly and asked, "Oh, is that so? Why didn't I hear that the imperial court is going to send someone to Tong County to suppress the bandits? I wonder which general the imperial court sent?"

The county sheriff chuckled, stroked the three-inch beard on his chin, and said calmly: "It's not about suppressing the bandits, but to help implement some appeasement policies, dismiss these bandits, let them live and work in peace and contentment, and stop causing trouble. Madam drove On the way, it is normal not to hear about this matter, Your Majesty originally wanted Shangdu Mansion to maintain order, but General Wei is busy with affairs, so he recommended His Highness the Crown Prince to come and assist in this matter."

Prince's cousin?Lin Xingwei frowned and went to look at Cao Yi. He looked very uncomfortable, staring at his mother thoughtfully.

Mrs. Ouyang took a sip of her wine and said calmly: "Your Majesty wants His Highness the Crown Prince to practice a lot. I will immediately write to my son Lang, asking him to come to Danyang County to assist His Highness the Crown Prince."

Mrs. Ouyang finally said a soft word, and Cao Yi's expression finally relaxed.

Back in Cao's inner house, Lin Xingwei only felt that Mrs. Ouyang was strict with her children, but she didn't expect her attitude towards local officials to be so tough. I'm afraid Cao Yi was the one who made things difficult in the end.Lin Xingwei held Cao Yi's hand distressedly, and looked at him sympathetically.

Cao Yi noticed Lin Xingwei's gaze, lowered his head and drank the wine in the wine glass, and said nothing again.

Even a fool can see that Mrs. Ouyang's visit is not kind, and the county magistrate Huang is even more worried.The sheriff thanked Mrs. Ouyang a few words, and said a lot of polite compliments, and he was calm from beginning to end.

In the second half of the banquet, several adults introduced the local conditions and customs of Tong County to Mrs. Ouyang. County Magistrate Huang obsequiously asked Cao Yi to put aside the matter in hand and accompany Mrs. Ouyang, mother, daughter and fiancee for a good stroll in Tong County .

The tense atmosphere finally dissipated, Cao Yi thoughtfully chopped up the pheasant meat with a knife and put it in Lin Xingwei's bowl.

Lin Xingwei ate politely, vowing not to embarrass Cao Yi, and put a few pieces of venison cloth in Cao Yi's bowl, whispering: "The venison prepared by Mr. Huang is good, you should eat more."

County Magistrate Huang was right beside her, and she could hear him no matter how softly she whispered. Finally, County Magistrate Huang heard someone complimenting the dishes he had prepared. Drank it down.

Mrs. Ouyang, who was opposite, saw Lin Xingwei drinking with Huang County Magistrate, and her eyes flew over like knives. Lin Xingwei pretended not to see it, and still talked and laughed with Cao Yi in a low voice.

She put her hand to her mouth, lowered her voice and said: "I copied many beautiful scrolls from Third Uncle's room, and brought them to you this time, I will show them to you later."

Cao Yi smiled, and said: "I also prepared gifts for you, you are different from A-Cen, the ones for you are better."

Lin Xing smiled with eyebrows and eyes crooked, looking forward to it.

The two young lovers talked as if no one else was around, and the rest of the people did not bother them anymore.

After the banquet, Mrs. Ouyang took her future daughter-in-law and daughter to Cao Yi's residence. Lin Xingwei stuck to Cao Yi's body from beginning to end. Yuzhu tried to pull Lin Xingwei back several times, but to no avail. Afterwards, she whispered to remind the princess to be more reserved. .

Seeing that her son was still covered with a thin quilt in the cold weather, Mrs. Ouyang cried again, and immediately asked someone to rearrange the house, not to mention the quilt, even the bed was replaced by sandalwood, Cao Yi couldn't stop her .