Chapter 70
"What about this one?" Lu Hanzhi squeezed the clay doll in his hand.

"I think it's strange for Beidi envoys, so I bought one first while they were arguing." Cheng Junze was only responsible for keeping an eye on the Beidi envoys. Tell them not to do anything that endangers Da Chu, as for things like spending their own money on things, Cheng Junze will not be in charge.

When mentioning Beidi, Lu Hanzhi picked up the clay doll and looked at it carefully. A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and said, "I remember that a similar thing happened in Suzhou back then."

"At that time, we had just arrived in Suzhou with my father, and the family had just settled down. My mother took me out, saying that it was to see the customs of Suzhou. At that time, my uncle had just had his eldest son, and happened to meet a small shop. The clay dolls inside are extraordinarily delicate, so my mother wanted to buy a pair as gifts for my uncle." Lu Hanzhi recalled the situation at that time, and it has been more than two years now, and many details are blurred, "At that time, my mother took a fancy to it. A pair of clay dolls, the naive little dolls are very cute, just when they were about to pay, someone rushed in and smashed the store to pieces."

"Was the one from Beidi who smashed the shop?" Cheng Junze asked.

"Well," Lu Hanzhi nodded, "Father encountered such a thing just after he took office, so it is natural to investigate strictly, but father has not straightened it out, and finally several witnesses proved that although the man was from Beidi, he was from Suzhou. He was born and raised locally, but he suffered from insanity since he was a child, and in the end his family lost money and the matter passed."

"So, what's the problem with this clay doll?" Cheng Junze took the clay doll from Lu Han's hand, becoming more and more puzzled.

"Maybe it has something to do with Beidi's customs?" Lu Hanzhi couldn't think of it either, but in some places, clay dolls are associated with witchcraft, and there may be reasons for this.

"I will investigate." Beidi and Da Chu have been hostile for many years, and because of the distance, Da Chu doesn't know much about Beidi's situation, let alone Beidi's customs. Of course, the two sides have ceased fighting now. If you want to investigate, It should also be able to find something, "By the way, how is the situation of the second brother?"

"Second brother is very good, I don't think it's affected at all." Lu Hanzhi shook his head, "I don't know when I will retake the Qiu Wei exam."

"According to what the emperor said, it should be near." Next spring will be the big contest, so of course this autumn cannot be delayed for too long. "The emperor has ordered the Ministry of Rites to re-set the exam and prepare to retake the exam. In order to prevent such a thing from happening again , and specially arranged for manual inspection of the ingredients sent by Zhuangzi."

"So, there shouldn't be any more problems." Lu Hanzhi nodded, thinking about it, he also knew that after such a thing happened just now, no one would dare to make mistakes in this matter again.

Before Qiu Wei's re-examination, the last incident of food corruption was finally concluded.It directly caused the students to eat badly, and even the two of them were seriously ill. Needless to say, the manager of Zhuangzi who has not yet recovered, all the officials and minor officials who handled him lost their jobs because of this, and even two officials from the Ministry of Rites were implicated.

With the lessons learned from last time there, the newly appointed officials did not dare to neglect, Qiu Wei's re-examination went smoothly, and from Lu Minzhi's mention, even the taste of the food improved a lot.

As one of the victims of the accident last time, Ye Sequn was not young. He had been taking the exam for many years and had no confidence at all. After retreating, he said that he would go back to Nanhua County when he recovered.For this reason, Qiu Wei re-examed for five days, and Cheng Yuhui chanted for five days. It was not until Cheng Junxu, who was rushing for the exam, came back, that he accepted the fact that Ye Squn had given up on Qiu Wei, and was busy with looking after the marriage for the eldest daughter.

That day, Lu Hanzhi was looking through the ledger in the yard, and Cheng Yuhui led Ye Rui over. Seeing that Lu Hanzhi closed the ledger and got up to greet him, he said pleasantly, "My niece and daughter-in-law are looking at the ledger! You really are the granddaughter of Mrs. Lu. In order to teach me to read the account book, it has caused my mother a lot of headaches."

Cheng Yuhui secretly boasted that what she said was clever, not only complimented Lu Hanzhi's outstanding talent and learning ability, but also pointed out that as an aunt, she was well taught by her mother.Seeing Lu Hanzhi smilingly inviting her to sit down and talk, Cheng Yuhui changed the subject while sitting down, and said, "Speaking of which, your cousin is much better than me."

"Rui girl has been caring since she was a child. Since she can read the books, I don't have to worry about our family's books." Cheng Yuhui pulled Ye Rui's hand over, and then praised her daughter, "My nephew and daughter-in-law don't know, Rui girl plays chess." Calligraphy and painting are all good, don't mention Nanhua County, even in the capital, I'm afraid I can't find a few of them like this, but it's a pity that I suffered a loss with me and her father, why did I live in such a small place as Nanhua County."

Lu Hanzhi managed to maintain a decent smile. Of course, Cheng Yuhui was patient but not much, and he didn't care whether Lu Hanzhi listened or not, so he got into the topic on his own, "I heard that my niece and daughter-in-law are going to the banquet at Princess Jin Huichang's mansion tomorrow, so why don't you bring a pistil girl?" Let's go together. Rui girl is smart and well-behaved, she won't cause trouble for her nephew and daughter-in-law, and Rui girl can also see the world, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Lu Hanzhi did receive a post from Princess Jin Huichang's residence. The reason for the banquet was that Princess Jin Huichang's daughter-in-law Jiayu County Chief diagnosed twins.Princess Jin Huichang only had an only son, He Quan, and the county magistrate of Jiayu also had a hard time conceiving this child. When she learned that the magistrate of Jiayu County was pregnant with twins, Princess Jin Huichang couldn't help being overjoyed. With her personality of living in seclusion for many years, she decided to have a baby on the spot. Feast to celebrate.

Cheng Yuhui felt sorry for not being able to catch up with the previous banquet in Furong Garden. Now that she heard that Princess Jin Hui held a banquet at her residence, she was afraid that Mrs. Zheng would not bring Ye Rui, and she would not dare to make trouble with Mrs. Zheng, so she ran to Lu Hanzhi and wanted to land Hanzhi is young and of the junior generation, so he is more talkative than Zheng Shi.

This time, Mrs. Zheng did not plan to bring too many people to the banquet at Princess Jin Huichang's residence. There are pregnant women in the residence, and a group of people running around to make a fuss can only be annoying.It's just that Mrs. Zheng also knows Cheng Yuhui's character. She recently saw her jumping up and down and wanted to show Ye Rui a marriage. This time, if she is not taken with her, she may cause trouble. After weighing, she decided to only bring Ye Rui and Guo Xinlian. She's engaged, and now she doesn't go out often, and the Liang family doesn't allow Cheng Junyao to go to these banquets more often.

Zheng decided to take Ye Rui, but specifically told Lu Hanzhi, telling Lu Hanzhi to agree easily, Cheng Yuhui's mother and daughter came to find her, and just pushed her on her.

(End of this chapter)

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