Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 144 Acquaintances
Zhu Jingjing admired Zhang Yifan the most. When he heard this, he immediately asked: "How about arresting him and questioning him?"

As a princess, it is a no-brainer for such a small figure in classic history.

But after hearing this, Zhang Yifan shook his head and said, "No, we'll find out tomorrow when we go out and take a look."

Hearing this, Qiu Ju was a little confused. She hesitated and said, "Husband-in-law, I followed the kitchen to see them buying groceries, but I didn't find anything wrong?"

After finishing speaking, she quickly added: "The prince-in-law is so powerful, he might be able to spot the problem."

Zhang Yifan smiled after hearing this, then shook his head and said: "If he is really the kind of person I imagined, I won't find many problems if I go outside the county government office. As long as he is a person, he will not fail to make preparations. "

"Then what should we do?" Zhu Wu frowned after hearing this, "How about I arrest someone and interrogate him secretly?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan shook his head and said: "No, tomorrow morning, we will go on an autumn outing. Anyway, since I am the magistrate of Xiangshan County, I can't talk about the New Deal unless I go to the area under my jurisdiction. I have to have an idea of ​​what is going on in the place under my own jurisdiction, right?"

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and said: "We all have horses. We are only in Xiangshan County. We can travel all over the country in one day!"

This means that Zhang Yifan and the others are rich and not from scholarly backgrounds.Even if he hadn't been practicing in the military camp like Zhu Di, just by riding from Nanjing to Xiangshan County to take office, he had already developed the ability to ride a horse.

Nowadays, it is not a problem to ride a horse around Xiangshan County!

When Zhu Jingjing heard it, he was pleasantly surprised, and quickly said: "Then I will go together, the scenery of the southern country, I always listen to you, and I also want to see it in practice!"

"Of course!" Zhang Yifan laughed and said, "Da Niu, Er Niu, take care of your house. What is Xiangshan County like? Whether it's a mule or a horse, you'll know everything when you pull it out tomorrow!"

Dan Niu and Er Niu actually wanted to go out, but they didn't dare to be disobedient and could only look at the others with envy.

Zhang Yifan couldn't really be that lazy if he really wanted to do something.The next morning, he got up early, and instead of having breakfast at the county government office, a group of people galloped out on horseback, leaving the county government officials stunned.

Not to mention whether they dared to stop him or not, even if they wanted to stop him, it was too late. They watched helplessly as the Prince Consort and his party whizzed away and disappeared at the end of the street.

After regaining consciousness, the leader rushed to Ma Mansion like crazy.

As for Ma Ruhai, he was really tired yesterday.In addition, he thought it was okay to serve the county prince yesterday, and the prince liked to sleep in, so he could sleep in with peace of mind.

He didn't wake up until it was three poles high in the sun.Just like that, he felt like he hadn't slept enough, and he was woken up.

"What's going on?" Ma Ruhai asked dissatisfiedly, "Come in!"

He recognized the voice of the housekeeper, and although he was dissatisfied, he still let people into his bedroom.

"Master, something bad has happened!" The housekeeper pushed the door in after receiving permission, and said anxiously, "The Prince Consort rode out of the city early in the morning."

"What?" When Ma Ruhai heard this, he was immediately shocked and asked quickly, "What's going on? Did someone say something to him?"

When he spoke, he immediately got out of bed and just stretched out his hand.The woman on the bed immediately called the maid and dressed him immediately.

The housekeeper lowered his head, not daring to look at the woman, and replied hastily: "No, absolutely not. I asked them to monitor each other."

"You left the city early in the morning, why did you report it now?" Ma Ruhai was very dissatisfied and lectured again.

At this time, he felt that the maid was delaying his dressing process, so he pushed her away and strode out while dressing.

"The people at the county government had already reported it, but the people below were afraid of disturbing the master's rest and did not dare to report it. I only found out about it."

Upon hearing this, Ma Ruhai remembered that he had told him not to disturb his rest.

However, this is not an ordinary thing, and you can't even distinguish the importance!

"A bunch of losers!" he cursed loudly, and then asked, "Is the princess in the Yamen?"

"No, the princess also left the city with her." The housekeeper followed behind and said cautiously, "It seems that the two servants of the Prince Consort and two soldiers are left in the Yamen!"

When the maid in the outer room saw him coming out, she immediately brought the toiletries, but Ma Ruhai pushed her away and walked out of the room: "Have you ever asked them what they were doing out there?"

"Not yet!" When the butler replied, his voice was a little low, and he obviously lacked confidence.

After hearing this, Ma Ruhai stopped, turned to look at him, and shouted in a cold voice: "Are you too comfortable and you become a waste?"

After finishing speaking, he strode out and said at the same time: "Prepare the sedan and go to the county government office!"

The housekeeper was already sweating and agreed quickly.

The weather in Guangdong is so hot!

About half an hour later, Ma Ruhai got the answer from Daniel, leaving him speechless.

"Autumn outing!"

Really, after hearing this answer, Ma Ruhai wanted to curse her.

Isn't it good to stay in the county government?Actually went out for an autumn outing!
"It seems that I underestimated the fun of the powerful people in the capital!" Ma Ruhai said bitterly.

After hearing this, the housekeeper asked cautiously: "Master, what should we do?"

"It's best to really go to Qiuyou!" After hearing this, Ma Ruhai thought for a while and said, "Send someone to look for him immediately. No matter what the reason is, he will be deceived and we will talk again."

"I guess the Prince Consort has already discovered it!" the housekeeper reminded with a bit of frustration after hearing this.

After Ma Ruhai heard this, he immediately said: "Face matters don't matter, we can still explain it, but no matter how small it is, we can't know it. Whoever dares to tell the consort, I want him to kill his whole family!"

At this time, he was afraid that the county magistrate's consort might not really have an autumn outing, which would be a bit dangerous.However, he couldn't figure it out. He didn't serve him well yesterday, so why would he be like this today?

I guess I really need more autumn outings!

How much more can a prince-in-law with no hair on his lips be capable of?
Definitely going on an autumn outing!
………………

Besides, Zhang Yifan and his party, taking advantage of the cooler weather in the morning, galloped along the official road and were far away from the county seat.

As he got further and further away from the county seat, Zhang Yifan found that the traces of the wind disaster became more and more obvious.

In many places, even on both sides of the official road, you can see the power of the passing typhoon.

Trees are still broken or uprooted, lying on the roadside, in the fields, etc.

Some farmland is still flooded. Even if it is not flooded, you can still see sediment piled in the field, which should be traces of the water receding.

In villages not far from the official road, you can also find many houses that have been blown down or broken and have not yet been repaired.

In short, the further the group traveled from the county seat, the more obvious the traces of the wind disaster became.

It can even be seen in many places that there has been no disaster relief at all.Zhang Yifan pointed with his finger and said to the people around him: "Did you see that he said that the disaster relief was completed? He didn't want me to work hard. If he didn't come out, would he really believe his lies?"

"The consort is still Yingming. Now that he comes out, his secret will be revealed!" Zhu Wu said with emotion when he saw it.

Zhang Yifan didn't look proud after hearing this. He pointed to a village in front of him and said: "There is smoke from cooking. Let's go to the village to have a look and make breakfast by the way!"

After running for a while, we were almost at the beach, and I was really feeling hungry.

He has made a decision, and others will naturally not object.

So, a group of people rode horses and quickly went to a village not far away.

This village is similar to Liujia Village, most of which are thatched houses.However, they saw that many houses had been knocked down by the typhoon. Now that the typhoon has passed for a few days, they have only barely recovered.Fortunately it hasn't rained these days, otherwise the house would have been wet with rain.

Just by looking at it, Zhang Yifan could tell that this village was very poor.

As soon as we entered the village, the smell of rotten fish and shrimps was everywhere, which was a bit unpleasant.

The people in the village, whether adults or children, immediately hid in their houses when they saw their group of knights entering the village.

Zhang Yifan saw Zhu Jingjing covering her nose with her hands and frowning, so he said to her, "How about you wait for me at the entrance of the village. I'll check the situation and call you if I have something to eat?"

It was the first time that Zhu Jingjing smelled the smell of rotten fish and shrimp, and she really didn't want to stay here.However, when she heard Zhang Yifan say this, she put down her hand and said, "It's okay, you'll be fine once you get used to it."

After Zhang Yifan heard this, he smiled at her but did not try to persuade her again.

Turning back, he saw the courtyard door of a thatched house open in front, so he dismounted and walked over there.

When I got to the door, I looked inside and saw two naked children, one about five or six years old and a seven or eight-year-old boy, putting some small fish into a bamboo raft.It looks like they are going to dry the fish.

Hearing movement at the door and seeing Zhang Yifan appearing at the door, he immediately yelled and ran back into the house.

"..." Zhang Yifan was speechless, and the word "little friend" just on the edge of his mouth, he forcibly held back.

But before he had time to speak, another man came out of the room, looked at Zhang Yifan warily and asked, "What are you doing?"

The native accent was a bit strong. Zhang Yifan didn't hear it clearly at first, but he roughly guessed it and said with a smile: "Do you have anything to eat? We want to buy some food."

There was another voice coming from the room, and it was still in dialect. Zhang Yifan couldn't understand it, but the voice seemed familiar to him.

There are absolutely no acquaintances in this place.Why does the sound sound a little familiar?

Thanks to Zhang Yifan's memory has become very good, just thinking about it, he immediately remembered it, and immediately asked a little pleasantly: "Is Zhang San in it?"

Hearing his words, the man at the door was a little surprised, turned his head and looked inside, and said something in dialect.

Then I heard movement from inside, and a man with a cane appeared at the door.This person is none other than Zhang San.

When Zhang San was inside, he heard something moving outside, which seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't remember who it was because he didn't realize at all that the county magistrate Prince Consort would come here.

When I went out at this time, I was shocked when I saw it was Zhang Yifan.For a moment, I was even a little at a loss, and finally wanted to kneel down and salute.

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he hurried over and said at the same time: "It's inconvenient for you, you don't have to do this!"

Others followed into the yard, so that the yard was full of people at once. Zhang San looked at the son-in-law in front of him, and hurriedly explained: "The villain really lives in Renhoufang. I gave my consort the money to buy some things and send them over."

After saying this, he hurriedly yelled into the room again, telling the people in the room to come out and meet the concubine princess.

However, Zhang Yifan's people were already standing in this courtyard. It was not big, so it was a bit crowded and messy.

There was such a commotion here that the neighbors of this family also opened their heads curiously to this side.

The heart of gossip is possessed by everyone, regardless of high or low, male or female.

Zhang Yifan saw an acquaintance and was able to ask questions, so he asked: "Is there a bigger place where I can sit and talk? I have some things I want to ask."

Hearing this, Zhang San was obviously a little hesitant.But soon, he seemed to have made up his mind, and said to Zhang Yifan with a firm look: "I know what the consort wants to ask. I really can't talk here. I will take the consort to the ancestral hall in the village, which is a little better. "

Zhang Yifan nodded when he heard this, and when he was about to turn around, he remembered something and said to Zhang San: "By the way, we haven't had breakfast yet. If there is any delicious food in the village, let's find out and we will pay for it."

"The village suffered a disaster, and now there are only some fish and shrimps to fill the stomach." Zhang San said with some embarrassment after hearing this.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan smiled and said: "Eating seafood is not bad, you can do it!"

As soon as Zhang San heard that the consort didn't mind, he gave a few instructions to the previous man, probably his wife's brother, and then took the initiative to take Zhang Yifan to the village ancestral hall.

A sergeant stayed with Qiu Ju. She must personally watch the food of the consort and the princess.

Along the way, Zhang San called out the names of each household, obviously very familiar with this wife's natal village.

"The prince-in-law came to our county to be the county magistrate. He was a good man. They all came to the ancestral hall to listen to the magistrate's questions!"

"The county magistrate Prince Consort is here. Come out and go to the ancestral hall!"

"..."

Following his shout, heads popped out one after another on the otherwise deserted village road.

There were several of them who had returned from the Guangzhou City construction site. Even though Zhang Yifan and his group were wearing casual clothes, they recognized them.None of them hesitated and immediately started shouting too.

Finally, more and more people, including men, women, old and young, followed the team.

There was a look of curiosity on their faces.

Come to think of it, right in the corner of their corner, the legendary prince consort and princess suddenly came. Such a high-level figure. If you don't take the opportunity to take a look, your life will be in vain!

From now on, when I go out, I have the capital to show off to others.

This village is not big, only about fifty households.In the middle of the village, there is a relatively large open space with a house. After all, it is not a thatched house, but a house with mud walls and tiles. This is the ancestral hall.

At the entrance of the ancestral hall, there is a banyan tree that requires two adults to embrace.

Zhang Yifan thought it was nice to sit under the banyan tree, so he decided to hold a symposium under the banyan tree.

　Ask for support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)