Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

"I know." Mrs. Wei said, "I really don't want to go to such a banquet, but every time I refuse, it always scares me. After all, my husband is not very well-established."

"If the other party pretends they didn't hear it after you refused, it means they disrespect you and your uncle." Meng Changqing said, "These people who make deals by entertaining guests will not be what their nephews and uncles want in the future. Auntie, you don’t need to show too much dignity to others, but you will embarrass yourself.”

Mrs. Wei said she understood.

At this time, the speed of the carriages in front became faster. It turned out that they had passed the street in front of Changchun Garden. When they reached the intersection, the carriages went in different directions, and the road was naturally much smoother.

"Evergreen." Mrs. Wei called tentatively. After hearing the response from outside, she continued: "Just send it here. Let's change into our own carriage and go back."

"I agreed to send you back home, Changqing will not break his promise."

Meng Changqing asked Bafang to return to the Meng Mansion with grain seeds and half of the imperial guards, while she and the remaining imperial guards continued to escort the two new relatives.

Wei Fangyun is a fifth-grade foreign magistrate. In the eyes of the people outside the capital, he is an extremely important official, but in the capital, he is nothing.

In addition, the current Wei Mansion was a house purchased after Wei Fangyun transferred his position, so the location was not advantageous.

When Meng Changqing wanted to see off Mrs. Wei, he had to go around in a circle before returning to the Meng Mansion.

As the night got darker, the surroundings became more and more silent. On the dark streets, the only sounds of carriages on the road could be heard.

After Mrs. Wei was silent for a moment, she started talking about a new topic.

After all, she cared about her husband who was far away in the border area, and couldn't help but ask about Wei Fangyun's living situation in Liangzhou.

Meng Changqing asked: "Aunt, do you want to hear the truth or lies?"

"Of course I want to hear the truth."

"Liangzhou is not as desolate and cold as the capital. As a government official, my uncle mostly lives in the Liangzhou government office. His daily life is taken care of by the government officials in the government office, so his life is relatively rough.

I always wear the same two clothes for daily use, and I still wear them even if my cuffs and collar are frayed. "

"He doesn't have any clothes to change?" Mrs. Wei asked.

"Of course, there are clothes sewn for my uncle in the package you sent." Meng Changqing told them as a strange thing, "When my uncle receives the package you send, he always takes the clothes, shoes and socks immediately. When I came out to try it on, he often said that although you and he haven't seen each other for a long time, your clothes fit you very well. My uncle showed off to me several times.

It's just that my uncle couldn't bear to wear it every day, so he kept it in the cabinet and only took it out to wear when he was going to see guests. "

Mrs. Wei couldn't help but sigh when she heard this.

Meng Changqing, who was outside the car, did not hear it and continued: "But my nephew thinks that the clothes are suitable and keep warm. Even if they are a little shabby, it will not affect his appearance in Liangzhou."

Meng Changqing finished talking about clothes, then went on to talk about food, "My uncle eats noodles the most, and he can eat a big bowl of it when he gets up."

Mrs. Wei was puzzled: "Yinshi got up to eat noodles?"

"As the prefect of Liangzhou, my uncle has to decide all the affairs of the state. The government cannot do without him. However, he is also in charge of the Liangzhou army. In order to prevent foreign invasion, he must always check the military defense situation in the camp, so he travels from both sides. , getting up early in the morning is common.

The cooking skills of the government servants around him were not very high, and they were only good at making noodles. "

Mrs. Wei sighed distressedly: "Without a woman to take care of him, his life is really miserable."

The magistrate of a state, with such a large yamen living there and hundreds of yamen servants dispatched, is really not as pitiful as Mrs. Wei imagined.

Meng Changqing insisted on saying something like this, which was obviously something that could be dealt with with just one sentence, which showed that she was attentive to her aunt's question and that she cared about her uncle.

"My uncle will be transferred in two years, and he may return to the capital by then."

As he spoke, he turned two more streets, and there were only three carriages left in front of him.

I thought that the fewer cars on the road, the faster we would go, but unexpectedly, the three cars in front slowed down and finally stopped. "What's wrong?" asked Mrs. Wei in the car.

"Someone is getting off the bus in front, let's wait for a while."

The three carriages in front all stopped. A woman in the carriage behind was helped by a servant to get out of the carriage. She walked to the front of the carriage and stepped on the carriage to say something inside.

Due to the distance and the darkness of the night, Meng Changqing just watched vaguely, guessing that he had two words to say before parting.

"It won't take long." Meng Changqing told Mrs. Wei, but she didn't want something to happen unexpectedly.

The imperial guards first noticed something unusual. Chu Mufeng immediately rode in front of Meng Changqing, "Mr. Meng, can you hear something?"

Meng Changqing listened carefully and found very chaotic footsteps, rushing towards this direction quickly, and then heard sounds further away.

Before Meng Changqing could figure out what the movement was, the first wave of people had already appeared.

There were five or six men in black holding strange weapons. The men in black were short in stature but ran extremely fast.

It seemed that she had just appeared in sight, and the next moment, she had already rushed in front of the ladies in front.

Suddenly there was a scream, and Meng Changqing turned over and jumped onto the carriage to protect the Wei family mother and daughter inside.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Wei's voice was filled with panic. In the carriage where Meng Changqing couldn't see, she had already hugged her daughter.

"A wave of gangsters suddenly rushed out. Auntie, please don't come out. The Royal Forest Army and I are armed with weapons, which are enough to protect you."

"Okay, we won't go out, so you must be careful."

The sharp screams attracted the officers and soldiers who were chasing the men in black.

But in an instant, the man in black was blocked by officers and soldiers, and the other end was blocked by Meng Changqing and the Yulin Army. There were walls on both sides of the road that could not be climbed.

It can be said that these men in black are unable to advance or retreat.

Among them was a man in black, who casually pulled a woman over and put a sharp weapon against her neck.

"Miss!" The woman next to the woman begged, suppressing her fear, "Don't arrest my young lady!"

The man in black screamed and kicked the woman.

Neither the officers nor the imperial guards understood what he said, but the meaning was clear. He had taken hostages in exchange for a chance to escape.

At this time, Meng Changqing knew who these men in black were. Aren't they the pirates who had sneaked into the capital that the Kyoto Prefecture wanted to arrest.

Meng Changqing thought what a coincidence. She was going to leave tomorrow, but something like this happened tonight.

For the pirates, although they were blocked at the front and back, Meng Changqing's side had fewer people and was easier to break through.

So they took the hostages with weapons and walked slowly towards Meng Changqing.

Isn't this the credit of delivering it to your door?

Meng Changqing had already thought about how to capture these men in black later, but unexpectedly something happened among the ladies. One of the girls jumped forward for some unknown reason and threw herself on the pirate's back.

The pirate thought he was being attacked by surprise, so he immediately turned around, picked up the clothes on the opponent's chest, lifted it up, and was about to smash it down.

Someone among the officers and soldiers shouted something in a language that Meng Changqing could not understand, and the pirate immediately stopped his actions.

Among the officers and soldiers, a man who clearly looked like a scholar came out. He should be an official of the Seiyi Pavilion. (End of chapter)