Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 295: Gift to the Apprentice

This journey lasted from dusk to dawn.

Finally, they saw the border of Liangzhou. Meng Changqing thought that he had been delaying the ceremony of becoming a disciple ever since the day he became a disciple in the third grade of junior high school.

I might as well take this opportunity to take a trip to Luojiang County.

"Everyone, I will take Bafang to Luojiang County. Brother Yang, please go to Liangzhou Prefecture. I left Liangzhou without permission and have to apologize to the prefect. Please give me a message that I will go there tomorrow with a letter of apology in hand.

Mr. Qi, you go back first."

"My lord, you have been traveling all night. If it is not an urgent matter, you might as well go to Luojiang County later." Qi Renli also felt sorry for Meng Changqing.

"Nothing, Lord Ding from Luojiang is my master, and my stay in Luojiang County is the same as in Beishan County."

Qi Renli was stunned. Was his information inaccurate? It was said in the capital that Lord Meng wanted to become a disciple of the Grand Tutor. Who was this Lord Ding?

How could he know that Meng Changqing had many masters.

The group split into three groups here. Yang Zheng went to Liangzhou Prefecture to deliver a message. Not long after he walked, he found someone following him. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Wang Xun, a member of the Imperial Guard.

"Lord Wang!" Yang Zheng waved to the people behind him, "We have come all the way here, why don't we continue walking together?"

Yang Zheng didn't know if he had seen it wrong, but he felt that Wang Xun looked a little guilty.

The more this happened, the more Yang Zheng stuck in the middle of the road, waiting for Wang Xun to come over on his own.

Unable to avoid it, Wang Xun had no choice but to come in front of Yang Zheng, laughed awkwardly twice, and said an excuse he had come up with on the spur of the moment, "I didn't intend to go to Liangzhou City, but later my brothers reminded me that they had run out of dried meat, so I had to go buy some."

Yang Zheng could tell something was wrong with this. "Oh, the jerky is gone. Aren't all the jerky you eat sent from the capital?"

"Ahem!" Wang Xun wiped the dust off his face, "I also bought some in Liangzhou City."

"I see. I wonder where in Liangzhou City I can find delicious dried meat? You can just tell me and I'll bring it back."

"No need to bother you." Wang Xun wanted to bypass Yang Zheng, but was blocked by Yang Zheng, "You haven't told me where the meat jerky is delicious. I also want to try it."

"The posthouse is OK."

Yang Zheng laughed heartily twice, "Thank you for telling me, Lord Wang, why don't you wait for me and go together? Maybe we can buy more and save a few coins at the post house."

"No." Wang Xun steered his horse around Yang Zheng. "We have a lot of monthly salary, so we don't need these few cents. See you later."

Yang Zheng stared at his back as he ran away and did not rush to chase after him.

Let’s talk about Meng Changqing.

When she went to present the gift to pay her respects to her master, no matter whether the other things were good or bad, the most important thing was to have the six gifts.

She had learned from many masters and was very experienced, but this time her experience was of no use. At this time of year, no one was selling celery in Liangzhou.

When they passed the mountain along the way, she asked Bafang to go to the county town to buy other things first, while she climbed up the mountain. If there was any in Luojiang County, it could only be in the wild and had just appeared not long ago.

Sometimes, Meng Changqing is really lucky.

Not long after walking around the mountain, I saw a small bunch of them. They were not even as tall as Meng Changqing's palm, but I didn't care about their looks at the moment, as long as they were there.

She dug it out with the roots, shook off the dirt, and found a piece of cloth to wrap it.

When they arrived at the county posthouse, she handed the things to Bafang for packing. She took the time to take a shower and changed into the new clothes that Bafang had bought.

After packing up, they went to Luojiang County Government Office. When Ding Aixue saw Meng Changqing coming, his eyebrows and eyes showed joy. Before he could finish his greetings, he grabbed him and said, "I thought you would come after the spring plowing season. I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon."

"Master, Changqing came here this time to make up for the gift of becoming a disciple." Meng Changqing took the box from Bafang's hands and placed the items on the table next to her. In addition to the six gifts, there were also the writing brush, inkstone and other medium-grade items that she usually gave. It was reasonable for her age to give such things to her elders.

As soon as Ding Aixue saw the gifts on the table, he knew Meng Changqing's sincerity. Everything was packaged very delicately. "Okay! I'll send someone to tell your mistress to prepare it right away."

Tea and mats were quickly brought to him, and Ding Aixue accepted Meng Changqing's kneeling worship in the main hall.

After the ceremony, Ding Aixue warmly invited him to stay. "It's almost lunch time. Stay here and have your meal. Your mistress has already gone to prepare the meal."

"Thank you, Master and Master."

If I invite Meng Changqing to have dinner, of course I have to take care of not only her meals, but also Bafang, Chu Mufeng, Zhou Qiwen and others.

The square table was just full, and Meng Changqing offered tea instead of wine to his master and his wife.

"Don't be polite. I don't know if this meal, which I prepared at the last minute, suits your taste." said Meng Changqing's new master's wife.

The new mistress was a seemingly quiet woman with delicate features and graceful manners.

Meng Changqing replied: "They are all delicious dishes, very much to my liking, but it's hard work, Master's Wife."

Xifang smiled and said, "It's a common occurrence, it can't be considered hard work."

After the polite exchanges, Meng Changqing began to eat officially. Her eating manners when eating outside were always impeccable. Ding Aixue, who was standing beside her, watched her every move and was quite satisfied.

But after careful observation, he noticed Meng Changqing's eyes, "Didn't you sleep well yesterday?"

Meng Changqing put down his chopsticks and said, "It's not that I didn't sleep well, it's that I didn't sleep at all."

"What's wrong?" Ding Ai asked. Xifang, who was sitting next to him, also looked at Meng Changqing curiously.

"I rushed back from Dazhou overnight and passed through Luojiang County to come and pay my respects to Master."

"Dazhou?" Ding Aixue was even more confused. "What are you going to do in Dazhou?"

"Due to some incident, an official from my county government encountered danger in a certain county in Dazhou. I rushed to rescue him and fortunately he was saved."

"Why don't you explain yourself clearly, kid? Why did your people from the county government go to Dazhou? And why did they encounter danger?"

Meng Changqing did not hide anything and told the reason, process and result of the trip in full.

She was quite eloquent, and she made Xifang lose her appetite.

Unlike Xifang who listened to it as a storybook, Ding Aixue frowned halfway through and didn't continue.

He sighed and said, "You were really reckless in this matter."

Meng Changqing knew clearly in her heart that the reason she told this matter was to let her new master know. Although the two of them were master and disciple, it was best not to publicize this relationship, lest she offend someone again and bring trouble to her master's family.

"Yes, then Master Wen is destined to hate me."

“It doesn’t matter whether he hates you or not.” Ding Aixue said, “Sir Xu Wen, I have dealt with him before.

He was a man who held grudges very often, but perhaps he had too many enemies to remember them all, or perhaps he just wanted to but lacked the strength to do so. In any case, it was rare to hear of anyone actually being retaliated against by him.

He also had a very bad temper, and would only restrain himself a little and talk normally to people who were higher in official rank than him.

If you don’t do this, it will be difficult to handle.”