Splendid Pastoral Wife

Chapter 219 Returning to the mansion and meeting Mawei, stepping over the brazier to get rid of the filth (1)
"Village head, where's the child?" Sister Song asked in surprise. Shopkeeper Zhu sent another batch of Poria cocos these days, and she led the women in the village to make Poria cocos, so she didn't have time to look at Tian Liusu. She was free today, and she still wondered that the two children were at home, but she didn't come back with her when she didn't want to.

"Oh, they were taken to another place to play, and they will come back in a few days." She didn't explain the truth to the villagers, and what she said only increased their burden, and it didn't have much effect, so it was just a sloppy Blindfolded.

"Oh, I haven't seen the two children for a long time, and the children in the village miss them." Mrs. Song muttered, and Zao Ya also nodded her head in agreement.

"After An'an and Lele left, no one told us stories. Huzi and Wangcai started fighting again." Zaoya's childish voice sounded.

"Yeah, village chief, after An'an and Lele left, we couldn't even hear the story." The children responded to Zaoya's words.

"It doesn't matter, isn't there a gentleman who teaches you to read and write now? This is more important than listening to stories. You should study hard and don't let me down. When An An and Le Le come back next time, I will let them come to the school to teach them What you said."

"Okay, village head, let them be our teachers, they are enough to be worthy."

"Village head." Gu Shaolin came over to salute Tian Liusu. The plague in Yangguan Village had passed away long ago. He had to save Tian Liusu and Qin Baozhu to survive, so he was grateful in his heart, and secretly vowed to teach these children well. Be a qualified teacher.

"Well, from now on, the school in the village will be handed over to you." Tian Liusu nodded and said flatly.

"Village chief, don't worry, I will do my best." Gu Shaolin has the bookish air of a frail scholar.

Everyone was gossiping here, when suddenly the servant of the Qin Family Village ran towards this direction out of breath, waving his hands and shouting as he ran: "Villa owner, village chief..."

"What are you running for? What's the matter?" Qin Baozhu stopped him and asked.

"Villa owner, village chief..." The man called Qin Baozhu, then turned around and called Tian Liusu again.

"What's the matter?" Tian Liusu asked in surprise.

"A group of horse-drawn carriages came to the entrance of the village. Do you want... Do you want to collect... Tickets..." The man stuttered for a while, and finally finished his sentence.

"Who is here?" Tian Liusu couldn't help asking.

"It is said that... it is..."

"Pa... What is it? Tell me quickly. You lost the chain at a critical moment." Qin Baozhu slapped his ear, and the person who slapped him turned half a circle before recovering, and immediately stopped stuttering.

"Report to the owner, the village head, a group of people came from the entrance of the village, saying they are here to take the village head back to his residence..." The man returned articulately after being slapped by Qin Baozhu.

"What?" Qin Baozhu turned his head to look at Tian Liusu, feeling a little confused.

"Are they at the entrance of the village now?" Tian Liusu asked lightly.

"Yes, the servant came to ask if there is a charge..." the man said in a low voice.

"Of course, and, there are so many of them, they must be counted by head, ten taels of silver per person..." Tian Liusu said slowly, the prime minister's mansion is not short of money, if they don't kill him, who will they kill?
"Ten...Ten taels?" Qin Baozhu stammered this time, which was too cruel. Each person charged ten taels, and the one hundred people would be 1000 taels. There must be hundreds of people in their team.

"Yes, Shiliang, you go back and tell them that we will come later." Tian Liusu confirmed to him again.

"Yes." The servant promised, turned around and ran out again.

After the servant left, Tian Liusu and Qin Baozhu Xueling came to the entrance of the village together. The villagers behind them learned that the government army was coming again, and followed her spontaneously. After being almost killed by Tian Liuyue, I still have lingering fears when I think about it, so this time they said nothing to let her be bullied at will.

The crowd came to the entrance of the village in a mighty manner, and they saw a team of guards parked outside the fence, guarding the two carriages.

There was a chill on Tian Liusu's face, he stared at the carriage team at the entrance of the village in silence, wondering if he wasn't coming?After all, he dare not disobey the imperial decree.

It turned out that after Tian Jing received the imperial decree, the more he thought about it, the more he felt suffocated. He was once a majestic prime minister, commanding the wind and rain in the court, with great power, and he was ordered to personally pick up a concubine born to a lowly dancer. Wouldn't it be ridiculous to spread the word? Lost the big teeth of the nobles in the capital?

After much deliberation, he lied that he was unwell, caught wind, and reported illness to the emperor for a few days, hoping that the emperor would not let him go because of his illness, and just let the lady go. He had a tough attitude and refused to let go at all. After a few days, the emperor repeatedly urged him to pick up Tian Liusu as soon as he recovered from his illness, so he couldn't bring the eldest lady and Tian Liuyue to pick her up in person. The reason for arriving a few days late.

Although going back to the Prime Minister's Mansion for revenge and shame, Tian Liusu doesn't want to let them watch jokes in secret like a village woman, so she still has to observe all the etiquette that should be observed, otherwise she will not need Mrs. Tian Liuyue when she returns to Beijing If you deal with her, she will be ridiculed by the noble ladies and ladies in Beijing. After all, if you want to gain a foothold there, you still have to do the necessary rhythm.

At this time, Qin Baozhu's servant at the entrance of the village and Li De, the housekeeper of the prime minister's mansion, were arguing.

"Our owner said that this is his site, and the road card he set up. Whoever wants to pass through here must pay the ticket. The ticket is calculated on the basis of the head, and each person is ten taels of silver." The servant said to the housekeeper rudely. .

"Bold, our Lord Xiang has given you great face by coming to your small mountain village. You and the common people don't kneel down to salute and dare to ask for tickets. Are you impatient? Are you not happy? Quickly open the door and let us in? You have delayed the matter of the Prime Minister, be careful that your little life is in danger."

The butler has been in the prime minister's mansion for many years, after all, he also has the ability to be super doggy, and immediately uses his official style to suppress others.

"You are bold. Our villa owner said that the current emperor has an order. If officials and family members come to Qinjiazhuang, they must show the imperial order. Do you have an imperial order? If there is an imperial order, you will be allowed to pass it. If there is no imperial order, then no. You're being polite, we must follow our owner's rules."

Qin Baozhu has always been venomous, and he is not good at other skills. He is first-rate in quarreling and scolding. The servants under him are not vegetarians. Standing there not knowing what to do, the emperor issued an imperial decree to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but that imperial decree was for the Prime Minister and the First Lady to pick up Tian Liusu, not for them to come to Qinjiazhuang.

(End of this chapter)