Lord, don't leave your husband

Chapter 52 Fighting Wisdom and Bravery, Duke Lai (1)
The wheels were rolling, and Xu Jin drove the car farther and farther away. Originally, the school grounds and barracks were already on the edge of Jingzhou City, but now Yue Tianyi instructed him to go northwest, which would leave the city completely.His expression gradually became puzzled. Although he still followed the instructions in the car, if someone stood in front of him, he could see the tendons in his hand holding the whip protruding, and the muscles in his lower arm were tense, which showed that he was secretly biting. teeth.

"Princess, if you go any further, you'll be out of the city." Finally he couldn't help but whispered.

"Keep going, hurry up." Yue Tianyi's voice was very soft, but very sure.

Xu Jin had no choice but to lightly claim yes, and walked northwestward outside the city, whipping his whip.

Let's say that Lai San watched Yue Tianyi grab his sword and leave without even looking back at him. He was so melancholy that he was still unhappy on the school field the next day.

And on the second night, Yue Tianyi didn't come, and on the third day, she still didn't come, making Lai San even more depressed.Even being able to hit the red heart, Jing Chi's amazed eyes couldn't make him feel happy.

"Mr. Jun, what's wrong with you?" When running in the afternoon, Liao Tianming grabbed Lai San who was just rushing forward with his head depressed. Add another big bag to the head.

Lai San shook his head listlessly: "It's okay."

"Mr. Jun, it's already the 21st of the twelfth lunar month. It's almost the end of the new year. Why hasn't Bingwei said when will he be on vacation?" A soldier followed up and asked Lai San in a low voice.

"Holiday?" Lai San shook his head, "I don't know, ask Bingwei, he didn't give me a vacation either. Does the army have to take a rest too?"

"That's strange. We used to have holidays one after another as soon as the twelfth lunar month came. There were people staying in the barracks throughout the year. But every time the year ends, the soldiers and guards would take turns to give us a holiday. They said that at least half of the people should stay behind. But in fact, a few people are left, so the barracks will not be empty.” These soldiers are thorns, and it has never been their turn to stay behind during the Chinese New Year.

Lai San thought for a while, the time he agreed with Mu Yanling was half a month, which happened to be the first day of the Chinese New Year, and it was due on the first day of the first lunar month. It is estimated that this new army may not have a holiday this year.

He thought for a while, and he didn't hide it from these people, but said sincerely: "I'm sorry, I blame me for this matter, someone squeezed me with a big matter, I had no choice but to fight this person Bet, it is said that it will take half a month to form an army, and the brothers may not be able to go back for the Chinese New Year this year. Otherwise, I still have a lot of money. It's a good year, even if I delay everyone's New Year's apology."

Unexpectedly, the soldier's eyes stood up as soon as he heard it, rolled up his sleeves, and shouted: "The county magistrate made a bet with others, of course you can't let you lose! Whatever it is, our brother can't admit defeat! Go back and bullshit, whatever No one can squeeze you right! Duke, don’t mention the word money again, who squeezes you right? One of us counts as one, and he is riveted to him! Isn’t it brothers?”

"What do you say?" Countless people around looked at him contemptuously, and countless people snorted coldly, which was quite spectacular. "I thank my brothers, everyone has worked hard, this year is probably not going well." Lai San felt warm in his heart, "If I win the bet, everyone have a good meal!" He thought for a while and added Said, "Mrs. Huafang invites you!"

As soon as this remark came out, the soldiers suddenly applauded.Sure enough, the rascals had the same mentality. When he made such a promise, the eyes of countless big soldiers glowed green, and applause resounded throughout the school grounds.These people don't even think about the spectacular scene of 3000 people drinking flower wine together.

"Your Majesty, who are you betting with? Why don't you tell us the name first. We guarantee that you will win!" The soldier laughed wickedly.

Lai San was so familiar with his expression that he shook his head and said, "No, no." At this time, Zhao Haiming, who was in the elite army, ran over with a straight face. You can provoke the bettors? What is the use of your riveting? The Duke bets with others, we brothers all know about it, he is not for himself, but for the soldiers and guards, for all of us to get ahead, hmph Hmph, just don't cause trouble, just practice your skills well, and that's helping the county magistrate. Can you offend him?"

"Hmph, I'm here to say this, for the sake of the county magistrate, I dare to provoke anyone, don't you believe it?"

"Master Taishi, do you dare to provoke him?"

"Whatever Taishi is, of course I... er... this, but I think the relationship between Master Taishi and the county is so good. Everyone knows it, everyone knows it, and I don't need it."

Zhao Haiming sneered: "The face changes really fast!"

As soon as the soldier was not happy to hear it, he immediately turned away from him.Lai San quickly grabbed him, he struggled, several people helped him surround him, and the scene was chaotic.Seeing this, Jing Chi came over angrily and yelled loudly.At this time, a horse came galloping from outside the gate of the camp, and it didn't stop until it reached the edge of the school field. The horse's anger sank to Dantian, and said: "Master Tai Shimu, please go and see Captain Guo!"

His clothes were straight and his eyes were sharp. These words were not loud, but they spread throughout the audience, and everyone could hear them clearly.Lai San looked out from the smoke of the crowd, but it was Gu Ziqi, the chief guard next to Mu Yanling.He looked around with contempt and disdain in his eyes, especially when he saw Jing Chi.

"What did your lord ask me to do?" Lai San lifted up his skirt and went to wipe off his sweat. The smell of sweat made Gu Ziqi want to frown but held back.

"Didn't it be agreed that there are still three days left? He can't wait anymore? That's too impatient! Now I'm going to talk to him when I go back. He's a dignified official. How can we count as an official in Dingxi? ?”

"Captain, Lord Taishi invites you to go back because the envoy from the Ministry of Rites has arrived in Jingzhou, and you need to receive it yourself. Lord Taishi has arranged for the envoy to live in the Sili Yamen. Please go back immediately!"

"Ah?" Lai San San was taken aback, "Didn't you say it will take another month, didn't you say you won't be able to come until the first month?" Gu Ziqi shook his head and said, "I don't know, but Master Taishi ordered me to invite you. "Lai San's face changed a few times, and he suddenly leaned forward, elbowed him with a playful smile, and said: "Brother, do you think Mr. Taishi misses me so much, and deliberately said that an envoy came to trick me to go back and see?" Look at him?"

Gu Ziqi took a step back and said with a dark face, "I think this should not happen."

"Really, my time is so precious. You need to testify. He has wasted half the afternoon. If I fail in training, he will make it up for me!" Lai San muttered and walked out .

Gu Ziqi thought to himself, don't give you half an afternoon, even if you give you half a year, I don't think you will be able to train as an army!As Lai San walked, he seemed to be fine on the surface, but his heart was already surging like a stormy sea.

The arrival of the knighted official from the Ministry of Rites means to ordinary people that he has been formally knighted and has become a real county duke.This is a great thing, but he knows that Mu Yanling is safe before the Ministry of Rites formally confers him the Duke of the county, after that...then he will not be so useful.

Could it be... Could it be that...

Unload the mill and kill the donkey!
This was Lai San's first feeling after seeing Mu Yanling.

The expression and eyes that Mu Yanling looked at him made him feel that this person was ready to kill the donkey!

"Lord Mu, I haven't seen you for so many days, are you okay?" Lai San glanced at him, and suddenly asked with concern.

"Mr. Lao is concerned, I'm fine." Mu Yanling's attitude was quite normal.

"I know a secret recipe, eat crotons!" Lai San enthusiastically said.

"Eat croton?" Mu Yanling frowned, although he had gotten used to his inexplicable nonsense, he still didn't know what he was talking about.

"Yes, Croton! Master Mu, you have to pay attention to your body! I can see that you are very uncomfortable when I look at you. How long has it been since you showed up? It must be several days?"

Suddenly Lai San felt his scalp go numb, and a gloomy feeling made him stop breathing.When he was speaking, Mu Yanling's eyes suddenly showed a murderous look, although he could only bear it back for a while, but that glance made him feel cold all over his body.

"Thank you, Duke, for your concern. I don't have constipation." The murderous look in Mu Yanling's eyes disappeared, and he returned to his original appearance, "The envoys from the imperial court have arrived, and there will be a formal banquet to welcome them tomorrow. According to the usual practice, Today you have to go to pay a visit first, you don’t know the joints to go, I have already sent you there, you go now, the time is just right.” “But it’s not agreed, after the first month, the court’s envoys will come Will you come?" Lai San couldn't help asking.

Mu Yanling frowned: "This matter is indeed strange. Calculating the time, it was actually our memorial that was sent up, and the imperial court sent envoys to set off. According to the old rules, it would take at least a month to review. The Ministry of Rituals did not delay at all, and the envoys set off at the end of the year, and they have to spend the year in Jingzhou, which is a bit strange."

"My lord, you don't know why?" Lai San exclaimed. He thought it was Mu Yanling's fault, but now Mu Yanling's appearance doesn't seem to be fake. It seems that this matter is beyond his expectation of.Lai San couldn't help but think about it.

"It's okay, it's just an envoy of the title, it's just a formality. You can go and receive it. If there is any special matter, I will help you solve it. It's late, so don't pester you." Mu Yanling frowned and said, almost For the past few days, he has been very irritable, and he has no patience with Lai San.Yue Tianyi, this little girl actually messed up all his plans, it's simply abominable!
"It's getting late. The envoy is staying at the Guest House in Sili Yamen. Hurry up and change your clothes. I'll ask Gu Ziqi to take you there and chat with them before returning. On the day of the knighthood, the Sili Yamen will meet with you." The envoy agreed that you don't have to worry about it." Mu Yanling confessed a few words and signaled Gu Ziqi to take him away.

Gu Ziqi cupped his hands and bowed, "Your Majesty, please!" He said with a smile on his face, "Now in the official documents, he can be officially called the Duke of the County."

Lai San followed him out with a smile on his face, pretending that I am about to become a high-ranking official, but in fact, his heart was agitated and he really couldn't settle down.I was restless when changing clothes, and the belts were all tied wrong.

Gu Ziqi saw that he was so nervous that he was at a loss, so he couldn't help comforting him: "You don't have to worry, the imperial court's canonization is just a ceremony, and the officials who came here are all insignificant officials. I heard that the chief envoy who came this time was only a fourth-rank envoy." Officer, you don’t need to be nervous just because they are sent by the imperial court. Think about it, in our Dingxi, the fourth-rank officials won’t be able to see the face of the county magistrate!”

Lai San chuckled, rolled his eyes, and said, "Well, that's easy to say."

Seeing him like this, Gu Ziqi hurriedly said: "But after all, they are envoys sent by the imperial court, and those who have holy decrees, please don't offend them!"

He sent Lai San to the Sili Yamen, and Cheng Ruichang personally received him.Cheng Ruichang and Lai San are old acquaintances, and he personally wrote the marriage letter that Lai San couldn't understand.This old man is over sixty years old this year, and is basically in a semi-prosperous state. On weekdays, the reception work of the ceremonial yamen is done by his subordinates, and there are very few things that bother him to come forward in person. Now he personally sent out to receive the court envoys, showing that Dingxi attached great importance to this knighthood.

Seeing him, Lai San approached him enthusiastically, and Cheng Ruichang didn't ask him to rest for a while after picking him up, and went directly to the guest house to pick it up, Gu Ziqi still couldn't help but give him a few words before bowing and leaving, don't pass two grown ups.

Lai San followed Cheng Ruichang into the car and walked towards the courtyard of the guest house specially prepared for distinguished guests. The old man sighed and said, "It's no wonder Captain Gu is so worried. The envoy sent by the imperial court is really a It's getting worse every year."

"What?" Lai San smiled, "What problem did the envoy give you?"

Cheng Ruichang shook his head: "There is no problem, but I just asked me repeatedly how many high-ranking officials there are in Dingxi. The meaning behind the words is that I should be notified. It is best for all officials to visit. "

"What are you doing?" Lai San wondered, "Didn't they just want to issue an imperial edict to me? Besides me, who else has been appointed as an official?"

"No, there's only the Duke alone!" The old man opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say, hold back, and looked at Lai San with a hippie smile, who looked harmless to humans and animals, finally couldn't hold back, and whispered, "Mr. You don't know, just as the envoy arrived yesterday, Lord Taishi sent a silver note of 20 taels in the name of the palace!"

"Two, two... one hundred thousand?"

"Isn't that right! The envoy's complexion immediately improved after taking the silver ticket, and he just said good things about Mr. Tai Shi! Before that, he was too arrogant...don't mention it."

"My dear mother! 20 taels of silver!" Lai San was still in shock.

"It's just the money for receiving the wind, and we need more to see him off! And the envoy came a few years ago this time, and he probably won't go back until after the first month. I wondered why all the irrelevant officials came to visit them. It should be for this money." Alright, one month is really a fat year!"

"Stay for a month?" Lai San opened his mouth in surprise and didn't have the chance to close it. "Come here to read an imperial decree, and you actually want to stay for a month?"

Cheng Ruichang shook his head: "Don't blame the county magistrate, this lower official doesn't know, he can only receive the envoy when he comes. As for how long the envoy will stay, we can't ask too clearly. I just saw that they arranged the guest house very carefully. , All the utensils we bought were replaced, even the tea bowl and spittoon were brought by themselves, after all this trouble, it doesn’t look like they just stayed for two or three days and left.”

Lai San was surprised and said, "Bring tea bowls and spittoons all the way?"

Cheng Ruichang smiled wryly: "Not only that, even the ground in the back garden has been dug up and transplanted with flowers and plants for the greenhouse, and a small rockery has been piled up! But I know that the imperial court has regulations in the Ministry of Etiquette that the longest stay cannot exceed one month, so The next official will be the envoy and will stay for a whole month."

Lai San was so startled that he almost bit his tongue. He didn't plan to live for a month, he obviously planned to live for a lifetime, right? "Your Majesty, we're here." Cheng Ruichang pointed to the most exquisite row of courtyards in front of the guest house, "Your Majesty, let the palace on duty take you straight in, so I won't go." After speaking, he stuffed a purse into Lai Three hands.

"What are you doing?" Lai Sanqi asked.

"Prepare, prepare, there are a few banknotes in it, use them if you need them." Cheng Ruichang shook his head and sighed as he said.

"My lord, which side should we go first?" the palace guard asked Cheng Ruichang.

"Still living separately?"

"Yes, my lord."

Cheng Ruichang pondered for a while, and said, "Let's go to the west."

"Hey, hello." Lai San grabbed him, "What do you mean? Didn't I want to see the court envoy? Who else wants to see me?"

"It's the envoy." Cheng Ruichang sighed, "The one who lives in the east is the envoy, and the one who lives in the west is the deputy envoy!"

He couldn't help vomit bitterness: "Yesterday the envoy arrived at Haishi, and the lower official arranged for the envoy to live in the best reception room."

Hotel, who knew that the chief envoy and the deputy envoy would live separately?Fortunately, there are two best courtyards in the Guest House, otherwise it would be really troublesome.Before the county magistrate came today, I specially greeted the envoy and the deputy envoy. I thought they would be together, but now it seems that both sides have to visit. "

"By the way, Duke, the chief envoy here is an official from the Ministry of Rites, and the deputy envoy is an eunuch from the palace. I think the deputy envoy is a bit more airy, and his servants brought dozens of them with him! Then the envoy is talking to him. Everyone is respectful, he seems to have a good face, the Duke should pay him a visit first. The Duke must remember, when you see him, don't snub him just because he is a deputy envoy, eunuchs are a little narrow-minded!"

"Oh... okay." Lai San didn't intend to snub the deputy envoy, on the contrary, he was very curious because there was no eunuch in Dingxi.Lai San has heard of eunuchs in many dramas. He knows what eunuchs mean, but there is no custom of using eunuchs in the palace. , he has never seen a single eunuch.Even with the mentality of gaining knowledge, he will not neglect this deputy envoy.

(End of this chapter)