Chapter 11

In the flower hall of the Tongling County Government, Du He, who was forcibly dragged to the table, kept his face darkened. Also, who can laugh after being beaten up?
Also with a dark face is Yan Ziqin, who still had some expressions when he was talking with Du Xing. When he saw Mingshu, his face sank, and he put a shrimp for her, and the shrimp was always on the side of the plate. She didn't move, and picked another piece of chicken for her. The thickened diced meat was very slippery. It accidentally fell on the table and bounced a bit. Gululu rolled aside to accompany the shrimp.

Yan Ziqin's face darkened even more.

Du He burst out laughing, his elder brother glared at him quickly, pulled him to hold a cup together, and said to Yan Ziqin and Qu Mingshu, "My brother... is stubborn, which caused such an innocent disaster, thanks to Yuan Fu Brother and Mrs. Yan have helped me, I don’t want to thank you for your kindness, I just want to repay you with a straw! Come on, He’er, toast your benefactor.” He wanted to say that his younger brother was young and frivolous, but when he saw Master Yan in front of him, Even younger than his younger brother, he is already a majestic orderly officer, and his rank is higher than his own. How dare he call his ineffective younger brother "young".Mrs. Du also persuaded Du He to toast, although she didn't like this uncle, but the brothers were always in the same spirit, one hurt and the other hurt, and helping Du He was helping Du Xing, she didn't understand this truth.

Du He offered a toast with great reluctance. If he hadn't considered the occasion, he really wanted to overturn the table and leave.

Does Ming Shuxin want to shake off the fact that this frivolous girl gave her gifts and flattery?Think about it or forget it, Yan Ziqin and Du Xing are officials in neighboring counties, it's not good if they really get stuck, I hope this Du He will have a better heart in the future, and stop making troubles and worrying his brother and sister-in-law.

After drinking for three rounds, Yan Ziqin was embarrassed to drink under Mingshu's surveillance, and Du Xing didn't dare to persuade Mingshu to drink because of Mingshu's "female power", but he was already drunk. The topics of conversation between the two gradually became wider. Xing has always complained that the officials in this place are not easy to do, the mountains and rivers here are dangerous, there are few farmers, there are many merchants, and the merchants are so good, they evade taxes and evade corvee, hire warriors to fight privately for resources, form gangs to fight against the government, and pat Yan Ziqin on the shoulder to gloat Said: "Your Shuzhou is not much better than my Tongling. You must have heard of the Yu family in Shuzhou. The officials of the nearby counties are not polite when they see the Yu family. Recently, there is another relative in Bianliang. Being Jing Zhaoyin, Yu Xiaozhi's face is even more gilded!"

Yan Ziqin recalled that his father-in-law had reminded him to pay attention to the entangled power network of the Yu family. Du Xing must have had some inside story when he brought up this list called "Yu Xiaozhi", so he asked, "Dare to ask, who is Yu Xiaozhi?"

"Yu Qing, courtesy name Xiaozhi, is the patriarch of the Yu clan in Shuzhou. His direct ancestor was General Longyou who murdered people in the Tang Dynasty. I have met him twice. He is in his thirties. In terms of demeanor His appearance is Xiaoxiao and solemn, like a bright moon in his arms, like a jade mountain about to collapse, if the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove are reborn, they will definitely go into the mountains with their hands, but in terms of behavior, there is only one word - despicable, dirty, and unscrupulous!"

Isn't this eight characters?It seems that Master Du is really drunk.

Du Xing's tongue was drunk, and he was still saying: "Yuanfu, the big case in the capital... is the Shuzhou Juzi Wang Er who died in the well, and he was with the Yu family..." He also wanted to say Going down, but was interrupted by Mrs. Du in a panic: "Don't just talk, come, come, eat."

This interruption was too deliberate and too obvious.Mingshu thought to herself: "It seems that the Shuzhou Yu family is really a Voldemort-like existence in the local area. It can't be said, it can't be said. In the future, there will be nothing to worry about. The Yu family alone is enough trouble."

Mrs. Du and Du Xing really are a natural couple, one can complain, the other can talk, when Du Xing is tired, the second drum has been played upstairs, Madam Du hastily ordered the servants to leave the table, and helped the drunken men to leave. up.

Tongling fine wine has nothing but stamina. After drinking three cups, Yan Ziqin didn't feel anything wrong at first, but now he can't move his legs anymore. Originally, Xu An was holding him, but he twisted and refused to go. He was muttering something, but when he listened closer, it was "I don't want you, I want a lady".

All eyes were on Mingshu, showing a secretive smile, no matter how much Mingshu had a problem with him, there was no need to argue with a drunk, especially a drunk who was not enough to be coquettish, raised his arms to support him, Unexpectedly, Yan Zi's legs were not heavy anymore, his eyes were not blurred, and he ran back to the room with Ming Shu in his arms, and he didn't know who was helping whom.

"Heh, little boy, pretend to be drunk." Mingshu sneered, thinking that after returning to her room, she would use this golden right hand that had read countless dead bodies to tidy him up and "mobilize" his muscles and bones, but as soon as he entered the door, he lay on his back. On the bed, I don't know who I am, and I seem to have passed out again.

The servants of Du's mansion brought a plate of fresh lotus root slices stuffed with oranges, saying that it can relieve the hangover. Ming Shu wanted to feed Yan Ziqin, but he insisted on dipping it in sugar before eating it. Qin got the sweetness, and ate it in two or three mouthfuls. He didn't know whether the alcohol was over or not, and he lay down on the bed again.

"Chunxiu, wash and undress your lord." Mingshu couldn't bear him falling asleep like this.

But Chunxiu squeezed her heart, tears flooded her eyes, she choked up and said, "Your maidservant... your maidservant will never do anything wrong to my lady!" After finishing speaking, she fled away humbly.

"Wait, you misunderstood! I'm not such a nasty person!" Mingshu's scalp stiffened, and she wanted to chase after her, but Yan Ziqin grabbed her by the corner of her clothes. Looking back, the expression on this guy's face can be described in one sentence ——"My lady, what's up".

This guy...was he possessed...

Mingshu really didn't expect such a big difference between before drunk and after drunk. Forget it, she should come in person, wash him up, and unbutton his coat. If he did something indescribable, he wouldn't resist, but God can learn from it, she really didn't have any extravagant thoughts, she just took off his clothes because she was afraid that he would not sleep well and would have a headache the next day.

On the second day, Yan Ziqin said goodbye to Du Xing early, and under Du Xing's inconceivable gaze, returned a lot of gadgets that Du He had given to Ming Shu, and then took his family and servants to Shuzhou by boat. In order to keep a low profile, Yan Ziqin deliberately avoided the greeters, persuaded them to go back, and quietly came to the Tongpan Yamen in a sedan chair. Their future residence was behind the Yamen.

After the previous term was resigned, the servants who stayed here had already cleaned the house from top to bottom. At this time, each room only had neat but slightly old furniture, and nothing else. It was cold and lifeless.

But it doesn't matter, they brought fifteen large boxes of things, which is ashamed to say, twelve boxes belonged to Mingshu, and the remaining three boxes belonged to Yan Ziqin, and one and a half boxes were books and writing paper.

In this room, Mingshu commanded his servants to unpack the boxes and put them in a soft place. In that room, Yan Ziqin spread out the letter paper and wrote dozens of letters, one of which was sent to Linchuan’s mother, one to Bianliang’s uncle, and one The envelope was sent to Han Qi in Yangzhou, and two letters were sent to Yingtian, one for Fan Zhongyan and one for his uncle Yan Shu, and the rest were for relatives and old friends. He also helped Mingshu write a few pages and instructed her to copy it stroke by stroke. , These are letters sent to father-in-law and mother-in-law and her close friend Yuan Yizhen, and ordered someone to take the letters away, and the news that the two of them settled down in Shuzhou is known to all directions.

In the evening, the main house where the husband and wife lived had been settled. Yan Ziqin and Mingshu were lying on the cool hibiscus mat. In the silence, he suddenly said: "Mingshu, thank you."

"Huh?" Mingshu was a little surprised when her name was called suddenly.

"Without you, I definitely wouldn't be able to handle these things by myself," Yan Ziqin said.

Mingshu, who was praised by others, was a little embarrassed, hid her face in the pillow, and whispered: "It's all the servants who contributed, I just watched them."

"And last night... I wouldn't have taken off my clothes after getting drunk, and then folded them neatly and put them aside..." Yan Ziqin was also a little embarrassed.

"Chunxiu did it." Ming Shu bullied him because he was drunk and didn't remember anything.

"I asked, and she said it wasn't her, I just want to make sure...it was you last night..."

There was a layer of numb spots on Mingshu's arms, which were crispy and itchy. Listening to his tone, it seemed that something that shouldn't have happened last night, "Is it important who is it? Isn't it just to wipe your face?" , change clothes?"

Yan Ziqin chuckled and said, "Of course it's important..."

After that, there was no sound, and the two tacitly stopped talking, and kept each other's minds quietly until they fell asleep.

As Yan Ziqin's new official took office, he would naturally have to meet Sun Xi, the magistrate of Shuzhou, on the second day. Sun Xi used to be the official in charge of investigating cases in Kaifeng Prefecture. Last year, he ranked first in the exams. It's just that people can't help being a bit arrogant, and they don't pay attention to juniors like Yan Ziqin, even the number one scholar.

Coming out of Zhizhou Yamen, the local gentry and rich family naturally sent people to guard the door in order to entertain the newly appointed general judge. No one can do without anyone.

In Qingbolou, the best restaurant in Shuzhou City, eighteen patriarchs of various families and surnames were already sitting on both sides of the long table. Yan Ziqin, who was sitting at the head, was still serious and unsmiling. People moved their chopsticks because there was a family that didn't come.

The members of the Yu clan in Shuzhou have not yet arrived, how dare the eighteen patriarchs make rash moves?Although this Lord Yan is a general judge, he will only serve for a three-year term. After the term expires, he will never see him again. As the so-called flowing water officials, the Yu family is iron-clad. If they want to live in Shuzhou for a long time, they can't offend anyone. I know it well.

The air was about to freeze, and some people secretly fanned it. In the eerie silence, a voice came from the corridor outside the private room—"The Yu family is here!"

(End of this chapter)

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