Concubine falling from heaven
Chapter 48
Chapter 48
Zhou Fu had already fried the medicine and brought it up.Seeing Meng Zihan standing beside the bed in good condition, and another man lying on the bed, he was overjoyed and said with a puzzled face, "My lord, you..."
"Give me the medicine." Meng Zihan took the medicine bowl in his hand and sat on the edge of the bed to feed Meng Qian the medicine.
Caiyun saw it, and immediately exclaimed: "Young Master, you can't do it!"
She is a dignified princess, how can she give medicine to others in person?Caiyun wanted to take the medicine bowl, but Meng Zihan stopped her and asked her to go out to watch out.Meng Qian wanted to drink the medicine by himself, but how could he hold the medicine bowl with his trembling hands.The other medicine was not taken, and the whole bowl of medicine was spilled.
For some reason, Meng Zihan always felt that the eyebrows of Meng Qian in front of him were very similar to her. No wonder he mistook her for his younger sister.
While drinking the medicine, Meng Qian stared at Meng Zihan in a trance.
"What? Think I look like your sister again?" Meng Zihan raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Hearing what she said, he said with a face full of guilt: "My lord, forgive me, it's because Meng has been ill for a long time." In fact, he really felt that Meng Zihan was very much like his dead sister, with every frown and smile like that. picture.
"I'm just kidding, don't be so serious." She comforted with a smile.
Zhou Fu on the side looked at the two of them with some embarrassment. What the doctor said just now made him worry about the warm-hearted Meng Zihan.
Meng Zihan noticed Zhou Fu beside him, turned around and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Zhou Fu thought for a while, and finally walked up to Meng Zihan and whispered something to her.When Meng Zihan heard this, his face turned pale with astonishment.Looking at Meng Qian who was full of doubts, she decided not to tell him yet.
However, she must escort him out immediately.
Called Caiyun at the door in, gave her a piece of silver and explained a few words to her, Caiyun nodded and walked out of the room.
Meng Qian and Zhou Fu looked at each other, not knowing why.
But Meng Zihan had to do this, and Zhou Fu knew in his heart that she was saving him!
"My lord, there seems to be someone in front." Zhou Fu said nervously, tightening the rein suddenly.
Before Meng Zihan could figure out what was going on, the carriage was stopped by a group of officers and soldiers.
"Who is in the carriage?" The officers and soldiers outside the carriage asked with a cold face.
"Go back to the officials, among them is my son." Zhou Fu replied tremblingly.
"Have you seen this person?" The officers and soldiers took out the portrait and asked him to illuminate it with a lantern.
Caiyun looked at the portrait and winked at Meng Zihan in panic.
Could it be that he really came here?An ominous premonition ignited in Meng Zihan's heart.
After looking at it, Zhou Fu said, "I haven't seen it before, so I don't know who it is?"
"You don't need to know! But if you dare not report the information, your family will be ransacked!" The officers and soldiers' words were not threats, but orders from Mu Xuanchen.
Meng Zihan clenched his fists tightly with black lines all over his face.
Is it really necessary?If someone ransacked her family and wiped out her family because of her, would she be able to be reincarnated after a hundred years?But when she knew that he sent heavy troops to look for her late at night, she actually began to soften her heart.
"Pull the curtain."
An order from the officers and soldiers brought the confused Meng Zihan back to reality.no!She must not go back!Absolutely not!
There was a flash of firmness in her eyes, and the pain of her nails digging into her palm made her slightly awake.
Although Meng Qian was seriously ill, he saw all this in his eyes.
Seeing the menacing look of the officers and soldiers, Zhou Fu was obviously stunned.Without waiting for him to stop, the officers and soldiers swished the curtain open.Because of the sudden cold wind, Meng Qian couldn't stop coughing again.
"Who did you accept as officers and soldiers? How dare you harass the people late at night?" Meng Zihan pretended not to hear what they said just now, and accused them coldly.
The officers and soldiers showed no fear, and compared the portrait with Caiyun for a long time, Caiyun was so frightened that he was sweating profusely on the spot.
When they confirmed that Caiyun was not the same as the person in the portrait, they asked Meng Zihan, "It's midnight, where are you going?"
It was only then that Meng Zihan realized that he was no longer a princess, and going out late at night would inevitably make people suspicious.Looking at the group of officers and soldiers in front of him, it seemed that the entire carriage was surrounded.
Why do you work so hard for him?It's been a whole day and they're still searching!Meng Zihan cursed in his heart.
Just when Meng Zihan was at a loss, Meng Qian took out a seal from his sleeve and gave it to Meng Zihan, and gave him a wink.
Could it be that she...
Time was running out, and she couldn't afford to think about it.
Meng Zihan took the official seal and showed it in front of the officers and soldiers: "I am Mengqian, the post-prefect magistrate of Ganlin County. I rushed to the county government overnight because I didn't have an inn to stay in. Please get out of here!"
As soon as Meng Zihan said this, a look of admiration flashed in Meng Qian's eyes, but it frightened Caiyun and Zhou Fu.Caiyun was so frightened that her face was as white as paper, what kind of crime is this impostor!She is so bold.
Zhou Fu didn't expect that the one who rescued him was the soon-to-be magistrate, and now the people of Ganlin County could be saved.
After seeing the official seal, the leading officers and soldiers immediately bowed and cupped their fists and said, "So it's Mr. Meng, please atone for your sins, Mr. Meng."
Although Meng Zihan's heart was hanging, she had to keep calm now so as not to let them see the flaws, so she pretended to be disdainful and said, "I'm just looking for someone, and I'm actually checking in at midnight, and I'm not afraid of disturbing the rest of the people." .”
"Returning to my lord, it is really His Royal Highness's order to search for people day and night until they are found, and not to let go of any suspicious or non-suspicious places." The leading officers and soldiers also looked embarrassed.
Meng Qian couldn't help but asked: "Who is missing and has alarmed His Royal Highness Chen Wang?"
Caiyun and Meng Zihan's hearts instantly rose to their throats.
"It's... really inconvenient to say."
Meng Zihan heaved a long sigh of relief at the officer's answer.
But it is also true that the concubine of His Royal Highness King Chen disappeared strangely, just like the emperor's concubine eloped with someone, of course it will not explain the situation.I'm afraid that within a few days, the emperor's list will be posted saying that Princess Chen passed away due to illness.
Meng Zihan lowered his head and secretly smiled bitterly.
She raised her eyes and said to the officer: "Okay, it's almost two o'clock, and His Royal Highness Chen Wang is not here, so you should go back to rest earlier."
The officer replied: "We also think about it, but His Royal Highness is looking for someone with another team, and I'm afraid he will come to join us soon..."
"What? Mu...His Royal Highness Prince Chen also came to Ganlin County?" Meng Zihan instantly petrified.It can't be so unlucky, it's only a few days, and he will be arrested again.
"That's right! What's wrong with Mr. Meng? Does Mr. Meng want to pay a visit to His Highness Prince Chen?" the officer and soldier asked.
"No, no, no! No need." Meng Zihan suddenly began to speak incoherently, and immediately explained after he reacted, "I mean... I have been rushing on the road for days, how could this unkempt man disturb His Highness Chen Wang?" , or wait until tomorrow to visit.”
The officer and soldier sounded reasonable, so he wanted to send Meng Zihan and the others back to the county government office, but Meng Zihan politely refused.
She was worried that if Mu Xuanchen saw such a big battle, what if it aroused his suspicion?
Meng Zihan's carriage rushed towards the county government office without any delay.And the long-lost low voice suddenly sounded beside the officer and soldier who had been talking to Meng Zihan just now: "Who is in the carriage that left just now?"
As soon as the officer and soldier saw the person, he immediately bowed his body and replied: "His Royal Highness Huichen Wang is the successor magistrate of Ganlin County."
"The next magistrate? Why did you appear here in the middle of the night?" Mu Xuanchen asked with narrowed eyes as he looked at the carriage leaving in the dust.
The officer and soldier still kept their fists clasped, as if they were afraid of meeting Mu Xuanchen's cold gaze.
"Going back to Your Highness, it's because the inns are full, so they rushed to the post overnight." The officer replied.
"Oh?" Mu Xuanchen was suspicious, always feeling that the carriage was unusual.
Seeing this, the officer and soldier explained: "He was afraid that he would disturb His Highness Chen Wang because of his unkempt hair and face due to his busy travels, so he never stayed to see His Highness."
Normally speaking, as a post-prefect magistrate, knowing that the prince is close at hand, he would wait to see him no matter how late, who would miss such a good opportunity to flatter him?
The reason "for fear of disturbing him" is too far-fetched.
But now he doesn't have any extra time to spend on solving doubts, he just wants to find the person he is looking for quickly.
In the carriage, Meng Qian looked at the preoccupied Meng Zihan and didn't know why, but through the occasional moonlight, she saw a trace of sweat dripping from her forehead. Could it be that she was frightened by what happened just now?
"Little brother, are you still worried about what happened just now?" Meng Qian asked weakly, leaning on the carriage.
Meng Zihan came back to his senses and exchanged a glance with Caiyun, perhaps only Caiyun would know what she was afraid of now.
She smiled and asked softly: "No! It's just... why did you ask me to come to Zhizhi County just now?"
"Hehehe! Cough, cough, cough..." He coughed a few times with a smile and then panted, "Little brother is very smart, Mengmou is just a look, little brother knows what Mengmou means. Look at me now ...How to go to the post? Even if I go to the post, the current magistrate will use the reason of 'the subsequent magistrate is not in good health' to make me a magistrate in name only, and everything will still be controlled by him...cough cough cough..."
He was obviously very tired from talking too much.
"Aren't you worried that I'll take your county magistrate's position?" She looked at him puzzled.
Just now he not only gave her the official seal, but also a letter of commission. Isn't he worried about this problem?
Meng Qian smiled frankly and indifferently: "If little brother can save the people from suffering, what is a mere official position?" could do anything.
Meng Zihan looked at him in astonishment, what kind of mind did he have to say such a thing?What kind of character do you need to give up the fame you earned through studying hard in the cold window?
"My lord, absolutely not!" Cai Yun was worried that Meng Zihan would really agree, and wanted to stop her, "Pretending to be an official of the court is a capital crime. You should think twice, my lord!"
Only then did Meng Qian think of this question, and immediately said: "This girl is right, it's because I lacked consideration, please forgive me, little brother."
While they were talking, Meng Zihan had already weighed the pros and cons.
First: As the county magistrate of Ganlin County, she can not only have a place to live, but also live with another identity, maybe in this way she can stay away from him.
Second: Mengqian is now being poisoned, and the doctor said that he will not recover within a year or so, and if he is left alone in his current condition, he may die soon.
Third: The people here are living in the heat of the water. Mengqian can sacrifice her ego to fulfill her ego. How can she selfishly ignore it?
Thinking of this, Meng Zihan smiled and said: "Under Mengqian, he is the magistrate of Ganlin County. I don't know what to call Xiongtai."
Caiyun took a deep breath and stared blankly at Meng Zihan, whose six spirits were still uncertain.
Meng Qian stared at Meng Zihan in astonishment for a long time, and then sincerely opened his arms and said, "I'm Mengtao, please give me your advice."
"You and I have the same surname, Meng, so why not call us brothers from now on, you are my brother and I am my younger brother, and we will have the same blessings and difficulties in the future!" This is her sincere words. From now on, he will be her elder brother and her only one. next of kin.
"Thanks to brother Qian for not giving up, I am very grateful for brother." Meng Qian replied with a smile.
Meng Zihan looked at Meng Qian and said to Zhou Fu: "Housekeeper Zhou, go to the county government office!"
Unexpectedly, Zhou Fu shouted outside: "My lord, the county government has arrived."
Meng Qian and Meng Zihan looked at each other with a smile when they were astonished. It seems that there is another person here who is more anxious than Meng Qian to let Meng Zihan take office.
As soon as Meng Qian and Meng Zihan got off the carriage, Zhou Fu immediately ran to the gate of the county government office to knock on the door.
"Open the door! Open the door!"
The opening of the door not only showed their momentum, but also the anger in Zhou Fu's heart.If he could, he would have knocked the door open and ran to the county magistrate's bedside to drag him down and beat him to death.
"Brother Qian, will my appearance make them suspicious?" Meng Qian was a little worried.
"Don't worry, I have a solution, trust me!" Meng Zihan reassured him.
Meng Qian nodded gratifiedly, he really did not misunderstand the person, every word and deed of her made him trust so much.
After a long time, the door was finally opened, and a squinting and yawning person came out from the county office.
"It's haunted in the middle of the night! Who are you?" The person who opened the door looked unkind.
Zhou Fu said angrily: "Master Meng is here to take up his post, why don't you let your county magistrate come out to greet you."
"Come to the post in the middle of the night? Are you sick!" The man rolled his eyes, not paying attention to the few people in front of him.
Meng Zihan asked Caiyun to support Mengqian, then walked to Zhou Fu's side and said to the person who opened the door: "You are quite courageous, to dare to say that His Royal Highness is sick!"
"I, I, when did I say that His Royal Highness Chen Wang is sick?" The man was so frightened that he couldn't speak incoherently.
Mengzi said calmly and calmly: "Didn't you just say that you were sick when you came to take office in the middle of the night? I met His Royal Highness Chen Wang on the road just now, and he told us not to go to the inn and come directly to the county government to take office. Aren't you talking about Chen Wang?" Who is His Royal Highness talking about?"
Seeing that man turned pale with fright, she continued to direct and act on her own: "A servant who speaks wild words must have been taught badly by your lords. In that case, we will report to His Royal Highness Chen Wang and say that the county government of Ganlin County Don't let the next magistrate take office. Butler Zhou, let's go..."
"Everyone, please stay!" The person who opened the door hurriedly called Meng Zihan to stop, "Wait for me to report to our lord, please wait here."
Let Meng Zihan wait outside in the middle of the night, of course she quit, since she came to the White Tiger Country, she has not received such treatment, so she stretched her neck, turned her head and said disdainfully: "How dare you let the next county magistrate, Chen His Royal Highness's people are waiting outside the county office in the middle of the night? How many heads do you have?"
Since she knew that everyone in the county government relied on the backing of the Prime Minister, why couldn't she take Mu Xuanchen as a backing?Anyway, Mu Xuanchen wouldn't come over, and they didn't dare to ask what happened.
Of course, she thought so.
The man thought about it, although he knew that his lord had the backing of the prime minister, but even the prime minister would not dare to offend His Royal Highness Chen Wang who held great power.So Meng Zihan and the others were immediately welcomed into the door.
Sitting in the hall, Meng Qian quietly asked Meng Zihan intermittently: "How dare you take His Royal Highness Chen Wang down to suppress them? If His Royal Highness Chen finds out, I'm afraid ten heads are not enough to cut off."
Meng Zihan smiled and asked: "So that His Royal Highness Chen Wang is so scary? Does he chop off people's heads every now and then? Big Brother has seen him?"
Meng Qian leaned on the chair and panted, "It would be great if I knew His Royal Highness Chen Wang. I just heard that His Royal Highness Chen Wang has a brilliant record and is very clear about rewards and punishments, but he has always been unsmiling and famously cold Wang, and anyone who offends him will not end well. I heard..."
"Heard what?" She asked curiously.
Meng Qian looked around and said in a low voice: "I heard that Princess Chen disappeared because she couldn't bear His Highness Chen's ruthlessness, cough cough cough... this is an open secret..."
Meng Zihan's face was full of apology, she never expected that Mu Xuanchen would be charged with such a crime for her departure.
"Actually... maybe it's not the reason..." She faltered and didn't know what to say.
"Xiandi knows the reason?" Meng Qian looked at her in disbelief and asked.
"I'm just a commoner, how could I know about the high palace." She lied again.
While the two were talking, Cao Rong, the current county magistrate, stepped into the hall with his official authority.
"Are you the post-prefect Mengqian?" Cao Rong asked unfriendlyly.
When Meng Zihan took a look at him, he knew that he was a domineering master, so naturally she couldn't be trampled under his feet.
"You are the Cao Rong who will not leave when the time comes...Master Cao?" She put her hands behind her back, and that posture would never lose to Cao Rong in front of her.
When Cao Rong heard this, his face turned green with anger, and he blew his beard and stared angrily and said: "I can't leave the county office without care because the later magistrate has not arrived. Why do you, the later magistrate, speak so indifferently?" ?”
"Oh..." Meng Zihan dragged the word "oh" very long, then walked up to him and said, "So you also know that I am the next magistrate? Then the next magistrate is here, can you, the former magistrate, be okay?" Give way?"
Meng Qian sat weakly on the seat, but sweated a lot for her.I have explained to her that Cao Rong in front of me has the backing of the prime minister, but I don't know that she is so fearless.
Zhou Fu stood aside and didn't want to interrupt, but he looked at Meng Zihan with admiration.I only know that she is a kind-hearted person, but I don't know that she is not only intelligent, but also courageous.
In this Ganlin County, no one has ever dared to offend Cao Rongzhi County in front of him, but she was so angry that his whole body began to tremble.
Meng Qian dragged his sick body and couldn't help coughing a few times.
Those few sounds also attracted Cao Rong's attention.Looking at him with squinted eyes, he felt something was wrong.Regardless of Meng Zihan standing in front of him, he walked around her to Meng Qian and asked Meng Zihan, "Is he... sick?"
His sick appearance now looks very much like the previous magistrates who came to take office.
When Meng Zihan thought something bad, he had to think of a reason right away...
"He is the official's eldest brother, and I don't know what happened. Since he came to Ganlin County, he has been diagnosed with signs of poisoning..."
"Poisoned?"
She replied calmly: "Yeah, it's all because I was not acclimatized when I came to Ganlin County, so I didn't eat anything along the way, but my elder brother helped me eat a lot, maybe someone poisoned the target It was my official who was right, but my elder brother suffered for no reason!"
Meng Zihan admired him more and more, never thought that he would tell a lie without blinking.
And Meng Qian admired her quick wit, if she were an official, she would definitely be a good one.
A murderous intent flashed across Cao Rong's eyes, but unexpectedly he missed a move.
"You just said that His Royal Highness Chen asked you to come to the post in the middle of the night?" Cao Rong continued to press.
"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can ask His Royal Highness Chen Wang himself, but he doesn't seem to have the heart to deal with you right now." Meng Zihan said confidently.
Unexpectedly, Cao Rong snorted coldly and said, "I will go to see you in person."
Meng Zihan has black hair, he is really a person who will not die until the Yellow River, and a master who will kill everything.
"That's for tomorrow too. I wonder if Mr. Cao can... ah?" Meng Zihan waved him away in disgust.
"You!" Cao Rong was furious, "You are going to take office in the middle of the night and drive people away. I really don't know what it means."
Meng Zihan deliberately looked outside and said: "It seems to be still late! Then I will let you stay another night in large numbers, but... where is the room that belonged to you before?"
"What do you ask me to do in my bedroom?"
"You won't tell me? Then I'll find it myself..."
Before Cao Rong could stop him, Meng Zihan had already winked at Zhou Fu and stepped out of the hall.
No matter how Cao Rong stopped behind her, she recklessly went to every room to check, making his concubine feel uneasy.In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, and he didn't know what she was doing, so he pointed to a room and said it was his bedroom.
Taking advantage of Cao Rong's inattention, Meng Zihan rushed to the door of the room like a monkey. Although Cao Rong followed up quickly, he still prevented Meng Zihan from pushing the door in.
"Ah..." There was a scream in the room.
A woman who seemed to be naked covered her body with a quilt, showing her fragrant shoulders and shouting.
Seeing the situation, Cao Rong immediately stood in front of Meng Zihan angrily and shouted: "Meng Qian! This is my bedroom, how dare you be so rude and break in late at night to peep..."
"Peeping?" Meng Zihan raised his eyebrows. "This official is looking at it openly, and it should have reached the term of office today, so this should be my bedroom. It is not bad for me to allow you to stay here for one night, but you still want to occupy the main room? You are really Ridiculous."
"Ma'am, please get out of bed!"
"Ah..." The woman screamed again, but she didn't dare to get out of bed.
"Shameless!" Cao Rong yelled almost gnashing his teeth, and at the same time he kept tugging at her, "You don't have to hurry up."
But Meng Zihan still slept peacefully and said, "Shameless? It's your wife who refuses to get out of bed. Who are you calling shameless? Or..." She looked at the woman's exposed shoulders lewdly and turned to her. Xie Mei smiled and said, "Madam wants to continue sleeping here, so I won't mind."
The woman's cheeks were flushed by Meng Zihan, but after seeing Cao Rong's warning look, she immediately took the clothes he threw and hid aside to put them on.
After Mengqian, Caiyun and others entered the room, they happened to see the scene in front of them.
Caiyun blushed immediately, and couldn't believe that she was the princess she had served for a long time, and even more couldn't believe that she actually regarded herself as a man and started molesting other people's wives.
"Come on! Come on!" Cao Rong shouted loudly.
Perhaps it was because those people had been woken up by Meng Zihan before, so the officers and soldiers of the county government quickly rushed over.
"My lord!" The yamen servant raised his fists to Cao Rong respectfully.
"Quick! Take all these people and send them to prison!" Cao Rong roared.
"What are you doing, let go..." Caiyun kept struggling after being caught.
However, Meng Zihan lay back on the bed and said confidently: "Just arrest me, anyway, I am the new county magistrate, and I don't mind reorganizing everything in the county government, including changing blood..."
(End of this chapter)
Zhou Fu had already fried the medicine and brought it up.Seeing Meng Zihan standing beside the bed in good condition, and another man lying on the bed, he was overjoyed and said with a puzzled face, "My lord, you..."
"Give me the medicine." Meng Zihan took the medicine bowl in his hand and sat on the edge of the bed to feed Meng Qian the medicine.
Caiyun saw it, and immediately exclaimed: "Young Master, you can't do it!"
She is a dignified princess, how can she give medicine to others in person?Caiyun wanted to take the medicine bowl, but Meng Zihan stopped her and asked her to go out to watch out.Meng Qian wanted to drink the medicine by himself, but how could he hold the medicine bowl with his trembling hands.The other medicine was not taken, and the whole bowl of medicine was spilled.
For some reason, Meng Zihan always felt that the eyebrows of Meng Qian in front of him were very similar to her. No wonder he mistook her for his younger sister.
While drinking the medicine, Meng Qian stared at Meng Zihan in a trance.
"What? Think I look like your sister again?" Meng Zihan raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Hearing what she said, he said with a face full of guilt: "My lord, forgive me, it's because Meng has been ill for a long time." In fact, he really felt that Meng Zihan was very much like his dead sister, with every frown and smile like that. picture.
"I'm just kidding, don't be so serious." She comforted with a smile.
Zhou Fu on the side looked at the two of them with some embarrassment. What the doctor said just now made him worry about the warm-hearted Meng Zihan.
Meng Zihan noticed Zhou Fu beside him, turned around and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Zhou Fu thought for a while, and finally walked up to Meng Zihan and whispered something to her.When Meng Zihan heard this, his face turned pale with astonishment.Looking at Meng Qian who was full of doubts, she decided not to tell him yet.
However, she must escort him out immediately.
Called Caiyun at the door in, gave her a piece of silver and explained a few words to her, Caiyun nodded and walked out of the room.
Meng Qian and Zhou Fu looked at each other, not knowing why.
But Meng Zihan had to do this, and Zhou Fu knew in his heart that she was saving him!
"My lord, there seems to be someone in front." Zhou Fu said nervously, tightening the rein suddenly.
Before Meng Zihan could figure out what was going on, the carriage was stopped by a group of officers and soldiers.
"Who is in the carriage?" The officers and soldiers outside the carriage asked with a cold face.
"Go back to the officials, among them is my son." Zhou Fu replied tremblingly.
"Have you seen this person?" The officers and soldiers took out the portrait and asked him to illuminate it with a lantern.
Caiyun looked at the portrait and winked at Meng Zihan in panic.
Could it be that he really came here?An ominous premonition ignited in Meng Zihan's heart.
After looking at it, Zhou Fu said, "I haven't seen it before, so I don't know who it is?"
"You don't need to know! But if you dare not report the information, your family will be ransacked!" The officers and soldiers' words were not threats, but orders from Mu Xuanchen.
Meng Zihan clenched his fists tightly with black lines all over his face.
Is it really necessary?If someone ransacked her family and wiped out her family because of her, would she be able to be reincarnated after a hundred years?But when she knew that he sent heavy troops to look for her late at night, she actually began to soften her heart.
"Pull the curtain."
An order from the officers and soldiers brought the confused Meng Zihan back to reality.no!She must not go back!Absolutely not!
There was a flash of firmness in her eyes, and the pain of her nails digging into her palm made her slightly awake.
Although Meng Qian was seriously ill, he saw all this in his eyes.
Seeing the menacing look of the officers and soldiers, Zhou Fu was obviously stunned.Without waiting for him to stop, the officers and soldiers swished the curtain open.Because of the sudden cold wind, Meng Qian couldn't stop coughing again.
"Who did you accept as officers and soldiers? How dare you harass the people late at night?" Meng Zihan pretended not to hear what they said just now, and accused them coldly.
The officers and soldiers showed no fear, and compared the portrait with Caiyun for a long time, Caiyun was so frightened that he was sweating profusely on the spot.
When they confirmed that Caiyun was not the same as the person in the portrait, they asked Meng Zihan, "It's midnight, where are you going?"
It was only then that Meng Zihan realized that he was no longer a princess, and going out late at night would inevitably make people suspicious.Looking at the group of officers and soldiers in front of him, it seemed that the entire carriage was surrounded.
Why do you work so hard for him?It's been a whole day and they're still searching!Meng Zihan cursed in his heart.
Just when Meng Zihan was at a loss, Meng Qian took out a seal from his sleeve and gave it to Meng Zihan, and gave him a wink.
Could it be that she...
Time was running out, and she couldn't afford to think about it.
Meng Zihan took the official seal and showed it in front of the officers and soldiers: "I am Mengqian, the post-prefect magistrate of Ganlin County. I rushed to the county government overnight because I didn't have an inn to stay in. Please get out of here!"
As soon as Meng Zihan said this, a look of admiration flashed in Meng Qian's eyes, but it frightened Caiyun and Zhou Fu.Caiyun was so frightened that her face was as white as paper, what kind of crime is this impostor!She is so bold.
Zhou Fu didn't expect that the one who rescued him was the soon-to-be magistrate, and now the people of Ganlin County could be saved.
After seeing the official seal, the leading officers and soldiers immediately bowed and cupped their fists and said, "So it's Mr. Meng, please atone for your sins, Mr. Meng."
Although Meng Zihan's heart was hanging, she had to keep calm now so as not to let them see the flaws, so she pretended to be disdainful and said, "I'm just looking for someone, and I'm actually checking in at midnight, and I'm not afraid of disturbing the rest of the people." .”
"Returning to my lord, it is really His Royal Highness's order to search for people day and night until they are found, and not to let go of any suspicious or non-suspicious places." The leading officers and soldiers also looked embarrassed.
Meng Qian couldn't help but asked: "Who is missing and has alarmed His Royal Highness Chen Wang?"
Caiyun and Meng Zihan's hearts instantly rose to their throats.
"It's... really inconvenient to say."
Meng Zihan heaved a long sigh of relief at the officer's answer.
But it is also true that the concubine of His Royal Highness King Chen disappeared strangely, just like the emperor's concubine eloped with someone, of course it will not explain the situation.I'm afraid that within a few days, the emperor's list will be posted saying that Princess Chen passed away due to illness.
Meng Zihan lowered his head and secretly smiled bitterly.
She raised her eyes and said to the officer: "Okay, it's almost two o'clock, and His Royal Highness Chen Wang is not here, so you should go back to rest earlier."
The officer replied: "We also think about it, but His Royal Highness is looking for someone with another team, and I'm afraid he will come to join us soon..."
"What? Mu...His Royal Highness Prince Chen also came to Ganlin County?" Meng Zihan instantly petrified.It can't be so unlucky, it's only a few days, and he will be arrested again.
"That's right! What's wrong with Mr. Meng? Does Mr. Meng want to pay a visit to His Highness Prince Chen?" the officer and soldier asked.
"No, no, no! No need." Meng Zihan suddenly began to speak incoherently, and immediately explained after he reacted, "I mean... I have been rushing on the road for days, how could this unkempt man disturb His Highness Chen Wang?" , or wait until tomorrow to visit.”
The officer and soldier sounded reasonable, so he wanted to send Meng Zihan and the others back to the county government office, but Meng Zihan politely refused.
She was worried that if Mu Xuanchen saw such a big battle, what if it aroused his suspicion?
Meng Zihan's carriage rushed towards the county government office without any delay.And the long-lost low voice suddenly sounded beside the officer and soldier who had been talking to Meng Zihan just now: "Who is in the carriage that left just now?"
As soon as the officer and soldier saw the person, he immediately bowed his body and replied: "His Royal Highness Huichen Wang is the successor magistrate of Ganlin County."
"The next magistrate? Why did you appear here in the middle of the night?" Mu Xuanchen asked with narrowed eyes as he looked at the carriage leaving in the dust.
The officer and soldier still kept their fists clasped, as if they were afraid of meeting Mu Xuanchen's cold gaze.
"Going back to Your Highness, it's because the inns are full, so they rushed to the post overnight." The officer replied.
"Oh?" Mu Xuanchen was suspicious, always feeling that the carriage was unusual.
Seeing this, the officer and soldier explained: "He was afraid that he would disturb His Highness Chen Wang because of his unkempt hair and face due to his busy travels, so he never stayed to see His Highness."
Normally speaking, as a post-prefect magistrate, knowing that the prince is close at hand, he would wait to see him no matter how late, who would miss such a good opportunity to flatter him?
The reason "for fear of disturbing him" is too far-fetched.
But now he doesn't have any extra time to spend on solving doubts, he just wants to find the person he is looking for quickly.
In the carriage, Meng Qian looked at the preoccupied Meng Zihan and didn't know why, but through the occasional moonlight, she saw a trace of sweat dripping from her forehead. Could it be that she was frightened by what happened just now?
"Little brother, are you still worried about what happened just now?" Meng Qian asked weakly, leaning on the carriage.
Meng Zihan came back to his senses and exchanged a glance with Caiyun, perhaps only Caiyun would know what she was afraid of now.
She smiled and asked softly: "No! It's just... why did you ask me to come to Zhizhi County just now?"
"Hehehe! Cough, cough, cough..." He coughed a few times with a smile and then panted, "Little brother is very smart, Mengmou is just a look, little brother knows what Mengmou means. Look at me now ...How to go to the post? Even if I go to the post, the current magistrate will use the reason of 'the subsequent magistrate is not in good health' to make me a magistrate in name only, and everything will still be controlled by him...cough cough cough..."
He was obviously very tired from talking too much.
"Aren't you worried that I'll take your county magistrate's position?" She looked at him puzzled.
Just now he not only gave her the official seal, but also a letter of commission. Isn't he worried about this problem?
Meng Qian smiled frankly and indifferently: "If little brother can save the people from suffering, what is a mere official position?" could do anything.
Meng Zihan looked at him in astonishment, what kind of mind did he have to say such a thing?What kind of character do you need to give up the fame you earned through studying hard in the cold window?
"My lord, absolutely not!" Cai Yun was worried that Meng Zihan would really agree, and wanted to stop her, "Pretending to be an official of the court is a capital crime. You should think twice, my lord!"
Only then did Meng Qian think of this question, and immediately said: "This girl is right, it's because I lacked consideration, please forgive me, little brother."
While they were talking, Meng Zihan had already weighed the pros and cons.
First: As the county magistrate of Ganlin County, she can not only have a place to live, but also live with another identity, maybe in this way she can stay away from him.
Second: Mengqian is now being poisoned, and the doctor said that he will not recover within a year or so, and if he is left alone in his current condition, he may die soon.
Third: The people here are living in the heat of the water. Mengqian can sacrifice her ego to fulfill her ego. How can she selfishly ignore it?
Thinking of this, Meng Zihan smiled and said: "Under Mengqian, he is the magistrate of Ganlin County. I don't know what to call Xiongtai."
Caiyun took a deep breath and stared blankly at Meng Zihan, whose six spirits were still uncertain.
Meng Qian stared at Meng Zihan in astonishment for a long time, and then sincerely opened his arms and said, "I'm Mengtao, please give me your advice."
"You and I have the same surname, Meng, so why not call us brothers from now on, you are my brother and I am my younger brother, and we will have the same blessings and difficulties in the future!" This is her sincere words. From now on, he will be her elder brother and her only one. next of kin.
"Thanks to brother Qian for not giving up, I am very grateful for brother." Meng Qian replied with a smile.
Meng Zihan looked at Meng Qian and said to Zhou Fu: "Housekeeper Zhou, go to the county government office!"
Unexpectedly, Zhou Fu shouted outside: "My lord, the county government has arrived."
Meng Qian and Meng Zihan looked at each other with a smile when they were astonished. It seems that there is another person here who is more anxious than Meng Qian to let Meng Zihan take office.
As soon as Meng Qian and Meng Zihan got off the carriage, Zhou Fu immediately ran to the gate of the county government office to knock on the door.
"Open the door! Open the door!"
The opening of the door not only showed their momentum, but also the anger in Zhou Fu's heart.If he could, he would have knocked the door open and ran to the county magistrate's bedside to drag him down and beat him to death.
"Brother Qian, will my appearance make them suspicious?" Meng Qian was a little worried.
"Don't worry, I have a solution, trust me!" Meng Zihan reassured him.
Meng Qian nodded gratifiedly, he really did not misunderstand the person, every word and deed of her made him trust so much.
After a long time, the door was finally opened, and a squinting and yawning person came out from the county office.
"It's haunted in the middle of the night! Who are you?" The person who opened the door looked unkind.
Zhou Fu said angrily: "Master Meng is here to take up his post, why don't you let your county magistrate come out to greet you."
"Come to the post in the middle of the night? Are you sick!" The man rolled his eyes, not paying attention to the few people in front of him.
Meng Zihan asked Caiyun to support Mengqian, then walked to Zhou Fu's side and said to the person who opened the door: "You are quite courageous, to dare to say that His Royal Highness is sick!"
"I, I, when did I say that His Royal Highness Chen Wang is sick?" The man was so frightened that he couldn't speak incoherently.
Mengzi said calmly and calmly: "Didn't you just say that you were sick when you came to take office in the middle of the night? I met His Royal Highness Chen Wang on the road just now, and he told us not to go to the inn and come directly to the county government to take office. Aren't you talking about Chen Wang?" Who is His Royal Highness talking about?"
Seeing that man turned pale with fright, she continued to direct and act on her own: "A servant who speaks wild words must have been taught badly by your lords. In that case, we will report to His Royal Highness Chen Wang and say that the county government of Ganlin County Don't let the next magistrate take office. Butler Zhou, let's go..."
"Everyone, please stay!" The person who opened the door hurriedly called Meng Zihan to stop, "Wait for me to report to our lord, please wait here."
Let Meng Zihan wait outside in the middle of the night, of course she quit, since she came to the White Tiger Country, she has not received such treatment, so she stretched her neck, turned her head and said disdainfully: "How dare you let the next county magistrate, Chen His Royal Highness's people are waiting outside the county office in the middle of the night? How many heads do you have?"
Since she knew that everyone in the county government relied on the backing of the Prime Minister, why couldn't she take Mu Xuanchen as a backing?Anyway, Mu Xuanchen wouldn't come over, and they didn't dare to ask what happened.
Of course, she thought so.
The man thought about it, although he knew that his lord had the backing of the prime minister, but even the prime minister would not dare to offend His Royal Highness Chen Wang who held great power.So Meng Zihan and the others were immediately welcomed into the door.
Sitting in the hall, Meng Qian quietly asked Meng Zihan intermittently: "How dare you take His Royal Highness Chen Wang down to suppress them? If His Royal Highness Chen finds out, I'm afraid ten heads are not enough to cut off."
Meng Zihan smiled and asked: "So that His Royal Highness Chen Wang is so scary? Does he chop off people's heads every now and then? Big Brother has seen him?"
Meng Qian leaned on the chair and panted, "It would be great if I knew His Royal Highness Chen Wang. I just heard that His Royal Highness Chen Wang has a brilliant record and is very clear about rewards and punishments, but he has always been unsmiling and famously cold Wang, and anyone who offends him will not end well. I heard..."
"Heard what?" She asked curiously.
Meng Qian looked around and said in a low voice: "I heard that Princess Chen disappeared because she couldn't bear His Highness Chen's ruthlessness, cough cough cough... this is an open secret..."
Meng Zihan's face was full of apology, she never expected that Mu Xuanchen would be charged with such a crime for her departure.
"Actually... maybe it's not the reason..." She faltered and didn't know what to say.
"Xiandi knows the reason?" Meng Qian looked at her in disbelief and asked.
"I'm just a commoner, how could I know about the high palace." She lied again.
While the two were talking, Cao Rong, the current county magistrate, stepped into the hall with his official authority.
"Are you the post-prefect Mengqian?" Cao Rong asked unfriendlyly.
When Meng Zihan took a look at him, he knew that he was a domineering master, so naturally she couldn't be trampled under his feet.
"You are the Cao Rong who will not leave when the time comes...Master Cao?" She put her hands behind her back, and that posture would never lose to Cao Rong in front of her.
When Cao Rong heard this, his face turned green with anger, and he blew his beard and stared angrily and said: "I can't leave the county office without care because the later magistrate has not arrived. Why do you, the later magistrate, speak so indifferently?" ?”
"Oh..." Meng Zihan dragged the word "oh" very long, then walked up to him and said, "So you also know that I am the next magistrate? Then the next magistrate is here, can you, the former magistrate, be okay?" Give way?"
Meng Qian sat weakly on the seat, but sweated a lot for her.I have explained to her that Cao Rong in front of me has the backing of the prime minister, but I don't know that she is so fearless.
Zhou Fu stood aside and didn't want to interrupt, but he looked at Meng Zihan with admiration.I only know that she is a kind-hearted person, but I don't know that she is not only intelligent, but also courageous.
In this Ganlin County, no one has ever dared to offend Cao Rongzhi County in front of him, but she was so angry that his whole body began to tremble.
Meng Qian dragged his sick body and couldn't help coughing a few times.
Those few sounds also attracted Cao Rong's attention.Looking at him with squinted eyes, he felt something was wrong.Regardless of Meng Zihan standing in front of him, he walked around her to Meng Qian and asked Meng Zihan, "Is he... sick?"
His sick appearance now looks very much like the previous magistrates who came to take office.
When Meng Zihan thought something bad, he had to think of a reason right away...
"He is the official's eldest brother, and I don't know what happened. Since he came to Ganlin County, he has been diagnosed with signs of poisoning..."
"Poisoned?"
She replied calmly: "Yeah, it's all because I was not acclimatized when I came to Ganlin County, so I didn't eat anything along the way, but my elder brother helped me eat a lot, maybe someone poisoned the target It was my official who was right, but my elder brother suffered for no reason!"
Meng Zihan admired him more and more, never thought that he would tell a lie without blinking.
And Meng Qian admired her quick wit, if she were an official, she would definitely be a good one.
A murderous intent flashed across Cao Rong's eyes, but unexpectedly he missed a move.
"You just said that His Royal Highness Chen asked you to come to the post in the middle of the night?" Cao Rong continued to press.
"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can ask His Royal Highness Chen Wang himself, but he doesn't seem to have the heart to deal with you right now." Meng Zihan said confidently.
Unexpectedly, Cao Rong snorted coldly and said, "I will go to see you in person."
Meng Zihan has black hair, he is really a person who will not die until the Yellow River, and a master who will kill everything.
"That's for tomorrow too. I wonder if Mr. Cao can... ah?" Meng Zihan waved him away in disgust.
"You!" Cao Rong was furious, "You are going to take office in the middle of the night and drive people away. I really don't know what it means."
Meng Zihan deliberately looked outside and said: "It seems to be still late! Then I will let you stay another night in large numbers, but... where is the room that belonged to you before?"
"What do you ask me to do in my bedroom?"
"You won't tell me? Then I'll find it myself..."
Before Cao Rong could stop him, Meng Zihan had already winked at Zhou Fu and stepped out of the hall.
No matter how Cao Rong stopped behind her, she recklessly went to every room to check, making his concubine feel uneasy.In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, and he didn't know what she was doing, so he pointed to a room and said it was his bedroom.
Taking advantage of Cao Rong's inattention, Meng Zihan rushed to the door of the room like a monkey. Although Cao Rong followed up quickly, he still prevented Meng Zihan from pushing the door in.
"Ah..." There was a scream in the room.
A woman who seemed to be naked covered her body with a quilt, showing her fragrant shoulders and shouting.
Seeing the situation, Cao Rong immediately stood in front of Meng Zihan angrily and shouted: "Meng Qian! This is my bedroom, how dare you be so rude and break in late at night to peep..."
"Peeping?" Meng Zihan raised his eyebrows. "This official is looking at it openly, and it should have reached the term of office today, so this should be my bedroom. It is not bad for me to allow you to stay here for one night, but you still want to occupy the main room? You are really Ridiculous."
"Ma'am, please get out of bed!"
"Ah..." The woman screamed again, but she didn't dare to get out of bed.
"Shameless!" Cao Rong yelled almost gnashing his teeth, and at the same time he kept tugging at her, "You don't have to hurry up."
But Meng Zihan still slept peacefully and said, "Shameless? It's your wife who refuses to get out of bed. Who are you calling shameless? Or..." She looked at the woman's exposed shoulders lewdly and turned to her. Xie Mei smiled and said, "Madam wants to continue sleeping here, so I won't mind."
The woman's cheeks were flushed by Meng Zihan, but after seeing Cao Rong's warning look, she immediately took the clothes he threw and hid aside to put them on.
After Mengqian, Caiyun and others entered the room, they happened to see the scene in front of them.
Caiyun blushed immediately, and couldn't believe that she was the princess she had served for a long time, and even more couldn't believe that she actually regarded herself as a man and started molesting other people's wives.
"Come on! Come on!" Cao Rong shouted loudly.
Perhaps it was because those people had been woken up by Meng Zihan before, so the officers and soldiers of the county government quickly rushed over.
"My lord!" The yamen servant raised his fists to Cao Rong respectfully.
"Quick! Take all these people and send them to prison!" Cao Rong roared.
"What are you doing, let go..." Caiyun kept struggling after being caught.
However, Meng Zihan lay back on the bed and said confidently: "Just arrest me, anyway, I am the new county magistrate, and I don't mind reorganizing everything in the county government, including changing blood..."
(End of this chapter)
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