Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 23
Yao Zeliang raised his eyes and smiled at the young man, "What does the general think?"

The young Xia Zhen, with a tall and straight figure, a dragon and a phoenix, is full of the flamboyance and arrogance unique to seventeen or eighteen-year-olds. The corners of his mouth are slightly hooked: "Master Yao, you mean you haven't got the official seal yet?"

Yao Zeliang's expression turned slightly cold, "General Xia..."

"Lord Yao, you are the magistrate personally appointed by the emperor, and everything is up to you!" Mr. Tian quickly cupped his hands and stepped forward politely.

What's the situation, Ma Min'er raised her eyebrows secretly, she couldn't be the 'master' who didn't make it, and became a victim of someone else's tricks, she quietly shrank her body, as if she was ready to escape at any time.

Yao Zeliang smiled lightly, and said in his heart, why should I be angry with a young man of sixteen or seventeen, and said calmly: "General, please wait a moment." After speaking, he turned to Ma's family.

Ma Qifeng was at a loss, when he saw the lord looking at him, he saluted subconsciously: "My lord——"

"Which child are you the teacher's first?"

"..." Ma Qifeng was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied: "The sixth son, Qi Feng!"

The people who talked to each other sensitively avoided their surnames. Ma Min'er felt a little strange. Since he called his grandfather his teacher, how could he never meet his father?
This is a long story, but it is also simple to summarize. The teacher here is different from the teacher we call in modern times. He is related to the imperial examination and official recommendation. Mr. Yao once voted under the former Mr. Wang (now given the surname Ma by the emperor). An official of the household department had been in and out of the emperor's mansion, but due to many factors such as temper and standpoint, Lord Yao and his teacher did not go around much, and Ma Qifeng was an unpopular bastard. never seen it.

Yao Zeliang just watched but didn't speak, but Qi Qifeng understood the meaning, "Back to your lord, Xiaomin was on the way to be escorted by the yamen, the little girl was robbed, chased him out to find the little girl, now I have found the little girl, and I will go to the government office to surrender later."

Yao Zeliang sighed slightly, "Little General, please lend me a few office servants."

After taking a look at Xia Zhen, Mr. Tian immediately turned his head, "You guys go and arrest him."

"Yes, sir."

Chen Heizi and his son Gou Zhu were hiding in a corner, and they were about to rob someone. The temptation of two taels of silver made them forget that there was such a thing as Wang Fa.

Chen Huang leaned close to her son, squinting her eyes, "I knew it would have been sold just now, and I got all the money."

"Yes, mother, it's all because you are too greedy. You said you would sell it in a building, and the price is high."

Chen Huang stretched out his hand and slapped his son, "Little turtle, dare to blame my mother, I can't beat you to death."

"Mother...it hurts..." Before Chen Gouzhu could finish his sentence, he saw a soldier walking towards them with a big knife, and shouted in horror: "Mother, didn't you come to arrest us?"

The couple of the Chen family looked at each other, got up and ran, but unfortunately they were the opponents of the tough soldiers, and they were caught before they finished running half a street away.

"Let's go to the yamen first."

"Yes, my lord!" Several soldiers escorted the Chen family away.

The arrested Chen Huang kept struggling and twisting his body, cursing: "You little bitch who can't die, you wait for me, old lady..."

"Pa..." She was interrupted before she finished cursing, Zhang Nianmei said with a cold face, "Hurry up and take me away before I leave."

"Yes, General!" Several soldiers kicked and beat the man and escorted him away.

"Thank you, General!" Ma Min'er sincerely thanked Zhang Nianmei.

Zhang Nianmei smiled indifferently, "I don't like shrews."

"Thank you sir for upholding justice." Ma Qifeng took his children to thank Master Yao, "Xiaomin will take the children to the Yamen to surrender."

"no need."

"..." Ma Qifeng looked at Master Yao in surprise, and before he could react, he saw the Jiecha who escorted him all the way, it turned out that the Lord knew that the Jiecha was here, and knelt down again: "Your hard work. "

The two messengers knew Yao Zeliang and knew that he came to Anxing, Yizhou Prefecture to be an official, so they raised their hands and saluted: "Master Yao——"

Yao Zeliang nodded, "Go!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Ma Qifeng's family was taken away by the messenger, Xia Zhen cupped his hands, "Grandfather has admired Mr. Yao for a long time, and he has prepared a little wine in the mansion, and please honor him—"

"The old general is too polite, please ask General Xia to lead the way!"

"Please--"

After pulling out two horses, he disappeared on the street of Yaxing in a short while.

The startled heads of the various industries just got together and found that the new prefect had been taken away by the little general, and they looked at each other in blank dismay: "Is this the new prefect?"

"Very young!"

"I heard he was in his early thirties."

"That's young."

"I also heard that it was transferred from the household department."

"My God, that's the Feishui Yamen."

"That's natural."

……

"Master, the one who robbed was arrested, why is the one who was robbed also arrested?" the servant asked the master.

Dong Darui wrinkled his forehead and kicked the servant, "I don't want to inquire about it, but dare to ask the master if you don't want to eat dinner today?"

"Don't...don't...Master, I will go and inquire immediately." The servant ran away in a hurry.

At the intersection of Yaxing Street, Mrs. Guo Li took Ma Sanlang and handed him over to the Ma family.

"Er...Erniang..." Without Ma Erniang, the world is bright and the streets are vast, and Guo Li doesn't know where to go.

Ma Min'er turned her head to look at the escort, and suddenly burst into tears and threw herself into Guo Li's arms, "Aunt Guo...Aunt Guo..." While crying, she quietly took out a piece of broken silver and stuffed it into her hand, low-pitched. Said in a loud voice: "Hurry up and exchange it for copper, and live well!"

"Second Niang..." Mrs. Guo Li didn't expect the little lady to be so caring, and she was so moved and sad when she cried.

"Let's go, let's go quickly..." Seeing that it was getting late, Xie Cha hurried over.

Sighing, Ma Min'er left Guo Li's arms, got acquainted for a while, took care of each other until now, but had to say goodbye.

"Erniang..." Guo Lishi shouted heartbreakingly, making people worry.

The Ma family gradually disappeared from the Guo family's sight, and I don't know how long it took, Guo Daping asked her mother, "Mom, what should we do?"

Guo Lishi was furious, looking in the direction where the Ma family left, suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked on the street: "My lord, how can I get to the government office?"

Ma Min'er was pressed against her back in the dark and stuffy cell, with her arms open, and her hands pressed against the wall, leaning against the stone wall to reduce the temperature. When Ma Sanlang saw his sister doing this, he followed suit, "Hey, it's a lot cooler. "

Ma Min'er smiled at her younger brother, but said nothing.

Ma Sanlang shouted: "Father, brother, little sister, it's so cool!"

Ma Dalang led the younger sister to lean against the wall, but she didn't have all four limbs like the elder sister, but stood neatly.

Ma Qifeng looked at his unruly daughter, and didn't even have the energy to smile helplessly. He stood in front of the prison bar with a sad face, and stared blankly at the passage outside the bar. The aisle was quiet, not even a ghost.

Convinced that no one appeared in the aisle outside the fence, Ma Min'er left the wall, faced the light from the skylight, and took out the broken silver in her arms.

"sister……"

"Big sister..."

Through the faint moonlight, the two brothers crowded around excitedly, "This is silver..."

"Hush..." Ma Min'er was so frightened by them that she reached out her hand to stop them.

(End of this chapter)