Reborn Concubine's Wife

Chapter 85
The lights in the small building have not been turned off, and Liu Xu and Zheng Yu have fallen asleep on the table.

And the sky is already bright.

When the maid came in to deliver breakfast, she said that the sheriff would enter the garden at noon.The fragrant soup was brought in again, and two sets of white deep clothes were prepared on the side.

"Girl, please change quickly." The maid kept urging.The complexion is already ugly, you must know that when the sheriff sees that they haven't changed their clothes, his head will be lost.The maid's tone implied a threat. If Zheng Ruo and the others didn't change their clothes again, depending on the situation, they were planning to get rough.They can't control the future, their lives are important now.

Zheng Ruo, however, was as stable as Mount Tai, not in a hurry, picked up the bamboo slips and read it carefully again.Except for her, the few people here are all illiterate, so she is not worried that what she wrote will be leaked.After reading it silently, she picked up a knife and scraped off all the contents above.

"Girl, don't embarrass your servant." The maid urged her again and again, her tone getting tougher.Zheng Yu and Liu Xu were by Zheng Ruo's side, not only Zheng Ruo but also Zheng Yu knew that once the clothes were changed, there would be no possibility of going out in the future.Their bodies shrank to Zheng Ruo's side.

Zheng Ruo asked unhurriedly, "Has the sheriff arrived in the garden?"

"There is still a quarter of an hour, and the sheriff will be in the garden. Girl..."

Zheng Ruo waved his hand, "Don't panic, tell me when the sheriff arrives. It won't be too late to change this clothes."

"Girl..." The maid was about to say more, seeing her persist, after thinking for a while, the two discussed in a low voice, "Girl, don't embarrass your servant."

"Don't worry. I won't embarrass you."

The maid had no choice but to back down.

The sun was shining, and the weather was getting hotter.I don't know how much food Xu Yi bought?Zheng Ruo knelt on the mat, holding a cup of tea in his hand.The sheriff's mansion was extravagant, and the ordinary cup in her hand was also clear white jade.This, tea, is a good thing.According to the maid, it is tea from Jiangnan.The tea has a pleasant aroma and is brewed rather than boiled in a copper pot with ingredients.After Zheng Ruo drank it, she knew that it was the kind of wild tea she drank in her previous life.

This tea is pretty good, I don't know where to buy it.After calculation, if Li Yun's business goes well, the private salt he took away may be exchanged for a lot of gold.When Li Yun came back from that trip, he would have a small fortune.

Zheng Ruo's calmness gave Liu Xu and Zheng Yu a lot of peace of mind.They all drank the wild tea like Zheng Ruo, but after taking a sip, they frowned and put it down.The other knelt quietly between the two of them, fanning them.

Just as Zheng Ruo was thinking wildly, the round-faced maid came in a hurry.Seeing Zheng Ruoan sitting kneeling under the eaves, her expression was calm, but she was still wearing the rich purple dress from yesterday.Her face froze, and a surge of anger rose in her heart. When she walked over, she stepped on the wooden ladder with a rattling sound.

"Girl, why don't you take a shower and change your clothes?"

Zheng Ruo glanced at her indifferently, and asked, "Is the county sheriff here?"

She nodded and still asked, "Why don't you change your clothes?"

"Since the magistrate is here, let's go." After saying that, Zheng Ruo got up, adjusted her clothes, and walked straight down past her.

The maid stepped in front of her in twos and threes, with her hands outstretched, blocking her way.

"Girl, please take a shower and change clothes."

Zheng Ruo stopped, squinted at her, and asked, "You walked in a hurry when you came, which means that the sheriff is anxious to see me. How long do you think it will take me to shower and change?"

The maid paused, the sheriff was notoriously short-tempered.If what he said was delayed for a little bit, it would be fatal.She hesitated.

Zheng Ruo patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry! You only have one life, not only you, but we too." Then, she pushed her hand away and got off the wooden ladder.Zheng Yu and Liu Xu followed closely.

The freckle-faced maid waiting below was stunned for a moment when she saw the outfits of Zheng Ruo and his party.Looking past her to look at the round-faced maid, seeing her helpless smile, he walked a few steps to Zheng Ruo's side, and said in a low voice, "Please forgive me."

"Don't worry. I said that if I don't implicate you, I won't implicate you. Let's lead the way."

Things have come to this, and the two maids can't do anything.

After Zheng Ruo left the small building, the women in the small building next to her all came out to look at her.Everyone looked at her jealously.Seeing that she hasn't changed her clothes yet, some are sympathetic, some are funny, and some even gloat.

Zheng Ruo seemed to have not seen them, and calmly passed by them.It seems to be an existence that stands out from the crowd.The sun for more than ten consecutive days released its majestic heat in May. After walking a short distance, the maid leading the way in front was already drenched with sweat.

Zheng Ruo saw that inland river, although there was still water flowing slowly, it was already very shallow.I didn't look carefully yesterday, but today I saw that there was obviously a circle of silt on many stones by the river, which had dried up. Obviously, the water should have covered these stones before.Now, they're all exposed.As far as she knew, the sun would last for another two months.I'm afraid that even Lan Jiang will do it by then, right?Would the manor here be so beautiful without the source of the Lanjiang River?
After walking across the stone bridge connecting the east and west courtyards, and walking for another half a quarter of an hour, the maid stopped, told them to wait in a low voice, went in to report, and came out a while later to let Zheng Ruo and the others in.

Taking off his wooden clogs, Zheng Ruo entered the banquet hall of Xiaoxia Courtyard.At this time, there was the sound of silk and bamboo, and Kabuki and Maiko were dancing in the hall.On both sides of the banquet hall, there were about dozens of scribes sitting, shaking their heads to the sound of the music.Zheng Ruo made up his mind that such a scene was safer than only the sheriff sitting behind the curtain.Looking up, on the main seat above, a man in his thirties with clear eyebrows was lying on the lap of a woman in a bright yellow dress.It doesn't match the rumored old man in his sixties. On the contrary, just from his appearance, this county sheriff is also a rare handsome man.She now understands why those women showed hostility towards her on the way she came here just now.Leaving those rumors aside, the Sheriff is really a handsome man.

(End of this chapter)