Chapter 34 Your Highness, please pardon the crime of disrespect for officials first!
Chapter 34 Please forgive me for the crime of disrespect!
Author: tree on tree
Chapter 34 Please forgive me for the crime of disrespect!
The back hall of Wanping County Yamen was originally where Guo An, the county magistrate, lived.
Naturally, the county government office also has a small kitchen for cooking.
After eating meals from the county government several times, Guo An never ate food cooked by the cooks in the county government again.
Whenever the government office dismissed late every day, Guo An would ask Guo Erniang, the cook at his house, to come over and eat in the county government office's back hall at noon.
Therefore, after waiting for more than half an hour.
Two fragrant dishes of leek, egg and rice were brought to the table, together with a bowl of rehmannia glutinosa porridge, which was the lunch of Guo An, the magistrate!
"Your Highness, please!"
Guo An said something to Zhu Di and started using his chopsticks.
Although there is no chili, after a period of improvement by Guo Erniang and Guo An, the taste of this meal of scrambled eggs with leeks is no less than that made by some chefs in later generations!
Don't have any taste.
Maybe, it's also possible that Guo An has eaten the 'pig food' in the Yamen. Oh, no, it should be 'hog food'.
Comparing it, I feel that the meals cooked by my Guo Erniang are so delicious!
After one sip, he never stopped.
Zhu Di, who was sitting opposite Guo An, was a little dissatisfied that the thief officer Guo An in front of him invited him to lunch, but he only ate such a meal, which was rice mixed with leeks and eggs.
Could it be that this thief official wanted to show him, King Yan, that he was incorruptible?
However, at the end of the morning, he was still very hungry.
Therefore, after seeing how delicious Guo An was eating, he couldn't help but directly raised the bowl and took it into his mouth.
After one sip, Zhu Di's eyes straightened.
He stopped and used chopsticks to dig into the bowl for a long time, but the result was still as he saw.
Damn it, such an ordinary bowl of lunch turns out to be so delicious!
Immediately, he started to eat hungrily.
Zhu Di, who had been working in the military camp since he was a child, could eat at a speed that Guo An, a later generation, could not match.
Therefore, when Guo An finished eating and wiped the corners of his mouth with his hands, he saw Zhu Laosi opposite, staring straight at him.
"Um, Your Highness? There is a fairy beauty painted on Xiaoguan's face. Why is Your Highness staring at this official with such an expression?"
"Pooh!"
Zhu Di's eyes widened and he spat on the ground with disgust on his face.
"You thief official, you are here to disgust me!"
"I know I was wrong!" Guo An apologized very simply.
"snort!"
Zhu Di snorted arrogantly, and then asked again: "I want to ask you, you, a thief official, invited me to dinner, but you only ate such a dish of rice?"
"Your Highness, you haven't eaten enough?"
Guo An was stunned and quickly shouted outside: "Mother of the Guo family, is there any rice left?"
A chubby head stuck out from outside, it was Guo Erniu.
"Hey, Master, forgive me, the food in the pot is all in the little man's bowl. If the Master is not full, I will ask my second mother to do it again!"
"You bastard, you didn't see that His Highness King Yan was here, so you didn't even leave some for His Highness. What if His Highness doesn't have enough to eat!"
Guo An couldn't help but laugh and curse, "Why don't you go and tell the cook that His Highness, King Yan, is not full yet, so please ask the cook to make another meal!"
"Master, wait a moment, I'm going to go right away!" Guo Erniu was overjoyed.
"No!"
Zhu Di said: "I am already full, so there is no need to trouble the cook any more!"
"this……"
Hearing this, Guo Erniu looked at Guo An with some reluctance.
"You're a foodie, two bowls of rice aren't enough for you? Don't bother the second lady of the Guo family!"
"Yes, Master!"
Guo Erniu responded with a regretful expression, slowly turned around and left.
Seeing this, Guo An turned his head and bowed slightly to Zhu Di with some embarrassment.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. This guard, Xiaguan, is a bastard. He only knows how to eat all day long!"
Zhu Di was a little confused and asked: "Does he eat the same thing as me?"
"Your Highness, the meals are all cooked in the same big iron pot, so naturally they all eat the same!" Guo An replied.
Zhu Di asked again: "Do the officials in the county government also eat like this?"
Guo Andao: "Your Highness is joking, the officials in the county government naturally eat the big class meal cooked by the county government cook, while the meals for the lower officials are cooked by the cooks in the lower government offices!"
After hearing this, Zhu Di's expression gradually darkened.
"Are you using your power for personal gain?"
Guo An smiled lightly, shook his head and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I am very afraid of death when I take a pee. I know very well that Your Majesty hates corrupt officials today, and I will never dare to be corrupt in the slightest."
As for all the grains and seasonings for Xiaguan’s meals, Xiaguan purchased them with his own salary!”
"You, a thief official, dare to deceive me. How much salary do you, a small county magistrate, get per month? The ingredients used for such delicious rice must be expensive.
Are you afraid that your salary is not enough to feed you alone, plus your bodyguard?"
Zhu Di looked unbelieving.
Guo An added: "Your Highness, there is actually a cook for Xiaguan. Although the servants in Xiaguan's residence are not as well-fed as Xiaguan, they are almost the same!"
Zhu Di was furious: "Damn it, you thief official is really deceiving me!"
Guo An still looked indifferent, "Your Highness, don't worry, I really did not deceive Your Highness. Although the taste of these meals is excellent, the ingredients and condiments used are all commonly used in the market.
It's just that when Xiaguan's cook cooks, she uses more condiments, and with her unique secret recipe, the meals she cooks are very delicious.
Moreover, Xiaguan not only gets a monthly salary, but also some money from his father at home, which is enough for Xiaguan to eat."
Zhu Di calmed down and said, "You thief officer really didn't deceive me?"
Guo An looked aggrieved and said, "Your Highness, I have been wronged. Since I was recommended as the head of Wanping County, I have never deceived Your Highness, let alone deceived my superiors and concealed corruption. Why do you keep calling me Your Highness?"
You are a thief official, but you still don’t trust your subordinates so much?”
Zhu Di said: "You are a thief official. In just a few months, I have fallen into many big traps with you and defrauded you of many good things. Is it wrong for me to call you a thief official?"
Guo An looked serious, "Your Majesty will not allow His Highness to be so self-deprecating. Your Highness loves the people like a son, and that's why he agreed to some of His Majesty's small requests. How could he be deceived?"
"Fuck you, mother, you thief..."
Zhu Di was speechless at Guo An's rogue words.
After thinking about it, he asked again: "You have always said that you are not greedy, but why did you continue to let the village chiefs borrow more food from you today in the morning office?"
"May I ask Your Highness, do you want to hear the truth or lies?"
"Stop giving this king a bad look, or I will punish you for disrespect!" Zhu Di looked solemn.
Guo An said: "Your Highness, please forgive me for the crime of disrespect, and then I will dare to speak!"
"Um?"
Zhu Di stared at Guo An.
"Your Highness, I also want to work hard until retirement and enjoy a good life. I don't want to be convicted and killed early!" Guo An said firmly.
"Okay, no matter what you say today, I will pardon you!" Zhu Di said.