When Qiao Xianyong heard the word "eat" mentioned by Sheriff Ning, he felt that he was already hungry. Sheriff Ning gave him his hand, and Qiao immediately walked into the central hall of the Sheriff's mansion without looking away. Qiao Xianyong and
Huanxiang followed her in, but Qiao Xianyong couldn't help but worry about Qi'er. He glanced at her sideways, pretending to be nonchalant, but saw Qi'er biting her lip, as if she was extremely confused about what to do.
At this moment, Mrs. Qiao opened her mouth and said, "Maids, ladies and gentlemen, please don't come in to wait on me. It's been a hard day after driving and riding. Let's just eat something in the kitchen outside, and then clean up the sleeping place for the young master and young lady early."
Okay." Qiao Xianyong saw Qier let out a long sigh of relief and stopped. But Qiao suddenly turned her head as if she remembered something and said, "Mother Zhang, please come in and serve me. There is no need for anyone else."
Mrs. Zhang seemed to have been waiting for Mrs. Qiao's words. At this moment, as if she had received an imperial edict, she strode past Qiao Xianyong Huanxiang, one step at a time, and stood beside Mrs. Qiao with her head held high. Huanxiang's expression was...
A little angry, but didn't say anything.
The exquisite meals had already been prepared in a small living room on the east side of the central hall. County Sheriff Ning invited Qiao to sit at the main seat in the middle of the Eight Immortals table, but he sat at the bottom to accompany him. Huanxiang and Qiao Xianyong sat in the other two seats in the room.
Among them, except for the servants who came in like flowing water to serve, only Granny Zhang stood behind Mr. Qiao, looking at everyone with two eyes that were bulging out like goldfish.
County Sheriff Ning stared at Granny Zhang and said to Mrs. Qiao with a smile, "Mrs. Wu, you are still the same as before, taking a bodyguard with you wherever you go. Why, now that you have a woman by your side, why are you worried?
? Could it be that I, Old Ning, can still harm you?"
As soon as Governor Ning finished speaking, Granny Zhang's face immediately turned as red as pig liver, and she interjected, "Master Ning, who doesn't know your reputation? No wonder Madam is careful."
County Sheriff Ning saw Granny Zhang being rude and didn't say anything. Instead, he glanced at Qiao Xianyong with a half-smile, and then raised his glass and said, "I, Ning Zhengbo, welcome my wife and young lady to my residence tonight. I'll raise my glass for three drinks first."
Cup, to express welcome!" Then he poured three cups and drank them all without asking for wine. He said with a smile, "Come, madam, please eat fish, and miss, please eat these bamboo shoots brought from the south. The young master will definitely like it.
Beef, the slow-cooked beef in my house is extremely delicious. Master, please have more."
Sheriff Ning seemed to be a very hospitable person, and he was busy pushing cups and changing dishes. Qiao didn't appreciate it very much, with a cold look on his face. Huanxiang picked up the dishes in front of him absentmindedly, and ate whatever he found. Qiao Xianyong
But I don't know why, I don't know why this dinner is so cold, but because I'm hungry, I don't care about other people's expressions, I just eat meat.
For half an hour, apart from the sound of everyone chewing at the table, the only sound that could be heard was the voice of Sheriff Ning.
Sheriff Ning sang his one-man show for a long time, but when no one responded at the table, he seemed a little impatient. His face changed, and he leaned on the back of the Taishi chair and said, "Mrs. Wu, what's the matter, Old Ning?"
What's wrong with the poor reception? Madam didn't even give him a good look? It seems that Madam has made meritorious service in front of that man and gained status, so she looks down on Lao Ning?"
As soon as these words came out, the other people on the table stopped using their chopsticks in an instant.
Qiao Xianyong was the first to raise his head without knowing why, with a look of confusion on his face. It sounded like what Commander Ning said had something to do with the Qiao family? Who was "that person" he mentioned? Qiao Xianyong couldn't help but think of it.
Huanxiang nervously told him in the garden of the Wu family's residence in Anjiang City in the morning that Mrs. Qiao was not his real mother. Could it be that Huanxiang didn't lie to him? There was someone behind the instructions of Mrs. Qiao to deceive him, Qiao Xianyong.
?
When Huanxiang heard that Sheriff Ning spoke so rudely to Mr. Qiao, she was not angry. Instead, she looked at Mr. Ning and then at Mr. Qiao with a look of wanting to see something good.
The two most nervous people in the room were Mrs. Qiao and Granny Zhang behind her. The chopsticks in Mrs. Qiao's hands were not put down by herself, but she was obviously shocked by these words, so she fell to the table. The white tablecloth embroidered with lotus immediately
The dyed soup was dripping. Mrs. Qiao frowned, glanced at Qiao Xianyong quickly, and then whispered to County Sheriff Ning, "Ning Zhengbo, what are you talking about? There are some extremely important things. If you mess them up, I will
Let’s see if you can’t afford to eat and walk around! Don’t think that in the past two years, you have plundered some people’s wealth and paid more rent, and your back has become stiff. Let me tell you, you are very far behind!”
Sheriff Ning's expression seemed to be frightened by Qiao's domineering expression for a moment, and then he sneered, "Of course I, Ning Zhengbo, don't dare to interfere in the big things above, nor do I dare to say anything. But today
Since your son has been arranged to live in the temple of a local emperor like me, to be honest, we are not looking at your face. I, Lao Ning, listen to whose words I think you know very well. I have done my best as a landlord, but you are still so cold-hearted.
, I think once this matter is settled, we still don’t know what the ending of each other will be! Don’t think that if you handle this matter, you will be fine. I also tell you, there are many things you don’t know.
!”
As soon as Ning Junshou finished speaking, he threw away his chopsticks, stood up, slammed the door, and walked out. Only the livid-faced Qiao family, Qiao Xianyong, and Huanxiang were left behind.
Huanxiang winked at Qiao Xianyong and signaled him to speak. Qiao Xianyong understood Huanxiang's eyes and cautiously opened his mouth and said, "Mom, this County Sheriff Ning doesn't seem to be a good person. Don't get angry with him. Let's just stay together."
I'll leave after one night. If mother has finished eating, please ask Granny Zhang to send mother and young lady back to their room to rest."
At this time, Granny Zhang rarely played the role of peacemaker. She also came to help Mrs. Qiao and said, "Madam, there is no need to be angry with this beast! He is spoiled! We have Ning Zhengbo.
I don’t know what, and I don’t know whose wooden clock I bumped into a few years ago, and I got the job of Ning Si Mansion, oh, I really think I am a local emperor, bah!”
Mrs. Qiao coldly interrupted Granny Zhang and said, "Mrs. Zhang, when you speak, think carefully before speaking." Then she nodded to Qiao Xianyong and said, "Xianyong, my mother has been sitting in the sedan chair for too long today, and she is indeed feeling unwell.
, I barely finished the meal, and I feel very dizzy, so I better go back to my room to rest. There are our young men and the servants of this mansion at the door, let them lead you to your room, and go to sleep early." After that.
He left the wing tremblingly, his back seemed to shrink a bit. It was obviously something that County Sheriff Ning said that really knocked Mrs. Qiao down.