Wen Wensong made a gesture of invitation: "Tea, please."
Zhou Bowen expressed his thanks.
After taking a sip of tea, Zhou Bowen explained his intention.
"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, is there any misunderstanding? Our Zhou family is engaged in honest business and we would never dare to violate the law."
While Wen Wensong was drinking tea, a mocking look flashed in his eyes.
Honest business?
If it weren't for Xia Kun's well-informed information, no one would have believed that the Zhou family, who appeared to be good people to the outside world, had done so much shady business in private.
"There have been a lot of merchants pouring into Hubei City recently, and the supervision has become stricter. Since the people below reported it, there should be nothing wrong. However, I also believe that Mr. Zhou and the entire Zhou family will go to the Yamen tomorrow to inquire. If there is anything you don’t understand, please send someone to ask Mr. Zhou to come over and answer it. It’s too late today, Mr. Zhou should rest early.”
Zhou Bowen relaxed when he saw Wen Wensong was so polite and what he said made sense.
"Then please ask the county magistrate to take care of me." Zhou Bowen said and glanced at his entourage.
The attendant immediately presented a box.
"This is a small thought, please accept it, the county magistrate."
Wen Wensong didn't move, but the servant beside him did.
The servant took the box and said, "I'm sending Mr. Zhou out. Please come this way."
When Wen Wensong saw the servant sending Zhou Bowen away, he shouted outside: "Hurry up and serve the food, I'm starving."
When the servant came back, Wen Wensong was having dinner.
He placed the box in front of Wen Wensong and said, "Sir, Mr. Zhou also gave me a silver note."
As he spoke, he took out the banknote and presented it to him.
Wen Wensong waved his hand: "What's given to you is yours."
The servant was grateful, took a few steps back, and stood aside waiting for Wen Wensong's arrangements.
Wen Wensong finished his meal slowly, opened the box and took a look, and immediately clicked his tongue several times: "What a big deal! Such a good agate..."
The next day, Wen Wensong pushed the box in front of Lu Yi.
Lu Yi took a look and said, "You can keep it!"
"Really give it to me?" Wen Wensong said doubtfully, and the movements in his hands were not slow at all. He held the box in his arms and did not let go. "This agate costs at least a thousand taels of silver. This person named Zhou is really generous. A county magistrate is so generous. If he directly flatters you, I don’t know how big a gift he will give."
"It's your business to deal with him from now on." Lu Yi said calmly, "I don't have time to care about him."
"That guy..."
"Give it back to him."
"It's pitiful that this person named Zhou fell into your hands! But the Zhou family is not unjust at all. They have done a lot of shameful things in recent years. Your parents' business failed that year, and I'm afraid it has something to do with the Zhou family. !”
"I just want to find out the truth about that year." Lu Yi tightened his grip on the pen.
"Don't get excited." Wen Wensong said, "As long as it is them who did it, we will definitely not let them go."
Zhou Bowen stood outside the Yamen and saw the Yamen carrying their goods out, while Wen Wensong followed behind.
He hurriedly came over and said to Wen Wensong, "Thank you, Mr. County Magistrate."
"Hey, I am a small county magistrate, how can I dare to be called 'adult'? Well, you and I have hit it off, so why not call us brothers. Seeing that I am two years older than Brother Zhou, I will treat him as the eldest brother. .”
"This is my honor. Brother Wen, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I wonder if Brother Wen is free today. If so, why don't you go have a few drinks?" Zhou Bowen said.
"That's not possible now, we still have to run errands! Let's go have a few drinks tonight and treat it as a celebration of making a new friend."
Wen Wensong watched Zhou Bowen's back disappear.
"This is much more tiring than approving official documents. No wonder Mr. Lu is so generous. This is a mental job!"
"Uncle Wen." Lu Zhiyun stood in front of Wen Wensong handsomely, "What are you looking at? You've been standing here in a daze. I've been calling you for a long time, but you haven't ignored me."
Wen Wensong looked at Lu Zhiyun, who had a delicate appearance and looked like a little fairy, and once again envied Lu Yi.
He also wants such daughters, even if there are ten of them, he won't be displeased.
"Xiaoyun'er, aren't you busy today?"
"I'm busy!" Lu Zhiyun said, "I'm here today to make clothes for my father."
"Oh? You can make your own clothes now." Wen Wensong teased, "Then you can make some clothes for your Uncle Wen."
"Then you go to Zhinv Pavilion to place an order first. My father's clothes are still ordered by my mother." Lu Zhiyun said, "This is the rule of our Zhinu Pavilion and cannot be broken."
"You girl..."
"Xiao Yun'er, it's time for us to work." Huo Yunxiu reminded.
Only then did Wen Wensong pay attention to Huo Yunxiu.
Huo Yunxiu lives up to her name, with a delicate appearance and a gentle and elegant temperament.
Wen Wensong said: "Xiao Yun'er, why don't you introduce me?"
Lu Zhiyun glanced at Huo Yunxiu, turned back to Wen Wensong and said, "This is our senior sister, surnamed Huo."
"Miss Huo." Wen Wensong cupped his hands towards Huo Yunxiu, "I've wasted your time. But I'm not at the county office today, so I'm afraid your trip will be in vain."
"Well, then we came at the wrong time." Huo Yunxiu was embarrassed.
"Actually, I know the size you want for adults, so there is no need to measure it separately." Wen Wensong said, "I had to pick up the official uniform some time ago, and I reported the size for adults."
"That's great." Huo Yunxiu said, "Then please tell us, Mr. Wen."
Wen Wensong reported Lu Yi's size.
Huo Yunxiu wrote it down carefully.
"Miss Huo, how about... you also help me do a few things?" Wen Wensong said, "I'm too busy here, so you can just register it for me and then do it."
As he spoke, he took out the banknote and handed it over.
"Uncle Wen, didn't you just say that you would let me do it?" Lu Zhiyun stared at Wen Wensong with his eyes that seemed to see through everything, "Now that I have asked my senior sister to do it, is it possible that you look down on my craftsmanship?"
"How could it be?" Wen Wensong said, "I'm afraid of tiring you. You have mastered your skills, but you are still young and don't have much strength."
Lu Zhiyun was thoughtful.
Wen Wensong felt increasingly guilty.
"I have something else to do, so excuse me."
Huo Yunxiu chuckled: "Your uncle is quite interesting."
"A bit silly." Lu Zhiyun said, "But he is indeed a very good person."
Mu Siyu sat in a carriage and hurried to the 'only one'.
She finally remembered the most crucial part, and maybe she could unlock the mysterious ancestral box soon.
"Why is there no one?" Zi Su said, "Isn't this one company's business bad?"
"The door is not closed. There is a sound inside. Someone should be at home." Ziyuan listened to the noise inside.
"My slave, go take a look." Zi Su opened the door and went in.
After a while, a panicked voice came from inside: "What are you doing?"
Mu Siyu and Ziyuan heard that something was wrong with the sound, and stepped into the door one after another.
After just a few steps, a disheveled man ran out in a panic, bumped into Ziyuan, stumbled, and ran out quickly.
"Catch him!" Zisu chased him out and said, "That man is frivolous, Boss Qi!"