When Ximen Qing heard that there was an invitation, he hurriedly raised his voice as if he had received an amnesty: "Which one is it?"
Lai Jue said: "It was sent by the magistrate of this county!"
Ximen Qing said "Oh" and nodded: "You take it to the study and give it to Da'an first. I'll be there right away."
"Yes!" The footsteps faded and Lai Jue disappeared.
Wu Yueniang was a woman who knew how to advance and retreat. When she heard that her husband had foreign affairs, although she was reluctant to leave him, she had already let go of Ximen Qing's hand.
Ximen Qing stood up and said, "Yue Niang, I'm going right now. You should keep these IOUs. I want to see how long these guys can keep dancing?"
Yueniang's eyes flickered to Ximen Qing's face, and a thousand words could be said in this look: "Congratulations to your husband!"
Ximen Qing pulled away and walked quickly to the study, with lingering fear in his heart as he walked: "My eyes are so cute! My eyes are so cute! It's really amazing! An ordinary man would never be able to pass this level. He would have turned steel into soft fingers by a long time!"
As he thought about it, he was secretly worried. Although he had accepted Ximen Qing's identity, he didn't know how to face Wu Yueniang's wife. Facing Jiaohua Nephrite, if he said he didn't covet her, that would be a lie.
However, he still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart - this was someone else's wife!
Moreover, if he stirs someone up like a raging fire, but he dies eight years later, making them sad in vain, isn’t that a deception? It’s better to be like Ximen Qing in the past, and keep treating Yueniang
The indifference has gone down, but - I still lack such a hard-hearted heart...
Alas! The future is so difficult to predict, how can it not make people feel confused? Ximen Qing forcibly restrained the wrinkled spring water in his heart, and after entering the study room, he first told Daian to prepare clothes for visiting guests.
Then he opened the invitation from Qinghe County Magistrate Li Dafu.
The invitation didn't mention anything important, but just asked Ximen Qing to come to the county government office for a while after the county government office today. Ximen Qing thought about it, couldn't help but smile, and then passed it on to Wang and gave instructions.
He was like this, Lai Wang nodded.
After a while, Da'an brought Ximen Qing's complete outfit for going out. Ximen Qing dressed up and rode a white horse, followed by Da'an's horse, and headed for the county government office. When they arrived at the main gate, the magistrate was sitting in court to inquire about a case, and Ximen Qing did not dare to disturb him.
, then went around to the back corner door, took out the invitation from the magistrate and the greeting note written by himself, and asked the person at the door to inform them.
The door passed to the door, and after a while, the door was opened wide, and the county magistrate's son greeted him personally. He kept calling himself "young nephew" and "sneered" step by step. He invited Ximen Qing to sit in the official hall, and Daian, who was holding the horse, had his own butler.
Please make arrangements.
Although Ximen Qing handed over the government, he was born as a white man and had never enjoyed such courtesy. Today, he suddenly made an exception. He couldn't help nodding and secretly amused himself: "That must have been what started it!"
Above the official hall, Mr. Li greeted him with fragrant tea and put on the latest fruits, and then he sat down with him respectfully and chatted. After drinking a few cups of new tea, he heard three clouds in front of him.
, Ximen Qing knew that Magistrate Li had withdrawn, so he stood up and waited at the steps of the official hall.
Mr. Li confessed his crime and ran as fast as he could to deliver a message to his father. Not long after, Ximen Qing heard a burst of laughter from behind Zhaobi: "I didn't expect Brother Siquan to come so early, but he is a brother."
It’s a sin to be abrupt!”
Ximen Qing's courtesy name was Siquan. Although Li Zhixian was quite polite to him on weekdays, he only called him "Siquan" and called him "my official". Today, he became "Brother Siquan" and was humbled as "brother".
"Ximen Qing understood a little more.
In a moment, Li Dafu, the county magistrate, had turned around the screen wall and came face to face with Ximen Qing. He saw him - wearing foundation boots and a black gauze hat. His official clothes were embroidered with flying silk, and his jade belt was exquisitely made. The young master was holding the case file and was sitting on a mattress, hugging him.
He has a sharp mouth and is good at daisy, and his quick eyes are good at showing off. He smiles when he sees money and roars at the people. He is called a parent official, but he is actually a jackal and a thief.
As soon as he saw Li Zhixian, Ximen Qing hurried forward, pretending to give a big gift, but Li Zhixian had already grabbed him, and then he walked shoulder to shoulder into the inner hall, complaining as he walked: "Four
Brother Quan, are you and my brother still doing this? What kind of friendship do we have? From now on, all the false courtesy between you and me will be wiped out!"
Ximen Qing said hypocritically: "This can't be done! Your Majesty is an official of the imperial court, and I am a white man with an oak tree. How dare you climb Mount Tai and Beidou?"
Li Zhixian said with consternation: "If Brother Siquan is so humble, he doesn't treat me like a good brother, but treats me like a beast!"
Ximen Qing saw that his face was darkened, and then he closed his hat and said: "Since the Lord has spoken to such an extent, then the common people have no choice but to be bold! If there are any transgressions in his words in the future, I hope that the Lord will forgive me.
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Li Zhixian then smiled brightly and spoke more casually: "What sir? That's pure bullshit! It's just spending ten years of hard work to buy a seat, and during the term of office, the money will be paid back with interest! Brother Siquan will do it in the future.
You must never call me "Sir" again, that is for others to hear. You can call me by my cousin, brother, my cousin is 'Gongji'."
Ximen Qing then smiled and said: "In that case, Brother Gongji invites you!"
"Brother Siquan, please come!" Li Zhixian and Ximen Qing were chatting happily all the way, talking about the friendship that could be cut off with a sharp knife. It was not until they entered the inner hall that the guests and hosts took their seats.
After the servants brought the tea, and after drinking the first cup of tea, Ximen Qing said, "I don't know what important matter Brother Gongji has for calling me here today?"
Li Zhixian said with a smile: "Don't you have nothing to do if you have nothing to do? Brother Siquan's big drive is not good? It should be noted that the autumn breeze has been refreshing recently, which is a good time to eat sea bass. Yesterday, two guests on the river gave me a few fresh sea bass.
, You can’t keep the delicious food to yourself, brother, I thought of hosting a banquet to invite the heroes from Qinghe County. Who is the hero? Of course the first one is your brother Siquan!"
Ximen Qing even said he didn't dare, and then asked: "But I don't know who else was invited to the hero's banquet, Brother Gongji?"
Li Zhixian said: "Brother, although my ability is average, my vision is high. Apart from Brother Siquan, I only hired Zhou Xiu, Zhou Nanxuan, and two others, Xia Yanling and Xia Longxi, and the rest are just mediocre!"
Ximen Qing said "Oh" and suddenly laughed: "It's better to be in time than to be in time. I have something to do and I want to ask Brother Gongji, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Xia for help."
When Li Zhixian heard this, he closed the folding fan he was shaking and tapped the fan in his palm: "But I don't know what trouble Brother Siquan is in?"
Ximen Qing smiled and said: "It's just a trivial matter. Although I can take care of it with my own intervention, it will be more justifiable if the government intervenes."
Li Zhixian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said: "Brother Siquan's matter is my Li Dafu's matter! Even the words of Zhou Nanxuan and Xia Longxi will be taken care of by brothers! If they dare If you don’t agree, I will have a big fight with these two dogs and we will be incompatible with each other!”
Before he finished speaking, someone outside the door laughed: "Aren't you afraid that the wind will slap your tongue when you say such big words?" This is exactly:
To know a person's heart, don't read it through words. To draw a tiger, you should draw it from its bones. But you don't know who is laughing. Let's listen to the explanation in the next chapter.