Ma Yunxin knew that her husband must be taunting her: "By the way, if there is anything wrong with what I did, please just say it."
Wang Hengyue said coldly: "Do you have an uncle named 'Bayé'?"
"Ba yé?" Ma Yunxin thought for a while and suddenly realized: "Yes, his name is Gui Shenguang. Actually, he is my uncle, but he is just a distant relative. He is the eighth oldest child in the family, so we call him Ba Ge, Ba yé. "
"As simple as a distant uncle?"
"Actually, his family is very close to ours." Ma Yunxin said honestly: "Back then, yéyé was working as a steward in Guangdong, and my eighth uncle's family was also from Cantonese, so they moved around a lot, and we became familiar with him over and over again. I heard that he I’m going to Sichuan soon”
Speaking of this, he suddenly seemed to understand something: "Tell me, has Uncle Eight made you angry?"
Wang Hengyue nodded and told what happened today.
When Ma Yunxin heard this, she also stamped her feet: "I just came back from my father's place, and I heard that many relatives are coming to join us. Why, why did this happen?"
Wang Hengyue held Ma Yunxin's hand and asked her to sit next to him: "Yunxin, I am not an unreasonable person. Apart from your Ma family, I don't have even half a relative here. When the relatives come, we will take care of them." Feeding, taking care of them, playing with them, providing them with money, even if you feed them for a lifetime, it's nothing Dingguojun’s reputation!”
At this point, some people became angry again: "That eighth uncle of yours keeps saying that he is the prefect. In a few days, the whole city will know about this matter."
"Tell me, please calm down. We did something wrong. I will apologize to you on behalf of my eighth uncle." Yunxin said, holding her husband's hand tightly.
"I don't care about your business. I shouldn't take my temper out on you."
Just as she was talking, there was a knock on the door, and Ma Yunxin let go of her husband's hand: "Come in."
The person who came in was the housekeeper of the Ma family: "How do you do with Governor Jun and Madam? I told you that my relatives are here today. If Governor Jun and Madam are free, I wonder if they can go home and have a meal."
Ma Yunxin was about to refuse, but Wang Hengyue suddenly said: "Okay, go tell my husband, we will definitely be there tonight!"
The Ma family was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, firstly to celebrate returning to their own Ma's house, and secondly because Sichuan Governor Hengyue Wang Dujun came here for the first time after returning to Chengdu.
As soon as they entered the door, Ma Chengde and his two sons hurriedly greeted him: "Shu Zhi, Shu Zhi, Lord Dujun, my good son-in-law, you are here!"
"Father-in-law, you've been waiting for a long time." Wang Hengyue said politely.
"Hengshuai!" Ma Weizhong and Ma Weiyi saluted from behind.
Wang Hengyue waved his hand: "In my own family, there is no one who is always handsome or not, we are all one family!"
"Yes, yes, one family, one family." Ma Chengde said proudly: "Come and tell me, please come in."
He dragged off his black cloak and handed it to the deputy. As soon as he entered, Wang Hengyue saw the "eight yé" at first sight and pretended he didn't recognize him: "Who is this?"
"Cǎo Min Gui Shenguang joins the Governor-General!" Before Ma Chengde could introduce him, Gui Shenguang had already knelt down and said respectfully.
Ma Chengde smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, this is my relative from Guangdong. In terms of seniority, he is your uncle."
"Oh, it's my uncle who's back to the bathroom, please get up quickly, please get up quickly." Wang Hengyue hurriedly helped Gui Shenguang up and patted the dust on his clothes.
Ma Yunxin smiled bitterly. The more her husband did this, the harder it would be for him to return to Shenguang soon.
After sitting down at the wine table and pouring the wine, Wang Hengyue raised his glass first: "When did uncle come back? Why didn't he come to my place? Yun Xin and I can fulfill our filial piety."
Gui Shenguang suddenly felt a light on his face and drank the wine first: "Master Dujun, I don't dare, I don't dare. The people know that Master Dujun is busy with work, how can they dare to disturb him easily? I finally saw Dujun today. , three lives are blessed, three lives are blessed.”
Wang Hengyue said with a smile: "My uncle is too polite to reply. You can just ask me to describe it. There is no need to call him Dujun."
Gui Shenguang became more and more proud. He gave Wang Hengyue a thumbs up and poured wine into Wang Hengyue's cup: "Shu Zhi is indeed a hero, and he has no airs. The Ma family has such a son-in-law. How can I ask for it? I respect you for this glass." !”
Wang Hengyue drank quietly, but Ma Weizhong and Ma Weiyi beside him were shocked.
Why is my cousin so ignorant of things? How can the word "Shu Zhi" be called "Shu Zhi" by everyone except the people closest to Heng Shuai? Besides, my cousin is just a distant relative?
Gui Shenguang didn't know anything about it, and was very proud. He just felt that he had such a nephew and son-in-law, and he really didn't have to worry about anything.
"I wonder how long it will take for my uncle to stay in Sichuan when he returns home?" Wang Hengyue suddenly asked.
Gui Shenguang was startled, and Ma Chengde hurriedly helped him: "To tell you the truth, I invited you here this time to discuss this matter with you. Shenguang's life in Guangdong was not satisfactory, and you became the governor of Sichuan and the provincial director. I am a senior, so I want to come to Sichuan to find a job.”
"Oh, that's it." Wang Hengyue nodded and thought for a long time without saying anything.
Gui Shenguang looked nervous and stared at Wang Hengyue without blinking. It took him a long time to hear Wang Hengyue say: "How about I appoint you as the Daoyin of the Eight Counties?"
Gui Shenguang didn't know what kind of official "Daoyin" was. Wang Hengyue explained: "This Daoyin is subordinate to the provincial governor. The eight-county Daoyin is the highest-ranking official in charge of eight counties. Uncle Lao Hui What do you think?"
Gui Shenguang was overjoyed.
Originally, when I came here this time, what I said about "prefect, governor" was just bragging with my companions. I would be satisfied if I could get a magistrate job. Who would have thought that my nephew and son-in-law actually gave me eight counties!
Just as I was about to "thank you", I heard Wang Hengyue say calmly: "I will write the appointment now and prepare a carriage for my uncle's return to the yé tomorrow, and take care of the expenses. Please ask the uncle to return to the yé and take up his post in Guangdong."
"What?" Gui Shenguang was stunned: "Guangdong?"
Ma Chengde also thought that Wang Hengyue had made a mistake and said, "It's Sichuan, right?"
"Guangdong!" Wang Hengyue repeated these two words: "My uncle came from Guangdong when he came back, so of course he has to go to Guangdong to take up his post."
Gui Shenguang was a little confused. Wang Hengyue was the governor of Sichuan, how could he appoint a member of the Guangdong governor? How could the governor of Guangdong handle his account? He muttered: "Speaking of which, I am afraid that your appointment in Sichuan will not come. Can’t go to Guangdong?”
"Okay, okay." Wang Hengyue said with a sneer: "Your Jun ticket from Guangdong can be used in Sichuan, why can't my Sichuan appointment be used in Guangdong? Uncle, please come back!"
With that said, he rushed outside and said: "Ye Bao'er, bring the things that my uncle brought back to the yé!"
As soon as Ye Baoer walked in, Gui Shenguang was immediately stunned. Wasn't this the handsome girl he saw in the restaurant during the day?
Ye Baoer smiled sarcastically at him, took out something and put it on the wine table: "Do you still recognize this when you come back?"
Gui Shenguang looked at that and his expression changed drastically. Could it be the Guangdong Jun tickets he used in the restaurant?
"Gui Shenguang, you are so brave!" Wang Hengyue roared suddenly.
With a "plop", Gui Shenguang was so frightened that he knelt down.
"This, what does this mean?" Ma Chengde was confused.
Ma Yunxin hurriedly pulled her father aside and whispered, while Ma Chengde's expression also changed rapidly.
Looking at Ma Chengde who was kneeling on the ground, Wang Hengyue sneered again and again: "Okay, very good, my family really has talents. Relying on my power, they have not even seen my face, and they dare to pretend to be powerful. If you use the invalid Jun tickets to cheat, if I really do it for you, Daoyin, I'm afraid that all the people there will be stripped clean by you!"
Gui Shenguang was trembling all over and did not dare to say a word.
Wang Hengyue sat there with a stern look on his face: "What talent do you have, how dare you come to me to ask for help? Even Yun Xin's two brothers, Brother Hui, climbed up step by step based on their merits. The second uncle has not been able to do anything until now. I am still a lieutenant colonel. I, Wang Hengyue, know rewards and punishments clearly. Even if my dear uncle comes, if he wants to become a general again, he still has to rely on his own ability!"
He said this partly for Gui Shenguang and partly for his father-in-law.
Wang Hengyue's tone softened slightly: "I have already paid you double compensation for the money you spent in the restaurant. My family doesn't do good things, so I have to wipe it out! But I can wipe it off once." , I don’t even think about it every time! Yunxin!”
Ma Yunxin came over and put a big letter on the table. Wang Hengyue nodded: "You can take these big words back and do some small business, or go and beg for a few more aunts and wives. It has nothing to do with me. It's me." I will do my best to show my filial piety for Yunxin. When you come back tomorrow, you will leave Chengdu and never come to Sichuan again!"
Gui Shenguang took Dayang tremblingly, ignored Ma Chengde's pleas to stay, and left Ma's house with his head in his arms.
The atmosphere was very awkward now, and Ma Chengde couldn't stand or sit.
Wang Hengyue's tone softened: "Father-in-law, all personnel arrangements in the governor's house have rules, and no one else can do it. If it were someone else, I would definitely punish him severely, but this is your relative. , I’m going to be liberal. But in the future, please don’t send people to my governor’s house again.”
"En Chengde responded repeatedly.
"Sichuan is not yet completely stable." Wang Hengyue said with a hint of truth: "Yunnan, Guizhou, and Beiyang are all eyeing me in Sichuan. I don't know if it will be here tomorrow. If anyone now treats me as a relative of the emperor, I'm afraid My head won’t settle down without your heads.”
Ma Weizhong stood at attention: "Heng Shuai, this kind of thing will never happen again!"
Wang Hengyue stood up and asked the deputy to bring him the cloak: "I remember what I said today, brother-in-law and brother-in-law, we are relatives. I need you to help me secure this position, instead of deliberately making me lose my position.