From old Zhou Tou's point of view, Zhou Yin was a married man, and Man Bao's surname Xia seemed to be justified. If her surname was Xia, then the Xia family's property should naturally belong to Man Bao, and he would not give away a single penny.
But Man Bao has always followed his surname, and he didn't want Man Bao to change his surname, so he felt ashamed. On the one hand, he felt that these family properties were left to Man Bao by his sister-in-law, and on the other hand, he felt that it was unfair to compete with the Xia clan for property. So I'm still struggling right now.
Man Bao is not as entangled as her father, these things are left to her mother by her grandparents, and her mother left her, no matter what her last name is, she is their daughter, isn't she
She wants to take it or not, but she wants to see what happened after her biological parents left Shangzhou that year.
The three straddled horses and walked down the street, and arrived at the gate of the county government office after more than a quarter of an hour. The guards had already handed in the door stickers and were waiting at the gate of the county government office.
The three of them dismounted, handed the horse to Daji, and went to the gate of the county government office to wait, because they were standing in the shadows, Bai Shan then took the bamboo hat.
Man Bao couldn't bear to put it on again, so he took it together, and then he took it off. A middle-aged man in official uniform came out of the county office in a hurry.
Zhou Man, who just took off the curtain when he saw it, hesitated for a moment, but still stepped forward to salute, "This is Mr. Zhou?"
Man Bao immediately replied with a smile, "I edited Zhou Man in Xiachong Wenguan, and I have something to do in Shangzhou, so I took the liberty to bother County Magistrate Zhai. Please forgive me for the interruption."
"Where, where, my lord came to Shangzhou, it's a good thing for me in Shangzhou," County magistrate Zhai saw that Zhou Man was polite, put half of his heart down, and asked sideways: "Master Zhou, please talk inside."
Zhou Man nodded slightly, glanced sideways at Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, and then entered with Magistrate Zhai.
The master who accompanied the county magistrate Zhai took a quick glance at Bai Shanbai Erlang, saw that the two men were dressed in decent clothes and gorgeous accessories, and after comparing their ages, they guessed their identities.
Compared with Zhou Man, he thinks it is more important for adults to make friends with these two.
When we arrived at the back hall of the county government office, County Magistrate Zhai asked a few people to sit down, and then Man Bao introduced, "These are my two younger brothers."
The county magistrate Zhai obviously knew about them, after all, he had thought about it carefully with his master when he got the door post.
If it was another Beijing official, let alone the fifth rank, he might not be able to recognize the fourth rank.
However, there was only one female official in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and because of Zhou Man, the prince gave birth to a son, and the prince's family immediately gained a firm foothold. Now, no one in the country's officials knew that Zhou Man was a genius doctor and a celebrity in front of the prince.
What's more, Shangzhou is not very far from the capital.
Naturally, Zhou Man's two juniors were also well-known, knowing that these two were students of the Chongwen Museum, who were studying with the prince, and would have a brighter future than Zhou Man, so County Magistrate Zhai was also very polite to them.
After the two parties saluted and sat down, Man Bao raised his interest, "Magistrate Zhai should have heard about my relationship with King Yizhou."
Magistrate Zhai smiled awkwardly, not knowing why she mentioned this, of course he knew, this was the beginning of Zhou Man's fame.
Man Bao continued: "I didn't know my biological parents when I was young, and I... my uncle and aunt knew very little about my father's life after he left home. For some reason, I didn't dare to look for it. .”
Zhai County Magistrate was surprised when he heard this, "Your Majesty's mother clan is from Shangzhou?"
Man Bao nodded.
The county magistrate Zhai and the master were overjoyed when they heard the words, and asked, "Does your lord know any other relatives in the family?"
Man Bao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I only know that my grandparents have passed away long ago, but I don't know what other relatives are in the family. Back then, my father..."
Magistrate Zhai showed a regretful expression.
"Because of the short time, my parents didn't mention many things about the family, so I came to look for them, hoping to find relatives and know where the graves of grandparents are so I can worship." Man Bao said: "I also ask the county magistrate Zhai to help .”
When the county magistrate Zhai heard that it was such a trivial matter as visiting relatives, he immediately responded with a smile, "The household registration from more than ten years ago should be found in the county government, and it would be easier to find if you can know where you once lived. "
Man Bao immediately said: "This is true."
Man Bao took out a house deed and said with a smile: "This is where my grandparents used to live. As far as I know, my parents still lived here before they returned to their hometown."
County magistrate Zhai frowned when he saw the house deed, feeling that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, he took it with a smile, looked at the address carefully and said with a smile: "It's not far away, in Songhua Lane, um , Over there in Songhua Lane, someone, please come and invite Chief Xu to come."
Man Bao picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and looked at Bai Shan calmly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
When Li Zhang Xu followed the yamen servants to enter the door, the three of Bai Shan were discussing with the county magistrate Zhai the recent articles published by Mr. Wei in the residence newspaper.
Of course, it was mainly Bai Shan who was talking. Occasionally, Man Bao would interject a few words. Bai Erlang felt that he could not speak at this time, otherwise the level of senior brothers and sisters would be lowered too much, so he ate snacks and drank tea quietly.
In just three quarters of an hour, County Magistrate Zhai's attitude towards the two of them had changed from being alienated and polite to admiration and respect, and they were even slightly close.
He looked at the three people, mainly Bai Shan and Zhou Man, and thought to himself: Sure enough, it makes sense for them to stand out, and they have such insight at a young age, the capital is indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
While discussing happily, he turned his head and saw Xu Lichang coming in, the county magistrate Zhai stopped regretfully, and then introduced Zhou Man and the others: "This is Xu Lichang, and he happens to be in charge of that area."
Xu Lichang looked at Zhou Man in surprise, he was still waiting at home for Xia Yi's family to come to his door, but he was called to the county government office by the yamen servant. Seeing how polite the county magistrate Zhai was to Zhou Man and the three, he was not sure of their identities for a while.
Man Bao already nodded with a smile, instead of getting up to salute, he raised his hand and said, "Master Xu, please sit down, we meet again."
Zhai County Magistrate looked at Zhou Man, then at Xu Lizhang who was sweating on his forehead, and asked with a smile, "Why, Mr. Zhou has met Xu Lizhang?"
Man Bao nodded with a smile, "Yes, it's just that we are outsiders. The chief has a lot of things to say to us, but I can understand it. After all, it concerns the privacy of the people. The chief should be more careful."
Zhai County Magistrate laughed and said: "That's true, but Xu Lichang doesn't have to worry, this Lord Zhou is also an official of the imperial court, and he will definitely not use the privacy of the people to do illegal things."
Man Bao smiled and nodded, then looked at Xu Lichang with a smile, and seeing that he was still standing, he quickly said: "Li Chang, please sit down, let's sit down and talk slowly."
Xu Lichang sat on the chair with half of his buttocks, twitched the corner of his mouth and asked: "I didn't know that the young lady is an adult, please forgive me for being rude."
But when a woman is an official... Could it be a female official in the palace
but so small...
The county magistrate Zhai had already guessed that the two sides might have fought against each other, and Zhou Man must have failed to get a question from Chief Xu, so he came to him.
Thinking of this, the smile on Zhai County Magistrate's face faded, and he said to Xu Lichang in a serious way: "I called Xu Lichang to ask someone."
He glanced at Zhou Man and said, "Is Chief Xu familiar with Xia Yan?"