Ya Tou led them around the main courtyard and went back, when they came to the courtyard of the study, they happened to meet a young lady who turned around with a disappointed expression on her face, and she couldn't help but stop when she saw Zhou Man and the three, "Xiuhong, who are these three? "
Xiuhong smiled and stopped, saying: "Miss Biao, this is my uncle's guest."
She hesitated for a moment, and introduced her to Zhou Man and the other three, "This is the cousin of our family."
Seeing that she seemed to be a little older than her, Man Bao smiled and saluted first, "So it's Miss Biao."
Seeing that she was performing Confucian rituals, Miss Biao hesitated for a moment before squatting down and performing her own rituals, but seeing that Xiuhong didn't intend to introduce her, she felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Man Bao also took a look at Xiuhong, and then introduced himself with a smile: "My name is Zhou Man, and these are my two younger brothers."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang also saluted, then paused in embarrassment, and looked at each other.
Seeing that they seemed to have nothing to say, Xiuhong reminded: "Miss Man, Young Master Bai, my uncle is still waiting."
The three of them nodded to Miss Biao, then smiled and went into the yard with Xiuhong.
Xiuhong only sent her to the gate of the courtyard, and someone came out to pick her up.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief when they entered the study, and couldn't help laughing as they looked at each other.
Magistrate Tang was sitting by the stove refilling tea, and asked, "Did something funny happen? Let's hear it."
"No." Naturally, Bai Shan would not say in front of the master's family that the servants of the master's family were wrong, and it was not a big deal. He pulled Man Bao to sit on the low stool by the stove, and said with a smile: "Why only Nothing to eat for tea?"
Tang He turned his head and wrote to Yang He: "After a trip to Xiazhou, why are you all hungry?"
Yang Heshu smiled and said: "Before Xiazhou was short of meat and vegetables, so when I returned to the capital suddenly, I wanted to make up for it."
Tang He asked: "Will it be difficult for you to take over Xiazhou now?"
Yang Heshu smiled lightly, "We've passed the most difficult time, no matter how difficult it will be in the future, can you still feel sad about the reputation of those four months?"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, who had experienced it in Xiazhou, nodded together, yes, no matter how difficult it is, can there be a disease when the epidemic is rampant
Magistrate Tang asked: "Those people in Xiazhou hate you..."
"Niu Kang will be released in a few days," he said, "He didn't introduce smallpox maliciously, so the law doesn't allow him to be charged. With him and the Niu family, he wants to turn me away." It’s not hard to have hatred on your body.”
Tang He reminded: "Enough is enough."
Yang Heshu: "When I arrive in Xiazhou, I will persuade the Niu family to leave Xiazhou and return to their hometown."
Niu Cishi will definitely not be able to go back. His dereliction of duty is serious this time, and it is considered a felony. He will probably be sentenced to prison, and he may even be exiled.
Originally, the Niu family had in-laws in Xiazhou, and Niu Cishi had been operating in Xiazhou for many years. Even his Zhishi family could continue to operate in Xiazhou, but with the current reputation of the Niu family, they would not have any good results staying in Xiazhou .
In fact, the public opinion in Xiazhou had been guided by others before, and Yang Heshu didn't know about it, but at that time the city was full of grief, and he knew that everyone needed a vent, if he fought with them immediately, not to mention the harm to the survivors, The blasphemy of the dead may not necessarily win for him.
But now that he has left Xiazhou, and even his wife and children have escaped to the Zhuangzi outside the city, it is more convenient for him to talk about it among the people at this time than it is harmful.
People are always naturally biased towards the weak, especially if he has not made a big mistake, and all righteousness is within.
In front of the four of them, he did not hide his scheming, and even taught Bai Shan, who was still ignorant, to say: "Sometimes showing others to be weak can lead to greater gains."
Magistrate Tang tutted his tongue and said, "You are not a gentleman at all. Be careful to teach them badly. Mr. Zhuang will come to settle accounts with you."
Yang Heshu burst out laughing, and said cheerfully, "You're right."
So don't mention it again.
Bai Shan and the others were a little disappointed.
Man Bao was going to see Doctor Xiao in the afternoon, but he was not very free. He came here today because he was worried about Yang Heshu.
So they took their leave after lunch in the Yang Mansion.
The rice was used in the study, and Yang Heshu didn't let them go to meet the elders of his family, and sent the four of them directly to the side yard, watched them get into the carriage, and then nodded and watched them leave.
After the two carriages had left, the smile on his face faded, he turned his head and said to the young man who was accompanying him: "Go and ask Wan Tian, who led Miss Man and the others to the study room this morning?" Yes, did you meet anyone or see something on the way?"
The servant responded, and waited for the uncle to go back to the study before going to Wan Tian.
But within a quarter of an hour, Wan Tian came over and told Zhou Man and the others from the moment they got off the carriage, all the way to the study, explaining everything in detail.
Yang Heshu is practicing calligraphy and meditating.
Wan Tian said: "Master, do you want to talk to the nanny in charge? That girl is too unruly, and I have to let Miss Man and the others speak up."
Yang Heshu said: "She's just not clever enough, Zhou Man and the others didn't take it seriously, why should we go to war? But the girls in the mansion are not as good as they used to be."
He didn't even teach well.
Wan Tian lowered his eyes and thought: It's not as good as in the past, it's clear that even the little girl next to Mrs. Hou can't be compared, and Mrs. Hou doesn't know how to manage the house...
Yang Heshu looked at the words he had written, frowned slightly, and said, "Pack up your things, I'm a little sick, and the house is too busy to recuperate recently, so let's go to Zhuangzi to stay for a few days, and wait for the official documents from the Ministry of Officials to arrive. just go."
Wan Tian was stunned for a moment and then asked, "Don't you still want to know if Miss Man and the others are going to the Western Regions?"
"Man Bao said that His Majesty sent a letter to Anxi. It will take a long time to go back and forth. I am afraid that there will be no results in a while. Let's go back to Xiazhou and wait. They are going to the Western Regions, and they have to come from Xiazhou passed."
Wan Tian thought so, so he turned around and cleaned up.
They had only been home for two days, and they had very little luggage, so they didn't need to pack much at all, they just rolled up and left.
Lord Yang Hou was not at home. When he came home in the afternoon and found out, his sons had left the city to live in the village. The housekeeper was sweating on his forehead and said, "Your servant sees that the uncle is in a bad state. You might as well take a dip in the soup spring. It's only February. Well, when the cold wind from the north blows, it's very cold to the bone."
Yang Houye glanced at him and said: "You don't need to make up for him, he must dislike the guests at home who disturb him too much."
Yang Houye was a little angry at the beginning, and he lived in another courtyard outside the city as soon as he came back, and he hadn't spoken to him, this old man.
But after getting angry, thinking of his son who had lost so much weight, he felt distressed, so he waved his hand and said: "Forget it, he can go if he wants to, and someone will send him some things. Xiazhou is desolate, and there are not many good things. Now that he is in the capital, he will take the opportunity to make up for it."
Look at how thin this is. It wasn't so miserable when I went to the lower county of Luojiang County to be the county magistrate. Xiazhou is still a prefecture, hmph.