A group of people entered the post station and went back to their own rooms to stay. They hadn't slept in the bed for a while, so Manbao couldn't help sighing contentedly as soon as he lay down, hugged the quilt and rolled half a circle, and then fell asleep. Go outside and let Zhou Liru sleep inside.
Zhou Liru was also sleepy, he yawned and climbed in, and asked, "Sister-in-law, what medicinal materials do we want to buy?"
Man Bao said: "Make up for what is missing, and prepare some medicinal materials for treating smallpox. Let's see the situation along the way."
Zhou Liru remembered it in his heart, and then fell asleep after yawning.
Most of the people in the station were asleep, but other families in Liangzhou did not fall asleep so early.
The governor Duan in the governor's mansion has just returned to the mansion from outside.
An aide followed him into the study and reported some matters that he hadn't had time to deal with this afternoon. Finally, he remembered something and mentioned, "Today's letter from the post station said that an adult from the capital is going to the Western Regions, passing by our Liangzhou Stop it, maybe for a few days."
Duan Inspector said: "Are you eating and drinking with public funds again? Are there many people with you? There are not many people who exceed, so I will report to him here, but tell Yicheng to prepare more staple food, vegetables and meat for them These are expensive, and although I am willing to pay for them, I can’t let them waste money.”
"Your Excellency misunderstood, Yicheng said that except for the quota within the quota, they will pay for those who exceed the quota." It's just that if the family members of the officials are gone, they will get a 20% discount on all of them, which is cheaper than staying in an outside inn.
Governor Duan just raised his eyebrows and didn't pay much attention to this matter, "Is there any more?"
"Don't your lord ask who is on business?"
Hearing this question from the staff, Governor Duan asked: "Which general is it? Is it related to me?"
"It's not the general, it's the Imperial Doctor Zhou from the Imperial Hospital."
Inspector Duan didn't realize who it was for a while, so the staff lowered his voice and said: "You forgot, she is still the editor of Chongwenguan, and she is the only female official in the court."
Governor Duan immediately responded, "It's her? What is she doing in the Western Regions?"
Shouldn't a big boss be sent to the Western Regions
Otherwise, the group of people from Honglu Temple should go, right? Why send an imperial physician to the Western Regions
The aide nodded, "I made some inquiries, and the station said that they seem to be going to the Western Regions to find a way to prevent smallpox."
Governor Duan immediately sat up straight, and asked solemnly, "Is there a way to prevent smallpox in the Western Regions?"
"I don't know, but I heard what they said very solemnly, so it should be true, not to mention that this is someone sent by His Majesty." He said: "In addition to this Imperial Physician Zhou, there is also a Master Zhuang who was once the crown prince. His Highness's attendant said that the four young masters accompanying him are all students of Chongwenguan."
Only then did Governor Duan understand the staff's allusion, and was startled, "Are they all His Highness's people?"
The staff member nodded, lowered his voice and said, "Not only that, my lord, there is also a person named Bai Cheng."
"What is his identity?"
"Princess Mingda's future son-in-law."
My son-in-law.
Duan Inspector's eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "You write a post and send it tomorrow, and invite them to come to the banquet in the future, and I will hold a dust-cleaning banquet for them, no, they will not stay here for long, but my official As the host, no matter what, we must do our best to be a landlord.”
"Yes, I'll go and write."
Governor Duan rubbed his beard and pondered. It seems that the Western Regions really has a prescription, otherwise how could His Majesty and His Highness let them out
The governor's office attached great importance to this, so the next morning, the staff personally took the post to the door to invite people.
As a result, no one woke up.
Yi Cheng said to his staff with an embarrassed face: "The adults are tired from traveling and traveling, so they may wake up later, should you call them?"
The staff stopped him, "There's no rush, I'll just wait slowly."
Yi Cheng didn't dare to make him wait, so he went to make a pot of tea himself.
It's just that Man Bao and the others seem to be able to sleep very well today, and the staff drank two cups of tea and there was no movement in their room, but Mr. Zhuang got up.
After washing up, he went downstairs, and when he turned to the second step, he smiled brightly at the people upstairs and downstairs. Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but smile at them too.
So, when Man Bao had a full sleep and got up from the bed after stretching himself, Mr. Zhuang downstairs not only finished his breakfast accompanied by his staff, but also sat on the chair and chatted all over the place for half an hour. .
The teenagers all sleep in the same way. When Man Bao woke up, there was movement from other rooms.
Yi Cheng heaved a sigh of relief, there were quite a few officials who were welcomed and sent to his post, but this was the first time he had seen a chief official like Zhou Man, who was never able to get up every day.
Man Bao went downstairs to meet the staff, and after accepting the post in his hand, he said embarrassedly: "But we have invited friends to visit the Great Wall tomorrow. If you don't mind, we will come to visit in the future?"
The staff member was in a daze when he saw Zhou Man. He knew that Zhou Man was young. After all, she was too famous. He knew that she was not very old, but he didn't expect her to be so young.
The same thing, different people have different effects when they say it. If Mr. Zhuang or a middle-aged official of his age said this, the staff must think that he looked down on the governor Duan and Liangzhou, so he deliberately evaded it.
But what a boy of Zhou Man's age said... seemed very sincere.
The staff member nodded after thinking for a while and said, "Naturally, you can't let your lord lose his trust. Then you will be waiting in the governor's mansion in the future."
After finishing speaking, he laughed again: "It turns out that my lord also has friends in Liangzhou, I don't know who it is, there are not many people in Liangzhou, maybe even the humble know each other."
Man Bao didn't say that they met their friends yesterday, and said with a smile: "I don't know if you recognize them, one is Guo Tian, one is Yue Zheng, and the other is Quan Rui."
The staff was surprised, and then smiled and said: "Look, these three are all students of the government school, and they are friends with our young master."
Man Bao also raised a smile, "What a coincidence?"
As soon as the staff left, Man Bao rubbed his chin and asked, "Is it such a coincidence?"
Bai Shan took a look at the post and said: "What's the matter, Liangzhou is not big, and the school is not big, isn't it normal to know each other?"
Didn't they do the same when they were studying in Yizhou Prefecture School
Man Bao nodded, and put the matter behind him, but the staff ran home and said this and that, so the next day, Guo Tian and the others came to pick them up at the inn.
Guo Tian smiled and introduced the newcomer to them, "This is a classmate from our school, Duan Cheng..."
Bai Shan raised his eyes to look at him, and then asked with a smile, "Is Mr. Duan's father Duan Inspector?"
Duan Cheng nodded, "Yes."
Being pressured by his father, Duan Cheng was still a little embarrassed. After all, they didn't know each other, and they didn't know what his father was thinking. If they wanted to make friends, they would have plenty of time tomorrow.
Bai Shan didn't show any other expressions, instead he nodded with joy and said: "Fate, fate, we are going to visit the mansion tomorrow, I didn't expect to see Mr. Duan first today."
Seeing that he didn't seem sarcastic, Duan Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.
See you tomorrow
Guo Tian and the others: ... Uninvited guest
Duan Cheng: I am here to join you, not to destroy you.