After Meng Xiancheng finished speaking, he cupped his hands to Hua Qingfeng and said, "I will take my leave!"
Meng Xiancheng flicked his big sleeves and floated away without waiting for Hua Qingfeng to answer.
Hua Qingfeng stared at his back steadily, with an extremely complicated expression.
Since he came to Huxian County, he has been constrained by two officials who are closely connected with the local tyrants, Meng Xiancheng and Wang Zhubo. For these two people, Hua Qingfeng already hates them very much, but when he encounters difficult things, he will not be afraid of them. He couldn't live without these two people, and while he loathed his own incompetence, he couldn't suppress his hatred for these two people. This feeling is really indescribable.
The third hall of the county government is located in the last courtyard of the county government, which is the residence of the county magistrate and his family. The buildings of the Huxian county government are not like the government buildings in the Central Plains. The main buildings are all on a central axis. Due to the terrain, there is a lot of randomness in the construction of the backyard as a private house.
Inside the moon gate of the back house is a garden of pruning bamboos, with several rockery and rocks arranged in a well-arranged pattern. The winding path passes through it, and there is a half-moon-shaped emerald water pool.
The pool water is like a piece of warm emerald, there are several lotus branches on the water, and there are a few fish swimming under the lotus leaves, but they are not the ornamental type of brocade. Look at the fish, most of them were brought back by the owner from fishing somewhere. After harvesting, they are stocked here, which has a different taste.
A woman in scarlet shirt came out slowly from the hallway, with a graceful gait, holding a small round fan in her hand, turned to Chaoshou corridor, and then walked towards the third hall.
From a distance, a graceful figure can be seen flashing between the red pillars and the green fence. Under the fence, there are plantains and unknown bowl-sized flowers, just like a picture of a lady outing in spring.
The graceful and charming little woman walked along the hand-painted corridor for only a few dozen steps, and there were three halls. At the entrance of the hall, there was a young man in green clothes standing with his hands down. Seeing her coming, he quickly saluted: "Ma'am."
The little woman was only twenty-six or seven years old, her pink and fair skin was torn apart, her eyes were curved, and she had a different kind of charming smell, just like a ripe peach. She nodded slightly, the golden step swayed slightly on her head, and asked casually: "Is the master in the hall?"
The little woman's voice was soft and waxy. Although she spoke Mandarin, it had some soft rhymes of Jiangnan Wu Nong's soft language, which was very pleasant to hear.
After the servant replied respectfully, the little woman stepped into the hall, and an autumn-colored bijia dress fluttered in the wind, leaving behind a faint fragrance. The young servant looked up, only to see Pingping Tingting's back, her black hair tied in a bun, that mature and charming young woman's demeanor was fascinating.
The young woman stepped in and walked in. The indoor floor was made of green bricks, with five-cornered palace lanterns hanging on the beams. Shouchangchun white stone bonsai.
On the right side, there is a small space separated by a sitting screen. On the painting screen is a beautiful picture of rich and noble peonies. The young woman walked away slowly, with a graceful gait, as if she had walked into the painting.
Behind the screen is a study room, the window is open, and there is green water outside the window. There are mountains and rocks on the edge of the pond, and countless creepers cover the entire high wall. A tree is planted on the left and right of the window, pomegranate on the left and crabapple on the right.
Sheets of paper were balled up on the desk, faintly covered with ink stains, Hua Qingfeng leaned on the armchair, raised his head wearily, motionless, his brows were faintly frowning, faintly forming a "Chuan" character, as if he was already exhausted. I don't even bother to breathe.
The charming woman sighed softly. Today, when she came to find her husband, her younger brother asked her to do something, but seeing her husband exhausted physically and mentally, how could she bear to trouble him with her own affairs.
The woman walked gracefully behind Hua Qingfeng, put the round fan on the table, lifted her jade-like carpal tube, the green sleeves fell off, and the two emerald green bracelets reflected her slender and slender wrists like green jade. A delicate and graceful orchid.
Hua Qingfeng's eyebrows twitched, and those jade hands pressed his shoulders, the woman gently kneaded his shoulders, and said softly: "Is the master still worrying about the history?"
Hua Qingfeng hummed lazily, but did not answer.
The young woman said softly: "Your Majesty, don't be too hard on yourself. You know the situation in Huxian County better than you. Whoever comes here can open up the situation. How can you blame him?"
Hua Qingfeng smiled wryly, and said, "Why don't you blame me, I'm the muddleheaded magistrate of Hulu County."
The young woman said: "You are not confused."
Hua Qingfeng said: "If you are not confused, then you are completely incompetent."
The young woman said angrily, "Master!"
Hua Qingfeng slowly opened his eyes, looking up at his wife, the delicate pink skin against her delicate and dignified facial features, just like a light-colored meticulous lady drawn by Danqing's skillful hand, even though they have been married for ten years , but she is still as bright as a pink pearl.
And myself... In just three years, he already had wrinkles, white hair on his head, and a somewhat bent back. The high-spirited man who had just become an official and took office had long since disappeared in the depths of his memory.
Hua Qingfeng called his wife's name, and said sadly: "Su Ya, of course the imperial court will understand my difficulties, but this does not mean that the imperial court will understand my difficulties. The world is not a world of one person, and the imperial court will not be said by one person. Forget it, whether it's the emperor or the chief assistant, sometimes they can't help themselves. On the big chessboard of the world, my chess piece is insignificant at all!"
Su Ya was silent, looking at her husband's rapidly aging face, she said sadly: "Could it be... there is no other way?"
Hua Qingfeng rubbed the back of his wife's warm and jade-like hand, shook his head and said: "The big exam at the end of the year, at the latest in the middle of next year, my punishment should come down. Unless there is a noble person who can reach the sky descend from the sky, or can guarantee me to pass the test But, if such a great nobleman is really such a nobleman, why should he support me, an unsuccessful little seventh-rank official?"
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Inside the post house, Ye Xiaotian was carrying a big bag, Shui Wu was carrying a small bag, even Le Yao seemed to be picking up something, the little panda Fuwa was wearing a bamboo hat on her head, and she was carrying a bag on her shoulder. Bamboo baskets, in which were its rations—a dozen bamboo shoots.
Li Yuncong, an official of the household department, stood in front of him and looked at Ye Xiaotian coldly: "Hand over Lu Yin, you can't leave this county for the time being, what do you want Lu Yin to do?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "But... I need to check if I stay in the hotel..."
Li Yuncong said: "There are some places in this county that you can move in without checking the guide, as long as you have money. Hand over the guide, what if you take the guide and escape?"
Ye Xiaotian reluctantly handed over Lu Yin and said, "Shui Wu, let's go."
Li Yuncong stretched out his hand to stop him again, and said, "Wait a minute! Put down all your belongings!"
Ye Xiaotian was startled and said: "Why is this? Can't this county send an official and also be a part-time robber?"
Li Yuncong said: "If you have money, you can run away. Besides, the case is not yet clear. Who knows if your money came from a proper way. Your money is temporarily kept by the county government, and it will be returned to you when the truth is revealed. "
As soon as Li Yuncong waved his hand, two servants rushed forward and snatched the burden from Ye Xiaotian and Xue Shuiwu, and another servant came forward to search Ye Xiaotian's body. I went forward and searched, and I really searched them all.
Fuwa'er stood aside stupidly, unexpectedly... unexpectedly, that unscrupulous clerk pulled the basket on its back, and took two bamboo shoots from it.
The family of four was kicked out of the post house in a clean and tidy manner. Overnight, they changed from being treated as an official lord and official wife to a penniless pauper.
Ye Xiaotian stood at the gate of the post house, looked at the two postmen who were standing with folded arms at the door of the post house, and looked at him coldly, and then looked at Li Yuncong, who was dressed in casual clothes and was in charge of secretly watching, and another official, sighed, and touched Fuwa's " Goutou", said with emotion: "Brother, if I had known this day, I would have let you eat all the money back then."
Fuwa looked left and right, raised her short tail, and with a clang, a large piece of money came out.
Although Ye Xiaotian was full of sorrow, he was still amused by this living thing and couldn't help but scolded: "Look at your bear!"
Fuwa raised her head and gave him a silly look.
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In the evening, a family of four moved into the Earth Temple.
As long as there are Han people, there seems to be such a god in charge of the land. But what is strange is that the Han people valued the land, so whenever they went to expand their territories, they would never forget to build a temple for the god in charge of the land, but they only built temples for him.
It seems... As long as they build a temple for this god, they have fulfilled their responsibilities, and then they ignore this god. They value the land from the bottom of their hearts, but they don’t care about the Lord of the Land from their bottom of their hearts. Even in fairy tales, Always regard this god as the object of ridicule.
Therefore, most of the earth temples in the world are not full of incense, especially in places like Huxian. As a result, Ye Xiaotian's family of four stayed in a dilapidated earth temple.
"Brother Ye, I'm sorry for you!"
Seeing the dilapidated surroundings, Xue Shuiwu suddenly burst into tears.
She knelt down in front of Ye Xiaotian with a "boom", and kowtowed with tears: "Brother Ye, at first I didn't know what you were like, and I didn't dare to confide in you. Later, I sincerely asked you for help. Girl, without the help of a man, it is difficult to move an inch in this kind of place, but I never thought that I would cause you to fall into this situation. If I hadn't persuaded you to report the case to the government, how would you be here today, Brother Ye, I I am so sorry… "
Xue Shuiwu was distraught, she kowtowed and apologized while crying, when she raised her head in tears, she was startled suddenly, at some point, Ye Xiaotian had already knelt down opposite her, Xue Shuiwu kowtowed, and he kowtowed too, One kowtow and one return, it is very orderly.
Xue Shuiwu said in surprise: "Brother Ye, you... what are you doing?"
Ye Xiaotian said solemnly: "I didn't expect you, a girl, to be so impatient. You see, we have worshiped all over the world, when will the bridal chamber be?"