It was late at night, insects were chirping, and the stars were shining like gems in the dark sky.
An oil lamp flickered in the inner house of Jingnan County, echoing the starlight outside the window. Zhu Ping'an sat at the table, and in the light of the flickering oil lamp, he bowed his head and flipped through the fish-scale atlas of Jingnan County, studying the mountains, rivers, and land of the entire county, understanding the density of villages under his jurisdiction, and mastering the tax grain population and customs of the entire county, so as to facilitate future governance and people's peace.
After flipping through the pages for a while, Zhu Ping'an felt a little thirsty. Just as he was about to reach out to pour some tea to moisten his throat, he saw a cup of steaming tea, held in a pair of chubby, white hands, appear in front of him as if by telepathy.
You can tell whose it belongs by looking at this chubby little hand.
Sure enough, when Zhu Ping'an looked up, he saw the little maid Hua'er, holding a pair of hot tea in her small hands and handing it to him.
"Hua'er, aren't you going to sleep yet? You've been traveling day and night for the past half month, sleeping in the open air, and taking care of me. You haven't been able to rest well. When you arrived in Jingnan, you immediately cleaned up the county government office and settled down. You've worked really hard. Go and have a rest, don't worry about me. I'll flip through the fish scale atlas for a while, and it's almost time to rest."
Zhu Ping'an took the hot tea, thanked Hua'er, and said in a gentle voice that Hua'er should go and rest first.
"Oh, oh... OK... OK, son-in-law."
After hearing what Zhu Ping'an said, Hua'er's face turned red. She nodded her head and said "oh" twice, then went downstairs holding the corner of her clothes.
After Hua'er left, Zhu Ping'an drank half a cup of tea and continued to flip through his fish scale album until he reached the last page. Then he rubbed his eyes, stretched, put the fish scale album in order, locked it in the drawer, turned off the oil lamp with the lamp cover, and went to the bedroom to sleep, following the starlight outside the window.
Taking off his clothes, Zhu Ping'an pulled back the quilt and lay down on the bed.
Hey, Hua'er is very skillful. She even fumigated the quilt with aromatherapy. It smells quite nice... As soon as Zhu Ping'an lay on the bed, he smelled a faint fragrance and couldn't help thinking so.
Finally I can have a good sleep.
Zhu Pingan stretched out in bed, ready to have a good sleep. The next second, Zhu Pingan froze as if he had been acupunctured. As Zhu Pingan stretched out in bed, he touched a hot body. His palm happened to press on a soft spot. The soft spot was quite big, and one hand could not hold it. It was also quite elastic...
"Aunt... Uncle..." Hua'er's shy voice trembled in Zhu Ping'an's ears, like a little kitten, her voice was soft and tender, "Quilt, quilt... The quilt is warm..."
Painting... painting?!
Zhu Ping'an withdrew his hand instantly, and his whole body seemed to be equipped with a spring. He sat up from the bed. The blood rushed to his head and his heartbeat accelerated instantly, making a thumping sound like a drum.
"Hua... Huaer, why are you here?" Zhu Ping'an's voice sounded as if his mouth was burned.
"Auntie...Uncle, it was the young lady's order. The young lady asked me to sleep with you after I arrived in Jingnan, feed you...feed you well, and not let you go out and have affairs...nor give other girls the chance to climb into my bed..."
Hua'er followed Zhu Ping'an and sat up. She pulled the quilt up to cover her chest, revealing the strap of the bellyband on her neck. There was also a piece of snow-white skin that could not be covered. She lowered her chubby little face and replied in a soft voice. Her little face was as red as the cooked crayfish in the pot. Under the starlight, her whole body exuded an irresistible temptation.
Hello.....Fed?!
When Zhu Ping'an heard Hua'er say this word, his eyes turned red and the blood pressure in his body rushed straight to his forehead like a volcano erupting.
Hit, stop... ..
Zhu Ping'an's throat was very dry, and the impulse had strangled only a trace of his rationality. He took a deep breath, and with difficulty suppressed the restless blood and impulse in his body, and turned his eyes away from Hua'er.
Zhu Ping'an believed what Huaer said.
Hua'er is Li Shu's most loyal maid, and she follows every word of Li Shu as if it were an imperial decree. Li Shu is even more jealous than Empress Dugu, and she is always ruthless to those who try to get into her bed with her. Hua'er knows this very well, and if it weren't for Li Shu's order, Hua'er would never... ...
Li Shu had a criminal record. When she was in Beijing, she had her period and arranged for Huaer to help her go to bed. She also told Huaer to make her feel comfortable... If it weren't for her good self-control, she would have...
No wonder Hua'er's face turned red when I asked her to go to bed first. Go to bed first, go to bed first... Go first and then... So she thought I was asking her to warm the bed and sleep with me?!
"Aunt... Uncle, it's late at night, please settle... down." The chubby little maid said with a trembling voice of embarrassment.
After saying that, Huaer lay down, closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling, and looked like she was saying, "Son-in-law, you can do whatever you want..."
This evil feudal society...
Zhu Ping'an's blood started to boil again and his nose felt itchy. He wondered if he was bleeding.
"Ahem, I remembered that there is still a book of fish scales that I haven't read yet. Hua'er, you go to sleep first..."
With great willpower, Zhu Ping'an dragged himself off the bed, picked up his clothes, and fled.
Early the next morning, Zhu Ping'an went to court with a pair of panda eyes, and Hua'er also cleaned the house with a pair of panda eyes.
When Liu Dadao and the others saw each other, they winked at each other in private. Young Master must have been very depressed on the whole journey. He must have been tossing and turning all night? !
They didn't think there was anything abnormal. It was normal to have three wives and four concubines in ancient times. It would be abnormal for an outstanding person like the young master to have only one roommate. Hua'er was the young lady's dowry maid and also the young lady's designated maid. This was something everyone in the mansion knew privately. The young lady arranged for Hua'er to accompany the young master to take office so that she could take care of his daily life. How normal that was.
Today was the first time that Zhu Ping'an formally summoned all the officials and runners in the county government. He called out their names in writing and ordered the county magistrate, the chief clerk, the registrar, and the six clerks to report on their work in order to further understand the situation in Jingnan County.
When the roll call was called, the Dianshi Li Da was not there.
County Magistrate Zhang Changru and Chief Clerk Yao Wenyuan explained that Li Da had drunk too much yesterday and was still drunk, so he did not report for work.
Zhu Pingan nodded, but said nothing. Li Da drank a lot at the welcoming banquet...
Through the reports of Zhang Changru and others, Zhu Pingan got a better understanding of the situation in Jingnan County. It was bad, very bad, a mess, and it couldn't be worse: Jingnan County had a backlog of hundreds of major, important, and minor cases that had not yet been tried. The prison was almost full of prisoners. The official business sent by Taizhou Prefecture had piled up like a small mountain. Last year's taxes and grain had not yet been collected. Many villages were flooded by rain. There were many disputes between the Miao and Man villages and the neighboring villages. Bandits frequently occurred in several nearby mountains, pirates continued to attack the coast, and Japanese pirates also showed signs of re-offending... ...