Chapter 220 Too embarrassed to see anyone

After hearing the noise, Manager Xue also hurried over. After seeing Qin Shangzhi, a strange man dressed quite elegantly, he said, "You must have taken the wrong road. This is not a place for sightseeing, but a private orchard. If you have nothing to do, please come in."

The orchard occupies most of the mountain. Due to its large area, there is no wall around it. Only a section of the wall is built near the house and the yards where the farmhands and servants live. People nearby are all aware of it, so they generally don't get close to it. However, the roads here are interconnected, and occasionally there will be uninformed passers-by who will stroll around the orchard on weekdays.

Generally speaking, when people encounter such people, most of the people working there will persuade them to leave, and even Manager Xue is used to it.

But the pair of eyes in front of him were not looking at the beautiful scenery of the blooming flowers, but instead were only glancing at Su Yujin and the other two, which made people feel disgusted.

When Manager Xue spoke, his tone was filled with displeasure.

Qin Shangzhi noticed this detail and bowed. "My last name is Qin Shangzhi. I was originally the prefect of Songming Prefecture. I got lost when I walked nearby. Seeing the fruit trees here growing neatly, I thought someone must be taking care of them, so I came here to ask for directions. I didn't expect the spring to be bright and the flowers to be in full bloom. I was stunned for a moment. I didn't mean to offend you. Please forgive me."

Manager Xue curled his lips.

The spring is bright and the flowers are beautiful. This kind of wording is full of innuendos. It's really a lecherous way of saying it!

It's impossible to fool him because he is an illiterate person.

Moreover, he referred to himself as "the lower one" and his official position was the former prefect. It can be seen that he has lost his official position now and is just a commoner. As he lost his official position for no reason, he must not be a good person.

Take another look at the clothes he is wearing. The material is excellent, and the workmanship is also superb. It is not inferior to the craftsmanship of Linglong Pavilion in the capital. However, the cuffs of the clothes are a little worn, and the hem of the robe seems to be stained with tea stains that cannot be washed off. It can be seen that he was once glorious, but now he is in a state of decline.

Based on the above, the man who calls himself Qin Shangzhi must be a person of bad character. He extorted money from the people during his tenure and is now being punished and demoted! Manager Xue's tone became more and more impolite, "Since you are lost, you should be more careful. Look at the road more often and don't always look around. If you accidentally fall into a pit or sprain your ankle, it will be bad."

The smile on Qin Shangzhi's face froze for a moment, "That's absolutely true."

After a moment, he continued, "Excuse me, is there a farm owned by the old manor of the capital Wang Ge Lao nearby? I am going there."

"Go forward from here. Not far from the big house is a farm. The owner seems to be surnamed Wang, but I don't know if he is from Lord Wang's family. Just go to the front and ask."

Steward Xue said, "I am still very busy in the garden, please come in."

This is to drive people away.

Qin Shangzhi's face suddenly turned pale.

He knew that this trip to the capital would not be smooth, but he did not expect to be humiliated like this as soon as he stepped into the capital. Even a small steward looked at him with a frown, and even ignored the fact that he was going to look for the family property of Lord Wang!

How abominable!

Qin Shangzhi was angry, but he still bowed to Manager Xue and said, "Thank you."

"Please come in." Manager Xue added.

Qin Shangzhi gritted his teeth and walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

When Manager Xue saw him walking away, he hurried to Su Yujin and said, "I'm sorry to have frightened the young lady. He was here to ask for directions. It's my fault for not managing the place well and letting outsiders disturb the young lady's peace."

"It's okay. This orchard is so big and has no walls. It's not unusual to run into outsiders. But this place is already on the edge of the mountains. Why is this person asking for directions? Is he going into the mountains?"

Su Yujin was a little curious.

Judging from the man's appearance, he doesn't look like a merchant or a hunter.

"That's not the case. We are looking for a nearby manor..." Steward Xue roughly told Su Yujin about the conversation between the two of them. Finally, he said, "I think this man has a bad face and bad behavior. He is probably not a good person. I will tell them later that if they see him again, they must drive him away."

"This guy is actually still thinking of using the title of Lord Wang to scare people. He doesn't even think about the fact that all the land in the suburbs of Beijing belongs to the royal family. At the very least, they are high-ranking officials in Beijing. How can they be afraid of Lord Wang?"

Manager Xue thought of the man who appeared humble on the outside but actually acted arrogantly and tried to intimidate him, and he became furious and indignant.

"The land here is all owned by royal relatives and high-ranking officials in the capital?" Su Yujin raised his eyebrows.

Didn't she buy this orchard from a merchant? "Ah... yes!" Manager Xue nodded hurriedly, "I heard that it was originally like that, but then somehow it ended up in the hands of the previous owner. I thought about it and thought that maybe someone was afraid that it would be conspicuous if it was under their name, so they could have put it somewhere else."

That's true.

Although it is common for officials to have many properties under their names, most of them try to keep a clean surface and do not want to appear too extravagant or to appear that their families are too involved in business affairs. It is also common for them to let servants or relatives to manage the properties.

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Seeing Su Yujin nod, as if she agreed with this statement, Manager Xue immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Young lady, come over here and pick the flowers. The small branches here have been separated, so you can pick them without worry."

The three of them were very skillful and had already picked half a basket of petals. Seeing that the branches had been sorted over there, they went over there so that they could pick a full basket and return quickly so as not to be late for dinner.

When the three of them came out, Mother Sun brought a duck, saying it was a free-range duck in the orchard and she was going to make braised duck for dinner in the evening. She also had some freshly pickled salted duck eggs and was going to make salted duck egg fried rice.

Qin Shangzhi walked all the way to the carriage parked on the road.

Zhao Yunchu hurriedly handed over the water bag, "Master, you must be thirsty, drink some water."

Qin Shangzhi drank several sips of water, and his expression finally eased a little. He said to Zhao, who was sitting in the main seat, "Mother, I have found out the way. We just need to keep walking forward and we will be there. It is probably not far away."

"Yes." Zhao nodded, but snorted coldly, "You have a good Wang family mansion to live in, but you chose to run to this kind of remote place. I'm afraid you feel ashamed to face people."

"The Wang family allowed her to move here alone. I guess they don't care much about her. They probably feel a little embarrassed. After all, she is a married girl. No one would be happy if she went back to her parents' home and made a scene like this."

"When we get there, you don't have to be too soft-spoken. Just give her some way out, so that Wang won't find fault with you. Then she will be so arrogant that she won't even take me, her mother-in-law, seriously."

(End of this chapter)