Chapter 106: I Don’t Know My Wife’s Beauty (4000 words, two chapters in one)

"Three people from our Wu country are on the top ten of the Beauty List this time!"

"Isn't it? Our princess even ranked fourth."

"Qin Qingwan from the Qin Mansion and Xu Xuenuo from the Xu Mansion are not only on the Beauty List, but are also in the top ten on the Rising Star List."

"Ah, Xu Xuenuo and Qin Qingwan are almost 28 years old now, right? They have grown into graceful young ladies. I'm afraid they will become fairies of the new generation."

"We in Wu Kingdom can finally be said to have had a good time. In the last beauty ranking, we only had one Empress Xiao on the list, and she was ranked outside the top 90."

"In fact, if the princess's mother were still alive, then..."

"Shh...be careful with your words..."

"Who is that Shi Xin?"

"I don't know. I've never heard of it."

"Since I haven't heard of it, it means that it must have just come of age recently. Otherwise, its name would have appeared on the last Beauty List."

"The abbot of Leiming Temple actually accepted a female disciple? Aren't all the disciples in Leiming Temple men?"

"Who knows? What's even more strange is that Shi Xin is actually at the top of the beauty list. How beautiful is this female monk?"

"The top ten on the Beauty List shouldn't be ranked in order. This is everyone's consensus. After all, everyone is so beautiful that it's unreasonable. It's just that people like certain types more or less. But a female monk is ranked first. Could it be that I subconsciously think that female monk is the most beautiful in the world???"

"Impossible! Although I have never met Her Royal Highness, I support Her Royal Highness!"

"Me too!"

"By the way, that Xu Ming should be regretting his decision to death, right?"

"Isn't it? Her Highness not only made it into the top ten, she even ranked fourth. I can't even imagine how beautiful she is."

"No wonder he is called 'Fool'. Even the Lord of Tianji City can't stand it."

"Hahaha, maybe our prince consort is regretting his decision to death right now."

In a tavern at the foot of a mountain, the chivalrous men, escorts, and travelers who came and went were all drinking tea, wine, and eating in the shed outside the tavern.

The Beauty List, which was just released four days ago, has already been printed by various bookstores in the world. Almost everyone has a copy, and it has become a topic of conversation after dinner.

When everyone was talking about the list of beauties, a man appeared for the first time. That was Xu Ming. After all, with the widespread circulation of Xu Ming's marriage refusal letter and Wu Yanhan ranking fourth on the list of beauties, Xu Ming had a new prefix - "not knowing his wife's beauty".

At a table in the tavern, Xu Pangda was holding back his smile, trying not to laugh.

Xu Ming looked embarrassed.

Every time he went to a place, Xu Ming could hear his own comments about "not knowing how beautiful his wife is". Fang Ling picked up a piece of beef and asked Xu Ming with a smile: "It's probably not too late for the champion to regret it now."

Xu Ming shook his head: "That's not necessary. I still don't want to get married so early."

Fang Ling nodded: "It's good to look more. If you look more, you may find that the princess of our Wu Dynasty is the best."

Xu Ming: “.”

After spending a few days together, Xu Ming discovered that Prime Minister Fang Ling, who seemed serious at ordinary times, actually said some dirty words from time to time. That was quite nice.

At least it won’t make Xu Ming feel that he doesn’t know how to get along with him.

Having said that, Xu Ming was actually quite curious about that female monk.

According to Xu Ming's understanding, there are no nuns in this world.

That is to say, all Buddhist disciples are male, and this Buddhist disciple named Shixin is also the first female disciple of Buddhism.

What kind of female monk could be so beautiful that she is the most beautiful in the world? If the Western Regions were not too far away, Xu Ming felt that he would definitely go and see them in the past year or so.

After eating and drinking, Fang Ling and his family returned to the carriage. Xu Ming and Xu Pangda were still driving the carriage in the front.

"Fifth brother, why does it feel like Xiaobai is a little unhappy?" Xu Pangda glanced at the top of the carriage.

At this time, the black goose sitting on the roof of the carriage hung its long neck, looking a little melancholy.

"Oh." Xu Ming said indifferently, "That guy is sad because he didn't make the list of beauties. This goose is too clueless. She hasn't even transformed yet. How can a goose make it to the list of beauties? It's probably okay for her to make it to the list of beauties in the animal world."

"Geese, geese!!"

Hearing Xu Ming's mockery of him, the black-sky goose Xiaobai suddenly became angry and flew down and kept pecking at Xu Ming.

Xu Ming: "Stop it, I'm driving the carriage."

Half a quarter of an hour later, the Tianxuan Goose hummed and flew back to the roof of the car and continued its emo performance.

After another five or six days, Xu Ming and his party finally arrived in Baihe County after ten days of travel.

“Here it comes!”

"Isn't that the mark of the imperial carriage?"

“It seems so!”

"Hurry up! Play the suona, beat the gongs and drums, and start dancing."

Outside the county seat of Baihe County, there were already people waiting outside to welcome Xu Ming and his party. To be precise, they were welcoming the new county magistrate and the retired Prime Minister Fang.

When they saw the logo on Xu Ming's carriage that represented "Imperial Official", the sounds of gongs, drums, and suonas all rang out, and there were even many women dancing to welcome him.

This made Xu Ming think of four words from a movie he watched in his previous life - Goose City...

"Wow, it's so lively."

Prime Minister Fang opened the curtain of the carriage and sat next to Xu Ming, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"Mr. Fang, is this the custom in Baihe County?" Xu Mingwen asked.

Mr. Fang looked a little unhappy: "I have lived in Baihe County for nearly 20 years and have been in power for three years, but I have never seen such a custom."

Xu Ming pulled the reins to the horse, and the carriage gradually stopped. Xu Ming and several others got off the carriage. The magistrate of Baihe County and several wealthy families in Baihe County all stepped forward.

"Greetings to Mr. Fang, and to Magistrate Xu."

Liang Wen, the magistrate of Baihe County, bowed with a smile, and several wealthy families behind him also followed suit.

Fang Ling stepped forward and bowed in return, "How can I, a commoner, be qualified to have Lord Liang come to receive me personally, let alone such a grand ceremony? I remember that there was no such ceremony when I took office."

Liang Wen smiled and said, "Indeed, not really. However, since you, Mr. Fang, are retiring and a new county magistrate is taking office, we must make it more grand."

Liang Wen turned sideways and said, "Please come in, we have already prepared a banquet to welcome you."

"I won't go anymore. I have to go back to my ancestral home to clean up. My two friends, I'm taking my leave now." Fang Ling sneered, said goodbye to Xu Ming and Xu Pangda, and then drove away in his carriage. It seemed that he didn't give any face to Magistrate Liang and the local wealthy families at all.

Of course, although Fang Ling is a commoner, no one dares to do anything to Fang Ling just because he doesn't give them the same treatment. They still have to apologize with a smile.

At the most famous Yinhailou restaurant in Baihe County, the county magistrate of Baihe County ordered a lot of dishes and introduced the local wealthy families in Baihe County to Xu Pangda, who were actually the local tyrants.

These powerful families appear to be very respectful, but in fact, if you want to do anything to harm the local powerful families, even if you are a county magistrate, many things will be difficult for you to do.

In the yamen, you are a lone commander, no one will pay attention to you at all, and the people under you have been bribed to some extent.

This welcoming banquet was quite harmonious and everyone seemed to be in a friendly mood.

Especially when they knew that the person next to Xu Pangda was Xu Ming, who almost became a royal consort, everyone became even more respectful.

Although everyone in the Wu Kingdom knew that Xu Ming was "blind", no one dared to look down on him.

He is still the person that Emperor Wu values ​​the most. He can still marry the princess after he returns, and the child he and the princess will have will definitely be the future king of the Wu Kingdom.

So compared to Xu Pangda, he wanted to curry favor with Xu Ming more.

However, although Xu Ming seemed polite, he kept a certain distance from everyone.

After returning to the county government office, Lord Liang handed over the work to Xu Pangda.

These include the county government’s finances, grain in the granary, and various cases in Baihe Town, all of which need to be handed over.

And it was the next day when Xu Pangda arrived in Baihe County.

When Xu Pangda got up early in the morning and was checking the finances with the account book, suddenly, bursts of drum sounds were heard outside the county government office.

Xu Ming, who was accompanying Xu Pangda, raised his head. Lord Liang also looked embarrassed: "Someone come! Go outside and see who is beating the drum?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Lord Liang, that's not necessary. I'll go and take a look myself." Xu Pangda stood up.

"Lord Xu, this is just a small matter. It must be because some unruly people saw you coming and wanted to trouble you with some trivial matters. I will handle it for you." Liang Wen had cold sweat on his forehead.

"Trivial matters are still matters." Xu Ming put down his teacup and stood up. "Third brother, go and take a look."

"Okay." Xu Pangda and Xu Ming walked out of the mansion, and Liang Wen could only follow behind them.

"grown ups!"

"The master has come out!"

"Master Xu, please make the decision for me!"

"Please help me, my people!"

When they saw Xu Pangda, a new face in official uniform, come out, everyone outside the mansion knelt down and kowtowed continuously.

Looking at their appearance, Xu Pangda suddenly felt sad.

Xu Ming's brows were also furrowed.

There were a total of twenty-six people kneeling outside the yamen.

If it were just a few people, that would be fine.

But there were so many people coming at once, which meant that many people in Baihe County had suffered great injustices and they only hoped that the new county magistrate of Baihe County could make a decision for them.

Lord Liang, who was standing aside, looked even more embarrassed.

"Everyone, please stand up and come in." Xu Pangda walked forward and helped the person in the front stand up. "I will definitely make the decision for you!"

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"

The woman who had just been helped up knelt down again.

Xu Pangda pursed his lips tightly. Xu Ming knew from Xu Pangda's eyes that this was when he truly became a county magistrate.

In the county government, Xu Pangda questioned everyone one by one.

Xu Ming was listening nearby. Lord Liang was trying to intervene at first, but in the end he was pulled aside by Xu Ming to have tea, and Xu Pangda was the only one handling the whole process.

At noon, everyone gradually dispersed.

Before leaving, everyone kowtowed deeply to Xu Pangda.

"County Magistrate Huang, what's going on!!!"

After everyone left, Xu Pangda picked up the minutes he had written down and threw them heavily on County Magistrate Huang.

"Please calm down, sir!" County Magistrate Huang knelt down quickly.

"Calm down? How can I calm down?"

Xu Pangda was so angry that his two hundred pounds of fat were shaking.

"Aunt Niu's five acres of good land was taken over by the Zhang family!

Sun Dequan's daughter was humiliated in the street by a rich family. Her brother wanted to seek justice and was beaten to death in the street!

Even the Xiao family didn't let go of the redemption money of the prostitutes! Mr. Wang "confronted" the Li family and ended up having his leg broken!

This is a talented person!!!

How dare the Li family do this!!! There have been many missing boys and girls in Baihe Town recently! You haven’t found out yet! How dare you suppress these cases!!!"

Xu Pangda banged on the table, scaring County Magistrate Huang so much that his body trembled continuously.

Lord Liang standing by blushed even more.

Although Xu Pangda was scolding the county magistrate, in fact, Xu Pangda was scolding Liang Wen, the county magistrate.

If it wasn't for giving Liang Wen some face, Xu Pangda would have pointed at his nose and asked, "How did you become a county magistrate?"

County Magistrate Huang swallowed and looked at Liang Wen who was standing beside him.

Liang Wen sighed and said, "Mr. Huang, please go down first. I will explain this to the two Lords Xu."

"Yes, Master Xu, Master Liang. I will take my leave first."

Hearing Liang Wen's words, County Magistrate Huang quickly stood up and retreated.

In the lobby of the county government office, only Xu Ming and two others were left, and the atmosphere was very bad.

"Sir Liang, although this is your county's business and I have no right to interfere, I am also an official of the court and I also share the worries of Your Majesty. Does Sir Liang need an explanation?" Xu Ming asked Liang Wen directly.

Xu Pangda didn't want to break up with him, so Xu Ming asked on Xu Pangda's behalf.

"Ah, my two lords, please calm down." Liang Wen looked innocent, "I really have no choice but to do this."

"Helpless?" Xu Pangda could no longer suppress his anger. "Master Liang is so helpless!"

Liang Wen smiled and was not angry: "Sir Xu, three years ago, when I came to Baihe County, I was just like you, full of passion.

But Lord Xu, this Baihe County is no longer the Baihe County of Wu State. "

Xu Pangda laughed angrily: "If it's not Baihe County of Wu State, then whose is it?!"

Liang Wen raised his head and said bluntly: "It belongs to this noble family."

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[I originally wanted to publish it in two chapters, but I found that I didn't know how to break the chapters, so I combined the 4,000 words into one. If nothing unexpected happens, I will only take two days off this month, and then I will update at least 4,000 words every day.

I do feel that the pace is a bit slow, but how should I put it? I feel that if the pace is fast, it may not be stable. Alas... I will write more when I have some free time. ](End of this chapter)