Qu Yutang felt very uncomfortable when he saw the officials becoming more and more impatient.
There was no point in waiting like this. His body couldn't handle just eating white flour buns.
Every day, he would be craving for the sweet rice porridge when he smelled it in the air.
"Forget it!"
Qu Yutang tapped the table lightly and said, "Take someone to boil a bucket of hot water. I need to take a bath and change clothes."
"It's time to go meet Magistrate Deng."
Every day, the officials went out to work in their official uniforms, and so many people in the city could see them. He didn't believe that Magistrate Deng didn't know.
He would not take action unless the enemy took action, and would wait for Governor Deng to come to him so that he could take action.
However, Magistrate Deng never came to visit, and the secret letter sent to the capital did not receive a reply so quickly. This made him feel very embarrassed, and he did not know whether he should swallow his pride and go to see Magistrate Deng.
After serving as an imperial envoy for so long, this was the first time he was ignored like this.
These days, he saw that everyone in Qianhuang City was extremely busy.
It was said that Magistrate Deng was going to rebel, but there was no sign of any rebellion. Instead, he was busy building the whole city.
Although Magistrate Deng did not rebel, he ignored him as the imperial envoy. Isn't this a contempt for the emperor?
The officer's eyes lit up. "Yes, I'll go boil some water right away."
Finally, the adult went to see the prefect, and the hard days were finally over.
The chief officer's eyes were filled with excitement. As soon as he went out, he ran straight to the big bunk bed, woke up all the officers who were resting, and went to the kitchen to boil water.
The officials who were lying down to rest immediately became excited when they heard that their superiors were going to take a bath, change clothes and go to the prefectural yamen.
The officials who had worked all day long ran to the kitchen with exhausted bodies and grimace.
These days are really too tiring, I don’t want to live for even a day.
In less than a quarter of an hour, there was a bucket of hot water in Qu Yutang's room.
"Sir, I will wash your official uniform so you can wear it tomorrow morning."
Qu Yutang stuffed the steamed bun in his hand into his mouth, picked up the teacup and drank the water, then stood up and took off his dirty official robe.
"Be careful."
I've been wearing the same two or three sets of clothes over the past few days, and they've all started to smell bad.
Before, whenever they arrived in a city and rested for a day at the prefectural yamen, the prefect would arrange for someone to wash their clothes and so on.
After arriving in Qianhuang City, no one paid any attention to him for so many days.
There were no people at the post station every day, and no one washed their clothes.
The officers took turns to work every day. They were so tired that they could not stand up. Their clothes smelled even worse and were stinking.
Thinking of this, Qu Yutang glanced at the greasy clothes on the official leader.
"Take off all your clothes and wash them."
"After showering, go to bed early. Be alert tomorrow."
"Yes!" The chief officer responded with a smile, picked up the clothes that Qu Yutang had taken off, and left the room quickly.
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Early the next morning...
The officers were dressed neatly and stood at the door of Qu Yutang's room with their heads held high.
The dirty officers' uniforms were also washed clean.
Even the straw-like hair was combed and made smooth and shiny.
Just from their dark faces, you can tell that they have been working under the scorching sun for a long time.
With a creaking sound, Qu Yutang, who had changed his clothes, opened the door and walked out with a stern face.
He looked at the chief officer speechlessly, then looked down at his shoes.
The officers followed Qu Yutang's gaze and all looked at his feet.
In an instant, everyone's smile froze on their faces.
Oh no!
I was so busy washing clothes, taking a bath and washing my hair that I forgot to brush my shoes.
Everyone's shoes were covered in thick mud, and their original color could no longer be seen.
In comparison, Qu Yutang's shoes looked relatively clean.
Qu Yutang sighed deeply, put his hands behind his back and looked towards the entrance of the post station, "Let's go!"
The officers looked at each other, scratched the soles of their shoes with their toes, curled the corners of their lips, turned around and followed Qu Yutang.
The post station is not far from the prefectural government office, and it takes about a quarter of an hour to walk there.
Qu Yutang had no intention of taking a carriage, so he walked swaggeringly on the street with dozens of officials.
He wanted to see if Governor Deng would come out to greet him...
.......
"Sir, the Imperial Envoy and his officers are heading towards the prefectural government office."
The yamen runner who was monitoring Qu Yutang stood outside the living room, watching Magistrate Deng eating breakfast in the hall.
Deng Yushan paused slightly with the dish in his hand, raised his eyelids and looked at the yamen runner.
"Is the prince out?"
In recent days, King Qianhuang has been going to the training ground early every day to keep an eye on it.
King Qianhuang would check each of the instruments placed on the training ground to test their hardness and other factors.
He was responsible for looking after the houses built on the east and west sides, which happened to be in a different direction from King Qianhuang.
He hasn't seen King Qianhuang for several days.
The yamen runner shook his head and said, "The prince's horse is still at the gate of the prefectural yamen. He should not have left yet."
That pure black Arabian horse is the mount of King Qianhuang, and everyone in the entire Qianhuang City knows it.
Ever since Xie Yutang presented this horse to King Qianhuang, King Qianhuang would ride this horse every day when he went out.
Tsk!
I don’t know where Xie Yutang got such a good horse, it really touched King Qianhuang’s heart.
Deng Yushan put down his chopsticks and frowned.
"Then the prince should not have left the house yet."
Speaking of this horse, he couldn't help but admire Xie Yutang's vision.
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