Chapter 2588 Surrender
When he opened it, there were two gold medals inside, engraved with the words "top of the list" and "happiness, longevity and everlasting health". Each gold medal was quite heavy, looking like it weighed about five or six taels.
The servant handed the box to County Magistrate Guo and said, "Sir, please exchange this gold medal for copper coins and distribute them to each household. Give more to the deceased, and leave some for medicine for the injured. Use the rest to buy some meat for the people of the two villages. We can have a feast together to resolve the grudges between the two villages."
Upon hearing this, Chief Zheng slammed the table in anger, "Erlang, this is the gold medal your grandfather gave you. He even had a goldsmith engrave something on it. How could you give it away so easily?"
Zheng Fei didn't say anything and glanced at the servant.
The servant's scalp tingled. He lowered his head and recited the lines he had memorized last night, "Master, the young master said that gold and silver are easy to obtain, but harmony is hard to find. It's only a hundred thousand coins, and our family can afford it."
The Zheng clan leader's lips trembled slightly, and in the end he was reluctant to give the gold medal to County Magistrate Guo, so he turned around and ordered the steward to carry two sacks of copper coins to County Magistrate Guo, each sack containing fifty strings of copper coins.
Manbao, who was sitting and drinking tea, was stunned, but County Magistrate Guo accepted the 100,000 yuan with a smile and returned the box to the servant.
The servant took the box and turned around to hand it to Zheng Erlang, so that the Zheng clan leader who wanted to keep it for him was unable to speak.
County Magistrate Guo saw all of this and had a plan in mind. He asked his men to carry the two sacks of money away.
Manbao stood up as well and warned the Zheng father and son, "Don't get too excited, eat a light diet, and today's acupuncture is over. You should exercise privately and talk more. You can practice your strength by holding a stone in your right hand and moving it back and forth. I'll see you again tomorrow."
So he followed County Magistrate Guo and ran away.
Because of Zhou Man's words "don't get too excited", Patriarch Zheng suppressed his temper, looked at his son, turned around and left.
Zheng Fei watched his father leave, then he sighed and looked at the servant.
The servant immediately stepped forward and closed the door, very worried, "Erlang, will the master be very angry?"
Zheng Fei shook his head slightly and wrote nonchalantly, "I'll calm down after a while."
"But Dalangjun is here too, Erlang. They're all saying privately that the village head is trying to harm you, and the one behind it is Dalangjun..."
Zheng Fei's face darkened, and he wrote heavily on the paper, "Stop talking nonsense. Never say anything like that again. If anyone makes such sinister speculations in front of you again, tell the housekeeper and the master directly and have them sent away."
The servant was startled and quickly lowered his head and replied "yes".
Zheng Fei's face was grim. He lowered his eyes and thought for a long time. Finally, he burned the two pieces of paper with the words on them. Then he took a new piece of paper and wrote, "Go and ask my elder brother to come over. Tell him I have something to say to him."
The servant looked at Zheng Fei in surprise. Erlang and Dalang had always been at odds with each other. Dalang only came over to take a look when Erlang came back in the afternoon, and then he kept avoiding this place.
At this time, I go to ask Dalang...
Zheng Fei looked at him.
The servant had no choice but to turn around and ask for help.
Manbao rode his horse to catch up with County Magistrate Guo and rode out with him. "County Magistrate Guo, will you come tomorrow?"
County Magistrate Guo: "I'm not a doctor, how can I come to your house every day?"
He smiled and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, I probably won't come to your house again."
He looked Zhou Man up and down and asked with a smile, "It's still early, Lord Zhou, why don't you stay at the Zheng family for a while? I heard that when you were in the palace, you were watching people and fumigating the house every day."
Manbao said: "The room he prepared is cleaner than the one in the East Palace, so I don't need to keep an eye on Xun. Besides, the atmosphere in his house is weird, so I don't want to stay any longer."
At the fork in the road, Manbao remembered that Yin Huo had been feeling unwell recently because of the intersection of spring and summer, so she turned in another direction, waved to County Magistrate Guo, and said, "I'm leaving. See you later."
County Magistrate Guo reined in his horse, glanced at the direction she was going, and said curiously, "That's not your home."
"I'm going to go see Yin Huo."
When County Magistrate Guo heard this, he immediately said, "I'll go with you."
Manbao looked at him curiously, "Lord Guo and Yin Huo are also friends?"
County Magistrate Guo: "...Not really, but Master Yin is the son of my superior, and I want to see Master Yin."
He asked why it was so difficult to find Yin Li these two days, and it turned out that Yin was not feeling well.
Although Yin Huo was feeling uncomfortable this time, he was stubborn and didn't want to go back to Yin Mansion, so he stayed in his county mansion.
It's just that the old lady moved in to take care of him, and even Yin Li came to live here.
As County Magistrate Guo followed Zhou Man inside, he thought to himself, no wonder he sent people to look for him at Yin's house several times but couldn't find him.
Yin Li met County Magistrate Guo in the front hall, while Man Bao went to the back as if he knew the place well.
Yin Huo was sitting on the couch by the window reading a book. The window was only half open. In fact, if he hadn't objected, Old Lady Yin wouldn't have wanted to open it even halfway for him.
Seeing Zhou Man coming over, Old Madam Yin smiled and talked to her for a while before leaving, leaving the space for the two of them to talk.
Yin Huo was very curious, "Why did you come here by yourself? Where is Bai Shan?"
"He hasn't left the government office yet."
Yin Huo glanced outside at the position of the sun, and after a long moment, he said "Oh". He smelled the medicinal scent on her and asked, "Are you from the Zheng family?"
Manbao nodded and asked, "How do you feel today?"
Yin Huo waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Actually, I'm just sleepy and a little dizzy, it's nothing serious."
Manbao nodded. "You've caught rheumatism from all the rain. How about I give you a scraping massage?"
Manbao said with great interest: "I am also very good at scraping."
Yin Huo's body stiffened and he shook his head repeatedly. He had seen the scars on Zhou Silang's neck, which were said to have been caused by Zhou Man.
"You can give Bai Shan a try."
"He's not sleepy," Manbao said. "He practices martial arts every day and is in very good health."
Yin Huo changed the subject, "I just heard from the servants that County Magistrate Guo is here too, and he came with you. Did you meet him on the road?"
"No, we came out of the Zheng family together." Manbao briefly explained Zheng Erlang's actions and said, "Don't worry, it's no wonder that Brother Tang Xue and County Magistrate Guo praised him as a pillar of the country. It's just that his broad mind is beyond the reach of ordinary people."
It was obviously him who was injured and almost lost his life, but he did not feel any resentment. Instead, he took out money to help them resolve their grudge.
Yin Huo said, "He suspects that the farmers were also affected by the disaster, but he is indeed broad-minded."
Manbao had heard a lot of private discussions recently. She and Bai Shan had also discussed it. They both felt that the attitude of the emperor and some ministers was strange, as if they were just watching the fun and not minding the big trouble. However, they had limited information and could not guess anything. So she looked at Yin Huo with a sparkling look and asked, "Could it be that those farmers were fighting just to take the opportunity to give him a hoe?"
Yin Huo shook his head, "I don't know."
Manbao: ...
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(End of this chapter)
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