Chapter 3324 Uninvited Guests
It was not a government matter, just a private visit, and they were high-ranking officials, so the meeting with the county magistrate was still very easy.
But Zhou Man was from Luojiang County after all, so he was very concerned about the development of his hometown and couldn't help but ask more detailed questions.
The county magistrate never expected that the person who talked to Zhou Man the most was not his wife, but him.
The county magistrate's wife had little chance to speak, so she just sat aside drinking tea. When it was time for lunch, men and women sat at two separate tables, and she and Princess Zhou Man ate in the garden while enjoying the scenery. Only then was she able to speak.
After hearing this, Zhou Man realized that she was a wonderful person. "Did Shangzhou really send an official document to relocate the grave? How come I didn't know about it?"
The County Magistrate's wife said, "Of course they wouldn't dare disturb the Princess. Everyone knows that the Princess grew up in Luojiang County, so her heart is naturally with us. Why would she go to Shangzhou?"
She said, "You're just relying on your father's past as a guest at the Xia family in Shangzhou, so you're trying to get your hands on our county office. Even if you can't move the grave there, rumors will spread, and it will seem like you've also made a contribution to Shangzhou."
Zhou Man: "But I haven't heard my brother mention this matter..."
"Our master didn't tell anyone. What if your family, who originally had no intention of doing so, decided to move the grave after hearing about it?"
Zhou Man looked at the proud wife of the county magistrate and couldn't help laughing. Tears were about to come out of his eyes as he laughed. "My wife is so sincere."
Mingda hid the smile on his lips with a handkerchief, nodded slightly, and raised his hand and said, "Madam, would you like to try this braised fish in vinegar? It's fish caught from the river nearby. I think it tastes very fresh."
Changed the subject.
After seeing the county magistrate and his wife off, Zhou Man couldn't help but burst out laughing on the spot.
Bai Shan was still watching the county magistrate's carriage. He turned his head and looked at her. "What are you laughing at?"
Zhou Man shook his head and looked at the carriage road going away. "I just think that our Luojiang County is really a place of outstanding people and interesting people."
Bai Shan smiled slightly and reached out to hold her hand, "I think so too."
Bai Shan squeezed his hands together and said with a smile, "Let's go home and prepare some things. We will go to the Taoist temple tomorrow and find the things Dao and Daoxu asked us to bring back."
The county magistrate lowered the curtains, turned around and sat up straight, and exclaimed in admiration, "I didn't expect that Lord Bai and Lord Zhou would be so kind and gracious that they would personally escort us to the village entrance."
When he went to visit the governor of Mianzhou, he would not let the governor see him off, let alone let his sons and nephews see him off even if they were with him.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man actually personally sent them to the village entrance, and the magistrate of Luojiang County was very grateful.
Bai Shan took Zhou Mancai up the bridge when they heard a sudden loud cry coming from the village behind them. They were both shocked and stopped to look back.
But the houses and trees hid the view, so they couldn't see what was happening. They looked at each other and listened intently, only hearing sporadic conversation: "Now that you're rich, you don't recognize your uncle..."
"...Without our family, you would have been gone long ago. How would you have been rich?"
Bai Shan was curious, "Whose house is this? Why is there such a big commotion?"
"I don't know." Zhou Man shook his hand, yawned, and felt a little sleepy. "It's not easy for us to watch such a lively scene. I want to go back to sleep."
"It's already past 3 p.m., and dinner will be served soon. If you go to bed now, will you be able to sleep at night?"
"But I'm feeling sleepy, so I'll just go back and take a nap."
"Okay," Bai Shan hugged her, "Okay, let's go back and take a nap."
As the two men lifted their feet, they heard the crying behind them becoming clearer and clearer. An old male voice shouted, "Zhou Jin, if you have the guts, kick me out today. Tomorrow I will spread the news of your Zhou family's ungratefulness throughout Luojiang County!"
Zhou Man and Bai Shan immediately stopped and looked back in shock.
Zhou Man: "Did you hear that? Who did that person call just now?"
Bai Shan was also a little uncertain, "Is it my father-in-law?"
Zhou Man immediately woke up and was no longer sleepy. He pulled Bai Shan and left, "Let's go check it out."
The two of them jogged and passed the school, where they saw many people blocking the road. Some were standing by to watch the excitement with their hands in their sleeves. Zhou Dalang was leading a few of his brothers to push people out of the village. There were people trying to persuade them on both sides, and it was very noisy and lively.
Bai Shanjian saw the people on the other side push away the onlookers, rush to a nearby house, grab a thick wooden stick, and hurriedly pull Zhou Man behind him, "Stop, what are you doing?"
Zhou Silang was furious when he saw the other party holding a stick. "Zhang San, how dare you hold a stick? Do you think we are the Zhou family's freeloaders?"
After saying that, he turned around and was about to go back to get the knife, but someone grabbed him and said, "Calm down, calm down!"
Bai Shan saw them pushing and shoving each other, and felt a headache. He could only shout loudly: "Stop, separate!"
When the young men of Qili Village heard Bai Shan speak, they all took action and stepped forward to pull the man away.
When the Zhou family saw Bai Shan and Zhou Man, they finally stopped struggling, so the onlookers only needed to separate the Zhang family.
Bai Shan pulled Zhou Man to one side. When the two sides finally separated, he stood in the middle and frowned at the group of strangers on his left. "Who are you and why are you making such a fuss?"
"What's it to you? This is a matter between our family and the Zhou family."
Bai Shan said: "Unfortunately, I am the son-in-law of the Zhou family, so I can still be related."
"Hey, are you my cousin-in-law?"
"Bah," Zhou Silang broke free from the person holding him, stood next to Bai Shan and said, "Who is your cousin-in-law? Do you know my sister?"
Instead, they looked directly at Zhou Man, who was blocked by Bai Shan, with their eyes bright. "You must be cousin Man, right? I am your great-grandfather's cousin. Cousin, you can't forget your roots just because you are rich."
Zhou Man had a better memory than most people. After sizing him up and down, he asked, "During my father's funeral, I hit someone. Was that you?"
The young man was silent for a while, then said, "No."
Another fatter young man next to him said, "It's me!"
Zhou Silang then whispered to Zhou Manbaishan, "They are from the Zhang family. This is Zhang Sanlang, who is of the same generation as us. The one you beat up when you were a child is a generation younger than us."
He was too lazy to talk about cousin or nephew, he didn't want to acknowledge them anyway.
Zhou Man looked at Bai Shan, who then asked, acting like an official, "What brings you here?"
"It's nothing special. I just heard that my cousins are back, so we came to visit them. Who knew that they would become rich and ignore their poor relatives? How ungrateful..."
Bai Shan had handled many cases like this when he was the county magistrate, but this was the first time that it fell on his own family.
However, he quickly adapted to the situation. He glanced at the Zhang family, then at the Zhou family, and said with a faint smile, "We can't start a fight. This is in Qili Village. If we really start a fight, you won't get any good results. In that case, why don't we all just calm down and talk?"
(End of this chapter)
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