Chapter 671: Heavy Gifts
Qi Jue put his basket on the ground and sat down next to Bai Erlang, squeezing him aside. He asked breathlessly, "Why aren't you breathing?"
The three of them looked at each other: Because they often climb walls?
Manbao coughed lightly and said, "Because we exercise regularly."
The others nodded in agreement.
Qi Jue was speechless. He looked around the top of the mountain and found that they were the only ones who had climbed up the mountain.
After all, you have to enjoy the scenery along the way when you climb up. I guess they are the only group of people who just climb up the mountain like this.
Qi Jue looked at Bai Shan and said, "Can you tell me now? I swear, I won't tell anyone else, and no one here will hear it."
Bai Shan was curious, "Why do you have to know this?"
Qi Jue sighed and said, "I can't help it. My father is the governor's deputy governor. You don't know that the Ming governor fled early yesterday morning. The Tang County Magistrate is impenetrable. The Ji family is fine, but people from the Yizhou Palace have been coming to look for my father. It hasn't stopped since yesterday. Otherwise, I wouldn't be climbing with you today. I was supposed to stay at home to serve my grandfather today."
The post of Inspector-in-Chief was specially appointed for the upper states. He was the deputy of the Inspector and was of the fourth rank. His status was higher than that of the Inspectors of the middle and lower states.
Since the Ming governor had escaped, the entire Yizhou Prefecture was under the control of Beijia, who was also the superior of Tang County Magistrate.
If he wanted to handle a case, County Magistrate Tang had to give it to him.
Manbao was a little confused and said, "Since your father is the deputy governor, then just take over the case. County Magistrate Tang is very disciplined."
Bai Shan understood and laughed heartily, "Your father can't refuse the Yizhou Palace, and he doesn't want to offend the Ji family, so he doesn't dare to take over this case, but he still wants to intervene, right?"
Qi Jue said, "My father was surviving in the cracks. Who knew that the Ming governor would escape? He said he was going to inspect the counties and towns below. Three or five days is short, but it's normal for him to be gone for a month or two. All of this has been put on my father's shoulders."
Manbao understood and thought for a moment, then said, "It's not that difficult. Just follow the rules, just like County Magistrate Tang."
"That's easy to say, but if they overthrow the Yizhou Palace, will my father still be able to keep his position?"
Man Bao said, "The appointment and dismissal of deputy governors are also decided by the imperial court. I don't believe that the Yizhou Palace will dismiss your father just because of this incident."
She somewhat despised Qi Biejia's fawning over the powerful, but she still said, "Whatever you want to know, we will tell you if we can."
Bai Shan asked, "We have already told Magistrate Tang everything we know. Why doesn't your father go and ask Magistrate Tang?"
Qi Jue lowered his head helplessly and said, "My father said that County Magistrate Tang is very cunning. I'm afraid that as soon as he asks, County Magistrate Tang will hand the case over to me."
Bai Shan and others: "...So they let you, a child, come and inquire?"
"That's not the case. I just saw that my father was really worried, and I happened to see you today, so I wanted to share his worries."
Bai Shan and the others breathed a sigh of relief and thought for a moment, "Ji Hao fell off his horse, but he wasn't trampled by the horse. Instead, his stomach was scratched by a branch."
Qi Jue asked quickly, "How is he now?"
Bai Shan shook his head and said, "How would I know? I just saw it. I should ask the doctor, right?"
Qi Jue sighed, "That's true, but none of the Imperial Physician Fan and the three doctors who entered the Ji family have come out, so we have no way of finding out."
Manbao took out his water bag and poured himself a glass of water. He drank the water while picking up the snacks on the table and said nonchalantly, "We are still children. We should not worry about adult matters. Be careful not to grow taller."
Qi Jue sighed deeply. "This matter has nothing to do with you. Of course, you don't have to worry about it, but my father is an official in Yizhou. Now this matter has dragged all the officials in Yizhou into it."
After thinking for a while, he said, "More than that, the Ji family has already sent people to the capital, and someone from the Ji family should be back in a couple of days. Ying Wenhai's uncle is the Imperial Censor, so too many people are involved."
Manbao and Baishan looked at each other and sighed together. Ji Hao and Ying Wenhai had turned the whole Yizhou upside down, and now one of them was lying in bed, his life or death unknown, and the other was locked up in prison.
Bai Shan paused at the thought, and the fingers holding the teacup couldn't help but nodded. He raised his eyebrows and thought: Is County Magistrate Tang also trying to protect Ying Wenhai by locking people up in jail at this time?
Someone climbed up the mountain, and everyone stopped talking about this topic. Qi Jue put out the food he brought and saved a seat for their husband.
Classmates climbed up one after another. We took a break and looked down from above. When the wind blew again, we finally felt that all our efforts today were not in vain.
"Look, from here you can see Qixia Mountain in the city."
"Where is that building?"
"Ganxianglou, right?"
"No way, this is the Stargazing Tower of the Prefecture School. How can Ganxiang Tower be that high?"
Mr. Zhuang and his companions were the last to climb up. After sitting down and resting for a while, he took all his disciples over to test them. Some asked them to recite poems, while others asked them to write poems. After tossing the students around enough, he made sure that they fully understood the origin and meaning of Double Ninth Festival, and after they had memorized quite a few Double Ninth Festival poems, he waved goodbye and let them go and have fun.
A group of middle-aged and elderly people, along with a group of young boys and girls, stayed there until mid-afternoon. They only got up and went down the mountain after they were so hungry that they couldn't even fill their stomachs with snacks.
Mr. Zhuang and several other gentlemen went out for a drink, while the students went home.
Bai Shan and the others discussed it among themselves and finally decided to eat out as well, as it was a rare opportunity.
When they had eaten and drunk their fill and were happily returning home, the cook came out to greet them and said, "Master, Miss Man, you are finally back."
Bai Shan jumped out of the carriage and asked, "What's wrong?"
The cook pointed at the things in the main hall and said, "At noon, someone claiming to be the housekeeper of the Ying family came and brought many gift boxes. I didn't know them and didn't dare to accept them. But they just opened the door, put the things in the yard, and left. They said that when the young master came back, he would know the name of the Ying family as soon as he mentioned it."
The cook said in a daze, "I had no choice but to move the things back. But two hours later, he came again with people, this time looking for Miss Man. He also left after leaving the things. He also said that he didn't know that the two of them were a family at noon and was sorry to bother you. Master, Miss Man, these things..."
Bai Shan frowned and opened the gift box to take a look. The gift was more valuable than the one from Ji's family, but not cheap. In addition to pens, ink, cloth and other things, there were also accessories for him and a large box of crabs.
Manbao also looked through the gift box given to her. There were also quite a few things in it. And strangely, her gift was heavier than Baishan's, because when she opened a box, there was a row of five gold ingots inside.
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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