Chapter 887 Very Familiar
When the messenger from Luojiang County arrived in Yizhou City, Magistrate Tang said to Madam Tang, "Madam, the temperature fluctuates this spring, and my husband seems to be ill."
Mrs. Tang became nervous, "Are you sick?"
County Magistrate Tang nodded gravely, "So I will stay at home to recuperate for the next two days. I'll have to trouble you outside, Madam."
Mrs. Tang looked at him suspiciously when she heard this. She looked him up and down. Seeing that his face was rosy and his voice was normal, she rolled her eyes in anger. "If you want me to help you cover up, just say it. Why are you scaring me? Where are you going?"
County Magistrate Tang: "Go to Luojiang County."
Mrs. Tang frowned slightly.
County Magistrate Tang quickly reassured him, "It's nothing serious. There's just a case that requires a visit."
"What kind of case needs to be kept secret from the Ming governor and from outsiders?"
County Magistrate Tang smiled at her ingratiatingly, and Mrs. Tang sighed and asked no more questions.
After being married for many years, Mrs. Tang has figured out his bad temper. He is willing to bring some unimportant or bizarre cases home to share with her, but as long as it is a major case, he will never tell her anything until it is solved.
Mrs. Tang waved her hand and said, "Go, go, how long will you be gone this time?"
County Magistrate Tang thought about it and felt that it could not be too short, because Yang He said in the letter that the thing was found; but it could not be too long, because the situation in the city was uncertain, and if he did not show up for too long, it would arouse suspicion.
County Magistrate Tang wanted to investigate the suspected rebellion of the King of Yizhou, but he did not want to force him to rebel in advance. Otherwise, if he really rebelled, no matter where their family came from, they would never be able to leave Yizhou City alive.
You've already rebelled, so why would he care what your father does or where your mother's family is from?
So County Magistrate Tang weighed the pros and cons and said, "Three days at most."
Mrs. Tang was relieved, and she only needed to be away for half a month like last time.
The couple whispered a few words and then went to wash up and go to bed. They had to get up early and quietly leave the city tomorrow.
At this moment, everyone in Luojiang County had just finished dinner, and Cui Shi pulled Manbao aside to talk, "Let them talk, and we two will go and talk?"
Manbao had just met Cui and wasn't very familiar with her, but she was a very outgoing person. After all, County Magistrate Yang wouldn't tell them what the documents in the bundle were tonight, so it wouldn't be bad to talk to Madam Yang. So Manbao nodded and said, "Madam Yang, please go first."
Cui smiled and said, "I am a few years older than you. You can call me Sister Cui. My mother-in-law can be called Madam."
The older girl beside her smiled and continued, "Miss, you can call our grandmother Grandma Yang."
Manbao knew that the Yang family must have a large population, and the old lady and the madam were still alive, so their generational status had not yet been raised. She nodded and simply changed her address to "Sister Cui".
Cui smiled and asked, "How many years have you and my husband known each other?"
Manbao nodded, "We've known each other since Lord Yang came here to serve as the county magistrate."
Cui calculated silently and said with a smile, "That's three or four years."
Manbao did the math himself and nodded, "About the same."
Then the scene became quiet, everyone suddenly had nothing to say, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
Manbao scratched his head, remembering what his sister-in-law said: a new daughter-in-law will feel awkward when she first comes home because she can't integrate into the family for a while, so she has to be taken care of so that she can have a good relationship with her later.
So Manbao thought about it and took the initiative to bring up a topic, "Sister Cui, you will live in Luojiang County from now on, right?"
Cui paused as she was searching for a topic in her mind that would allow both of them to talk without offending the other party. She nodded, "Yes, wherever he is, I will naturally be there."
Manbao nodded. "That's good. It's better for couples not to separate. You are a family after all. My fourth brother can't do that. He often separates from my fourth sister-in-law..."
Cui Shi started chatting with Man Bao, and from Man Bao, Cui Shi learned how they met County Magistrate Yang and how they became friends.
Manbao knew that Cui had several sisters in her family. County Magistrate Yang was well-known in the capital. He was talented and handsome, and was a well-known son-in-law. Cui had to beat out many other people to get engaged to him.
The two of them were talking so enthusiastically that they forgot about time.
When County Magistrate Yang returned to the backyard and found Manbao still there, he coughed lightly and walked into the house. He looked at Manbao and said, "You've been in the woods for two days, aren't you tired?"
Manbao quietly stuck out his tongue and said goodbye to Cui.
County Magistrate Yang turned around and called the servants, "Wantian is outside, send Miss Man out and ask Wantian to take her back."
The servant agreed and led Manbao out.
Manbao waved to County Magistrate Yang and said, "See you tomorrow then."
County Magistrate Yang also smiled and waved to her.
Cui saw his smile and her eyes flashed slightly. When she looked at Manbao again, she had already jumped out.
County Magistrate Yang turned around and looked at Cui with a smile, "Let's wash up and rest too."
Cui quickly stood up with a smile, "Yes, I will serve you, sir."
Although she was very tired during the past two days, her biological clock was fixed. Manbao woke up on time. She pushed open the door and peeked into the yard. Bai Shan was just stretching out and asking for water. Daji had already washed up and was practicing boxing in the yard.
After they washed up, they met in the yard. Bai Shan said, "Bai Er is still asleep. I called him but couldn't wake him up."
Daji, who was standing beside him, also said, "Mr. Zhou Si is asleep too."
Man Bao waved his hand and said, "Let them sleep. County Magistrate Tang won't arrive until this afternoon. Let's go to the study and find a book to read."
Bai Shan thought they had nothing to do, so he nodded and agreed.
Wan Tian was guarding Magistrate Yang's study. Seeing them coming, he led them into the study. He watched them pick out books from the bookshelf, and after each of them took a book and left, he closed the door again. "Master Shan, Miss Man, aren't you going to have breakfast first?"
Bai Shan looked up at the sky and asked, "Has your family started eating breakfast now?"
That wasn't the case. Wan Tian smiled and said, "We'll have to wait a few more minutes. But if Master Shan and Miss Man are hungry, I can go to the kitchen and order some food."
Bai Shan waved his hand and said, "No need, we are not very hungry now."
He looked around and asked Manbao, "Where do you want to study?"
"Let's go to the garden? I remember there's a rockery at the county magistrate's house. There are lots of beautiful flowers and plants there. Let's go there and study."
"OK."
Bai Shan took Manbao to the garden, but Wantian did not follow them and let them go. Anyway, they were very familiar with the county magistrate's mansion and did not need anyone to lead the way.
The rockery was quite large, with two large round stones on top for sitting, forming a large platform. Bai Shan climbed up first, then pulled Man Bao up and warned him, "Hold on tight, I won't care if you fall."
Manbao shot back, "Just don't fall."
When Cui Shi, who was about to go to the guest house in the morning, saw them, she couldn't help but stop in her tracks, turned around and asked the maid beside her with a smile, "Are the two young guests familiar with our house?"
The next update will be around 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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