Chapter 129: County Magistrate Cao
She walked up and greeted with a smile: "Young Master, what a coincidence, I met you here."
Qin Yunyi got off the carriage. He looked even weaker than the last time he saw him, and his face was a little pale.
He glanced at the people behind Li Wanyue and asked, "Miss Li and her family are here to visit the temple fair?"
"Yes, I came to see the excitement." Thinking of what happened before, Li Wanyue asked; "I wonder how Miss Qin is doing recently?"
Qin Yunyi sighed softly, "It's hard to explain in a few words. Has Miss Li and her family had lunch? If not, I invite you to have lunch at Zuixianju. Zhenzhen is also there. I'm just looking for someone to persuade her. Miss Li is smart. I wonder if you can help her with this."
Li Wanyue thought about it and realized that she and the other party were still partners.
Go and see, the little girl might not be able to accept the betrayal of her lover all of a sudden.
"Okay, I'll talk to my family."
Afterwards, Qin Yunyi asked the servant to rent another carriage, and the two carriages went to Zuixianlou together.
At this time, Xie Yan was standing in front of the window of the elegant room on the second floor of Baiwei Building, taking in the entire scene.
I unconsciously clenched the cup in my hand, feeling inexplicably depressed.
Shen Yu at the side said meaningfully: "Oh, Miss Wanyue seems to be very familiar with that man. Not to mention, she is quite good-looking. Judging from her clothes, her family should be quite wealthy. She wears a white jade crown to tie her hair.
I'm just a little thin and look weak, which makes me inferior to you. But if Miss Wanyue likes me, it doesn't matter. I have money anyway, so I can just buy some good supplements to nourish my body.
Don't tell me, I have been in contact with Miss Wanyue for quite a while, how come I didn't know that she had seen this guy? This guy had dinner with her family, so I guess they have met him a few times. Judging from her family's reaction, they are also quite satisfied with this guy."
Xie Yan frowned and glanced at Shen Yu coldly: "When did you become as talkative as a woman?"
After saying this, he put the cup on the coffee table.
"How could I be bragging? I'm just stating the facts. You saw it, too. But Miss Li is smart, so it's normal for someone to like her."
Seeing that Xie Yan didn't respond, Shen Yu changed the subject: "Who was the girl who was talking to you downstairs just now?"
Xie Yan said calmly, "Cao Yingxue, the daughter of County Magistrate Cao."
"What do you want to do? You don't want to marry you, do you?"
"If you can't speak, don't speak."
Xie Yan knew very well what the other party was thinking. County Magistrate Cao had invited him to his home several times, but he had refused.
This time the other party said that he had something important to discuss and invited him to Baiweilou for a chat, so he agreed.
But he didn't expect that the other party would let his daughter wait for him here.
Just as he was about to enter the restaurant, the woman suddenly ran up from behind and blocked his way.
Cao Yingxue knelt down and saluted: "Yingxue greets Master Xie. My father has an appointment with Master here. As he was about to leave, he suddenly encountered an emergency and did not dare to delay. He was also afraid that Master would wait for a long time, so he specially asked me to come here to inform Master first. Please wait for a moment, he will be here soon."
Xie Yan asked her to excuse herself: "I understand, but I hope you will inform your father. If there is anything, you can send a servant to inform me. It is inappropriate for a girl like you to pass on the message."
Cao Yingxue smiled shyly, "Sir, you are the head of a county. Father just felt that if I sent a servant to inform you, wouldn't it mean that I don't take you seriously? Besides, my brother and his wife went out and took the servants with them. I am the only girl at home with nothing to do, so I sent someone to report to you, so I am not neglecting you."
There were so many people around that Xie Yan didn't want to say much to avoid causing trouble, so he asked her to go back and walked into the restaurant.
Unexpectedly, Cao Yingxue followed him into the restaurant again.
He said he had an appointment to have dinner here.
Naturally, he had no right to interfere with where other people ate, so he ignored her and went straight upstairs.
Just when Xie Yan was thinking that if County Magistrate Cao had something to say he couldn't go to the county government office and had to invite him here on his day off, there was a knock on the door.
"Thank you, sir. Your humble servant Cao Wei has something to report."
Xie Yan turned around and sat at the round table. Shen Yu opened the door and walked out.
County Magistrate Cao and Cao Yingxue entered the elegant room and bowed.
Xie Yan glanced at the two of them and raised his hand: "Please excuse me, Lord Cao. We are here to discuss matters. It is not appropriate for your daughter to be here."
Cao Yingxue immediately said, "Sir, I have no intention of spying. It's just that my friend who I'm waiting for can't come because of something. So I thought I'd go back with my father after we've talked about something. I can also serve you and my father for dinner. I hope you'll be considerate."
"Miss Cao, you can ask the coachman to take you home first, or ask your father to take you home. We can talk about other matters when your father takes office tomorrow." Xie Yan looked indifferent and sipped his tea.
Seeing this, Cao Yingxue looked at County Magistrate Cao aggrievedly. County Magistrate Cao saw that Xie Yan had a cold attitude and obviously didn't like his daughter.
He found many excuses to invite Xie Yan to his house, but he refused every time.
I finally found an excuse to get him to agree to the date. I wanted to take this opportunity to have my daughter accompany me and let Xie Yan spend some time with my daughter, but I didn't expect him to be so disrespectful.
County Magistrate Cao sighed and said, "Yingxue, let the driver take you back home first."
Cao Yingxue was unwilling but did not dare to refute. She knelt down and left the room.
Xie Yan then said, "Master Cao, please take a seat. I wonder what good thing that benefits the people you are talking about is? Why did you not wait until Master Cao took up his post to report to me, and you were so anxious to invite me here on your day off?"
County Magistrate Cao sat down and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve: "Since you asked, I will tell you directly. I also hope to put this matter into the people as soon as possible to reduce their burden. That's why I immediately made an appointment to see you after discovering this matter."
As he said that, he handed the paper in his hand to Xie Yan: "My Lord, I went to the town with my friends a few days ago. On the way, I saw the people carrying water to the fields. It was very hard. I wondered if there was any way to alleviate the hardship of the people, so I thought hard after returning home.
It took him three days to draw a blueprint. After he explained it to me, I immediately had people make the farm tools. I tried it yesterday and unexpectedly it actually worked.
When I saw the result, I wanted to report to you immediately, but it was already late and I didn't want to disturb you, so I woke up early in the morning and immediately sent someone to invite you.
When I was about to leave the house, I heard that the farm tool had a small problem, so I went to repair it. I was afraid that you would have to wait here for a long time, so I asked my daughter to come and inform you first. "
Xie Yan looked at the blueprint with a gloomy look in his eyes. He sneered in his heart as he listened to what County Magistrate Cao said. The drawing on this blueprint was actually the waterwheel blueprint that Li Wanyue had given him some time ago.
After a little thought, I knew the answer. It seemed that the village chief of Daohua Village reported the case to the head of the pavilion, who reported it to the county magistrate. The county magistrate wanted to give the merit to his son to pave the way for him to enter the officialdom in the future.
After all, if such a good thing that benefits the people is reported, the person who came up with this waterwheel will definitely be rewarded.
The laws of the Jing Dynasty stipulated that if common people made significant contributions to the court, they could take up official positions below the seventh rank without taking the imperial examination.
If he had not obtained the drawings in advance, but the county magistrate had obtained them first, and if he had threatened Li Wanyue's family a little, he would not know who made the drawings.
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