Chapter 183 It Was Him
Back to that remote place, the two of them slipped into the space, changed their clothes, and appeared outside again along with the mule cart.
As if nothing had happened, Mo Jiuye drove the mule cart towards the county government office.
There was a huge crowd of people at the gate of the county government office, all waiting to see the new county magistrate.
This shows that the county magistrate has not arrived yet.
Mo Jiuye parked the mule cart aside, holding He Zhiran's hand and standing on the side of the crowd.
As soon as the two of them stood still, they saw a group of people walking towards them from the east.
The person walking in front was wearing the official uniform of a county magistrate and walked with an upright and heroic posture.
Moreover, he is an acquaintance.
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran looked at each other, and both whispered the man's name at the same time.
"Meng Huaining!"
It’s him!
"Why did he come to Yuncheng to be the county magistrate?"
A lot of questions.
Looking at Meng Huaining again, there was a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner following him, dancing and gesticulating, seemingly expressing something.
Meng Huaining frowned deeply and kept shaking his head.
When the group approached, the officials quickly formed a long line to block the people in front of them to prevent them from rushing over and harming the county magistrate.
Only the blond and blue-eyed foreigner was still trying to express something to Meng Huaining.
He Zhiran could see that Meng Huaining didn't understand what the foreigner said at all.
Just at this moment, Meng Huaining glanced towards the crowd and saw Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran.
Seeing the two of them, Meng Huaining no longer looked at the foreigner beside him, and strode towards them.
Just when the people were wondering what the county magistrate was doing here, Meng Huaining spoke.
"Brother Mo, sister-in-law, I didn't expect you to get here before me."
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran originally wanted to meet Meng Huaining privately, but they didn't expect that the other party would greet them first without any hesitation.
Mo Jiuye clasped his fists and said, "Long time no see, Brother Meng."
The common people did not know Mo Jiuye's identity and only thought that the county magistrate had met an old acquaintance in a foreign land.
However, the officials were different.
Yesterday, the Mo family was harassed by County Magistrate Cui. Many of them witnessed it with their own eyes, and several officials who sent them to Xiling Village, including Ma Junshan, were petrified on the spot.
What is going on here?
Mo Jiuye actually knew the new county magistrate, and the county magistrate was also on good terms with Mo Jiuye, which showed that the two had a close relationship.
Thinking of this, several officers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, they did not make things difficult for the Mo family like County Magistrate Cui did yesterday. Otherwise, given the relationship between the Mo family and the county magistrate, they would have been in trouble.
The several police officers who identified Mo Jiuye as the murderer who hurt County Magistrate Cui on the street today were stunned.
They just wanted to find someone to take the blame so that they could close the case sooner, but in the end, they seemed to have hit a wall.
Several policemen who had done something wrong lowered their heads guiltily, trying to reduce their presence as much as possible.
Meng Huaining warmly gestured for invitation, intending to invite Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran into the yamen to reminisce about the past.
Just then, the foreigner came over again.
He said in fluent English: "Sir, please help me."
Meng Huaining turned around and looked at the foreigner with an embarrassed expression.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying."
He Zhiran smiled faintly, took a step forward, and asked the foreigner in English: "Excuse me, sir, what difficulties have you encountered?"
When the foreigner heard the familiar language, he immediately became excited.
He stretched out his arms towards He Zhiran and said with a smile: "Oh, great! I finally met someone who knows English here, and she is a very beautiful woman."
As he spoke, the foreigner was about to step forward and give He Zhiran a big hug.
Seeing this, Mo Jiuye unhappily stood in front of He Zhiran and glared at the foreigner.
Regardless of whether the other party could understand what he said, he said angrily: "Please pay attention to your words and actions, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."
He Zhiran knew that foreigners liked to hug each other when they were happy or expressing gratitude.
This action must have been misunderstood by Mo Jiuye.
Of course, as a deeply oriental woman, she can hardly accept the way Westerners express themselves.
Even if Mo Jiuye hadn't stepped forward to stop her, she would have avoided the foreigner's hug on her own.
She knew that the foreigner had no ill intentions, so she explained to Mo Jiuye, "This is a Western etiquette, and I won't cooperate with him."
Mo Jiuye didn't have time to think carefully about why He Zhiran knew foreign languages, and continued to stare at the foreigner angrily.
The foreigner was confused when he saw the man who suddenly appeared and seemed very unfriendly to him.
"Sir, this is the first time we meet, why are you treating me like this?"
Mo Jiuye knew that the foreigner was talking to him, but he didn't understand, so he turned to ask He Zhiran.
"What is he talking about?"
He Zhiran smiled and translated the foreigner's words to him.
Mo Jiuye said with a cold face: "Tell him that women in our Dashun Dynasty can only be hugged by their husbands."
He Zhiran laughed secretly in his heart: I didn't expect this man to be so possessive...
She translated Mo Jiuye's words to the foreigners very professionally.
He also gave a brief explanation in English that the people of the Dashun Dynasty were relatively conservative in their thinking, and even if they were expressing gratitude or something else, they could only express it through words.
The foreigners were very smart. After He Zhiran's explanation, they immediately had a new understanding of Dashun's etiquette.
He placed one hand on his chest apologetically and bowed to He Zhiran.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you."
After finally meeting someone who could communicate with him, the foreigner apologized and said impatiently:
"My beautiful lady, could you please be my interpreter for a few days? I will definitely pay you a very high salary."
He Zhiran didn't care about wages at all.
She decided to help this foreigner.
If nothing else, being able to actually get to know a foreigner would definitely be the biggest help in bringing the items in her space to light.
"That's no problem. May I ask your name, sir?"
When the foreigner saw that the other party agreed, he immediately smiled.
"My name is Henry, and I'm from the other side of the ocean. I wonder what this beautiful lady's name is."
He Zhiran greeted politely and told his name.
After the two parties introduced themselves to each other, Henry couldn't wait to talk about the difficulties he encountered.
"Ms. He Zhiran, my boat ran aground just as it approached Yuncheng Wharf, and the translator I brought from home died of illness on the way. I wanted to find a boat repairman here, but unfortunately, I couldn't speak the language, so I couldn't find one.
Could you please ask the officials here to help find a boat repairman?"
He Zhiran could only act as a translator, and Meng Huaining really had to help find someone to repair the boat.
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