Chapter 162: Compliment

The group got off the boat and walked on the land road for more than an hour, and soon arrived in Dongpingzhou.

Dongpingzhou is located in the east of the Huitong River, with the north of the gourd mountain, the northeast of the dangerous mountain, the southwest of the Anshan, and the Ansan Lake. Here in the Yuan Dynasty used to be Dongping Road, Zhili Zhongshu Province, Zhu Yuanzhang called Wu Wang, this place is Dongping Mansion, and then it was reduced to a state, less than 20 miles away from the wharf where Zhang Yue and others got off the ship.

The land of Shandong was founded by the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Ke Central Plains, and the Ming Dynasty, and the population once dropped sharply from 100,000 households to more than 20,000 households in the early Ming Dynasty. Now, after 50 years of recuperation and recuperation, the canal has gradually been dredged, and the various places have shown some prosperity. Despite this, the scene in Dongping City is still not comparable to that of Beijing, and it is not comparable to Nanjing, a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River.

The governor of Dongping Prefecture originally only knew that it was Meng Xian, the commander of the capital, who came, but when he learned that he was accompanied by the family of the new political envoy, he didn't take it to heart. As for Zhang Yue, the county of Anqiu, he didn't pay attention to it. After all, Dongping Prefecture and Anqiu do not belong to each other, and besides, his Zhizhou is from the fifth grade, which is much higher than Zhang Yue's Zhengqipin county order. And from the bottom of his bones, he really looks down on Zhang Yue, who has not dried up.

So, Zhang Yue saw that the fat-headed and big-eared Zhizhou who was forty miles away was circling around Meng Xian, and personally arranged for the main house in the courtyard to be placed for the Meng family, and ordered people to prepare hot water, but he and the Du family were left aside, and they didn't care about their own feelings. Seeing that Meng Xian didn't speak for him, he only turned around and smiled at him before entering the house, he knew that people were deliberately not breaking it, so he couldn't help but laugh, grabbed Qiu Zhen and ordered his subordinates to clean up the west wing, and was busy making things for Mrs. Du Qiu's before and after.

Although she was snubbed, fortunately, Mrs. Du Qiu was used to seeing these when she was working hard in the countryside, and she didn't care about it. With Zhang Yue's help, Du Juan took a few servants and girls to quickly clean up the east wing, but she didn't have to bother at all. And Yan Kuan, the governor of the state, has been completely settled in Meng Xian, and he has asked about everything, and after coming out, he saw that the other two groups of people had settled by themselves, and he was happy and relaxed, and he returned to the front with a brisk pace.

"Your Excellency!"

It was getting late, and he was humming a little song when he suddenly heard this voice. couldn't help but be startled, and when he saw that the guy standing in the shadow under the porch and bending over and controlling his back was Li Cai, the head catcher he sent to pick up people, he snorted angrily: "Standing in this kind of place and suddenly making a noise, are you trying to scare me to death?" It's late today, and I'll talk about it tomorrow! ”

"My lord, the little one naturally knew that it was late, but when you sent the little one to pick up someone, you said that it was the Lord Meng. How did you get two more people? Xiaodi remembered that the things prepared before did not seem to be enough, if that Mrs. Du went to Jinan Mansion to complain to Lord Du, when she stayed at that time, she was afraid that she would ......"

"What are you afraid of!" Yan Kuan glanced at Li Zhutou, who had a panicked look on his face, and waved his hand nonchalantly. "After that Master Meng is a hero, do you know what a hero is? After the emperor ascended the throne, even the civil officials who were close to him were sometimes degraded and sometimes killed. Only almost none of the heroes moved, even if they were degraded for a long time, they were called back. As for that Lord Du...... Hmph, don't look at him in the past, he was also a favorite minister by the emperor's side, Shandong's troubled waters are so easy to remediate? ”

"But ......"

"What's the but, in short, you don't care about the nosy things that shouldn't be in your business!"

Li Caiyu hesitated and wanted to say more, but when he saw Lord Zhizhou impatiently flicking his sleeves and entering the room, he suddenly sighed. I thought of the situation when I saw Zhang Yue and Meng Xian talking on the dock first. Looking at that situation, the two decided to know each other, and Zhang Yue had an Uncle Meng, and Meng Xian had a brother Yue, which was more like a good style of the family, and Mrs. Nadu and her party and these two groups of peers, Zhang Yue still called his wife, how could he be easily neglected?

I saw that the two doors were closed tightly in front of me. He couldn't help but be helpless. I was suffocated in my heart - anyway, if there is a mistake, it is also the mistake of Lord Zhizhou, what is his business? When the sky fell, there were tall people staring. After a busy day, it was important for him to go back to sleep!

Everyone had a good night's sleep. This is true of the people who have been sitting on the boat for three or four days, the officials who have been tired for most of the day, and even more so the Zhizhou Yan Kuan, who is holding the beautiful concubine. Therefore, the next morning, even Mrs. Du, who had always been punctual in life, was delayed for half an hour, not to mention the others. When Yan Kuan, who was covered with fat, hurried to the ground, the people in the room on three sides had packed their bags and were ready to leave.

"Master, Dongping went to Jinan Mansion for about three hundred miles, although you and Sister Wan brought a lot of family members, but after all, it was not good to say this way, so I still took someone to send you to Jinan Mansion first, and then went to Anqiu to take office, and it was good to see Mr."

Qiu knew that the Meng family was also interested in Zhang Yue, and he wished that he proposed this article, and he was really happy in his heart. It's just that she walked with the Meng family along the way, and she couldn't put her joy on her face, and after nodding, she said goodbye to Mrs. Wu and the others. Meng Xian had already expected this experience, and he didn't say anything, but Meng Min and Du Juan, two girls of the same age, were very sorry to say goodbye, Meng Min sent an embroidery, and Du Juan gave back a purse.

"Although Qingzhou Mansion is the location of the Shandong Metropolitan Command Embassy, after all, it is different from Nanjing and Beijing, the fourth sister, please take care."

Meng Xian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but Mrs. Wu's heart was sour, Meng Min was stunned for a moment and thanked with a smile. Qiu Shi was slightly surprised when he saw this scene, and although he didn't feel that it was inappropriate, he still glanced at Du Juan; Du Juan looked down at Meng Min's embroidery in his hand that could not find a trace of error, and his heart was slightly strange.

At this time, Yan Kuanfang, who was like a transparent person next to him, noticed a little bit of ground that he didn't find yesterday, and he had a bad feeling in his heart. This seemingly inconspicuous young man Anqiu Zhixian called his wife while calling the eldest lady of the Meng family the fourth sister, how can he seem to have a lot of origin? When Meng Xian smiled and said something to Zhang Yue, his uneasiness became even stronger.

It was easy to send the two people out of the city, and when the figure was out of sight, he immediately grabbed Li Cai, the head catcher who came to see him off, and shouted: "What's going on with that Anqiu Zhi County?" How could he be so affectionate with the Meng family, and still call that Mrs. Du's wife? What do you do, why didn't you make it clear to me yesterday! ”

"It's not that the adults said to the little ones last evening. Don't you care about the things that shouldn't be small? ”

Li Cai's words choked Yan Kuan's face turned blue, and he was secretly relieved in his heart. But he didn't dare to go too far after all, so he had to explain everything he saw and heard at the dock yesterday, and finally said cautiously: "I went to look for adults yesterday evening, just to talk about this." That Zhang Gongzi looks like he has an extraordinary background, and the little one is afraid that you will offend him......"

Before he finished speaking, he felt that Lord Zhizhou in front of him was looking at him with a fire-breathing gaze, and hurriedly took a step back. I'm afraid that this person will be slapped with a bad temperament. This is very likely, Zhizhou, who was originally born as a lifter, is short-tempered on weekdays, and it is common for the officials to play the board, and no matter how bad it is, the big-eared scraper hits it, and in private, everyone doubts where this person's fame comes from.

Yan Kuan had already repented of his intestines at this time. Of course, he is not afraid of Du Zhen's students, but they seem to be related to the Meng family, so he has to worry about whether they are also the children of heroes. When he thought that the son of a meritorious soldier was a good military attache who was not appropriate to be a small county commander, he only felt that he had to be as entangled as he was. even complained about Meng Xian, who didn't even give a hint last night. Last name...... It seems that there is more than one prince surnamed Zhang in the capital, don't be the most prominent one!

Thinking of this, he was stunned and dismissed the idea of returning to the city immediately, and personally got on his horse and chased after him, and this chase was two miles away. He is usually pampered. Who had suffered on the back of a horse in this bumpy terrain, and by the time he caught up, he was already out of breath and sore, but he still pretended to talk to Zhang Yue with a smile.

"Master Zhang, I didn't mean to be slacking off before. It's really ......" Yan Kuan is the best at deceiving superiors and subordinates on weekdays, but at this moment, he suddenly had no words, and he held back for a long time before he burst out with a sentence, "It's really because Master Meng is a Shangguan, I have no other intentions." ”

Zhang Yue glanced at Mrs. Du and Du Juan's carriage, and saw that the curtain was slightly opened, and he knew that they were also curious about the reason why the governor of Dongping Prefecture caught up, so he smiled and said, "I also believe that Lord Yan has no other intentions." Lord Du, this political envoy is from the second grade. is the civil governor of this province, presumably Lord Yan should not favor one over the other. ”

After Zhang Yue said this, Yan Kuan's face suddenly turned red. But thinking of the titles he heard before, he still said cheekily and tentatively: "I just heard Master Zhang call Mrs. Du his wife and Master Meng his uncle, I don't know if this is ......"

"It turns out that Lord Yan wanted to ask this. Master Du is my mentor, so Mrs. Du is naturally my wife. As for Lord Meng......" He deliberately showed a hint of embarrassment, and saw Yan Kuan staring at him nervously. He stepped forward. He lowered his voice and said, "Lord Meng and my family are good friends. Merely. I don't want outsiders to know about this matter, and I ask Lord Yan to keep it a secret. ”

Yan Kuan saw that Zhang Yue was mysterious, and he thought it was some other quasi-letter, but when he heard such a sentence, he was angry. Thinking about this uncle's statement, it may be that Zhang Yue was cheeky on the road, and he almost wanted to ridicule him, but when he saw Zhang Yue sitting on the horse with his hands crossed and smiling calmly, he muttered in his heart again.

Meng Xian's tone sounded as if he was really familiar with Zhang Yue, if it was really a good family, that person might really be a hero. In addition to the British Gongzhang family, there are also the Zhang family of Longping Hou and the Zhang family of Anxiangbo, all of whom are heroes of the Jingjing, so it is better to be careful. So, he didn't ask any more, so he went to the carriage with a smile to apologize to Mrs. Du, and talked to Zhang Yue for a while, and then beat the horse and galloped back to the city.

As soon as he left, Mrs. Du Qiu lifted the curtain and summoned Zhang Yue over, and said after a little inquiry: "This Lord Yan is condescending, but I am afraid that there are some other reasons." Yuanjie, it seems that your husband's political envoy is only afraid that it is not so appropriate, and you have to work hard to hurry. It doesn't matter if Wan'er and I take the car, if you can't hold it, you might as well take the car. ”

Zhang Yue also agreed with Qiu's idea in his heart, but he didn't want her to worry too much, because he smiled and said: "Don't worry, master, I can still hold this little road." Mr. has always been a wise and talented person, so Yan Zhizhou is afraid that he just watched the emperor focus on martial arts and light literature, so he was quite snobbish. ”

From Dongping Prefecture through Dong'e, Pingyin, Changqing, is Jinan Mansion. Zhang Yue had heard people say that the White Lotus Sect was rampant in Shandong, and he thought that it was really bandits who were rampant and the law and order were not quiet, but along the official road this way, he occasionally stopped to drink tea in the tea shed, and would chat with the post guards for a night at the post station, but found that the situation was not so serious. It's just that whenever you ask about the Huitong River that communicates the north and the south, people immediately talk about the tiger's color.

Because of what happened in Dongpingzhou, he simply concealed his identity as the new county magistrate of Anqiu along the way, just running back and forth in a green shirt, and when looking for people to gossip, everyone regarded him as the master's long-term follower, and he had few scruples when he spoke. So, for four days, he had a deeper understanding of the situation in Shandong.

Jinan Mansion is known as the first capital of Shandong, and has always been famous for its famous springs, and the weather of the famous city is naturally not comparable to Dongping City. When the group first entered Jinan, Zhang Yue asked Lian Sheng to inquire about the location of the political envoy of Chengxuan, and after asking, he took people straight there. When I arrived at the ground, there was a neat yamen, and there were a few men who looked like servants standing at the door, although they were not as good as the piles, but they were also somewhat magnificent. However, looking at the people coming and going near this yamen, he couldn't help but feel that this place seemed to be a little deserted.

This is the announcement of the political envoy division is known as the Liang Division, and the six departments are equally heavy. The political envoy is a scholar and a squire, and every time the deputy capital Yushi is a political envoy, he can be regarded as a very noble local official, how can it be so cold? Even if Du Zhen's new political envoy is over-moving, it won't be like this!

He couldn't figure it out, so he had to jump off his horse and personally lead Lian Sheng Lianhu to the yamen. Seeing that an errand officer stepped forward to stop him for questioning, he said in a deep voice: "Please report to Master Du, just say that the student Zhang Yue escorted Mrs. Du and Miss Du to come!" ”

The errand officer looked at Zhang Yue young, and was stunned when he heard the word student, and when he heard Mrs. Du and Miss Du, he stayed for a long time before he realized that it was the family of the lord of the clan who had arrived, and immediately turned around and gave an order, and rushed to the yamen. The other officers also came up to greet the movers, and in a short time they alarmed the others on the street. Naturally, countless people who inquired about the news also mixed in with the crowd watching the excitement, stood on tiptoe and watched for a while before slipping away.