73. Shyness and timidity

The flood has receded for several days, and the road is okay on horseback. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The info post station is not far from the county seat. After a while, Kung Fu and his party entered the county office.

Cheng Linghui, surrounded by Shen Cong and a few people, couldn't help but sit in the main seat of the lobby. The county commander wanted to sit on the side, but he didn't have his identity, so he could only stand on the side and urge Lu Gongmei: "Lord Lu, quickly call the girl you said in." ”

Lu Gongmei said: "I also want the county lord and the Chang lord to send a capable person to go with the lower officials." This Lu Gongmei is really thoughtful, and she was afraid that someone would be unfavorable to that girl, so she simply asked people to go with her.

Cheng Linghui looked to both sides, and Zhao Qiao said, "I'll go with Lu Gong." ”

The county magistrate over there had no choice but to let the county government's head catcher go with him.

Tongzhi's mansion is next to the county office. In a moment, a young woman with a scarf covering her face walked into the lobby with two little girls. The woman saw Cheng Linghui in the hall at a glance, and her eyes turned red and she burst into tears: "Chang Lang, you let Xiaoxiao find it." ”

The county magistrate said on the side: "Girl, you have to see clearly." That person is not Chang Jiwen. ”

The woman ignored his words, as if there was no one else in the lobby at this moment except Cheng Linghui.

Lu Gongmei pulled her: "Sister, if he is really Chang Jiwen, you can go to the back hall and dress up." Big brother calls the shots for you. It's better to choose the time than to bump, and you will get married. ”

Lu Xiaoxiao came back to her senses and cried with joy: "Brother, what you said is true?" ”

Lu Gongmei nodded: "When did the eldest brother lie to you?" ”

Lu Xiaoxiao happily entered the back hall of the county government to dress up. The county magistrate was already in a cold sweat, and hurriedly paid homage to Cheng Linghui. Cheng Linghui sat in the lobby for the first time, and her heart was also a little empty. I don't care about what to dig into, so let the county order get up first.

Those officials and officials who followed Chang Jiwen before could not be used. Let Shen Cong and a few people temporarily replace him. Shen Cong and the others got together for disaster relief, so they happily accepted the order and took their places.

At this time, Cheng Linghui had to suppress her mind to find Chang Jiwen a little. Consider disaster relief first.

Although a certain south often suffers from floods, it is really a treasure land. In addition to those casualties and losses, there is always a glimmer of life for those who are alive. This is somewhat similar to the people living in the lower reaches of Dasha Creek in Shaxi County.

Nowadays, the situation that has caused the people to live in poverty and the situation of wanderers is really half natural disasters and half man-made disasters. The officials and gentry from all over the south protected each other and were dedicated to protecting those big families. Merchants took the opportunity to hoard and raise prices. Completely disregarding the people's livelihood.

The disaster relief materials of the imperial court were stripped and seized layer by layer, and they could not reach the hands of the people at all.

Cheng Linghui grew up at the bottom of society since she was a child, and she empathizes with the suffering of the people. Compared with Chang Jiwen's life and death, she is now wearing official clothes, and she always puts the people first.

What's more, she's not alone now. She also has Shen Cong, Deng Ku, Zhao Qiao, and Yanjing around her to help. It will surely calm the floods and restore peace to the people.

Cheng Linghui was thinking about disaster relief, and Lu Xiaoxiao had already stopped dressing up. Seeing that Cheng Linghui did not mean to protect herself, the county commander was happy to run before and after running for her. One person acts as a matchmaker and a master of ceremonies, and he is very busy. He asked his wife to quickly pack up a new room.

In Cheng Linghui's heart, Chang Jiwen must still be alive. Therefore, there was no hesitation at all about marrying Lu Xiaoxiao for Chang Jiwen. Lu Xiaoxiao was provoked by herself, and she always had to give an explanation to other girls. Moreover, Lu Xiaoxiao's maiden family obviously has some power. Cheng Linghui is not a boudoir daughter who doesn't go out of the gate all day long and doesn't step out of the second door, and she knows the truth that it is good to enjoy the shade with her back against a big tree.

Chang Jiwen likes to be an official, so relying on the big tree of the Lu family is undoubtedly only good and no harm.

The most important thing is that Cheng Linghui is a woman who grew up in the old society after all. No matter how strong you are, you can't escape the shackles of feudal thinking. In her heart, it is really common for a man from a large family to have three wives and four concubines. If she had married an ordinary farmer, she might have been a fierce woman and kept her husband in check. But she married Chang Jiwen, and she consciously had to clean up that jealousy.

Chang Jiwen is different from those croppers after all. Having come to this point, she is even grateful to Lu Xiaoxiao. Because Lu Xiaoxiao didn't let herself pack up her baggage and get out, she also let herself be an equal wife with her.

Think about it, what an honor it is for a poor girl in the countryside to be on an equal footing with a daughter!

Cheng Linghui will not admit that a certain corner of her heart is actually bitter. That bitterness, from the day after marrying Chang Jiwen, Chang Zhizhou and Guan Ju came to kowtow to themselves. To this day, it's just a handful of yellow lotus added to that bitterness. She didn't know what to do except let herself not think about it and let herself get used to it slowly.

"Worship Heaven and Earth......

Cheng Linghui held the hydrangea made of red silk and smiled bitterly in her heart. This is the third time she has been married. The first time was to play with Xiuwen, and I still remember that my mother, who had always been silent and cowardly, suddenly seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind, and the whole person became bright and vivid.

"Two Worship High Hall ......"

The second time was when I married Chang Jiwen. She just wanted to get out of the door in a daze, so that her mother didn't have to worry about herself anymore. When I visited the church, I didn't know who was on the other side of the red silk. Later, she often wondered if it was not Chang Jiwen on the other side, but an old man with a large group of little wives, would she become a vicious housewife and bring those concubines back to life?

"Husband and wife worship ......"

I don't know who kicked Cheng Linghui, and Cheng Linghui came back to his senses.

"Send it to the cave ......"

Cheng Linghui, under the diligent guidance of the county order, led the bride to the new house. I just felt that the humble and flattering appearance of the county commander was really annoying, and I just wanted to kick him twice. There was a faint pain in his calf, and then he remembered that someone had kicked him just now.

After tossing all night, when the bride was sent into the cave room, it was almost dawn. Cheng Linghui didn't know how to get along with Lu Xiaoxiao, and she couldn't tell her right now that she was actually not Chang Jiwen, but Chang Jiwen's original wife. Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, let's be sisters in the future. In case Lu Xiaoxiao can't accept it and makes a fuss for a while, won't it be a bad dish?

Cheng Linghui thought for a while and said to Lu Xiaoxiao: "That...... It's dawn, I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you. "As he spoke, he was leaving.

"Wait a minute." Lu Xiaoxiao, who was sitting at the head of the bed, trembled invisibly, and said in a low voice: "No matter how busy you are, you have to take off your hijab and leave." ”

This Cheng Linghui really doesn't know. The first time I married Xiuwen was fake. Xiuwen didn't know when she took off her hijab and put it aside. The second time, I entered the cave room and waited until Chang Jiwen came back drunk late at night. She removed the hijab herself.

"Does that mean anything?" Cheng Linghui couldn't help but be curious, and her heart was sour. I have been married to Chang Jiwen for so long, and I don't know that the hijab should be the groom's official unveiling.

Lu Xiaoxiao hung her head: "Why don't you even know this?" Did your first few ladies take off their hijabs by themselves? If you refuse to remove my hijab, do you disapprove of me? ”

"No, no." Cheng Linghui didn't want to mess with this young lady, so she hurriedly said, "I just forgot about it for a while." He walked over and picked up the scale rod with the red hydrangea knotted with it, and reached far to pick up the red hijab.

Lu Xiaoxiao's shy and timid face was revealed. She raised her eyes and glanced at Cheng Linghui, and quickly lowered her eyelids. stood up and walked to the table, poured two glasses of wine, handed one to Cheng Linghui, held one for himself, and bowed his head and said, "After drinking this wine, you can go and get busy." I'll be waiting for you in the back office. ”

Cheng Linghui gritted her teeth, didn't do anything, and was afraid to drink a glass of wine after worshipping in the hall? Drain the glass in one gulp.

Lu Xiaoxiao was dumbfounded, and suddenly she wanted to laugh but couldn't help but not laugh: "That's not how you drink wine." As he spoke, he poured another cup for Cheng Linghui.

Cheng Linghui was puzzled: "Then how do you drink it?" ”

Lu Xiaoxiao endured her shyness, took a step forward, stretched out her hand to circle Cheng Linghui's arm, and glanced at her: "You want to drink like this." ”

Cheng Linghui was stiff by her three points of shyness, two points of coquettishness, five points of gentleness, and very amorous eyes, sweating profusely on her head, hurriedly drank the wine, and ran out of the door.

When I walked to a place where no one was around, I stroked my chest with my hand, and I felt like my heart was about to jump out of my cavity. said secretly: "Lu Xiaoxiao is like this, if you know that I am not Chang Jiwen, I'm afraid it's not good." I'm glad I didn't tell the truth.

"Coming out so soon?" The joking voice suddenly sounded behind him, startling Cheng Linghui. Seeing that it was Zhao Qiao, she breathed a sigh of relief: "You don't go to rest, why are you here?" ”

"Listen to the room." Zhao Qiao is serious.

Cheng Linghui's face burned with a bang. Zhao Qiao's first impression of her was the appearance of the son of a big family who didn't talk much, and it was really difficult for people to associate the word 'listening room' with his temperament.

Zhao Qiao suddenly lowered his head and leaned his head over: "Could it be that the bride can't satisfy the third brother?" ”

Cheng Linghui turned his head and met his eyes: "You are so idle, there is just something for you to do." ”

Zhao Qiao retreated, separating himself from Cheng Linghui: "Please command." ”

Cheng Linghui said: "At dawn, I want to invite all the squires in Luohekou, and trouble the fourth brother to send a letter to each household." ”

Zhao Qiao took a few steps back: "It's really a good person who has nothing to report." I knew that I wouldn't take this 'listening room' errand and put up a dummy outside your new house. Now, my dignified Zhao eldest son has been reduced to doing errands. After speaking, he sighed: "Where is the location?" ”

Cheng Linghui said: "It's in the county office." In his heart, he was still thinking about what Zhao Qiao said about erecting dummies. Only then did I know that going to the newlyweds' room on the wedding night was actually a wedding convention. It's about the same as a boy rolling bed in some places.

Zhao Qiao lifted his breath and jumped onto the roof. The body is as sensitive as a cat, and his light skills are not inferior to Yanjing.

Cheng Linghui thought about the few people who worshipped him. Shen Cong is a descendant of Captain Jin, and drilling holes in the ground is the ability to eat. Deng Ku seems to be good at using drugs, and I don't know if he can cure diseases and save people. Yan Jing, it is not difficult to find from the words of several people that he is used to being a gentleman on the beam. The light power is excellent.

As for Zhao Qiao, apart from seeing him show his light skills just now, Cheng Linghui really doesn't know what he is good at. However, to be the first of the three heroes of the Central Plains, his kung fu must not be weak.

There is also a flower like smoke, in addition to being beautiful, petite and exquisite. Cheng Linghui also doesn't know what she's good at. It's just that I intuitively feel that she can't be as simple as a dusty woman.

Cheng Linghui went straight to the left chamber of the county office.

At the time of the catastrophe, the people in the county government did not have the time to go home. In ancient times, the government was inefficient, and many times it was not because of the inaction of those officials and people, but most of the time, it all depended on the ability of the leader. The county officials are all-rounders in civil and military affairs, and their abilities are first-class. This place is well governed. If the county officials are of average ability, the people of this place will rely on themselves.

In case of encountering a corrupt and perverted official, then the people on this side can only pray for God to open their eyes.

The Luohe County Commander is not a capable person, but fortunately, he is not a corrupt official. With such a catastrophe, he didn't dare to slack off, but his ability was limited. He saw that Cheng Linghui did not pursue his own mistakes, and immediately relieved his heart. I also think that it's not bad to have this Qin Cha here, at least there is a reason to shirk responsibility for something.

Everyone gathered in the council hall to discuss disaster relief and care for the people. When the sky was bright, he sent officials to beat gongs and drums all the way to inform the Lord that he was in peace and preparing for disaster relief.

No matter how big it is, it is not as important as calming the people's hearts.

Cheng Linghui learned that after so many days of flooding, the official warehouse at the mouth of the Luohe River has not been opened. The reason for this is that the county order did not receive the order from the peak and did not dare to open a position. Chang Jiwen is too upright, and it is a bit pedantic. Always think of everything according to the rules. He applied to the governor of the southern capital to open an official warehouse to no avail, and the money and grain for disaster relief from the imperial court were delayed, so he could only run and beg the squires to borrow grain. In the end, the food was not borrowed, and the fate was put in. What he did was really a wretch.

Cheng Linghui immediately asked the county to open an official warehouse to help the victims. The county order also said that there were old sayings such as not having an order to go to the peak, but Cheng Linghui was stabbed by Cheng Linghui, and he was suddenly silenced. Cheng Linghui said angrily: "Such greed for life and fear of death, for the sake of his own black yarn, he disregards the life and death of the people, and wears an official robe in white." Immediately, people stripped off the official robes of the county order and rushed outside the city to assist those officials in disaster relief.

Because of the report of the officials, the people who heard that the Qin Cha did not die came to the county government to watch and want to find out. Seeing that the county official was stripped of his official clothes and driven out, he immediately applauded.

Cheng Linghui sent away the timid county order, and finally found a little feeling of being an official. Ling Jiupin Tongzhi Du Lu Gongmei temporarily took the position of county commander. Take people to the official warehouse, and open the warehouse to release grain from now on.

When the people of Luohekou heard the news, they rushed to tell each other.

Helplessly, there are too many people affected by the disaster. The official warehouse was told in one day. Relief supplies have arrived, and the situation at the mouth of the Luohe River is still not optimistic.

Zhao Qiao went to the squires to report the news. By noon, no one came. Cheng Linghui was furious. On the grounds that they openly despise the Qincha and are disrespectful to the imperial court. took the people and went to the largest grain merchant in Luohekou.

Cheng Linghui's charges against these squires are actually very nonsense, but who made her wear official clothes now. The status of the merchant is the lowest. As the old saying goes, the prefect of the broken family is the county order that destroys the door. An ordinary person, even if you have a lot of money, you can only wait for bad luck when you meet an unreasonable official. (To be continued.) )