In the eyes of the neighbors, Shen Xi can now sit on an equal footing with the prefect and talk face-to-face, discussing definitely the important affairs of the imperial court......

What a great thing!

No, no, the Shen family must not be offended in the future, and if there is a headache and brain fever in the future, you must go to Lu's pharmacy to see a doctor and buy medicine.

It is no longer a matter of choice, but of principle.

Let's not talk about whether going to other pharmacies will offend the Shen family, it's just that I am familiar with the Shen family, and I can only speak if I have something to ask for in the future.

Shen Xi originally didn't plan to see Bao Kai at home, just to save a lot of red tape, but since Bao Kai took the initiative to come to see him, and he returned to his hometown as the new champion, he had to introduce his relatives to Bao Kai.

Bao Kai smiled and waved his hand: "Speaking of which, when Shen Zhongyun was the champion, the official had already met the Shen family's elders, so there was no need for special introduction...... Is this Mrs. Li? Keeping the festival and raising children, now the grandson of the high school champion, is my Tingzhou festival woman model, this official has invited the Son of Heaven, for Mrs. Li to tree the archway of chastity, in order to show appreciation. ”

Li was overjoyed that the government wanted to set up a memorial arch for her, and while thanking Bao Kai, he looked around demonstratively...... You see, even the prefect praised me for keeping festivals and being a good housekeeper, and this Shen family has to ask me to be in charge.

Who would have thought that Bao Kai immediately looked at the Zhou family again and said: "Shen Zhou's ability to teach me the only champion of the Ming Dynasty since the founding of the Ming Dynasty has been the only one who has been in the middle of the three yuan, and he has made great contributions." ”

Zhou's eyebrows opened and smiled, and he said "don't dare" in his mouth, most people, including the Shen family, cast envious and jealous eyes, only Wang pouted, and then looked at his husband and son, seeing that the two of them even swallowed saliva, and couldn't help but be discouraged, people are really more angry than people!

When the old lady Li heard this, she felt a little uncomfortable. She said in her heart, this prefect is a two-faced, my grandson is the champion, what the hell do you say, is it my grandmother who has contributed more or his mother has contributed more?

The Li family dared to nag in her heart, she couldn't ask this kind of thing, even if she wanted to question it, she would have to wait until Shen Xi's official was older than the prefect of Tingzhou.

Shen Xi whispered to Bao Kai that there was something important to discuss, and Bao Kai felt that the Shen family's side was too noisy, so he happily agreed after hearing it, and left together to go to the official post to talk.

Shen Xi sat in the official sedan chair prepared by the prefect's yamen, and went to the official post next door to the Tingzhou Mansion with Bao Kai.

Shen Xi entered the hall, and after a set of cumbersome officialdom etiquette, the guests and hosts were seated, and the officials who served in the government brought the tea.

Shen Xi introduced his own situation, and then made a request, to the effect that he wanted Bao Kai to replace him and "take care" of the envoy for half a month.

In this half month, Shen Xi wanted to return to Ninghua to worship his ancestors, and he had no time to stay in Fucheng to take care of Almeida and others.

"Why didn't Shen Zhongyun send someone to send the envoy to the capital?"

Bao Kai obviously didn't know about the fact that the Franco-machine people were wreaking havoc on the coast and firing artillery to attack the port of Jiantong at night, but he heard the news that the Franco-machine envoys had landed in Quanzhou at the end of last year and were preparing to pay tribute to the Ming court.

Shen Xi sighed lightly: "The Buddha Lang machine has a sinister heart, slaughtering my Ming people on the ground in Quanzhou, and even waiting for the opportunity to burn and loot outside the city of Quanzhou Mansion, fortunately I stopped it!" ”

"This ......"

Bao Kai stood up, he already felt that what Shen Xi handed over to him was a thorn piercing his hand.

Shen Xi said: "Governor Bao doesn't need to worry too much, most of the warships of the Franc machine have been wiped out by me and the rest, and the rest will also go to Manraka to raise compensation. ”

Bao Kai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Hearing that the Francophile was so cruel, if in order to save his accomplices, he drove straight into the Tingzhou Mansion with firearms to make trouble, he could not afford this responsibility as a civil official.

Now it's just a matter of treating Almeida and the others as a courtesy, and it won't be too difficult to keep people in check and don't let them escape.

However, Bao Kai still insisted that people could not be sent to the prefect's yamen and must stay in the post house, claiming that this was the rule of tribute for foreign envoys.

Of course, doing so will still cause trouble for the Tingzhou Mansion, after all, the Tingzhou Post House is in disrepair, and it is unrealistic to plug all the defensive loopholes, so Bao Kai discussed with Shen Xi and handed over all security matters to Shen Xi to plan, and he was only responsible for dispatching personnel.

Shen Xi knew what Bao Kai meant, and he prevaricated a lot, even if the envoy absconded, the responsibility would have to be borne by himself.

But having said that, after all, Shen Xi returned to his hometown and province, and when others went to Ninghua, the envoy of the Buddha Langji disappeared in Fucheng, and Bao Kai had to bear some responsibility.

With Bao Kai's help, the matter of settling the envoys of the Francois was very smooth, and Shen Xi originally planned to stay in the post house for one night, but depending on the situation, he could go home and rest that day.

At this time, the sky had already darkened, and after the negotiation, Shen Xi and Bao Kai went to meet the envoy of the Franc machine together. Before they could enter the courtyard specially arranged to receive the envoys of the vassal in the official post, they heard a noise from inside, and Almeida shouted loudly for some reason to reprimand Zhang Lao Wu and the others who were guarding them.

Zhang Lao Wu was naturally not to be outdone, and scolded him in return...... It's just someone else, you're just a defeated soldier, what's the problem?

Almeida and Zhang Lao Wu scolded each other, but they couldn't understand each other, it can be said that chickens and ducks talk together, and chickens and ducks are very energetic.

"What are you talking about?"

Shen Xi looked at the Manraka translator with a cold sweat on his face, but the two Manraka interpreters were speechless, as if Almeida said something unpleasant, or maybe even they themselves couldn't understand the slang of the Francophone and couldn't translate.

Zhang Lao Wu came over and said to Shen Xi: "Lord Qincha, this guy is not satisfied with the food, I told them, this is the best meal in our Ming Dynasty, but they don't believe it, these guys actually stare at me and get angry, damn it...... Don't look at what kind of place this is? Great tomorrow, how can you allow the barbarians to spread wild? ”

Shen Xi found that Zhang Lao Wu was as respectful as his grandson in front of him, but when he went outside, he was the head of the yamen who bullied and dominated the market, and in front of the Francophiles, he regarded himself as a hero who defeated them, and his heart was arrogant, and the complexity of human nature could be seen.

"Whatever they want to eat, just do it for them, as long as they don't make trouble, and Ben Chin will bear all the expenses." Shen Xi said, "In the next few days, I will go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors." If you stay here in Fucheng, you have to take strict care, you can't let them escape, and you can't let them be hurt in the slightest, after all, you have to escort them to Beijing to see the Son of Heaven, if there is chaos, it will be a big crime. ”

Shen Xi is not afraid of the Francophone people picking quarrels and provoking trouble, in this western Fujian territory, the place of life is not familiar, the Francois people do not understand the language, where can they escape? I am afraid that Zhang Laowu and others will wait for the opportunity to seek revenge, and the Francophile will brutally kill the people of the Ming Dynasty in our country, which is a national enemy and family hatred, and it is difficult to control the situation once the anger is burned.

However, no amount of hatred is as important as the grace of the Ming Emperor! Shen Xi could probably guess that even if he sent Almeida and others to the capital, Emperor Hongzhi would not kill them to avenge the dead Ming people, and most of them would release them after receiving tribute.

The Ming Dynasty has always remembered Fanbang and never held grudges.

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When Shen Xi returned home, it was already the second watch, and the Shen family's banquet was still continuing, but Hui Niang, as one of the hosts of the banquet, did not set foot in the Shen family's gate.

She always regarded herself as an outsider, and even after Shen Xi came back, she didn't take the initiative to approach, and the two didn't greet each other head-on.

It stands to reason that she is only Shen Xi's mother's employer, and she has no blood relationship with Shen Xi, and she is still a widow, as an ominous person, it seems that she should keep her distance from Shen Xi.

Because the Shen family and the Lu family live next to each other, the Shen family is very lively, and the maids have gone over to help, she doesn't want to watch the excitement at home, so she took her daughter to the pharmacy for the night.

I haven't stayed in the pharmacy for a long time, so I brought my daughter over, just so that I can settle the account and teach my daughter some female celebrities.

To say that the daughter is already twelve years old, and in two years she will start looking for her mother-in-law's family, and it is time for a mother to prepare a wedding dress for her daughter and teach her husband and children.

"Mother, why didn't Brother Shen Xi play with me after he came back?" Hui Niang can deal with it safely, but Lu Xi'er is not so easy to understand.

Xiao Nizi's heart was bitter.

She dreamed that Shen Xi would come back, but today Shen Xi really came back, but Hui Niang didn't allow her to go out of the house, she didn't even see Shen Xi's face, and when she followed Hui Niang from the back door to the pharmacy, she could only see the bustling flow of people at the entrance of the lane.

Hui Niang sat in front of the candlestick to settle the accounts, glanced at her daughter, and felt a little distressed.

The daughter's attachment to Shen Xi, how can the mother-in-law not notice it?

Hui Niang actually had the idea of marrying her daughter to Shen Xi for a long time, but she didn't want to wronged her daughter as a concubine, after all, the huge family property she had accumulated was to be left to Lu Xi'er in the future, she was actually just her daughter's guardian and the supervisor of the Lu family's property.

But now Lu Xi'er is still a child at all, where can she know how to do business? Expecting Lu Xi'er to be as independent and responsible as Xie Yun'er is an unattainable luxury for Hui Niang.

Now, even if she can't bear to let her daughter be a concubine for Shen Xi, the Shen family may not be willing to ask for it.

The daughter born by an unknown child has not been disciplined by her father since she was a child, and she is a big-footed girl, the female celebrity is not good, and she has learned a lot of literature and ink, so a restless woman is usually not easy to marry...... Besides, now that she doesn't even have a place for Lin Dai, the child daughter-in-law that the Zhou family has worked so hard to cultivate, how can she fight for her daughter?

"I can't call Brother Shen Xi anymore, he is the champion and a senior official of the imperial court, and I will call him an adult when I see him in the future." Hui Niang corrected with a sadness in her heart.

Lu Xi'er pouted and said, "But my mother said, I'm an adult now?" ”

Hui Niang touched her daughter's head lovingly and said: "Xiaoya, you are an adult, you should be more sensible, your brother Shen Xi is not playing with you when he comes back this time, he wants to help the court do things, and what he does is a big thing that we little people can't understand, and he will ......leave soon."

Lu Xi'er was a little anxious: "Brother Shen Xi is leaving again?" He...... Why couldn't he stay a few more days? I have a lot to say to him...... Woo, mother, you go and tell Brother Shen Xi not to go, okay? ”

In this regard, Hui Niang could only sigh.

"After he is gone, you may never see him again, maybe never again. In two or three years, you're going to ...... If you get married, you will have your own family, and now he has married your Aunt Xie...... Sister Xie, his official will get bigger and bigger, maybe he will never return to Tingzhou, and you will slowly forget him. ”

Lu Xi'er cried and said, "Mother, what about Sister Dai'er?" Isn't she Shen Xi's brother's little daughter-in-law? ”

Hui Niang shook her head helplessly: "Your sister Dai'er is also a miserable person, even if she enters the Shen family in the future, she will only be a concubine...... You have to be inferior for the rest of your life. ”

Lu Xi'er said without thinking about it: "I also want to marry Brother Shen Xi as a concubine......"

In a word, Hui Niang was stunned, she immediately realized that her daughter's idea was very wrong, a little girl's family, even if she had attachment to her childhood sweetheart's heterosexual playmate, it was just a child's house, and when she really grew up, she would understand how sad it was to be a concubine in this era.

But now her daughter's mind about feelings is obviously beyond her control.

"No, you can't be a concubine!" Hui Niang gritted her teeth and said, "You want to be a wife, and you want to marry a real dragon among people, alas! ”

Speaking of which, even Hui Niang herself can't go on.

She is happy, she once had a husband who was in love with her, and left her a daughter, and then Zhou's mother and son, Xie Yun'er and the maids gave her the feeling of home.

But her daughter may not have such good luck in the future, where can she find a husband like Shen Xi and let her forget Shen Xi?

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PS: Chapter 5 delivered!

There may be mistakes and omissions in this chapter, because when the Son of Heaven writes later, he suddenly bursts into tears, his emotions are out of control, and he doesn't have the heart to check it...... Ask for a monthly pass to comfort, woo woo woo woo...... (To be continued.) )