After Zheng Sheng said this, Lu Yun stopped in place and thought in confusion.

He walked up to Sima Xian and held Sima Xian's hand: "Brother Si, aren't you going to eat?" Shall I find a place to treat you to dinner? ”

Sima Xian smiled: "Of course, let's go to your house to get drunk!" ”

"That's exactly what I mean." Zheng Sheng responded that it was a little strange for Sima Xian to participate in this matter. In your own home, it is of course the most appropriate to understand the truth of the matter clearly.

When he arrived at the drunken fragrance house, Sima Xian first had a full meal before slowly speaking.

"I heard about you trying to compete with Shi Meng in Shunyang, so I came to Anlu. Originally, he was just going to see the excitement, but Shi Meng ran away. Since I came to Anlu hundreds of miles away specifically for this matter, I ended up disappointed. This is not what I want, and I know that there is still a competition. So, I decided to go for the show. ”

"You don't know, because of the appearance of your variable, how angry Lu Yun was at that time." It was the first time Zheng Sheng had seen this smart girl look like this.

"She was angry at my appearance. But what's even more infuriating is that you actually agreed. Sima Xian said with a smile.

Zheng Sheng smiled bitterly: "The county lord wants to participate." If I object, can I bear the consequences? ”

Sima Xian laughed.

"Do you know why I brought up that proposition?" Sima Xian suddenly became serious.

Zheng Sheng shook his head slightly.

"This proposition is the subject of a banquet with Brother Wang when I was in Shunyang, and several scholars talked about it. What I am talking about is the point of view put forward by Zhao Xing, a scholar of Tianmen County. I just retold them to you. ”

"Zhao Xing of Tianmen County? I don't know. Zheng Sheng shook his head. The conversation at the Shunyang banquet has nothing to do with me, right? Didn't the scholars say that talking about things is not about mundane affairs? ”

"None of this has anything to do with you. But some people use these words to say other things that are not very good. ”

"Not so good?" Zheng Sheng frowned.

"Wang Shan, the second adjutant of the kingdom's great farmer order, said to Brother Wang that the great farmer ordered Zheng Qing to deceive the king and seek his family's personal interests. The first is to enrich their own pockets in the excavation of the project on the South Lake, and the second is to lure people from all over Shunyang to the east of the Negative Wu Mountain and collect them as private households. ”

However, Brother Wang reprimanded the man severely. Speaking of which, don't I remember that the fields in Wanquan Town are all yours? It's all cultivated by you recruiting people. Why did the deed I saw that day say: Those fields belong to the Shunyang government? ”

Zheng Sheng smiled: "We secretly returned the field to the government. ”

"It's true!" Sima Xian couldn't help but sigh.

Zheng Shengdao: "I discussed this matter with my brother for many months, and we made this decision more than a month ago. "At that time, he was still traveling. They have been discussing it in the form of letters.

"Are you afraid that someone will attack you again about private land?"

"Yes. I agreed with the king not to disclose the truth, and planned to trick them the next time they threatened me with private land as a bargaining chip. As a result, only one petty official was arrested. Zheng Sheng had some regrets.

"You returned the field, the loss is not small!"

"Actually, it hasn't changed. When they were tenants of my family, they only paid taxes to the king. I buy their grain at an affordable price; They're not, no more. ”

Sima Xian stroked his hand and said yes.

"However, don't think that the marriage between the two of you will give you peace of mind. Maybe at this time, Shi Chongzheng and his people are plotting against you! Sima Xian smiled.

Zheng Sheng couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If I knew that Shi Chong was a ruthless person, I might as well have promised him to cooperate in business in the early years." ”

"This time, thank you to the county magistrate for sending me this news. The kid couldn't be more grateful. ”

Sima Xian smiled: "If you want to be grateful to me, let me eat a few meals in Drunken Xiangjuduobai!" In addition, why doesn't my Xiangxiang County have a drunken fragrance house? Every time I enjoy a good meal, I have to go a long way. ”

"Huh? Drunken Xiangju now only has a branch in the county town. However, the family is discussing the construction of Zuixiangju branches in various counties. I would suggest that the township be the first county seat. ”

"Good! You don't know, although I am a county magistrate, I only have 400 households of closed fields! I can't even afford to enjoy the food, so I can only go to Brother Wang's place to eat often. ”

Zheng Sheng smiled silently. I've been listening to him complaining about the remoteness of the township.

"By the way, does the county magistrate plan to disclose his identity?" After a long while, Zheng Sheng suddenly thought of this question.

Sima Xian closed his eyes and recuperated: "Yes." ”

"Shall I help you, then?"

"Okay."

Zheng Sheng walked out with a smile and said to Ren Zhi: "Go to the county guard's mansion, just say that the county prince of Xiangxiang is in Zuixiangju." ”

Zheng Sheng left Zuixiangju and was not ready to meet with Sima Xian with the upcoming county guard and other officials. He went to Lu's house again.

At this time, the front yard of the Lu family returned to its former calm. Biyu opened the door, gave him a quick salute, and ran inside: "Zheng Shizi is here." ”

Lu Chong walked out quickly, staring at Zheng Sheng and eagerly trying: "You're here?" Are you going to fight me? I'm all right! Where to fight? ”

"Shall we do it the other way? Like going hunting? Whoever gets more prey than one wins, even if he wins? Zheng Sheng felt that fighting with Lu Chong was suspected of bullying the small, so he proposed.

Lu Chong thought for a moment and agreed to Zheng Sheng's proposal.

Lu Yun walked over and greeted him with a slightly red face: "Zheng Shizi." ”

Zheng Sheng nodded at her a little awkwardly, and quickly got down to business: "Sima Xian is the younger brother of the King of Shunyang, the county prince of Xiangxiang. A few years ago, I met him in the mountains of Danyin. But I haven't seen it in the past few years. This time, after hearing about you and me from King Shunyang, he came to Anlu to watch the excitement. ”

Lu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, "So he came to the competition to help you?" ”

Zheng Sheng nodded: "He said that he was unwilling to travel hundreds of miles but ran in vain before he ended." ”

Lu Yun smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not only that, I wasn't worried before, Shi Chong took Shi Meng and left suddenly, and put tough pressure on us: ask this competition to be invalidated, and choose to compete again?" Now that a county magistrate has participated in this competition, Shi Chong may not dare to use this as an excuse to invalidate the competition. ”

Invalidating the competition is tantamount to offending Sima Xian. Zheng Sheng was stunned, but he thought about it, and felt that Sima Xian didn't feel like he could think about this level. He went out of the competition purely because of a sudden interest!

However, Lu Yun's analysis reassured Zheng Sheng a lot. At the very least, the big thing in front of us is decided. Regardless of whether Sima Xian intended to help or not, he always helped a lot.

Zheng Sheng pondered that after returning to Nanyang, he would discuss with Zheng Wen that he could give him some discounts if he opened a drunken incense house in Xiangxiang, and even if it was free, it was not impossible, so he invited a free food taster......

After talking to Lu Yun about it. Zheng Sheng entered the room and officially met his future father-in-law.