Murong Zhenxue wanted to write another IOU to Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu half-truthfully and half-falsely said that there was no need to write an IOU for this bit of silver, and he believed that Murong Zhenxue would not repay the debt. This made Murong Yuxue even more grateful to Meng Tianchu. Murong Zhenxue wants to repay Meng Tianchu 500 wen every month, but Meng Tianchu only needs her to repay 100 wen every month, that is to say, Meng Tianchu offers 500 wen to Murong Zhenxue every month, deducting the 100 wen for debt repayment, and paying Murong Zhenxue 400 wen every month.

Meng Tianchu asked Murong Zhenxue to be his personal scribe, and Murong Zhenxue did not bear the work in the torture room, that is to say, Murong Zhenxue took two salaries for one job, not only did the debts owed by more than twenty-two taels be written off, but she had an extra four hundred yuan of labor and food silver every month, of course she could calculate this account, so her gratitude to Meng Tianchu was really like a surging river.

Murong Zhenxue couldn't guess Meng Tianchu's intentions, if Meng Tianchu liked her, then he would directly take the twenty-two taels of silver as a dowry, and ask the media to say that he would accept her as a concubine, with Murong Zhenxue's family background, marry his daughter to Meng Tianchu, have a good home, and pay off all debts, the family will naturally agree, and even burn high incense secretly. But Meng Tianchu didn't do this, which made Murong Yuxue a little guessable and didn't dare to guess, but he made up his mind to do things well and repay Meng Tianchu's kindness.

For Meng Tianchu, twenty-two taels of silver, worth more than 20,000 yuan, but it is not a big number, used to help a poor beauty, and can find a criminal secretary who is determined to help him do things, then he can spare his hands, concentrate on solving the case, and create his own world. Therefore, for him, the twenty-two taels of silver were still worth the cost.

Meng Tianchu had Murong Zhenxue as his personal secretary, and the matter of criminal names and official documents was easily solved. Of course, Meng Tianchu did not rely on Murong Yuxue, and he secretly learned relevant knowledge. After all, these are dead things, and most of the document formats are sets of words, as long as you are willing to work hard to memorize them, it is still relatively easy to master. So after a period of time, he also mastered the basic procedures and the basic official document format, even if there was no Murong Yuxue, Meng Tianchu himself could barely deal with it. Of course, in terms of official documents, it mainly relies on Murong Zhenxue to handle it.

In front of Meng Tianchu, Murong Zhenxue has always regarded him as a benefactor, and he is respectful. Sometimes Meng Tianchu made a few jokes with him, but she blushed and bowed her head silently, so that Meng Tianchu didn't dare to be too abrupt.

More than a month has passed, and the weather is getting hotter.

At noon on this day, Yuan Jin, the chief bookkeeper of Renhe County, Hangzhou, took a stack of invitations, hurriedly entered the inner office, first sent an invitation to Cai Zhao, the magistrate of Renhe County, and then came to Meng Tianchu's small courtyard, and respectfully handed a big red invitation to Meng Tianchu.

These days, Meng Tianchu has been very familiar with the bureaucrats in the yamen, smiled and took a look, it turned out to be a happy card, and after a glance, he already understood the general content, it turned out to be Yuan Jinyuan's son who will marry tomorrow, so he smiled and said: "Congratulations, but I don't know which family's daughter Lord Yuan is marrying?" ”

Master Yuan said with a smile on his face: "It's Lin Si, the daughter of Dongcheng Lin's shopkeeper." ”

"Oh~!" Meng Tianchu dragged out his voice, as if he had an understanding. This shopkeeper Lin is a big family in Hangzhou, and there are more than a dozen shops in Hangzhou alone. In the past, when Cai Zhao, the magistrate of Renhe County, hired Meng Tianchu as his master, he once invited this Lin shopkeeper, and recalled that he seemed to be a big fat man, short and short, and I heard that he also spent money to donate a meritorious name. His daughter had never seen it. In ancient times, women who did not leave the cabinet, especially women from official eunuchs or large families, are generally difficult for outsiders to see.

This Yuan is a master of the ninth grade, which is equivalent to the current director of the County Food Bureau and the Bureau of Justice, and can barely be regarded as the home of the official eunuch.

Meng Tianchu arched his hand and said: "At noon tomorrow, the contemptible people will come to congratulate you." ”

Master Yuan smiled and thanked him, took the remaining invitations out of the internal office, and came to the inner office of the county Cheng Zhang Chizhang, and stood still. After thinking about it, he walked over and asked the porter to report.

The county Chengnei Yamenfang looked at Master Yuan coldly, rolled his eyes, snorted in his nostrils, and then dragged out his voice and said: "Lord Yuan, wait, the little one will inform you~!" "Walk slowly inside. Master Yuan stood at the door, looking quite embarrassed.

After a long while, the porter slowly walked back with square steps, and said to Master Yuan: "Lord Yuan, our lord invites you to go into the living room to talk." You know the place, and the small ones won't accompany you. ”

Master Yuan nodded, lowered his head and walked in slowly, and came to the living room of the county Cheng's inner government, which was empty, and the county Cheng Zhang Chi was not in the living room. There were no servants who came out to greet him, and he didn't even have a cup of tea, so Master Yuan had to sit down on the chair in the living room by himself, lowered his head, and looked at the big red invitation card in his hand in a daze.

After a long while, I heard a squad leader in the back hall singing loudly: "Master Zhang County Cheng Zhang has arrived~!" Greet~! ”

Master Yuan hurriedly got up and bowed.

The county is the eighth grade, two levels higher than the main book, equivalent to the current deputy county magistrate. Therefore, Master Yuan must meet with the following official courtesy.

Zhang Xiancheng didn't look at Master Yuan's book, walked to the main seat with a gloomy face, and sat down in his robe. At this time, the servants brought two cups of tea.

Master Yuan took a step forward, bowed, and respectfully handed over the invitation card with both hands: "Lord Zhang, tomorrow at noon, the dog will get married, and I bow to invite Lord Zhang to come." ”

Zhang Xiancheng didn't accept the invitation, and snorted: "Lord Yuan, if your son gets married, you don't need to send an invitation to the official, anyway, you never put the official in your eyes, just treat the official as if the official doesn't exist, why bother." ”

Master Yuan said with a calm face: "Lord Zhang and the lowly position are both officials in the yamen, and the lowly position has always respected the lord very much, and I hope this official matter will not affect our personal relationship." ”

"Lord Yuan is serious, you don't listen to the official's orders in official business, only listen to Lord Cai, and the official has never said a word, but the official is a straight person, and he never likes to beat around the bush when he speaks, and the relationship between the two of us is not good, which is also well known in the yamen, and there is no need to hide or avoid it, or it should be faced directly. It stands to reason that official affairs should not involve personal relationships, but the official asked himself that he and Lord Yuan had no personal relations at all except for official affairs, so there was no such exchange of courtesies. ”

Master Yuan was even more embarrassed, put the invitation on the table, stopped talking, arched his hand, and turned around to walk out of the living room.