When Master Yuan was about to walk to the door, Zhang Xiancheng said: "Let's return to the bridge and return to the road, Lord Yuan, since you sent the invitation, this cup of wedding wine, the official still has to drink it." ”

Master Yuan hurriedly turned around and bowed: "Thank you, sir." Humility awaits the arrival of adults! ”

Out of the county Cheng Inner Office, Master Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head with a wry smile, and then sent it to each room of the yamen.

In the inner yamen of the yamen, Meng Tianchu walked into the study with the invitation card and handed it to Murong Zhenxue, Murong Zhenxue glanced at it, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled again: "Alas, Lord Yuan marries his daughter-in-law, and we should pay for it again." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "This kind of happy event, did the people of the yamen have to contribute in the past?" ”

"yes, it's going to come out as much as you want."

"And how much did you use before?"

"More money, less money, 100 or 200 wen."

Of course, Meng Tianchu knew that this was probably not good news for Murong Zhenxue, so he smiled: "You are now my personal scribe, and it is not up to you to be a member of the torture room." ”

"Why can't it be calculated, this money is divided according to the head of the sixth room," a faint sadness flashed in Murong Yuxue's eyes, "If the ordinary scribes have a happy event, then it's okay, everyone doesn't have much money, and it's okay to have thirty wen and fifty wen, but if it is a red and white wedding event of the six-room official's family, the share will be at least hundreds of wen, if it is the yamen assistant official's family or even the county lord's family, it can't be taken out if it is less than one hundred and fifty wen." ”

Murong Zhenxue has two jobs, and her monthly income is nearly 1,000 Wen, but this is the source of life for her family of six, and the monthly income of each person is less than 200 Wen, and she also has to treat her sick grandmother, father and mother who is paralyzed in bed, for her, this 200 Wen is not a small number. Therefore, when he heard that he was going to make a part, Murong Yuxue couldn't help but show sadness.

Of course, Meng Tianchu knew that Murong Yuxue's family was poor, so he said: "Don't worry, since you are my personal scribe, of course my share of money will be paid for you ......"

Murong Yuxue hurriedly waved his hand again and again: "That's not good, Master Meng, you already take care of me very much, how can I let you pay this money again, this is the money that should be paid by me, fortunately, it is not much." ”

Meng Tianchu didn't insist, he knew that if this kind of thing was not handled properly, it would hurt her self-esteem, so he smiled and said: "That's okay, let's go to the sea to eat him tomorrow, and just eat this Baiwen back, how about it?" ”

Murong Yuxue burst out laughing, looked at Meng Tianchu with bright eyes, and nodded.

The next day at noon, in order to participate in the wedding of the son of the master of the yamen, the county Cai Zhao decided that the yamen would have a half-day holiday, Meng Tianchu and the county Cai Zhao Cai, as well as the county Cheng Zhang Chi, each sat in a sedan chair and went to Yuan Jinyuan's house. The scribes of the yamen were all out of the way, and they each rode in a sedan chair, or on foot, and followed them to the mansion of Yuan near the master of Yuan.

According to the provisions of the Ming Law, state and county officials are not allowed to buy real estate in the state and county where they are in office, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, similar provisions of the Ming Law were not strictly enforced, and the real estate purchased by the state and county magistrates abounded in office. There is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, buying a mansion in Hangzhou is the dream of every state and county official, and the same is true for the chief bookkeeper Yuan Jin, who spent many years of accumulated silver for the official, and has already bought a large mansion on the shore of the West Lake in Hangzhou, and brought the family to live here many years ago. The three-year rotation of positions, this Yuan Jin also spent a lot of money, and was able to stay in Hangzhou City. He doesn't expect to be promoted, he just hopes to be an official in this heavenly and rich Hangzhou until he returns to his hometown, where his family will be able to live for a long time. So this daughter-in-law also married the daughter of the Lin family, a wealthy local businessman.

Meng Tianchu and the others came to the mansion of Master Yuan, Master Yuan had already been informed, and Lao Yuan greeted him at the gate, and welcomed Cai Zhao, the magistrate, and Meng Tianchu, the master, into the mansion.

This house is very large, everywhere is full of lights, jubilant, suona, firecrackers one after another, the yard is already full of friends.

Of course, Cai Zhao, Meng Tianchu, Zhang Chi and others sat on the main seat, Meng Tianchu originally wanted to ask Murong Zhenxue to sit with him, but Murong Zhenxue was just a small scribe after all, and she was not qualified to eat at the same table with the county lord, plus she was a woman dressed as a man, Meng Tianchu was still worried that she would be seen through, so he still let her and the scribes be in the big courtyard outside.

The ancient wedding was naturally very lively, after worshipping heaven and earth and sending it into the cave room, the groom official could not follow into the cave room, and he had to toast the VIPs one by one, and he could only enter the cave room after the toast.

When I came to Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu had never seen Yuan Tiehe, the son of the groom's official Yuan Zhushu, before, but it was quite scary to hear this name, and now when I saw it, I couldn't help but secretly admire it, and sure enough, I saw that he was nearly one meter nine tall, with a big waist and a round waist, and the fat on his body was almost two hundred catties, and the fat on his body kept swaying when he walked. Speaking in a loud voice, he said to Meng Tianchu: "Master Meng, I have heard my father talk about you a long time ago, saying that you are very good at solving cases, and I will see you today, and I am fortunate to be born in my third life." Late students, here to toast the master, you have a cup. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled: "You're welcome, I wish you a hundred years of happiness!" "Anyway, drink it all.

When Yuan Tieshan came to the county in front of Zhang Chi, he said respectfully: "Lord Zhang, thank you for coming, I would like to respect my lord for a glass of water and wine, and I will drink it first." With that, he threw his neck up and drank the glass of wine.

Zhang Xiancheng and Cai Zhao, the magistrate of the county, had already drunk several glasses in a row, he couldn't drink enough, but he was greedy for this mouthful, and he drank two glasses of one glass, so at this moment, he already felt that the wine was constantly rising, and he was a little drunk, and he glanced at the wine glass on the table with his head down, shook his head and said: "You are better than your father, your father is a dead brain, he has no ability, he only knows how to pat on the back, so he doesn't do anything when he is old." If you want to make a difference in the future, you can't learn from your father! ”

Yuan Jin's face changed slightly when he heard that he was not good, after all, he was a guest, and he was his boss, so he didn't dare to say more, so he bowed his head and said nothing.

Yuan Tiehe listened to Zhang Xiancheng's words and was quite disrespectful to his father, and the smile on his fat face suddenly froze, but Zhang Xiancheng was a distinguished guest after all, and today was a day of great joy, there were many guests, and it was not good to have a seizure, so he could only cough, pretended not to hear, poured a glass of wine, and turned around to continue to salute.

Zhang Xiancheng snorted coldly: "Hey, the official hasn't drunk yet, you just walked away, don't you think it's too rude?" ”