Chapter 168: Welcome Ceremony
"It's coming!" Just as people were talking and laughing at the entrance of the town, a surprised voice sounded, and a convoy appeared in the distance of the road.
Seeing this situation, the people at the entrance of the town subconsciously rushed forward, and compared to Zhao Xin, everyone was more interested in Li Hongyu, Xie Yuan, and you must know that Xie Yuan was the leader of the township test.
"Father, uncles!" Soon after, the convoy stopped at the entrance of the town, and Zhao Deyi got out of the carriage and walked quickly to the old man Zhao and saluted.
"It's been a hard journey." Old Man Zhao smiled when he heard this, and his eyes fell on Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin who got off a car behind Zhao Deyi's carriage.
"Grandpa, elders." Zhao Xin walked over and bowed to Old Man Zhao and the others with a serious expression, her attitude towards Old Man Zhao was a little cold, and she was angry about Old Man Zhao driving her and Zhao Deyi to Baihe Town.
"Xin'er, is this Li Jieyuan?" Old man Zhao has watched Zhao Xin grow up since he was a child, how could he not know that Zhao Xin has resentment in his heart, he naturally can't worry about Zhao Xin, smiled and looked at Li Hongyu who was following Zhao Xin, and looked at him with satisfaction.
"I've seen the Zhao family's grandfather." Hearing this, Li Hongyu immediately stepped forward and solemnly bowed to Old Man Zhao.
"Li Jieyuan is too polite." Old Man Zhao smiled and helped Li Hongyu up, he did not return the salute, but accepted Li Hongyu's worship with peace of mind.
This is not that Old Man Zhao relies on the old and sells the old, but that there is still a marriage contract between Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, so no matter how noble Li Hongyu's status is, he is also his future grandson-in-law, and he, who is a grandfather, can naturally withstand Li Hongyu's gifts.
"Old decay Zhang Shan, a member of the Shanxi Wuzi Imperial Examination in the sixteenth year of Wanli, has seen Li Jieyuan." At this time, Zhang Juren stepped forward and bowed to Li Hongyu solemnly.
Although Zhang Shan was the person of the sixteenth year of Wanli, thirty years earlier than Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu was the Xie Yuan of Huguang, and his status was naturally higher than Zhang Shan.
"Zhang Juren." Seeing this, Li Hongyu quietly returned the salute, he should have called Zhang Shan "Brother Zhang Nian", but Zhang Shan was commensurate with Old Man Zhao's brother, so the seniority would be chaotic.
"Li Xie Yuan completed the murder case of Wuchang Mingyue Pavilion within one day, and he has long been famous. Zhang Shan smiled when he heard this, and praised the people around him loudly.
The case of Mingyue Pavilion has already spread all over Qingyuan County with Zhao Xin's examination of Zhongyayuan, and the bizarre case has surprised the people, who would have thought that there would be an old case in a homicide case.
What is particularly important is that it only took half a day for Li Hongyu and Fang Yun to force Han Tae, who has the fame of Yakui, to confess his guilt in the court, which is really incredible.
For this reason, Zhang Shan admired Li Hongyu a lot, believing that Li Hongyu is a rising star with unlimited potential in Huguang Shilin, and his future is limitless
"Zhang Juren has won the award, and the case of Mingyue Pavilion was tried by Lord Huguang Zhentai, and he and Fang Jingkui are just co-organizers." Li Hongyu hurriedly waved his hand humbly and said to Zhang Shan with a smile.
Although the retrial of the Mingyue Pavilion case was led by Li Hongyu and Fang Yun from beginning to end, the two have not yet stepped into their official careers and therefore have no right to judge, so they must give the credit to Lu Chongde, who is the presiding judge, otherwise it will not be in line with the law.
In fact, there is no need for Li Hongyu to publicize that the outside world knows that he and Fang Yun are the behind-the-scenes leaders of the Mingyue Pavilion case, and the feat of "One Day Appointment" at the Mingyue Pavilion banquet that day has spread all over the country like a whirlwind with the retrial of the Mingyue Pavilion case, which undoubtedly shows that they are the real judges of the Mingyue Pavilion case, which makes the two famous.
After greeting Zhang Shan, Mr. Zhao introduced Li Hongyu to those respected villagers in Zhaojiabao, and then invited Li Hongyu home, and he had prepared a banquet for Li Hongyu to wash the dust.
Speaking of which, Zhao Deyi and Zhao Xin still enjoyed such a large-scale and pompous reception banquet because of Li Hongyu's light, otherwise Old Man Zhao would definitely keep a low profile and just have a family banquet casually, after all, Zhao Xin's matter is very tricky and should not be hyped up.
The atmosphere of the banquet was very warm, and the leaders of Zhaojiabao sat at two large tables, during which everyone was staggered and talked and laughed.
Since Li Hongyu came to support Zhao Xin, he naturally let go of drinking, and did not refuse to toast people, which made people feel good about him.
Originally, the woman didn't have this one to sit at the main table, but Zhao Xin is now Yayuan's identity, and Old Man Zhao naturally can't block her from entering the table, so she sat with Li Hongyu, and because she was worried that Li Hongyu would drink too much, she helped Li Hongyu block the wine from time to time.
Old man Zhao saw the scene in front of him, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of imperceptible smile, he could see that the relationship between Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin was really good, and the two had a very tacit understanding, the key was that Li Hongyu had a good character and knew how to be sophisticated, so he could rest assured that he would hand over Zhao Xin to Li Hongyu.
According to the meaning of those Zhao Jiabao leaders on the wine table, they wanted to take the opportunity to get Li Hongyu drunk, and only in this way did everyone feel that Li Hongyu was having a good time.
However, none of them thought that Li Hongyu, like Zhao Xin, would be bottomless wine baskets.
Therefore, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin still maintained their sanity although their faces were flushed and sweating profusely, and the people at the two wine tables at the scene had already been drunk by the two of them, and they were lying on the wine table crookedly, drunk and unconscious.
Old man Zhao has already cleaned up the place where Li Hongyu lived, after the banquet, Li Hongyu said goodbye to everyone and was helped by Rou'er to rest, walking a little lightly and his legs were straight and weak, although he was still sober, the amount of alcohol was approaching the limit, and if he drank again, he would definitely get drunk.
Li Hongyu slept until the next morning, Rou'er had prepared light food such as gruel and steamed buns for him to satisfy his hunger, he didn't eat much at the wine table yesterday, and now he was already hungry.
"Young master, the yards of these big families in Shanxi are really different from our Huguang, our big families in Huguang pay attention to elegance and freshness, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, but Shanxi seems to be practical, the yards are next to each other, the layout is compact and they are all based on bungalows, which looks a little dull."
After eating, Li Hongyu was strolling in the courtyard, Rou'er glanced at the Zhao family's subordinates who were cleaning there in the distance, and couldn't help but whisper that the Zhao family's house had a somewhat solemn atmosphere that gave her a feeling of depression.
"The architecture of a place has the style of a place, although the Jin merchants are rich, but the people of Shanxi are generally poor, coupled with the lack of water, their houses are naturally practical, not as elegant as the south."
Li Hongyu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and explained that it was indeed a little difficult to adapt to the elegant house in the south when he suddenly came to a compound with such a strict atmosphere in Shanxi.
"Giggle......" At this moment, a crisp laugh came from the courtyard gate.
Li Hongyu turned his head to look, and saw several young women looking around the courtyard in front of the door, pointing at him and talking about something with a smile there, it can be seen from their gorgeous clothes that they are the daughters of a large family, but I don't know if it is the Zhao family.
"A few young ladies, you are polite." Seeing this, Li Hongyu smiled slightly, stepped forward and bowed his hand to the women, and asked with a smile, "I don't know how many young ladies know Zhao Yayuan's residence?" ”
"Li Jieyuan, my brother Xin stayed at my grandmother's last night, if you see him, I will take you there." When several women heard this, they immediately laughed again, and then a woman stepped forward to bless Li Hongyu and replied with a smile.
"No, it's fine." Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, the place where Mrs. Zhao lived was the back house of the Zhao family, in order to avoid suspicion, it was naturally better not to go, and then turned around and instructed Rou'er on the side, "Bring some of the embroidery we brought and give it to the young ladies." ”
Rou'er bowed to Li Hongyu, got up and walked into the room, and when she came out again, she led two maids, each of whom was holding a tray in her hand, and the tray was placed with the Hunan embroidery and Shu embroidery purchased by Li Hongyu in Wuchang, which were specially given to the ladies of the Zhao family.
"What a delicate embroiderer!" Sure enough, several women were immediately attracted by the embroidery in the tray and looked at it with great interest, and liked the gift very much.
"Li Jieyuan." Just as Rou'er was introducing the provenance of those embroideries to the women, a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes walked over, bowed his hand to Li Hongyu and said with a smile, "Our county magistrate is here, please ask Li Xie Yuan to go and talk about it." ”
Li Hongyu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and felt that things were a little sudden, although he was a township test Xie Yuan, but after all, he was not an official, and he was still Xie Yuan from other provinces, as if there was no need to alarm the magistrate of Qingyuan County to come to see him, but to wait for himself and Zhao Xin to visit.
"A few young ladies, take the next step first." Vaguely, Li Hongyu felt that the other party seemed to have something to do with him, so he smiled and arched his hand to the women and followed the young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
The young man with big eyes is Zhao Enlun, the second son of Zhao Dexiao, and the eldest brother Zhao Enming, Zhao Enlun does not like to do business and indulges in calligraphy and painting.
When Zhao Enlun was admitted to Xiucai, Zhao Dexiao held a feast to celebrate, the scene was very lively, and Zhao Dexiao, who was proud at that time, never imagined that Zhao Xin would go to the next level than Zhao Enlun in three years, not only becoming a person but also a well-known Yayuan.
"Brother Zhao, there is something I don't understand, your generation should be the generation of the word 'En', why is there no 'En' in Zhao Yayuan's name?"
While walking, Li Hongyu, who was talking and laughing with Zhao Enlun, suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but ask with some curiosity.