"The man said he was a servant of the county keeper." Outside the door came the shouts of the servants.

"Lord Gunjo?" Clifford shook his body, struck a spirit, and got up from Winnie's body.

Only then did he remember that the one-third of an acre of land in Heihe County was really not up to him Count Clifford. Heihe County is the first county of Heihe County, and those who live here, in addition to his county order, naturally have a county guard.

There was a proverb in the officialdom at that time that it took eight lifetimes to become a county magistrate in the first county, because the county magistrate here could not be as good as the county magistrate elsewhere, and he had to look at the face of the county guard at all times.

When the three women heard that they were sent by the county guard, they all became serious. Sophia covered up the placket of her clothes that had been messed up by Clifford, and said softly: "Master, the servant of the county guard can't be missing, please go first, our sisters are waiting for you here." ”

"Yes, sir. Go ahead. Winnie and Liana sat up and persuaded Clifford.

The situation is stronger than people, looking at these three disheveled and flower-like concubines, Collie Fu is very reluctant in his heart, but what can he do? The official level crushed people to death, not to mention the top boss, he had to be more careful, sighed, and said: "He must have come for Sanji's arrears, or so, Lord Ben will go to meet him, and the three of you will wait here obediently for me, and I will clean you up when my master comes back." ”

The three women all "giggled" and pushed each other and played: "Call you dishonest, wait for the master to come back and clean you up." ”

Clifford said goodbye to his concubine with a sense of anger, and followed the servant in front of him to the antechamber to meet the old servant sent by the county guard.

As soon as they met, Clifford gave him a seat very politely, and he himself sat down casually, and said, "I wonder what Mr. County Shou is looking for?" ”

The old servant was obviously systematically trained, and the etiquette was very thoughtful, he stood up, bowed, and said: "Back to Lord Earl, my lord knows that Lord Earl's new official has taken office, and said that in the future, he and Lord Earl will be colleagues working in the same city, so tonight I specially held a banquet at home to catch the wind and wash the dust for Lord Earl." ”

This old servant has been calling Count Collie instead of the county order, it is enough to see that he is very good at things, if he shouts the county order, there is a meaning of pressing the other party in the name of the official, it will make the other party feel very uncomfortable, and calling the earl will not have this concern, the earl is a nobleman, how to shout how comfortable.

There was a burst of anger in Coolford's heart, my brother just ate almost all of them, won't you invite someone to dinner to notify you earlier? However, since it was the county guard's treat, he was embarrassed to say that he wouldn't go, so it was a big deal to eat less and listen to them brag more, anyway, the entertainment was like this, so he smiled and said, "Okay, thank you for the kindness of the county guard, I'll go in and change my clothes, and I'll come out immediately." ”

"The old slave awaits the Earl." The servant owed, and said very respectfully.

When he came to the bedroom door, before he pushed the door in, he heard the sound of three women in the room laughing and scolding, three women in a play, this is really true, the three of them did not fight together has made Clifford very pleased, and naturally he does not ask for anything else.

Clifford pushed the door in, and the three women immediately stopped fighting, and sat there one by one like quails, with their heads bowed, waiting for Clifford to fall like a female prisoner.

Seeing the three of them like this, Clifford felt both amused and pity, sighed, and said, "I can't accompany you tonight, I'm going out to socialize." ”

The three women looked lost, and finally Winnie stood up first and said faintly, "Master, are you going to have dinner with the county guard?" ”

Clifford nodded, put his arm around her delicate little shoulders and said, "Yes, his meal is not delicious, he will definitely intercede with Sanji at the banquet, do you remember the story of the Hongmen banquet I told you?" That's probably what this meal means. ”

The three girls were very worried when they heard this, the deficit of 100,000 silver dollars was definitely not a small amount, if the predecessor relied on the protection of the county guard and did not pay it back, then this account would have to be recorded on the head of Cliffor, and Clifford would have to find a way to digest it slowly in the future, if it could not be digested, he would have to use his own money to pay off the debt, and maybe he would have to suffer a lawsuit.

Sophia had been with Clifford the longest and had the deepest feelings for him, so she stepped forward, looked at Cliffor, and said with a worried face: "Master, why don't you write a letter to Governor Taylor." Let him help with this. ”

"Nonsense." Clifford pretended to be angry and reprimanded, then nodded her little head and said, "You don't know what Governor Taylor sent me here to do?" I can't do such a trivial thing and I need his old man to help, what do you think he will think of me in the future? ”

Sophia pursed her lips, lowered her head, and stopped talking, with her wisdom, she couldn't have imagined the disadvantages of doing this, but she cared too much about Clifford, and if she cared, she made a stupid move.

Of course, Clifford won't blame her, no matter what these women say or do, they all think about their own good in the end, such people, even if they make mistakes, Clifford will not easily blame them, who hasn't made a mistake Ah, sincerity is the most precious, stroked her little head, and smiled: "Okay, Sophia." You don't have to blame yourself so much, I know you're doing it for my good. I have to eat this meal, and as for what to do after I go, then only the soldiers will stop it, and the water will cover it. ”

After that, he let go of Sophia, and said to Winnie: "Winnie, it seems that you haven't attended a banquet with me yet, so you can go hard this time and accompany me." ”

"Yes, sir. I'll clean it up. Winnie smiled sweetly, gave Clifford a curtsy, and then began to change her dress and dress up.

When a man goes out to eat, the female companion he brings is the face of a man, and Winnie is a young lady from an official eunuch's family, so she doesn't understand this truth, so she dresses up very carefully, and wants to give Clifford's colleagues in Heihe County a lottery.

Sophia and Liana were not idle, and worked together to help her dress up.

The reason why Clifford asked Winnie to accompany him to dinner was not only because Winnie had not accompanied him and had to take care of her, but the most important thing was that Winnie was good at calculations, and she participated in this trial, and if she got into a fight later, she could also help him.

After nearly half an hour, Winnie dressed up, looked in the mirror, and was quite satisfied, stood up, smiled at Cooley, pulled open her skirt, made a curtsy, and said, "Master, is the slave beautiful?" ”

"Beautiful. Certainly beautiful. Collie looked at the girl in front of him, no, it should be a young woman now, and smiled wickedly: "It's not in vain that Count Ben went to great lengths to save you from von Bock's hands. ”

Sophia and Liana also laughed and quipped, "yes, yes." Now it has been spread all over Chaoen City, saying that in order to save his woman, the lord did not hesitate to go deep into the tiger's den to duel with the bandit Feng Bock, and finally won him. ”

Clifford had a big head for a while, what is this, if you say win him, I am afraid that only Sophia can win him, look at the time, feel that it is not early, take Winnie's delicate little hand, and say, "Let's go, Winnie." Let's go and meet the legendary county keeper for a while. ”

Winnie waved goodbye to the two sisters, grabbed Clifford's arm, and smiled, "Yes, master." Slave and maid will serve you. ”

With that, he took Clifford to the lobby.

The old servant of the county guard was already in a hurry, this earl was too big, it took him half an hour to change his clothes, and when he saw Winnie, all the depression in his heart was relieved, such a beautiful embryo definitely had to take such a long time to dress up.

Seeing Clifford come out with Winnie, the county guard immediately stood up and smiled respectfully, "Lord Earl, please come with me." ”

Clifford said expressionlessly, "Lead the way." ”

The servant smiled slightly, bowed, and led Clifford out the door.

Clifford and Winnie sat side by side in the carriage that the county keeper had prepared for them, and walked sweetly towards the county guard's mansion. Because of the presence of this old servant, it is difficult for the two of them to say anything on the road?

When he arrived at the gate of the county guard's house, the old servant was the first to get out of the car, and then bowed and invited Clifford down. Clifford jumped out of the carriage first, and then very gentlemanly stretched out his hand, pulled Winnie down, and said, "Baby, today is the first time I have taken you to a banquet, I hope you have a good time." ”

Before Winnie could speak, the old servant of the county guard took the lead and said, "That's Madame for sure, the county guard has prepared a rich dinner, and is waiting for you and the Earl." ”

Winnie is also a young lady of the official family, and she can be said to be familiar with this set of etiquette, and said with a smile: "Thank you for me, Lord Commander, I think we will have a good night today." ”

Gossip is not mentioned. After Collie took Winnie to the banquet hall of the county guard, he saw a person sitting in the middle, dressed luxuriously, about fifty years old, with two mustaches, presumably it was the county keeper, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Hello, Lord the county guard." Thank you for inviting me to this banquet. ”

The county guard smiled kindly, and in the face of a subordinate like Collief, there was no need to stand up, and said, "Sit, today you are a new official, and this meal is for you, so you are welcome." ”

Clifford smiled and nodded, and took Winnie to her seat. In addition to him, there were three other men who came today, one of them was the county guard, the other was the former county guard Sanji that Winnie had already met, and the rest of the man was richly dressed and sat on top of Sanchi, and it seemed that he should be a deputy county guard or something. Each of them brought a female companion, and it is not known whether it was a lady or not. Like Clifford, he never brought his real wife to a banquet – and certainly didn't.

Sure enough, when the county keeper saw him sit down, he shook his standard beard and smiled slightly, "Mr. Clifford, I don't need to introduce myself. You don't know each other. After that, he agreed with the one on his right hand and said, "This is the deputy county guard of our Heihe County, and we will all be colleagues in the future." ”

The chief was above, Clifford did not dare to slack off, and immediately stood up and bowed to the deputy county guard, the deputy county guard was not the first leader in the end, the shelf was a little smaller, and nodded slightly to Clifford, which was regarded as a salute.

Immediately afterwards, the county keeper pointed to another man, and said with a smile: "This is your previous county magistrate Sanji, he will be transferred after the handover with you, his next job is to go to Chaoen County as a county magistrate, you have to have a few drinks today, because there will be fewer opportunities to meet again in the future." ”

"That's, that's." Clifford said again and again: "Please also ask Lord Sanji for more advice." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Sanji asked for help, but he didn't dare to hold it up, so he quickly stood up and returned the salute, saying, "Everyone is a colleague, so we should help more." ”

Clifford heard the words of his words, but pretended not to understand, and went straight to his seat, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Lord County Squint glanced at Clifford, there was a deep meaning in his eyes, smiled faintly, and said, "Okay, everyone is here, let's stop gossiping, let's start the meal, don't let the ladies wait too long." ”

Everyone laughed together and began to toast and eat according to etiquette. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the county guard saw that everyone had almost drunk it, so he wiped his mouth with the white cloth on the table, and smiled at Coolford: "Coolford, I heard that you just sent someone to check Sanchi's account?" ”

Finally seeing the poor dagger, Clifford had already prepared for this, sneered, but said lightly: "That's the case, Lord County Guard." This is also the practice of officialdom, I can't take over in a daze. ”

"Yes, yes. You're right. There is nothing wrong with Cleeford's words, even if he is the top boss of the county guard, he can only say yes again and again while accompanying the smiling face, and said: "This is indeed the practice of officialdom." But, Brother Clifford, it's a good thing that you became a parent officer at a young age. However, it is also a bad thing. ”

"Oh?" Clifford's eyes lit up, and he looked at the lord of the county guard and said politely, "I don't know why this is a bad thing?" I also ask the county keeper to give me some advice. ”

Lord County Keeper smiled slightly, that smile was really kind, and said, "Actually, it's not that serious. Some people are like you, they have a successful career at a young age, but it is really because of this that they are arrogant and do not play cards according to the rules of officialdom, and in the end they offend their colleagues and add trouble to themselves. ”

Since the other party was going around the bend with him, Clifford naturally refused to directly pierce the layer of window paper, and began to pretend: "Yes, yes." The lesson of the county keeper is that please rest assured that the lower officials will not be that kind of stunned. Xiaguan has always had a good relationship with the people around him, so please don't worry about it. ”