"My lord, the dark spirits I sent out have returned, and this is what you need." In August, the identities of the ten county commanders were placed in front of the voyage.

After Yuanhang finished dinner, he was eating grapes in the living room, and when he heard it, he hurriedly picked it up and carefully picked it up.

"My lord, if it's okay, I'll quit." August is still like that, expressionless.

"There's one more thing, you can help me find out." Yuanhang said while eating grapes: "There is a cousin in Situ Yilan's house, you go and check his details." ”

"Yes." August turned around and left.

After reading it, Yuanhang leaned back on the chair and let out a long breath, sneered and said to himself: "Sure enough, all of them are not clean." ”

"Tang Ling." Yuanhang shouted outside.

Tang Ling didn't come to Qiushui but walked in, and said after asking for peace: "My lord, what do you command?" ”

Yuan Hang saw that it was her who came in, turned over the paper on the table and asked, "Where is Tang Ling?" ”

"It seems to be with Harutsuki." Qiushui replied in a playful voice.

"It's okay, you go and tell the cook to prepare three dishes and one soup in the back room at noon tomorrow. Meat should not be added to the dish, and salt should not be added to the soup. ”

"My lord, why is that?" Qiushui looked at the voyage suspiciously, and his big eyes were bright.

Yuanhang didn't speak, just looked up at Qiushui with his eyes.

"Yes, slave and maid are talkative." Qiushui saw Yuanhang's eyes and immediately realized that he was wrong, so he quickly retreated.

The next morning, Yuanhang sat in the living room and waited for the arrival of the county orders. Qiushui and Tang Ling stood behind him, and Yuanhang crossed Erlang's legs and hummed his favorite rain flower stone.

A servant ran into the living room and reported: "My lord, the county commander of Litu County has arrived. ”

"Oh, please." Yuanhang waved his hand.

After a while, Wang Zhixian came to the living room under the leadership of the officials, and when he saw Yuanhang, he hurriedly saluted and said, "The king of the lower officials has sent me to see my lord." ”

Yuanhang sat on the chair and said with a smile: "Lord Wang is exempt from courtesy, this time it is the official who invites everyone privately, so there is no need to perform this official courtesy." ”

Wang Zhixian heard that he knew that the county guard did not only summon him today, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

One after another, the county orders rushed to the county guard's mansion, and Yuanhang saluted them one by one, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, Yuanhang cleared his throat and stood up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this official has no other intention to invite you to come this time. It's just that the official has just arrived, and he is unfamiliar with everything in Qianling, and I hope that you will help the official more in the future. After saying that, he sailed away and saluted everyone. Seeing this, all the county commanders hurriedly stood up and saluted back.

"The county keeper is polite, we should assist the lord in governing Qianling County." A county magistrate replied flatteringly.

"Good! Mr. Chen's words are very good. Yuanhang looked at the man and nodded.

"A few days ago, when the Japanese officials first arrived in Qianling, they bothered all the adults to go out of the city to greet them. I was tired of traveling, and I was in a hurry, so I couldn't make good friends with all the adults. Therefore, today the official is inviting you to a banquet in the palace, and I hope that you will speak freely and drink happily. Ha ha. After saying that, Yuanhang laughed.

The county commanders also laughed, and one said: "My lord, I'll let it go, haha." ”

"It's still early, why don't I take all the adults to visit the county guard's mansion, what do you think?" Yuanhang asked.

"Everything is up to your lordship." The county commanders said in unison.

"Yes, ladies and gentlemen, please come here." After the voyage was finished, he limped in front and walked towards the back house, and everyone followed.

"This is the study, hey, such a holy place, but the table is broken."

"This is where the official stays, and the adults are smiling, the bed is already loose, and the official sleeps like walking on thin ice every night."

"This is the apse, and the pillars have cracked, and there is a lot of danger, so I won't let you in. But you must keep it in mind, lest you go to the wrong room and worry about your life. Ha ha. ”

Yuanhang walked and talked, and at first everyone echoed and said that the county keeper was honest and honest, and gradually no one said anything anymore, and followed silently.

Walking to the wing, Yuanhang turned around and said: "It's not too early, the adults are afraid that they are already hungry, just here, let's go, let's eat and drink." With that, he pushed the door and entered the wing.

There were four large plates on the table in the wing room, and the county commanders were stunned when they saw it. A plate of fried cabbage, a plate of fried potatoes, and a plate of cabbage and potatoes are fried together. The other dish is cabbage and potato soup.

After seeing it, Yuanhang feigned anger and said, "Tang Ling, isn't it four dishes and one soup?" How is one less? ”

Tang Ling hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My lord, there are not enough potatoes and cabbages in the house, so I can only make one less dish, please forgive me." ”

"Oh, my lords, my lords are slacking, please don't blame the adults." Yuanhang explained to everyone.

The county commanders hurriedly said that there was nothing to do. I secretly said in my heart: Even if it is enough, can cabbage and potatoes still make a fourth dish?

"You may be seated, and we will take our seats." After the voyage finished speaking, he sat down first.

The county commanders were about to sit down, only to find that there were only five chairs except for the voyage to sit on, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

"Huh." Yuanhang sat down and asked, "Tang Ling, why are there only five chairs?" ”

"My lord, only these five chairs are good, the rest have been loosened, and the small ones didn't dare to bring them for fear of hurting the adults." Tang Ling replied extremely cooperatively.

"This ...... How does this sit? Why don't you share a chair with two adults? Yuanhang said to everyone with a guilty face.

Everyone was so angry in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it in person, so they had to sit on a chair together. has been a county magistrate for many years, and they are all obese people, and each person can only sit back to back on the upper half of their buttocks.

Yuan Hang saw that he had already sat down, so he picked up the chopsticks and said, "Come, come, everyone, don't be polite, please eat." After saying that, he first took a piece of potato and put it in his mouth.

The county commanders looked at each other, thinking that you have eaten, and we are all facing the table, how can this hold the dish?

A county magistrate blushed and said, "Since your Excellency asked us to come to the banquet but didn't give us a seat, isn't it just to see me and wait for jokes?" ”

"Alas, Lu Zhixian's words are wrong, it is really poor in the house, if the official has a little condition, he will use sterling silver to build chairs to entertain everyone." Yuanhang saw someone speak, so he stared at the county order, and said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Lu Zhixian broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this, and said in his heart, how did he know that I had a few chairs made of sterling silver, so he didn't dare to make a sound, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Naturally, others would not understand what Yuanhang said, and the other county commander saw that Lu Zhixian was silent, so he continued: "It's a waste to make chairs made of sterling silver, but adults have the heart to feast, so it won't be just cabbage and potatoes, right?" ”

"Hehe, Bai Zhixian asked well. The official wanted to feast you with a bear's paw and deer whip, but he searched the entire county but there was nothing to sell, and I don't know where they all went. Yuanhang sighed and shook his head.

Bai Zhixian's face suddenly turned pale, and sweat oozed from his forehead.

Yuanhang stood up and continued: "This official sincerely invites everyone, but the idea is very good, but it is difficult to realize. I want to find a courtesan to dance for all the adults, but the top card of Ika-in has been snatched away. I wanted to send some calligraphy and paintings to everyone, but I was told that the real thing is not for sale, and it belongs to a special person. I still want to ......" Every time Yuanhang said a word, everyone's hearts sank. In the end, two out of ten people fell from their chairs to the ground.

"You also visited my mansion just now, miserable, you have the intention to repair it but can't realize it, hey, this official is very difficult now, I don't know how to handle it." Yuanhang sighed again and again, with a sad face.

"My lord, please don't be embarrassed, the lower official is willing to share one or two for the adult." Bai Zhixian stood up first and said: "There happens to be a craftsman in the Xiaguan Mansion, who is willing to repaint the county guard's mansion once, and the Xiaguan guarantees that everything is as new." ”

"Oh, Bai Zhixian is really a nobleman, if so, you and I should be closer in the future." Yuanhang said in surprise.

"My lord, Linkou County, where the lower official is located, is rich in good nanmu, and the lower official can transport it for the adult to create items for use."

Before this was finished, the other continued: "The carpenter in my county is the most famous in the girder, and the lower official will gather the best carpenter when he returns, and as soon as your wood arrives, I will immediately bring it to build it for the adults." ”

Everyone rushed to say, for fear that they would have no chance to perform after being finished by others. In a moment, almost all the unrelated items related to the repair of the mansion were gathered. The last county magistrate didn't know what to do, so he held back for a long time before saying, "My lord, you...... Do you still need cabbage potatoes in your house? ”

Yuanhang's eyes almost didn't scare the county order to death.

Seeing that the purpose of the voyage has been achieved, naturally they will not be left behind. Everyone also wanted to leave the plague god earlier, so they politely dispersed with each other.

It was only after the voyage returned to the living room that August walked in.

"My lord, the person you asked me to inquire about has already inquired." August Shi Li glanced at Qiushui and said.

"Let's put it directly, Qiushui is not an outsider." Yuanhang turned his back to Qiushui and winked at August.

"Yes, sir." August stood up straight and said, "That person's name is Li Mubai, and he is Situ Yilan's cousin, Situ Hao's wife and eldest brother's son. A person from the Houtang Mansion, currently doing business in Jiangzhou. Today he and Situ Zhongda went to the temple outside the city to incense, I followed, and listened to Situ Zhongda say that Situ Hao has a letter from his family, as if the imperial court has recently made some moves to the outside world, and to replace a group of garrisons, I don't know if it will implicate Qianling County. ”

"Let's talk about the key points, what does it matter to me whether to change the garrison or not, I just want to know about Li Mubai's situation." The voyage feigned anger and made an impatient appearance.

"Yes. Li Mubai once mentioned to Situ Zhongda that he wanted to propose to Situ Yilan. August said.

"What?" Yuanhang jumped up on his feet and asked, "Really?" ”

"Yes, my lord, I heard it with my own mouth." August looked at the voyage and nodded.

Yuanhang sat down and thought about it and said, "You go down first, don't talk about anything about the imperial court's moves." In the past few days, the mansion has been repaired, so I went to Situ Mansion to stay for a few days, just to find out the accurate news. ”

Yuanhang had already instructed August to show Qiushui a play in order to make sure that his judgment was correct, but he didn't expect to hear the news that Li Mubai proposed to Yilan, which really made his heart ache. It's a sin to let such a beautiful woman go.