Li Zhifu said that he would come, and he would leave as soon as he said, but Mei Xiaoren couldn't keep it, so he had to take someone to the city gate to see him off.

It was already early summer, and the sun on his head was shining on Mei Xiaoren's heart, but he had to force himself to show an unusually calm appearance and send the prefect to the gate of Qiushui County.

As soon as the prefect left, everything returned to normal in Qiushui County, and she still governed her county as her county commander, waiting for the so-called opportunity to come.

She has read the classics and knows that there is meritocracy in the way of governance, so she pays attention to political achievements and regards them as more important than anything else, but the reality does not seem to be so.

The lieutenant surnamed Zhu was promoted to Shangjing, and only showed one point, that is, the chief assistant of the dynasty was nepotistic.

It was a high-ranking person, out of reach for her, and she didn't know if she was qualified to look at him from afar in her life, but now she became the first person to pierce a knife in her heart, which made people panic even more than Jiang Ei.

Although Jiang Rong was confused, he thought that he was punishing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but he did bad things with good intentions. The one above, but in the open, promoted a person who was not worthy of being a general at all.

Li Zhifu walked out of the city gate, and just as he was about to turn around and say a few more words to Mei Xiaoren, he suddenly saw a fast horse galloping towards the city gate.

He recognized the man with the small flag on his back as the clerk of the state government.

"Newspaper"

This time, the little official didn't bring any papers, so he dismounted and said, "Lord Prefect, Lord Zhang from the Ministry of Officials is here." ”

"Lord Zhang" Li Zhifu was a little surprised, "Where are the people?"

"I'm on my way to Qiushui County."

"Then don't be ready to greet each other." Governor Li hurriedly said and glanced back, "Mei Xiaoren." ”

Mei Xiaoren hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his head to obey the order, "I am here." ”

"Mr. Zhang from the Ministry of Officials visited, and he was entertained"

"Lord Zhang, the Ministry of Officials" Mei Xiaoren was in a fog. She rarely has any high-ranking officials here, and Chu Yu has hidden her identity when she passed by before, and no one has told her, but this person has not heard from anyone to do anything

"Lord Zhang is the head of the Ministry of Officials, and his hometown is in Xuanzhou, this time he may be returning to his hometown to visit relatives, but no matter what Lord Zhang does, you must not slack off."

Seeing that the prefect was serious, Mei Xiaoren understood that she needed to be cautious. Fortunately, the yamen has just practiced to welcome the prefect, and by the way, it is also a matter of catching another one.

Since the head of the ministry was coming, Governor Li decided to stay for two more days, he sent the car and returned to Qiushui County with Mei Xiaoren, and waited quietly for tea.

Mei Xiaoren had already remembered what kind of official the chief was, although he was a member of the Sixth Division, his rank was not as high as that of the prefect. The prefect is so respectful to him, it can be seen that this is a person, even if the official title is not to be feared, but there must be something that makes Lao Li have to treat him politely.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the official came back with the news that the Master Zhang had arrived outside the city.

Mei Xiaoren followed Governor Li out of the city.

Governor Li seems to be polite to this Lord Zhang, but he is well versed in the way of officialdom, and he also knows that politeness is polite, and his posture must not be lowered, so he arrived first and then greeted, instead of dragging Mei Xiaoren to the city gate early in the morning to wait.

A simple carriage was parked outside the city gate, and there were not many followers who followed, so that people could not see that this was a Beijing official who had come all the way from Shangjing.

This time, it was Governor Li's mansion who welcomed the guests, and Mei Xiaoren could only follow behind Lao Li silently, listening to Lao Li come forward to talk.

Waiting for the people in blue official uniforms on the carriage to get down, Governor Li smiled and said: "Director Zhang, I haven't seen you for many years, Lord Principal is fine."

"Lord Futai, long time no see, long time no see." Director Zhang returned the salute.

Mei Xiaoren stood aside, indifferently watching the two old men each holding a shelf, but pretending to be very close and friendly, which is probably the essence of dealing with people in officialdom.

The sun is setting, and it's time for dinner.

Mei Xiaoren knew that she should prepare a table of wine for this Lord Zhang to wash the dust, but Governor Li said that Director Zhang liked it

It's not ordinary, so the banquet can't be set up casually.

In the end, she chose a place to hold a banquet according to Director Zhang's preferences.

The outside is the willow tip on the moon, and the inside is the fragrance of fat powder, and the sheng flute is endless.

In front of Mei Xiaoren's eyes, several women were singing and dancing lightly, and she was holding a wine glass and drinking without saying a word, never looking at anyone, and not paying attention to the light gauze sleeves that were frequently thrown in front of her.

Governor Li and Lord Zhang were talking about wine, and they were on the rise, especially Lord Zhang, who was so uncomfortable hugging left and right.

"Mei Xiaoren."

Governor Li suddenly called, and Mei Xiaoren looked up and saw that the prefect was glaring at her.

"I don't ask Lord Zhang for help in your business, so don't you want to give Lord Zhang a drink."

When Mei Xiaoren heard this, he picked up his wine glass and said respectfully: "Humble respect to Lord Zhang, thank you Lord Zhang for taking care of you." ”

Director Zhang happily accepted his respect, and said with a smile: "Where is it, Brother Mei is young and promising, I am in the Ministry of Officials, I am in charge of the examination and promotion, and I am a virtuous person." ”

Director Zhang's words seemed to poke the sore spot in Mei Xiaoren's heart, she drank all the wine in the cup, held the wine glass for a long time and was silent, but did not take a joke to heart.

"Last time, I entrusted Zhang with the matter, but there is news," Governor Li asked.

"Look, Lord Futai is in a hurry, although Brother Mei has something wrong here, it is not difficult for Xia Guan to calm down a little turmoil." Director Zhang took a sip of wine before taking out a booklet from his sleeve, "Look what this is"

Mei Xiaoren sat far away, so naturally he couldn't see the words on the cover of the booklet. Governor Li was on the side, and after he fixed his eyes, he showed his face and happily said: "There is Lord Lao Zhang." ”

"Little things, little things, Lord Futai is polite." Director Zhang stroked his beard and squinted and smiled.

"I don't know if it is"

"Is it in line with the wishes of the adults" Director Zhang pointed to the document in Governor Li's hand and said, "Lord Futai will know if you open it and see it."

Mei Xiaoren looked at the two of them in a fog, only to feel that the two bosses were singing double reeds, and they didn't know what they were muttering.

The two bosses were talking, she didn't understand and didn't want to ask much, and when she was bored, she looked up at the women who were dancing in the hall, and looked at her for a long time.

Yiren knew him, and his eyes were already filled with deep anticipation, and finally he looked forward to Mei Xiaoren looking up, her watery eyes were even more pleasant, and a little blush appeared on her cheeks, and she lowered her head shyly.

Mei Xiaoren noticed that the woman's behavior was unusual, as if he had reacted like this because he saw her. She was confused at first, but after looking at her for a long time, she recognized who the woman was.

Zhou Hu said before that this woman was the top brand of Cuiying Tower, and she was the one she brought out of the barracks that day.

After a song, Sizhu stopped, and the dancing women stopped one after another, and walked to a few tables to serve the benefactor, only the woman was reluctant to go near and far, and came to Mei Xiaoren.

She squatted down and picked up the wine jug to pour wine for Mei Xiaoren, and handed the wine glass to him in her bare hand, "Your Excellency, please." ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded and took it, and said, "Thank you." ”

The woman got up and walked to Mei Xiaoren and sat down, and when she finished drinking a glass, she picked up the wine jug and poured it for her again, this time she held the wine glass and fed it to Mei Xiaoren's mouth herself.

Mei Xiaoren was obviously not suitable for being served by a woman like this, the closer the woman became, the closer she was, she subconsciously moved in the opposite direction, but she didn't dare to make her movements too obvious, after all, there was a person sitting in front of her who liked this occasion very much, and in order not to offend her boss, she couldn't show disgust.

This scene was captured by Governor Li, who had just finished reading the paperwork, and knew that Mei Xiaoren, like him, did not want to see these things, and this time he just sacrificed his life to accompany the gentleman.

Governor Li nodded with great satisfaction and shouted, "Mei Xiaoren." ”

Mei Xiaoren hurriedly took this opportunity to stand up and arched his hand: "What do you command?"

"Your kid has good luck, and you are looking forward to it." Governor Li shook the booklet in his hand with a happy face, and then threw the booklet on the table, motioning for her to take it and read it herself.