The line of fields was incomplete at first, so he raised his hand and called a small official from the prison department to come over and do a small favor.

Before the change, the little official would definitely not take care of Duan Chu, but looking at the top boss, he was kind to Duan Chu, and this little official was not stupid.

So he trotted all the way over and asked, "What does Master Duan command?" ”

Duan Chu pointed to the new line of words added to the household post and asked the clerk to read it to him.

"My aunt's younger sister Mo Zizhu was originally from Tianfu, but her parents died and settled in the Duan family."

Duan Chu thanked the little official, stuffed the household post into his arms again, and went to Wen Chaotian's side for the banquet.

Wen Chaotian has not been promoted to the prefect now, so he still lives in the side courtyard of the palace.

When Duan first arrived at the place, Mr. Wei was already waiting at the door.

Seeing Duan Chu, he reached out to help Duan Chu arrange his clothes, straightened his sleeves, smoothed his shoulders, and then pressed the collars on both sides.

"Don't be nervous when you go in, whatever Master Wen asks, you can say anything, be obedient."

Mr. Wei's simple actions and words reminded Duan Chu of the past.

"Sir, there's something I don't know whether to say or not." Duan Chu was a little emotional.

Mr. Wei smiled and said, "You are a child in my eyes, and it doesn't hurt to say anything." ”

"Sir, this is how my father sorted my clothes when he went out nine years ago, and since then, except for my mother, no elder has helped me sort out my clothes, and you are the first."

"Ling Zun is a tough guy of steel, I didn't expect to have a tender side." Mr. Wei said.

"You know my father?" Duan Chu asked.

"Ling Zun is invincible with a fast knife, the first swordsman in Yingtian back then, a famous tough guy, how can I not have heard of it, of course, I have heard it but I haven't seen it, hehe, Lord Wen is waiting."

At the beginning of the founding of the dynasty, Jingshi, that is, the capital, was established in Yingtian.

Later, there was a drastic change, and the capital moved north to Shuntian, Shuntian became the capital, and Yingtian became the capital of Liu.

In this way, there is a two-capital system, and there are six departments of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers in the remaining capital.

Duan Chu's father was the top executioner of the Liudu Criminal Department back then.

Duan Chu always felt that Mr. Wei knew some things about his father.

However, Mr. Wei said that he had not seen his father, and Duan Chu was not good at asking again.

What's more, Master Wen is still inside, waiting for him to take a seat.

Duan Chu followed Mr. Wei into the courtyard, and under Mr. Wei's guidance, he came to the dining table.

Wen Chaotian is considered a good official.

Although he can't sweep away all the dirt and dirt in Pengzhou Mansion, he has done a good enough job compared to the previous prefects, and the security of Pengzhou Mansion is good, and there are very few unjust, false and wrongful cases.

For this kind of good official, Duan Chu has always had a heart of respect.

So Duan Chu was very restrained, and he didn't feel comfortable drinking this time.

Wen Chaotian asked a question and answered at the beginning of the paragraph, and the banquet seemed a little cold.

When Wen Chaotian learned that Duan Chu's parents were dead, he couldn't help but sigh, and the guest and host were silent for a while.

Fortunately, at this time, Mr. Wei hurried over and whispered to Wen Chaotian.

"If you come from your official's hometown, you can only be unaccompanied, and you can drink it yourself." After Wen Chaotian finished speaking, he left.

As soon as Wen Chaotian left, Duan Chu broke free and drank three glasses in a row, Mr. Wei smiled and said, "Duan Chu, carry the wine jar, pack the dishes, go home and drink it." ”

Duan Chu was embarrassed, so he said that he had drunk it.

Mr. Wei couldn't help but say, stuffed a jar of unopened good wine into Duan Chu's hand, and called the family to pack six good dishes, and then apologized while sending Duan Chu out of the mansion.

When he went out, there was a little official who joked with Duan Chu:

"Master Duan, Master Wen is really important to you, not only invite you to eat and drink, but also give gifts before leaving!"

Duan Chu held the wine jar in one hand and the food box in the other, blushing and only nodding.

All this was seen by the shopkeeper Xu who passed by the door of the mansion.

"I heard that Lao Ma can only be slapped in the face of Lord Wen, and Duan Chu can not only eat wine but also get gifts, no, marrying Jiang Xiaomei can't have a trace of publicity, I'd better go after dark."

……

Duan Chu and Wen Chaotian, when they sat down at the wine table, Zhu Zi had just woken up.

She thought about the past all night and thought of a fake name, so Duan Chu had to make up for it after leaving.

When the beads slept, they held the ten taels of gold in their arms, lest the gold grow wings and fly.

When she woke up and saw the gold, she couldn't help but smile.

After a brief freshening up, the beads carried the gold and went straight to the ginger butcher's meat stall.

Today is the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, because Jiang Xiaomei's wedding date is twenty-eighth, and she is married to be a concubine, and Jiang Tu's family should not publicize it too much, so the meat stall is still doing business today.

Approaching the Chinese New Year, the meat stall business is very good.

The beads arrived at the stall and coughed loudly.

The ginger butcher looked up and saw that it was the black-faced girl who had been arguing with him that day again, and snorted coldly.

"Tuzi, hum what! This girl is here to buy meat, and she has packed this, this, this, and this. ”

When the ginger butcher saw it, the beads were talking about the back seat of the pig's head and pig's trotters, and the pig's trotters and pork fan chops, and laughed on the spot.

"Little girl, don't joke with me for the New Year, you can't even afford to eat pigs in the water that day, can you still afford these four big pieces? You know how much it costs when it all adds up! ”

"Tuzi, don't look down on people, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other!"

The ginger butcher knocked on the meat case with a bone chopping knife and said, "If you tease me, be careful that the knife will not spare people!" ”

"There's a lot of nonsense, this girl has money, I'm afraid you won't be able to find it!"

Jiang Butcher came up with temperament, and said while packing: "The silver ticket with the holy decree and the silver ingot with the jade seal are not found by Lao Tzu!" If you really can't find it, I won't take your money! ”

The ginger butcher was loud.

The windows on the second floor opened suddenly, and Jiang Butcher's wife and daughter all stuck out their heads to see what was going on.

"Everyone heard it, and they all testified to me!" As soon as the beads shouted, many people gathered around.

"That's what I said! Everything is packed, a total of nine coins of silver, pay! ”

In fact, it is not worth so much money, and the ginger butcher is temporarily raising the price, deliberately embarrassing the beads.

As a result, as soon as the bead stretched out his hand and smashed Huang Chengcheng's ten taels of gold ingots onto the greasy meat case with a bang, the ginger butcher was dumbfounded.

Ten taels of gold, that is, a hundred taels of silver, all of them were exchanged for copper coins, which could hold a sack.

The ginger butcher has recently lost quite a bit in the casino.

So where can he find it!

couldn't find it, and he was reluctant to give away the meat for nothing, so he thought about how to repay the debt.

"Big man, you can't eat the you pulled out, so don't take the little girl's money if you can't find it."

It was Granny Wang who spoke.

Today, the ginger butcher is not raising the price of the beads alone, but also for other people, so I wish he was deflated, so the onlookers echoed Granny Wang and denounced the ginger butcher.

The public was angry, and the ginger butcher had no choice but to admit it.

Zhu raised his eyebrows, thanked everyone, and went to the opposite money village to break the gold ingot.

She exchanged a few small ingots of gold, some broken silver, and a few copper coins, and then hired a small cart for the coachman to help carry the pork onto the cart and carry it home.

Confirming that the gold ingot was true, the ginger butcher could only watch the cart go away.

……

"The Duan family seems to be developed." The ginger butcher's wife said to her daughter upstairs.

Jiang Xiaomei was very calm and said:

"They should just make a windfall, not for a long time, and when I get married the day after tomorrow, the lanterns and drums will sound in unison, and the eight will carry the sedan chair to the door, and their arrogance will naturally disappear."