Mei Qingdao, "Lin Bing and Zhong Xiong." ”

Ding Qin gritted his teeth, "I don't care about this anymore." ”

"But I can't put it down. Mei Qing sighed and looked at the moon in the sky, "Okay, I'll tell you now." I didn't do anything. I just told them that I was Mei Yihammer's daughter. ”

"My father's fame was mostly made by blacksmiths. His name alone is enough to make the people of the entire Nanhai County respect him a little. Moreover, he also has an identity. He is the general counselor of the Nanhai County Merchant Shou, which is equivalent to the status of the deputy merchant guard. ”

"Lin Bing is just a military order, he will naturally be in awe, where do you dare to provoke me? And Zhong Xiong, whether overt or secret, is doing business, and he needs to be taken care of by Shang Shou, at least he can't make trouble. That's why the two of them suddenly changed their attitude towards me. ”

Mei Qing turned her head to look at Ding Qin at this time, "That's it, are you satisfied?"

Ding Qin didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, he spoke, "However, you said that your father is just an ordinary person with no ability. ”

When Ding Qin said this, he had already realized that he had pushed some of the inconsistencies in Mei Qing's words to the extent that others felt that he was suspicious of something.

In fact, this suspicion did stem from his caution.

However, this time, Mei Qing did not react violently like last time. She smiled instead, "You are a foreigner, and you do have a lot to learn." ”

She sighed lightly, "You must think that my father's general counselor is an official position, and he belongs to the kind of person who works in Nanhai County, right? That's why you know that he is not an ordinary person with no ability." This is not the case. ”

"Under the military, civilian, and commercial guards of a county, only the merchant guards have a counselor's corps. The people who can join the Counsellors are either wealthy businessmen or people with great prestige in a certain field. However, the Counsellors' Corps is only an honor, and there is no need to serve in the county. ”

"Usually, the members of the Counsellors do their own thing, and if Shang Shou himself encounters something that is particularly difficult to deal with, or something that he does not understand in a certain field, he will ask the Counsellors for help. Of course, the recommendations of the Counsellors' Corps may not necessarily be adopted. If there really is any situation, they will not think of the members of the Counsellor's Corps when the staff of the commercial law office withdraws. ”

In other words, the Counsellors are nothing more than a tool. As for the General Counselor, it is just a name, and there is no preferential treatment. As for why they are afraid of the General Counselor, it is because the General Counselor can directly meet with the General Counselor at any time. In addition, if the General Counselor recommends the selection of talents to the company, most of them will not accept it, but if you say a bad word, it will be 100% effective. ”

Mei Qing chuckled again when she said this, "Even if I explain it to you like this, maybe you still think that my father Mei Yizhu is not an ordinary person." If he is willing to participate in political affairs, then he is not. However, he was obsessed with smelting, and he had been the general counselor of Shangshou for seven years, but he had never taken the initiative to meet Shangshou once. ”

"In particular, the current Shang Shou only took office last year. After he took office, the other counselors took the initiative to congratulate him, but my father didn't go at all. There was also a meeting of the Counsellors' Corps, and my father did not attend due to illness. Therefore, now the new Shomori has a very good opinion of my father. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that my dad was the only representative of the smelting industry in the Merchant Counsellors' Corps, he might have been cleared out a long time ago. It's just that, for the sake of the stability of the smelting industry, Shang Shou had to let him continue to serve as the general counselor, maybe until my father resigned voluntarily, or when something happened to him. ”

Mei Qing sighed, "Now, when sea beasts attack the island, it is the time when all kinds of accidents can happen. First, my father has cultivation but can't fight, and second, some people in the counselor's corps have long coveted the post of general counselor, coupled with the attitude of the businessman, I am afraid that my father will be taken advantage of the chaos to harm him. That's why I'm in a hurry to come to Honglang County. ”

She later said it very really, in fact, she also understood it very well. may be out of respect for filial piety, Ding Qin's opinion of Mei Qing in his heart is better after listening. He was silent for a while, then looked at Mei Qingdao, "Thank you for telling me so much. ”

Mei Qing shook her head, "Don't thank me. Actually, I can choose not to tell you. But if I don't tell you, with your character, you'll be more and more suspicious of me, and even have trouble sleeping. Along the way, I have treated you as a companion. I don't want my companions to have an unbreakable barrier between me and me. ”

"What the hell? who's there?" the two were talking, when suddenly a voice came from the east.

Between the words, five figures flickered in the darkness, and they arrived four or five meters in front of Ding Qinshen and Mei Qing. At the same time, the hands of the five people flashed in unison, and then the mini torches were lit at the same time.

By the light of the fire, Ding Qin could see that they were wearing the military uniforms of the Nanhai County Military Command.

Is it someone from the military?

The five are now quite vigilant. An older man in the middle was the first to ask, "Who are you and why are you here?"

Ding Qin was about to speak, but was stopped by Mei Qing.

Mei Qing stepped forward and took out a token-like thing from his body, "I am the daughter of Mei Zhishu, the general counselor under the Shang Shou seat. We've come from other islands, and we've just escaped the black rock crab and are going to find my father. ”

"Counselor Mei's daughter?" The person who took the lead obviously had some impressions of Mei Qing's name, "What's your name?"

"Mei Qing. Mei Qing's expression and tone are extremely natural now, and there is no tension at all.

The person who took the lead nodded, took the token, and after carefully examining it by the firelight, handed it to Mei Qing again. "The token is not fake. However, there is no port to the north of this location, so you are smuggling here. ”

Mei Qing didn't shy away at all, "That's right." Now that the official roads are all closed, I miss my father so much that I can only take the Blackwater Passage. ”

"Blackwater Passage?" The person who took the lead was slightly stunned. "Are you two safe and sound?"

Mei Qing smiled slightly, "I guess it's God's filial piety that favors me." ”

The officer who took the lead did not ask Mei Qing again, but turned to Ding Qin, "What about you, what does it have to do with her? You also came to find General Counselor Mei?"

Ding Qin suddenly thought that he also had a token or something like that. "My name is Ding Qin, and I accompanied Miss Mei all the way, but I didn't look for Senior Mei. I came to Nanhai County to find Guo Cheng's seniors. ”

"Guo Cheng, South China Sea Hammer God Guo Cheng?" the officer obviously didn't expect.

Ding Qin nodded, "That's right." I have something important to ask him about. Oh yes, I have someone to introduce. ”

He took out the token, "Tong Yan, the general affairs of Zhongshan County Scout, is my friend. ”

"Zhongshan County?" the officer took the token, looked at it carefully, and handed it to a person on the side, "Check the token for the record." ”

After speaking, he turned to Ding Qin again, "Please wait. Zhongshan County is far away from our Nanhai County, and I only look at the token, so I can't distinguish the authenticity. However, because the reconnaissance general affairs is a special official of Tiannan Prefecture, all the tokens of all people are filed in each county. It just so happened that there were scouts in our team with imprints on them. ”

Ding Qin nodded and didn't say anything. One of the officers next to him took out a small notebook from his body, flipped to the fixed page number, and compared the token with the image on it for a while, "Captain, it's true." ”

The captain's expression was obviously much more relaxed at this time. He sighed lightly, "Alas, in extraordinary times, things can't be too rigid. Originally, you smuggled into Honglang County to punish the crime. However, as the two of you said, now that the official road has been sealed, there is really no way. For the sake of General Counselor Mei and General Affairs Tong's face and Miss Mei's filial piety, I will not pursue the smuggling incident. However, if you want to see these two people, you still have to come with me. ”

Mei Qing was a little unhappy when she heard this, "Why? Since you don't pursue it, why do you want to take us away?"

The captain smiled slightly, "Miss Mei, don't get me wrong. I am not going to take two of them to the Military Command Mansion, but two of them to see the General Counselor and Master Guo. ”

Mei Qing's face was puzzled, "We can find it ourselves, why do you want to bring it?"

The captain said, "The girl doesn't know. Recently, sea beasts have invaded the island more and more frequently, so the people of Nanhai County have been fully reinstated. The location near the sea in the south has been uniformly arranged in the central region. General Counselor Mei and Master Guo's original forging workshop are in the south, if the girl goes there again, won't it be empty?"

Knowing the reason, Mei Qing's tone was much calmer, "So, my father is protected now?"

The captain was a little embarrassed on his face, "This, don't hide it from Miss Mei, the two seniors are not much protected." Due to the special status of the two, especially the smelting line, the environment required is also relatively special, and the two seniors never accepted to live in the resettlement area with other people, but built their own residence more than ten miles outside the resettlement area. We have a limited capacity to cover that range all the time. ”

Saying this, Mei Qing's worries were obviously heavier. She looked at Ding Qin, as if asking for Ding Qin's opinion.

Ding Qin stepped forward, "In that case, please take us to the place where the two seniors live." ”

The officer nodded, "Okay." However, the place where the two seniors live is still more than two hundred miles away from here, so we can only send you to our camp and send someone to escort you there again. Besides, our patrol mission is not yet complete, so I will not go with you. In this way,"

He pointed to the two subordinates on the left, "I'll send the two of them and take you to the camp." After arriving at the camp, someone will naturally help arrange it, and as for whether to leave or stay tonight, you can decide for yourself. If you are going, you can ask the host for a map to show you the way, and if you are staying, they will arrange for you to stay. ”

Mei Qing thought for a while and said, "If it's convenient, we'll stay overnight tonight." ”