Concubine Shu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, staring deeply at Xiao Chen's face, and after a while, a touch of transparent majesty emerged, and she sneered: "Lord Xiao doesn't want to accept apprentices, but wants to find a beautiful young lady to warm the bed to satisfy this gluttony that can never be filled, right?" ”

Xiao Chen swallowed in his throat, and couldn't help but pile up a touch of embarrassment on his face, to be honest, he really didn't have this kind of thought, but he just felt that Ji Hongluan was both a woman and a strong martial artist, if he could keep it by his side, it would be a layer of protection that would not be easily seen through.

Forcibly grabbed Concubine Shu's waist, Xiao Chen hugged the beauty in his arms tighter, and joked: "Niangniang, the word "Miss" is not easy to use, this governor still loves cleanliness." ”

Concubine Shu's beautiful eyes trembled, and she looked at Xiao Chen puzzled, not understanding what he meant, but the appearance of this minion's hippie smile made her feel bottomless, and she was very uncomfortable for a while, so she pushed Xiao Chen away and ran towards the market.

Xiao Chen smiled, pointed to Concubine Shu's graceful back, and showed off to Xiang Yichun, "Did you see it?" That's how women are jealous. ”

"If a woman is willing to be jealous of you, it means that she has you in her heart."

Xiang Yichun's loyal face wrinkled for a long time, his eyes were full of strange incomprehension, he scratched his head, and was about to ask Xiao Chen further, seeing that Xiao Chen had already gone away.

Xiao Chen took Concubine Shu to recuperate and wander in the city for two days, and Xiang Yichun has been following closely as a personal guard, so that there will be no wind and waves in these two days, and the group can be raised, and after recovering their energy, they will continue to move forward.

Three days later, the spacious and luxurious carriage arrived at the boundary of Fengzhou, and before entering the city, I saw Chen Dengli, the prefect of Fengzhou, coming to greet him with a mighty guard of honor.

Seeing that Xiao Chen's carriage stopped, Chen Dengli picked up the corners of his official robe, trotted all the way over, bowed down with a respectful expression, and bowed his hand to the end, "Chen Dengli, the prefect of Xiaguan Fengzhou, meet Lord Qincha!" ”

"Your Excellency has been working hard all the way, presumably it is very hard, Xia Guan has already prepared wine and food in the house, and I hope that Lord Qincha will receive the wind and wash the dust, and I hope that the Lord will appreciate his face!"

It was the scorching sun at noon, Xiao Chen was very lazy and tired, so he didn't get out of the carriage, but just slightly opened the brocade curtain of the carriage and glanced at Chen Dengli.

I saw that this person had a round face and small eyes, a slightly chubby figure, and when the whole face was smiling, he was like a bun with laugh lines, and he was born festively, but he also had a face. Treacherous.

"Lord Futai is polite, lead the way."

Xiao Chen just let out a faint sound and lowered the curtain.

He is very clear about the temperament of these magistrates, or he thinks he is a local emperor and looks down on eunuchs; Either he is working hard to solve some things for himself with the prestige of Qincha, and Xiao Chen doesn't want to see any of them.

"This Fengzhou is an outstanding person, and it looks very rich, it stands to reason that the body of the four-grade prefect of such a state capital must be very arrogant above the top, but I am afraid that he will not be too low to Qincha. But today he is putting on a guard of honor and taking the initiative to go out of the city to pick him up, I'm afraid that something is asking you? Concubine Shu thought in her eyes and reminded softly.

Xiao Chen lazily hugged the beauty, and did not take these things to heart, but lazily nasal and thickened, "The governor is not afraid that he will ask for something, but I am afraid that he will be stubborn and stubborn without asking for anything, and it will be a stinky and hard stone, which will be detrimental to the governor's understanding of the local situation." ”

"Now that's the case, this Lord Futai Chen can be regarded as a fat fish who took the initiative to send it to the door, so let's worry about it."

Chen Dengli rode all the way to open the way in front of him, and Xiao Chen found that in order to meet him, half of the people in the market were cleared, and only some vendors who were out of the way were left.

The carriage passed through the entire downtown of Fengzhou, turned east and passed half an alley, and arrived at the Fengzhou Mansion.

The local government offices of Dachu are all official and private integration, the front is the Fengzhou Mansion, and the back street is where the prefect lives, and the plaque in front of the mansion is replaced in time with the surname of each prefect.

Outside the gate of Chen's mansion, Mrs. Chen, with her two sons-in-law and a daughter-in-law, as well as the housekeeper in the house and a group of important servants who can come to the stage, lined up in three rows, and when she saw Xiao Chen's carriage coming, Mrs. Chen, who was full of scholarly spirit, immediately bent her knees and gave an official salute, and several children bowed down with their mothers, respectful and proportionate.

The slave behind him listened to the master's teachings, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Greetings to Lord Qincha." ”

"Mrs. Chen looks elegant and decent, but she is not like Chen Dengli." Concubine Shu whispered.

Xiao Chen half-bent over and made a "please" gesture, and smiled meaningfully: "Outsiders look at Niangniang and Bendu, isn't it a world of difference?" ”

"So between this husband and wife, it has always been like a person drinking water and knowing that it is warm and cold, and it is in the heart but not in the form, the mother said, isn't it?"

Concubine Shu glanced at him with disgust, her lips moved, but somehow, she didn't want to refute his husband and wife's words, seeing his respectful and graceful raised arms, Concubine Shu just had a little majesty in her delicate eyes, and said helplessly: "Don't forget to flamboyate your tongue anywhere, beware of this palace cutting your tongue!" ”

"Niangniang, you love the slave, where can you give it?" Xiao Chen smiled and bowed to help Concubine Shu.

No matter how spacious the space in the carriage is, people will inevitably bend down when standing in it, so Concubine Shu can't help but half-bend down and walk out together, when Wei Zhongxian opened the curtain of the carriage, the two got off the carriage one after the other, like a loving young couple.

Seeing this, Chen Dengli hurriedly bowed down, and his round face was full of smiles, and he couldn't stop admiring, "Oh, the overseer and the little lady are really a pair of beautiful people, talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven, which makes the subordinate and the clumsy Jing embarrassed." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at his wife with a smile, and hurriedly said: "Of course, the main thing is that the lower officials are born with bad quality, which has caused clumsiness. ”

Xiao Chenjian's eyebrows were raised slightly, and there was a hint of amusement in his eyes, but he didn't expect that Chen Dengli, who was clever and eloquent, was actually a spoiled wife.

"Lord Chen is polite" Xiao Chen smiled, let Concubine Shu hold him, and walked calmly towards the mansion.

Chen Dengli bowed behind him, and secretly glanced up at Xiao Chen's back, a complex and thoughtful look flashed in his eyes, as if he was weighing something.

But soon, he put on a smile again, followed Xiao Chen into his mansion, and respectfully asked: "The banquet is in the lakeside pavilion in the back garden, I don't know if Lord Xiao will visit the mansion of the lower official first, or go to eat first?" ”

"Let's eat directly" Xiao Chen said lightly, his eyes revealed the nobility of the envoy of the Son of Heaven, he just took a cursory look at the house, and said casually, "The house of a fourth-grade official is naturally simple, and there is nothing to visit." ”

A touch of embarrassment flashed on Chen Dengli's face, the displeasure in his eyes flashed, his eyes moved, and he instantly took the opportunity to smile and said: "Speaking of which, the Xiaguan's mansion is indeed shabby, even compared with the same prefect's mansion in other places, it is too simple." ”

"It's not that the lower officials deliberately sell the name of diligence and thrift, it's really ...... Don't you know, in fact, in this Fengzhou city, the prefect of Xiaguan is actually not the biggest person, and he has no ability. ”

Xiao Chen paused slightly, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but ask, "Oh?" Why is that? ”