On the tenth day of June, when Cui Pu was on the 60th birthday of the old lady of Yangzhou prefect, the magistrates and counties of Yangzhou went to visit.

Cui Pu also prepared a generous gift with Mu Jiaojiao and rushed to Yangzhou City on the ninth day of the sixth lunar month.

Because of Mu Jiaojiao's physical problems, they arrived in Yangzhou City one day earlier. I planned to rest for one night first, and then go to pay my birthday in good spirits the next day.

In the evening, they went to the prefect's mansion and presented a letter from Cui Ge's veteran, and Zuo Zhengxiang, the prefect of Yangzhou, immediately received them in person and placed them in his own house.

As soon as he passed the greeting with the Zuo prefect, he came out of the study, and Cui Pu saw a person coming over - an acquaintance.

"Sixth Brother Cui, I haven't seen you for a long time! I heard that you have done a good job in Tianchang County in recent days! After just going there for a month, you gave everyone a dismissal, so that most of the people under your command are so obedient to you. Presumably now, your life there is very comfortable!" Wu Lixin walked up to him, looking radiant.

Who doesn't know that you just arrived in the county and took thunderous measures to directly uproot the tyrant of Hailing County? In terms of means and courage, I am far inferior to you. In the future, Hailing County will definitely get better and better under your leadership, and we in Tianchang County can only look at it!" Cui Pu said with a grin.

It's good that you know!

Seeing him bow low and be small in front of him, Wu Lixin's mood was called a comfort.

He immediately raised his head: "I also want the people of Hailing County to have a good life." As a parent in a county, how can I remain indifferent to watching them being bullied by wicked people? Next, I plan to develop the acre system, so that everyone can have land to grow and everyone can have enough to eat. By the way, what about you, Sixth Brother Cui, what are you going to do next?"

"I don't know much about the things in the county government, and I'm still learning! Slowly wait until I'm familiar with it, and then talk about my plans! Now I can only laugh and be generous when I say this here. Cui Pu continued to play dumb.

Wu Lixin became more and more proud, and shouted loudly: "How come? Aren't there two gentlemen by your side? Mr. Xu, who came to Yangzhou with me before, also followed you, didn't he help you with advice?"

"Of course they said a lot. It's just that I don't understand, so how can I do whatever they say? I have to understand it myself, and then I can take action!" Cui Pu said.

Therefore, you can only attack the weakest squires under your rule, and you are only worthy of being assigned to the poorest county in Yangzhou City to be the county magistrate! What great things can a person like you, who is timid and afraid of things, accomplish great things? Wu Lixin secretly scolded, I really want to pull the group of old men in Hailing County over to take a look -- this is the Cui County Decree that they have been praising all along!

Along the way, he was courteous to the gentlemen, but that was because he didn't know the bottom of his own heart! He was a concubine, and he had been raised casually since he was a child, just like him, under the deliberate cultivation of his father and aunt, he received various educations with King Shou since he was a child. There are many things he knows, and the surname Cui can't do it at all! By now, when he takes office, isn't the gap between the two people revealed? Looking back, what do those old immortals say about him!

And Mr. Xu, he must have regretted it now that he couldn't poke his eyes blind, right?

"Ahh

Mr. Xu, who was reviewing the children's test papers in Tianchang County, suddenly sneezed several times. He quickly stood up, walked around and moved his body, and suddenly became energetic again, sat down and continued to mark the test papers with great interest.

Here, Cui Pu and Wu Lixin exchanged their own information, Wu Lixin looked at his appearance, and instantly lost the interest in talking to him, so he said coldly: "Did you just finish talking to my cousin-in-law...... Well, you probably don't know it, but Lord Fu Yin is my cousin-in-law. When he was in Chang'an, he also went to my house to visit my father, and we have always gotten along well. The reason why I came here a day earlier this time was because he personally repaired a letter to me half a month ago, and asked me to come over a day earlier, so that everyone and relatives could catch up on the old days. ”

Speaking of which, we also have relatives in Yangzhou, my wife's maiden sister married here ten years ago, and her brother-in-law is also a well-known rich family in Yangzhou, and last month their husband and wife went to Tianchang County to see us. Cui Pu hurriedly said.

Wu Lixin snorted coldly.

But a rich man, look at you proudly! It's a pity, what's the use of such a relative? I'm afraid that they will drag you back when the time comes!

"Well, I'm going to congratulate you too. At least Tianchang County is remote, if you need anything, just tell them directly, and they will definitely buy it for you as soon as possible. He said in a weird way.

Cui Pu nodded hurriedly. "That's it!"

Wu Lixin was already about to despise him to the dust.

The two of them didn't talk speculatively, and after saying this, Wu Lixin directly bypassed him and went to the study of the prefect of Lizuo. Cui Pu shrugged his shoulders and slowly went back to the courtyard where he was temporarily staying.

At this time, Mu Jiaojiao was still in the backyard, dealing with Mrs. Zuo's prefect and the messy female dependents.

Speaking of which, Mrs. Zuo Zhifu was originally from Chang'an, and now that she met Mu Jiaojiao, a fellow villager, she should have talked with her affectionately. But I don't know why, from the time Mu Jiaojiao entered the door until now, she and Mu Jiaojiao only saw a few polite questions, and nothing else.

On the contrary, it was the experience of being brought in to accompany Mrs. Liu and Mu Jiaojiao, and they chatted well without a word.

The ladies here were talking peacefully, and a little maid suddenly came in from the side door and whispered a few words in the ear of Mrs. Zuo's prefect.

Mrs. Zuo immediately frowned: "Sweating again?" Did you give the old lady the new medicine?"

The maid nodded. "I ate it, but it still didn't work. ”

"Why is it still useless?" Mrs. Zuo looked anxious.

A bewitching woman who had been sitting at the bottom of the table suddenly spoke: "Are you talking about Old Madam Zuo's illness? I heard that the new lady of the county magistrate of Tianchang County is a master of medical Taoism, why don't you invite her to show the old lady?"

Mrs. Zuo's face immediately changed, and the faces of everyone present also changed.

When Mu Jiaojiao heard this, she slowly turned her gaze to that side. Unexpectedly, the two looked at each other, and the bewitching woman smiled proudly at her.

It's hopeless.

This woman's name is Wanniang, and she is a concubine brought by Wu Lixin from Chang'an. On the way to Yangzhou, because he served Wu Lixin well, he directly took over Wu Lixin's backyard after arriving in Hailing County. So this time Wu Lixin came to pay his respects, and after learning that Cui Pu also brought Mu Jiaojiao, he couldn't wait to bring Wanniang as well.

Now that Wu Lixin and Cui Pu went to talk to the Zuo prefect, Wan Niang was naturally sent to deal with the female dependents. It's just that all the ladies present have status, but Wanniang is just a concubine, and the identity is not equal, according to reason, such a person is not even qualified to enter this door. It's just that because the person was brought by Wu Lixin, Mrs. Zuo Zhifu still gave her this face, arranged her in the last place, and never talked to her. Naturally, the others ignored her.

Wan Niang is used to calling for wind and rain in Hailing County, and seeing that she can't fit into their circle, she is secretly anxious. Now, seeing that the ready-made opportunity to deliberately please Mrs. Zuo and Mrs. Zuo at the same time was in front of her, and by the way, she could step on Mu Jiaojiao to make Wu Lixin happy, she made a decision and quickly spoke up.

I never thought about it, but the words have been spoken, but what I got was such an ending.

But she wasn't afraid. After all, Mrs. Zuo's prefect is also Wu Lixin's cousin, how could she be reluctant not to give Wu Lixin face? She smiled sweetly at Mu Jiaojiao: "Mrs. Cui Xianzun, you have seen many people in Chang'an City before. Now that I'm here in Yangzhou, even if I become the county lady, my heart to help the world and save people should not change, right?"

Heh, give her some color, she also opened a dye shop?

Mu Jiaojiao smiled lightly: "Has my heart changed, is it that you are a lowly concubine who is qualified to comment?"

Wan Niang was stunned when she was scolded, and her face suddenly became very ugly.

When Mrs. Zuo heard this, she chuckled in her heart!

She had heard Zuo Zhifu say before that the couple Mu Jiaojiao and Cui Pu were wonderful. Mu Jiaojiao relies on her good medical skills, and she is open-mouthed no matter who she is. And Cui Pu doesn't know if he was influenced by her or what, and the county order in Tianchang County was also very casual. If it weren't for a few gentlemen around him who kept checking on him, I don't know what he would have done with that place!

She didn't really care. As a result, as soon as she heard Mu Jiaojiao speak, she immediately understood that this evaluation was genuine!

She hurriedly said, "Mrs. Cui Zhixian is angry that she regards you as an inferior doctor?"

Do you want to change the topic? Mu Jiaojiao immediately stood up: "My mother's family has been practicing medicine for generations, and since I have also inherited the medical skills inherited from my mother's family, I will never be ashamed of practicing medicine, let alone angry because others call me a doctor." In the past, I practiced medicine to save people in Chang'an, and it will be the same when I come to Yangzhou. What I'm angry about now is that this concubine doesn't keep his duty, and the prefect's wife, you, the master, don't seem to understand the rules, so you let a concubine point fingers at the hall!"

Unexpectedly, she actually pulled herself directly into it, and Mrs. Zuo's eyes suddenly darkened.

Mu Jiaojiao didn't seem to notice it, and continued: "I originally thought that you were from a famous family in Chang'an, and you were the head of the house in Zuofu, and you would never allow anything to go beyond the norm. Now it seems that I thought too well of you, and now I am deeply ashamed that you have let me be in the company of such a person. I thought you were going to give me an explanation, but now it turns out that I thought too much. Instead of sitting on an equal footing with a concubine for the next two days, I might as well lower my price and go to my mother's sister's house to live!

With that, turn around and leave.

"Stop her for me!" Mrs. Zuo was said to be blue and red, and she was so embarrassed that she couldn't do it. It's just that Mu Jiaojiao is leaving, how can she let go? If she goes out, then she will be guilty of not respecting the rules and letting the concubine point fingers at Mrs. County Ling, then how will she go out to meet people in the future? Even the Zuo prefect will definitely be annoyed with her!

Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, Mu Jiaojiao turned around and sneered: "What, is the prefect going to put me under house arrest here?"

"House arrest is not enough. It's just that Mrs. Cui Xianling, what you just said was too heavy, I think you misunderstood me. "Mrs. Zuo is also a well-informed person. After the embarrassment, she immediately restrained her expression and said slowly.

But Mu Jiaojiao couldn't be fooled by her. "What did I misunderstand? Did I misunderstand that you let us people be on an equal footing with a concubine, or did I misunderstand that this concubine could point fingers at me regardless of the rules? Could it be that there is another set of rules in Yangzhou City, which is different from the entire New Tang Dynasty?"

Mrs. Zuo's throat was fishy, and she almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Why did this girl suddenly become so eloquent? Didn't she just sit there quietly, barely talking? But now, after only two words, she threw her over one by one, and almost knocked her out with a cannon of words!

"Mrs. Cui Zhixian, don't forget, this is Zuofu!" she reminded her in a deep voice.

Mu Jiaojiao sneered, and was about to speak, when a crisp sound of bead curtains colliding suddenly came from behind, and then a maid shouted-

"The old lady is here!"