Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 62 Tempest

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In the rickety carriage, Zhu Xiuyuan and the others sat motionless with their eyes wide open, and no one spoke.

The sound of wheels rolling, the sound of horse hooves trampling on the bluestone pavement, and the driver's shout...

Various sounds came one after another and reached everyone's ears, without missing a trace, very clearly.

I don’t know how long it took, but the coachman suddenly shouted: "Hey..."

Then the carriage stopped suddenly.

"Uncle, we have arrived at the Yamen."

The coachman announced the next stop casually.

Zhu Xiuyuan replied calmly: "I understand."

But he had no intention of getting off the car.

In the carriage, Dong Shuzhen and the others stared at him. Whenever he moved, his three little heads would rotate together...

Zhu Xiuyuan grinned and deliberately swayed from side to side.

Their little heads seemed to be equipped with trackers. When Zhu Xiuyuan turned to the left, they followed to the left; when Zhu Xiuyuan turned to the right, they followed to the right...

The corner of Zhu Xiuyuan's mouth raised, and he suddenly looked in the direction of the exit of the carriage. It seemed that he was going to abandon them, get out of the car and leave alone.

The three women were like frightened rabbits, their bodies reacting to stress.

It seemed that he wanted to follow Zhu Xiuyuan immediately, and he also seemed to want to catch him.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan didn't move at all, and his upper body that was stretched out retracted again.

Looking at the faces of Dong Shuzhen and the others, they were tense, serious, scared, excited... He smiled silently.

The two little maids, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen, naturally did not dare to express any opinions. They patted their chests and retracted their seats.

Dong Shuzhen opened her eyes wide, gave Zhu Xiuyuan a gentle blow, and hugged his hand tightly, fearing that he would really leave them alone in the car.

"Shh!"

Zhu Xiuyuan put his index finger in front of his lips and made a silent gesture.

Dong Shuzhen, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen nodded in unison.

Their little faces were tight and their expressions were very serious. In Zhu Xiuyuan's opinion, this look was simply too cute and made people laugh...

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't hold it back, covered his mouth with his hand, and laughed silently again, his shoulders shaking.

The three women opened their big, bright eyes, exchanged glances with each other, and then looked at him again... What are you laughing at?

However, Zhu Xiuyuan had just reminded them not to speak.So even though they had doubts in their hearts, they could only hold them in and couldn't ask out loud.

"Wonderful son-in-law? Why don't you get out of the car? Don't miss the time."

My father-in-law's voice came from outside the car.

Zhu Xiuyuan knew the highlight was coming.

He hurriedly motioned to the three girls with his eyes, but saw that they all shrank their necks, lowering their heads and not moving, pretending to be quail...

"Father-in-law, my son-in-law thought about it for a while, and it is really not appropriate for me to enter the Yamen with my father-in-law, so as not to attract gossip..."

"Father-in-law, please go ahead. My wise son-in-law knows the way through the yamen, so you can go to Cangcao on your own."

Zhu Xiuyuan answered very calmly, with no trace of panic at all, as if what he said was true.

Dong Shuzhen looked at Zhu Xiuyuan with her big, bright eyes, and couldn't help but feel a touch of admiration——

She couldn't do it in front of her father, talking nonsense like this calmly!

"Well... that's fine. It's good for a good son-in-law to think so. Well, I'll take the first step!"

After a while.

Zhu Xiuyuan opened a corner of the curtain and peeked out, just in time to see his father-in-law's back disappearing into the Yamen.

After putting down the curtain, he turned around and met the eyes of the three women with questioning looks.

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled bitterly and nodded. After the three women saw it, they were obviously relieved... they passed another level.

Then, Zhu Xiuyuan hinted at Yan Dashan and lured the coachman and servants away... This was what was discussed before.

After the coachman and the servants left, Zhu Xiuyuan made sure that no one was around, then he jumped out of the carriage and picked up the three Dong Shuzhen women one by one.

Instruct them carefully, and then lead them to the gate of the state government.

There was nothing unusual along the way.

After arriving at Cancao, Liu Wentong, the superior of Cancao, was stunned. Zhu Xiuyuan did say yesterday that he would bring three little scribes to help.

Didn't expect to bring it.

Out of politeness, Liu Wentong nodded to Dong Shuzhen and the others without saying much.

Just looking at the backs of Dong Shuzhen and the other two people walking into the adult's room, he frowned, feeling that these three people looked a bit familiar.

……

With no surprises, the day is finally over!

When Zhu Xiuyuan sent them back to the East Garden of Dong Mansion, he was obviously relieved.

I'm so tired today!
This kind of thing can't happen again, otherwise he will die.

Dong Shuzhen's three daughters are in the Yamen... Hey, let's not mention this matter.

Anyway, Zhu Xiuyuan was in no mood to do anything else. He was so frightened that he didn't follow Liu Wentong to get familiar with Cancao's business today.

On the contrary, Dong Shuzhen was very happy.

The little face was full of excitement and excitement, and was flushed.

……

In the next few days, Zhu Xiuyuan's schedule began to become regular.

Every day, I go to the Yamen Dianmao with my father-in-law... I follow Liu Wentong carefully to get familiar with the business of Cangcao... As soon as it is time to go off duty, I go home with my father-in-law.

In the past few days, the entire Jiangzhou area has been peaceful.

From the yamen to the city, and then to the Poyang Palace in Hukou, everyone seemed to have discussed it, and everything was peaceful inside and outside.

The governor of Jiangzhou, Lord Shi, and Lord Sima of Jiangzhou temporarily withdrew their minions due to the fact that the previous Sicang military officer was dismissed and investigated.

He has rarely been seen these days.

Zhu Xiuyuan stayed in the government office for several days, but he never saw their faces.

And the governor of Jiangzhou, named Fangtang, had been irritated by something unknown and had been living in seclusion these days. He claimed to be ill at home and did not go out for several days.

In short, the entire Jiangzhou City is peaceful, like a pool of stagnant water!
The calm is stifling and frightening.

……

Poyang Palace.

study.

King Poyang is facing the wall again... Looking at the map of Chen State, he has his hands behind his back, motionless, as if an old monk has fallen into trance.

The butler of the palace is waiting on you.

The prince was staring at the map and was lost in thought, so he consciously closed his mouth.

After a while, he twisted his somewhat stiff neck. After all, he was old and his body was not as good as before. If before, he would have no problem standing with the prince all night long.

After twisting his neck, the housekeeper turned his eyes and accidentally landed on the map of Chen State on the wall.

I saw a big red "X" drawn somewhere on the map, which was very conspicuous.

As soon as he saw the big red "X", the palace steward's heart tightened and his eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Because the location of the big red "X" is Shaozhou on Jiangnan West Road.

That is the territory of the "King of Shaozhou"!

(End of this chapter)