Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 821 Arriving Overnight
The couple were chatting and joking, one of them like a penguin while the other supported her as she digested her food in the hall, when Zhiming came back from the county town.

He was not the only one who came back. There was also the shopkeeper Wang and his wife who came from Qingyang County carrying large and small bags.

"Invite them in quickly."

Zhou Banxia got Mai Huang to come in and report. After giving some instructions, he turned around and looked at Gu Wenxuan with a teasing look: Didn’t expect that you could also guess wrong?
Gu Wenxuan laughed and nodded.

He admitted that he had not expected Manager Wang to come in person tonight. It seemed that he had greatly underestimated the importance of his wife in the hearts of everyone in the Gao family.

"Let's go to the door to greet them."

Zhou Banxia knew that Gu Wenxuan would not let her go out to the hall at dark at night and wait for guests outside, so she patted Gu Wenxuan's arm to support her.

"He probably knew that we were thinking about the capital, so he came to chat with us first after returning, or maybe the Third Madam had some letters for him to bring back."

Gu Wenxuan guessed so too.

Apart from that, I wonder if Madam Gao happened to write something to her trusted executive from the capital during the days when Shopkeeper Wang was in the city.

However, this marriage with the Qi Mansion is the icing on the cake, but it should not be necessary to ask Manager Wang to come overnight. Could it be that Manager Wang had already returned yesterday?
"coming."

Zhou Banxia, ​​holding Gu Wenxuan's finger with her backhand, had just walked to the door of the hall. Just as she was about to take advantage of Gu Wenxuan's unpreparedness to step over the threshold first, she heard a series of footsteps coming from the front.

There was a faint sound of conversation mixed in with the footsteps. The speaker happened to be Shopkeeper Wang. There was no doubt that Shopkeeper Wang and his wife had walked to the front hall.

Since Zhou Banxia heard it, Gu Wenxuan had good hearing, so he quickly stopped her and moved sideways to block the cold wind outside the door.

A moment.

as predicted.

Gu Dachang's family was waiting in front, followed by Manager Wang and Zhiming, then Manager Wang's family and Mai Huang, who came out from the hall and then came out from the corridor in a line.

Gu Wenxuan pressed Zhou Banxia's shoulder, signaling her not to run out but to just stand here and wait for them to come over. Then he let go of her hand and walked out first.

When he walked out, the reed curtain in front of the corridor and the door curtain behind him had been partially lifted, so Zhou Banxia could see the situation outside at a glance.

Gu Wenxuan walked to the front of the corridor and stood on the top of the steps to greet the shopkeeper Wang and his wife who came out of the corridor, and their speed was also increasing.

In the blink of an eye, a group of people were seen walking to the corridor of the east wing. Even though there were lanterns lit in the yard, they were blocked by the reed curtains of the corridor and could not be seen.

Of course, the voices could still be heard, and in less than a minute, the man in her family successfully met up with Manager Wang at the corner leading from the east wing to the upper house.

Zhou Banxia thought the scene of their "happy reunion" was very interesting. Shopkeeper Wang and Gu Wenxuan also found it very funny when they saw Zhou Banxia staring at them eagerly in front of the upper corridor.

Especially Gu Wenxuan was amused and angry, why was he so disobedient? Fortunately, he still knew to put on his cloak, "She has been thinking about when you will come back.

After the Zhao brothers went back home this afternoon, she asked why you didn't come back, and wanted to send someone to the house to see if there was anything she could do to help her aunt who was alone at home.

It was only after I told her to let Zhiming go that she finally slept peacefully. At first, she even asked when Zhiming would be back. Fortunately, he came back, otherwise I would not be able to sleep well tonight. "No way, he was speaking well of her in front of others again. Zhou Banxia covered her mouth and smiled, and bowed as she watched Manager Wang and the others approach.

Before she could open her mouth, Shopkeeper Wang who was walking in the front and Shopkeeper Wang's family behind him almost in unison blamed and laughed at her for being picky.

The group entered the main hall, chatting and laughing. Upon learning that Manager Wang had just eaten at Tian's house, Gu Wenxuan and Zhou Banxia did not rush to hold a banquet as the couple wished.

After all, the city gates are closed at this time, so we have to stay overnight and return to the city tomorrow. There are ready-made guest rooms in Yuyuan that we can move into directly.

Later, when they go to the guest room to rest, Gu Erlang will basically return from Yue's house. It will be just right to invite Doctor Song and others to hold a banquet then.

Living in the countryside is much freer than living in the city just for this reason. You can go back and forth between the nearby villages at any time, unlike in the city where there is a curfew and you cannot move around at any time.

After everyone was seated and tea was served, all the idlers left, including Zhiming, who originally wanted to report what he had seen and heard in the county town today. He had to leave first.

Shopkeeper Wang knew that Zhou Banxia was now pregnant, so it would be better for her to rest early. If there were no matters that needed to be discussed with her in person, he would not have entered the inner courtyard even if he had come.

So, he went straight to the point and said that he had gone to the Tian Mansion at 3 p.m. at the invitation of Mr. Tian, ​​and met so-and-so when he arrived.

For example, Cheng County Yu.

When he arrived, County Magistrate Cheng was already at the Tian residence. He also learned from Mr. Zhao Er, who had arrived earlier, that County Magistrate Cheng was almost the first guest to arrive at the Tian residence.

Today, not only was Cheng Xianyu invited by Mr. Tian to everyone's surprise, but he was also the first to arrive. Unlike in the past, Cheng Xianyu was very interested in talking.

As for Cheng Xianyu, not to mention Gu Wenxuan who was highly regarded by Cheng Xianyu in the county school, even Zhou Banxia had heard of how this person behaved.

What's more, this man, Cheng Xianyu, who had been doing well as a county magistrate in another place before, suddenly resigned from his post. He was originally a cousin of her uncle Cheng.

She had heard from her uncle Cheng himself that rather than resigning from his post to come to Qingyang County to repay the great kindness of Lord Taishan, it would be more accurate to say that he could not stand the intrigue in the officialdom.

But today, why did the Tian family gather all the wealthy families in the city together?
It is obvious that no matter what the name of the gathering is, the purpose is for a few families to sit down and have a good chat about the assets that were confiscated in the case of Huang Xianwei.

Such a disgraceful gathering of local gentry to divide the spoils, why should he, a county magistrate who can't stand the intrigue, be the first to arrive? What does he want to do by still being there?

"You're back. Is the county magistrate still in the Tian Mansion?" Zhou Banxia hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Gu Wenxuan didn't ask, she had to speak for him.

When Shopkeeper Wang heard Zhou Banxia's question, he couldn't help but laugh, "We came out together. It would be bad if I didn't go. I'll go sit for a while and then I'll leave first.

Just when I said goodbye, County Magistrate Cheng stood up and told them to take their time. When we came out, the show was almost about to start.

Zhou Banxia could understand this point. Even if County Yu Cheng wanted to acquire some of the properties that were confiscated by the county government this time, the local gentry would be able to snatch it from him.

As for Manager Wang, Old Madam Gao will not lose the big picture for the small. With the current power of the Gao family, why does Manager Wang need to wait until the main show begins? There are many people who want to give things to the Gao family for free.

If the newly appointed juniors knew that she, a lady of a superior rank, was even eyeing the family property of a county lieutenant that had been confiscated, she would become the biggest joke in the capital.