The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 429 Jinyi Day Trip
"Medicine and medicine will not kill the disease, and Buddha will have a destined person. Li can only promise Master Xiao Xie to do his best to treat him. As for whether Brother Ling can survive, it is not up to Li to decide."

After Li Yan heard that, he turned and went back to the cabin.

Xie Shen was upset, but he didn't say much.

At this moment, he only hoped that he could travel thousands of miles a day and rush to his elder brother's side immediately.

Xie Shen's official boat sailed southward and arrived in Hangzhou in just over ten days.

Then transfer from Hangzhou to a boat, and arrived in Yuyao in less than a day.

Returning to his hometown after many years, Xie Shen has mixed feelings in his heart.

When he left Yuyao, he was just a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old, but now he is a first-rank official, an extremely human minister.

The ancients used to say that the purpose of returning to one's hometown after being rich should not only be envious eyes of others, but to find a lost love.

Of course, in such a clan society, enjoying the support of clan members is also part of the symbiotic relationship.The rich and honored officials themselves appear as a cultural symbol.

In the eyes of local officials, the return of the cabinet scholar to his hometown is definitely a big event.

Yuyao county magistrate Pei Lai and Shaoxing magistrate Zhang Qianzhi all rushed to the Yunshan Ferry Wharf outside Yuyao City to greet them.

This is part of the officialdom rules, as long as you are in this circle, you must follow this rule.

Under the leadership of prefects and county magistrates, officials of all sizes gathered at the pier to squeeze the small pier so that there was no gap.

When Xie Shen's boat was still more than ten miles away from Yunshandu Wharf, a servant from the yamen rushed to return the letter.Therefore, when the ship officially sailed into the pier around the bend of the river, a group of officials, big and small, who were already exhausted, mustered their strength and greeted the arrival of Mr. Xiaoge with smiles on their faces.

"Xiao Xiege's old boat is here, Xiao Xiege's old boat is here!"

I don't know who yelled first, and the welcoming crowd immediately became restless.

Prefect Pei Yan and county magistrate Zhang Qianzhi knelt down on the ground without hesitation, and greeted the boss of Xiaoge.

Seeing this, the rest of the officials bowed down one after another, respectfully like servants of the same house.

In fact, officials of the Ming Dynasty did not need to kneel and salute when they met each other.Except that local officials need to salute to imperial envoys (in fact, to the emperor), the law does not have any express regulations on this.

What's more, Xie Shen's return home this time is not for business, but to deal with private affairs, so there is no need to go out of the city to welcome him.

However, Xie Shen could not ask for some things, but the local officials had to.

Regarding this, Xie Shen could only turn a blind eye and close one eye, if he really got to the bottom of it, he would lose interest.

As soon as the boat docked, Lu Zhongtian jumped off first.

After Qianqian and Li Yanwen got off the boat, Xie Shen stepped out of the cabin and jumped off the boat last.

It's not that he deliberately put on a show, but he knows that even if he is the first to disembark, he will be surrounded by local officials, which will affect the rest of the people to disembark and walk.

"My next official, the governor of Shaoxing, Pei Lai, pays his respects to Elder Xiaoge."

Jiangnan in March is a time of beautiful spring. At this time, the weather has turned warm, and the weeping willows on both sides of the pier are fluttering with the wind, complementing the blooming peach blossoms, as gorgeous as an ancient painting.

But in such a gorgeous picture scroll, there is an extra row of officials who kneel and kowtow, as if a beach has been defaced, which makes people feel distressed.

The prefect of Shaoxing is indeed as humble as an ant in front of Xie Shen, a cabinet scholar, not to mention the other officials.

Xie Shen didn't speak all the time, Pei Yan didn't even dare to lift his head, his heart was pounding.

As an old man with many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, thinking about his boss's mind is his special skill.

But at this moment, he didn't know what the elder Xiaoge was thinking.

"Get up, everyone. I have no official business when I return home this time, so you don't need to be like this."

When Xie Shen's voice came, everyone was relieved.

The elder Xiaoge had been silent before, and they thought it was because they were not satisfied with the welcoming process.

If that's the case, the next day will be difficult.

"Your official has prepared a mansion for Mr. Xiaoge, you see."

Pei Yan stood up and smiled obsequiously at Xie Shen.

Xie Shenzhi felt a chill, waved his hands again and again and said: "No need. Didn't I say this, the return home is not for business, so naturally I can't live in the mansion."

"Hey, it's the official's abruptness."

Pei Yan's face was thicker than the city wall, and he followed Xie Shen's words.

The magistrate was crushing someone to death, the magistrate was chatting with Mr. Xiaoge, and Yuyao county magistrate Zhang Qianzhi naturally couldn't answer a word.

It stands to reason that Xiaoge is always from Yuyao, and he returned to his hometown in Yuyao, so he, the parent official of Yuyao, should welcome him.But Pei Lai was so shameless that she came to Yuyao County from Fucheng to snatch the job.

Although county magistrate Zhang feels wronged, he has nothing to do.

Who said that someone is the magistrate, he is the county magistrate.

Seeing that Prefect Pei was deflated, Zhang Qianzhi felt secretly refreshed.

He thought to himself, telling you to fight with me, you must be dumbfounded now.Mr. Xiaoge doesn't accept your favor at all, you have been busy for several days, but in the end it was all in vain.

Naturally, Pei Yan was a little unwilling, he coughed and said, "Mr. Xiaoge, my servant has prepared a banquet for you in Zuiyue Tower to welcome you."

"kindness."

Xie Shen responded lightly, which was regarded as an agreement.

He returned to Yuyao to treat his elder brother's illness, so there was no reason and no need to live in the mansion.

But it is another matter to participate in the reception banquet prepared by the local officials. It would be too unreasonable to refuse.

Pei Yan was overjoyed when he heard the words, he was already in despair.The good-natured welcome has been turned into such an embarrassing look, could it be that Mr. Xiao Ge is not satisfied with him?

But now it seems that Mr. Xiaoge is just a high-spirited man who doesn't want to occupy the public mansion.

For Pei Yan, what he wants most is naturally to have a meal with Xie Shen.

When he was 40 years old, he was still just a mere magistrate, and what he lacked most was network resources.Being able to exchange glasses at a banquet with the current Cabinet Masters, and talk about the affairs of the family, the country, and the world, is naturally very beneficial to the improvement of contacts.

Xie Shen knew that this kind of entertainment was unavoidable, so he didn't shirk, first asked Lu Zhongtian to send Qianqian and Li Yanwen back to the Yuyao mansion, and then went to Zuichunlou for the banquet surrounded by a group of officials.

As soon as he entered Yuyao County, Xie Shen felt a strong atmosphere of celebration.

Both sides of the road were full of teenage children, holding peach branches in their hands and waving joyfully to celebrate their arrival.

Xie Shen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but after thinking about it, he waved to them.

Because there were so many people watching, it took a long time to walk the short 1000 steps from the city gate to Zuichun Tower.

The prefect Pei Lai wanted to order the servants to drive out the people, but was stopped by Xie Shen.

Wealth and honor return home, brocade clothes travel day and night.This joy should be shared with fellow villagers.

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