The people did not fight with the officials, and Zhou Yunshu and others could only send water to the county government together with them.
Fortunately, shopkeeper Liang is a real person and said that he would replenish the four buckets of water that were requisitioned by the county government today for Zhou Yunshu.
When Zhou Yunshu and Shopkeeper Liang led the people to pull the trolley to the county government office, they found out from the words of the officers, soldiers and servants leading the way that the county magistrate was entertaining distinguished guests today. The water in the county government office was not enough, and Zhou Yunshu and the others just happened to It bumped into the officers, soldiers and servants who came out to transport water, so the water was requisitioned.
Zhou Yunshu and others entered through the side door of the backyard of the county government office.
The officers and soldiers had already returned to the county office through the front door. Zhou Yunshu and the others were surrounded by a few servants, and they were now instructing Zhou Yunshu's people to unload water into the kitchen.
During this period, a man who looked like a butler came over and shouted, saying that he would find a few strong men to move the custom-made wood utensils used in the mansion to the banquet, and ordered three of Zhou Yunshu's people, Also called Zhou Yunshu.
Just because Zhou Yunshu looked like a scholar, it was more elegant to hold a tray and pour water into wooden utensils.
Because of this indescribable literary talent, Zhou Yunshu followed the housekeeper, carrying a tray and leading her people through the cloister, through the moon gate, past the rockery, and under the melodious string music and melodious opera singing, headed towards Walk to the garden where the banquet is.
There is no grass growing outside the county seat, but hundreds of flowers bloom inside the county government office.
Zhou Yunshu was speechless as she watched the maid casually pour water that no one outside could drink into the soil in the garden.
The candlelight was swaying, the aroma of wine was filling the air, and laughter was rising again and again. The square pool in front of the banquet was sparkling with lights. On the opposite stage, the actors in colorful costumes waved their long sleeves and sang the most famous opera "The Peach Blossom Fan". 》.
"Peach Blossom Fan"...
Zhou Yunshu raised her eyes and looked at the actors singing and dancing on the opposite stage. Across the banquet pool, she looked at the actor with heavy makeup under the dim and dreamy lights.
"I once saw the orioles at the Jade Palace in Jinling, and the flowers on the Qinhuai Waterside Pavilion bloomed early, but who knew they would fade away easily."
The actor waved his sleeves and sang pitifully, "Seeing him building a red building, watching him entertaining guests, watching his building collapse."
Zhou Yunshu listened to these words and looked at the county magistrate who was banqueting guests. She didn't know if he had heard the content of the opera.
"I once slept in this moss-green tile pile and watched the rise and fall of fifty years..."
Amidst the slow singing and charming opera sound, the county magistrate, who was chatting freely, heard the housekeeper beside him whisper a few words, and immediately stood up and led the people around him to the east to greet him.
At this moment, Zhou Yunshu just filled the water bottle with water. She looked at Qing Yi, who was performing a one-man show on the stage, and turned to look in the direction where complimentary laughter came from not far away.
When Zhou Yunshu saw the red robe that she had encountered several times since entering the city, Zhou Yunshu couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
It turns out that these Red Lotus envoys are distinguished guests of the Anshan County magistrate.
"What are you doing standing still? Let's go!"
Zhou Yunshu turned to look at the little maid who patted her arm. The little maid looked at Zhou Yunshu's eyes under the light and blushed.
It's strange, this person obviously doesn't look very good-looking, but why are his eyes so attractive.
"Okay, let's leave now."
When Zhou Yunshu turned around, she saw the token on the ground, which belonged to the housekeeper.
She knelt down and picked it up, and the sound of opera on the stage reached her ears.
"A good relationship is difficult to renew. It is fierce at the top of the building, but sinking at the bottom of the prison..."
Yes, isn't it like sinking into hell?
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For sending a trip of water, everyone including Zhou Yunshu received a reward of two taels of silver.
A reward of two taels of silver might not be a big deal in the capital city, but in a county in Luzhou, it was a big deal.
On the way back, Du Laoer pinched the two taels of silver and said with a smile: "That's good, we earned our entry fee."
Someone listened to Du Laoer's words, looked at Zhou Yunshu with the money in his hand and asked: "Sir, do you want this money to be returned to kilometers?"
He earned it himself and he didn't want to hand it over.
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "You can just keep the money yourself."
After Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, the people around her smiled even more.
I used to think that coming to the city might be a good job even though it was dangerous, but now I see it is indeed a good job. I haven’t spent the money I brought with me yet, so I paid two taels of silver first.
Because there was no curfew, after leaving the backyard of the county government office, shopkeeper Liang took Zhou Yunshu's people to transport water.
It's just that this time Zhou Yunshu didn't go again. After all, he had gone through it all before, so there would be no problem if Du Laoer was with him.
After Zhou Yunshu and Shopkeeper Liang separated, they walked towards the inn with a person in the night.
She was a little concerned about the fact that Du Mazi and the two went out to inquire about the news.
When walking through an alley, the man following Zhou Yunshu just realized something was wrong, and swung a machete behind him quickly and hard, and then the long, white hand holding the handle of the knife fell on him. Beside the neck.
After a long time, he dared to swallow and move to the side. Behind him was Du Mazi, whose eyes widened in horror, as if he was scared to death.
The sharp blade was less than half a finger away from his neck, and for a moment he felt like his head was about to fall to the ground.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the frightened Du Mazi and the two, took back the knife in her hand and said, "You scared me."
Du Mazi and three others: "..."
Did she mean what she said?
Du Mazi swallowed hard, looked at Zhou Yunshu with fear in his eyes and said, "Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Yunshu accepted Du Mazi's apology calmly, and then said: "What are you two doing sneaking around behind?"
Du Mazi both wanted to cry, "When we saw Lao Jiu, we wanted to fight..."
Du Mazi's voice became smaller and smaller under Zhou Yunshu's gaze until it disappeared.
Well, he wanted to scare them at the time, but who knew they would be the ones scared in the end.
"That's it for once." Zhou Yunshu smiled softly: "Next time I may not be able to control the knife in my hand."
Du Mazi swallowed hard. He could still feel the cold feeling on his neck when the sword wind came.
"Don't let the white-haired people in your family give away the black-haired people, what do you think?"
Du Mazi nodded repeatedly.
Although Zhou Yunshu's tone of voice had always been gentle and calm, he could clearly hear the threats in those words.
"Let's go back to the inn."
"Okay Mr. Zhou."
If Du Mazi and others had objections to Zhou Yunshu before, the knife just now completely cut off the rebellious string in his mind.
When several people passed by the main street of the county town, they looked at the bright lanterns on both sides of the street and the red lotus messengers lined up in two lines, and silently retreated to the dark alley.
Zhou Yunshu fumbled with the handle of the knife and looked at some people in Anshan County not far away kneeling in front of the Red Lotus Messengers, prostrate on the ground with their palms upward to receive the water sprayed from the porcelain bottles in their hands by the Red Lotus Messengers.
Du Mazi saw that Zhou Yunshu was in a trance, and whispered beside her: "Mr. Zhou, I heard that that is the holy water of the Red Lotus Sect."
