However, as soon as he entered the door and took off the power barrier, his momentum started to rise: "Mudong family, what is going on here?"
When everyone wanted to greet him, he waved his hand: "No need to be too polite, no need to be too polite. Let's treat tonight as a meeting of friends, eat and drink, and say some heart-felt words."
As expected of Xu Zhizhou, he can talk.
Mu Xiu then told the story.
Xu Zhizhou listened seriously, nodded for a long time, but what he said made Mu Xiu very angry: "It was just a joke between the husband of the two families and the young lady, and the joke went too far. In this way, nephew Pan Xian is now How about I make a good apology to the young lady, pay another two thousand guan, and treat it as nephew Pan Xian adding to the young lady's dowry in advance, so as to be happy?"
Mu Xiu stared: "Two thousand strings, are you sending a beggar away?"
On the other side of the screen, the little lady began to sob again, feeling extremely aggrieved.
Her maid advised again: "Madam, don't cry. This Xu Zhizhou may have made a mistake. How can he just help the Pan family?" These words were meaningful and lingering in the air.
Xu Zhizhou smiled awkwardly: "So the little lady is here too. Two thousand guan is indeed too little. How about this, for my sake, five thousand guan?"
"Five thousand strings is too little." Mu Xiu was not polite at all.
Xu Zhizhou's expression suddenly changed: "Master Mu, we are all running businesses in Cangzhou City. We see each other every day without looking up. Why should we hurt everyone's harmony over this matter? It's just Pan Dalangjun eating. I drank too much and mistakenly identified the young lady. It’s not the young lady I mentioned, but any young lady from an innocent family would not hang out in Jinmanlou."
Mu Xiu became angry as soon as she heard that: "My niece is Jin Manlou's little boss, she can't come from my store anymore? Also, Xiaomin's Jin Manlou is upright, how come this little lady can't get in?" "
Xu Zhizhou chuckled, with a foul look on his face, making it clear that he wanted to help the Pan family.
On the other side of the screen, the young lady began to cry again: "Imagine that my mother-in-law is the head of the county, my father is the Prime Minister of the Imperial College, and my brothers are also famous. My family loves me, and I will never do it." I thought that I came all the way to visit my uncle, but I didn’t expect to encounter such a troublesome thing! Uncle, please stop trying to persuade me, I’m going back to the capital right now, I, I want to see the Holy Spirit!”
The little lady groaned, extremely sad, but the words she said made people tremble.
Mu Xiu was heartbroken: "It's all uncle's fault. My uncle didn't take good care of you. I'm sorry for your parents..."
Pan Wenguang suspected that he had heard wrongly. He looked at his son and found that his son was stunned and had a look of disbelief on his face: "No, it's impossible. Their clothes are obviously very ordinary..."
She doesn't even have a gold hairpin on her head, and her clothes are very ordinary. How could she be the daughter of the county lord and the Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy? !
This is obviously a design to make him jump into the pit!
Xu Zhizhou was worthy of being a man who had been immersed in official circles for more than ten years. His expression immediately became gentle: "Haha, Mu Dongjia, why didn't you tell me earlier? This flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple, and one family cannot recognize the other." . The young lady finally came to our Cangzhou and was bullied. It’s my fault. Pan Xiandi, you are also at fault. It’s the fault of a son who doesn’t teach his father. This Mr. Pan Dalang must not only apologize to the young lady, but also give him enough money. Wan Guan, you have to strictly discipline him when you go back and don't let him do these things again."
Pan Wenguang finally came to his senses, with a humble attitude: "Xu Zhizhou is right. After I go back, I will definitely discipline the people under strict discipline. However, I can't come up with these 20,000 yuan in a short while..."
"If you can't come up with the 20,000 yuan, you can use grain instead. Also, our wife doesn't want to take the money, so you can donate it to the poor and helpless people in Cangzhou in the name of Jin Manlou."
"Wonderful, wonderful! This is a good idea! You are a righteous lady!" Xu Zhizhou clapped his hands.
Xu Zhizhou's fall was so obvious that Pan Wenguang was furious, but he was helpless. Just think that the Pan family’s money every year is thrown into the water!
Seeing the slight concern on Pan Wenguang's face, Xu Zhizhou added: "Since the Pan family is so sincere, can we discuss the matter of letting Mr. Pan Dalang apologize to the young lady in public? Let him be the one here. Just apologize in front of us, don't do it in public. It's a small thing for him to lose face, but we, the little lady, still need face."
There was silence behind the screen, and the little lady sobbed a few times. Then her maid said: "What Xu Zhizhou said makes sense. Our wife will be more generous and let him apologize here."
Pan Lili poured a glass of wine reluctantly, and bowed down under the gaze of everyone: "I was wrong, I should never have provoked the little lady! Please give me a lot of money, no. Complain with me."
The words coming from behind the screen were light and airy: "My wife forgives you."
Pan Lili straightened up and drank the humiliating wine in one gulp.
Xu Zhizhou clapped his hands again: "Okay, okay, okay! It's so nice to let go of grudges with a smile! We won't get to know each other without fighting today. When I return to the capital to report on my duties, I will definitely pay a visit to the young lady's home."
"In that case, my Cui family will definitely sweep the courtyard and wait for Xu Zhizhou to come." said the young lady's maid.
Cui family! It turns out to be the Cui family! Xu Zhizhou was shocked in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face: "Ms. Cui is really generous. Brother Pan, you must complete the things that Mrs. Cui has told you."
Pan Wenguang felt bitter in his heart, but he still said: "I will obey my orders."
"Okay, that being the case, there are still official matters to be busy with in the government office, so I will take the first step." Xu Zhizhou stood up.
Everyone stood up and respectfully sent him away.
As soon as Xu Zhizhou left, the Pan family and his son also left.
Cui Qingqing let out a long breath and wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Being an actor is not easy either."
The person who plays Cui Qingqing's maid is Qin Xiangxiang. She handed Cui Qingqing a handkerchief: "Life is like a play, and play is like life."
"I think Xu Zhizhou is not difficult to deal with." Cui Qingqing said.
Qin Xiangxiang shook his head: "This person hides his secrets."
After she finished speaking, she walked to the window, opened a crack and looked down.
Below, an inconspicuous sedan with a green canopy was slowly leaving. When Xu Zhizhou came, he came in this small sedan with a green canopy.
In the alley near the sedan, a man wearing a black hat followed the sedan with a green canopy.
The night has fallen, and the lights of Jinmanlou are dim, reflecting the surrounding scenery hazy, with a unique beauty.
Immediately afterwards, the Pan family's carriage drove out and picked up Pan Wenguang and his son.
It had just rained, and the stone slabs in Cangzhou City had been washed clean.
Qin Xiangxiang was about to look away when she suddenly saw someone waving to her from below.
She looked at it with some doubts, but saw that the figure looked like... Mu Ting?
Why was he waving at her? Qin Xiangxiang stretched out his body slightly and pointed at himself: "Me?"
Mu Ting below nodded and waved to her again.
Are you telling her to go down? But what are you going to do? This is late at night. Qin Xiangxiang was about to refuse, when suddenly there was someone beside him: "Hey, isn't that Prince Mu? Did he ask you to go down?"
It was Cui Qingqing who spoke.
Cui Qingqing had a glass of wine at some point, and there was a slight smell of alcohol when she spoke.
Qin Xiangxiang turned to look at her: "Probably."
"Then go quickly. It's a great time to have fun." Cui Qingqing said, asking Qin to think about it, "Don't waste such beautiful scenery."
The young lady was quite strong, and Qin Xiangxiang was quickly pushed out of the door by her.
