After Su Ziji experienced this change, he landed on the shore and immediately arrested the yamen servants: "Immediately go and summon the officials of the eighth rank and above of this government, and tell them to arrive at the prefect's yamen within half an hour."
"Yes!" Seven or eight government officials scattered and rushed in all directions.
Su Ziji arrived at the magistrate's yamen without any hurry in the ox cart. When he arrived at the yamen, he entered his office, sorted out the documents by himself, put the official seal on them, and thought deeply.
From time to time, officials came in. Seeing this, they couldn't help but change their expressions. They all stood with their hands down, and no one said anything.
After a long while, Su Ziji raised his head, smiled in surprise and said, "What's wrong with you? Do you think something happened to me?"
After hearing this, all the officials secretly breathed a sigh of relief. One of the bosses bowed and said, "Then... what do you mean by this?"
"The emperor summoned me to return to the capital in a hurry. He only gave me an hour. I still have to rush there. I won't wait for those who haven't come. My business ends here."
"All the official matters that need to be handled are on the table, and the treasury silver has been clearly delivered. Whoever comes to receive the seal in the future will be handed over to you."
"Master Su!" The master Bo had tears in his eyes.
"Hey, don't look like this. In fact, I still have many ideas that haven't been completed, but there is nothing I can do now. You can leave!"
"Sir, everything has been packed away." Cen Rubai came over to reply, and Su Ziji waved his hand and left.
Originally, Su Ziji didn't bring many things out of Beijing, and he didn't add anything here. He really needed to pack them, which were just some documents and letters. His luggage had already been packed.
Su Ziji nodded and asked, "Mrs. Zhou, did you give me some money?"
Although Qi Hongxin died, he had to wait for the court's decision before he could go home for burial. Therefore, he prepared a thick coffin to prevent the bones from rotting and not leaking, and waited for official documents from the court.
It happened that the official document was issued soon, allowing him to return to his hometown first, and he was about to go back.
"I gave two hundred taels as a gift. Mrs. Zhou declined once, but accepted the second time." Cen Rubai said.
There is a way of saying that people take their time when tea is cold. Although Qi Hongxin’s affairs will be handled by the court after his death, and he will not be treated too harshly as an orphan, Su Ziji also knows that Qi Hongxin has nothing to lose, and Mrs. Zhou doesn’t have much money in her hands. .
Moreover, before his death, another flood broke out in Shun'an Mansion, and he was afraid that the court would not give Mrs. Zhou and her son too much preferential treatment.
With their savings, they had to take people back to their hometown, and the travel expenses were very difficult. Thinking of Qi Hongxin's gift of manuscripts that day, Su Ziji took 200 taels to Mrs. Zhou, so that the group could return to their hometown comfortably.
It's not that I can't get more money, but two hundred taels is probably the limit that Mrs. Zhou can accept. If you give more, she won't accept it anymore.
With a sigh, Su Ziji stopped thinking about it and asked again, "Did you see my two foxes?"
As a close confidant of Su Ziji, Cen Rubai naturally knew that his young master had been keeping two foxes, one big and one one small, in his house in Shun'an Mansion. However, he had really forgotten about it before because when he was packing up the things in the house, he did not Saw the shadow of the fox.
"Sir, how about I ask someone to look for you?"
"Forget it, if they can't come back in time, there's no need to wait or look for them." The two on the left and right have been confirmed to be vixens. Ordinary foxes can't drive back to the capital from Shun'an Mansion, but these two foxes can, Su Ziji Not worried about that.
Seeing Su Ziji say this, Cen Rubai nodded in agreement.
Sure enough, when they set off, the two foxes still didn't come back.
Su Ziji took Cen Rubai and the soldiers who came with them to a ship following the official ship. He summoned several officials who had not come just now, but now they caught up. All the officials seemed reluctant to leave.
This gesture made Su Ziji couldn't help but smile. He was rich and didn't care. He could be said to be "innocent". Naturally, he prevented many people from getting rich. In the eyes of some officials, he must be extremely hateful, so there were officials who just summoned him. Come, but now everyone looks like they can't bear to leave him. Looking to the bottom of the matter, they can only see that the imperial envoy has a good attitude, guessing that he is afraid that he will be in trouble when he returns to Beijing this time.
However, favors in officialdom were always like this, and Su Ziji didn't mind. His attention now was actually on the imperial envoy and the governor.
The two people looked wrong. Su Ziji had a guess in his mind and decided to test it again.
There was nothing to say that night. The next day, Su Ziji opened his eyes and looked at the bed curtain above his head, and then slowly remembered what happened yesterday.
Yes, he has left Shun'an Mansion, boarded the official ship, and is preparing to go to Panlong Lake and then return to Beijing.
He sat up in his underwear and looked around.
Yesterday when he checked in, it was getting late and he had another banquet. Su Ziji himself was also tired, so he didn't take a closer look. Now the cabin was brighter. As he looked around, his suspicions became more serious.
I saw that the cabin I lived in was larger than the largest cabin I took when I came to Thuan An Province. It was luxuriously decorated. Just look at the bed. Whether it was the material of this bed, the curtains, or the mattress, it was all very good. The mattress is exquisite, and the mattress is even specially scented. The light fragrance is very helpful for sleeping.
There is an Eight Immortals table in the cabin, together with two chairs, all made of fine rosewood. There are also some fruits on the table. The plate is also made of fine porcelain, and the tea set is of excellent workmanship. There is a small wine glass, a crystal glass.
Looking at the famous calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, Su Ziji put on his coat and walked over to appreciate it. It was an authentic work by Qiu Ruizi of the former dynasty. Although it was not a unique treasure, it could be sold for at least a few hundred taels of silver in the market. As a result, this painting The painting was hung on the wall of a cabin.
Not to mention some of the ornaments, this place doesn't look like a cabin, but like a noble man's room.
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At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Su Ziji asked, "Who is it?"
There was a pause outside, and then a voice as clear and sweet as the cry of an oriole came: "Master Su, are you up? I have a few servants here to help you wash up."
Su Ziji was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that when he brought his own soldiers on board the ship, a maid would come to serve him.
He said calmly: "Come in."
The door was pushed open, and several maids in emerald green dresses filed in from the outside, either holding wooden basins, towels, and toiletries.
Su Ziji's eyes swept over them. These maids were all pretty, with their buns and slender waists, as if they could be held in one hand.
"Who asked you to come over and serve me?" Su Ziji asked.
The most beautiful maid among them smiled and said: "Master Su, it was the Governor who asked several slaves to serve you."
Governor Zhao?
Thinking of the way he looked at her during the dinner, Su Ziji knew better.
"I tried it out at the party last night, but it was very ambiguous and there was no clear answer."
"I also specifically said that as an observer, I am also an imperial envoy, so I don't have to bow down. Moreover, when I go to Beijing in the future, I will rise to the top. I don't have to pay full courtesy, just regular courtesy."
The so-called common etiquette is to bow deeply.
This is actually wrong. There is a difference of three grades between the sixth grade and the third grade. Even if it is a common courtesy, you have to bow down. I can barely count the observer, but it has some status.
"This must have been leaked by the Emperor."
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The toothache is finally gone. I will resume regular updates tomorrow. Please give me some tickets. Monthly tickets are best. If not, recommended tickets will do. Many names have been missed.
