"Master Lu, why don't you leave?" Mei County Prime Minister asked Lu Jishou, pushing him.
Jishou immediately came to his senses and apologized to everyone behind him. He immediately entered the room, sat at a seat near the east, and led everyone to take their seats.
Chen Tongpao ordered his servants to go to the east study to get wine. While the Prime Minister of Meixian County was talking to the guests, he accidentally glanced at Lu Jishou and saw him leaning on the table, motionless, as if deep in thought.
The Prime Minister of Meixian County smiled knowingly, tilted his head and asked Chen Tongpao, "I wonder which family your Excellency married a girl from?"
Chen Tongpao replied unhurriedly: "This county has never made much publicity about this matter, so no one in the city knows about it. When we come to worship in the wedding hall, how about you all take a look at it clearly?" "
"I don't know where Magistrate Chen learned this trick, but it whetted our appetite!" All the guests laughed, but Lu and Mei looked at each other in dismay.
"Dear guests, the wine is here!" The old servant came up with two jugs of wine. When the idle guests saw it, they pushed and shoved each other, vying to pass the wine cups over. Some of them couldn't squeeze through, so they had to stand far away. Behind him, he smelled the aroma of wine and swallowed dryly. The old servant told them not to fight any more, and filled the glasses of wine one by one, and everyone returned to their seats happily.
After several rounds of the wine shop, several idle guests suddenly started talking about swords, saying that the weapons made by one house were good and the weapons made by that house were bad. They talked with great interest.
"My dear friend, since I know how to appreciate swords, I have a dagger, can you take a look at it with your discerning eye?" When Chen Tongpao said this, he looked askance at Mei County Prime Minister.
Everyone looked at Mei Xian Cheng. Mei Xian Cheng smiled and took out the dagger from his arms: "This knife was given to me by Chen Zhixian. This is really a good weapon. It is not only extremely sharp, cutting iron like clay, but also exquisitely crafted." , I wonder if you can rate it as top grade?"
The guest brought the dagger and saw that the scabbard was inlaid with large and small green jade, which was shiny and transparent. When he pulled it away, he saw that the surface of the knife was like a mirror, and it was indeed smooth to the touch. In order to flatter the magistrate, he applauded repeatedly, and only asserted that this was a supreme product, a treasure in the world, which made the whole audience laugh.
At this time, seeing that all the dishes were ready, after pushing the cups and changing the cups, everyone picked up their chopsticks and started eating.
After a while, Chen Tongpao suddenly put down the wine, saying that he still had to entertain in front of him and it was not appropriate to drink too much, so he asked his servant to pick up a night light and go out of the house.
The Prime Minister of Meixian County twirled his fingers uneasily and looked around. Suddenly he saw Lu Jishou, whose face was red, coming over to toast him with wine.
He hurriedly raised his glass and advised: "Master Lu, you have important things to do, so don't drink anymore."
Mr. Lu narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "County Prime Minister, it doesn't matter. It's just that the person you sent hasn't arrived yet?"
Meixian Cheng's expression suddenly changed: "Have you found that... that female prisoner?"
"Found it," Lu Jishou glanced towards the corridor, "She's hiding there. I don't expect her to come out for a while. Your soldiers..."
Having said this, several soldiers with swords and guns in their hands came out from outside the curtain and walked straight to the side of the Prime Minister of Meixian County, making the guests a little panicked.
"You don't need to think too much," Mei County Cheng explained, "but because of the large number of people on the occasion of the wedding and fear of insufficient manpower, we specially sent people from the Yamen to help. This is what County Magistrate Chen personally ordered. Sit down , everyone, sit down."
The soldier came close to Meixian Cheng's ear and said, "More than 20 people have been deployed inside and outside. If Mr. Lu gets his hands on it, we can attack him in one fell swoop!"
Mei County Prime Minister looked at Lu Jishou, who nodded confidently.
"Go down."
The Prime Minister of Mei County picked up his chopsticks and continued to drink and eat meat with the rest of the guests; but after this episode, the guests around him seemed uncomfortable and couldn't stop whispering.
Just when Master Mei's face turned as pale as ashes, the old servant came again with a smile on his face: "Mei County Cheng, County Magistrate Chen has something to call you."
"I'll go right away..." Mei Xian Cheng's thoughts were far away. He was about to help the table and leave the table, but his hands were empty, and he turned over the wine cup with a plop. He was immediately frightened and stood there in a daze.
"It's nothing, it's nothing, Mr. County Magistrate." The old servant didn't know what to do and hurriedly grabbed Mei County Magistrate and left.
The whole house was silent. After a while, a guest picked up the wine cup, and several people went to wipe up the spilled wine on the floor.
Lu Jishou took this as an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos and ran to the door, turned around, closed the door, and entered the hallway.
He stumbled along, and there was no lamp in the corridor. It was unusually dark, and he let the cold wind whistle through the window.
But Mr. Lu, now taking advantage of his drinking power, was no longer afraid of anything. He straightened his back and charged forward.
He touched the door of the east study room like he was blind, exhaled, secretly happy in his heart, quietly opened the door a crack, poked his eyes in, and saw that there was no light inside, and there was a small mirror box standing there.
This must be where the girls dress up. Jishou thought about it, and then he put his left foot in, but didn't touch anything. He stretched out his right foot, but couldn't kick anything. He felt relieved and boldly pushed the door open. The wooden door creaked.
Jishou's quiet footsteps echoed in the room. Unless it's haunted, there can't be any other sounds.
But somewhere there was a dry sound.
He began to feel sweaty and trembling all over. He turned his head slightly, but an invisible white light came out from behind his head. Then there was a sharp pain in his neck, and he screamed loudly.
The person behind him had already thrown away his dagger in a panic, but when he saw Jishou still rolling on the ground, he picked it up again and stabbed him once, twice, in the neck... and then there was no movement.
Leng Ping leaned against the wall, his body shaking constantly. After being stunned for a while, he crawled out of his panic, threw the dagger into the pool of blood, and left through the east gate.
"Where is Mr. Lu?"
"None of us saw it."
"You go to the east study room to look for it?"
"I'll look for it."
The old servant held a lantern in one hand and opened the door with the other, and saw Lu Jishou lying in front of him.
"Haha, Master drank too much," the old servant said, moving closer to take a look, "This is all full of vomit-"
The lantern in his hand instantly fell to the ground and fell next to Lu Jishou's body; the old servant suddenly fainted.
"There was a fatality!"
The Prime Minister of Meixian County had just finished urinating and ran all the way to the edge of the meeting hall. He stood on the grass and looked forward. He saw several idlers holding sticks and the steward leading the way towards him.
"Butler, what's going on..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was hugged by the housekeeper. The guests immediately gathered in a crowd and held down Mei Xian Cheng's arms and legs.
"You still want to run?!" The housekeeper dusted off his clothes, his face also turned pale, he stood up and shouted, "You are the magistrate of a county and a local official, why do you want to kill good people? Tell me!"
Meixian Cheng was so frightened by this mess that he couldn't speak for a long time.
"You called those officers and soldiers because you wanted to murder Mr. Lu!" the guests shouted.
"What's going on here?" Tongpao Chen also came over. When he heard the guests talking to each other, he suddenly lost his composure:
"Don't worry about the worshipers in advance. Taizhou will try the case overnight today!"
