"Who?! Who did you say is here?!"
The Lord of Shouxi County looked at the little maid with a tone of disbelief.
"County Master, I saw with my own eyes that it was the pair of untouchables! Although they changed their clothes and did not look so poor, I will never mistake their appearance."
The little maid who spoke was the one who was ordered to be followed by the Shouxi County Lord, so she remembered the appearance of Jian Yu and Zhou Jinyan very clearly.
She was also shocked that these two people actually dared to come to the mansion and were even introduced into the master's yard by the steward!
"County Lord, are they here to complain?"
The Lord of Shouxi County snorted coldly, come here to complain? How could my uncle face them? The two of them were probably afraid that they would take action again, so they came here on purpose, thinking that she would have some scruples.
What a joke, can they stay here forever? Complain? So what if she doesn't admit it!
Just like what my aunt said, they went to find Anjia, but Anjia didn't admit it. On the contrary, she doesn't admit it now. What evidence is there?
"Keep an eye on what's going on in my uncle's yard. If anything happens, come over and report it! Mammy, go call my aunt back and tell her that something happened in the house!"
The prefect's wife went out to listen to a play, and it was time to come back, but the Lord Shouxi still wanted to urge her. After all, she was closer to her aunt than her uncle, and it was easier for them to talk.
The magistrate is not someone who can be seen by anyone who wants to see him, so Jian Yu and Zhou Jinyan were able to successfully come in only because of the "intelligence" they obtained from their servants.
They said that they were distant relatives of the prefect and came from Zhoushan, the ancestral home of the prefect.
If you have the status of a distant relative, you cannot neglect it. Who knows whether this so-called distant relative is near or far in the heart of the prefect? If the other party can tell some details about the prefect's family, there should be no mistake.
So the housekeeper first invited people in, and then sent someone to ask the prefect to come back from the Yamen.
Sitting in the main hall, Jian Yu took a sip of the tea presented by her servants, and then gestured with her eyes to Zhou Jinyan to have a taste. Zhou Jinyan didn't want to drink it at first, but seeing Jian Yu like this, he picked it up and took a sip.
Top grade Maojian, priced at a hundred taels. This is the tea that the magistrate treats guests with, what a luxury!
That boy came from the magistrate's mansion and usually behaved in a domineering manner. It could be said that this was the first time he had encountered such a tough guy like Zhou Jinyan.
The breath of death was too close to him, and he didn't dare to be distracted, so after being "interrogated", he exposed all the prefect's old records.
When people are trying to save their own lives, there is no sense at all. The boy only knows that the other person's eyes make him very scared. If he doesn't cooperate, it won't be as simple as gagging him and tying him to a tree. He will be silenced!
He didn't want to die, so he told everything he knew.
This is what Jian Yu and Zhou Jinyan wanted to do, to listen to the news that was not spread outside the prefecture through the servant's mouth.
This young man knew so much, and it was obviously beyond their expectations.
No wonder he can host affairs for Shouxi County! Although he is an inconspicuous boy, his father is the housekeeper of the mansion! Letting his son work as a servant was purely to temper his temperament. In the future, he planned to let his son work as a shopkeeper outside and gradually improve his status, so that he would not be a slave who signed a contract of prostitution.
His father thought about letting his son run around to see the world and make some connections. He probably didn't expect that his son would fall into Zhou Jinyan's hands.
The young boy started talking to the magistrate before he took the examination for merit, and he has been talking until now.
He said that he finally passed the prefectural examination after five years, but could not get a better ranking. Later, he finally won the Jinshi, and was assigned to be a local official. Later, he married his current wife and relied on his wife's relationship to rise to prominence.
It is said that his master does not love sex, but loves money. His daily life style is extravagant, and even the wooden bucket for bathing is inlaid with gold.
He also said that the magistrate did not like the county lord, but due to Princess Ting's power he had to welcome her with a smile. He also wanted his nephew to marry the county lord...
The boy talked a lot, so much that Jian Yu was "dazzled" by what he heard.
For the young man, he must keep talking to ensure his value. If he stops, he may be killed!
Until the more he talked, the more trivial things became, Zhou Jinyan stopped and asked people to get out.
"How about we go meet the prefect?"
Zhou Jinyan suggested this, and Jian Yu didn't even ask why, just nodded her head and said yes.
I heard from the boy that the vice president of the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce is the cousin of the prefect, and the president is An Lin of the An family.
The prefect was dissatisfied with An's disobedience and wanted to kick An from the position of president and make his younger brother the president.
In this way, if he has something to do, he can just express his understanding. There is no need for An to delay him like before.
At this point, the boy talked about raising the price of rice again...
There are so many things that the young man can say. Of course he is not qualified to know these things. They are all said by his father.
As the butler who grew up with the prefect since childhood, he is the confidant of the prefect. Many of his orders are conveyed by the butler.
The housekeeper said this to his son because he wanted to cultivate his son's knowledge and let his son learn.
As a result, it was all being used as a means to save one's life. The mouth was loose and the bald man came out. If the housekeeper were present, he would probably faint from anger.
Therefore, Jian Yu and Zhou Jinyan kept many shady secrets of the prefect.
Jian Yu could feel that Zhou Jinyan wanted to use the magistrate to do something. Although the other party had not mentioned it before, nor did he say it before coming to the magistrate's residence, she felt it intuitively.
According to what the servant said, the government was corrupt at most, and there were no more serious problems like collaboration with the enemy and betrayal of the country. If it was the latter, Zhou Jinyan didn't want to alert the enemy.
"Madam, have you guessed what I'm going to do?" Zhou Jinyan suddenly spoke, Jian Yu paused slightly, and then said: "What do you want to threaten the prefect to do to you?"
Seeing how Zhou Jinyan laughed so hard after hearing what she said, Jian Yu frowned, thinking that she was wrong.
As if he had laughed enough, Zhou Jinyan slowly became serious, and then said quite seriously: "You really know me very well."
Jian Yu felt a little scared. Why, do you think she is in danger?
Then I heard the other party say: "Madam, I always feel heavy in my heart recently. It turns out that you live here, that's why you know what I'm thinking!"
Jian Yu...
It turns out that the Zhou Dynasty also had earthy love stories.
Zhou Jinyan didn't know what it meant to stop when enough was enough. He was even in high spirits, and when he was about to continue talking, footsteps came from outside the door. It was not the prefect, but the prefect's wife who came in.
It would take half an hour for the magistrate to return from the government office. He really took what the housekeeper said seriously and thought that it was his distant relative who had returned. From the description, he knew that he was not a serious elder. There was no need for him to coax him back and finish his official duties.
Therefore, the prefect's wife came back before the prefect. When her niece said that the two people were causing trouble for her, she didn't even hear the end of the play and rushed back immediately.
Behind the magistrate's wife was also the Lord Shouxi. The expressions of the aunt and nephew when they came in looked quite unkind, full of condescension, and their eyes were full of disdain.
