While Pan En was thinking about it, he didn't know that two people in the county government were also mentioning him.
"Your Excellency, I have asked the housekeeper to send the maid to Pan En."
Paine's cheap uncle Ding Dianshi reported to the magistrate of Wu County.
"That's great. It's thanks to you that I can get rid of this hot potato this time."
The magistrate of Wu County smiled bitterly and patted the desk, "It's my fault that I bought such a troublesome maid in the capital out of curiosity. The Pan family is the only one in Pingjiang Mansion who can withstand the possible attack by Rongguo Duke."
It turned out that Qingwen was not bought by Ding Dianshi, but by the maidservant who passed by Yaxing one day when the magistrates of Wu County returned to Beijing to conduct daily assessments of the officials, and they thought of buying her. It was later learned that this maid was actually from the Rongguo Mansion, and was sold out because she offended the second wife, Mrs. Wang.
If she was just an ordinary maid, the county magistrate would naturally not be afraid. But this maid is the eldest maid beside Jia Baoyu, the only young master in the second house of Rongguo Mansion. Jia Zheng, the second eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion, did not have a title, he was just a foreign minister of the Ministry of Industry, and was later promoted to a doctor. If it were only at this level, the county magistrate wouldn't be too worried, but Jia Zheng is the father of the emperor's favorite concubine Yuan, and he would not dare to offend the only son of the father-in-law.
In addition, Jia Fu helped Jia Yucun return to officialdom from a demoted commoner, and suddenly became the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, which also made people in Jiangnan officialdom look askance at Jia Fu's energy.
The magistrate of Wu County and Jia Yucun were both Jinshi in the same ranking, and they were also local officials who were sent abroad at the same time. When he was in Beijing rushing to take the exam, he had some friendship with Jia Yucun, and he was well aware of the nature of this man of the same age who relied on his talents to insult others, and was fierce in appearance but weak in heart. When Jia Yucun was demoted, his superior was involved. He was "cunning, good at compiling etiquette, and had a reputation of being honest, and secretly formed a relationship with tigers and wolves, causing trouble in the place and the people's lives." The emperor was furious. In anger, Jia Yucun was directly dismissed from his post. At that time, the magistrate of Wu County secretly joked that this person of the same age could not be an official.
Unexpectedly, Jia Yucun became connected with Jia Mansion, and in the blink of an eye he became the prefect of Yingtian Mansion in Jinling Province. After wasting his time at the grassroots level for many years, he was still a county magistrate, and the unbearable Jiayu Village became a prefect again. This made the Wu County magistrate very frustrated.
So after buying Qingwen, the magistrate of Wu County was frightened and nervous. Please send the maid back, for fear of offending Mrs. Wang. If she blows the pillow to the head of state, she will be unable to eat and walk around. But if you keep it for yourself, if Jia Baoyu, the only son of the second wife, remembers her as a personal maid and tells her family, she will still be unable to eat and carry around.
So the county magistrate thought about it for a long time and came up with an idea to divert the disaster to the east. Just send this beautiful maid to Pan's house and it will be done!
There are four major families in Jinling, but the Pan family of Pingjiang Prefecture is also an out-and-out county noble family. The second master of the Pan family is now also a popular official in the court. He is worshiped as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. If this maid is sent to the Pan family, even if the Rongguo family wants to launch an attack in the future, they will have to weigh it.
"My lord, the county magistrate, has spoken seriously. It is an honor for a lower official to share the worries of the magistrate."
Ding Dianshi, an old fox, gave the county magistrate a high hat.
"You did a good job. Not only did you prevent the Japanese pirates from entering the country this time, you also handed over three Japanese pirate heads. This time the county received a commendation, and you were the first to do so."
"It's all thanks to the good guidance of the county magistrate."
"You don't have to be modest. The credit is yours and I will remember it. Humph, this time the county is secure, but Jiayu Village is unlucky! It was beaten to the city by more than fifty Japanese pirates. His Yingtian Mansion Although the magistrate does not care about military affairs, he was yelled at by more than fifty Japanese pirates for several days, and a traitor almost opened the door. I think he, as the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, has come to an end!"
The magistrate of Wu County changed the subject and began to humiliate Jia Yucun.
"Now that the emperor is so angry, I'm afraid Jiangnan's officialdom will undergo major changes!"
Ding Dianshi said with emotion.
"The only troublesome thing now is the land patrol inspector of Wujiang County. He wrote a book to claim credit, saying that he was the one who dispersed the group of Japanese pirates. Some of the Japanese pirates ran into our county and were taken advantage of by our county. I think this is what Wujiang said." It was instigated by County Magistrate Han, and he also wanted to move his position..."
"My lord, don't be anxious. If he gives a discount, we can also give a discount. The heads of the Japanese pirates are real. No matter what he says, it will be useless."
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"Qingwen, are you saying that Lin Daiyu never lived in Jia's house?"
"Master, why do you ask that? Miss Lin naturally follows her father and only occasionally visits Jia Mansion."
After Qingwen settled down, Pan En called her to ask some questions. Perhaps because she was heartbroken by the Jia family, Qingwen wondered why Pan always asked about things in the inner house, but she still answered them one by one. Most of the situations and characters are consistent with Blue Star's previous novel "Dream of Red Mansions", but there are differences in many details.
For example, Lin Ruhai, the salt patrol censor, did not die at all. Instead, he took his daughter back to the capital and became the censor of Zuodu, the Metropolitan Procuratorate. With Lin Daiyu to rely on, she would naturally not feel sad about having to live under someone else's roof.
"So Lin Daiyu should still be alive." Pan En thought to himself, "This Dajing world is really interesting."
