"Although the affairs of the court are important, your body is still your own. You must be careful..." Holding Ye Mingsheng's big hand, Cui warned carefully:
"I understand!" Ye Mingsheng smiled and nodded.
After asking Ye Tie and others to greet Cui one by one, Ye Mingsheng gave them a holiday and asked them to go home and see. Although they were Ye Mingsheng's relatives, because Ye Mingsheng's father was a Because he was an official, he moved from the village to the county seat.
The rest of the Ye clan still live in Yejia Village below Fengshan County, so although he is back home now, Ye Tie and others still need to ride horses to the countryside and walk for a while before they can get home.
The mother and son chatted for a while, and the food in Ye Mansion was also prepared. After eating the food, Ms. Cui remembered and asked Ye Mingsheng: "Mingsheng, how many days can you stay here when you come back this time?"
Feeling the expectation in Cui's words, Ye Mingsheng's heart sank, but he still said frankly;
"Mother, I am coming back this time because I led my troops to pass through Fengshan County, so I took the time to come back and have a look. So... I can't stay too long. I will go back at noon tomorrow. , led his troops back to Luo'an."
Hearing what Ye Mingsheng said, Mrs. Cui's expression inevitably showed some disappointment. After a while, the old woman forced a smile on her face, nodded and said:
"My son is a military attaché of the Forbidden Army, and he should take state affairs as his top priority!"
Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng hesitated for a moment, but he still did not tell Cui about his plan to be transferred back to Liaoyang. After all, this matter is just an idea of his own at the moment, and the horoscope has not yet been written.
Now I have told Ms. Cui, although Ms. Cui can be happier now, if in the end, he fails to get the thing done, how much hope will Ms. Cui have, and how disappointed she will be... ···
Mother Cui stayed with Ms. Cui for a period of time. Ms. Cui began to feel sleepy because of her age. With the help of her maid, she went back to her room to rest. Ye Mingsheng was alone and had nothing to do in Ye Mansion. At that time, I suddenly heard news from the concierge that Ma Runchuan, the magistrate of Fengshan County, came to visit.
Although Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised when he heard the news, he still arranged his clothes and took the initiative to greet him at the gate of Ye Mansion.
Although he had little contact with Ma Runchuan, since this man was the magistrate of Fengshan County, and the Ye family had lived in Fengshan County for a long time, it was always a good idea to meet him by himself.
Walking outside the gate of the mansion, Ye Mingsheng saw an imposing middle-aged civil servant wearing a seventh-grade official robe standing in front of the gate. Behind him were some government servants.
Among them was the strong man with a black face who stopped him at the city gate and was whipped by Ye Tie. However, at this time, the officers did not carry swords, guns and sticks, but some packages. Very beautiful gift·············
Seeing them like this, Ye Mingsheng roughly knew the purpose of the other party's visit. At this time, the middle-aged civil servant Ma Runchuan also saw the Forbidden Army bullfighting uniform embroidered with rhinoceros patches that Ye Mingsheng was wearing, and his eyes suddenly focused. , without hesitation, he immediately took the initiative to step forward, raised his hands and said:
"Your Majesty, see Ma Runchuan, Commander Ye!"
Although it was their first meeting, Ma Runchuan did not doubt Ye Mingsheng's identity. After all, first of all, official robes are not something you can wear if you want. There is no corresponding official position. It is in the law of the Zhou Dynasty to wear official robes without permission. However, they will be sentenced to be chopped in half, so facing such a severe punishment, few people dare to wear official robes without authorization.
Secondly, according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, military households have some benefits. Ye Mingsheng's appointment as the commander of the seventh-grade imperial army also reduced a lot of land taxes and deed taxes for the entire Ye family.
Therefore, as the parent official of Fengshan County, Ma Runchuan knew very well that the Ye family had a commander of the imperial army, so now that he saw Ye Mingsheng wearing official robes, he had no doubt about it.
"Master Ma, you and I have the same official position, so there is no need to be so formal,"
Ye Mingsheng smiled and cupped his hands, returned the gift, and then continued: "It's rare for Magistrate Ma to come to his humble abode. If you are not far away, please come in, please come in quickly!"
"Master Ye, please!"
Seeing Ye Mingsheng's good attitude, Ma Runchuan's eyes lit up, he said a few words of humility, and immediately followed Ye Mingsheng into the Ye Mansion, and the servant who followed Ma Runchuan also walked in carrying gifts.
In the main hall of Ye Mansion, Ye Mingsheng and Ma Runchuan were seated separately as host and guest. The maids of Ye Mansion presented a cup of fragrant tea to Ye Mingsheng and Ma Runchuan respectively.
Seeing Ma Runchuan's respectful expression, Ye Mingsheng was not surprised with a smile on his face. Although he and Ma Runchuan were both in the seventh grade, he was a member of the imperial army and a capital official, while Ma Runchuan was a local official. According to the practice of the Zhou Dynasty court , when the official ranks are the same, the capital official is half a rank higher than the local official.
In addition, these are troubled times, with weak civilian officials and rampant military attachés. When civilian officials see military attachés, they are naturally shorter. So the two combined together create Ma Runchuan's current humility...
Although the two met for the first time, Ma Runchuan knew that his status was lower than that of Ye Mingsheng, and his words were full of humility. Ye Mingsheng also wanted to get to know Ma Runchuan because the Ye family was under Ma Runchuan's rule, and he was also very polite in his words.
Unlike other Forbidden Army attachés, they were not self-reliant and domineering, so the two of them hit it off immediately. After some greetings, although it was not as exaggerated as they had met each other late, they were still in a good mood, and they liked each other quite well.
After the greetings, seeing that Ye Mingsheng was quite easy to talk to, Ma Runchuan did not hesitate and called the dark-faced man over, and then confessed to Ye Mingsheng:
"I'm ashamed to say that Ma came here this time. In addition to paying a visit to Lord Ye, he also wanted to ask for a favor in front of Lord Ye. Don't be acquainted with this thing!"
At this point, Ma Runchuan pointed at the strong man with a black face and said:
"This man's name is Zhao Shitou, and he is my wife's clan brother. My family spent a lot of money to find a job for him, but without thinking, I bumped into Mr. Ye blindly! He really deserves to be beaten!"
After Ma Runchuan finished speaking, this dark-faced strong man named Zhao Shitou also knew what was good. With a bang, he knelt down in front of Ye Mingsheng, slapped himself mercilessly, and said loudly while doing so:
"The little one was deceived by lard, and he deserves to die. Please, Mr. Ye, please have a lot of money and go around the little one this time..."
