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The night passed.
At dawn, the master, who had left very late last night, arrived at the county government office early.
When he arrived, Magistrate Chen was sitting at the table eating breakfast.
"Dong Weng." Master took the lead in bowing.
"You came just in time, sit down and have dinner with me." County Magistrate Chen affectionately greeted the master to sit down and have dinner with him to show his closeness.
The master walked to the table and sat down.
The servant who was waiting next to him filled a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of the master, and also placed plates and kuaizi.
"I wonder if Dong Weng has made up his mind about what happened last night?" The master did not move Kuai Zi in front of him, but asked County Magistrate Chen.
He offered Magistrate Chen a way to borrow Xuanwuwei's hand to raise money, but Magistrate Chen had been hesitant and undecided.
"Eat first, and then we'll talk after you finish." County Magistrate Chen greeted the other party to eat, then he picked up a spoon, scooped up the porridge in the porridge bowl and drank it in small sips.
Master just picks up the spoon and starts eating.
However, there is something wrong in my heart. No matter how sweet the porridge is, it tastes like nothing in my mouth.
County Magistrate Chen seemed to have a good appetite. After drinking a bowl of porridge, he asked his servant to serve another bowl. He also ate a lot of several dishes on the table. He drank the last two bowls of porridge before stopping eating.
The master only drank a bowl of porridge and then stopped eating.
The servants removed the leftovers from the table and brought bowls.
Magistrate Chen picked up the tureen and rinsed his mouth. He spat the mouthwash into the spittoon held by the servant. When he was done, he handed the tureen containing the mouthwash to the servant and took him away with him.
A servant nearby promptly handed over a silk cloth to wipe the water stains from Magistrate Chen's mouth.
Later, the servant brought two more cups of fragrant tea.
Without making an appointment for a cup of tea, County Magistrate Chen stood up from his seat and said to the master who had been waiting for a long time: "Get ready and follow me to Yang He's place."
The servants prepared a sedan chair and several accompanying officials.
The current situation in Kaifeng Fucheng is that County Magistrate Chen no longer has the travel regulations of the county magistrate. He rarely goes out, and even if he goes out, he only takes a few government officials with him.
County Magistrate Chen sat in the sedan chair and was carried by the sedan bearers. Master Chen was not so lucky and could only rely on his two legs to follow the sedan chair.
Fortunately, Yang He's residence is not far away.
The group of people soon arrived at the gate of the mansion where Yang He lived.
Although it was daytime, the door of Yang He's house was closed tightly, and no one was walking around outside the door, or there were no visiting officials.
"Go and call the door!" County Magistrate Chen stuck his head out of the sedan window and ordered the master beside him.
The master held the hem of his clothes with one hand, walked up the steps step by step, came to the door, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door knocker.
"Who is it?"
Soon there was a voice from behind the door, and at the same time the small window on the door was opened, revealing half of his face.
"Excuse me, the magistrate of Kaifeng County would like to see you." The master said very politely to the door behind the small window.
The disciple raised his head and looked at the sedan behind the master, and then said: "My master has been in poor health recently. The doctor said that he needs to rest and is not suitable for seeing foreign guests. Please come back!"
After saying that, without waiting for the master outside the door to speak, the door directly closed the small window.
Seeing this, the master had no choice but to return to Magistrate Chen's sedan.
He said: "My disciples said that Governor Yang is ill and needs to raise troops. We won't see any outsiders. Let's go back."
"You don't want to see me!" County Magistrate Chen frowned.
He was fine yesterday, but today he claimed to be sick and refused to see anyone. He knew in his heart that he didn't want to see him.
"How about the student try again?" Master asked tentatively.
County Magistrate Chen nodded and said, "Go and call the door again. This time, tell me that I and Yang He have made an appointment to meet today."
"Okay." Master turned around and returned to the door again.
The door knocker was knocked again.
The small window on the door was opened, and the door saw the master outside through the small window, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Why haven't you left yet? Didn't you say that our master will not see guests?"
After saying that, close the small window.
"Little brother, don't be in a hurry to close the window." The master took out a broken piece of silver and handed it through the window.
Menzi saw Yinzi giving up closing the window, but reached out to take Yinzi over.
At this time, the master said: "The county magistrate really has something important to see the superintendent. Please trouble me to make a hard trip, little brother."
"Forget it, I'll tell you the truth!" said the doorman who collected the money, "It's not that I won't let you in, but our master has told you that if you don't see your county magistrate, if you dare to let people in , just break my dog legs."
The master was unwilling to give up, so he persuaded his disciples: "Young brother, you might as well go in and complain. What if the superintendent changes his mind?"
As he spoke, he took out another piece of broken silver and handed it over from the window.
Menzi glanced at the money that was handed over, struggled for a while, and finally did not reach out to take it, but said: "I really can't go to report, you should go back."
After saying that, he closed the window.
The master had no choice but to collect the money that he could not send out and returned to the sedan chair again.
This time, before he could speak, Magistrate Chen in the sedan said, "Is Yang He still missing me?"
The master didn't speak, just nodded.
"It seems that he is determined to alienate me." County Magistrate Chen snorted coldly and said, "That's fine, since he is unwilling to take action, then I will do it for him and go to the North City Gate."
After instructing the bearer, he lowered the curtain and sat back in the sedan.
The two bearers lifted the sedan and rushed to the north gate.
The road to the North City Gate was not short, and the master who followed the sedan all the way to the North City Gate was panting from exhaustion.
The North City Gate was guarded by Xuanwuwei's soldiers and horses, and Xuanwuwei's camp was also located here.
The residential houses near the city gate have long been requisitioned by Xuanwuwei, and all the people living in them are Xuanwuwei.
It is precisely because the military camp is located here that officers and soldiers of Xuanwu Guard patrol nearby every day.
As the sedan approached the camp, it was stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the camp.
Magistrate Chen, dressed in official uniform, stepped out of the sedan chair.
When the officers and soldiers guarding this place saw Magistrate Chen's official uniform, they hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
"Go in and inform your commander that I want to see him." Magistrate Chen said condescendingly to several Xuanwu Guard officers and soldiers kneeling in front of him.
This time it was no longer like there was no one in front of the Yang He Mansion to report, the officers and soldiers in front of them ran back to report immediately.
It didn't take long, and when the officers and soldiers who went in to report came back, there was an officer also wearing official uniform beside them.
However, the bird on the patch of County Magistrate Chen’s uniform is not the same as the bird on the patch of the other party’s coat. There is a ground animal on the patch of the other party’s coat.
"County Magistrate Chen."
Before he could reach him, the general who came from inside took the lead in greeting Magistrate Chen with fists in his hands.
"Cheng Tongzhi." County Magistrate Chen also returned the greeting.
