For a distinguished guest like Gao Pangshi, who was of ordinary origin and had an even more ordinary life under the master's tutor, Liang Wuliang County Honorable, of course, could not just find an inn and send him away.
Originally, he planned to let Gao Pangshi live in the backyard of the county government office. Anyway, his county magistrate Liang only had one wife and one concubine by his side. His two sons were still young and had just started their education. It's troublesome. But Gao Jingshi refused to say anything, and in the end he had no choice but to have Liang County Zun personally come forward and borrow a courtyard belonging to the Zheng family, the largest squire in Ansu, for Gao Jingshi to deal with temporarily for one night.
Although Ansu is not an inconspicuous Shangxian County, the Zheng family is unusual. There have been famous generals since the Yuan Dynasty, and they were powerful. The officials began with Zheng Qing. "Ansu County Chronicles" of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and "Xushui County New Chronicles" of the early Republic of China have biographical records.
Zheng Qing was a native of Heishan in Suizhou during the Yuan Dynasty. He had military strategy and was good at caring for soldiers. He first guarded Zijin Pass, then fought at Hu River, defeated Caozhou, and became the general manager of thousands of households in Suizhou.
His son Zheng Delin was appointed as the magistrate of Suizhou under the influence of his father. Later, he was appointed as the magistrate of Anzhou, Wanzhou, Liaozhou and Mozhou. He moved the capital to Cao Transport Envoy and was granted the title of General Xuanwu.
The second son, Zheng Deyou, was promoted to a hundred households. His nephew Zheng Dequan was given the post of recruiter. Sun Zhengzhang attacked the prefect of Suizhou. To the east of Xiheishan Village is the tomb of Zheng Qing. In front of the tomb are stone figures and horses, and a large monument is erected to record his great achievements. It is called the Zheng Qing Monument and is one of the eight scenic spots in Ansu County.
When he arrived in Zhengyang, he moved from Heishan to Suizhou and settled in Suizhou. When he arrived in Zhengluo, he moved from Suizhou to Ansu County.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Zheng family became more prosperous, with prominent official positions and many scholars. There have been three dynasties of Jiadi and six generations of Zhongcheng - but now there are only five generations, because the last one is named Zheng Luo, and he has not yet reached the level of minister.
Zheng Luo, courtesy name Yuxiu, was born in Ansu. Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing period. In addition to promoting officials in Dengzhou, he recruited and appointed censors. Impeach Yan Song's party Yan Maoqing, Wan Cai, and Wan Yulong. He served as a counselor in Sichuan and moved to Shanxi to participate in politics - so he is now serving under Wang Chonggu.
Of course, families like the Zheng family had already received Liang Wu's care and knew Gao Jingshi's identity - including the relationship between Gao Jingshi and Zhang Siwei. Therefore, they knew that Wang Chonggu was theoretically Gao Jingshi's relative and elder.
Since the current head of the Zheng family, Zheng Luo, serves under Wang Chonggu, and Gao Pragmatic, his third uncle, is the second assistant to the emperor, how can the Zheng family not welcome him if he can come to the Zheng family's villa to rest for a night?
Of course, the Zheng family also knows why Mr. Liang made such an arrangement - there is someone behind me. Look at how kind my junior brother is to me. I am under the master's sect, so I am also very valued!
Local officials all know that the officials and aristocratic families under their control are well-established and cannot afford to offend them, but they do not want the other party to disrespect them too much.
However, the Zheng family's villa is located in the county town and is not the main residence, so it is not very big. It will definitely not be able to accommodate two hundred servants. Even the Ansu County government cannot accommodate so many people. In the end, we can only find it in small teams. They stayed at the inn, while Gao Jue left two teams of more than 20 people to stay with Gao pragmatically in the Zheng Family Villa.
Naturally, the dinner was still hosted by Mr. Liang County, but there was nothing worth mentioning. There were fewer squires accompanying the guests this time, but it was still a sumptuous meal. Unfortunately, Gao Pingshi didn't mean this. He was thinking about which county in Huizhou was most likely to kill Shuai Jiamo, and whether it was appropriate for him to intervene in this matter.
Liang Wu saw that he was absent-minded and did not dare to waste his time. After finishing the meal, he broke up the banquet in time and personally took Gao Pangshi to the Zheng family courtyard to rest. When leaving, Gao Jingjing was not paying attention and secretly gave Gao Jue a tips bag.
Of course, the tip in the bag is not a clever plan, but ten taels of broken silver.
But as soon as he entered the other courtyard, Gao Jue reported the matter to Gao Pangshi.
Gao pragmatic didn't take it seriously at all, because he was someone who had been in the system and knew that this kind of thing could never be banned, and secondly, it might not be really good if it was banned. If something really happened to Liang Wu, he could only go to him. Being pragmatic, there is no point in looking for Gao Jue, so what he does is nothing more than forming a good relationship. After all, Gao Jue is the person around Gao Jingshi, as long as Gao Jingshi doesn't say bad things about Liang County Zun around him.
Gao Jue had served as the personal soldier of Gao Jie, Gao Jie's uncle, and was no stranger to receiving red envelopes. However, even when Gao Jie was the governor of Cao Jiang, Gao Jue had never received such a big red envelope - ten taels of silver was really not much. Counting decimals, the number of red envelopes he got actually shows what Gao Pinggong's status is in the other person's mind.
However, Gao Jue also knows the temper of His Majesty Gao Jingshi: the eldest young master does not care that the people below him enjoy this kind of custom, and he rarely shows cynical behavior. He only cares about whether the people below him carry out the things he tells him seriously.
How could a person who believed in black knowledge have such idealistic thinking?
Gao Jingshi was really tired today and planned to take a rest when he entered the other courtyard. However, Gao Jue carefully checked the entire courtyard and arranged the rotation of the two teams of servants in the first half of the night and the second half of the night. People carry out vigilance - that's what they are well paid to do.
Shuai Jiamo was a little at a loss. He originally thought that Gao Jingshi would ask him for questions, but Gao Jingshi actually went to bed directly, which made him worried that his affairs were not important in Gao Jingshi's eyes.
Of course, he also knew that although this matter was a big deal in his opinion, it might not be anything to Gao Pragmatic. He might just be doing a small favor for his senior brother.
This made him a little disappointed and a little worried. He didn't know whether Gao Jingshi would really do what he promised at that time. What if Gao Shidu just agreed casually and let go of it when he left Ansu County? That's it.
When Gao Jue came back from an inspection, he saw that Shuai Jiamo was still standing in the garden in a daze. He couldn't help but feel a little funny and said to him: "Shuai Xiucai, it's getting late. Go and rest quickly. We have to go on the road tomorrow morning - by the way. Can you ride a horse?"
Shuai Jiamo was a little embarrassed and said: "This... I will be able to do it a little bit, but I can't run."
Gao Jue laughed and said, "It's enough if you can sit on a horse and walk. If the eldest young master rides on a carriage, we can't run too fast."
Shuai Jiamo breathed a sigh of relief, responded, and asked a little embarrassedly: "This... Mr. Gao, do you know where I will sleep tonight?"
"Don't say goodbye, I'm not the head of the house, just call me Gao Jue." The head of the house means the big housekeeper. Gao Jue doesn't dare to admit it. Gao Wuzhen doesn't have a big housekeeper under him at all. If he has to say Yes, it should be Gao Mo, Gao Xiaozhuang or Cao Gan. And he is only Gao Mo's deputy and recommended by Gao Mo. This is no joke.
After explaining the misunderstanding, Gao Jue said: "You sleep in the same room with me tonight."
"Ah? Oh, okay, okay." Shuai Jiamo was a little surprised and didn't see the strange look in Gao Jue's eyes.
