There was no conversation along the way, and everyone walked along the road to admire the mountains and scenery. After walking for a day, they arrived at Yizhou City at three o'clock in the morning.
Lao Huang passed through several streets and soon came to the alley in the backyard of the government office. As soon as he turned into the alley and approached the back of the government office, two guards came with swords in their hands and said, "Who is here? This is the government office. Important place, if you go the wrong way, leave quickly!"
Before Old Huang could speak, the curtain in front of him was opened, and Du Yueyao appeared, "Old He, it's me."
"Miss!" The leader was startled, then immediately let go of the handle of the knife and bent down repeatedly, "I have seen the eldest lady, I will go and inform Lord Zhizhou!"
After saying that, he directed the young servant behind him to help guide the carriage, and he ran into the back door of the government office in a hurry.
After a while, Lao Huang and Yue Honghai were led to stay in the side courtyard. As soon as Lu Zheng and the other three entered the backyard, they saw Du Yuru and Mrs. Du coming hand in hand.
"Lang Lu is here! There are also Miss Liu and Miss Shen, please come in quickly!" Mrs. Du first glanced at Du Yueyao with joy, then hurriedly stepped forward and held Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying's hands one by one. With his hand, he led the two of them towards the inner hall.
Du Yuru also nodded to Du Yueyao, and then walked side by side with Lu Zheng, "Why is Lu Lang free to come here today?"
"A friend got married, and I thought I hadn't visited Uncle Du for a long time, so I came over a day early to bother him." Lu Zheng said with a smile.
"Okay, okay!" Du Yuru nodded and said with a smile, "How can we call it a nuisance? There are usually just my wife and me in the backyard. There is a lot of space, and we just need to stay here with peace of mind."
Several people quickly came to the inner hall, and the guests and hosts sat down. Lu Zheng briefly talked about Zhao Wenrong.
"It turns out he is the third son of the Zhao family." Du Yuru nodded, understanding.
He has also been the magistrate of Yizhou for several years. He is not familiar with the big families in the state, but he also knows their treasures. As the Zhao family is ranked as the top big family in Yizhou, he naturally knows it.
Mrs. Du answered from the side, "The Zhao family sent an invitation the day before yesterday, but I have already replied that you are busy with official duties and will not go."
Du Yuru was an honest official and never accepted various invitations from large households in the state capital. Although every household would send invitations as usual when something happened, Du Yuru never went.
But since he is Lu Zheng’s friend…
"Uncle Du, don't worry, Yueyao won't even go." Lu Zheng said with a smile, "I have already asked me to send you a wedding gift."
"A pair of exquisite jade mandarin ducks." Du Yueyao smiled.
"That's good." Du Yuru nodded and stopped insisting. Then he called his personal servant and asked him to order a banquet at Fengqing Tower and bring it to him for dinner.
"No need for the wine, I brought a few jars to Uncle Du." Lu Zheng patted the gourd, and a wine jar appeared out of thin air.
Du Yuru smiled and said, "Mr. Lu is interested. I haven't finished the drink you asked Yueyao to bring last time."
"It's okay. The wine can be stored. You can drink it slowly. By the way, where is the warehouse where the wine is stored? Let someone take me there." Lu Zheng said.
"Mr. Lu, please leave it here and we will send it over." A guard at the door answered.
Du Yuru's personal servants, as well as several guards in the inner courtyard, are all people who have been following Du Yuru. They have experienced the incident of destroying temples and painting walls, and know that Lu Zheng is a strange person, so they are not surprised by his ability to turn wine into wine out of thin air. .
"Okay." Lu Zheng nodded, patted the gourd, and took out a few jars of Wuliangye and Huadijiu. He placed them on the ground, then pointed at one of the jars of Wuliangye and said, "Brothers, take this jar of wine." Let’s divide it.”
Several guards' eyes lit up, "Thank you, Mr. Lu!"
…
The next day, Lu Zheng was not in a hurry to take Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying to the Zhao family. After all, they did not need to participate in the various ceremonies of Zhao Wenrong's marriage. They just went to give gifts and have a banquet, and the worship ceremony had to wait until the evening.
So Du Yueyao was left to talk to Mrs. Du. The three of them had breakfast and asked Yue Honghai to follow them from a distance before going shopping.
"Huh? This snack tastes pretty good. Give me two pounds."
"Huh? The painting on this fan is actually the Peach Blossom Fairy? How much does it cost? Get one for me."
"These flowers are quite fresh. Bring us two baskets and tie them with red ribbons. We are going to attend a friend's wedding banquet later."
…
The three of them walked and shopped and bought two baskets of flowers. They did not go back to disturb Du Yueyao's family reunion at noon. They just found a time-honored restaurant outside and continued shopping in the afternoon.
Seeing that it was almost time for You, the three of them took a leisurely stroll towards Zhao's house.
When they arrived at the gate of Zhao's house, they saw that the entrance of Zhao's house was decorated with red and colorful decorations and was very lively. Many people arrived one after another, handed over invitations and entered happily. The house was even more crowded. From far away, you can see the smoke rising from the Zhao mansion.
"Let's go, we're just in time to attend Zhao Wenrong's worship ceremony." Lu Zheng said with a smile.
Lu Zheng had only traveled through ancient times for a few years and had not experienced much other things. However, he had already attended the wedding banquet of Zhu Yushan, Liu Qingyan's cousin Huangfuning, and Hu Zhou. I did it from beginning to end.
"Lao Yue!" Lu Zheng waved to Yue Honghai, and Yue Honghai ran over.
It is said that Yue Honghai was obedient enough before, but after Si Lingxi stayed in Tonglin County for a while, his loyalty to Lu Zheng was even higher. His level of loyalty to Lu Zheng was almost as bad as that of Uncle Li and Lao Huang, which made Lu Zheng confused. It took a while to get used to it.
"What are your orders, Master?"
Lu Zheng used a cover-up trick, patted the gourd, took out the two wooden boxes containing gifts prepared by Du Yueyao and himself, and handed them to Yue Honghai, "Take these, let's go to Zhao's house for a feast!"
"Okay!" Yue Honghai took the wooden box and nodded repeatedly.
Then, Yue Honghai followed behind, Liu Qingyan and Shen Ying were on the left and right, each holding a flower basket, and followed Lu Zheng towards the Zhao Mansion.
Seeing that Lu Zheng and the others were familiar with each other, the housekeeper at the door hesitated and asked, "May I ask who they are..."
Lu Zheng took out the invitation with his backhand and handed it to the butler, "We are Brother Zhao's friends in Tonglin County, and we came here specially to attend the wedding banquet."
After seeing the invitation and hearing that he was from Tonglin County, the housekeeper immediately gave way, stretched out his hand and said, "Guys, please!"
Lu Zheng nodded and took the two girls and Yue Honghai into the Zhao Mansion. Then he saw the recording area for receiving gifts on one side of the courtyard. Several waiters were busy recording and calling names.
When the four of them arrived, Yue Honghai put down the two wooden boxes and opened them at Lu Zheng's signal. Then Lu Zheng nodded and introduced the two gifts to the waiter.
"My friend Du Yueyao from Tonglin County gave me a pair of exquisite jade mandarin ducks."
"You Lu Zheng of Tonglin County presented you with a crystal concentric swan ornament."
There were just jade mandarin ducks in the previous box. When Yue Honghai took out the 30-centimetre-high crystal concentric swan ornament, there was a sound of breathing all around.
Modern top handicrafts reappear in the world!
