Chapter 226 Huding County School
After August 15, the families who received Chen Muqing's mooncakes began to return gifts to them, so that the Xiao family had a lot of guests every day. The third master and third grandmother of the Zheng family, who originally planned to return to Jinzhou, also helped to accompany each other every day, and did not leave until the end of the month to return to Jinzhou.
After seeing off the third master of the Zheng family and the third grandmother, Chen Muqing wanted to prepare the clothes for Xiao Sa to go to the county to study, and Xiao Sa also wanted to read the Four Books and Five Classics.
On September 2nd, Chen Muqing got up early in the morning to serve Xiao Sa to wash clothes, have breakfast, and then take him out in person.
Mingxia comforted her from time to time: "... I have asked someone to ask, saying that Mr. Guo is kind and easy-going. Don't worry, I won't have any trouble! Besides, you also gave Mr. Guo two rulers and a table of banquets."
Chen Muqing nodded: "I'm not afraid of Mr. Guo's actions on Xiao Sa, but I'm afraid that Xiao Sa can't stand this restraint..." If the child went to work on the first day, he was worried about whether the leader liked him and whether he could live in harmony with his colleagues!
The morning was spent in her trepidation. At noon, she personally prepared four dishes for Xiao Sa, including roasted pork head meat, egg pancakes, fried fish pieces, fried peanuts, two pots of wine, and a pack of Longjing in front of the rain. She asked Mingxia to send it over, and told Mingxia: "I asked Mr. Guo to use it together."
Mingxia took the food box with red paint and sent it to the county school.
When she came back, Chen Muqing hurriedly said, "How is it?"
Mingxia looked happy: "When I went to deliver the meal, the students had already gone home for dinner. Mr. Guo was joking with his master, and he looked very harmonious. Seeing us, Mr. Guo got up and said goodbye, saying that he would go to cook. The master kept him for dinner. He did not refuse... He also said that the pork head was well cooked."
Although the county school provided accommodation for Mr. Guo, he still had to make his own meals.
"What kind of person is that Mr. Guo?" Chen Muqing pondered.
"Twenty-seven, eight years old, wearing a white-washed, beautiful blue straight-skinny, tall and thin."
"So young!" Chen Muqing was a little surprised. "I should go to the imperial examination in the future, right? If so, the master went there and it would have reduced the burden for him."
Mingxia nodded: "Who said it was not?"
"Thank you too, go down and have a meal!" Chen Muqing asked, and smiled, "I want to make a few more cotton robes for you."
Mingxia responded to the sound, had a meal, cleaned her hands, and went to the main hall to do needlework with Shen Muqing and Ningbi.
At dusk, Xiao Sa came back and brought Mr. Guo.
Chen Muqing naturally had a good wine and vegetable field to entertain him.
After seeing Mr. Guo off and Xiao Sa back to his room, Chen Muqing had the opportunity to ask about this: "Why did he suddenly take Mr. Guo home for dinner?"
"I was going to invite him to a restaurant, but he had to come to his house and said, "Just cooked side dishes at home." Xiao Sa smiled, "The county school gave him twenty taels of silver a year, and he had no one in the house, so he could naturally get a meal!"
Mr. Guo is also Xiao Sa’s colleague... If the relationship is good, coming to the house to eat and drink can also promote mutual feelings.
Thinking of this, Chen Muqing couldn't help but ask, "How is Mr. Guo?"
"It's a bit surprising." Xiao Sa smiled, "not only is it knowledgeable and talented, but it also has a broad mind... If you can encounter the situation, you might be able to turn into a dragon!"
"Such a high evaluation!" Chen Muqing was very surprised, "You seem to like it very much?"
Xiao Sa nodded: "This person is not only proficient in various schools of thought, but also has great insights in medical and divination... If he is willing to take the scientific expedition, I will fund him some silver."
"Just make it your decision." Chen Muqing responded with a smile, expressing his support for this matter.
Since then, Mr. Guo would come to his house to have a tooth sacrifice every now and then, and Xiao Sa’s relationship with him has become better and better. The two often talk about it late at night with candles.
In a blink of an eye, October was coming, and the weather became colder. Pang Debao came back from Kyoto and brought them a lot of letters.
Xiao Sa was still in the county school and did not come back, so Chen Muqing happily welcomed Pang Debao into the house.
"Mr. Shen asked me to bring you a lot of food. I was afraid that the road would break down, so I politely refused. Master Shen asked me to bring you this box." As he said that, he handed her a black paint box about ten feet long and six inches wide.
Chen Muqing took the box and opened it, and there were three scrolls inside.
It is a bird painting of Ai Di Mountain given by Lord Yuan and others!
She couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Pang Debao took out several more letters: "These are letters from Mr. Shen, Miss Shi, Lord Min, Lord Wang and others."
Chen Muqing has collected it.
Pang Debao said again: "General Dai did not meet - he returned to Liaodong, and his wife received the things, so I asked me to bring you a gift." As he said that, he handed a small red lacquer gold box to Chen Muqing.
Chen Muqing was slightly stunned: "General Dai got married? Why didn't he write a letter?"
Pang Debao smiled and said, "I just got married. When I went there, the red lanterns had not been put away. I heard that Liaodong was uneasy, so General Dai was determined to get married. He went back to the door and set off. Before the letter to the young master could be delivered."
Why are one? Both of them in such a hurry?
Chen Muqing thought and asked, "Do you know what happened in Liaodong?"
"I heard that the Koreans fought over the river. You didn't agree with me, but I didn't agree with you. Today, I had to transfer General Dai to Liaodong."
Although Dai Gui was named the general of Liaodong, he was always in Kyoto by the current emperor. He is a general of name but this time, I am afraid there is nothing I can do about it!
Chen Muqing smiled and said, "Whose girl did General Dai marry?"
"I am the legitimate granddaughter of the Duke of Wei." Pang Debao smiled, "I heard that my horizons are very high. I have never talked about my husband's family at the age of nineteen. I went on a blind date with General Dai, and I agreed at a glance."
"The legitimate granddaughter of the Duke of Wei?" Chen Muqing was stunned, "Wei Shisan's sister?"
Pang Debao nodded: "It's my cousin."
The world is so small and round, and we are moving together again.
Thinking of Wei Shisan, Chen Muqing thought of Liang Youhui.
I don't know how she is doing?
She sighed, and Dai Gui's face that was more beautiful than a woman appeared in her mind... If it were her, she wouldn't have the courage to marry such an extremely beautiful man!
"This is also fate!" Chen Muqing opened the box with a smile.
Inside is a jade pendant of mutton fat jade. The jade is crystal clear, round and full, carved with mascots such as bats, Buddha's hands, monkeys, etc. It looks very valuable at first glance.
"I heard General Dai's close entourage who stayed in Kyoto say that General Dai never wanted to see each other before. Later, the Seventh Master became a kiss. He sighed. Only then did Mrs. Qin arrange this marriage for him, who knew that it would be done at first sight."
Chen Muqing rubbed the jade and smiled and said, "I'm afraid that everyone around him has become a kiss, so he's a little lonely!"
"Who is lonely?" Xiao Sa walked in with a smile.
Pang Debao hurriedly got up and saluted him, but there was a crystal flash in the corners of his eyes.
"I saw the gate blocking the threshold and knew that you were back!" Xiao Sa pointed to the Grand Master chair beside him and asked him to sit, "What? It's all going well, right?"
"It's going well, everything goes well." Pang Debao was a little excited and said it in a very organized manner. Chen Muqing pointed out the things he brought back to him and added a few more words.
"Dai Gui got married and didn't even post it to me!" Xiao Sa was a little dissatisfied and first took Chen Zhen's letter to read.
Pang Debao explained on the side: "I said I received a letter from us that we were going to send Mid-Autumn Festival gifts first..."
While looking at the letter, Xiao Sa absent-mindedly said "Yeah".
Chen Zhen's letter was only a thin page, Xiao Sa looked ten lines at a glance, and then handed it to Chen Muqing: "It's said that there is Ren Xiang at home, so we don't have to worry. Mr. Min has been doing activities for us for a while, so let's stay with peace of mind... and write more letters to go back."
A typical tone of Shen Zheng.
Chen Muqing took the letter with a smile, while Xiao Sa dismantled Dai Gui's letter.
Pang Debao and Shen Muqing's expressions gradually became a little solemn when they looked at him silently, waiting for him to finish reading the letter.
After reading the letter, Xiao Sa sent Pang Debao down to rest: "... Have a good rest, if there is anything, we will talk about it tomorrow."
Pang Debao left with a response.
Xiao Sa sent the letter to Chen Muqing: "No wonder he wanted to bring Pang Debao back... He said that he would not go back to Kyoto this time."
Chen Muqing was shocked: "What should he do with his wife?" He lowered his head to read the letter.
"I'm afraid I'll be like Uncle Dai!" Xiao Sa sighed.
Chen Muqing looked up in confusion.
Xiao Sa explained: "Uncle Dai left his family in Kyoto at that time... but later the emperor was kind and allowed Dai Gui to serve in front of his father, otherwise Dai Gui would not have fallen and injured his leg!"
Or, every family has a difficult sutra to recite!
Chen Muqing thought about it and read Dai Gui's letter again.
Dai Gui said in the letter that Jin Gong had suspicions about him and his father. His father's old subordinates deliberately opened up the precautions to let the Korean people invade. Jin Gong really sent him to defend against the enemy, but he promised his granddaughter of Duke Wei to be his wife and detained his father's beautiful wife in Kyoto... He was going to use thunder to eliminate dissidents after returning to Liaodong, and fought with the Korean people, creating the illusion that the Korean people repeatedly failed and repeatedly invaded, so that Jin Gong had some concerns and could not deal with the Dai family with all his strength.
"Such an important letter..." Chen Muqing's hand trembled a little, "He actually told you!"
Xiao Sa asked Chen Muqing to lit the candle and burn the letter.
Despite this, the two of them were still feeling a little emotional and sad.
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Lord Min, Lord Wang and others comforted them more and talked about the current political affairs. However, Shi Jingshu's letter explained in detail how Aunt Chen served Chen Zhen after Chen Muqing left Kyoto, how Yingfen managed Baizhifang, and how Ren Xiang hated and thought he was self-righteous...
Chen Muqing couldn't help laughing as he looked at it.
Xiao Sa was reading Wang Qing’s letter, and heard this and leaned over and said, “What amusing to see?”
Chen Muqing handed the letter to Xiao Sa.
Xiao Sa couldn't help but frown after seeing it: "Ren Xiang is not such a person! Will there be any misunderstanding?"
"No, no!" Chen Muqing smiled, "No misunderstanding."
Xiao Sa looked at his happy wife and was simply confused.
"Or what if I write to Ren Xiang to remind him?"
"No, no." Chen Muqing waved his hand repeatedly, "They will solve their own affairs, so we should stop interfering."
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