Manbao lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then decided, "Let's go, I'll pick up An Erniang myself."

Shopkeeper Zheng Da quickly stood up and asked, "Would you like to invite An Jia to join us?"

Manbao said "hmm".

The An family is a medicine merchant, and their business is not very big, but they are still a well-known family in Luoyang City.

When shopkeeper Zheng Da arrived in Luoyang, he didn't have time to find the other party, so he came to visit him. The An family followed them to the county government office without saying a word.

They glanced at the green cloth cart following behind, which had the emblem of Prince Gong's Palace on it, "Is that... Dalang's teacher?"

"Yes," Shopkeeper Zheng Da led them to see Zhou Man.

Manbao got out of the car and greeted them, said nothing, and went directly to the county government office.

Although Prince Gong cannot interfere in local government affairs, his fiefdom is in Luozhou after all, and Prince Gong's palace is located in Luoyang. Local officials still have to give him some face.

When the government officials saw the carriage of Prince Gong's Mansion, they immediately freed up one person to go in and inform the county magistrate, while the others greeted him with a smile.

After walking down the high steps, he immediately frowned when he saw a few unfamiliar green cloth carriages behind the carriage. Why were they the cars of the An family and the Zheng family again?

The officials' eyes wandered and they couldn't help but glance at Zhou Man's carriage.

The Zheng family and the An family are so powerful, how can they invite people from Prince Gong's mansion?

The driver got out of the car and put down the stool. Xibing jumped out of the car first, glanced at the stunned government officials, turned around and raised the curtain with an expressionless expression.

The government officials thought to themselves, is this one of Prince Gong’s Hu Ji?

Oh, now even Hu Ji dares to interfere in local government affairs?

Just when she thought this, a white hand stretched out and placed it on Xi Cake's hand. Zhou Man bent over and got out of the car. She raised her head and looked at the government servants condescendingly, and then she supported Xi Cake's hand and got out of the car.

She raised her head to look at the plaque on the gate of the Luoyang County Government Office and the eaves of the walls and roofs on both sides. Not to mention, they were in pretty good repairs, even better than those of the Chang'an County Government Office.

How long has it been since the county government in Chang'an County was repaired?

Nowadays, if you have a good reputation, the officials below will also imitate him. If you have a clean reputation, you will never take the initiative to ruin your reputation.

Therefore, the Chang'an County Government Office has not been repaired for many years.

Because repairs require money, no one is willing to ask for money for reporting in their posts. When it was Mr. Tang's turn to be the county magistrate, he even cursed while working while quietly saying to Zhou Man, Bai Shan and others: "I don't want to repair, huh?"

, anyway, I don’t live in the backyard of the county government office, as long as the office area doesn’t leak.”

If there was a water leak, Mr. Tang would take the county government servants to repair the roof himself. Even the tiles were stolen from his own house, and he would never spend an extra penny on it.

I heard that Magistrate Guo also started to curse a few days after moving in, and then he still insisted on not repairing the Chang'an County Yamen.

In comparison, the Luoyang County Government Office looks much more impressive and newer. It should have been renovated two years ago.

While Man Bao was thinking about something in her mind, shopkeeper Zheng Da and the master of the An family had already walked up and stood behind her.

Magistrate Luo County of Luoyang came out with a smile on his face. When he saw Zhou Man, he smiled. When he saw the person standing behind her, he even put away the smile on his face.

He didn't know shopkeeper Zheng Da, but he knew Mr. An. He had been very annoyed recently. When he saw Mr. Luo, he knew why they were here.

So looking at Zhou Man's attitude, it's not very good either.

He walked down the steps with eight-character steps, glanced at the carriage behind Zhou Man again, and after confirming that it was the carriage from Prince Gong's Mansion, he frowned and looked at Zhou Man, "Who is this lady?"

What kind of cat or dog? Can any servant of the royal family come to the county government office to scare him?

Man Bao only glanced at him. Daji behind him had already come forward with a name card when he spoke: "This is the name card of my family."

Does a servant still need a name card?

Magistrate Luo glanced at Zhou Man again, feeling something was wrong. He reached out to take it, opened it, and his face changed slightly.

He immediately closed the name card and hurriedly saluted and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Zhou. I didn't know that you were here, but I was a little far away to greet you."

Manbao returned the greeting and said, "I came here rashly and disturbed Magistrate Luo."

Only then did she reveal a smile and said, "Magnificent Luo, don't you mind if we come to the house to talk?"

Only then did Magistrate Luo react, and he quickly turned sideways and said, "Master Zhou, please come quickly."

Magistrate Luo glanced at Shopkeeper Zheng Da and Master An behind him, withdrew his gaze, glanced at his confidant Yamen servant calmly, and then quickly followed Zhou Man.

He invited Zhou Man to the front hall.

Man Bao raised his eyebrows slightly. The front hall is where people go to the court. Generally, county magistrates receive guests in the back hall.

However, Man Bao was not picky. When he arrived at the front hall, he looked at Magistrate Luo with a half-smile, wanting to see how he sat.

Magistrate Luo paused. He really wanted to sit on the magistrate's seat and let Zhou Man sit on the left side, but under Zhou Man's gaze, he did not dare.

In terms of official position, Zhou Man is higher than him;

In terms of honor, Zhou Man is not inferior to him. He is a second-ranked Jinshi, but he is also compiled by Chongwen Guan, so he is more noble than him.

Magistrate Luo smiled awkwardly and turned around and ordered: "Add a few more chairs and ask Mr. An to sit down. This is..."

He looked at Shopkeeper Zheng Da and took the opportunity to change the subject.

Man Bao didn't even sit down, so he just sat and waited for his arrangements. Hearing this, he said, "This is Zheng Da, the shopkeeper of Jishitang in Beijing, and the father of my unworthy disciple."

Magistrate Luo's smile froze.

Shopkeeper Zheng Da bowed deeply to him, "Master Luo."

Magistrate Luo hurriedly avoided it, and by chance the yamen servants moved chairs. He quickly said: "Please sit down, Mr. Zhou. Please take your seat quickly."

He now sat down on the right side, and Man Bao sat down opposite him on the left side.

The two faced each other, and Man Bao got straight to the point, "Magistrate Luo should have guessed why I'm here."

Magistrate Luo County felt like hot oil was poured over his heart at this time. He didn't understand how Zhou Man, a capital official, especially one with the title of imperial physician, came to Luoyang. However, he still looked serious and said calmly: "Zhou Man"

Sir, this is our local government affairs in Luoyang. Even if your official rank is higher than that of this county, you can't force me to do favoritism, right?"

"I have no intention of intervening in the local government affairs of Luoyang. We just follow the rules," she said with a slight smile: "My unscrupulous disciple, whether he really committed a crime or was framed, it all depends on the people of Luoyang.

I don’t want to ignore my parents when the judge comes to judge, but I can’t ignore my apprentice’s wife.”

She said: "The child has just become pregnant and cannot stay in jail for too long. Zheng Gu is not a criminal yet, and the crime involved is not a serious crime of treason. Before he is sentenced, his crime is not as bad as that of his family, so I am here to pick him up."

That kid is out."

She stood up, bowed deeply to Magistrate Luo, bent down and said, "Please ask Magistrate Luo for permission."

Magistrate Luo's face turned green and white. He immediately jumped up and got out of the way. He quickly bowed deeply and saluted, "I don't dare to take this position. I don't dare to take this position. Your Excellency, I'm going to disgraced you."

He gritted his teeth and said, "Zheng Gu still has some things to explain. We suspected An's things were being hidden, so we took An's custody into custody."

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