mtl008 Chapter 175 Wu County
Chapter 175 Wu County
Since she was little, Bai Zhi didn't believe that praying to gods and Buddhas would be of any use. After all, she had tried every time when she needed blessings, but none of the gods showed up. Over time, Bai Zhi also kept away from fortune-telling and other such things.
What she didn't expect was that one day she would actually meet a real half-immortal!
Surprised, Bai Zhi immediately pulled up Banxian's muddy black collar without caring about the dirt, and said urgently: "Where is the person I'm looking for! Tell me quickly!"
The half-immortal's grip tightened, and he looked like a madman: "Who are you? How can you mess up destiny?"
"What a bullshit constant, just tell me where the person I'm looking for is!"
At this time, Banxian could no longer hear anything and could only keep yelling "destiny" and "fate". Baizhi impatiently pressed Banxian's Qingxin acupoint with one finger, forcing him to calm down, and then dragged him away in full view of everyone.
After a while, the waiter came out in a hurry: "Hey, sir, you haven't paid yet..."
The woman watching pointed at the table and said, "Look, there is a silver ingot on the table!"
"Oh oh." The waiter took two steps forward and hurriedly took the money.
The half-immortal who had his acupuncture points pressed was too heavy to be dragged away. Bai Zhi simply turned a corner and dragged him into the alley, and kept asking: "Where is the person I'm looking for? Which city in the southwest?"
Banxian turned a deaf ear to him and kept muttering something that Baizhi couldn't understand.
What's wrong with this guy!
Bai Zhi sighed, wondering if the previous finger tap was not enough, so she half squatted down and twisted her wrist, preparing to do it again. Banxian suddenly fell silent at this time, pulled his messy hair back, and looked at Bai Zhi as if he had suddenly become a normal person, his eyes blazing: "I'm here to understand your karma."
As soon as his true appearance was revealed, Bai Zhi immediately saw an extremely familiar face——
Her best friend, Qiao Wanwan.
It was still noon when the two great craftsmen who came from afar, Weizhou, arrived in Wu County.
After Cheng Mao drove into the city, he shouted "Where are you going?" but there was no response for a long time. He stopped the carriage by the city wall and lifted the curtain to see the two children staring at each other in the carriage - mainly Qiaoqiao staring at Lin Chuqi.
Since Bai Zhi left the team first, they had clear responsibilities along the way. Lin Chuqi was responsible for mental work, Qiaoqiao was responsible for physical work, although most of the things were handled by Cheng Mao alone.
Wei Fuguang asked the two of them to build houses, but Lin Chuqi forgot to ask where to build, how to build, and who to put in charge.
"I just forgot for a moment." Lin Chuqi knew that he was in the wrong and turned away. "It's no big deal. Since it's a matter assigned by the provincial official, it's definitely right to go to the government office first."
"That's what you said." Qiaoqiao said, "Brother Cheng, let's go to the government office and find the county magistrate."
Cheng Mao whipped up his long whip and asked all the way to the government office. When Qiaoqiao got off the car and showed the sign of the Gongcao of Weizhou, an official immediately came out to greet him and said cautiously: "You two, please come in quickly. Lord Wei has already informed you. I will take you to the post station to rest for a while."
Lin Chuqi raised her eyebrows at Qiaoqiao: See, I was right.
Qiaoqiao curled her lips and said: Okay, you are lucky this time.
"My name is Sun, and I am the county magistrate of Wu County. Wu County is poor, and the hospitality is not good enough. I can only ask you two to rest in the inn for a while."
"Lord Sun, you are too polite." Qiaoqiao bowed her head and bowed in return. "What's wrong with being a postman? I also went to the neighboring town to repair houses before. Let alone being a postman, I was grateful to be able to get a bed. At that time, everyone was given a straw mat to sleep on. If I had to pee in the middle of the night..."
Lin Chuqi kicked Qiaoqiao imperceptibly, interrupting her conversation.
Lord Sun laughed loudly, unconsciously relaxing his strength, stroking his beard and saying, "When we arrive in Wu County, I cannot treat you two like this. I will send you two to move there after the Imperial Envoy's residence is cleaned up in two days."
Qiaoqiao was flattered and said, "This condition is too good. We can really live here..."
"Lord Sun." Lin Chuqi interrupted Qiaoqiao, "The two of us have no official title, so it may be inappropriate for us to live in the imperial envoy's residence."
"What are you talking about?" Lord Sun waved his hands repeatedly. "Lord Wei wrote to me earlier and told me to take good care of the princess's brother and sister-in-law. How can it be considered as overstepping the boundaries for the royal family to stay at the Imperial Envoy's residence?"
Lin Chuqi was shocked - that seemingly ridiculous troublemaker actually knew their identities a long time ago. It turned out that the threatening words were just a joke!
"...Hehe." Qiaoqiao scratched her hair somewhat embarrassedly, "Brother Yun...it turns out that everyone knows about the relationship between His Royal Highness Prince Jing and my sister."
Lord Sun lowered his head and touched his nose - I just wonder if your sister has heard about the romantic affair between Prince Jing and Shengshilang.
The inn was not far from the government office. Qiaoqiao asked where houses needed to be built. After receiving a drawing drawn by Wei Fuguang from Lord Sun, Cheng Mao drove the two of them there to stay.
After packing their luggage, the two children immediately dragged Cheng Mao to a nearby pig blood cake restaurant for dinner.
It's not easy to come to Ningzhou, so I have to try some delicious food.
It was not lunch time, so there were not many people in the restaurant. After the three of them sat down, Qiaoqiao immediately picked up the drawing and took a closer look.
While pouring tea, Cheng Mao chatted with Lin Chuqi: "Master Qiaoqiao is really obsessed with construction."
Lin Chuqi glanced at Qiaoqiao and said, "She is just like this. She didn't even take the imperial examination in order to build a house. I don't know how the teacher wants me to learn from her. Do I have to learn to be this stupid?"
Qiaoqiao's eyes were still on the paper, and she retorted bluntly: "It's up to you to study or not. Don't come to me to cry when you get scolded by the teacher later."
"You are talking nonsense. When have I ever cried to you?"
"Last time you asked me how to stay focused while studying, you looked like you were about to cry. And the time you failed the exam, you cried in your room for hours without coming out. If you didn't know, you would have thought you were dead."
"…You can only say these two things. What about you? You broke your hand in Gongcao and came back to cry to your sister and mother. Isn't that enough?"
"I cried openly and honestly, like a gentleman, unlike you who dare not admit it."
"Who do you call a villain?"
"Huh? I didn't say that."
……
Cheng Mao sighed deeply and said helplessly: Miss Bai, please come and meet us soon.
The two quarreled for a long time, and finally they were fed up with it, so they paused for a while, panting. Seeing this, Cheng Mao took the opportunity to pass tea to the two ancestors and changed the subject: "Master Qiaoqiao, you have been looking at this pattern for a long time, do you understand it?"
Qiaoqiao drank the tea in one gulp, cleared her throat and said, "This pattern is a bit weird."
Cheng Mao: "What's so strange about that?"