The Landlord And His Wife

The two were talking at home when they heard hurried footsteps outside, the voice of a maid. Both of them were a little stunned. Shi Chengniang had nothing to do at home, and all day long, she was training people who could be a bit big. The most annoying thing was that the maid Zhang Huang was at a loss. What happened today?

As I was thinking, a maid had already run in. Sure enough, Zhang Huang was very at a loss, his face was blue and white with fright, and when he came in, he screamed in surprise: "Eldest young master is not good! Not good! Outside the door...a few people from the yamen with knives and chains came outside the door! I want to invite you...please come over!"

Shi Cheng frowned and stood up: "What are you panicking? Calling me there means arresting me?"

The maid was stunned, and shook her head in fright: "No, no! This servant doesn't mean that..."

Shi Cheng changed the sternness on his face and shook his head: "How did this girl teach you? How can you panic over a little thing?"

Liu Xuer has already stood up, also with a strange look: "People from the Yamen? It's the Yamen of the Hanzhong Palace? How did you find you? You are not from the Hanzhong Palace."

Shi Cheng shook his head: "I don't know either! The yamen of Hanzhong Mansion have never dealt with, and I don't know anyone... Change my clothes." He said that he first took off the homely robes he was wearing. : "What's the matter with me?"

"Yeah, why do I know you? Also, what's the matter?" Liu Xuer hurried to get a thick brocade inlaid ermine skin robe, and was about to put it on for him, but suddenly Thinking of something, he turned around again: "Don't wear this! It's better to be simple!" After saying that, he took an azurite-colored cotton jacket and put it on him first, and just wore a brocade cotton shirt directly outside.

Shi Cheng said with a relaxed smile while putting on his clothes: "It should be fine! Now I am also a great man! It must be that the government wants to make friends."

Liu Xuer was not easy to appease, and immediately said: "Don't be careless! Since you are carrying a knife and a chain...it's obviously not goodwill!"

Shi Cheng had no choice but to say: "Even if this is the case, they would not dare to tie me away. If there is no conviction, I am a person with fame."

Liu Xuer nodded: "I know...but you have to be careful."

When they came out, the yacha was indeed wearing a knife and a chain around his waist, but this was their normal equipment, and they were obviously more polite to Shicheng, so they invited him out.

Liu Xuer's heart is still sinking! These people who came to invite Shicheng are not the servants of the county government, but they look like they belong to the government? And these yamen are obviously not running errands, they look like they are from the yamen?

Liu Xuer felt a little uneasy in her heart. She turned around in the hall and was about to go back when her mother-in-law Meng Shi came out of the backyard and asked in surprise, "I just heard from the maid that someone from the yamen would invite Left Stone City?"

Liu Xuer nodded hurriedly: "Yeah, probably the maid went directly to our side to report, Shicheng and I came first, and left after saying a few words."

Meng shi looked surprised: "What yamen? Shicheng knows? What... what happened? Suddenly called away?"

Looking at her mother-in-law, Liu Xuer seems to be confused? Ben wanted to ask her if she could look a little, but she shook her head and said: "I don't know, Shicheng is also inexplicable, he doesn't know the people from the yamen here, it is reasonable to say... our little people have just come from Fengxian, here. The yamen also can't know... Who knows what's going on?"

Meng Shi was a little flustered, and turned back and forth: "What's going on? It's strange! What's going on?!" After being stunned, he asked: "Is it because the stone city was lifted up? , the government here wants to make friends?"

Although Liu Xuer has ruled out this possibility, but seeing Meng Shi seems to have panicked, she still nodded: "Maybe so..." Calm down first, so as not to panic even more , If you have to inquire and find someone again, it will be troublesome.

Meng Shi was relieved when she heard this, and thought about it: "It should be for this reason!" She patted Liu Xuer's hand and said, "You don't know, Shicheng is in the middle of the move, How many people have we dealt with here!"

Speaking and walking to the backyard, Liu Xuer could only follow, still a little worried in her heart, and listened to Meng's words absentmindedly: "The yacha who announced the good news the day before came to set off a cannonball battle, and the first In the next two days, someone came over with a bundle of burdens! It was said that he wanted to be a staff member for Shicheng and help him in the officialdom! No matter Shicheng's father shook his head, he kept recommending himself, saying that he was good... This man is still I didn't send it away, but the one with the family is here again! It is said that it is for Master Juren to be the next person!"

Shi Chengniang smiled and shook her head: "I really didn't expect...I haven't seen it before!"

Liu Xuer quickly followed with a smile, and said: "Yes, we also encountered these things in Fengxian County. We originally said that we would come on the same day. Fortunately, I received a letter from my father, telling me not to come here. Otherwise, it will take a while to deal with such a thing.”

Shi Cheng Niang probably completely felt that Shi Cheng was invited to go to the government and wanted to make friends with him, so she was completely relaxed, smiled and nodded: "Fortunately I didn't come! Otherwise, it really is You don't have to do anything, just deal with it, but I heard that you have been busy there for a while?"

Liu Xuer nodded: "Isn't it? From the time when the people from Bangxian Yaxuan went to announce the good news, the people did not stop for more than ten days. , relatives and friends, this one invited that one, it really didn't finish eating for more than ten days."

Shi Chengniang smiled and nodded: "No way! I told his father here, even in Fengxian, you can't relax!"

Liu Xuer reluctantly maintained the smile on her face, talking to her mother-in-law absentmindedly, still worried about Shicheng. She felt that it must not be a good thing for these people to invite Shicheng.

Just talking and chatting like this, I waited anxiously, until the afternoon, two hours passed, and Shicheng still hasn't come back, not to mention Liu Xuer's ugly face, Shichengniang finally became anxious, Wandering around in a hurry: "What's going on? You should always send someone back to tell you if you want to eat?!"

Then she asked Liu Xuer, "Who did you see following?"

Liu Xuer hurriedly said: "The little servant next to him...not many people."

Shi Chengniang wondered: "This stinky boy should come back and report back! Which adult invited the young master, is it for dinner?"

Liu Xuer bit her lip, the uneasiness in her heart has already expanded several times, and there is still a little hope at the beginning, I hope that please go and really want to make friends or get to know. At this moment, this hope is completely gone, absolutely absolutely something!

I couldn't help but think about the things that happened during these times, especially in the business field, and think about whether Shicheng has ever done anything illegal?

After thinking about it for a long time, only when I brought back my second brother's shop, I used some extreme methods. However, these methods will definitely not alarm the government! There is no hope for the Hanlin Mansion. Even if they can find someone, it is estimated that the eldest grandmother can find someone from Songjiang Mansion! What does it have to do with Hanzhong Mansion? !

My own house... even more impossible! The second brother has the means to do business, but they are all within the legal scope and will never break the law.

The strangest thing is, whether it is Shicheng, the second brother or his own family, all business is in Fengxian, even if there is any problem, it should be people from Fengxian looking for them, What does it have to do with Hanzhong Mansion?

Thinking like this, I immediately thought of my shop. Could it be that the shopkeeper of my shop did something? She suddenly stood up and called the maid, "Go and call the shopkeeper from yesterday!"

Shi Chengniang was taken aback: "Did your shopkeeper do something?!"

Liu Xuer hurriedly said: "My daughter-in-law doesn't know yet... Now I don't know anything, the shopkeeper is someone from the street, and the news is better than our wives, so I'll call I'm asking if I've heard anything."

Shi Chengniang nodded: "Yes, yes! Call me to ask!" She called the maid again: "Order someone to find the master! Please come back as soon as possible." Let the master know as soon as possible. , Master knows everything, and if you don't know what's going on, it's better than the two women worrying at home.

The maid hurriedly went out to call someone, Liu Xuer and Shi Chengniang were waiting at home, at this moment, Shi Chengniang was completely anxious, and she completely put down that good idea Now, she always thinks about the worst, and the more she thinks about it, the more frightened she becomes.

Liu Xuer had to reassure her again and again, it should be fine, it should be fine... Isn't there any news yet? Maybe it's really just a call to eat, let's not scare ourselves...

Liu Xuer calmed down for a while, and finally Shi Chengniang still had to wait for Shi Cheng’s father to come back, so she didn’t rush to send someone to the yamen to inquire.

After Shi Cheng's father came back, he asked about the general situation, but he didn't think it was a good thing. He walked around the room with his hands behind his back and pondered for a while. He also subconsciously comforted him first. , said to Meng Shi and Liu Xu'er: "It's nothing to think about, I'll ask someone to inquire." After speaking, he went out.

Meng Shi and Liu Xuer saw that he had also gone out, and their hearts were calmed down a little, hoping to have news.

After a while, the maid said that the shopkeeper was coming, so Liu Xuer came out, avoided Shi Chengniang, and asked the shopkeeper at the concierge, if there was anything involving the government in his shop ?

The shopkeeper shook his head blankly, and said firmly: "Absolutely not!"

Liu Xuer thought he couldn't lie to herself, so she nodded and told him to go back.