Chapter 643
Chapter 643
Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe lived in the courtyard behind the government office.
In such a small county, many county officials live in the backyard of the county government office to save trouble.
When he arrived at the backyard, Huo Changhe looked around and saw nothing unusual, and then felt relieved.
"Li Jingyao is outside, inquiring about information and doing external response. If there is anything, he can report it in time."
Yan Ruyu was speechless for a moment, frowning slightly in thought.
Huo Changhe came to her side, saw her thinking, held her hand and said, "What are you thinking about?"
"I haven't found anything yet, but I always feel that this county magistrate will not be too peaceful."
"It depends on the situation. Aren't we just here to check on him?" Huo Changhe pinched her soft fingers, "Don't worry too much. If you don't like it because it's too complicated, just write to Governor Sun."
"This is under his rule, so he should be here."
Therefore, Huo Changhe could use his identity as the governor of Sun and let him take the blame if anything went wrong, so he could feel at ease.
Yan Ruyu laughed dumbly: "What are you talking about? This is not only a matter under his rule, it may also be related to matters in the capital. It may even be Mr. Mo's handiwork. We cannot ignore it."
Huo Changhe smiled and said nothing, and Yan Ruyu reacted: "Okay, the prince said that on purpose!"
The two talked and laughed, and their mood relaxed a lot.
"If I mentioned something strange and auspicious to him, if he wasn't stupid, he would have thought of Qingshi Temple. If he really wanted to curry favor with his boss, he would have taken the initiative and even led us there. If he didn't mention it, it means …”
Huo Changhe was about to continue talking when footsteps sounded outside the door. The two looked at each other and tacitly agreed not to continue.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door: "Is the governor here?"
Huo Changhe asked: "Who is it?"
"My lord, this is the official. I have something to tell you."
Yan Ruyu glanced at Huo Changhe and signaled him to go to the back room first and let Huo Changhe talk to Magistrate Cao.
Waiting also entered the room, lowered the curtain, and Huo Changhe stood up and opened the door.
Magistrate Cao stood outside the door with a smile on his face.
"My lord, the governor, I am thinking of asking you to take a rest for now and prepare a banquet for you in the evening. I wonder if you can appreciate it?"
Huo Changhe thought about it, it was easy to talk in front of the banquet, which would make them put down their guard.
"Alright."
Magistrate Cao cleared his throat and quickly glanced around the room, but did not see Yan Ruyu.
Seeing him look like this, he seemed to have something to say, but he didn't want Yan Ruyu to know.
Huo Changhe whispered: "Is there anything else, Magistrate Cao?"
Magistrate Cao whispered: "Your Excellency, there are a few colleagues who want to see you, but I don't know if it is convenient for you?"
Without waiting for Huo Changhe to speak, he added: "Everyone has admired the Governor for a long time and wants to see his grace."
They all agreed to go, but they had to agree to meet others.
However, when I meet other officials, they are all men, so I am afraid it will be inconvenient to bring my wife with me.
Magistrate Cao almost had this thought written on his face.
Huo Changhe sneered in his heart. He didn't know what his intention was. He thought for a while and said, "Okay, I also want to see you more."
"Okay, okay, then I will go and make arrangements," County Magistrate Cao smiled happily.
As soon as he left, Huo Changhe closed the door and turned to go to the back room. Yan Ruyu was standing in front of the desk, looking at several small stone sculptures placed on the window sill.
The stone carvings are carved with the twelve zodiac animals, from rat to pig.
Huo Changhe came behind her and picked one up: "This stone carving is quite beautiful."
Yan Ruyu took a look and saw that it was a monkey, so she picked up a tiger and said, "Look at this again."
Huo Changhe frowned slightly when he saw the tiger: "This one is much worse."
"From rats to pigs, the carving skills vary greatly, from bad to good." Yan Ruyu touched the tiger's head, "What does this mean?"
"It means that this person started carving from rats, and his skills gradually became better and better," Huo Changhe said. This is the simplest possibility.
Yan Ruyu thought about it and asked him: "What does the county magistrate want you to do?"
Just now, Magistrate Cao was outside the door, and he tried to keep his voice down as he was afraid that Yan Ruyu would hear him.
"He wanted to invite me to the dinner. He also said that there were other colleagues who wanted to meet me." Huo Changhe put down the stone sculpture and took Yan Ruyu's hand. "He also asked me in a secret way not to take you there."
Yan Ruyu was slightly startled: "Have I offended him?"
"That's not true. They are probably all men. I'm afraid it won't be convenient for you to go." Huo Changhe nodded her forehead, "It doesn't matter. You dress up and I'll take you there."
"Dress up? What are you pretending to be?" Yan Ruyu laughed angrily, "There were only three of us when we came here. You, me and the housekeeper, how could we find the people to dress up again?"
"Young man," Huo Changhe thought, he had already thought about it, "Just pretend, and I'll tell you when you're done."
Yan Ruyu said: "Otherwise I won't go and see what they want to do."
"No," Huo Changhe flatly refused, "It's not safe here to begin with. I can't leave you here alone."
Yan Ruyu had no choice but to agree.
The three of them were very easygoing before coming to the county government. They also changed their clothes. They were different from when they were in Luojiazhuang, and their relationship was also different.
Yan Ruyu was very good at pretending to be a servant. After changing her clothes, she saw Huo Changhe jumping out of the back window and hanging a broken lantern on the tree next to the wall.
Lanterns are very common, as if they were hung up after being burned and blown away by the wind.
Not long after, Li Jingyao went to the tree, took down the lantern and entered the house through the back window.
When Yan Ruyu came out of the back room, Li Jingyao looked up and saw that she was dressed as a servant, and for some reason, he had an unpleasant feeling in his heart.
"Master, you're here at the right time," Huo Changhe said, "Please take Ruyu out later, enter through the front door, and say that he is my servant and is here to find me."
When Li Jingyao heard about this, it was not difficult: "Okay."
Before he could finish breathing, he heard Huo Changhe say again: "After sending her off, come back through the back window."
Li Jingyao couldn't help but ask: "What other orders does the prince have?"
"I'll know in a while."
Li Jingyao held back, jumped out of the back window with Yan Ruyu, and walked around to the front door.
The government officials at Qianmen were very alert, knowing that a big shot had come to the government, the governor of Yizhou. This was probably the most big shot they had ever seen in their lives.
I was cleaning, splashing on the street, cleaning the door, and turned around to see a boy coming over.
"Go away, don't stay here!" A government servant scolded rudely.
"I……"
As soon as Yan Ruyu opened her mouth, the yamen servant said impatiently: "Didn't you hear what I said? Go farther away, we have a big shot here, not just anyone can approach him at will!"
"If you don't obey me again, take one step forward and be careful of your dog legs."
The yamen servant drew his sword with a ferocious look on his face.
Yan Ruyuxin said that Magistrate Cao seemed to be a coward, but all of his government servants were very cruel.
After the yamen officer finished his murder, she asked calmly: "The big shot you are talking about is Mr. Sun, the governor?"
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