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062 Calm before the storm

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In the rickety carriage, four people including Zhu Xiuyuan, Dong Shuzhen, Qiu Wen, and Xia Wu sat motionless with their eyes wide open.

The sound of rolling wheels, the sound of horse hooves stepping on the bluestone pavement, the driver's shout... all kinds of sounds came one after another and reached the ears of everyone in the carriage, without missing a trace, very clearly.

I don’t know how long it took, but the coachman suddenly shouted: "Hey..."

Then the carriage stopped suddenly.

"Uncle, we have arrived at the Yamen."

The driver casually announced the next stop, and Zhu Xiuyuan calmly replied: "I know." But he had no intention of getting off.

In the carriage, Dong Shuzhen, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen all stared at Zhu Xiuyuan. When he moved, their little heads would turn...

Zhu Xiuyuan grinned and deliberately shook his body from side to side. The three of them seemed to have trackers on their little heads. Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head to the left, and they turned their heads to the left. Zhu Xiuyuan shook their heads to the right, and they turned their heads to the right.



Zhu Xiuyuan raised the corner of his mouth and leaned towards the exit of the carriage. It seemed that he was going to leave them and get out of the car alone.

The three women were like frightened rabbits, their bodies responded to stress, as if they wanted to follow Zhu Xiuyuan immediately, and they also seemed to want to catch him.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan didn't move at all. He leaned his upper body towards the exit of the carriage and then retracted. He looked at Dong Shuzhen's and the others' faces and smiled silently.

The two little maids, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen, naturally did not dare to express any opinions. They patted their chests and retracted their seats.

Dong Shuzhen opened her eyes roundly, gave Zhu Xiuyuan a gentle blow, and hugged his hand tightly, fearing that Zhu Xiuyuan would really abandon them and get off the carriage alone.

"Shh!"

Zhu Xiuyuan put his index finger in front of his lips and made a silent gesture.

Dong Shuzhen, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen nodded in unison, but their little faces were tight and their expressions were very serious. In Zhu Xiuyuan's opinion, this look was simply too cute and made people laugh...

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't hold it back, covered his mouth with his hand, and laughed silently again, his shoulders shaking.

The three girls, Dong Shuzhen, Qiu Wen and Xia Wu, looked at each other with their big bright eyes open, and then looked at Zhu Xiuyuan... What are you laughing at?

However, Zhu Xiuyuan had just reminded them not to speak. So even though they had doubts in their hearts, they could only hold it in and not ask out loud.

"Wonderful son-in-law? Why don't you get out of the car? Don't miss the right time."

The voice of father-in-law Dong Cheng came from outside the carriage.

Zhu Xiuyuan knew that the main event was coming, and hurriedly signaled the three girls with his eyes, but saw that they all shrank their necks, lowering their heads without moving, pretending to be quail...

"Father-in-law, my son-in-law thought about it for a while. It is really not appropriate for my son-in-law to walk into the Yamen with his father-in-law, so as not to attract gossip... Father-in-law, please go in first. My son-in-law already knows the road in the Yamen, so you can go to Cangcao by yourself.

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Zhu Xiuyuan answered very calmly, with no trace of panic at all, as if what he said was true.

Dong Shuzhen opened her big, bright eyes and looked at Zhu Xiuyuan with a hint of admiration... She couldn't do such calm nonsense in front of her father!

"Well... that's fine. It's good for a good son-in-law to think this way. Well, I'll take the first step!"

After a while, Zhu Xiuyuan opened a corner of the carriage's curtain and peeked out, just in time to see his father-in-law's back disappearing into the Yamen...

After putting down the curtain, he turned around and met the eyes of the three women with questioning looks.

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled bitterly and nodded. After the three women saw it, they were obviously relieved... they passed another level.

Then, Zhu Xiuyuan hinted at Yan Dashan and once again led the coachman and servants away... This was what was discussed before.

After Yan Dashan left with the coachman and servants, Zhu Xiuyuan made sure that no one was around, so he jumped out of the carriage and picked up Dong Shuzhen's three daughters one by one.

Just a word of warning, and then take them to the gate of the state government...

There was nothing unusual along the way. Now, Dong Shuzhen and the others put on makeup. On the surface, they looked like three pretty little scribes or book boys.

Secondly, except for Dong Shuzhen, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen did not dare to look around and followed silently with their heads lowered... This kind of little scribe is relatively common in yamen, and almost no one would suspect it.

Only Dong Shuzhen looked around curiously, and some people looked at her twice, but they didn't see anything interesting...

After arriving at Cancao, Liu Wentong, the superior of Cancao, was stunned. Zhu Xiuyuan did say yesterday that he would bring three little scribes to help...

Liu Wentong nodded to Dong Shuzhen and the other three without saying anything more.

Just looking at the figures of Dong Shuzhen and the others walking into the room, he frowned and felt that these three people looked a bit familiar...

Perhaps it was because these three little scribes were not completely strangers, but maybe they were subordinates of the master who joined the army to record affairs. If that was the case, then it would be normal for him to feel that the three little scribes seemed familiar to him.





With no danger, the day is finally over!

When Zhu Xiuyuan sent Dong Shuzhen and the three girls back to the East Garden of Dong Mansion, he was obviously relieved.

So tired today!

This kind of thing can't happen again, otherwise Zhu Xiuyuan's life will be taken.

The three daughters of Dong Shuzhen are at the Yamen... Hey, let's not mention this matter. Anyway, Zhu Xiuyuan has no intention of doing anything else and is so frightened that he did not follow Liu Wentong today to familiarize himself with Cancao's business.

On the contrary, Dong Shuzhen was very happy.

As soon as she returned to their little world - the east courtyard of Dong's Mansion, she was like a little monkey who had untied the rope. She could finally jump up and down and scream!

Although this day was fun, it was also frustrating.

After she jumped around for a while, she suddenly found her husband paralyzed at the door, seeming very tired?

As a result, Zhu Xiuyuan lay down comfortably on a recliner. Dong Shuzhen squeezed his shoulders personally. Qiu Wen and Xia Wu, the two little maids, were also not idle. They stood on the left and right, each holding one leg.

"Ah, it's so cool!"

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't help shouting. After being frightened for a whole day, it was time to enjoy...





In the next few days, Zhu Xiuyuan's work and rest became regular. Every day, he went to the Yamen on time with his father-in-law Dong Cheng... he followed Liu Wentong carefully to get familiar with the business of Cangcao... and when it was time to go off duty, he went home with his father-in-law.

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At the same time, in the past few days, the entire Jiangzhou, from the yamen to the city, and then to the Poyang Palace in Hukou, seemed to have been discussed, and everything was peaceful inside and outside.

The Changshi of Jiangzhou and the Sima of Jiangzhou temporarily withdrew their minions due to the investigation of the previous Sicang's resignation from the military service. They rarely showed up in the past few days, and even the small troubles they usually liked to cause Dong Cheng stopped.

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Zhu Xiuyuan stayed in the government office for several days, but he never saw Chang Shi or Sima.

Fang Tang, the governor of Jiangzhou, had been living in seclusion for the past few days. He said he was ill at home and had not stepped into the front hall of the government office for several days.

As far as Zhu Xiuyuan knows, there have been several major and important cases accumulated in the Yamen, waiting for the governor to open a court hearing...

The entire Jiangzhou Yamen was calm, like a pool of stagnant water!



Poyang Prince's Mansion.

study.

King Poyang was facing the wall again... looking at the map of Chen State. He had his hands behind his back and remained motionless, as if an old monk had fallen into trance.

As the prince's right-hand man, the prince's butler is naturally at his side at all times. His main functions include providing various information, or conveying and executing the orders issued by the prince.

When the prince stared at the map of Chen State and fell into deep thought, the housekeeper of the palace consciously shut his mouth.

When he was young, he twisted his somewhat stiff neck. After all, the housekeeper was old and his body was not as good as before. If before, he would have stood with the prince all night without any problem.

While twisting his neck, his eyes turned and accidentally fell on the map of Chen State on the wall. A big red "X" was drawn somewhere on the map, which was very conspicuous.
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