Chapter 253: The woman in Zhujiazhuang disguises herself as a man
In the evening, the ox cart slowly stopped in front of a manor.Tianlai Novel | 2
This is called Zhujiazhuang.
The coachman looked at the lifted carriage in distress and hesitated: "Girl, I'll go in and look for someone, what are you saying... I'll just say you'll stay here for a while?"
"Anyway, call someone first, and make sure to let Mr. Zhu come out." The noble girl's voice came from the ox cart.
The coachman had no choice but to get out of the car in disappointment and knocked on the gate of the manor. After a while, the servant walked out. The coachman talked to the servant for a long time before the servant suspiciously asked to wait for a while before he went in to report.
After waiting for a long time for this notice, the middle-aged man who was a noble girl who became the waiter Zhu, walked out of the manor with sweat. He first looked at the coachman in confusion, and then asked, "But your master is asking for a meeting?"
"It's my master. The staff member also invited me to come over and talk." The coachman pointed to the ox cart.
This ox cart is not luxurious. After all, it was a noble girl who ran away from home and rushed to get a ox cart. So Mr. Zhu took a look and frowned slightly, but he still wiped the sweat from his forehead and followed the coachman to come over.
"I wonder which young man is it? The noble girl?" Zhu Yuanwai walked to the car and asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, the curtain of the car slowly opened a gap. The maid stretched out her hand and handed a jade bracelet out, saying, "Please check, do you still remember what this is?"
Zhu Man Wai carefully took out the jade bracelet, looked carefully, suddenly became excited, looked left and right, and almost attracted the servant at the door. Fortunately, he stopped him in time. Then he came to the carriage again and asked, "Don't know that the noble lady came from afar, there is no way to welcome him, and there is no way to welcome him..."
In the carriage, the maid widened her eyes in confusion, but she was the noble girl's complacent. The noble girl said, "I don't know that I don't know, but since I have confirmed my identity, I don't know if the official can let me in. I ask for something here, and I hope the official can help me."
"As long as I can do it, I will definitely help." Zhu Yuanwai was excited, but he didn't make any promises. He led the way directly in front, asked the servant to open the door, guided the ox cart into the manor, walked in in a twists and turns, and then entered a relatively quiet courtyard entrance after a while, and then said, "This courtyard is relatively remote, but it is better because of the beautiful scenery and small and exquisiteness. I wonder if the noble girl is satisfied?"
The noble girl poked her head out to look, nodded, then got out of the car with the help of her maid, smiled at Mr. Zhu, and the few people entered the courtyard and sat down to talk.
"I plan to stay here for a while. I think the official should not refuse. If possible, then offset the favor of the jade pendant." Although the noble girl is still a little young to others, the words said made Mr. Zhu dare not ignore it.
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanwai nodded quickly: "Yes, it's okay, the noble girl can live until any time she wants."
"Don't rush to agree, I haven't finished it yet." The noble girl curled her lips and smiled like a flower. She looked back at the maid and signaled her to go out to keep the door. Then she said, "It's really not to hide it. I'm a little hasty when I come here this time, but don't worry, it's not that the enemy is chasing her, but it will be very troublesome to be found out, so she wants to hide her name... I'll take the fake life of Zhu, and I hope the official can help hide it."
"What do you want to call a girl?" Zhu Yuanwai tentatively.
"Zhu Yingtai, try not to reveal my existence. If it is leaked, I will say to the outside world that it is an orphan of the branch. When you see me alone and lonely, you will take it as your adopted daughter."
Zhu Yuanwai pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement: "This is OK."
The noble girl, Zhu Yingtai chuckled and said, "Then I would like to thank Mr. Zhu, I will be bothered in the next period of time."
"It's okay, it's really a blessing for the noble girl to come." Zhu Yuanwai returned with a smile and said, "Niu Niu, oh no, can I call the noble girl Yingtai next?"
"Yes, that's OK." Zhu Yingtai nodded.
Zhu Yuanwai said: "Yingtai must have not enjoyed dinner yet. I'll let more of the kitchen be sent to you?"
"This matter is not urgent... I still have some questions." The red lips opened, and Zhu Yingtai's eyes slowly turned into a stream of light. "Just just came in, I saw that most of the children in the mansion were walking from the central area. Why? Is there anything wrong? Do I need to help?"
"No, no, it's not a big deal. I don't know if Yingtai has heard of it. Wang Enjun, the previous Kuaiji County prefecture king Wang Shuping, planned to open a Gewu Academy to recruit students in the whole county, but most of them are ordinary county citizens. Just now, the children of the Zhu family discussed this matter with each other and whether to send children who meet the age conditions in the family to go to school. After all, my eldest son worked in the county magistrate's office, and Wang Enjun was recommended when he was in office. I remember that Yingtai revealed the news to me at the beginning..." Zhu Yuanwai said and thanked Zhu Yingtai again.
Zhu Yingtai waved his hand and then said, "I remember that the eldest son of the Foreign Minister seemed to be Zhu Wei, whose courtesy name was Zishi?"
"That's right." Zhu Yuanwai replied, looking at Zhu Yingtai, "Do you have any good suggestions for Yingtai?"
"Well, I have a good suggestion." Zhu Yingtai smiled, as if he had thought of something fun. His beautiful face was like Zhu Yuanwai, and he sighed that he was no longer old. "No matter what, Brother Zishi is working in the county magistrate's office. Not to mention that he was recommended by Wang Shuping. Even the current prefect is also Wang Shuping's uncle. He should participate in this matter in terms of circumstances and reason. This is an example. After all, Brother Zishi is an official of the county magistrate's office. He always has to support his career. What's more, Wang Shuping is now a governor of Yangzhou and is a person with extraordinary abilities. He is unlikely to make mistakes. Of course, in order to avoid a mistake in Zhujiazhuang, he should choose a plan of both worlds."
"What is a strategy of both worlds?" Zhu Yuanwai was interested.
Zhu Yingtai pinched his fair and round chin and said, "Zhujiazhuang must send someone to study, but this candidate...I can go there for you."
"What?" Zhu Yuanwai was stunned and rubbed his ears, thinking that he had heard it wrong, "Yingtai, how are you going? Although you have never said it explicitly, Wang Zhijun recruited boys and girls rarely have precedents for going to school, let alone, Yingtai, your age seems to be over..."
"It's okay, it's very simple. As for age, I seem to have heard of it. This is a kind of ease. Don't worry, even if something really happens." Zhu Yingtai stared at Mr. Zhu and said with a smile, "I guess you should have investigated my identity privately. Could it be that I am not clear about my relationship with Wang Enjun?"
"Relationship? Yingtai is...hiss!" Zhu Yuanwai took a deep breath of air conditioning, but he quickly focused his attention, "Then let's just say that, Yingtai, you have a good rest. I'll send someone to clean your room later and bring you dinner..."
Chapter completed!