Early in the morning, Mu Fulan and Xie Changgeng each got up. After washing up, they changed into sacrificial robes and came out of the Jiedu Mansion. They led their subordinates and their wives out of the city to the farm temple located in the western suburbs.

After Xie Changgeng came here to serve as the governor, he knew people well and was good at responsibilities, and his government was simple and punished. He not only managed the local government diligently and smoothly, but also had outstanding achievements in using troops to the northerners' borders, but also achieved remarkable results. He swept away the passive situation of the border towns that were often plundered in the past, and the local people supported him very much. When the two arrived there, they saw crowds of people from all directions gathered early. When they saw the arrival of the governor and his wife from afar, they knelt on the side of the road to greet him.

The two separated and presided over the rituals of sacrifice.

A silkworm altar has been laid in the Silkworm Temple, with cattle sacrifices for sacrifices on it. The fragrance altar is filled with smoke and the scene is grand.

Mu Fulan took the wife of the official behind her into the temple, knelt down devoutly, burned incense and prayed, and then took off the silkworms from the silkworm altar and distributed them by herself.

Everyone saw that the governor's wife was not only beautiful, dressed in dignified, and had noble style. She heard that she was not only the princess of Changsha, but also had medical skills and had a wonderful skill. She had just been here for more than a month and had helped many people who went to seek medical treatment. She respected her very much. After the sacrifice was completed, she walked out of the temple and handed out the silkworms, and they all competed to get it, and regarded it as a lucky thing.

Mu Fulan was busy when suddenly he heard a voice shouting: "Madam! We are here too! Please give us some, Mrs.!"

Mu Fulan looked up and saw a large group of women dressed in natives coming. A woman held a seven or eight-year-old child in her hand, came to her and knelt down to her.

This child was the one who was sent to the clinic that day. The woman was the child's mother. She recognized the rest of the faces, and some of them were resident in the village, but some of them had a romance. She had never seen them last time.

The woman who speaks Chinese came forward and respectfully bowed to Mu Fulan. Then she smiled and said, "I heard that the wife came here to preside over the sacrifice today. Not only us, but some people from other places have also come. Everyone said that the wife was a goddess who came down to earth and wanted to borrow her blessings to sacrifice and pray for the new year."

The natives used to have no contact with outsiders and were hostile to each other. Today, they suddenly appeared here, with a large number of people. The women who were originally surrounded by them were as if they saw the plague, and they all avoided them, stood aside from a distance, staring at them with alert eyes, and whispered.

Mu Fulan helped up the mother and son who were kneeling to him and asked her mother about her health. She learned that she had recovered and was now lively. The rest of the patients in the village were also relieved. She also felt relieved. She distributed silkworms with her as a gift.

The women took it, carefully put it in their pockets, smiled happily, and said, "The men sent us here, but they are still waiting now. After praying to the wife and asking for something, we will leave now, so as not to cause trouble for the wife."

Everyone thanked Mu Fulan again, then turned around and left.

When those people left, the crowd that had just retreated slowly gathered and the atmosphere became lively again.

Several wives from the officials came forward to persuade Mu Fulan: "It is better not to have too much contact with these natives in the future. They are fierce and unreasonable. They draw their swords to face each other whenever they have any disagreements. There are many people, and they are connected to each other. If there is any problem, they will be together. I remember that a few years ago, when they took office as the Jiedushi, they had something to do with them, and they were almost injured by them. The Jiedushi didn't dare to do anything to them later. The Wengshi, don't look at their appearance, they are more friendly now, who knows what to do in their hearts, it's better to be careful."

Mu Fulan smiled and said thank you, asking these ladies to help distribute them. After working hard for a while, it was finally finished.

The sacrifice ended, followed by a temple fair. Mu Fulan had no intention of going there again. Without waiting for Xie Changgeng to see him, she took the car and returned to the Jiedu Mansion first.

After Xie Changgeng presided over the sacrifice, he had just left the temple. An official hurried over and reported that a large group of native people came to the open space outside the temple fair, gathering there, and they didn't know what they wanted to do. Although they had not entered the temple fair yet, they were afraid that if they made trouble on this day, they had already dispatched some soldiers to quietly spread around them. Now they came to ask him to decide.

After Xie Changgeng took office, he knew that the local natives were a big problem left over from a long time ago. He also tried to send people to communicate several times, but he was turned away every time. Fortunately, in addition to xenophobia and unwilling to interact with the official, he had not seen them cause any major trouble in the past two years, so he temporarily put them down.

He followed the official and as soon as he arrived, he saw a large group of native women walking towards the Silkworm Temple with a smile. The man greeted the women, said a few words, and left together.

Those people clearly saw themselves, but they felt like they were gone. Without stopping, they soon disappeared.

The official looked surprised and saw his boss lose his face. He was embarrassed. At first, he pretended not to see him. After the natives walked away, he pretended to be angry and said, "These people are too arrogant! You don't kneel down when you see you! The official asked someone to go up and teach them a lesson!"

Xie Changgeng seemed to have not heard of it. He looked at the backs of the natives and walked away. He shouted to retreat the person. He turned around and went to the Silkworm Temple. When he got there, he did not see Mu Fulan. He was told that she had left after the sacrifice.

Xie Changgeng paused and asked about the native woman just now. His subordinates said, "At first, the villain was shocked. He saw so many people coming. It turned out that he came to hear that the Lord Weng was presided over the sacrifice today and came here to thank him for blessings. After asking for help, he left, and there was nothing else."

Xie Changgeng pondered for a while and turned around and left.

He returned to the Jiedushi's Mansion and asked the manager who came out. He learned that Mu Fulan had returned, and some time, the man had already gone in. He looked at the direction of the Houya and turned to the front yamen to deal with the affairs.

After becoming a military governor, in addition to military affairs, the documents were also complicated, but as long as he had time, he would handle them personally. Fortunately, he had been studying quickly since childhood, and had to deal with official documents in all directions, and there was no matter in the court.

As the sky gradually darkened, the maid came in to take the lights.

During the day, when I saw the child named Mu Fulan, I remembered Xier again. I couldn't help but take out the fur hat I bought when I first came here, rubbed the soft fur on my head, and imagined how Xier looked when she put it on. When I was gradually out of sight, I suddenly heard the door being pushed open, and footsteps came. I turned my head and saw that Xie Changgeng had returned, so I immediately closed the hat.

He had sharp eyes, and had seen it, glanced at it, and asked what was it.

"I bought a hat in the market before."

Mu Fulan said, put it away.

Xie Changgeng didn't care either. He asked a few questions about her meeting with native women during the day, and went to take a shower. After changing clothes, Mu's mother and her maid had also brought the supper and clothed it on a table outside.

The two sat opposite each other and started eating.

Mom Mu's skills are very good. She cooked lotus shrimp balls, phoenix tail bamboo shoots, ham pigeon slices, and duck sauce noodles for dinner. It was all incomparable to the exquisiteness of the dishes. In terms of the original chef, the original chef was incomparable.

Xie Changgeng was not aware of the taste.

She came out of the new bath. Beside the side, the candle was red and covered with red fire on her face. A plain face was like a fragrant snow.

At this time, in the south of Dongting, when the thunderstorm was already drifting, the spring was getting thicker, but the snow here had not yet melted. Xie Changgeng knew that she was timid and cold, and asked people to burn the fire dragon.

It was probably hot in the room. After eating a few bites, two red glows appeared on her cheeks. The candlelight was reflected, which was very bright, and it was a little more charming than dyed with rouge.

He looked at it and felt as if he was looking at a famous flower. After eating a few bites of the rice, he became absent-minded.

For the sake of today's sacrifice, he had not touched the woman sitting opposite him for three nights.

She seemed to be eating with care, lowering her head, and never looked up at him before sitting opposite her.

There was a bowl of corn soup on the table, which was so sweet and glutinous. She seemed to like this more than food.

Xie Changgeng watched her scooped it up, and used a spoon to deliver it to her mouth. He opened his mouth and ate a few bites. His lips were stained with juice, and he shone out in wet light. She stuck out her tongue and licked the juice that was stained.

A wave of evil fire suddenly emerged from Xie Changgeng's abdomen. He put down his chopsticks, got up and walked behind her. He didn't say a word. He took away the spoon she was still holding in her hand, picked it up and turned around.

After the matter was over, Mu Fulan lay on the pillow, motionless, as if she had fallen asleep.

Xie Changgeng still hugged her, stroking the woman's naked back with her palms. After stroking her for a while, she couldn't help but lean on her mouth and bit her thin and beautiful butterfly bones.

She seemed to be displeased, shrank her shoulders, pushed away his hand that was on her body, pulled the quilt to cover her body.

Xie Changgeng knew that she had delicate skin and thin skin. When he used a little force or bite a few times, his body would leave marks. He smiled and did not care about this behavior with her. Although he was still unsatisfied, he knew that she was tired and let go of her. When he closed his eyes and rested, he heard a voice in his ears saying, "When will I go back?"

Xie Changgeng's eyes were not open, but he still closed his eyes and replied casually: "I told you that I had brought you out on the name of a couple in the empress dowager's name. Only a few days have passed? You can't go back yet. So as not to let the empress dowager know, if you are suspicious, it will be bad for you and me."

The woman beside her didn't say anything or move. After a moment, she suddenly sat up, pushed the quilt and crawled down from the bed.

"Where are you going?"

Xie Changgeng opened his eyes and asked at her back.

"Go out and you'll be fine."

Mu Fulan's tone was cold, she tied her long hair in front of the mirror and put on a coat, and then walked out.

Xie Changgeng was neglected and felt a little unhappy. I remembered that every time she slept with her a few days ago, she had to go out for a while and she returned after a while. She couldn't help but feel suspicious.

He turned over and got out of bed, quickly put on his clothes, passed by the table, and ate half of the food that had been left behind, and opened the door and went out.

She was gone. He asked a maid outside: "Where is the master?"

"We are not allowed to follow you after you go to the tea room."

Xie Changgeng asked his maid to clean up the remaining soup in the room and go to the tea room by himself.

The tea room is next to the kitchen, and there is a large tiger stove inside. There are several large soup cans on the stove, which are used to boil water for the people and others in the entire Jiedu Mansion to use. Throughout the winter, hot water can be provided at all times, and the fire will not be extinguished day and night. On the other side is a small stove used to burn tea for daily drinking.

When burning coal in the stove, coal hooks and fires need to be added continuously. A special servant woman guarded the furnace here. Now, when the person was outside, he saw Xie Changgeng coming, and hurriedly came over.

Xie Changgeng asked the master of the old man, and the servant bowed and said, "The master of the old man is taking medicine inside. He said that he has been feeling a little uncomfortable recently, so he asked me to boil the medicine she gave me every day and wait for her to drink it."

"Did you say something about it?"

"I don't know this." The servant shook his head.

Xie Changgeng stopped at the door and saw a figure standing in front of the small stove, holding a bowl in his hand, drinking medicine.

He pushed the door open and entered.

Mu Fulan turned her head and glanced at him. She had no reaction. She continued to take the medicine and finished a few sips.

"Why are you feeling uncomfortable? Since you have taken medicine, why don't you ask someone to send it? You still come here by yourself in a cold day?"

Xie Changgeng looked at the bowl with only a little black medicine residue in her hand and asked her.

Mu Fulan said, "What are you doing here? It's a cold day, go and rest early."

She put down the bowl, left him, and turned around.

Xie Changgeng's face looked a little ugly. He watched her back disappear, turned his head and looked at the medicine residue at the bottom of the bowl. He gradually became suspicious. He asked the servant to get the medicine that had not been boiled, took a pack of it, and left the Jiedu Mansion.
Chapter completed!