C52 (1/2)

Soon, a group of officials appeared on the official road. In the middle of the group was a jujube red sedan, which was carried by a middle-aged sedan bearer.

From time to time, this group of people would arrive at the entrance of the small mountain village. The leader of the group opened his mouth and asked, ”Are you the village chief?”

”The final official is right!” The Village Chief did not dare to laugh, so he could only muster his energy to respond. He tried to guess the purpose of their visit, but he did not know if his father-in-law would be easy to talk to.

While his heart was beating, the crimson palanquin fell to the ground, and a young eunuch who was serving with him lifted the curtain. After a while, a white, well-kept hand with a large ruby ring extended from the palanquin and rested lightly on the young eunuch's outstretched hands.

The village chief peeked at it and thought to himself, ”Isn't that an eunuch?” Why a lady?

”Is that the village head standing outside?” A piercing voice came from the bridge.

The Village Chief and the others felt their scalps go numb when they heard this. Their faces turned odd for a split-second. Even the officials carefully turned their heads to the side, silently counting the flowers by the roadside.

”Yes sir!”

The Village Chief did not know whether the person in the palanquin was a man or a woman.

When the village chief saw this, he felt dizzy. Who could tell him why his father's hands were even better than his wife's when she was young?

A squat father-in-law stepped out of the sedan chair, with a square mouth and a large nose. The biggest feature was that he looked like an enlarged winter melon.

When he stepped out of the sedan chair, the village chief led several people to welcome him. He arrogantly cleared his throat and said in a shrill voice, ”I have received orders from the Your Majesty to come to Shu to pick the girls. I have long heard of the girls from the small mountain village.

Zuo Ren Xian, who stood at the back, curled his lips. It was just a eunuch, but he was only a fourth rank official at most. What was that supposed to mean?

He was thinking about how to climb over a wall or climb up a window in order to avoid being watched by Mu Jinzhi. Seeing her beloved Xiao Sangsang, when he pitifully decided to marry her, not to mention stealing from her, she only said that the number of times they met was enough for her to stretch out two little fingers.

He did not even have rank, so how could he dare to offend this great elder? He quickly pointed to Yang Zixuan and the others, and laughed, ”I heard that this great elder is coming, and that Lord Zhou of the Song Province, as well as the first great raising child of the village, are all at home. As the last official, he invited three young masters to make preparations.

The eunuch glanced at him and chuckled while pinching the orchid. ”Oh, you will get into trouble. Alright, for the sake of your filial piety, I'll come and sit at your place for a while.”

With that, he gestured to the young eunuch by his side to help him walk towards the Village Head's house. Then he stopped and said, ”The Wu family's surname is Lu, this is not the only Wu family here!”

”Yes, yes, yes, Eunuch Lu, please!”

The village chief had long been cursing in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that he was trying to protect the little girls of the mountain village from harm, he would have been too old to lower his voice in front of a eunuch.

Upon reaching the Village Chief's house, Wives brought out a good wine and dishes, Yang Zixuan, Zuo Ren Xian and Mu Jinzhi accompanied him, although he was a part of the emperor's side, he was not like the eunuchs, if he saw any of them accompanying him, although he had some face, he would not dare to be too presumptuous, if even one of them were to reach the Your Majesty, his life would be in danger.

Eunuch Lu sat down politely, and gave Yang Zixuan and Zuo Ren some face, he did not look like he was hard to please, so the village chief saw and sighed a breath of relief.

The Eunuch Lu had seen all kinds of delicacies in the palace, but the village head was also a perceptive person, all he had was the wild game on the back mountain of the small mountain village, which caused the villagers to expend their energy, he took back his silver and killed two birds with one stone, right now Eunuch Lu was squinting his eyes drinking wine, eating the wilderness taste with oil dripping all over his mouth.

Hmm, it's been so many years since I've eaten this mountain and wilderness. I miss it so much, I didn't expect you to be such a filial person. You've made me so full of fresh wild food, so much that I've had enough of it.

The leader of the officials came forward to receive the order, ”Eunuch, this little one is here. May I know what orders you have?”

Eunuch Lu saw that it was just noon so he ordered: ”Go down and bring some people for dinner. After resting, we will go to the village door to check on the village head. The village head is very sensible, you guys shouldn't cause too much trouble after you leave.”

At this point, he stopped and slightly creased his brow. He said, ”It's still better if I rest at home and go with you.”

Everyone saw that he was serious, their hearts trembled, could it be that Eunuch Lu was busy with something? The village head was anxious, all the girls in the village called him grandfather, how could they not take care of this matter?