In front of the city gate of Jingnan County, a four-carrying sedan chair was parked, and behind the sedan chair stood a group of officials such as County Minister Zhang.
A slightly large jointed but well-maintained palm, with an orchid finger, stretched out from the sedan chair, lifting the sedan chair’s curtains and revealing Eunuch Qian’s sombre countenance. Just as Li Dian Shi said, Duke Qian was very angry at the moment.
Looking at the city gates that were cold and empty, with no one to welcome him, Eunuch Qian’s face was as gloomy as if it was dripping water.
His fingers clenched the curtain so hard that his veins showed, and the palanquin curtain seemed like it was going to be pinched out of a hole by him.
“Zhu Pingan, An dares to treat me so lightly!”
Eunuch Qian clenched his teeth and spilled out a sentence from between his teeth.
Eunuch Qian was harbouring a bellyful of anger at the moment, he couldn’t believe that Zhu Pingan had treated him so poorly.
Ever since he left the capital on a mission, all the way to the south, how many counties, states and counties have he travelled through, wherever he went, where the officials were not attentive and enthusiastic in their hospitality, bending over backwards to curry favours, and sending him a generous gift!
Not to mention that he is only a small seventh grade governor, is the governor, the county governor is not also the same attentive, enthusiastic out of the city to meet this eunuch! Even when passing through a certain county in Shandong Province, the local governor not only went out ten miles early to greet my lord, but even lifted the curtains of the sedan chair for my lord, helped my lord onto the BMW, and personally held the reins of the horse along the way to welcome my lord to the county post station.
There is no place where I have passed that is not warm and attentive! Only you, Zhu Pingan, did not come out of the city to greet me!
How dare you, a small seventh-grade magistrate, treat me with such disdain!
Hmph!
Don’t think you don’t know the sky and the earth just because you’ve made some meagre achievements!
You offended Courtier Yan in the capital and were relegated to this remote county! That’s the end of your career!
What are you talking about?
It seems you haven’t learnt a thing since you were relegated to this small county!
Good!
This time, I’ll let you learn your lesson! I’ll show you how thick the sky is!
I’m worried that I don’t know what to bring to the Queen Mother and His Majesty King Jing, so I’m going to give you, a former vassal of the Yu Royal Family, a good beating and offer it to the Queen Mother and His Majesty King Jing as one of the gifts. Oh, I think that Minister Yan, Little Minister Yan, and the others, must also be very happy to see it!
“Alas! I didn’t expect that Zhu Zhixian not only didn’t go out of the city to greet Eunuch Qian, he didn’t even send anyone to greet him without making arrangements! Alas, Zhu Zhixian how, how to do things like this, Eunuch Qian is really sorry, let you suffer.”
County Minister Zhang came to the front of the sedan chair, bowed and confessed to Eunuch Qian, stepping hard on Zhu Pingan’s two feet in his words.
“Hehe, the miscellaneous family is just a mere lackey, where would I dare to trouble the others Zhu Zhi Xian’s great driving ah.”
Eunuch Qian sneered, pinched his orchid finger and slammed the door curtain with a forceful slam, his face grim and scary.
Seeing Eunuch Qian so angry, County Minister Zhang and Master Yao looked at each other, smiles appearing on their faces.
“Ahem, Eunuch Qian, maybe ……Maybe at this moment, Governor Zhu is at the post house to greet him.”
Head Booker Yao stepped forward and bowed to Eunuch Qian, his words appeared to be persuasive, but in reality, he was arching fire. How could he speak for Zhu Pingan, but he was just trying to lure Eunuch Qian to the post house to see another cold spell and make Eunuch Qian even more angry.
“Post house? Heh ……”Eunuch Qian let out a cold laugh.
“Eunuch Qian, maybe, just as Master Yao said, Governor Zhu is meeting him at the post house at this moment. It just so happens that our county post house is within the city, not far ahead.”County Minister Zhang understood what Master Yao meant and continued.
Under the persuasion of County Premier Zhang, Master Book Yao, and the others, Eunuch Qian once again got on the sedan chair, and the group entered the city, heading towards the post house.
When County Minister Zhang and the others flanked Eunuch Qian and arrived at the post house, the newly appointed military room official Liu Jie was making his rounds at the post house. Yesterday, Zhu Ping’an reorganised the county office and put the post house matters under the management of the military room as well, so after answering the call of duty at the county office early this morning, Liu Jie came to the post house to familiarise himself with the work and arrange for the work of the post house.
“Open the door, open the door! Eunuch Qian is here in a big way, where are the people from the post house, why don’t you quickly roll out to greet them.”
A few Xuyun officials who had the intention to perform, when they arrived at the entrance of the post house, they loudly called out the door.
“Clerks Zhang, Dignitary Liu ……Cough cough, the new Military Chamber Official Fang reiterated the rules, so I don’t dare to just let you in. Please also ask Eunuch Qian to show the official document, and I will check the formalities before you can move in.”
The pawns guarding the door of the post house recognised the xuxu officials who had called the door, and also knew that they had already been dismissed, and that now their top boss was the new military room official Liu Jie, and it was only after Liu reiterated the rules that the rules should be strictly adhered to in accordance with Daming’s laws and regulations, and that only military and administrative matters could be allowed to stay in the post house, and that they didn’t dare to make a mistake at this point in time.
“You kid give face to face is not it, what official documents, what formalities, still do not quickly open the door to welcome the Eunuch Qian’s grand chariot.”
Clerk Zhang and Dignitary Liu impatiently scolded.
“Zhang clerical documents, Liu Dianliang ……I’m just a gatekeeper, so don’t make things difficult for me. Dignitary Liu is a new official and has only just reiterated the rules, and I still have a family to feed, so I wouldn’t dare to make a mistake at this time.”The post house gatekeeper pawn smiled apologetically and insisted on verifying the official document before moving in.
“What official document? My eunuch is the best official document! You dog slaves, why don’t you open the door to greet him!”
A small eunuch couldn’t help himself, pinched his orchid fingers and went forward, scolding the gatekeeper.
In fact, they really didn’t have official documents. Firstly, the official document is on the Royal Horse Supervisor Eunuch Chen Hong Chen; secondly, these eunuchs of theirs are not considered officials, strictly according to the laws and regulations of the Great Ming, only officials are qualified to use the post house; thirdly, the purchase of gold treasures and pearls is just a purchasing matter, and does not belong to the official business, let alone the military affairs.
If it was strictly according to the regulations of the Da Ming post house, the likes of them would not be able to stay in the post house.
However, there was no such thing as strict adherence to laws and regulations these days.
How many post houses have they stayed in on this journey! Hmph! This is still a post house in the middle of nowhere, so they had no choice but to stay there! If they were in the city, they wouldn’t be happy to stay in a post house! A shabby post house is not as comfortable as a VIP building in the city! Anyway, they don’t have to pay, the local officials are rushing to settle the bill.
“I’m sorry, at this juncture, without an official document, I wouldn’t dare to let you guys stay!”
The post guard pawn shook his head.
“Zhu Pingan you are too deceitful!”Eunuch Qian in the sedan chair couldn’t sit still and slammed the curtains to get out of the sedan chair, he had already harboured a bellyful of anger at the city gates, and now he was holding even more fire at the gate of the post house, the fire in his stomach couldn’t be held back for a long time, and with a green face, he cursed with a sharp voice, “Since I left the capital and went south, which local officials along the way didn’t flatter me? The governor personally for the miscellaneous family horse fell stirrups! As a result, to your small Jingnan County, you Zhu Pingan not out of the city to meet the miscellaneous family then forget it, even the post station are not allowed to miscellaneous family into! Do you really think I’m a vegetarian?”
