Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

At a quarter to twelve, the Confucius Mansion's thank-you banquet began. The number of people who showed up was not as many as expected. Only eight tables were set up in the front yard, and everyone sat down.

Two of the three county governors in the Three Dragons Land came, only Cheng Zifeng did not come.

Two tables were set up in the main room in the front yard. The Kong family, two county governors and several officials of the county government had their meals here. The third wife and the eldest daughter were in charge of the reception.

Su Bai and Kong Dai toasted everyone one by one to express their gratitude, starting from outside the courtyard.

As the highest military commander in Longxing County, Zhou Beiwang was also arranged to live in the main house, but he insisted on sitting outside. He told Su Bai that he did not like the official greetings and felt more comfortable sitting outside.

"I'll ask Zi Yan to bring a lunch box to deliver some food to the company commanders under Captain Zhou. Uncle Kong can go and make the arrangements."

Su Bai said this on purpose for Kong Dai to hear. A moment later, Zi Yan walked out of the front yard full of guests carrying a food box, and everyone could see her.

As for whether or not to really deliver meals to the company commanders, we will talk about it after Wang Yutian’s matter is settled. We can find an excuse that the amount delivered is too little and send another trip.

Just as Kong Dai turned around to go to the kitchen to make arrangements, Su Bai grabbed him again and said, "Forget it, Uncle Kong, let Zi Yan do it herself. There are still many people here who haven't toasted yet. Without you here, I don't know anyone."

"Okay." Kong Dai agreed repeatedly.

The original intention was to let him know that he was not really required to go to the kitchen to make arrangements. The purpose had been achieved, and Su Bai continued to toast.

She saw Zi Yan had already walked out of the Kong Mansion carrying the food box.

Her heartbeat began to speed up, but the pace of toasting slowed down. She wanted to see Zi Yan return safely in the yard.

All the people from the Kong Mansion were in the courtyard, and only a few soldiers of Zhou Beiwang were guarding outside the door. They were the only ones who saw Zi Yan enter the Xiankelai Inn, but they didn't care about it.

Zi Yan had been out for more than ten minutes, but Su Bai felt as if an entire day had passed.

Suddenly, "Bang, bang, bang, bang!" The gunshots coming from outside the Confucius Mansion immediately made the noisy Confucius Mansion compound quiet. However, the silence was only for a moment, and soon someone screamed.

"Don't panic, don't panic!" Kong Dai comforted everyone, saying that there were troops in the city, shooting was a common occurrence, and the entire Longxing County was safe.

He also asked two servants to close the door of Confucius' Mansion.

The gunshots came from the direction of the Xiankelai Inn. Su Bai had just tried firing the small pistol given to him by Zhou Beiwang more than an hour ago, so he was very familiar with the sound of gunshots. He was sure that it was Zi Yan who fired the gun, and fired six shots in a row.

The gun could only hold six bullets, and Zi Yan fired them all in one breath.

As soon as the gunshots are heard, the guards in front of the Kong Mansion and the guard camp opposite will immediately rush into the Xiankelai Inn, and Zi Yan will definitely not be able to escape.

As long as she doesn't resist with a gun and get shot on the spot, she can ask Zhou Beiwang to let her go.

Only then did Su Bai realize that Zhou Beiwang was no longer sitting at the table. He must have rushed out.

The door was closed to calm the guests, but it made Su Bai very anxious, as he had no idea what was going on outside.

After a few minutes, Su Bai said to Kong Dai, "Open the door. We haven't heard any gunshots since those shots. Everything should be fine."

She asked Kong Dai to continue accompanying the guests while she went outside the courtyard to take a look.

When they arrived at the door, they found that two of the four guards were missing. There were only two left, and one of them was an officer with the rank of captain.

"What happened? Have you seen your Battalion Commander Zhou?" Su Bai asked.

The officer told Su Bai that just now a man and a woman ran out of the Xiankelai Inn one after another, and Captain Zhou caught them both.

The officer lowered his voice and said to Su Bai, "That woman is the young mistress's maid. Captain Zhou has instructed that this matter cannot be told to anyone except the young mistress."

Su Bai felt relieved, Zi Yan was still alive and everything was fine.

But he was also worried because Wang Yutian was still alive and was captured by Zhou Beiwang and brought back to the battalion headquarters.

"Madam, are you going to the battalion headquarters to look for Captain Zhou?" The officer said to Su Bai with a smile, "Captain Zhou asked me to tell you, Madam, don't worry, he will take care of this matter."

Don't worry about a damn thing.

Su Bai couldn't understand what Zhou Beiwang was up to with him.

Yesterday, when Wang Yutian and himself were bargaining outside the mansion, Zhou Beiwang saw it from behind the window.

He must also know that Wang Yutian had moved into the Xiankelai Inn.

Could it be that he guessed that I was going to kill Wang Yutian, so he deliberately gave me a gun today and asked me and Zi Yan to practice a few shots first?

Su Bai believed a saying that handsome men are unreliable and there is most likely a conspiracy behind their pretentious words.

As long as he interrogates Wang Yutian, all the truth about his identity will be revealed. Even if Zhou Beiwang does not tell the people in the Kong Mansion immediately, he will report it to the second master Kong Chen.

This is the same as telling the people in Confucius Mansion, except that it will be delayed by a day or two.

If the second master doesn't tell the people in the Kong family about this, he will use this as a handle to completely control Su Bai. Compared with the second wife who can only do things in secret, this Kong Chen is much more terrifying.

Su Bai really wanted to meet Zhou Beiwang right now, perhaps Wang Yutian had not had time to explain everything.

Just at this time, Kong Dai also came out. He first asked the captain what happened, but the answer he got was completely different from what Su Bai heard.

The captain told Kong Dai that two officers were testing the performance of the new gun and nothing happened.

"I'm glad you're alright." Kong Dai said to Su Bai, "There's another table of guests who have just finished their toasts. Shall we... go back?"

Su Bai had no choice but to go back.

After toasting the guests outside the courtyard, Su Bai finally had time to go back to the seat reserved for her at the main guest table in the main room to eat a bite of food. But how could she eat anything at this moment?

The door of the main room was open. Su Bai was sitting at the main seat and could just see the distance from the front yard to the gate of the mansion.

Kong Dai sat at another table. He was really hungry after being busy all morning, so he started to eat voraciously as soon as he sat down at the table.

As soon as Su Bai sat down, the eldest daughter and the third concubine, who were accompanying the two county governors on her behalf, stood up. The third concubine poured wine, and the eldest daughter put food on the plate in front of Su Bai: "Sister-in-law, you have worked hard. Eat a bite first and then drink."

The third concubine spoke with a sour tone: "Our eldest young lady is in charge of the family, and the servants can also sit at the table. The two county governors, please don't laugh at me, okay?"

She was talking about Kong Dai. The housekeeper could not eat at the same table with the master. At that table were the fourth, fifth and sixth concubines, as well as three young ladies.

The two county governors and accompanying officials turned their eyes to Su Bai. From their eyes, they could see that it was indeed against the rules for the butler to sit at the table.

At the table, Kong Dai also heard what the Third Aunt said. He immediately put down his chopsticks, stood up, and stepped back from the table: "I was too busy at the time and didn't pay attention to the arrangement of the eldest young lady. I forgot everything."

"Uncle Kong, please sit down!" Su Bai slammed his chopsticks on the table: "I have the final say in this family, whoever sits where I tell them to sit must sit there!"

The eldest daughter also chimed in, saying that she and her brother were raised by Uncle Kong. In her and her brother's eyes, Kong Dai had the same status as the second and third masters. The only difference was that one was at home while the other two were in the army. Kong Dai had long been their own uncle.

Since entering the Kong Mansion, the eldest lady has never spoken so loudly, leaving the Kong family members stunned for a moment.

Although Su Bai said so, Kong Dai refused to sit back at the table.

At this moment, Su Bai saw Zi Yan enter the gate of Confucius Mansion and slip away to the backyard along the wing rooms.