The Female Assistant of Wei Yuyan Shuangfei

At nightfall, the streets of Laigu County were already brightly lit.

Passersby were all smiling, and the businesses on both sides of the street specially increased the number of lanterns today to illuminate the entire county.

Thanks to Xie Tingwen's iron-fisted approach and the title of Slaughtering King, the public security in Laigu County is much better than before, and there are fewer thefts.

The yamen runners also gathered in twos and threes at the street corners in the city, observing the passers-by, fearing that someone would be so blind as to disturb the current prosperity.

Just as several yamen runners were looking around, they saw Cao Zhen leading Cao Yue, who was dressed as a man, towards them.

The yamen runner hurried over and bowed, saying, "Boss! Everything is normal."

"Yeah!~"

Cao Zhen nodded slightly, looked around to make sure there was nothing unusual, and led Cao Yue to the next street corner.

After Cao Zhen left, the yamen runners hurriedly gathered together and chuckled, "I didn't expect that I still like Long Yang. If Madam Cao knew about this, I'm afraid I'd be in big trouble."

"Hey, don't tell me, we all know about this, why didn't Madam Cao receive any news at all?"

"Have you met Mrs. Cao?"

One of them rolled his eyes at the other as he spoke. After all, not only them, but many people in the yamen had never seen Mrs. Cao.

If they hadn't heard that Captain Cao was already married, and hadn't had several officials from the county government to corroborate their claims, their doubts would have been dispelled.

However, in the past three months, they had been going to and from the government office with Captain Cao, but they had never seen any female relatives coming to pick them up, so they began to doubt Captain Cao's interest.

Several people were talking at the same time, but one person remained silent, which naturally attracted the attention of others.

"Liu'er! You have been following Tou the longest. Does Tou really have that kind of hobby?" someone asked with a gleam in his eye.

Liu Liu was about to reply when he saw the other person's expression of realization. He looked Liu Liu up and down and said, "Liu'er! The head can't be..."

"Put away those dirty thoughts of yours right now. If you have nothing to do, go patrol the streets. Otherwise, I will tell the boss about this soon." Liu Liu said sternly.

Everyone was so scared that they kept apologizing and dispersed as if begging for mercy, for fear of leaving an impression on Liu Liu and spreading some gossip to the head of the military office.

If the head of the military office finds out, they will be skinned alive if not dead, as criticizing superiors is a serious crime.

After the others left, Liu Liu shrugged helplessly and muttered to himself, "Boss! Why did you do this Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai drama? It's putting a lot of pressure on me now!"

Cao Zhen was unaware of Liu Liu's sigh and had never noticed it. He still took Cao Yue to stroll around the county town.

"Husband!"

Cao Yue lowered her voice and shouted, then looked at the lanterns beside her. After a glance, Cao Zhen understood immediately.

"You wait."

As Cao Zhen spoke, he walked towards the rack where the lanterns were hung, picked up a lantern with a lotus flower painted on it and asked, "Boss! How much is this lantern?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper raised his head and glanced at the lantern and said, "Sincerely, I'll give you ten cents...Captain Cao?"

The shopkeeper suddenly came to his senses. When he saw the visitor's face clearly, he smiled and said, "If Captain Cao likes it, this lamp is for him."

"Boss, you are harming me!" Cao Zhen said half-jokingly.

"How can you say that? How dare I harm Captain Cao?" The shopkeeper also apologized with a smile.

Cao Zhen said nothing, took out ten copper coins from his bosom and handed them to the shopkeeper, then walked towards Cao Yue holding the lantern.

The shopkeeper felt something was not real when holding the copper coins in his hand, because in his impression, anyone who had anything to do with the government had to pay money.

Today is New Year's Day, and Lin You, the head of Xiahe Township, found him and asked him to use his ancestral craft to make some lanterns and sell them in the county town. Xiahe Township has five tax-free quotas today.

The old man didn't think much about it. Based on the idea that it would be a fool not to make money, he cut some bamboo on the mountain early in the morning and prepared a dozen lanterns.

Unexpectedly, he completed the first order of the day, and it was sold to the chief constable of the yamen, which made him feel flattered.

"Here!~"

Seeing Cao Zhen handing over the lantern without understanding romance, Cao Yue sighed helplessly and said, "The candle burns out the longing, and the veil does not understand the moth's feelings. How stupid."

Cao Yue stamped her feet coquettishly, then continued walking forward holding the lantern.

Cao Zhen touched his nose awkwardly. He also wanted to try another approach, but didn’t the situation allow it?

His expression was somewhat resentful. Looking at Cao Yue who did not stop, he hurriedly took a few steps to catch up.

As he walked, Cao Yue stopped where he was, looking at the two figures not far away, a look of shock suddenly appearing on his face.

Cao Zhen also noticed something strange, and walked up to meet Cao Yue's gaze, and his whole body was numb.

"Small......"

Before Cao Zhen could even start talking, Cao Yue quickly covered his mouth with his hands and eyes, and whispered sternly, "Don't talk. Are you afraid that others won't know?"

Cao Zhen swallowed his saliva and nodded subconsciously, and then Cao Yue slowly let go of his hand.

"Xi'er! Does this look good?" Xie Shuting picked out a mask and put it on, asking in her rough voice.

Lian Xi looked around nervously, and nodded in panic, "Young Master, it looks good. There are too many people in this place, so let's go back."

"Why go back? It's still early."

As Xie Shuting spoke, she took another one and put it on her face, saying, "Father must be in the study right now. It would be too boring to go back. Let's play for a while."

"But sir..."

Lian Xi looked at the two figures not far away in astonishment, and blurted out with a nervous look: "Captain Cao."

"Captain Cao?"

Xie Shuting turned her head in confusion and saw Cao Zhen and his wife through the mask. She immediately said with a smile, "Xi'er! Pay."

Without waiting for Lian Xi to respond, Xie Shuting walked towards Cao Zhen with two masks in her hand. Lian Xi did not dare to delay, so he casually threw half a penny and followed.

Compared to Cao Zhen's fear, Cao Yue recovered quickly. He calmly went up to him, bowed and said, "Thank you, young master!"

Xie Shuting nodded with satisfaction, handed over a mask in her hand, and bowed in return, saying, "Master Cao!"

The two smiled at each other, as if they were approving each other's outfits, or perhaps expressing disdain for the constraints faced by women today.

Cao Yue put away the mask, rolled her eyes at Cao Zhen and said, "We are so close, there is nothing romantic about going shopping with him."

"Hahaha!~"

Xie Shuting couldn't help but laugh out loud when she heard this, "Brother Cao doesn't know how to express himself, but when it comes to romantic matters, I still think highly of him."

"Don't flatter him."

"Is there?" Xie Shuting looked around innocently.