letter of commitment

"Grandma, won't you come with us?"

Tomorrow is the day to leave for Yanyang. Shen Qingshu visited Mrs. Li's family and wanted to take them there, but was rejected.

"Xiaoshu, I know your thoughts, but I am old too, so I should leave the glory and wealth to you young people."

"Yes, brother Qingshu, we have lived in this place for most of our lives, and we are reluctant to leave. You are still young, so you should see the outside world more." Mrs. Li and Li Erzhu said so, and Shen Qingshu felt very sorry.

Later, I went back to my room and discussed with Mu Chu again. Mrs. Li has always loved Mu Chu. If Mu Chu became a lobbyist, it might work. The care of the family, now that the husband has achieved fame and fame, it is time to repay him, so he readily agreed.

After about two cups of tea, Mu Chu came back with his head down. She didn't say anything, but Shen Qingshu knew that he didn't move them.

"Forget it, just let them go." Shen Qingshu was helpless, but there was nothing he could do.

"Sir, grandma also asked me to send you a message, saying that she wants you to be a good official who can benefit the people, so that she will have an answer to your deceased parents."

"I will."

At dawn the next day, Shen Qingshu and his group simply had breakfast and were about to set off, but they didn’t know who reported the letter. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, everyone except the village children and the old people who couldn’t move came to see them off. Okay, before leaving, Shen Qingshu gave a heavy kowtow to Mrs. Li's family, and she swore in her heart that she would definitely fulfill their hopes and everything that was placed on her.

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(somewhere)

"My lord, they have already set off for Yanyang."

The middle-aged man who was called to the Lord lit the incense candles on the altar, folded his hands together, bowed a few times to the spirit tablet, and muttered something.

"Master, do you want to do it?" The man in black waited for the person in front of him to give him a definite instruction.

"Command, go to Yanyang with me."

"Yes."

The middle-aged man looked at the spirit tablet, and a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

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Along the way, traveling long distances and not being able to wash every day was much more difficult for Mu Chu, who had been well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, than when he was in the village. Fortunately, there was a station on the way to make some preparations.

So, after two months of traveling day and night and exhausting boats and cars, Shen Qingshu and his party finally arrived at Yanyang.

Before them, the Ministry of Officials had already issued a red notice in advance, notifying the government office that Shen Qingshu would take over, so as soon as they arrived at the gate of the city, the officials of the government office, local officials, and wealthy merchants were all waiting outside the city gate. After a long time, welcome Shen Qingshu and the others into the city.

After entering the city, the officials first settled Mu Chu and the others in the house given by Zhao Qiaomu, and then arranged for Shen Qingshu to go to the local Town God's Temple to fast, bathe, stay, and prepare three sacrifices. As soon as it was light, Shen Qingshu worshiped in his official uniform, knelt down and kowtowed three times. After the sacrifice, he went back to the government office, entered through the passageway in the middle of the Yimen Gate, and knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times in the lobby to thank the emperor. King God, go back to the government office, go out of the hall, and enter the public seat to be worshiped.

After a short operation, Shen Qingshu was already tossed enough, and then, the seal ceremony was carried out, and the seal letter was verified by the secretary seal, and the handover was finally completed, and Shen Qingshu was officially appointed as the magistrate of Yanyang.

After officially taking office, Shen Qingshu will have a big change of people who served under the former magistrate. Zhong Qiyu is pleased to be promoted to the post of master, while Zhong Qiao is mainly responsible for personal protection of Shen Qingshu's personal safety, and occasionally takes the post of policeman. Sometimes the arrest will encounter difficult people, and at this time Zhong Qiao will come out.

After two months of contact before taking office, Shen Qingshu confirmed that the brothers surnamed Zhong could be entrusted with important tasks. He followed Ling Luoqian's words at the beginning and regarded the two as his right-hand man and his heart-to-heart. She works, works hard and is assigned by her.

On this day, after returning to the Shen Mansion from the government office, Shen Qingshu couldn't be idle. He buried his head in the study room without taking off his official uniform, and once again carefully checked the land boundary books, the mountains, rivers and fields of the counties he belongs to, and the distribution of villages around the counties. , Customs and customs, tax and grain household registration, criminals in prison, who is rampant and oppressing the village, etc., and then noticed that bandits are rampant on a luck road outside Yanyang City, specially intercepting traders coming in and out of the city, hindering Yanyang's business Not to mention the development of the city, it also made the surrounding people panic, and basically dare not come to the city again.

This is also the reason why various industries in Yanyang City are somewhat sluggish. Shen Qingshu was thinking in his heart, to find a suitable time to get rid of this banditry to reassure the people, so he called Zhong Qiyu to discuss it together, and the two were addicted to it, unexpectedly I don't know it's night.

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Mu Chu didn't know that Shen Qingshu had already returned to the mansion, but he just waited and waited for no one, and he couldn't whet his appetite when facing the table full of dishes.

Speaking of which, since Shen Qingshu took office, he often had to deal with affairs in the government office until late at night before returning, or he simply stayed overnight in the government office, and then even if he came back, the next day when Mu Chu woke up, Shen Qingshu went out, causing Maybe after a whole day, Mu Chu won't see Shen Qingshu.

"Miss, if you don't eat, the food will be cold."

The food cools down quickly in winter, and Xiao He reminded her when she saw that Mu Chu had been holding chopsticks for a long time and didn't pick up vegetables.

"Mister hasn't come back yet, I have no appetite."

Mu Chu sighed and put down the chopsticks directly.

Knowing that it was because of this, Xiao He had no choice but to stand quietly and sigh: Mr. is really too busy.

……

Another hour passed, and the food was already cold, so Mu Chu simply stopped eating and told people to leave.

"Go back to the house." Mu Chu was in a low mood, and he couldn't wait for Mr. this time.

On the way back to the house, Mu Chu had to pass the study, and Xiao He led the way with a lantern. Seeing the lights in the study and Zhong Qiao guarding the door, he looked back at Mu Chu.

really!Mu Chu also noticed it, raised his energy again, and was about to pass the gesture, and Shen Qingshu also finished discussing with Zhong Qiyu, and happened to open the door and come out.

Seeing Shen Qingshu who was still wearing a round neck vermilion official robe and talking to Zhong Qiyu, Mu Chu showed joy, but stopped his steps and waited for Shen Qingshu.

"Then, my lord, I will retreat first."

"it is good."

Zhong Qiyu saw Mu Chu as soon as he turned around, but Shen Qingshu didn't seem to notice, so he coughed to signal, so Shen Qingshu also noticed Mu Chu's existence, and walked towards her.

Zhong Qiyu elbowed Zhong Qiao who had been standing at the door of the study without moving: "Brother Ao, we can retire at this time."

Zhong Qiyu knew how much it would hurt his heart if he heard something again, so he greeted Shen Qingshu and went for a walk with Zhong Qiyu.

When Shen Qingshu came in front of Mu Chu, Xiao He took the lead in fighting for Mu Chu:

"Sir, why didn't you send someone to pass on the message at the house, but Miss has been waiting for you for a whole day, even dinner is useless."

Shen Qingshu looked at Mu Chu who had been silent all this time, perhaps because of the strong wind tonight, she stood here for a long time, her nose was already a little red from the blowing.

"Miss Xiaohe, please tell the people in the dining room to make some hot porridge and hot water for my room." After finishing speaking, he took Mu Chu's hand and was grateful for the cold touch on her hand Shocked.

The cuffs of the official robe were very wide, Shen Qingshu hid Mu Chu's hands in the cuffs and dragged her to his room.

Once inside the house, Shen Qingshu took off the cloak she was wearing for Mu Chu, let her sit on the couch, and lit a charcoal fire for her to warm her hands.

"I came back quite early today. I just dealt with some official business in the study, but I forgot to tell you."

"Oh."

At this moment, Mu Chu felt sulking in his heart, and said indifferently, "I'm not as important as official business!"But she was also easy to coax, after being with her for so long, how could Shen Qingshu not know the little mischief in her heart.

"I took office not long ago, and there are too many affairs to be handed over. I will accompany you after the busy work at hand, okay?"

"not good……"

"Mu Chu..."

"Unless I sleep with you, sir, tonight."

Shen Qingshu naturally rejected Mu Chu on the grounds that it would affect Mu Chu's reputation.

"But my current reputation abroad is that I am the wife of the prefect of Shen. Why not?"

Mu Chu didn't know why Shen Qingshu didn't know about this matter. Whether it was the servants in the mansion or outsiders, when they saw her, they would respectfully address her as Mrs. Shen. Ask why Mu Chu and Shen Qingshu don't share the same room, whether there is something awkward or something, Xiao He told Mu Chu the truth. At the beginning, Mu Chu was extremely uncomfortable with this new title, but after thinking about it, it didn't seem to matter. Wrong, now he has adapted to it, and learned to take care of the household chores, and has settled down the identity of "Mrs. Shen".

Shen Qingshu was speechless for a moment, because it wasn't that she didn't know, but she just kept pretending to be stupid.

At this time, the porridge and hot water were also delivered, and Shen Qingshu didn't intend to continue this topic with Mu Chu.

"Drink some porridge first, and I'll take a bath."

When the word "bathing" was heard in Mu Chu's ears, Shen Qingshu saw the light flashing in Mu Chu's eyes, and immediately gave her a brain break.

"Drink your porridge, don't think wildly, let alone make impossible ideas."

Hmph, Mu Chu snorted dissatisfiedly, Mr. really doesn't know how to be emotional, I thought I could have a mandarin duck bath with him, it was really disappointing.

Touching the forehead that had just been popped, Mu Chu reluctantly drank the porridge, listening to the sound of water behind the screen, his heart itched even more. The small painting was originally to pass the time for myself, and then I couldn't help but look at it out of curiosity. Now my mind is full of embarrassing pictures, it's so embarrassing!

The bowl bottomed out, and the sound of water continued. Mu Chu could see the steaming heat rising from the screen, and his body became hot as he fancied it. He wondered to himself, closed his eyes, covered his ears, and read With the meditation spell, it is not even known when Shen Qingshu will recover.

"Muchu, what's wrong with you?"

As soon as Shen Qingshu came out, he saw that she was still muttering words in such a strange state, so he patted her.

Mu Chu was taken aback by this abrupt action, and felt even more guilty when he opened his eyes to see Shen Qingshu.

"what happened to you?"

"I'm fine, sir. I've finished my porridge and I'm going back to the house."

"and many more."

Mu Chu really didn't want to hear Shen Qingshu's next words. With the things in his mind now, he might have a sleepless night.

"Leave it tonight."