Chapter 51: The General's Front Calls the Director
The roads in the mountain city are rugged and undulating, and the distance between Xu's mansion and Chu's mansion is quite far, almost crossing most of the main city of Chongqing, so Yao Ruoyu had to experience the bump that lasted for an hour again.
When Yao Ruoyu was about to spit out all the lunch, the carriage finally arrived in front of the Xu Mansion.
Holding the car door, Yao Ruoyu walked down with a wry smile on his face. If he could give him another choice, he would definitely refuse the invitation at that time. Then when he thought about going back later, he seemed to have to enjoy it again, and the bitter smile on Yao Ruoyu's face became stronger.
Although Fu Feng and Wu Xue were from Guizhou and the other were from Chongqing, they had never enjoyed this kind of bumpy moments from the modern times. So at this moment, they were squatting on the side of the carriage with pale faces like Yao Ruoyu, slowly adjusting their breathing.
Just when the three people seemed to be three salted fish hanging... Cough cough, squatting beside the carriage, the coachman had already handed the invitation to the concierge of the Xu Mansion and handed over the gifts prepared in advance.
According to the etiquette at this time, those invited to participate in tea parties and other activities will prepare gifts for the host. Yao Ruoyu and others naturally don’t know these, but Chu Zheng expected in advance that this group of people would definitely not know these etiquettes, so he had prepared these for them long ago.
Seeing the carriage with the symbol of the King of Chu Mansion, the gatekeeper showed a respectful smile. When he saw the invitation sent by the general in person, the respect on his face had turned into a compliment. He bent over and wanted to invite Yao Ruoyu, Fu Feng and Wu Xue in.
Seeing the other party's politeness, Yao Ruoyu smiled politely, then quietly moved his fingertips, and released a spiritual spell that was calming down at himself. His body was filled with discomfort and he breathed comfortably.
Wu Xue keenly noticed the fluctuations of his fingertips, and immediately grabbed him and said gritting his teeth: "Even rain and dew are equal... Oh! For the sake of the Party and the country, help your brothers..."
"What the hell?" Yao Ruoyu looked at Wu Xue with a funny look, and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about?"
Wu Xue, who was already pale because of motion sickness, suddenly became even more pale and said angrily: "I'll have a sip of it, bastard!"
"Haha, obey the order!" Seeing that Wu Xue was approaching the brink of explosion, Yao Ruoyu quickly cast a spiritual spell on her and Fu Feng, eliminating their motion sickness symptoms.
"Ye! Isn't this Brother Yao? I haven't seen each other for a few days and I'm in good spirits!"
A heroic laughter suddenly came from not far away, and then a strong man in soft armor strode towards him and laughed at Yao Ruoyu from afar.
Turning his head to see the person clearly, Yao Ruoyu nodded and said, "General Xu."
The person who came was the city guarding general in Chongqing Prefecture. The most powerful general under Xu Jingmiao, who had the strength of the fifth level and seventh level. On that day, he fought against Xu Kuanhong, who was alone in Wanyan Meng and Wanyan Kuang.
Xu Kuanhong is from the north, so he is very burly. When he saw Yao Ruoyu greeting him, he laughed and said, "Oh, you are polite. In private, just be casual. If you don't dislike me, just call me brother."
"Xu Kuanhong, the military man dismounted from the horse in front of the prefect's palace, and the civil servants dismounted from the sedan chair. Have you forgotten?"
Yao Ruoyu smiled unconsciously when he heard this. Just as he was about to answer, he heard a coquettish shout coming from the Xu Mansion. Then he saw a petite woman walking out of it, staring at Xu Kuanhong with her beautiful eyebrows frowned.
Seeing the visitor, Xu Kuanhong slapped his forehead, then shouted and quickly turned over and got off the horse, and laughed: "Master Cao, am I excited when I saw Brother Yao, have I accidentally forgotten it? Don't be so exaggerated!"
Hearing Xu Kuanhong's answer, the woman glanced at Yao Ruoyu, Fu Feng and Wu Xue, frowned and said, "Why do you have friends everywhere? I have told you several times that since you are in an official position, remember not to set up a private mountain and make friends..."
Before the woman could finish her words, Xu Kuanhong raised her head and counted the clouds in the sky with laughter. The woman was so angry that she stamped her feet repeatedly and said furiously: "Xu Kuanhong!"
When Xu Kuanhong heard this, he quickly lowered his head, bent his body and leaned over. For some reason, when he saw his movements, a word suddenly passed through Yao Ruoyu's mind - bowing down.
However, this burly body like a black bear can actually make a bowing move, which is really a talent!
"Oh! Master Cao, don't be excited, don't be excited!" Xu Kuanhong leaned forward with a smile on his face, "You are so young, what if you are so angry that you can't last? After all, you are so old that you can't rise straight, so you can only rise horizontally!"
I thought the other party wanted to comfort me with kind words, but I didn't expect that it would eventually turn into this style of complaint. The Zhuan Zhuang's eyes turned red and he wiped his eyes hard with his sleeves, and a little tears suddenly appeared.
Seeing that Chief Cao was about to cry, Xu Kuanhong was panicked and hurriedly comforted him in various ways. After a while, he took the other party's tears back.
Looking at Xu Kuanhong, who was sweating profusely, Yao Ruoyu glanced at the sleeve of the chief clerk Cao with some amusement, because he seemed to have seen the chief clerk quietly put away a garlic.
Noting Yao Ruoyu's gaze, the Chief Cao blushed and then returned to his normal state, and bowed: "Your Excellency is Mr. Yao, right?"
Yao Ruoyu bowed and replied with a smile, "It's Yao, I wonder if the girl is?"
Xu Kuanhong laughed and hugged his shoulder: "Oh! Brother Yao, you are ignorant, right? Everyone in our entire Chongqing Prefecture, Cao Zhuan knows it!"
He glanced at Xu Kuanhong slightly, and then Cao Yuying looked at Yao Ruoyu and said calmly: "The little woman Cao Yuying is currently the chief clerk of the prefect's office. She is ordered by the general to welcome the gentleman into the palace."
"Chief's Regiment?" Blinking, Yao Ruoyu took a long time to recall the meaning of this position.
The so-called chief clerk is similar to the position of secretary in later generations, but his status is higher. If Cao Yuying was placed in later generations, it would be the secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee Secretary, and his status is higher than that of the city lords of some county towns.
When he thought of this, Yao Ruoyu felt a stern heart, and quickly nodded and smiled, "You actually welcome the labor director yourself. This general is so polite. How dare you take it!"
"Director?" Cao Yuying was stunned when she heard this, obviously not knowing the meaning of the word. Even Xu Kuanhong scratched his head and said curiously: "Brother Yao, what does the director mean?"
Seeing that the two of them didn't even know the word "director", Yao Ruoyu was also stunned, then reacted and smiled and said, "The old local dialect is meaningless."
Seeing that Yao Ruoyu spoke slick and steady, Cao Yuying couldn't help but frowned slightly. He was obviously very displeased, but she didn't say much, signaling the doorman beside her to open the door, and then walked into the prefect's mansion with Yao Ruoyu, Fu Feng and Wu Xue.
As for Xu Kuanhong, this guy was originally from the prefect's mansion, so naturally Cao Yuying didn't need to lead the way, and he followed behind with a smile.
"The tea party will be held after an hour, and all the literati and scholars from all walks of life in Chongqing Prefecture will be attended by the audience." Looking back at Yao Ruoyu and others, Cao Yuying hesitated for a moment, and then pondered, "The Chief General highly praised you, I hope not to embarrass him."
Yao Ruoyu was stunned when she heard this, then frowned, while Wu Xue said curiously: "What does it mean?"
"Not everyone can attend the tea party of the General Leader. At least one must be proficient in one skill, such as calligraphy and painting, poetry, musical instruments..." After explaining this, Cao Yuying looked at them with a frown slightly, "If you perform too poorly, the General Leader Leader will be considered to be unknown, and may even be used as an excuse by the enemy in the court to attack the General Leader."
"It's not that exaggerating, right?" Fu Feng raised his thick eyebrows and snorted, "Isn't it just to invite someone to attend a tea party? Do you want to be so intrigue?"
"Fu Feng!" Slapping his shoulder, Yao Ruoyu smiled at Cao Yuying, "Director, we are timid, don't scare us, but we will pay attention to our sensibility."
Cao Yuying pursed her mouth when she heard this, but in the end she shook her head and turned around to lead the way.
Seeing Cao Yuying turn around, Xu Kuanhong suddenly approached Yao Ruoyu and whispered: "Brother Yao, Master Cao didn't tell any lies. This is true. Although this woman is a little bit long-winded, she likes to meddle in other people's business and has a bad temper... but she is quite loyal to the general leader. She will never talk nonsense about such things."
Yao Ruoyu nodded slightly when he heard this and said softly: "Thank you."
"It's nothing!" Grinning, Xu Kuanhong said with a smile, "Isn't this also for our General Leader?"
Just as the two were talking, Cao Yuying had already taken them to the backyard of the prefect's mansion where the tea club was located.
As soon as he entered the backyard, Yao Ruoyu saw many servants and maids walking back and forth, busy setting up the tea party scene.
While scanning the surroundings, Yao Ruoyu suddenly heard Fu Feng laughing and said, "Brother Yao, does it look like ours?"
Raising his eyebrows, Yao Ruoyu smiled: "It's really similar! Speaking of which, if we didn't come here, we will be responsible for the graduate party next! We're going to schedule the show again!"
Fu Feng, who was still laughing, suddenly fell down with a grief and said depressedly: "Are you going to make a sketch again?"
Wu Xue, who was watching coldly, licked a few mouthfuls of candied haws and snorted coldly: "Hey! We're here now."
He glared at her angrily, and Yao Ruoyu muttered, "We are just recalling it, okay? We don't even give us this little right, bastard! Alas! Why do I feel that Wu Xue, you are eating candied haws at any time? Where do you get so many?"
Blinking his eyes, Wu Xue hid the candied haws behind her guiltily, and laughed: "Is there any? It's obviously not!"
"Do you think Fu Feng and I are blind?" Yao Ruoyu, who had three black lines hanging on his head, stared at her speechlessly.
"Oh! Why do you care about these details?" Wu Xue, who was in a dilemma, simply widened her eyes and hummed, "Those who care about the details are all fools!"
"Details determine success or failure!"
"Your father succeed or fail!"
"I'm going, why are you scolding?"
Seeing Yao Ruoyu and Wu Xue squat, Fu Feng rubbed his forehead helplessly. Cao Yuying and Xu Kuanhong watched in a daze as they went from little bee to fifteen or twenty, and in the end they simply used fifteen or twenty, and then they decided the final outcome.
With a smile on his face, Yao Ruoyu smiled proudly and said, "Oh! Wu Xue, you are too stupid!"
"Ah! It's so too much!" Wu Xue, who had finally broken free, quickly sorted out the shape and angrily stuck out her tongue at him.
Just as the two were having sex, Xu Jingmiao, not far away, also noticed the movement here. Seeing that it was Yao Ruoyu coming, he walked over with a smile and laughed and said, "I knew that with Brother Yao's temperament, he would probably set off immediately, and it was true."
"Haha, the Chief General is completely wise, it's amazing!" Yao Ruoyu knew that the other party was teasing her casual clothes, so he responded casually, then shrugged and smiled, "Besides, this is a tea party, not a clothes club, so why do you wear it carefully?"
With a raised eyebrows, Xu Jingmiao laughed and said, "Brother Yao is free and free, so naturally he is not subject to common customs." As he spoke, he had already looked at Fu Feng and Wu Xue beside Yao Ruoyu.
Seeing this, Yao Ruoyu quickly introduced them to each other. Then his heart moved and he wanted to stop Wu Xue, but there was no time. This cute girl fell into a state of ecstasy when she saw Xu Jingmiao. The peach light in her eyes was so bright that it could dye the entire prefect's mansion a thick layer of peach blossom red.
He held his glasses helplessly. After Yao Ruoyu tried his best, he finally pulled Wu Xue behind him, then nodded at Xu Jingmiao in embarrassment and asked, "Sir, where are we sitting?"
"There are many seats here, sit at will." Xu Jingmiao replied with a smile and raised his hand and shook it.
"Okay, then let's go and sit first..." As he spoke, Yao Ruoyu had already dragged Wu Xue to escape quickly to a seat. Fu Feng also clasped his fists awkwardly, and then hurriedly chased after him.
Chapter completed!