Chapter 193 It’s been a long time waiting
Who could resist a box of gold nuggets like this? If he didn't want to maintain his character, Meng Changqing would have wanted to take it and weigh it to see how heavy it was.
However, when I thought that I had spent ten years in exchange for this box of gold nuggets, I suddenly felt mixed emotions.
"Master Meng." Eunuch Qian whispered, "Take it quickly."
Meng Changqing took it with both hands and almost hit the ground. She was shocked by the weight again. It must have weighed about twenty kilograms! No wonder Eunuch Qian’s hands were shaking.
Meng Changqing's mind began to calculate uncontrollably.
Twenty kilograms of gold, converted to today's silver price, the box of gold in her hand is worth almost more than four thousand taels of silver.
She was appointed magistrate of Beishan County, with a regular salary of 30 taels of silver per month, and the total salary for ten years was only 3,600 taels of silver.
Meng Changqing came to his senses and immediately returned the brocade box to Eunuch Qian, "Your Majesty, I am a humble minister and want to exchange rewards with Your Majesty."
The emperor was not surprised at all, "What do you want?"
"I remember that your majesty's imperial estate stores a lot of seeds every year, and I sincerely ask your majesty to give some seeds to me."
"Go and get it if you want it." The emperor said, "How about I give you two days to move as much as you can?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Your eyeballs are almost stuck to the gold nugget. Since you are so reluctant to part with it, you should take it back."
This time Meng Changqing knelt sincerely, "Thank you for your grace."
Meng Changqing came out with the box of gold in her arms. She refused to let anyone else help her along the way. She said: "This weight is nothing for a martial artist."
The eunuch who sent her out naturally sent these words to the emperor's ears, and the emperor immediately understood what she meant, "This is too little."
After leaving the palace gate, Meng Changqing took a deep breath and felt that he was alive.
Chu Mufeng didn't know when he stood in a row with the guards. When he came out of the middle, Meng Changqing noticed him.
"Lord Bai."
"Mr. Meng, I'm back."
Meng Changqing noticed that there was a dagger on his waist, "How is everything at home?"
Chu Mufeng: "Everything is business as usual."
After saying a few words, they saw Bafang leading their horses standing a little further away, waving to them constantly.
"Go back." Meng Changqing walked quickly holding the box, "Go back and have lunch."
Chu Mufeng said kindly: "Mr. Meng, the box in your hand seems to be quite heavy, why don't I hold it for you."
"No, no, no!" Meng Changqing immediately refused.
Before she and Chu Mufeng could reach Bafang, a middle-aged man quickly walked out next to him. At first glance, this man looked like a well-dressed servant.
Meng Changqing knew who he belonged to without opening his mouth, so Quan pretended that he couldn't see him and trotted straight to the horse.
Just as she was about to mount the horse, the middle-aged man could only call out to her, "Mr. Meng! Master Meng, wait a moment! I am a servant of Zou Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and I have been ordered to wait here for Master Meng."
Meng Changqing asked him as if he had lost his memory, "What are you waiting for me to do?"
"I'm afraid I've forgotten that you have an appointment with my family. My family has been waiting at the teahouse for a long time."
The implication is that it would be rude if you didn't go.
But politeness cannot be eaten as a meal.
She was polite to Zou Duren. The prince might not be able to sleep well today. She still has ten years in prison, but she will never do anything that would make the prince suspicious of her.
"I didn't expect that His Majesty would summon you alone and keep your family waiting for a long time." Meng Changqing said, "But Your Majesty also told me other things. I have to do it quickly. I can only live up to Master Zou's kindness."
After that, he rode away.
Bafang and Chu Mufeng did not react and were left on the spot by her.
"What...what is this?" The middle-aged man spread his hands and looked at the two people beside him, "Boy, my lord is still waiting in the teahouse. If Lord Meng doesn't go, wouldn't it be that my lord has been waiting for most of the day in vain? ?”
Bafang ignored him and mounted his horse to chase Meng Changqing.
Chu Mufeng waited a little longer and said, "Steward, my lord is going to do something assigned by His Majesty. If the matter is urgent, please forgive me. If your Majesty is really dissatisfied, you can go to His Majesty and submit a copy."
"What are you talking about?" The middle-aged man watched several people leave quickly, unable to hold them back. "What are these words, what are these things?"
It was not until they arrived in front of the house that Bafang caught up with Meng Changqing, "Master, give me the reins."
As soon as Meng Changqing entered through the side door, Dai Dongwen came to greet him, "Master, the eldest young master of the Meng family came here twice. When he arrived at the door, he asked if you were there. I told him that you hadn't come back from the previous court, but he turned around and left without bothering. , but I’ll come back later..."
Before he finished speaking, the guard at the front door came over to report, "Master, Brother Meng Xiaole is here again. He came as soon as the master entered the house. Is it possible that he is staring at our house?"
"There must be people watching around. You ask two people to go out and look around to see where they are." After Dai Dongwen gave the instructions, he asked Meng Changqing, "Master, are you still saying that you haven't come back?"
"No, just tell him I'm back, but I don't have time to see him, and let him fart if he wants."
"Hey!" Dai Dongwen said to the Meng family guard: "Go and call someone first, and then go to the door to answer.
Master, I asked the cook to prepare lunch in advance. Do you want to use it now? ”
"Eat now." Meng Changqing stopped Dai Dongwen who was going to the kitchen, "Uncle Dai, find me a steelyard first."
"What do you call it?"
"Fine stuff."
"I'll send it to you later."
Over there, Bafang fed the horses fodder, talked to Chu Mufeng and walked to Meng Changqing's study.
"Master Bai, how come you look so haggard after one day's return?"
"I didn't sleep well. There were too many people at home and it was too noisy."
"In that case, why don't you come back earlier?" Bafang said, "We have fewer people and more rooms at home, so it will be more peaceful for you to live here."
Chu Mufeng nodded and didn't want to say more.
When the two of them arrived at the door of the study, they happened to bump into Dai Dongwen who was passing by to deliver the wedding ceremony and lunch.
Before Bafang could remember to ask what the nickname was for, he was blinded by the gold nugget shining brightly on his young master's desk.
"Master, where did all this come from?" Bafang carefully touched the gold nugget, "Hey, this piece must weigh a pound!"
"Overweighing." Meng Changqing weighed the gold nuggets piece by piece. Sure enough, each gold nugget weighed about one kilogram. There were twenty pieces in the box, which was really twenty kilograms of gold.
Bafang holds a piece in each hand, "We are rich! We are rich!"
"You can't make a fortune with this little gold." Meng Changqing asked him to put it back. "This is my compensation for ten years... well, ten years of salary."
Bafang didn't understand, "Ten years' salary? Why can't I understand? Mr. Zong only said that your salary was withheld for three years. Where did you get the idea of ten years?"
"I'll tell you on the way back to Liangzhou." Meng Changqing locked the box and put it away. "Eat first. After dinner, there are other important things to do."