Naturally, he didn't need to discuss with Fu Ning about going to see Wuzhou State Mu. Yun Lang just wanted to see if he could take Funing with him by the way.

As a result, things went much smoother than expected. Probably after a period of testing, both Chongren and Luan Qiuyu felt that Fu Ning and Yun Lang were just ordinary merchants, the kind of merchants who were not qualified to contact officials, even if they We all know that Yun Lang was born in a family of officials, and he would not think that there would be a high-ranking official willing to give up his official career and send his son to study medicine in Yaowang Valley. feel they are safe.

So after the two parties negotiated and selected a clear and sunny day, Fu Ning and Yun Lang took a carriage to visit the State Shepherd's Mansion for the first time according to the rules.

When Fu Ning and Yun Lang arrived, Chongren seemed to have been waiting outside the gate of Zhoumu Mansion for a long time, just as their carriage stopped, Chongren greeted them with a smile and rubbed his hands.

"Master Fu, Mr. Yun, you are here."

Fu Ning jumped off the carriage, and then turned to help Yunlang. Hearing this, Fu Ning turned his head and glanced at Chongren: "I'm late?"

"No, no," Chongren shook his head quickly, "It's not yet the agreed time, but Master Zhou has been looking forward to meeting the two of you, but has never been able to spare the time. I finally looked forward to it today, and I feel a little bit worried. I am anxious, I got up early this morning and have been waiting until now."

"How did this happen?" Yun Lang held Fu Ning's hand and got off the carriage, seeming a little panicked, "Since Master Zhou has been waiting early in the morning, why didn't Mr. Chong send someone to write to us? What a sin it is for Master Shepherd to wait so long."

"Mr. Yun is serious," Chongren smiled, "It is the lord who told us not to rush, I am afraid that you two have other things to do."

"Lord Zhou Mu really has a big heart." Yun Lang boasted in a very perfunctory way, but Fu Ning gave him a stare.

It's easy for Yun Lang to praise other men, but why don't you see Yun Lang complimenting him on weekdays?

Yun Lang was stared inexplicably, but he still obediently followed behind Fu Ning.

Fu Ning almost never came to the State Shepherd's Mansion, but Yun Lang came almost every day, so he immediately discovered that there were more nursing homes in the State Shepherd's Mansion than usual.

Yun Lang hurried forward to chase after Fu Ning, and secretly tugged on Fu Ning's sleeve.

Fu Ning turned his head to look at Yun Lang in doubt, and after understanding Yun Lang's eyes, he looked around carefully, and silently wrote down the patrol routes and guard positions of the guards.

Chongren laughed all the way, as if he had encountered some happy event, and kept talking beside Funing.

Most of the time, Fu Ning only made a single sound, responding to Chongren very perfunctorily. Whenever Fu Ning felt that Chongren was too close to him, he would calmly move closer to Yun Lang, trying to pull him away. The distance between Chongren.

But Yun Lang was only focused on observing the guards in the yard, and didn't notice the interaction between Chongren and Fu Ning. He thought he was walking in a straight line, but every time Fu Ning approached him, he would subconsciously walk towards him. Moved sideways, and almost bumped into the door.

"What are you thinking? Watch the road." Funing grabbed Yun Lang who was about to bump into the door frame, and frowned and blamed Yun Lang for his carelessness.

Yun Lang stared blankly at the door frame in front of him, and then turned around to look at the way he came from. He really couldn't figure out how he came here.

Finally, in the main room of Zhoumu Mansion, he met Wuzhou Zhoumu who had "admired his name for a long time". Naturally, Yun Lang didn't know this person, and when Fu Ning saw this person, he felt that he was someone he had never seen before. .

Fu Ning and Fu Rong have lived in the capital for a long time, and they are not familiar with the magistrates in various places. They have never seen many of them, but the state shepherds and garrison generals in various places must have seen them. They are all careful and cautious people, but anyone who has seen them will not have no impression at all, but the Wuzhou state shepherd Fu Ning in front of him really has no impression.

Fu Ning quickly lowered his voice and asked Yan Ming, "Is this Wuzhou State Shepherd?"

"Yes," Yan Ming nodded slightly, "It's just that he never went to Beijing to report on his work."

The original state herdsman of Wuzhou was from Chang'an. He was assigned to Wuzhou after being the number one scholar in the imperial examination. The state shepherd died suddenly due to illness. It happened that Wuzhou was hit by floods that year, and the local government could not be leaderless. Fu Rong accepted the joint election of local officials and decisively elected a new state shepherd.

It's just that Yan Ming thought about it carefully at this moment, and found that the state shepherd who had been in office for two years had never been to Chang'an, and even the necessary return to Beijing to report on his duties was left to the lower-level officials.

As soon as Yan Ming said that the state shepherd had never been to Beijing to report on his duties, Fu Ning felt that his guess was already in line.

Wuzhou State Shepherd has been sitting in the main seat of the main room, drinking tea calmly. Even though Fu Ning and Yun Lang have stepped into the main room under the guidance of Chongren, the Wuzhou State Shepherd did not raise his head to take a look until Qin Duan was in Wuzhou Prefecture. With a whisper in Mu's ear, Zhou Mu looked at Fu Ning and Yun Lang, then stood up abruptly, and greeted them enthusiastically.

"This is Master Fu, right? I have admired your name for a long time, and today I finally get to see him!"

"Your Excellency, you're being polite, and the grassroots are terrified." Funing stopped in his tracks, and bowed to Wuzhou State Mu in a dignified manner.

Yun Lang, who didn't know the situation, looked at Funing and the state shepherd full of doubts.

He still didn't understand how Fu Ning dared to step into Wuzhou ostentatiously, claiming to be a merchant without even a little disguise, co-authoring was the only official in Wuzhou who had the opportunity to go to and from Chang'an, and the state shepherd didn't know him.

But this is even more strange. Don't state pastors from all over the country go to Beijing every year to report on their work?He remembered that Funing had been busy with this matter for a while before coming to Wuzhou, but why didn't this state shepherd know Fu Ning?Just took office?

But Yun Lang was more concerned about Luan Qiuyu sitting behind Qin Duan.

Luan Qiuyu was very afraid of Qin Duan, so she was always very cautious in front of Qin Duan, even a little shy, but from the moment Yun Lang and Funing entered the door, Luan Qiuyu never glanced at them, and kept her head down, sitting quietly on Qin Duan's door. Looking back, Luan Qiuyu had a well-carved censer beside Luan Qiuyu, and a stick of incense was burning in the censer.But looking at the furnishings in the main room, it seems that the incense burner should not be there, and no one would put incense so close to them.

Yun Lang moved his nose, then looked away.

After a few words of courtesy from Wuzhou's Zhou Mu to Fu Ning, he turned to Yun Lang again, smiling kindly: "You are Miss Luan's junior, right? Ever since you came to Wuzhou, Miss Luan has often mentioned you in my ears."

"I didn't do anything." Yun Lang replied modestly, then changed his usual talkativeness when he was with Luan Qiuyu, and said nothing more.

Nazhou Mu seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and then invited Fu Ning and Yun Lang to sit down.

This meeting was actually not very interesting, it was nothing more than some false praise and politeness, and then Zhou Mu's various heart-to-hearts to lure Fu Ning into investing.

From the beginning to the end, Fu Ning dealt with Nazhou Mu by himself, and Yun Lang couldn't take his eyes off the small incense burner in Luan Qiuyu's hand, especially when Qin Duan lit the first stick of incense as soon as it was about to burn out. After getting the second one, Yun Lang paid more attention.

After thinking about it, Yun Lang felt that there was something wrong with the censer no matter what he thought about. After hesitating again and again, Yun Lang interrupted Zhou Mu's compassion: "I'm sorry, I want to leave, but I don't know if Master Zhou Mu can send someone to me. lead the way?"

Yun Lang's words were vague, but everyone present understood that Yun Lang was here for convenience.

Qin Duan's eyes flashed, and he smiled and said, "Let me guide the younger brother."

"Why is this so embarrassing?" Yun Lang declined, "Let's find a servant to accompany me."

"It's okay," Qin Duan stood up after speaking, "I just want to go out and walk around."

"Then I'll have to thank Senior Brother." Yun Lang glanced at Fu Ning, then stood up with his clothes on his hem, but his legs softened and he rushed forward, knocking Qin Duan down, and he was so tired that he sat upright Luan Qiuyu and the small incense burner.

The incense burner fell over with a bang, the incense stick broke in the middle, and the fire went out.Luan Qiuyu was knocked to one side, and quickly reached out to support the ground, then turned to look at Yun Lang in shock.

Yun Lang only touched Luan Qiuyu's eyes before leaving immediately, and got up from Qin Duan in a panic: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, senior brother and senior sister are all right?"

Fu Ning got up and walked over to lift Yun Lang up: "Why are you so careless?"

Yun Lang stood up with Fu Ning's strength, and looked at Fu Ning innocently: "The legs are a little numb."

Yun Lang also took a look at Wuzhou's Zhou Mu by the way, and saw that Zhou Mu was still sitting on the mat, with his head slightly lowered, silent, and didn't even look at them.

Yun Lang's eyes tightened, he turned his head and whispered in Funing's ear: "There is a problem with the incense burner."

Fu Ning was worried about whether Yun Lang was hurt, and only after hearing this did he realize that Yun Lang did it on purpose, and then glanced at the motionless Wuzhou State Mu, Fu Ning immediately understood Yun Lang's meaning.

"Shall I help you out?" Fu Ning supported Yun Lang, still talking about the previous topic.

"No need," Yun Lang smiled, "It's not numb after such a fall, you can chat with Master Zhou, there is a brother who will go with me, it's okay."

At this time Qin Duan also stood up, and said in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, Mr. Fu, it only takes a quarter of an hour to go back and forth, and I will take good care of my junior."

"It's time to work." Saying "Be careful in everything" in Yun Lang's ear, Fu Ning let go of Yun Lang, and sat down opposite Zhou Mu again.

"Junior Brother, this way."

Qin Duan led Yun Lang to turn around and go out, Yun Lang turned his head halfway, and saw that Luan Qiuyu had re-arranged the incense burner, replaced a stick of incense, and re-lit, and the conversation between Fu Ning and Zhou Mu had restarted.

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