Red Dust Daqian

Chapter 177 Familiar Road

A hairless Taoist priest suddenly became an official in Kyoto, and an imperial envoy of Kyoto stationed in Jiangxia Prefecture. He had an extraordinary background and a promising future. How could he not be envied?

In comparison, the governor Zhu Deling, who had fallen from the capital to Jiangxia Prefecture and was sidelined, seemed much more lonely. The people in the governor's office obeyed the orders of the chief secretary Ouyang Changzong better than he, the governor. There was no opportunity to show his ability and no possibility of promotion, so it was better to return to the capital.

Zhu Deling was one of the few officials in Jiangxia Prefecture who did not join Huaxi Shrine. Ouyang Changzong held important positions in the governor's office of Huaxi Shrine. If he tried to win over Zhu Deling to join Huaxi Shrine, there would be nothing he could do. Besides, since he was from Kyoto, it would be very risky. So there was no need to win him over. He was just left alone and kept as a mascot.

Ouyang Changzong was also surprised that Zhou Sen was appointed as Lingtai Lang of the Taishi Bureau. In Ouyang Changzong's impression, Zhou Sen and the Hanlin Academy scholar met at the birthday banquet of the King of Chu, and they only met once. Why would Fang Xueru run around for Zhou Sen? Did Zhou Sen betray the Huaxi Shrine and defect to the court? Not really, Huaxi Gu Chong was puzzled. No one dared to betray the shrine easily, unless they didn't want to die.

In view of his responsible attitude towards Huaxi Shrine, Ouyang Changzong still summoned Zhou Sen and asked him in detail about the various reasons why Zhou Sen could serve as Lingtai Lang. Of course, Zhou Sen had already prepared a statement, which was 70% true and 30% false, and even Ouyang Changzong could not tell the truth from the false. Because of Yuwen Zhonglan's appreciation, Fang Xueru had heard of Taoist Zhang Mumu a long time ago, and they hit it off at the birthday banquet of the King of Chu. Therefore, Fang Xueru was willing to come forward and seek an official position for Zhou Sen. Lingtai Lang was just an idle position and could not play a big role.

After the explanation, Zhou Sen continued to show his loyalty to the Huaxi Shrine, and if he really went to Beijing to take up a post in the future, he would do more for the benefit of the shrine. Ouyang Changzong knew the power of the Huaxi Gu worm, and Zhou Sen's explanation was reasonable, so he did not doubt it too much. If what Zhou Sen said was true, it would be beneficial to the shrine without any harm.

On the first day, Zhou Sen did not get too close to the officials of the Governor's Office. After all, if he made too many requests when just meeting them, it would easily arouse suspicion and distrust. He just wanted to get to know them for the time being, and soon Zhou Sen left the Governor's Office.

After appointing Zhou Sen to an official position and familiarizing Zhou Sen with the officials of the governor's mansion, the Hanlin academician had completed his mission. He could not help with other things, so he did not stay for too long and set off for Kyoto that day. To express his gratitude, Zhou Sen prepared 10 jars of Shuimu Xianniang for Fang Xueru before leaving, which made Fang Xueru smile from ear to ear. If it were not for the long journey and limited parking space, he would have wanted to take 20 jars. It is said that Shuimu Xianniang can be hyped up to more than taels per jar in Kyoto, and there is still no market for it.

Shuimuxianniang is very popular in Kyoto. Shuimutang has already started to operate the entire Daqian market. I don't know how far Li Ning'er has operated. I haven't seen Li Ning'er for a while. She has always been in control. Of course, if you want to operate the Daqian market well, you need to open a business in Kyoto, which also requires resolving the crisis in Jiangxia Prefecture as soon as possible.

After returning to the inn, Zhou Sen finally met Li Ning'er who had not returned for many days. Shuimutang was a hands-off shopkeeper. Shen Yue'er was exhausted during this period and had been complaining about Li Ning'er. Fortunately, Shuimutang was already quite mature, and everything was going on steadily without any major chaos.

Before Zhou Sen even opened his mouth to speak, Li Ning'er turned the tables and asked Zhou Sen where he had been, making her wait in the inn for so long before seeing him. As she spoke, she even pretended to cry in grievance. People who didn't know the situation thought Zhou Sen had done something evil to her.

You can't reason with someone who won't reason with you. To avoid the situation getting out of control, Zhou Sen apologized first. With his sincere attitude, Li Ning'er reluctantly let Zhou Sen go.

Finally, Zhou Sen couldn't help but ask about Li Ning'er's schedule in the past few days. Li Ning'er perfunctorily said that her family missed her and asked her to go back to Kyoto to stay for a few more days. This time she finally escaped back, and the first thing she did when she got back to the inn was to look for Zhou Sen, but Zhou Sen was not there, so she waited for a long time in vain. As she talked, she came back to Zhou Sen. Zhou Sen didn't dare to ask any more questions because his emotions suddenly changed.

Li Ning'er asked Zhou Sen coquettishly if he was happy to see her. Zhou Sen dared not say no, his little hand was ready to pinch her.

There were more and more strange questions, and it was obvious that they were looking for excuses to beat Zhou Sen. Fortunately, Shen Yueer came and rescued Zhou Sen.

After hearing from the waiters that Li Ning'er had returned to the inn, Shen Yue'er didn't want to stay for a moment and rushed over. She questioned Li Ning'er where he had been these days, why he didn't go back to Shuimu Hall first after returning to Jiangxia Prefecture, and actually spent half a day in the inn. Didn't Li Ning'er know how busy Shuimu Hall was? Li Ning'er was so cool as to be a hands-off manager, but Shen Yue'er was very embarrassed, running between Qianmu Hall and Shuimu Hall.

As they were talking, they couldn't help but start fighting with Li Ning'er. If Li Ning'er hadn't used her ultimate move and brought a gift from Kyoto to Shen Yue'er, Shen Yue'er would never have let it go.

After the two calmed down, Zhou Sen told them that he had been appointed as Lingtai Lang of the Taishi Bureau. Both of them were very shocked. Shen Yueer was shocked, but Li Ninger was also very shocked. Was she performing for herself? Her expression was exaggerated. This matter must be related to Li Qi of the Plum Blossom Department. Li Ninger went to Kyoto together. Zhou Sen didn't believe that she didn't know anything about it.

However, since Li Ning'er wanted to perform, Zhou Sen did not stop her and just watched her in secret.

Shen Yue'er did not congratulate Zhou Sen immediately, but hurried back to Qianmu Hall to tell Shen Qianrou the great news. From now on, Miss Shen will no longer follow a Taoist priest of unknown origin, but can be an official's wife. She is happy for her young lady. Even though Zhang Mumu is still a Taoist priest, I believe he will return to secular life one day. Shen Qianrou will definitely be very happy to hear this news.

In the afternoon, Xiangcao, Shen Qianrou sisters, Zhao Tiezhu, Li Ning'er, Miss Rong, Miss Yu and others all came to the inn to celebrate Zhou Sen becoming an official of the Daqian Dynasty. Although they didn't know what the position of Lingtai Lang was, they were still sincerely happy for Zhou Sen.

In feudal society, classes were quite distinct. Although Zhou Sen didn't mind, he was inevitably affected by this social environment. With an official position, others would look up to you. It was not easy for ordinary people to move up a social class and make a leap.