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Soon, a group of officials appeared on the official road. In the middle of the group was a jujube red sedan, which was carried by a middle-aged sedan bearer.

From time to time, this group of people would arrive at the entrance of the small mountain village. The leader of the group opened his mouth and asked, "Are you the village chief?"

"The final official is right!" The Village Chief did not dare to laugh, so he could only muster his energy to respond. He tried to guess the purpose of their visit, but he did not know if his father-in-law would be easy to talk to.

While his heart was beating, the crimson palanquin fell to the ground, and a young eunuch who was serving with him lifted the curtain. After a while, a white, well-kept hand with a large ruby ring extended from the palanquin and rested lightly on the young eunuch's outstretched hands.

The village chief peeked at it and thought to himself, "Isn't that an eunuch?" Why a lady?

"Is that the village head standing outside?" A piercing voice came from the bridge.

The Village Chief and the others felt their scalps go numb when they heard this. Their faces turned odd for a split-second. Even the officials carefully turned their heads to the side, silently counting the flowers by the roadside.

"Yes sir!"

The Village Chief did not know whether the person in the palanquin was a man or a woman.

When the village chief saw this, he felt dizzy. Who could tell him why his father's hands were even better than his wife's when she was young?

A squat father-in-law stepped out of the sedan chair, with a square mouth and a large nose. The biggest feature was that he looked like an enlarged winter melon.

When he stepped out of the sedan chair, the village chief led several people to welcome him. He arrogantly cleared his throat and said in a shrill voice, "I have received orders from the Your Majesty to come to Shu to pick the girls. I have long heard of the girls from the small mountain village.

Zuo Ren Xian, who stood at the back, curled his lips. It was just a eunuch, but he was only a fourth rank official at most. What was that supposed to mean?

He was thinking about how to climb over a wall or climb up a window in order to avoid being watched by Mu Jinzhi. Seeing her beloved Xiao Sangsang, when he pitifully decided to marry her, not to mention stealing from her, she only said that the number of times they met was enough for her to stretch out two little fingers.

He did not even have rank, so how could he dare to offend this great elder? He quickly pointed to Yang Zixuan and the others, and laughed, "I heard that this great elder is coming, and that Lord Zhou of the Song Province, as well as the first great raising child of the village, are all at home. As the last official, he invited three young masters to make preparations.

The eunuch glanced at him and chuckled while pinching the orchid. "Oh, you will get into trouble. Alright, for the sake of your filial piety, I'll come and sit at your place for a while."

With that, he gestured to the young eunuch by his side to help him walk towards the Village Head's house. Then he stopped and said, "The Wu family's surname is Lu, this is not the only Wu family here!"

"Yes, yes, yes, Eunuch Lu, please!"

The village chief had long been cursing in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that he was trying to protect the little girls of the mountain village from harm, he would have been too old to lower his voice in front of a eunuch.

Upon reaching the Village Chief's house, Wives brought out a good wine and dishes, Yang Zixuan, Zuo Ren Xian and Mu Jinzhi accompanied him, although he was a part of the emperor's side, he was not like the eunuchs, if he saw any of them accompanying him, although he had some face, he would not dare to be too presumptuous, if even one of them were to reach the Your Majesty, his life would be in danger.

Eunuch Lu sat down politely, and gave Yang Zixuan and Zuo Ren some face, he did not look like he was hard to please, so the village chief saw and sighed a breath of relief.

The Eunuch Lu had seen all kinds of delicacies in the palace, but the village head was also a perceptive person, all he had was the wild game on the back mountain of the small mountain village, which caused the villagers to expend their energy, he took back his silver and killed two birds with one stone, right now Eunuch Lu was squinting his eyes drinking wine, eating the wilderness taste with oil dripping all over his mouth.

Hmm, it's been so many years since I've eaten this mountain and wilderness. I miss it so much, I didn't expect you to be such a filial person. You've made me so full of fresh wild food, so much that I've had enough of it.

The leader of the officials came forward to receive the order, "Eunuch, this little one is here. May I know what orders you have?"

Eunuch Lu saw that it was just noon so he ordered: "Go down and bring some people for dinner. After resting, we will go to the village door to check on the village head. The village head is very sensible, you guys shouldn't cause too much trouble after you leave."

At this point, he stopped and slightly creased his brow. He said, "It's still better if I rest at home and go with you."

Everyone saw that he was serious, their hearts trembled, could it be that Eunuch Lu was busy with something? The village head was anxious, all the girls in the village called him grandfather, how could they not take care of this matter?

Mu Jinzhi felt that Eunuch Lu had other plans in mind, so he tried: "Eunuch, are you worried? "Our village is filled with rough people, and our eunuch condescendingly led his men to search the village, afraid that he would be shocked."

Eunuch Lu looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, and took a sip of wine as he squinted his eyes in satisfaction.

At this point, he stopped talking and just sipped his wine while eating in the wilderness. The Village Head looked at him and wanted nothing more than to spit on his face.

However, he had a fawning smile on his face as he said, "Eunuch, please enlighten me."

This time, Eunuch Lu did not even bat an eyelid as he lowered his head to taste the wine.

The few companions looked at each other and saw the words "greed" in each other's eyes. Zuo Ren Xian laughed: "Village Head Grandpa, you are so bored.

Just as Eunuch Lu was drinking, his ears twitched, his eyebrows twitched, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a proud smile. It seemed like these few young masters would have some benefits.

He quickly put down his wine cup as if there were many things he could discuss, then said, "How can I be so embarrassed? I came out to handle matters for His Majesty."

When the Village Chief heard this, he felt embarrassed. It was clear that they were asking him to hurry up and bring them up, as well as to make them sound better.

Our little mountain village has nothing to entertain them with. The last official only prepared a few steps so that this eunuch could buy a cup of water and wine to eat on the road, and also relieve the fatigue so that I could share His Majesty's worries. "

The village chief did not wait for Eunuch Lu's response and immediately called for someone to bring the seal over. When the Eunuch Lu saw that the tray was only a thin red packet, he was immediately overjoyed, the money inside was definitely silver, that would be at least five or ten taels of silver. Before he came, he had already asked around, this small mountain village was famous for its wealth, and on this trip, he could earn at least fifty taels of silver.

He was not afraid that Yang Zixuan and the others would look at him, and waved his hand: "Village Chief, you are too polite, how can you act like this?"

Fine, you don't call him an old man anymore when you see a red packet. To call him the village chief was truly opening one's eyes to money.

The village chief took Feng Yin Qiang's hand and said, "What are you saying? It's just Cheng Yi. If this eunuch wants to object, don't blame this old man."

The Village Chief climbed up the pole, hoping to serve this great deity well and avoid the calamity that would befall the small mountain village.

Yang Zixuan felt contemptuous in his heart, but he still smiled: "Eunuch, Village Head Grandpa also has good intentions, I hope that you will not decline."

As he said this, he secretly kicked the lefthand man, who was sitting to his left.

Eunuch Lu, for the sake of His Majesty's decree, you are willing to do anything, even things that your subordinates can do, and you have your eyes fixed on them. Seeing that Your Majesty is the number one person in your heart, and did not dare to neglect anything, this shows how your father-in-law is working hard for the sake of selecting.

Zuo Ren Xian, who was at the side, also tried to persuade him.

When the Eunuch Lu saw him say this, he immediately smiled and said, "Ah, look at how friendly you are. If I continue to decline this kindness, then I will be inferior to pigs and dogs." As he spoke, he quickly snatched the red packet from the Village Chief.

Everyone was stunned for a moment. In the blink of an eye, the red packet entered the Eunuch Lu's arms.

When they saw him accept the red packet, everyone's worries were relieved.

"Cough, Village Head, please send someone to inform the village. There is a daughter waiting at home, prepare the household register, prepare the betrothal letter, and bring some people to inquire about it. You can also accompany her."

Seeing that the silver was more effective, the village chief became more careful and courteous. After laughing for a while, he finished the feast and changed the tea leaves. After drinking three cups of tea, when the Eunuch Lu saw that it was getting late, he estimated that the officials who sent him to another village should gather together.

Only then did he slowly stand up and say, "I still have to go back to the county city today. If we continue delaying, I'm afraid we won't be able to get into the county until the latter half of the night. You guys can go together take a look!"

After receiving the money, he did not make things difficult for the villagers, but went from house to house to check their records, and found out if there were any girls that were of appropriate age for him to look for. With Yang Zixuan and Zuo Ren Xian there, he had long guessed that the young lady of the Little Mountain Village was already engaged.

When he arrived at the west end of the village, Eunuch Lu stopped and looked left and right, thinking to himself: That's not right, why is there one less family, and that family has an extremely good-looking lady.