royal husband

Two days later.

Lan Mingzhou cupped his hands helplessly and said, "My son, I have already talked with Master Cheng, but Master Cheng didn't immediately agree. He only said that he can only make a decision after meeting with you."

Speaking of Patriarch Cheng, Lan Mingzhou also had to say a word of convincing.

No, Lan Mingzhou came to Cheng's mansion with his front foot, so Patriarch Cheng knew Lan Mingzhou's purpose behind his back foot, directly seized control of their conversation, and even guessed that there was someone behind Lan Mingzhou.

Knew it.

The head of the Cheng family who can keep the Cheng family standing in the face of wind and rain, and keep the Cheng family from being annexed by other families, is not an idler.

Li Jin thought for a while, then nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'm free, you can let him come over directly."

"The lower official immediately sent someone to tell Patriarch Cheng."

After Lan Mingzhou heard this, he immediately sent a government servant to notify Patriarch Cheng to come over.

Not a moment.

Patriarch Cheng came to the yamen, cupped hands towards Li Jin and Lan Mingzhou, "Cao/Min/Cheng Qingwu, I have seen the two adults."

Because Cheng Qingwu didn't know Li Jin's specific identity, he used the panacea title of "Master".

Simultaneously.

Cheng Qingwu was also secretly surprised. Before he came to the yamen just now, he was still thinking about the adult behind Lan Mingzhou. He must be not young and has an official position. Otherwise, it is impossible for that adult not to be retaliated by the Lan family.

And Cheng Qingwu's daring to agree to Lan Mingzhou is also a bet that the adults who protect Lan Mingzhou are capable enough to compete with the Lan family.

Speaking of which, the fact that the Lan family wanted to deal with Lan Mingzhou was an open secret in front of those famous and powerful people in Zhuzhou, and they even promised a lot of benefits. Otherwise, the Zhang, Chi and Lu families would not dare Brazenly confronting Lan Mingzhou, who is the official of the imperial court.

but……

Being young also has its advantages. Maybe this young man in front of him can help the Cheng family regain their glory.

"sit down."

Li Jin calmly invited Cheng Qingwu to sit down.

Cheng Qingwu didn't do such time-wasting things as pretense, he nodded to Li Jin, and sat down.

"I don't know why the Cheng family wants to see me?"

Li Jin asked straight to the point.

Cheng Qingwu said, "Naturally, I want to know if you are worthy of me, my lord, to help you with all the strength of the Cheng family. Ming people don't say dark words. Once my Cheng family really intends to cooperate with Lord Lan, we will not be able to escape the fate of being dealt with by the Lan family." .”

"Patriarch Cheng is as sincere as dust." Li Jin picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip, "Then I've made it clear that I asked Mrs. Lan to find Patriarch Cheng because I had a perfect plan. ability, it is not difficult to keep the Cheng family."

After Cheng Qingwu heard this, his pupils shrank immediately, "What is the identity of your lord?"

It's no wonder Cheng Qingwu would ask such a question, it was Li Jin's answer that surprised him so much.

After all, the Lan family was the mother's family of Concubine Chun. Li Jin dared to say so confidently that his status must be high but not low.

Now that Cheng Qingwu had already stepped in, Lan Mingzhou naturally wouldn't let Cheng Jia quit midway, and immediately said directly, "My lord is the son of Prince Dingbei."

Prince Dingbei's son? !

Cheng Qingwu gasped suddenly.

King Dingbei is one of the three lords with military power. Therefore, with Prince Dingbei's son to get along with him, there is no way for him to restore the Cheng family to its former glory.

thump.

Cheng Qingwu immediately knelt down for Li Jin, cupped his hands and said, "My son, my Cheng family will definitely do my best to help Master Lan."

"Very good." Li Jin nodded, "You won't regret this decision."

……

Seeing Ying Yuan who just came here now, Li Jin asked suspiciously, "A Yuan, why did you come here now? Didn't you say that you want to meet Cheng Qingwu? Then Cheng Qingwu has already left."

"It's okay, see you next time."

Ying Yuan shook his head, then took out a bowl of noodles from behind, and placed it in front of Li Jin.

"Longevity noodles?" Li Jin recognized the origin of this noodles at a glance, and at the same time, he also noticed that the back of Ying Yuan's hand was burned, "A Yuan, your hands are red, why are you so careless."

As Li Jin said, he was going to take Ying Yuan to wash him with clean water.

Ying Yuan shook his head, "I don't care, Jin, you eat the longevity noodles first, today is your birthday."

Speaking of which, Li Jin taught Ying Yuan to make the longevity noodles, and Ying Yuan learned it later. Every year on Li Jin's birthday, Ying Yuan would take the trouble to make a bowl of longevity noodles for Li Jin himself.

"..."

Looking at the good-looking longevity noodles in front of him, and Ying Yuan's hot red hands, an inexplicable warmth slowly flowed from Li Jin's heart.

"Ajin, it tastes better when it's hot. I've tried it, and although it doesn't have to be like yours, it's still...yes..."

"Okay, I'll eat."

Li Jin picked up the chopsticks that were placed on the bowl, picked up the longevity noodles and ate them.

"A Jin, eat slowly, be careful of the heat." Seeing Li Jin stuttering so much, Ying Yuan repeatedly asked Li Jin to eat slowly, but his cheeks couldn't help but feel a little hot.

"taste good."

Li Jin's eating speed gradually slowed down because of Ying Yuan's words, but Li Jin would not fail to say the praise that should be given.

"Really?"

Ying Yuan couldn't help asking.

Although Ying Yuan did taste the taste first, and then served it to Li Jin when it was good, Ying Yuan was still worried that Li Jin would not like it.

"Come on, take a bite too."

Li Jin deliberately filled some longevity noodles with a small spoon, blew on it, and fed it to Ying Yuan.

"Uh..." Yingyuan's cheeks turned even redder, "No...no need...there's still a lot in the kitchen, I'll eat...well..."

Ying Yuan didn't expect that Li Jin would suddenly stuff the small spoon directly into his mouth, he was stunned for a while, he didn't know what to say for a moment, he could only stare at Li Jin in a daze.

Li Jin asked coldly, "Do you like to eat?"

Ok.

Unable to speak for the time being, Ying Yuan nodded abruptly.

"Then eat more."

After Li Jin finished speaking, he continued to feed Yingyuan.

The so-called one has two, Ying Yuan quickly accepted Li Jin's act of feeding him longevity noodles, and continued to eat calmly, but Ying Yuan sold out his already red ears.

So cute.

These words couldn't help appearing in Li Jin's mind.

Speaking of it, it has been several years since I have fed Yingyuan like I am now.

instantly.

The little Yingyuan who was like a little wolf cub back then suddenly crashed into Li Jin's mind, and couldn't get rid of it for a long time.

……

"This is the yamen?" Wang Dacai always felt strange looking at the yamen with no clerk in charge, "Or we are still asking, maybe we have found the wrong place."

Wang Facai had read a little, so he recognized the two old and dilapidated plaques hanging high at the door.

"It's impossible to find a mistake. There are two large characters of Yamen written on it. Brother, look at the side, there is also a drum for complaining. This place must be Yamen."

"Since we found the right place, let's go in."

After Wang Jinhua finished saying this, she began to beat the drums to express her grievances.

Their purpose was very clear, it was for Li Jin to offend them back then, but only Wang Jinhua's eldest brother and third brother came to sue, no more.

As for letting Dashu's biological father Liu Fugui also come, Wang Jinhua dared not at all.

Liu Fugui cares about his own face the most, other things are fine, but if he knows that Wang Jinhua has come to the Yamen to complain or something, he will not let her go first.

Therefore, Wang Jinhua came to the yamen this time secretly.

The county magistrate's yamen is not big after all, so not only Lan Mingzhou heard the beating of the drum, but even Li Jin heard it.

The yamen who just went outside to see the situation, immediately came over to report to Lan Mingzhou, "Master Lan, someone beat the drum to complain, they said..."

For Wang Jinhua and the others' accusations, the yacha told Lan Mingzhou verbatim, and he waited for Lan Mingzhou to make his own decision.Of course, because Wang Jinhua didn't know Li Jin's full name, she only knew that Li Jin's surname was Li, so her speech was very general, and even the Yacha herself was a little unclear.

"Let them in."

Lan Mingzhou didn't hear it either, so he just listened to it.

Knowing that they were being bullied by a villain surnamed Li, they planned to ask for clarification.

"/草/Minwang Dacai (Wang Facai) has met the adults."

"Private woman Wang Jinhua, I have met your lord."

It was the first time for Wang Jinhua and the other three to see the county magistrate, so they knelt down to speak respectfully and respectfully, rather than kowtow to Lan Mingzhou.

Looking at the petitions on the desk, Lan Mingzhou directly asked, "Who do you want to sue?"

Wang Jinhua didn't know who was what, so she subconsciously replied, "Uh...my lord, we don't want to sue anyone."

"Who do you mean?" Wang Facai gave Wang Jinhua a blank look, and then said, "My lord, my sister hasn't read any books, so please don't blame me. In fact, we are here to sue a man surnamed Li. man..."

"You mean, you guys found the sweet potato, and it was later snatched by a man surnamed Li?"

When Lan Mingzhou said these words, his expression was strange.

Wang Jinhua and the others didn't notice the change in Lan Mingzhou's expression. They thought that Lan Mingzhou believed it, and immediately continued to make up, "Yes, my lord, we spent a lot of money to find this sweet potato. Strength, but the one named Li who killed a thousand swords came to the woman's house in the middle of the night and stole all the sweet potatoes."

The corner of Lan Mingzhou's mouth twitched, "Do you have any witnesses?"

"My lord, my eldest brother and third brother can testify. Speaking of which, they discovered the sweet potato." Wang Jinhua continued to confuse right and wrong with peace of mind.

"Please, my lord, be the master for us."

Wang Dacai and Wang Facai quickly echoed their words, as if they were being persecuted, maybe they would believe it if they changed officials.

pity.

What they met was Lan Mingzhou.

When Lan Mingzhou's identity was not exposed, he had never seen anything, so he could tell at a glance that something was wrong with them, and immediately asked in a cold voice, "Then do you know where the sweet potatoes were found? And how are they grown?"

Wang Dacai scratched his hair, "Naturally...it's on the mountain, but the sweet potatoes are grown by myself, so where do I need to grow them?"

"A few days ago, a man surnamed Li also came to the Yamen and told me about the sweet potatoes. He knows how to plant them. How dare you say that you discovered the sweet potatoes?"