{"id":3282,"date":"2021-06-15T09:01:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T07:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2021-06-15T09:01:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T07:01:59","slug":"tofuh-chapter-118-2-the-imperial-envoys-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/2021\/06\/15\/tofuh-chapter-118-2-the-imperial-envoys-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"TOFUH &#8211; Chapter 118.2 &#8211; The Imperial Envoy\u2019s Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His life was so extravagant over here, but he left his parents to suffer at home . . . <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhou Maohe immediately shouted, \u201cWhere is Jiang Zhen?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWho are you?\u201d Jiang Zhen was greeting the guests outside. Seeing Zhaou Maohe, he immediately came over and asked with a frown.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeing the appearance of Jiang Zhen, Zhou Mahe had already deeply believed the words of the Jiang family. \u201cYou are unfilial to your parents and brothers. You simply don\u2019t deserve to be a human being!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d Jiang Zhen frowned: \u201cDid the Jiang family put you up to this?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo you still know the Jiang family? Do you know they are your parents and brothers?\u201c Zhou Maohe asked angrily.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSomebody, throw him out of here,\u201d Jiang Zhen said without hesitation.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This was Zhao Liu\u2019s birthday banquet, and he didn\u2019t want it to be ruined by someone irrelevant.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as Jiang Zhen\u2019s words left his mouth, some of his men grabbed Zhou Maohe and his guards and threw the three of them out.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStop it, you guys!\u201d Zhou Maohe\u2019s face became black as he was grabbed; how could he have ever thought that he would have such a disgraceful day. However, how could Jiang Zhen\u2019s men listen to him? They threw him out directly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After throwing people away, Jiang Zhen returned to the house, and in the inner room, he sat on a separate seat. Only the Zhao family and Zheng Yi sat there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d seeing Jiang Zhen come in, Zheng Yi asked.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNothing. Dealt with a troublemaker,\u201d Jiang Zhen said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Chengxiang said bad words about him outside. Zheng Baoning had already mentioned it to him, so he figured that the person today should be similar to that Song Li. He was too lazy to bother with such a person, so he left him alone.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen didn\u2019t take this matter to heart at all, but Zhou Maohe was already so angry that his body trembled. He straightened his clothes then went to the pier and said to the boatman who brought him here, \u201cGo to Fucheng. I want to go to Fucheng.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMaster, Fucheng is too far away . . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you send me there, I will give you one silver!\u201d Zhou Maohe said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMaster, quickly sit steadily!\u201d The boatman was immediately overjoyed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhou Maohe calmed down a little bit by then, but he was still a little worried about silver.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhou Maohe left Hexi Village, and Jiang Chengxiang and Jiang Chengwen watched him leave.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIs this man really an imperial envoy?\u201d Jiang Chengwen couldn\u2019t help asking.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Chengxiang\u2019s expression was also tangled, this man . . . could he really help them?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi did not know that Zhou Mao, who he had been observing before, s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uddenly came to Hecheng County and left again. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He did ask his men to inquire about this man, but only a few of his men knew Zhou Maohe, and the others could not recognize him, so naturally, no one knew that Zhou Maohe had appeared in Hecheng County and went to Hexi Village.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, Shen Anxin knew about it because Zhou Maohe was deliberately brought in by him. Thinking of what Zheng Yi said to him when he met Zheng Yi a few days ago, Shen Anxin turned very pale. Jiang Zhen\u2019s daughter was only teething, but Jiang Zhen was so concerned about her, but what about him? Also, was it arranged by Zhao Jinge? These days, Jiang Zhen suddenly did not come to the county town; was he stopped by him? Did Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi know something? Why did Zheng Yi say that to him?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young Master, it\u2019s time to eat,\u201d Shen Anxin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> servant\u2019s boy, who came from outside, announced to Shen Anxin.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to eat it. Just pour it for me,\u201d Shen Anxin said. He had no appetite at all and felt very sick. He also had a headache and chest tightness and just wanted to stay quietly by himself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYoung Master, your health is very important. Why don\u2019t you have some?\u201d Shen Anxin\u2019s servant boy was very worried. When he found out that Jiang Zhen had a concubine, the young master of his family became seriously ill and then changed a lot. But what would happen this time?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGet out!\u201d Shen Anxin grabbed the inkstone in his hand and threw it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The servant beside Shen Anxin no longer dared to persuade him and left in hurry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhao Liu\u2019s birthday banquet was very respectable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After eating, Jiang Zhen had all the dishes left on the table packed and taken away. Then he asked his men to clean up the tables, chairs, bowls, and chopsticks, and after a while, his house was clean.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When hosting a banquet at home, she did not have to work at all. Zhao Liu was emotional and then went back to her room with golden Guanyin in her arms.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a while, she came out of the room again and found Zhao Jinge. \u201cJinge, put this Guanyin in your room and put it at the head of your bed. You should often look at it in the future!\u201d She wanted to have more grandchildren!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMother . . .\u201d Zhao Jinge felt a little helpless.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After thinking about it, Zhao Liu probably felt that this was inappropriate, so she added, \u201cWait a minute. Let\u2019s forget it. If someone comes to rob such a large piece of gold . . . \u201c<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMother, you might as well dig a hole and bury it.\u201d Jiang Zhen saw<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Zhao Liu\u2019s worried appearance and gave Zhao Liu an idea.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat are you talking about? This is a Bodhisattva. How can it be buried! \u201c Zhao Liu immediately retorted. Thinking about it, she said, \u201cForget it. I\u2019d better put it at the head of your bed. No one should dare to come to our house to rob things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen: \u201c. . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was only one golden Guanyin on the bedside of Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge\u2019s. Zhao Mingzhu wanted it after she saw it and looked longingly at Jiang Zhen, who did not give it to her, but her look made Jiang Zhen\u2019s heart melt.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat Bodhisattva is heavier than you. Be careful it hits you.\u201d Jiang Zhen thought for a moment and found a few bricks of gold and silver and washed them carefully before giving them to Zhao Mingzhu: \u201cCome on. Let\u2019s play with this. Dad will teach you how to build a structure with them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhao Jinge: \u201c. . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Zhao Liu\u2019s birthday banquet, Jiang Zhen went to the county town again the next day.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen made an appointment with Zheng Yi to meet at Qingfeng House. He went early, but as soon as he arrived there, he heard a story from Qingfeng House people, that someone had come to make trouble yesterday, but he was scolded by the guests.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After listening to a few words, Jiang Zhen became clear about the whole context: \u201cIt is estimated that some old scholar has mistakenly entered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes, that old scholar have even made Miss Liu and Mr. Zhao angry.\u201d The boy was a little resentful.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen couldn\u2019t help laughing at his angry look. Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi mixed like a fish in water in this Qingfeng House and already had a group of fans.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen went to Zheng Yi this time because he wanted to find a shipyard to order some big ships, as well as workers who could build ships if he could have them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wang Haisheng said at first that he could build ships, but he only knew how to build small boats. In fact, he knew nothing about building big ships. In Hecheng County, there was no one who could build big ships.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI can help you contact someone so that you can custom-built large ships, but this worker is not easy to find. These craftsmen are all in the hands of sea merchants,\u201d Zheng Yi said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, there was a sea ban in Daqi, which stipulates that merchants could not enter the sea. It was just that becoming a sea merchant was very profitable, so this rule had always been laid down in vain. In the south of the Yangtze River, the number of sea merchants was very large. In fact, Hecheng Country was still very good, but if you go further south, there will be even more sea merchants there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason why Hexing Prefecture was like this was because there was the Hongjiang salt farm here, which occupied a large area of the seaside and closed off a large area of the territorial sea.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat\u2019s all right,\u201d Jiang Zhen agreed;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it didn\u2019t matter if he couldn\u2019t build his own boat for the time being. Slowly, he could always get more workers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi made a deal, they went home.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Zhou Maohe in Fucheng was looking for people everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although he was an imperial envoy, he didn\u2019t have many people with him. The Zheng family had deep roots and luxurious leaves in Hecheng County, so he could only take a long-term view.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhao Maohe was not liked by most officials in the court, but a few still admired him highly, and many scholars regard him as a role model, admiring his <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">character and wanting to be like him. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also has many people who can talk to each other, many of whom were from the south of the Yangtze River.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe country is in chaos, Now that the imperial court is controlled by a ger, even if there are many officials in the court who follow his lead, how will His Majesty be put in charge of the government in the future?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe man surnamed Zheng is going to give it to the merchants, so they could prepare items needed in the palace. But you don\u2019t know what it means!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat ger went so far as to return the official post to the merchants. It\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">simply forgetting his ancestors!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Zheng family could hide the shy with one hand in Hecheng County . . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat Jiang Zhen is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really abhorrent! I can\u2019t believe he doesn\u2019t even care about his own parents!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhou Maohe found some like-minded people, and after talking for some time, he himself became angrier and angrier. At this time, he did not want to deal with Jiang Zhen alone, as well as the Zheng family backing him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were few people around Zhou Maohe he could use, but his identity as an imperial envoy was real. He can naturally mobilize a lot of people if he wanted to.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it was in Hecheng Country, the county magistrate of Hecheng County might obstruct him and not give him even four people but he was in Fucheng now. There was also a Zheng family in Fucheng, but there were also some other people who were not very easy to deal with.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These people do not have a life-and-death feud with the Zheng family, and it is impossible for them to tear up their faces and sue the Zheng family or something like that. But even if they did not dare to deal with the Zheng family, they did not mind adding fuel to the fire.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, Zhou Maohe who went around Fucheng unexpectedly found a lot of helping hands. He took these people to meet the officials of the city,and after he changed into the clothes of the imperial envoy, he also had the ostentation of the imperial envoy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without delay, Zhou Maohe, who already found people, went straight back to Hecheng county.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou said that Zhou Maohe appeared in Fucheng?\u201d Zheng Yi looked at the servant of the Zheng family in front of him and asked.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes, Young Master,\u201d the subordinate said. \u201cFrom what Master Hu said, Official Zhou seems to be looking for people everywhere and seems to be doing something.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi nodded and was about to send someone to keep an eye on Zhou Maohe again when someone else came.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYoung Zheng, Master Hu family has sent someone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi\u2019s wife was surnamed Hu and the current master of Hu\u2019s family was the uncle of Zheng Yi\u2019s wife.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hu family and the Zheng family had always had business dealings and had an excellent relationship except that the Zheng family had always stayed in Hecheng Country while the Hu family had always been in Fucheng.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cQuickly call the man in,\u201d Zheng Yi said. He had always been very careful. But at this time, he could already sense that something was wrong.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soon, someone ran in from outside, \u201cYoung Zheng, my master told me to come and talk to you!\u201d The man was panting and took a few breaths before he said, \u201cThat imperial envoy seems to be trying to deal with the Zheng family. After finding people in Fucheng, he went straight to Hecheng County!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe\u2019s coming to Hecheng County?\u201d Zheng Yi frowned.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am afraid that he is already halfway here,\u201d the subordinate said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then why did Zhou Maohe suddenly come to Hecheng County? The Zheng family had nothing to do with him!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zheng Yi frowned, not understanding what Zhou Maohe was going to do, but at this time, Zhou Maohe who bought people had already gone to Hexi.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhou Maohe really couldn\u2019t get hold of Zheng Yi, but he found a breakthrough with Jiang Zhen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiang Zhen committed the crime of unfilial piety! He would arrest him first and then deal with Zheng Yi!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Edited by: Faro<\/p>\r\n<p>Proofreader: XLB<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Support translation:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=25191841\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"51\" class=\"wp-image-338 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/become_a_patron_button.png?resize=217%2C51\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 217px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 217\/51;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/lajnaa\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kofi3-3.png?resize=185%2C47\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is kofi3-3.png\" width=\"185\" height=\"47\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 185px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 185\/47;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His life was so extravagant over here, but he left his parents to suffer at home . . . Zhou Maohe immediately shouted, \u201cWhere is Jiang Zhen?\u201d \u201cWho are you?\u201d Jiang Zhen was greeting the guests outside. Seeing Zhaou Maohe, he immediately came over and asked with a frown. 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