Xunqi straightened his neck and clasped his hands behind his back. "I don't! This old man doesn't have a single cent! If he has the ability, then behead this old man! "
Luo Shudao said with a bitter expression, "How could this nephew dare to make you pay for it? This nephew has already given the gift for you. This nephew only hopes that you won't be angry at this nephew. This nephew had no choice but to invite you here. Also, when you meet the imperial envoy later, please be a little more polite when you speak! "
Xunqi glared at him and didn't say anything. Luo Shudao bowed deeply and said, "Old man, this nephew is begging you. Please, for the sake of your deceased brother and this nephew's deceased father, help this nephew. It hasn't been easy for this nephew to be a governor!"
"You … look at how useless you are!"
Xunqi was someone who could be persuaded by reason but not cowed by force. After hearing Luo Shudao's words, he couldn't continue to get angry. He sighed and said, "Forget it! This old man won't argue with you. Tell me, when will you let this old man go? This place of yours is filled with the stench of an official's prestige. This old man isn't used to it. "
Luo Shudao smiled and said, "Look at what you're saying. If you want to leave, you can leave. Would this nephew dare to stop you?"
"Alright!"
Xunqi turned his head and said, "Daughter, call your Uncle Chen. Let's go."
Luo Shudao hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't, don't, don't. Old man, you have to accompany Imperial Censor Huang for a meal and toast him before you leave."
Xunqi stomped his feet and sighed to the sky. "Ai! If your old man was still alive, he would also be angered to death by you. A dignified governor without any backbone, being pushed around by a bullsh * t imperial censor like this! You've caused this old man to be humiliated along with you! "
Xunqi broke into a run. After taking two steps and not seeing Luo Shudao following him, he angrily said, "What are you standing there for? Let's go! "
Luo Shudao asked curiously, "Where to?"
Xunqi roared, "Of course to accompany that bastard imperial censor for a meal!"
Luo Shudao said with a smile, "It's not lunchtime yet. You should take a rest and cool down. When the banquet is ready, I will invite you."
Kaori angrily walked back. When he reached Luo Shudao's side, he angrily said, "You better remember, this old man is only willing to swallow his anger because of you."
Luo Shudao said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes. Young nephew will always remember Old Master's kindness in guiding me …"
Luo Shudao bowed deeply to the ground. When he looked up again, he only saw Kaori's butt disappear into the door. Then, with a bang, the door closed.
There was still a smile on Luo Shudao's face, but a layer of bitterness gradually seeped into his smile. "Censor Huang said that he was willing to let them go because of me; the head of the Smoky Period said that he was willing to let them go because of me. I, Luo Shudao … really have a lot of face …"
…
In the evening, the people from the Chen family were released. Governor Luo personally escorted them back.
It was rare that the head of the Smoky Period did not continue cursing at the top of his voice. Once he returned to the Chen family, he quietly returned to the back courtyard. Although he had only been 'invited' by Luo Shudao to the governor's office to drink, he felt that he had lost all face.
However, this was not his territory, and there was a limit to how much power he could throw around. There was also that Censor Huang. Although he was only an imperial censor and could be killed as easily as killing a chicken, Censor Huang had the backing of the imperial court. He had to be wary of him.
Chen Dayu and his wife looked as if they had just survived a calamity. They were very glad that the Chen family had such an impressive in-law. Otherwise, they would not have been able to escape this calamity. After returning to the Chen family and tearing off the seals on the doors, Chen Dayu and his wife went to the head of the Smoky Period.
No one paid attention to Luo Shudao in the Chen family and he felt very uncomfortable. He paced in front of Kaori a few times, apologized, and then left in embarrassment. The Chen family and Kaori's people were all cursing Censor Huang in Kaori's room. No one noticed that little Xuelian had already left unhappily.
"Miss Xuelian!"
Xuelian squatted alone in the corner of the courtyard. Her skirt was pulled up to her knees and she was plucking the wild grass and leaves one by one. She looked very bored. Yang Fan called out to her. Xuelian only raised her head and glanced at him. She continued to pout without saying a word.
Yang Fan walked to her side and squatted down to look at her. He smiled and said, "Miss Xuelian, are you unhappy? You have the protection of the head of the Smoky Period and no one dares to bully you. Why are you unhappy? It was a daunting experience, but not a dangerous one. You should be glad that you managed to return home safely. "
Xuelian plucked a leaf and gently twisted it in her hand until the green juice stained her slender fingers. She then said faintly, "But … the Yang family members have been captured."
"The Yang family members?"
Yang Fan frowned and immediately realized that the Yang family members Xuelian was talking about were Yang Mingsheng's clansmen. He asked curiously, "The Yang family members have also been captured? They were captured together with you? What kind of crime is this? Now that you have all been released, why are the Yang family members still locked up? "
Xuelian shook her head and said, "I don't know. I am just a child. No one told me these things. I am very familiar with those who were captured. There are uncles and aunts … Although my mother married my father, they have always been very good to me. I am very sad to see them being captured. "
Yang Fan frowned and said, "Why didn't you ask the head of the Smoky Period to help rescue them?"
Xuelian said in a low voice, "Although I didn't ask, I can see that it is useless to ask. The head of the Smoky Period does not want to say a word to that bad person. This time, it was thanks to Governor Luo's help that my family was released. So even if I ask, the head of the Smoky Period will not help and will be scolded by my parents. "
Yang Fan said with a smile, "You speak as if you are a pitiful little girl. You are his daughter-in-law, not an outsider."
Xuelian shook her head and said, "Mother said that although the head of the Yang family likes me very much, I cannot be spoiled. Mother is right. The head of the Yang family has more than forty sons. If every one of them bothers him with their personal matters, how can he be the head of the clan? "
Yang Fan was silent for a while and said softly, "Miss Xuelian, you are actually not a child anymore. You have already grown up."
Yang Fan faintly felt uneasy. He had been in the Ministry of Justice for a long time and had a good understanding of the procedures and methods used by the three law divisions. The arrest of the Yang family members seemed very baffling. If one wanted to guess Huang Jingrong's motive, it seemed that he was only trying to expand the scope of the rebellion case.
However, Yang Fan did not think so. Why would the Yang family members jump into Huang Jingrong's eyes? It could only be because of Yang Mingsheng. The Yang family members were so well-off in Luoyang because of Yang Mingsheng, and they were forced to leave Luoyang because of Yang Mingsheng. Yang Mingsheng was a minister of the Ministry of Justice, and his current position was the number one thug in the Ministry of Justice back then.
At that time, the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate were fighting openly and covertly, and it was even more intense than now. Yang Mingsheng must have offended many people from the Censorate, so it was reasonable for Huang Jingrong to take revenge on the Yang family. However, what reason did he use to drag the Yang family, who were not thugs, into the rebellion case?
Yang Fan immediately recalled that Zhou Xing had died for the crime of rebellion, and Yang Mingsheng was Zhou Xing's capable thug. It was obvious how Huang Jingrong was going to use this point. After figuring out this layer of relationship, Yang Fan immediately sensed that Huang Jingrong seemed to have found a "breakthrough" in the case. Those thugs could be killed!
At this moment, Xuelian spoke again, "The Smoky period headman went to the banquet, and when he came back, he said angrily that the headmen of two tribes had been captured. They were two small tribes, and each tribe only had about a hundred people. Because they were too small, they usually behaved themselves and never caused trouble. In the end, he accused them of being accomplices of the traitors.
Governor Luo secretly told the Smoky period headman that Imperial Censor Huang did this because the two tribes had looked down on him. The gifts from one tribe were too cheap, and they were all wild fruits that were not worth much. The other tribe didn't give any gifts at all.
The tribe that gave the cheap gifts was actually too poor. The other tribe that didn't give any gifts relied on hunting for a living, and their tribesmen lived deep in the mountains and forests, like a group of half-savages. They thought that even if they didn't give any gifts, they wouldn't be noticed. In the end … when the Smoky period headman talked about it, he got angry, but he still couldn't save them. He only scolded the imperial envoy for being greedy and vindictive, and said that he didn't have the demeanor of an imperial envoy at all. "
"It's not that he didn't have any demeanor, but he wanted to gather enough evidence to kill them …"
Yang Fan's thoughts quickly turned. "The original Zhou Xing's evil Yang clan members were the masterminds of this case, and the disgruntled thugs who were sentenced to exile were the accomplices. The two pitiful small tribes were bribed by them to prepare for the rebellion. Just like that, a case of 'rebellion' was concocted.
Yang Fan let out a long sigh and raised his head to look at the sky. It was already dusk, and it was impossible for Huang Jingrong to leave the city at this time. Especially since Smoky had just returned from the banquet, which meant that Huang Jingrong had just ended the banquet.
Tomorrow, tomorrow should be the day when Huang Jingrong wielded the butcher's knife, right?
Yang Fan slowly stood up and looked over the courtyard wall at the mountain peak in the distance. The sun was setting, and the setting sun was like blood!
… …
Huang Jingrong's mood tonight was quite good. After the local officials and chieftains who attended yesterday's banquet found out about this imperial envoy daren's' refined hobby ', early in the morning, they continuously sent over many yellow and white items and other rare treasures.
The only flaw was that most of the officials had personally come to deliver the gifts, while the chieftains had mostly sent stewards to deliver them, which was somewhat disrespectful. In addition, there were also a few chieftains who did not care about him at all. They had not arrived, nor had they received the gifts. Huang Jingrong gritted his teeth and recorded them one by one in the 'accounts'.
But in the afternoon, when the news of Smoky's capture spread, the people who came to deliver gifts came in an endless stream. There were even some people who had given him gifts in the morning who felt that their gifts were too light and gave him another one in the afternoon. As expected, they were lowly bastards who would not shed tears until they saw the coffin.
He had originally decided to use that Fumiaki as a sacrifice, but after this person was captured, he immediately admitted defeat. Not only did he immediately send him a large sum of money, he even sent two enchanting and charming Barbarian beauties to warm his bed. According to Luo Shudao, this person had some influence in the southwest.
That old man was from Yaozhou and not a local. Letting him go could also use his mouth to spread his name throughout Yaozhou. This way, when he arrived in Yaozhou, he would not have to establish his might and subdue those who did not know what was good for them. Huang Jingrong returned from the banquet and first opened the chests. With a beaming smile, he picked up the gold, silver, and jewels, then locked them up one by one. Only then did he excitedly walk to his bedroom. Inside, there were two beauties as beautiful as flowers and jade waiting for him.
When Huang Jingrong returned from the banquet, he first opened the chests one by one. Beaming with joy, he picked up the gold, silver, and jewels, then locked them up one by one. Only then did he excitedly walk to his bedroom. Inside, there were two beauties as beautiful as flowers and jade waiting for him.
Waking up wielding a killing sword and drunk lying on the knees of beauties, this was almost every man's dream.
It seemed that Huang Jingrong wanted to reverse the order. Tonight, drunk lying on the knees of beauties, waking up wielding a killing sword!
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