In the lobby of the government office, the prefect of Yangcheng looked at the complaint in his hand, the gap between his brows was so deep that it could kill mosquitoes.

When Guo Youning walked into the lobby, he saw that his uncle had a straight face, and his long and narrow red phoenix eyes glanced behind him vaguely, then bent his posture and put on a playful smile, "What kind of state do you think Mr. Yu is seeing?

Is it such a bitter and resentful state?"

Yu Yaozong held the complaint and raised his head, but his eyes went beyond Guo Youning and went straight to Wu Fang behind him.

"Master Wu, someone is accusing you of: smuggling salt, rice, copper and iron, privately manufacturing good weapons and weapons, colluding with border bandits, bribing border officials! liaising with barbarians! leaking military aircraft..."

Yu Yaozong clearly counted Wu Fang's crimes word by word. At the end, his calm tone was like a heavy hammer knocking down, "Is this serious?"

Guo Youning's smiling face suddenly twisted up, and the veins on his forehead were pulsing, but he still suppressed his temper and forced a smile, "How could it be? Xiao Fang has worked hard for Beijiang for so many years, and everyone has seen it.

, how could he do something treasonous? He must have made a mistake."

As if he wanted to find some basis for his words, and as if he wanted to give himself some basis to believe his words, Guo Youning smiled and turned to look at Wu Fang, "right, Xiao Fang?"

But Wu Fang hadn't spoken yet. Yan Qing, who had followed them in and said he was observing and learning, said calmly, "Master Hou, don't you look at the evidence first?"

Guo Youning's smile froze, and Yu Yaozong's voice sounded at the right time, "You'd better see for yourself first."

Wu Fang opened his mouth and closed it gently without making any sound.

Looking at Wu Fang's shoulders that relaxed as if a burden had finally been lifted, Guo Youning could hardly hold back the smile on his face, but he still suppressed his voice and turned around with a chuckle, "Well, people will always be corrupted.

Wanting to seduce. Although joining forces with the caravan to make profits is against official duties, but..."

When his eyes fell on the account book that Yu Yaozong opened and handed to him, Gu Youning's voice was cut off abruptly.

There was still a smile on his face, but his smiling lips were tightly pursed, and the muscles on his face were twitching, trying hard to maintain this calm appearance, but after Yu Yaozong turned the page

, all efforts were gone like smoke, leaving only layers of frost that could not be broken.

Next, instead of Yaozong turning the pages for him, Guo Youning took over the account book and read each page slowly and carefully.

"Northern Xinjiang's right to self-control weapons is to reduce weapon damage and the cost of long-distance transportation of weapons."

Guo Youning held the account book, turned around slowly, and gently cast his eyes on Wu Fang in the hall, "That's it, right? Xiao Fang."

Wu Fang calmly looked at the wrinkled ledger between Guo Youning's fingers. Even a vague glance was enough for him to know what it was.

"You are very capable."

Wu Fang did not answer Guo Youning, but looked at Yan Qing who was standing aside, "This account book should be gone long ago."

"Aren't you going to object?"

Yan Qing half-opened his eyes, neither caught by his provocation nor surprised by his frankness, "Master Hou is still waiting for a reasonable explanation from you."

Wu Fang followed her gaze and looked at Guo Youning.

That person who was always lazy and unruly was trembling all over and breathing rapidly because he was over-restraining his anger. His narrow eyes were half closed, holding a sharp light after his laziness faded.

Looking at the furious Guo Youning, Wu Fang suddenly smiled, "What can an unknown account book mean?"

"Nothing can be explained."

Wu Fang looked at Guo Youning and breathed a sigh of relief. The smile on his lips became even bigger and he laughed out loud, "Is that what you want me to say?"

"It's a pity, it's all true."

Wu Fang's words were like rolling thunder exploding over Guo Youning's head, immediately igniting his suppressed anger, and he punched Wu Fang in the face!

Although Wu Fang has some self-defense skills, compared with Guo Youning who rolled over in the shadow of swords and swords on the battlefield, the three-legged cat is not even an amateur.

Without any precautions, Wu Fang was knocked away by this completely powerless punch. He rolled twice on the ground, holding his bleeding mouth and nose and unable to stand up in pain.

"I thought that although you were a little greedy for success, you at least had a bottom line and knew the importance."

Guo Youning clenched his fists and kept them in place, resisting the urge to rush forward and give him a beating. He gritted his teeth and asked, "But how dare you forge the ordnance account books and sell large quantities of fine weapons to the North?"

Enemies of Xinjiang? That is a treasonous crime to punish the Nine Tribes!"

"Why?"

Wu Fang wiped the blood from his face, gave up the idea of ​​standing up, sat cross-legged on the ground, covered his bleeding nose, grinned his mouth with missing front teeth, and gave a sarcastic smile, "Why else? Of course for

Fame and fortune!”

"I have offended the emperor, so I can only follow you Guo Youning as a dog in this life! Since we are all being treated as dogs, why don't I choose someone who values ​​me more?"

Wu Fang saw Guo Youning's anger in his eyes, but he smiled even more proudly, "Someone else promised me the throne! Isn't it a thousand times better than your broken master?! Ten thousand times?!"

"Then it's up to you to take it with your life."

Yan Qing interrupted coldly.

"ha?"

Wu Fang seemed to have heard a joke and turned to look at Yan Qing, "You don't really think you can convict me with a bunch of nameless so-called evidence, do you?"

"I can admit it in front of you now, but when I return to the capital, I can naturally deny it outright!"

Wu Fang smiled like a rogue, "You must have remembered, right? After all, I am still a Beijing official who was transferred here by the emperor's personal order. All the accusations related to me will ultimately be decided by the people in the capital.

"

"But based on this pile of nameless waste paper, who would believe the testimony you heard today?"

"But you have to be careful. These nameless things can belong to me, Wu Fang, or it can belong to someone else."

Wu Fang smiled ferociously, and at this point, he cast a provocative look at Guo Youning with deep meaning, "Tell me, is it cost-effective to use these things on my dead boss, or is it better to use them on me?"

Is it more cost-effective to exchange the military strength and power of a certain high-ranking person for a certain person?"

"When you proposed the autonomy of weapons in Northern Xinjiang, was it just to smuggle weapons, fake accounts, and finally put everything on my head and put the Guo family into a situation of no return?"

At this point, even without Yan Qing's guidance and reminder, Guo Youning already understood what kind of wolf he had around him!

"If this yellow-haired girl hadn't disrupted the situation."

In response to Guo Youning's question, Wu Fang still did not defend himself. He even glanced at Guo Youning with some contempt, then turned his gaze to Yan Qing aside, with a cold expression, "I'm curious, how did you get this account book? When you come here

Before going to Northern Xinjiang, I clearly burned it with my own hands."

happy New Year!

(ps: This is an additional update owed to book friend 20211204145111961. Today’s update and additional updates are at the back.)
Chapter completed!