"When talking about fortresses, they only use power. They are disrespectful to the superiors and have no regard for the people. They live in Mucheng and have been oppressed for a long time. They are called the governor of the state, but they have no real power in their hands."
Although the official exposed Tan Lei's crime to his face last night, he could only watch helplessly as they dragged away the relief money and grain.
This is because the lower official is incompetent, and the lower official is willing to be punished. He only wants to provide disaster relief, so that the master and the deputy envoy can make decisions for the people, and the lower official will die without regrets."
Tsk tsk tsk tsk, what a loyal minister who petitioned for the people but was bullied because the mountain was high and the emperor was far away!
There just seems to be something weird about it.
Prince Li, who only had oral lessons from his father and what he saw in books, and had no real experience in this field, turned to Qi Kang'an for help.
He could tell that something was wrong with this man, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Qi Kang'an, who was also inexperienced: "..."
——What are you looking at me doing? I used to have to kneel down when I saw such a high-ranking official from a long distance away.
Fortunately, Qi Baoer finally put down his chopsticks and spoke out to relieve the two of them. Everyone's attention was always on Fat Zhizhou, who was an excellent singer and songwriter, and no one paid attention to the embarrassment of the two.
"What Mr. Guan wants is for me to handle the case for you?"
Before Fat Zhizhou could answer, she had already continued speaking, with a helpless tone in her tone of "I want to help you but I can't help you."
"Although this envoy is a first-class official, he is only a disaster relief envoy and has no authority to interfere with local affairs. Besides, we have to escort the prisoners to Lingnan. However, we are here to rest for a day and will leave tomorrow.
I am very sorry for what Lord Guan has asked for, and I think there is nothing we can do to help you."
Prince Li glanced at Qi Bao'er in confusion. Fortunately, although he didn't understand why Anle, who had the token of 'like an emperor's presence', said such a thing, he didn't expose it and just frowned.
Qi Kang'an and the others were all engrossed in eating. The generals looked down on Wen Yiguan, especially the fat Zhizhou in front of them who was crying so hard that they would eat less steamed buns.
No one noticed that Qi Bao'er was lagging behind when he spoke, and the fat man's originally tense shoulders relaxed a lot unconsciously, except for Qi Bao'er who kept staring at him.
Tsk~
Qi Baoer laughed and shook his head.
She just has never been interested in caring about worldly affairs, but it's not that she really doesn't understand anything.
With this little trick, is it really so easy to deceive her as if she is just a five-year-old milk baby?
Fat Zhizhou seemed disappointed. He was silent for a while as if he had received a heavy blow. Then he kowtowed again with a decadent air, "I am anxious and lost my sense of proportion. I am resigning."
After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for anyone to ask him to get up. He got up in a dazed manner, turned around and left with a staggering step.
Everyone in the lobby felt uncomfortable looking at his back. Many soldiers had dissatisfied looks on their faces. Even Fang Qidu turned to look at Qi Baoer, who seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Seeing this, Qi Bao'er's mouth twitched, and he raised his voice slightly and turned his head to talk to Qi Kang'an: "This damn fat guy is really good at acting."
I really thought that what Fat Zhizhou said was true: "..."
But he is good at cooperating with his daughter.
He immediately nodded with disdain, "If I didn't know the truth, I would almost believe it."
Everyone: "???" The truth, what truth?
The main reason is that I have never seen a third-grade official cry so shamelessly in public; whether he is an official or a child of an aristocratic family, his face is more important than his life, and he has to put on airs when talking to others.
Well, if there was really no way out, how could one cry like a three-year-old child in front of so many people?
In addition, in the last scene, Fatty Fatty played the despair of hopelessness very realistically, and many people were brought into the drama.
People sympathize with the weak, so most of the people present were biased towards Fat Zhizhou.
Qi Baoer: "Guan Pang... This is the last year of his second term as the magistrate of Muzhou. If he has been left empty-handed and has no real power by the magistrate of Mucheng, how can he be re-elected?"
When low-level officials such as county magistrates and county magistrates are re-elected, it is usually because they have no ability or have been suppressed by others; and if officials of the fourth rank and above are re-elected, it is usually the opposite in the place where they were re-elected.
It is good for him and he hopes to have a better chance of returning to Beijing in the future.
To understand this, we need to go into the details of the imperial system, the relationship between the aristocratic families, etc., but they are all well-known things. As soon as Qi Baoer comes out, ordinary soldiers will understand.
Therefore, everyone was very angry while carrying a pot for initiation.
Anger at being deceived.
Prince Li, the beloved son of heaven, was even more displeased, but he didn't show it on his face.
"Then what does he mean by this? Does he want to use our hands to remove the prefect Tan from his mouth?"
Qi Bao'er didn't answer any more, got off the table, turned around and walked upstairs.
Several people at the table looked at each other and then all stood up to follow.
After a while, seven people gathered in Qi Bao'er's house.
As soon as everyone sat down, Zheng Haoran asked first: "Princess, did you discover something last night?"
By pure coincidence, Zheng Haoran got up and went out last night and happened to see Qi Baoer and Twelve Leaving the Inn.
Just now I prayed to Bao'er that those who were definitely fat magistrates had a problem, but they just arrived in Mucheng yesterday, and the only way they wanted to get some news from the county was through the trip last night.
As for knowing in advance, the line has been laid out earlier, haha, who knows who the princess is, this one in their family is just a salted fish, the salty one.
When the others heard Zheng Haoran's words, they all looked at Qi Baoer in surprise.
Qi Baoer did not admit it directly, but he did not say otherwise, but said: "As far as I know, the magistrates of Muzhou and Mucheng have always been at odds. Guan Wentong, the magistrate of Muzhou, comes from the Guan family in the capital. The Guan family is the houfu, and Guan Wentong is from Guan.
The eldest son of the concubine..."
Upon hearing this, Prince Li raised his hands in surprise.
Qi Bao'er stopped and looked at him, her eyes saying, "If you fart, hurry up."
Prince Li: "...that Anle, are you mistaken? The Guan family you mentioned in the capital is still from the Hou family. There is only one Marquis named Guan in Beijing. I have never heard that their family has a concubine's eldest son.
Such a thing?"
"Guan Wentong was born to Guan Houye's first wife. When Tongfang was pregnant at that time, Guanhouye was engaged to the current Houye's wife. Mrs. Guan was afraid that Mrs. Houye's natal family would know about it, and she was reluctant to bear it to her first wife.
He hid his child in the countryside.
Mrs. Guan sent her away without telling Mr. Guan, and she also promised her brother-in-law that he would find an opportunity to bring her back after Mr. Guan got married.
Unexpectedly, not only did Mr. Guan get married, but Mrs. Guan died of an emergency. She didn’t even leave any last words at that time, let alone the married woman in the country who was still waiting for her..."
This is a very unfortunate story. Mrs. Guan gave her daughter-in-law to her nanny to send away, and she hid her in the home of a distant relative of hers until she gave birth.
Little did he know that that family was all greedy. Before Mrs. Guan died of illness, she would ask her nanny to send them money every month, so that family took good care of the couple. But after Mrs. Guan died of illness, the money was cut off.
How could the family allow a fat-bellied woman who was freeloading and couldn't do any work at home?
After waiting for two months to confirm that the deal was completely dead, the family cruelly sold their wife, who was about to give birth, to a widower for ten taels of silver.
The eldest son of the concubine of the Marquis of Guan had just severed ties with the Marquis and grew up in the countryside.
"Later, because he looked very similar to Mr. Guan, he was accidentally recognized by Mr. Guan, who took him back to the Houfu in the name of his adopted son."