Zhou Yu gathered the generals and handed over the power to Lu Su in public, letting Lu Su temporarily act as the governor. Then he rushed to the capital with two personal followers.
In Jiangling City, the newly appointed Jingzhou magistrate Gao Qi and his men had just arrived. Jiangling magistrate Zhuge Jin personally greeted Gao Qi and sent Gao Qi to the magistrate's palace. Since the rule of the Huaxia Kingdom, Jingzhou has placed the magistrate's seat in Jingzhou.
Jiangling is, firstly, relatively close to the four counties of Jingnan, and secondly, it echoes Jiangxia from a distance, and is located at the intersection of the Han River and the Yangtze River, making it easy to control waterway traffic.
After Gao Qi entered the Zhizhou Mansion, Zhuge Jin hosted a banquet in person. After they were full of wine and food, Gao Qi sent Zhuge Jin off, showing great grace in receiving and treating people.
After the banquet, a group of maidservants poured into the hall and began to clean up everything. Each of these maidservants was taller and slimmer than the last. When passing by Gao Qi, they were all impressed by Gao Qi's appearance from time to time, and they all wished for more.
Take a few glances. However, that is also a secret look.
After the banquet was over, Gao Qi called the old steward of Zhizhou Mansion and asked, "How many people are there in this mansion?"
The old steward hurriedly replied: "For the record, Lord Magistrate, there are a total of 199 people in this mansion, including 48 maids, 30 servants, 20 cooks, 100 government servants, and one old man."
After hearing this, Gao Qi nodded slightly and said: "I didn't expect that there would be so many people in a magistrate's mansion...Old housekeeper, please send all those maids back home. There is no need for maids in the mansion..."
"Sir, this... I'm afraid this is inappropriate?" The old housekeeper was surprised.
"What's wrong?" Gao Qi asked, "These maids are more beautiful than the other, and their skin is even fairer. The skin on their hands is very delicate. Although they are wearing maid clothes, they can't do anything at all.
They are all useless. If they are really maids, they have been doing heavy work all year round, how can their hands be so delicate? Tell me the truth, these beauties were originally in the mansion?"
The old housekeeper nodded hurriedly and said: "Sir, these maids are indeed from the Zhizhou Mansion..."
"Nonsense! The Duke of Zhen Guo has always been upright and clean. How could he have so many beauties in his house?" Gao Qi suddenly asked sharply.
The old housekeeper knelt on the ground with a "plop" and hurriedly kowtowed to Gao Qi and said: "Sir, please calm down. I have realized my mistake. I should not hide anything. I have undoubtedly slandered the Duke of Zhen Guo. These female maids,
It is true that they are not original in the mansion. These people were carefully selected from the city a few days ago and were specially arranged to serve the adults in the mansion's daily life..."
Gao Qi glared at the old housekeeper angrily, with a hint of coldness in his eyes, and asked with a straight face: "If you don't tell the truth again, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!"
The old housekeeper looked at Gao Qi's cold eyes and couldn't help feeling frightened. He hurriedly kowtowed and said, "My lord, calm down your anger. My lord, please calm down. To tell the truth. These people are the daughters of wealthy merchants in the city. They know that your lord is not married yet."
Marry, so I specially sent my daughter in..."
After Gao Qi heard this, he asked: "You are a small official in the magistrate's government. I don't think you would dare to be so bold, and you would arrange people in the government at will. Tell me, who has passed this matter through whose hands?"
"It was the Master who asked me to do this..."
"Send the chief to come here to see me and tell him that I have summoned him." Gao Qi turned around and said to the bodyguard beside him.
"promise!"
Gao Qi personally helped the old housekeeper and said slowly: "My husband, I scared you just now. Now, you can do as I say and send all the maids back home, and hang up the avoidance cards.
Except for Mr. Zhuge, the prefect of Jiangling, no distinguished guests have been seen in the past three days."
"Yes, sir." The old housekeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead, gave a false alarm, and hurriedly followed Gao Qi's instructions.
As soon as the anti-guest sign was hung up in Zhizhou Mansion, a distinguished guest came to visit over there, and it was Cai Lei, the richest businessman in the city.
Cai's ten servants opened the way in front, and in the middle was a large sedan with eight lifts. On both sides of the sedan were four maids, all of whom were graceful. Behind them were all dressed in black, with steel knives on their waists.
There were twenty guards, and the scene looked very grand.
After the sedan was carried to the gate of Zhizhou Mansion, Cai Lei walked out of the sedan, looked up at the plaque of Zhizhou Mansion, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
After the sedan was lowered, Cai Lei walked straight towards the Zhizhou Mansion. As soon as he reached the door, the guard responsible for hanging the guest sign blocked Cai Lei's way and shouted: "What are you doing?"
With a smile on his face, Cai Lei winked at a housekeeper behind him, and the housekeeper hurried over, took out two silver coins from his arms, handed them to the two guards guarding the door, and said with a smile
: "You two brothers have worked hard, this is not a sign of respect."
The two guards guarding the door were Gao Qi's personal guards. They didn't even glance at the silver coin. They stood blankly at the door with no expression on their faces. They shouted at the same time: "If you have nothing to do, just stay here!"
The housekeeper of the Cai Mansion was rejected, and Cai Lei's face was even duller. He thought that the two guards were too young, so he pulled the housekeeper back and took out two gold coins from his arms, but still
Without handing over his hand, one of the guards shouted: "Don't do this, we never accept bribes!"
Cai Lei said with a smile: "This is not a bribe, this is money for tea for me. You guys have worked hard on duty, this money..."
"Who are you? What's the matter?" The guard interrupted Cai Lei.
Cai Lei said: "Oh, my surname is Cai, and my only name is Lei. I am a businessman in the city. I want to meet the newly appointed governor of the state, and I would like to ask a few brothers to make it easier for me."
"I'm sorry, my master has an order not to see any guests within three days. Look, the anti-visitor signs have been hung up. You'd better please come back."
"Can't you really be accommodating?"
"Feel sorry."
In desperation, Cai Lei turned around and saw an official sedan coming from the west road. He recognized the official sedan as the official sedan from the Jingzhou Commerce Department.
After Cai Lei saw it, he hurriedly asked his men to get out of the way, deliberately stepped back, and then waited there quietly. After the official sedan landed, he hurriedly approached it and said in a low voice: "Little
I sincerely welcome Master Fu."
In the sedan, Fu Xun, the director of the Jingzhou Department of Commerce, was sitting. He walked out of the sedan and saw Cai Lei beside him, so he said, "So it's Mr. Cai, and he's also here to see Mr. Zhizhou?"
"No, no, no, I was passing by here and happened to meet your Majesty's sedan, so I got down first because I was afraid of bumping into Your Majesty." Cai Lei denied it, worried that Fu Xun would know that he couldn't even get in.
Fu Xun said "hmm" and said: "Mr. Cai, I'm here to see Mr. Zhizhou. Since you are here too, why not go in together. You are the richest man in Jiangling and one of the few in Jingzhou.
Business prosperity cannot be achieved without your strong support."
Cai Lei said: "Cai Lei is more respectful than obedient."
Fu Xun nodded, raised his hand, and said, "Mr. Cai, please!"
"My lord, please come first!"
Fu Xun stopped being polite and walked forward in a swaggering manner. As soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by a guard. He hurriedly held his hands and said, "I am the director of the Jingzhou Department of Commerce.
I’m here to pay homage to the newly appointed Lord Governor, please inform me.”
"Master Zhizhou has an order. No visitors will be seen within three days!"
Only then did Fu Xun notice that a sign to avoid guests had been hung at the door, and then he asked with a smile: "Can't you really be accommodating?"
"We only have to carry out the order of Lord Zhizhou and cannot disobey it. Sir, please go back and come back in three days."
Fu Xun bowed politely, turned around and left, but he couldn't figure out why Gao Qi avoided seeing his guests.
Here Fu Xun was rejected, and over there many officials from Jingzhou arrived one after another. The official sedans landed on the street in front of Zhizhou Mansion one after another, blocking the entire street.
Those in the front couldn't get out, and those in the back couldn't get in. It was crowded for a while, but no matter who it was, they were all blocked by the guards.
The chief clerk of Jiangling hurried over and followed one of Gao Qi's guards to Fuqian Street. Seeing the congestion here, he finally squeezed in and arrived at the gate of Zhizhou Mansion. The guard led the chief clerk in.
The two guards at the gate of Zhizhou Mansion did not stop him.
Fu Xun, Cai Lei and others were all puzzled. This place was much bigger than the official position of the chief registrar. Why couldn't they get in, but the chief registrar did. But everyone couldn't get in, and finally they left angrily.
, and after a while, they dispersed, and Fuqian Street became smooth again.
In the Zhizhou Mansion, Gao Qi was reading Sun Tzu's Art of War carefully in his hand. Suddenly a guard came in and announced that the chief register had arrived. Gao Qi put down the book in his hand and said coldly: "Pass!"
After a while, the Chief Registrar of Jiangling was brought in. As soon as he saw Gao Qi, he knelt on the ground and knelt down and said, "Ding Fei, the humble Chief Registrar of Jiangling, kowtows to your lord."
"Get up and talk!" Gao Qi saw that Ding Fei had a sharp mouth, monkey cheeks and a mustache, but he was shrewd in his bones, so he raised his hand and said calmly, "Sit down!"
Ding Fei stood next to him, slowly sat down, and asked hurriedly: "I wonder what the important thing is for you to call me here?"
Gao Qi said: "Oh, actually it's nothing. I just heard that the beauties in the Zhizhou Mansion were selected by Master Ding. I felt very happy when I saw them, so I specially summoned Master Ding to come and talk about them."
After hearing this, Ding Fei showed a smile on his face and said: "As long as the adults like it, it's fine. A humble position is just a small effort..."
"Well, some of them are really good, but I don't know what their family background is. The housekeeper said that Mr. Ding knows best, so I specially asked Mr. Ding to come over. It seemed a bit hasty and made Mr. Ding troublesome."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. It's part of your humble duty to do things for your Majesty." Ding Fei's eyes flashed with light and he asked tentatively, "My lord, you just said that there are some pretty girls who are good. I don't know.
Which beauties are you talking about?"
(ps: Tomorrow’s update may be in the afternoon, it will still be the third update, please wait patiently...)