w. Lang Shaodong’s house was standing at the door, looking around. The servant who went in to report the news went out and said, “Lang Shaodong’s house, the prefect is currently receiving guests. I’m afraid I won’t be able to see you. Please come back to visit me on another day. Please come back...)”
Lang Yongping said hurriedly: "Brother, I know that Mr. Fu Zun is very busy, but I do have something important to see him. Please go and inform him again."
The servant rolled his eyes and said: "Everyone said that we have something important to meet. All of our hundreds of thousands of people in Luzhou are going to meet each other. Can the prefect come here? Please go back and come back on another day when the prefect is free."
Lang Shaodong's nose was so angry that he twisted his nose. Damn it, what the hell! People say that the prime minister's doorman is a seventh-grade official, and this one, the doorman and servant of the magistrate, is also dragging him like something; Lang Yongping can't wait to slap him and hit him.
His nose is crooked, his eyes are slanted, his legs are cramped, but this is just a thought, and he has to say nice things to make up for it with a smile.
"Brother, I also want to come back on another day, but I can't wait for this matter; if I delay this matter, the Lord of the Palace will definitely blame me, and maybe he will also blame you." Lang Shaodong said as he took out one from his arms.
He stuffed the money bag into the servant's hand, winked and said, "Tong Tong Tong, take this little money and get a few cents of wine to eat."
The servant kept saying: "What is this for? What is this for? I don't need your money to buy a drink."
Lang Yongping said with a smile: "Of course there is no shortage. I am just an errand boy who needs money. I am celebrating the New Year. How can I call someone with nothing? Please help me run one more time and see if it can be successful this time."
The servant looked around, silently put the money bag into his sleeve, and said: "Then I will make another trip. This time I will be scolded, but it seems that Lang Shaodong's family must have something important to do.
Just curse."
Lang Shaodong bowed to the ground and kept saying words of gratitude. He watched the servant disappear from the door, turned around and spat fiercely on the ground and said: "A guard dog is here to show off, and it's your mother's fault."
Lang Yongping now hoped from the bottom of his heart that what Su Jin said was true. This dog magistrate was so abominable, and even his bastards were nothing. He was in a bad year and had been humiliated year after year. If what Su Jin said was true, could this person be saved?
If the dog officer takes care of it, I will definitely be the first one to throw a rotten egg in his face when he is parading, and tell you to fuck him!
The atmosphere in the hall had already become lively. Wu Tongpan had the ability to bring up the topic of several famous singers in Luzhou, which immediately aroused the resonance of everyone present. Of course, Zhu Shiyong couldn't keep a straight face all the time. His son would only make a fool of himself.
Can you blame the lax discipline? These people also have good intentions, so how can you blame others for this?
While he was talking heatedly, the servant who had just been informed came in again, and Zhu Shiyong cursed: "Didn't I tell you not to see him? You can't even send him away?"
The servant hurriedly said: "He said he had something important to report, and he also said that this matter is extremely urgent and has something to do with you, sir."
Zhu Shiyong was stunned and said: "Is it related to me?"
The servant said: "That's what he said, and he also said that if he didn't report it in time, he was afraid that the adults would blame him in the future."
Zhu Shiyong frowned and thought for a while and said, "Take him to the study." After that, he stood up and said to everyone, "Everyone, please chat first. I'm going to meet a guest in front of you and will come back later. I'm sorry."
Everyone cupped their hands and said, "Master Fu, please leave me alone. We feel at home and at ease."
Zhu Shiyong chuckled and handed over his hands and went out. His eyes glanced at the three giants of the chamber of commerce. Tang Jiyuan immediately understood. After leading Zhu Shiyong out of the hall, he pulled Vice President Huang and Vice President Liu and lied about going to the toilet, and followed him out.
Vice President Huang was listening to everyone discussing which singer had the best figure and the most beautiful singing voice. When he was getting excited, he was pulled out by Tang Jiyuan. He was unwilling and shouted: "Why do you have to pull me up to use the toilet?" I don't have that idea."
Tang Jiyuan scolded: "You also said that you are so stupid today that you shouldn't ask Mr. Yamen to write poems just for fun. Does that look like someone who can write poems? You made Magistrate Zhu unhappy for no reason. You really can't speak with your brain."
Vice President Huang scratched his head and said, "How did I know that he has been studying for so long and can't even write poetry? This is really a mistake."
Tang Jiyuan said angrily: "It's so loud, why are you afraid no one will hear it?"
Vice President Huang reluctantly closed his mouth, and Vice President Liu said: "Tang Weng brought us out because he had something to say."
Tang Jiyuan said: "Just now, Magistrate Zhu motioned for me to follow him with his eyes. It seems that he has something to discuss. Maybe something went wrong."
Vice President Liu frowned and said, "What trouble will happen?"
Tang Jiyuan spread his hands and said: "How can I know this? Let's go to Magistrate Zhu and ask."
The three of them walked around the screen along the stone road, and just as they were about to walk towards the gate, they saw a servant coming hurriedly, saluting: "Are the three of you, President Tang, President Liu, President Huang of the Chamber of Commerce?"
The three of them replied: "Exactly."
"Your Excellency, please invite the three of you in the study to talk. Please come with me."
The three of them looked at each other, and Tang Jiyuan smiled at the servant and said, "Please lead the way."
The three of them followed the servant all the way to the left, passed through two doors and entered a quiet small courtyard. The servant stood at the entrance of the courtyard and stretched out his hand and said: "Young ones can't enter. The three presidents will go in by themselves. The first one on the east side is Lord Fu Zun’s study.”
The three of them thanked each other with cupped hands, stepped into the courtyard, and went straight to the first room at the east end. They heard the voices of two people talking from inside. Tang Jiyuan said loudly: "Your Excellency, I am here to pay you respects."
Zhu Shiyong's voice came: "Come in."
The three of them opened the curtain and entered the room. At a glance, they saw Lang Shaodong standing at the bottom with his hands down, while Zhu Shiyong was pacing back and forth with an angry look on his face, looking extremely panicked.
Lang Yongping bowed his hands and saluted: "The three presidents are also here, and I was planning to go to your house to meet you."
Tang Jiyuan asked: "What are you here for?"
Lang Yongping said with a smile: "I just have something to report to Mr. Fu, it's nothing important. I would like to wish Mr. Fu a Happy New Year."
Tang Jiyuan looked at Zhu Shiyong with suspicion. Zhu Shiyong stopped and said to Lang Yongping: "Mr. Lang, I already know what you said, but they are just rumors and should not be taken seriously. Don't spread them after you go out. .”
Lang Shaodong lowered his head and said: "How dare you? I am also afraid that something will happen, so I rush to see Mr. Fu Zun. If nothing happens, I will leave."
Zhu Shiyong smiled and said: "Go, you have your heart set on me and I will remember it."
Lang Yongping bowed humbly and saluted. Just as he was about to go out, he suddenly turned around and came back: "Master Fu, if you can use a villain, please give me your orders. I am willing to do your best for you."
Zhu Shiyong chuckled and nodded: "I have taken note of it."
Lang Yongping smiled strangely and went out with his head held high, feeling extremely happy. It seemed that what Su Jin said was all true. Judging from Zhu Shiyong's panic, this dog official was afraid that he was going to be in trouble.
"Master Fu Zun, what happened? What is he doing here?" Tang Jiyuan asked hurriedly.
Zhu Shiyong silently pointed to the stool, sat down on a chair first, waved his hand to the two maids to retreat, and then said: "You three, something big has happened..."
The three of them were startled and said in unison: "What's wrong?"
Zhu Shiyong said in a low voice: "This young man came to see me and told me that his housekeeper had a drink with a companion of the Su family a few days ago. When he was drunk, he heard the companion talking about the food robbery at Bagong Mountain..."
Tang Jiyuan was surprised: "What does that have to do with you and me?"
Zhu Shiyong glanced at him with disdain and said, "Do you still remember Chen Laogen who we arranged to deliver the letter?"
Tang Jiyuan said in surprise: "What? Isn't he dead?"
Zhu Shiyong scolded: "This guy is so lucky that he was caught by the bandits before he was killed. Lang Shaodong's family just came to tell me that Su Ji's companion got drunk and leaked that he was suppressing bandits at Bagong Mountain. A Luzhou government official was released, calling himself Chen Laogen."
Tang Jiyuan and the other three people took a deep breath and said in shock: "Is that okay? This person... this person is the biggest disaster."
Zhu Shiyong frowned and said: "How could I not know? At first, I still held out hope that Chen Laogen should not know the content of the letter. As long as the letter did not fall into the hands of others, I would have nothing to worry about. But the man named Lang said, Su Jin I copied out a certain letter, and I was so happy as if I had found a treasure. I suspect that this is the letter we sent..."
The scalps of the three of them were numb and their faces were pale. If both the person and the letter were in Su Jin's hands, they would have a complete understanding of their fate.
"Sir, since the letter and Chen Laogen are both in Su Jin's hands, why didn't he take action? Is this a way to blackmail me into waiting?" Vice President Liu Zhuge was still clear-headed and immediately asked the question.
Zhu Shiyong sighed: "The trouble is that neither the letter nor the person is in Su Jin's hands. Lang Yongping said that the imperial envoy Ouyang Xiu was on business in Shouzhou, and Su Jin handed over the letter and the person to Ouyang Xiu."
Tang Jiyuan said: "Ouyang Xiu? Didn't you say that Ouyang Xiu was sent by the imperial court to find out the case of Su Jin's false edict in Bagongshan? How did he get involved with Su Jin?"
Zhu Shiyong said: "How do I know this? Ouyang Xiu has a bad reputation in the court. Neither Prime Minister Lu nor Lord Xia have any friendship with him, but this man is favored by the Holy Will and cannot be touched easily. That's all. What is hateful is this person’s identity.”
Vice President Liu asked: "What is his identity?"
Zhu Shiyong said: "He is the censor Zhongcheng, a dog that specializes in biting people. If there is nothing wrong with the censor, something will happen, let alone such important evidence falling into his hands, I am really anxious."
Vice President Liu pondered for a while and suddenly asked: "Master Fu, how did Mr. Lang's family know that this matter is related to you? Baba came to tell you that I remember that only the four of us knew about sending the letter. He is Why do you conclude that this matter is important to Mr. Fu Zun?"
Zhu Shiyong shook his head and said: "He didn't come to talk about the letter. He just heard that a yamen servant who delivered letters in Luzhou was arrested. He thought that a yamen servant was missing in the state and he must be eager to find it, so he came to tell Mr. Chen The whereabouts of the roots.”
Vice President Liu said: "Then why are we talking about letters again?"
Zhu Shiyong said: "I asked this around the corner. I asked him if he knew whether the government officials were arrested after the letter was delivered, or whether he was arrested before it was delivered. I lied that the official document was very important and could not waste time; He thought for a long time before he said it, as if he mentioned some letter, and said that Su Jin had to go, and he was very happy."
Vice President Liu asked unwillingly: "Then why did Su Ji's personal companion mention this matter to his housekeeper?"
Zhu Shiyong swallowed and spat and said, "I asked about this from the side. It is said that the housekeeper of the Lang family was disrespectful to Su Jin when he was drinking with Su Ji's companion. He ridiculed Su Jin for being a food envoy but having no class or grades.
, making people laugh; Na Su Ji's companions immediately told the story, and said that his young master was about to make a great contribution, and they found irrefutable evidence that someone was collaborating with bandits. Once he made such a contribution, the court would definitely reward high-ranking officials.
Such a generous reward, after all, he was provoked to say it, and it doesn't seem like he was trying to test us."
Vice President Liu sighed dejectedly and said: "I'm afraid this matter is really troublesome. Regardless of whether Lang Shaodong's family intends to test it, one thing is certain. The letter and Chen Laogen must have fallen into the hands of Su Jin or Ouyang Xiu.
Otherwise, how could they know that Chen Laogen and this letter were there? If Chen Laogen was caught by the bandits, he would be killed. Even if Su Jin later captured the stronghold, he would never know that Chen Laogen was there.
After sending a letter, only when both the person and the letter are present can such news come out."
Everyone nodded, it was certain that the matter had been revealed. This news was like a thunderbolt. The four people in the room were all as dejected as if they were mourning their heirs. It is conceivable that a storm is coming, and this disaster is enough to destroy the four people here and all of them.