As soon as Changsui left the house, the prefect Shuyu slammed the tea cup in his hand onto the table. The amber crystal tea soup splashed on the rosewood table, as if it had turned into brown old blood stains.
"Ouch, you scared me!"
Zou Sen, who was casually nestled in a chair, was about to stand up and grab a handful of melon seeds, but was so frightened by his brother-in-law's movement that he sat down in the chair again.
"Brother-in-law, what's wrong with the multiple maids? This boy named Jia has a reputation for being lecherous. If he can't sleep with one maid, he buys another one on the road. Is it any wonder?"
Shuyu was born in the same Jinshi family and had a bad temper. If it weren't for the fact that his father-in-law, Zou He, was the chief steward of the Prince of Beijing's family, he finally got involved with the Prince of Beijing. He would never have been able to do anything in the officialdom.
To the prefect of Gusu.
It was entirely for the sake of his father-in-law that Shuyu had to take care of his brother-in-law all the time.
Even when he came to Gusu to serve as the prefect, he had to find a job for his brother-in-law in the inspection office in Gusu. This brother-in-law had no future, and the father-in-law had to say that he had to be placed next to Shuyu in order to feel relieved.
"Go away! You know nothing!
How could it be so easy to just buy a maid on the road?
Dad wrote from the capital, saying that when Jia Lian came out of Rong Mansion, he brought a maid and two boys with him. How come he had two maids and six boys with him when he arrived in Gusu?"
"Didn't he go to Yangzhou? There are so many beauties in Yangzhou, let alone just one. If I had money, I would buy ten or eight of them and be the groom every night."
Zou Sen was slumped in his chair again, eating melon seeds, and the rinds of melon seeds flew all over the place.
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Shuyu let out a loud "hum", and tried to hold back the words "that bitch who can't get on the stage", and turned to ask the master:
"Aren't I complaining that all those people in Beijing are just doing nothing?
Why didn't you realize that this kid turned out to be a "stubble" before?
Why didn't you send someone to check him, follow him, and guard against him?
As a result, everything feels strange now and I have no clue about anything!
Everyone said that he was heading to Yangzhou this time, to send his cousin to see Lin Ruhai, so why did he come to Suzhou again?"
Master Zha Duo was a little old man with a sharp face, squinted eyes, and no beard. When the question came to his head, he touched his chin and tentatively said:
"Night owls come into the house and come for anything.
Seeing that he moved into Lin Ruhai's old house as soon as he arrived, it can be seen that he had already greeted Lin Ruhai."
"Old Cha, you always talk so unpleasantly!
Is this just a matter of him living in Lin Ruhai's house?
Lin Ruhai is the salt patrol censor sent by the current emperor to Yangzhou, just to put a 'thorn in the flesh' into the emperor's sphere of influence.
Yangzhou officials are already troublesome enough, but fortunately there is Mr. Yan Zhengzhen sitting there to take charge.
Who would have known that when Jia Lian came to Yangzhou and took action, Jiang Chun, the leader of the eight major salt merchants, was nailed to death in a criminal case, and Mr. Zhen was also involved.
A criminal case in which several people died is no better than a corruption case. Even if you want to overturn the case, it cannot be overturned.
This time, I'm afraid Zhen Huan won't be able to handle it anymore, and the Emperor won't be able to protect him even if he wants to.
That nerd Lin Ruhai was just a thorn in the flesh, but this kid Jia Lian stabbed Yangzhou to death.
With such a prickly head, Hu Laba came to our Suzhou, wouldn't he come after me again?"
Only when Cha Duo saw that Shu Yu had gone so far did he express his thoughts:
"Exactly these words.
This Jia Lian went to Yangzhou and brought Yangzhou to its knees. It was not just Jia Lian who was behind this.
Ordinarily, from Duke Rong's side, he will be the one to seize the throne in the future. He should be from our side, that is, from the Supreme Emperor's side.
But in Yangzhou, he was obviously supporting Lin Ruhai.
If he got on the same boat as Lin Ruhai, then...
Dong Weng, you should be careful about this person.
Every move he makes must be closely watched, and in particular, he must not be allowed to hook up with this person."
Cha Duocai stretched out two thin fingers, waved them in front of his chest, and then quickly took them back.
Shuyu naturally understood that the "this person" he was referring to was his deputy, Tongzhi Yanyan.
"Hmph! That Yan Yan is also a bitch-headed, submissive on the surface but dissatisfied on the inside, do you think I can't tell?
I have been writing to Jingli, asking them to find a way to transfer this troublesome person away from Suzhou as soon as possible. Having such a person around will sooner or later be a problem."
Zha Duocai was Shuyu's master brought from Beijing, so he naturally knew about a public case involved.
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Yan Yan is the second-best criminal record. He served as county magistrate in Weinan for three years and achieved outstanding results.
Yan Yan had originally been transferred to Gusu as the prefect, but because of the interference of King Beijing, Yan Yan had to take off his official uniform as prefect on the day he took office in Gusu, and his appointment was changed to a lower level. level of knowledge.
As a confidant of King Beijing, Shuyu openly put on the official uniform that Yan Yan had just taken off, and openly stood on Yan Yan's head.
Yan Yan was born second in the rankings, while Shu Yu was just a "Tong Jinshi"; Yan Yan was promoted because of his outstanding political performance as a county magistrate, while Shu Yu worked as a sinecure for several years and made the chickens and dogs uneasy. This is a combination of two. By comparison, Yan Yan and his immediate boss are destined to be incompatible.
In addition, Shuyu has been eager to prove that he is a "competent official" since he took office, so he used a thunderous method of "smoothing it with a soldering iron" to suppress Gusu so that no one dared to speak. This is of course not the same as Yan Yan's generosity. Officials who love the people are completely wrong. The first and second leaders cannot urinate in the same pot, so it is natural.
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Cha Duocai rolled his eyes, touched his chin and said:
"Of course it would be good to move him away from Gusu, but water from afar cannot quench his thirst nearby, Dong Weng.
Now that Jia Lian has arrived, the current matters cannot be delayed.
It's better to assign him to go to the countryside early tomorrow morning to encourage education and agriculture. Anyway, we can't let him stay in Gusu City to avoid trouble."
Shuyu nodded repeatedly:
"That's exactly what I said! Can't delay.
I immediately sent someone to send a message, saying that spring has arrived, and encouraging students and farmers are important matters, and asked him to go to the countryside as soon as possible."
They were discussing in full swing. Zou Sen, who was bored, had already eaten melon seeds all over the floor. He couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly interrupted:
"Brother-in-law, can you lend me some servants?"
Seeing that Shuyu ignored him and was still discussing with Cha Duocai about sending someone to follow and monitor Jia Lian, Zou Sen became impatient and kicked the chair with his foot:
"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law! Send me some servants! I have something urgent to do!"
Shuyu was upset by his quarrel, but he didn't dare to offend his brother-in-law, lest his father-in-law would get angry, so he had to suppress his temper and deal with it casually:
"Okay, okay, go and tell Mr. Lei yourself.
But I still have someone to keep an eye on Jia Lian, so I can only give you two.
Okay, okay, you should go back quickly, it’s getting late.” After saying that, he waved to see the guest off.
Zou Sen wrinkled his nose and muttered:
"Two? Too few? Including the 'Six Furious Heroes', there are only eight people."