In seven years, Shang Fei has grown from a small county magistrate to a governor and an overlord. In Shang Fei's eyes, his official position is earned by his hard work for the people in the past seven years, even if there are some rumors in the court.
, and he didn't care at all.
Some people say that he rose to prominence so quickly because he was ingratiating himself with the powerful people of the dynasty. However, Shang Fei has no regrets in his heart. For seven years, under his governance, the people of Hongzhou lived and worked in peace and contentment, with adequate support for their old age and a place to live.
He is worthy of the official hat on his head, and that is enough.
In seven years, both Shang Fei and Shutong have passed the threshold of thirty. As the ancients said, there are three types of unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having children. At thirty, he has not yet started a family. As the head of a state, Shang Fei is a well-deserved golden man.
The matchmakers almost broke the threshold of the Governor's Mansion, but Shang Fei still didn't like the daughter of any wealthy family.
After failing to achieve success on Shang Fei's side, these matchmakers were not reconciled and set their sights on the book boy Qing Mu Shan. At this moment, Qing Mu Shan was no longer a book boy, but the chief steward of a huge governor, and also the chief steward of many governors.
The ideal brother-in-law of a wealthy family is, after all, a seventh-rank official in front of the Prime Minister. As the chief steward of the Governor's Mansion, he is a high-ranking figure in the entire Hongzhou.
However, Qingmu Mountain did a better job than Governor Shang Fei. He kicked out all the matchmakers who came to talk to each other. The master and servant seemed to have no intention of getting married.
In the same year, a major event occurred in Chang'an City. The prince was captured by the imperial guards. Two days later, the court announced to the world that the prince coveted the position of Sheji and was thrown into a prison. On the same day, the imperial guards ransacked his home and took away the prince from the palace.
The dragon robe and secret messages for contacting officials from various places were found.
Suddenly, the whole court was shaken. The prince has been in power for decades, and countless officials have become his disciples. This time, the prince was arrested entirely because someone from the palace took him by surprise and tricked him into entering.
Within the palace, otherwise, there is still a question mark as to whether the prince can be caught.
All the officials knew that there was bound to be a great purge under the court. Those officials who had failed to achieve their goals and had not become the prince's disciples clapped their hands and waited for the thunder of the Tian family to take action.
The news of the prince's arrest spread to various places, and five of them rebelled. Because these three governors had close contacts with the prince's government, they were able to sit on the governor's position because the prince wanted them to control the local military.
Preparing for rebellion. These governors have no way out. The secret messages between them and the palace have been discovered by the superiors. Even if they do not rebel, the Tian family will not let them go.
And on the third day after these princes were arrested, a young man went outside the imperial palace in Chang'an City, beat the Holy Drum, and complained to the emperor. The person he sued was Shang Fei, the governor of Hongzhou.
Accused the Governor of Hongzhou of colluding with the prince, and his childhood sweetheart Murong Wanting was coerced by the prince to go to Hongzhou to serve Shang Fei, the Governor of Hongzhou. The evidence is a farewell letter that Murong Wanting left for him before leaving Chang'an City.
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As soon as this incident came out, the court was in an uproar. The governors of the five states had already rebelled against the court. If even the governor of Hongzhou also rebelled, the world would really be in chaos. Moreover, the Tianjia also knew that the governor of Hongzhou had won the hearts of the people in Hongzhou.
Hongzhou has strong folk customs and a hilly area, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Hongzhou rebels, it may be difficult to redress without three times the army.
But at this time, the imperial court did not have so many troops. Therefore, facing this imperial decree, the Tianjia sent three imperial envoys to go to Hongzhou with the man to investigate the truth.
Before the imperial envoy arrived in Hongzhou, Shang Fei, the governor of Hongzhou, had already received the news from Chang'an City. He was furious for a moment. He had never had contact with the palace and immediately ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.
Similarly, Qingmu Shan, as the chief steward of the Governor's Mansion and the most trusted person of Governor Shang Fei, also received the news. That night, Qingmu Shan left the Governor's Mansion and went to a small courtyard. In that courtyard,
A beautiful woman was doing embroidery. When she saw Qingmu Shan walking in, a look of horror appeared on her face.
Qingmushan, without saying anything, dragged the beautiful woman into the room. For a moment, the night was endless. The only thing in the room was the desperate look of the beautiful woman and the pool of bright red blood on the quilt.
, it has been seven years, but I never thought that she failed to protect her body after all, and moreover, she still fell in love with a book boy.
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The next day, Shang Fei, three imperial envoys, and the man who sued Shang Fei were all in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion. Shang Fei held a piece of complaint in his hand, and his expression became cold. After a while,
Finally, he suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted towards the door: "Where is Qingmu Mountain?"
"Butler Qing is not in the house, but he has arranged for his servants to look for him." The guard outside the door replied.
Bang!
Shang Fei sat back down without saying a word. The armrest was smashed by his palm, and the palm was covered with blood. The sawdust seeped into the wound, but even so, Shang Fei was still
He said nothing and did not look at his injured hand.
"Governor Shang, stop acting. The person your housekeeper went to pick up didn't have your wishes. That housekeeper dared to go to the palace to pick up Wanting. Now he is acting coy and innocent here."
The man looked at Shang Fei mockingly. Shang Fei had taken away his childhood sweetheart. They had a sworn hatred, but the three imperial envoys actually believed the words of the enemy in front of him, which made him unable to sit still.
"Who are you?" Shang Fei looked at the man coldly.
"I am the one who beats the Holy Drum to report your imperial status to the Heavenly Family." The man replied loudly, showing no fear in the face of Shang Fei's powerful aura.
"Slander this governor, come here, take me down and beat him twenty times." Shang Fei waved his hand, and the two guards guarding the door immediately came in and dragged the man in green out.
"Governor Shang, this person is the one who complained to the emperor. How can you do this?" The three imperial envoys could not sit still. However, facing Shang Fei, who had the power of the army and horses in Hongzhou, these three could only
I was helpless, but I made up my mind to read a copy of it from the Tian family after returning to Chang'an.
A quarter of an hour later, the man was dragged back by the guards. He was already lying weakly on the stool. His face was pale, but the eyes he looked at Shang Fei were full of resentment.
An hour later, Qingmu Shan finally appeared, and a person walked into the lobby.
"Mushan has met the young master." Even though Shang Fei is now the governor and has passed his thirties, Qing Mushan has always called Shang Fei the young master.
Shang Fei glanced at Qingmu Mountain with a complicated expression and said nothing. However, the three imperial envoys stood up from their chairs, looked at Qingmu Mountain, and asked, "Are you Qingmu Mountain?"
"Exactly."
"It was you who picked up Murong Wanting, the original courtesan of the Elegy House, from the palace?"
"Yes, it's me."
Qingmu Shan did not deny it, or in other words, he had already made a decision in his heart from the moment he walked into the lobby.
"Why did you do this?" Shang Fei finally spoke, his tiger eyes looking towards Qingmu Mountain with anger and grief.
"Why, because I like Murong Wanting." A touch of tenderness and love appeared on Qingmushan's face.
Who wouldn't like a woman like Wanting? When I was in the Elegy Building, I fell in love with Wanting at the first sight. However, Wanting only has you in her eyes, young master. I know that I'm just a
The little book boy, among the banquets, the worst ones were all Jinshi with great honors. How could I, a little book boy, be looked down upon by others?
Qingmu Shan's face showed a look of inferiority and unwillingness, "Yes, young master, you are drunk, and the prince arranged for you to stay at the Elegy House, but I risked my life to refuse the prince's request. Outsiders thought that I was a loyal protector of the Lord. Young Master
I don’t understand the style, but only I know it, that’s because I like Murong Wanting, and I don’t want anyone to tarnish her, not even you, the young master.”
Qingmu Shan yelled these words, and Shang Fei's expression became more complicated, and the anger on his face disappeared, "No wonder so many matchmakers in the house came to talk to you, but you rejected them."
The three imperial envoys also looked at each other at this time, and then nodded slightly. There are still people talking about what happened in the capital back then. The scholar who was the number one scholar did not understand the style, causing the number one scholar to lose the chance to have a romantic night with the beauty.
Of course they also knew about this.
"Then I followed the young master to Hongzhou. However, every time I think of Wanting, my heart still beats. As an oiran, I know that Sooner or later Wanting will become a prince.
I was not willing to be the nobleman's concubine. I couldn't bear the scene of Wanting cuddling up to another man's crotch. So, when I found out that Wanting was ransomed by the prince and brought into the palace, I went there overnight.
Chang'an City, go and see the prince."
"When was that?" the imperial envoy asked.
"Seven years ago, the young master was making things difficult for his superiors and went to the state capital."
Qingmu Shan's words made Shang Fei's eyes twinkle. Seven years ago, he was still the county magistrate. At that time, someone in the village below sued the son of a landlord named Wang for raping a civilian girl. The county magistrate did not dare to take over the case, so he
It's up to him to judge.
In the end, Shang Fei captured the person who committed the crime in the Wang family, rescued the civilian daughter, and at the same time put the son of the landlord surnamed Wang in jail. However, it didn't take long before officials from above began to make things difficult for him, using an unfounded charge.
After escorting him to the state capital, Shang Fei later learned that an official in the state capital was the brother of the landowner's wife named Wang.
Just as everyone thought that Shang Fei was going to lose his job this time, they suddenly knew that a few days later, Shang Fei came out, and the state official was impeached and removed from his position, and Shang Fei
Because he was not afraid of power, he was promoted to the county magistrate.
"But you are just a little book boy. Even if you enter the palace, how can the king...that traitor reward you with an oiran woman like Murong Wanting?" the imperial envoy continued to ask.
"Because I went to the prince's palace in the name of my young master. I know that the king... the rebel admires my young master very much. If it is done in the name of the young master, the rebel will definitely agree." Qing Mushan replied slowly.