Jiang Fan didn't speak, but sat down as he was told.
Lin Wanqing stood quietly behind him, with no expression on his face, and his body was in a very alert state.
Basically, in this environment where the enemy and ourselves are unknown, Lin Wanqing will consciously act as Jiang Fan's bodyguard.
While not disturbing Jiang Fan, he maintained absolute protection of Jiang Fan at all times.
"Lieutenant Jiang Cheng, I don't see you coming to the Yamen for duty recently. I wonder what you are busy with?"
Gu Yan asked with a smile.
"It's nothing, it's just a personal matter. Mainly because everything in the yamen has been basically handled, and the rest can be achieved as I expected if you follow the steps step by step, so whether you come or not doesn't have much impact."
Jiang Fan said with a smile.
"That's it...if there is nothing special, it's better to come to the Yamen frequently. After all, we are officials of the imperial court and we must abide by the imperial court's laws."
Gu Yan said slowly.
"What the castle guard taught you, I will remember."
Jiang Fan bowed and his attitude was impeccable.
Of course, Jiang Fan himself knows what his attitude means. Your criticism of me is indeed what I did wrong, so I humbly accept it, but I will not change it.
Gu Yanzhi didn't understand Jiang Fan's thoughts, but these few sentences were just to start the conversation, so no matter how Jiang Fan answered, it would have no impact.
"Jiang Chengwei, during this period of time, you have been acting aggressively inside and outside the government office. As the guardian of the city, I should have tried my best to monitor your movements and prevent you from causing too much trouble, but you
Do you know why...I have always been indifferent to you?"
Gu Yan changed the subject and said in a different direction.
"Ahem, speaking of this, I haven't had time to thank the city guard for his support. I was able to secure my position as city captain so quickly, and quickly transformed the security environment of Heyang City into what I expected.
It would be absolutely impossible to do this without your understanding, Lord Castle Guard."
Jiang Fan bowed and said something different than what was asked.
"It's good that you understand this. Jiang Fan, the reason why I have always adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards what you do is because some people in the yamen have indeed gone too far. It is not up to you to change it.
Bad thing. The second thing is... I don't want His Highness King Wu to misunderstand."
As Gu Yan said, he stood up from his seat and walked to Jiang Fan.
He continued: "Since His Highness King Wu recommended you to be the city captain, I have reason to believe that His Highness King Wu must have told you many things before taking the post. Especially the relationship between me, the city guard, and Prince Wu's Mansion.
It must be the top priority.”
"Although I don't know what His Highness King Wu said specifically, I can guess some general directions. Therefore, I must tolerate you. As long as what you do is not too outrageous, I must tolerate you. I can't let you
His Highness King Wu thinks that I, the city guard, am really on the opposite side of him."
"His Highness is King Wu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I am a minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so His Highness is actually one of the people I must be loyal to. However, the relationship between local officials and the vassal king is complicated, so His Highness King Wu misunderstood me, and that is also
It's a normal situation, but I can't let this misunderstanding get deeper."
"After all, as an official, it is not a wise idea to provoke relatives of the emperor. I believe Jiang Chengwei understands this."
Having said this, Gu Yanzhi smiled bitterly at the right time.
Jiang Fan raised his eyebrows but said nothing or responded to Gu Yan's attitude.
He just looked at Gu Yanyan calmly, as if he didn't understand what Gu Yanyan was talking about.
Gu Yan was not surprised by this, and continued: "I don't want to have any misunderstandings with His Highness King Wu, so I am willing to tolerate some of your actions, even if they themselves
, for me, it is actually a provocation!"
"But at the same time, I don't want you to think that all this acquiescence and tolerance is a matter of course! If you go too far, then I can only ignore the possible misunderstandings in Prince Wu's Mansion and really
I'll attack you!"
Jiang Fan raised his head slightly and said with a smile: "Mr. Gu, you are serious. Although some of my actions may seem deviant to you, for me personally, I still know what's appropriate."
"It's best! There is one more thing that Jiang Chengwei should know. There is a piece of land outside Heyang City. That land belongs to Linjia Village, and Jiangchengwei seems to be from Linjia Village, so he must know that I recently bought it.
Almost half of the farmland.”
Gu Yan said pretending to be casual.
"I know, I was still dealing with this matter a few days ago. The land that originally belonged to another family was bought by the city guard. After buying it, he directly destroyed all the cultivated land, making it impossible to use it again.
Farming continued. As a result, many people in Linjia Village lost their source of food rations. With no other choice, they had no choice but to go to the city and ask me for resettlement."
Jiang Fan nodded and talked about the impact of the farmland being purchased, but had no intention of continuing.
Gu Yanzhi waited for a moment and found that Jiang Fan had closed his mouth again, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
He could only take the initiative to speak again: "I bought that piece of land for my own use. The specific reason involved some court plans, so I couldn't inform Jiang Chengwei. However, I hope Jiang Chengwei can cooperate and sell the remaining land in Linjia Village.
The half of the cultivated land will also be sold to me. Of course, the price will definitely satisfy Lieutenant Jiang Cheng."
"Uh... Mr. Gu, you may be mistaken. I am not from the Lin family village. I am only a friend with the Lin family. I know that the remaining half of the cultivated land you mentioned belongs to the Lin family. But after all,
Whether you are willing to sell it or not depends on the attitude of the Lin family and has nothing to do with me."
Jiang Fan said with a smile.
Gu Yanzhi narrowed his eyes and said with the same smile: "Jiang Chengwei, I just said, don't go too far, otherwise I will probably no longer care about the attitude of Prince Wu's Mansion. And this half of the cultivated land...
In my opinion, this is already quite excessive."
"Mr. Gu, I didn't lie to you. Of course, the Lin family has to decide how to deal with the land of the Lin family. I'm not from the Lin family, so naturally I can't say anything about it. Why should Mr. Gu bother to force you? This is the same as forced purchase.
Forced sale, what's the difference?"
Jiang Fan obviously didn't care about Gu Yan's threat and spoke in a very relaxed tone.