Gu'an County is barren and remote. But after all, Wei Liang is the county magistrate and a member of the imperial court.
If you kill him, it will definitely alarm the court. Is this because you are afraid that others will not know that there is a big problem in Gu'an County?
Then again, this Wei Liang is a good official who really works for the people.
If you want to kill such a good official who is dedicated to serving the people, what is the purpose of all you have done?
"If we don't kill him, the news will leak out. No one can bear the responsibility." The middle-aged man said calmly.
"I guarantee with my life that the Gu'an County Magistrate has discovered absolutely nothing. If we kill him, it will lead to an investigation by the government. By then, if it is found that he has been in this yard, wouldn't we be counterproductive and completely
Exposed?!"
Looking at the middle-aged man, Shopkeeper Li argued with reason.
"If the news leaks out, and something happens, neither you nor I will be able to bear the responsibility." The middle-aged man snorted coldly, stood up, and walked slowly towards a house in the distance.
This courtyard was not another place, but the place where Wang Zhongzhen detained the prince in Gu'an.
The middle-aged man who walked away with a sullen expression was Hu Yanqing, the number one general under Mr. Zhang. Hu Yanqing was the leader in kidnapping the prince this time.
Later, Mr. Zhang made a temporary decision to imprison the prince himself instead of sending him to Le'an Prefecture. Wang Zhongzhen personally and Hu Yanqing secretly escorted the prince to this place run by shopkeeper Li in Gu'an.
Hu Yanqing is extremely skilled and is the main person in charge of the prince's safety this time.
Shopkeeper Li, whose full name is Li Dao, is quick-minded and kind-hearted. From the beginning, he was arranged by Wang Zhongzhen to go to Gu'an County to run this secret base.
Gu'an is not too far from the capital, and due to poverty, it has been neglected by the imperial court for a long time.
Because of this, it is perfect as a secret base for our own forces.
However, among this group of people, as in the imperial court, there was also discord between civil and military forces.
In Hu Yanqing's view, apart from Mr. Zhang, he should be the most effective speaker among all the people.
However, Mr. Zhang placed Wang Zhongzheng, who only knew how to do business and accumulated finances, as the second person under him.
Hu Yanqing felt very uncomfortable seeing himself fighting on the front line, only to be robbed of the limelight by others.
If things continue like this, even if the Zhu family dynasty is really overthrown, I am afraid that I will be ranked behind Wang Zhongzhen when it comes to rewards for merit.
With such a layer of contradictions, even if shopkeeper Li's actions are quite satisfactory, in Hu Yanqing's eyes, there are always many problems.
Shopkeeper Li is definitely Wang Zhongzhen's man. Suppressing him can somewhat relieve Hu Yanqing's anger. Therefore, the previous scene happened.
Watching Hu Yanqing go away, shopkeeper Li also walked out through the secret door and returned to his room.
"Shopkeeper Li, I see that Hu Yanqing seems to have a lot of dissatisfaction with you. You are trying every possible means to ensure the safety of the compound, but he seems to be uneasy unless something happens. If this continues, our compound will
Is the safety of the hospital still guaranteed?" The man following Shopkeeper Li said softly.
"It's enough to call me sir, but we can say the word Hu Yanqing casually?" Shopkeeper Li raised his head and glared at the man behind him, "In the future, don't say such words that can easily inflame conflicts. Don't say anything that has nothing to do with you.
Don’t judge easily.”
"Yes." The man lowered his head and looked at the ground with a bit of embarrassment.
To be honest, when I defended Shopkeeper Li just now, I just wanted to please Shopkeeper Li. But who would have thought that Shopkeeper Li not only refused to accept this trick, but also tried to clean himself up a few times.
"However, I'd better keep an eye on them this day. On the other hand, I'm just afraid that he will really take action against Wei Zhixian. If Wei Zhixian is killed, it will attract the court's investigation. On the one hand, such a good official,
But he lost his life because I let him enter the yard, I feel uneasy." Sitting next to the table, shopkeeper Li said a little worriedly.
But at this moment, in a room in the inner courtyard, Hu Yanqing waved to the guards dressed as civilians beside him.
"Sir?" The guard came up and asked in a low voice.
"When I go out these days, if I have the chance, I will kill Nagu'an County Magistrate." Hu Yanqing said in a low voice.
"Every time we come in or out, we register with shopkeeper Li. Doesn't he not allow the county magistrate to be killed? If we kill him, will it intensify the conflict?" the guard replied in a low voice.
"I'll kill you, don't worry about the rest."
"However, the other party is the magistrate of Gu'an County. He was killed. The imperial court will definitely come to investigate. By then, I'm afraid we won't be able to stay here," the guard said.
The guard also understood that what shopkeeper Li said was very reasonable. The magistrate of Gu'an could not be killed. At least, he could not be killed now.
In the peaceful town of Gu'an, does it have to use the death of the magistrate to provoke an investigation from the imperial court?
By then, if it is Dongchang who comes to investigate, the prince will definitely not be able to stay here any longer.
"We can't stay in Gu'an. We have other places, so we have to stay here with Shopkeeper Li?" Hu Yanqing looked at the guard with sharp eyes.
"Yes." The guard did not dare to continue to refute, so he responded and slowly retreated.
It was rainy and it got dark earlier than usual.
Wei Liang, the magistrate of Gu'an County, limped into the county government compound dragging his tired body.
The long-lost smell of millet porridge wafted from the low house in the yard.
Pouting his nose, Wei Liang sniffed hard: "Honey, why are you willing to make millet porridge now?"
While shouting, he headed towards the room where he worked and stayed together.
"Brother." A voice came from the house, and then, a tall man rushed out of the house in one step, stood at the gate, and looked at Wei Liang with a smile.
"Wei Qi, why are you here? When did you arrive? Come on, come inside and sit down."
Seeing his brother, Wei Liang's fatigue from the day seemed to disappear at this moment. He walked forward quickly, took Wei Qi's hand, and walked into the house.
On the table in the room, a plate of pickles has been placed. Next to the pickles, there are a few slightly yellowed steamed buns on the plate.
In the back room, his wife slowly walked out with two bowls of yellow porridge.
"My brother-in-law has traveled a long way to see you, so I took out this millet to make porridge. There is just one bowl for each person. You guys eat first." My wife slowly put the porridge on the table, explained it, and ordered
Turn around and enter the house.
"One bowl per person, what do you eat?" Wei Liang couldn't help but ask.
If there are really only two bowls of porridge, and my brother eats one bowl, I have to give half of my bowl to my wife no matter what.
"When I was cooking just now, I ate a steamed bun and drank some boiled water. I'm not hungry now." The wife explained and walked towards the back room.
Wei Liang knew that if his wife said this, she must have not eaten.
However, his brother had just arrived, and he didn't want his brother to know how hard his life was, so he had to agree vaguely and sit down at the table.
"Your sister-in-law has eaten, let's eat." As he said that, he picked up a steamed bun and handed it to Wei Qi.
Taking the wowotou, Wei Qi looked at the yellow millet porridge in front of him, but he couldn't eat it.
"Brother, you have been the county magistrate for a long time, how come you are living like this?" Wei Qi took a bite of the rough cornbread and whispered.
"Well, it's not like you don't know that the county magistrate's salary is just enough to feed the whole family. Gu'an is a poor place where no crops grow. People begging can be seen everywhere. Sometimes, when I see how pitiful they are, I
Just give some charity. If you are not careful, you will not give enough to your own rations." Wei Liang took a mouthful of pickles and laughed.
"Oh, brother was not careless, but deliberately gave his rations to those poor people. However, there is a sister-in-law and children at home, so you can't always give charity so generously. You have to find a way to let them support themselves.
I heard that in Gu'an County, some people boiled the seeds distributed by the imperial court in a pot and ate them. Although they were hungry, this approach was cutting off their own retreat." Wei Qi said in a low voice.
Although the eldest brother is the magistrate of Gu'an County, he still looks like a county magistrate.
