Chapter 388 The new year is here*
"What qualifications do I have to not let him go?" Meng Changqing asked.
"Local officials are supposed to supervise each other. Master, let alone you being at the same level as him, even if you are one level below him, as long as we have solid evidence, we can report him. I don't believe that the Daliang court will allow a The county magistrate who colluded with the bandits.”
Meng Changqing turned his head and looked in all directions.
The expression on Bafang's face changed from determination to hesitation, "What did I say wrong?"
"That's right." Meng Changqing said, "It is precisely because you are right that the world is ridiculous."
When Bafang saw Meng Changqing turn around and leave, he immediately followed him and said with an apologetic smile: "Master, I'm just telling you nonsense. Don't take it to heart."
Meng Changqing slowed down and said, "I don't understand what you are saying and thinking. I don't pursue Yangmen County's collusion with bandits because I don't want to embarrass Uncle Wei."
"But Mr. Wei is an official who is fair. We have evidence. I guess he won't ignore it."
Meng Changqing asked: "Where is the evidence?"
Bafang turned around and looked in the direction of the door reflexively, "Those three people just now..." Connecting the events before and after, Bafang was surprised and frightened, "Did Mr. Hua also collude with Mao Chunfang?"
Meng Changqing said: "I guess Mr. Hua and I have similar concerns. We just don't want to cause trouble when Mr. Wei leaves office."
"If the officials are afraid of trouble, where can the common people go to reason?" Bafang said, "The things that the bandits eat and use cannot be from their own hard work, right? Is it possible that the people who were robbed by them are just because the officials are afraid of trouble?" , do you have to admit that you are unlucky?
Knowing that he is such an official, but still allowing him to sit in the official position, isn't this just officials protecting each other?
Master, I really can’t stand it. ”
"I can't stand it either." Meng Changqing said, "But I don't dare to mess with him. It's because of selfishness and lack of courage."
"I know that Master Wei has helped you, so you don't want to cause trouble at this time." Bafang said: "But I don't understand why Master Hua did this. Could it be that Master Wei is also kind to him?"
"I can't straighten my own back, so let's not talk about others." Meng Changqing shook his head and sighed, "After all, the danger on the dangerous mountain has been eliminated, which is good for me and Beishan County.
As for the people who were persecuted by bandits, I feel guilty. "Meng Changqing has always known that the human heart is like light-colored dyeing cloth, which is easy to dye, but he did not expect that his heart is also a piece of cloth that is no exception at all, and it turns black so quickly.
It turns out that it is not only the temptation of interests that can distort right and wrong, but also the friendship that is difficult to return.
It started to snow again in Liangzhou.
The snow covering the sky cannot cover the suffering and ugly people's hearts.
Meng Changqing bought wine and meat and went to Hongjia County to thank the flowers like gold.
During the dinner, the two of them talked and laughed normally, and no one mentioned anything about Yangmen County.
Things in the world never depend on whether people are willing or not. Anyway, it is going to happen like this, and it will pass like this.
As soon as the winter moon passes, the twelfth lunar month also disappears. The sixteenth year of Yongxing has completely passed, and the new year has arrived.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year in the seventeenth year of Yongxing, Meng Changqing wrote a congratulatory message, put on his new official uniform and went to Liangzhou Mansion.
When passing through Yangmen County, I met Mao Chunfang who was also going to Liangzhou Prefecture on the official road in that county.
"Mr. Mao, happy New Year." Meng Changqing stepped forward and said hello first, "It's still snowing lightly today. Why didn't Mr. Mao take the bus?"
Mao Chunfang smiled and replied: "Mr. Meng didn't take the bus either."
Meng Changqing laughed, "Look at what I said. It's freezing and the snow is hard to clear. Naturally, riding a horse is more convenient than riding a car."
Seeing their smiling faces facing each other, Bafang deliberately slowed down and fell behind Chu Mufeng.