Thinking of Lu Changshan's problem, Xu Bo'an's face showed deep worry.
Xu Boan remembered that Lu Changshan was a serious master.
If the Lu Changshan Xu Boan had met and the Lu Changshan mentioned by Yan Shui were the same person, it could be said that Yan Shouyi and his group had no chance of winning against that Lu Changshan.
Xu Bo'an had paid attention to Lu Changshan's skills that day. With Lu Changshan's ability, among Yan Shouyi's group, trying to take Yan Shouyi's head would definitely be like picking something out of a bag.
I just don’t know why Lu Changshan came to Qingmu Mansion again this time.
Xu Boan was very confused.
Could it be related to the mortar concrete city wall that I put in from the real world outside the backing village that I discovered that time!
After all, the messenger bird sent by Lu Changshan last time was intercepted by Xu Boan and taken away There was a note in it, so that his information was not sent out.
Perhaps it was Lu Changshan who discovered that Xin'er was missing. He came to Qingmu Mansion this time to lead the team himself or take action to remove Kaoshan Village, which he considered to be a gangster stronghold. Pulled out?
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When Xu Boan was wondering about Lu Changshan.
In the Aoki Prefecture in the bonsai, in the most conspicuous high-rise courtyard in the entire city, the Lu Changshan who strictly guarded his mouth was chatting and laughing with people here!
This high-rise courtyard is majestic and solemn. The towering walls are made of bluestone. They have been eroded by wind and rain, but they are still as strong as ever. The mottled marks on the walls record the passage of time.
The courtyard wall is covered with green tiles, and the corners of the eaves are flying up, like a bird spreading its wings, adding a bit of agility to the courtyard.
The gate is spacious and heavy, consisting of two huge wooden doors. The door panels are carved with complex totems, including auspicious clouds and beasts, as well as patterns symbolizing power and majesty, all of which demonstrate the dignity of the people who live here. identity.
A plaque with gold characters on a black background hangs on the lintel, with the four characters "Qingmu Mansion Office" engraved on it.
On the left and right sides of the gate, there is a stone lion guarding each. They are powerful in appearance and have bright eyes. They are like two living guardian gods. No evil spirits can intrude on this holy land.
The carvings of the stone lions are meticulous and every hair and every muscle is lifelike, making people marvel at the craftsman's skills.
The courtyard is divided into a front yard and a back yard. There are offices in the front yard, a screen wall, a ceremonial gate, a court hall, a second hall, six rooms and other departments.
The backyard is also called the three halls and the inner office. It is a place for living. There are pavilions, artificial mountains and lakes, flowers, birds, fish and water.
At this time, in a large room in the front yard marked with the plaque "Yin Hotel", several people were chatting and drinking tea.
The Yin Hotel is the place where visiting officials and guests are received in the yamen. There are two main seats, and the first two rows are divided into two rows on both sides. There is a small square table in the middle of each two seats.
At this time, there were not many people in the room, only three people.
There is one person sitting on each of the two main seats, and there is a single person sitting on the first seat at the bottom of one side.
Sitting on the right side of the main seat is a thin man in his fifties.
The man was wearing a rather delicate cyan gown, with patterns embroidered with gold thread on the placket and cuffs. It looked very luxurious at first glance.
A palm-sized jade pendant inlaid with gold is tied around his waist, exuding an extraordinary aura.
The other person has a big belly, but he sits upright, with his back as straight as a loose ball, his legs lightly crossed, his hands gently placed on his knees, and he looks at the guests on the side with a smile.
This man is also wearing an official robe. It looks like a wild goose pattern on it. He should be the largest official in Qingmu Mansion, the prefect!
The pot-bellied prefect looked at the thin man at the table beside him with a smile, and said with a smile: "Master Lu, I'm really sorry. I've been busy with official duties recently, and I only have time to meet with you now. Really. I’m sorry.”
The man named Master Lu raised his hand and shook it casually twice, and said: "Oh! Mr. Sun, you are too polite. You hold an important position and have many things to do, so it is normal for you to be busy. I understand it. I, Lu Changshan, am from a rural area. I am just an idler. You have given me a great honor by having the opportunity to drink tea and chat with Mr. Sun."
That is to say, Xu Boan is not here, otherwise, he will definitely find out.
The Lu Changshan now is not the same person as the handsome young boy Lu Changshan Xu Boan saw that day.
Although the two people have similar body shapes, their appearance is completely different, and their age is more than doubled.
If Xu Boan really saw this, he might even mutter happily, "This land is not the other land"!
Sun Zhifu said with a smile: "Master Lu is joking. I don't know how many people in Qingyundao dream of treating you to tea and dinner. I can have this blessing only because you give me face." "
Lu Changshan took a sip of tea, put down the cup and said seriously: "Okay, Mr. Sun, let's not be polite for now. I came here for three things!"
Magistrate Sun nodded and said seriously: "Master Lu, please speak, I am all ears!"
Lu Changshan raised his hand, raised a finger, and said: "First, your Qingmu Mansion's foundation is really bad. Yes, just yesterday night, I raided and destroyed thirteen rebel and traitorous hidden strongholds. If the higher-ups are serious about pursuing this, you know that you will at least be incompetent in performing your duties!"
Magistrate Sun nodded with a smile and said: "I have heard about this matter. I would like to thank Master Lu for traveling thousands of miles to eliminate evil and promote good in our Qingmu Mansion. For this matter, I, a parent official, am really ashamed! If there is punishment from above, I will be willing to be punished.”
Lu Changshan snorted with a smile, ignored Magistrate Sun's answer, raised a second finger, and continued: "Secondly, I heard that not long ago, here... someone dared to pretend Acting in my name, I conspired with others to steal a birth certificate sent to Kyoto! "
When Magistrate Sun heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he exclaimed: "What! Kyoto! Master Lu, I really don’t know what happened. It’s so bad. I’ll send someone to investigate immediately and find out.”
While speaking, Magistrate Sun slammed the table, breathing heavily, looking filled with indignation.
Lu Changshan snorted coldly and said, "Humph, I'm afraid it's too late to check now."
Prefect Sun lowered his voice, moved closer to Lu Changshan, and asked softly: " So, Master Lu, can you tell me a little bit about whose birthday this is and how much the loss is?"
Lu Changshan snorted again and said in an unhappy tone: "Humph, that shouldn't be the case! Don't ask, this is not a topic we can talk about, let alone a secret you can know."
Zhifu Sun smiled awkwardly and said: "Master Lu said that, I didn't mean anything else. , I’m just worried that if something like this happens on my territory, the Lord won’t be angry with me! I’d better try my best to get it back!”
Lu Changshan picked up the tea cup and took a sip! Tea, crossed his legs, and said calmly: "That's not the case. Your Excellency is very generous. What's more, these things are not what he wants. Someone just wants to take this opportunity to give gifts. Your Excellency knows After that, I was very angry and criticized these guys who were trying to find tricks, but this matter is important and affects your reputation, so you must tell me this matter and make sure to investigate it thoroughly!"
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Zhifu Sun looked a little ugly and said: "I understand, I will fully cooperate with you in this matter!"
Lu Changshan nodded, raised another finger, and the three fingers together represented three, and said: "Thirdly, I heard that there are very large mosquitoes in the Yushan area near you. This is quite strange and affects It's very big. You don't even know about this, right?"
Zhifu Sun's face became even more ugly, and he said with an embarrassed look: "Master Lu, you also know that since the past few days, the white cotton Since the rebellion of the religious rebels and the remnants of Qianliang, our entire Qingmu Mansion has been in chaos, and everything is waiting for improvement.
I hastily went to Qingmu Mansion to take up a post, and now there is a raging locust plague, which has not yet been completely contained. The locust plague has involved too much of my energy. I also think that although I am familiar with all the affairs of Qingmu Mansion, I am unable to do anything. It is really that I have more than enough energy to do it. "
Lu Changshan looked a little ugly! , said with obvious displeasure: "I don't know what to ask, huh, I really don't know how you became the prefect. It's just ridiculous!"
Prefect Sun squeezed out an awkward smile, and his tone sounded frightened. Said: "Master Lu is laughing, I will arrange for someone to investigate and give you a satisfactory answer."
Lu Changshan flicked his sleeves, the impatient expression on his face was clearly visible, and he said displeasedly : "No need, early tomorrow morning, I have to set off to Qingyundao to talk to my disciple about something.
Waiting for you to arrange for someone to investigate and come back to report, even that Huangpicai It’s cold. If you keep doing this, you won’t even be able to eat hot shit! I’ll just go there myself. Just ask someone to guide me. I’ll add some food and drink later, and I’ll set off after I pack my bags. "
Zhifu Sun quickly held his hand and said: "What? It's so urgent? This can't be done. I hope Master Lu can stay in my Qingmu Mansion for a few more days so that I can do my best. "Yi!"
Lu Changshan waved his hand, his domineering style clearly visible, and said impatiently: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, just do what I say!"
Really! It is said that Lu Changshan's style is more elegant than that of Sun Zhifu's immediate superior.
After casually explaining a few of his needs, and seeing that Magistrate Sun agreed to them one by one, Lu Changshan stood up and walked out with satisfaction.
The middle-aged man sitting next to him was wearing a turban and dressed like a scholar.
He never interfered in the conversation between Lu Changshan and Magistrate Sun. He just listened carefully with his ears straightened up. He nodded in agreement from time to time, which showed that he was paying attention and was not distracted. .
Seeing Lu Changshan walking out at this moment, the scholar-looking man finally couldn't help but stand up and came to the side of Magistrate Sun. He looked at Lu Changshan's leaving back and said with a gloomy face: "Humph. , What, just a white man, he really thinks of himself as a Shangguan of Daotai Yamen and Kyoto!"
Zhifu Sun raised his hand to stop him from continuing, and spoke softly. Said: "Okay, I'm just a grasshopper after autumn. I can't jump around for a few days, so I just have to bear with it."
The middle-aged man dressed as a scholar said with a straight face: "I just can't stand it. His shameless and arrogant behavior, if it weren't for that Daotai..."
Zhifu Sun frowned and said: "Hush, Lu Changshan still has some skills, be careful that the walls have ears."
The scholar dressed up. The middle-aged man snorted coldly and said: "You have the ability. He didn't sleep at night and went out to find fault with us. That's all. Let's not talk about it for now. By the way, sir, there was news from the Aoki Banner garrison just now. According to the news, one of their deputy commanders led a team into Yushan to suppress bandits. His men suffered heavy casualties. The deputy commander himself is missing. I hope we can issue an order and send out more government officials to take the surrounding villagers into the mountains to search. !”
Zhifu Sun frowned and said, “Who asked them to suppress the bandits?”
The establishment, dismantling, and assessment of the garrison and other matters. Although it is controlled by the Ministry of War, one of the six bureaus, it does not have a direct superior-subordinate relationship with the local government.
However, some conveniences for the garrison on weekdays still need to be provided by the government office. In daily operations, the government office also needs to support its work.
Even some of the food and wages or benefits such as charcoal silver and ice silver must rely on local taxation and finance at the government level.
Especially the county and government levels are more dependent.
Therefore, the garrison at the government and county government levels, who have successively served as generals and generals, most of them have a very good relationship with the local government.
But now, due to the complicated relationship, the Qingmu Mansion is uncharacteristically at odds with each other.
The Qianzong from Qingmu Banner was parachuted in from a relative above, so he was able to squeeze out Yan Shouyi.
And this Magistrate Sun had just been promoted to a deputy position in a different place.
Simply the official rank of the two is the same, but Mr. Qian is obviously older.
So, in the eyes of President Aoki Banqian, he felt that he was the senior one, so he didn’t give much face to Magistrate Sun at all.
In addition, the bandit suppression was designed to deal with Yan Shouyi, a strong competitor, so he kept the matter under wraps and did not let anyone in the government know about it.
Seeing his master losing his temper, the scholar also said indignantly: "Who can say otherwise? These reckless men are really messing around. If this happens, wouldn't it disrupt your plan, my master!"
Prefect Sun Taking a deep breath, he said: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. We will discuss it later. For now, we have to take good care of Master Lu Changshan.
Master Cui, go and find someone to go to Yushan. When the guide comes, just go with him. Bring more banknotes and tell him later that he will pay for all the expenses along the way, so that Lu Changshan will not be dissatisfied at all."
Master Cui raised his hand and said, "I understand, sir, I will make arrangements right away."
After that, Master Cui went down.
Prefect Sun sighed and shouted: "Here comes someone!"
Soon, a servant waiting outside the door walked quickly.
"Sir!"
Zhifu Sun said with a somewhat anxious expression: "Have you found my skylark?"
The servant shook his head in embarrassment. He shook his head and said: "Not yet, sir!"
Magistrate Sun waved his hand and said: "Okay, I understand. Go down and call Yan Captou!" (End of Chapter)