Qihuang

Seeing that Xu Shaoqing stopped talking, Yan Liao knew that he had given up the idea of ​​letting him go back.

Under such circumstances, the two looked at each other, and unexpectedly heard several "cuckoo" sounds from each other's stomach at the same time.Xu Shaoqing suddenly looked away in embarrassment.

Lin Er immediately asked for instructions: "Should the son have a meal first before going to the government office?"

Yan Liao sighed: "I ate two bowls of beef noodles with Shao Zhuo at noon yesterday, and I haven't had a chance to have a mouthful of hot rice since then."

This is all caused by Yan Yu, the crime is aggravated, and when Yan Yu is restrained, he must be beaten again.

Lin Eryi heard that it was okay, and quickly persuaded: "Your Majesty, let your subordinates find a restaurant to serve you meals first. People are iron and rice are steel. It is easy to do things when you are full."

"There's no need for restaurants." Yan Liao shook his head, restaurants were too much of a waste of time, he said regretfully, "Didn't people go out to set up stalls by the roadside in this cold winter, and I didn't even see a breakfast shop."

The roadside pavement is better, the food is delicious, the price is fair, and the speed is fast.

Xu Shaoqing listened to the conversation between Yan Liao and Xu Shaoqing in a daze, and almost thought he heard it wrong.

beef noodles?Hungry for two meals?Don't go to the restaurant?Breakfast shop?

This... Is this really what the prince of a country said?

Xu Shaoqing insisted on his identity, never went to, and never thought of going to eat at the simple and simple shops on the side of the road. How could Yan Liao feel sorry because he didn't come across such a small shop on the road?

Could it be that he still has to sit down and buy and eat?The Mobei royal family can't be so shabby, right?

Lin Er had no choice but to explain: "My son, it's not because of the weather, it's because... Zhu Junshou issued an order and increased the taxes for merchants. This kind of small business is really difficult to continue in Jizhou. Maybe the money you have to pay is more than the money you earn. There are many more, and the people who do business with small capitals dare not speak out, so they have no choice but to stop doing it."

Yan Liao's eyes dimmed, and he asked in a deep voice, "How long has it been?"

Seeing Yan Liao's uneasy expression, Lin Er lowered his voice, "The last tax increase was three months ago."

"Very good, very good." Yan Liao sneered, and said to Xu Shaoqing: "Let's go, since there is no food that my son likes to eat, let's go to Zhu Yong's government office to eat."

Xu Shaoqing: "..."

It feels thicker-skinned than expected.

However, Xu Shaoqing also felt that it was inappropriate for Zhu Junshou to increase taxes frequently.

Just as Lin Er said, the common people dare not speak out when they are angry.Not only ordinary people, but also some officials dare not speak out.Because of this incident, my father got angry several times.

I don't know if Yan Shizi's violent temper will be blamed on the county guard because he didn't eat the breakfast he wanted.If he really vented his anger, even if he yelled... he could go back and tell his father, maybe his father would be able to calm down a little.

After all, a person with a noble status will have a lot of privileges, thinking that ordinary people dare not think, and ordinary people dare not act.

Xu Shaoqing touched his swollen and sore right cheek, and silently followed Yan Liao's footsteps.

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Before entering the Jizhou government office, Yan Liao smelled a strong stench of copper from the high flying square eaves of the gate from a long distance away.

In the days of snow, there was no trace of snow on the four square cornices. It was obvious that people were specially sent to clean the snow every so often, so as to reveal the exquisite auspicious beasts carved in gold.

Yan Liao raised his eyebrows.Xin said that he hadn't come to visit for several months, and the county sheriff replaced all the cornices and corners with gold. He is really extremely wealthy and prominent!

Then he deeply reflected on himself, a person who has always wanted to rebel, no matter what he wears in his bedroom or on his body, nothing is bright yellow.

Compared with Zhu Yong, the loyal and loyal minister who has never turned back, he is really not qualified. He has to remember it humbly and make corrections when he goes back.

Lin Er quickened his pace, and first stepped forward to inform the gatekeeper's servant Mobei Shizi Dajia, and let their county guard come out to pick him up.

Yan Liao grabbed Xu Shaoqing's arm, put his toes on the snow, performed lightness kung fu, and jumped directly to the gate of the Jizhou government office.In the meantime, it touched a piece of golden horn, and with a little help, the heavy golden auspicious beast broke off from the mahogany and buried it in the snow.

Lin Er: "..."

Xu Shaoqing: "..."

All the servants: "!!!"

Yan Liao landed firmly in the front yard, let go of Xu Shaoqing, and said to a group of stunned domestic servants: "If you want to see this Zhu Junshou, you always have to ask the servants to call him out. The weather is very cold. This son doesn't need him to come out to greet him."

Everyone's eyes were still glued to the yellow corners in the snow, and their heads were slightly blank.

Yan Liao smiled and said, "I didn't expect the eaves of the county magistrate's office to be so weak, and it broke if I stepped on it lightly. Lin Er, do you think I should be responsible for this?"

Lin Er suppressed a smile in his heart, pretending to be distressed on his face, and replied respectfully: "Returning to my son, this should be the negligence of the carpenter who repaired the government office. You are not surprised, sir?"

All the servants: "..."

How dare you speak nonsense with your eyes open!

Yan Liao nodded: "If that's the case, then this son will have no shame in his heart."

Xu Shaoqing: "..."

What a shame!

Looking at Yan Liao's expression of complacency without any shame on his face, Xu Shaoqing's heart was complicated, and he didn't know what to say at all.

It's just that deep in my heart, a little bit of envy slowly surfaced.

He also wanted to do such a disrespectful thing to Zhu Junshou, who was greedy for people's fat.

Besides, Yan Liao entered the Jizhou government office by himself, with brisk steps, grabbed two maids and asked them to guide him to the hall where Zhu Yong entertained guests.

The reception hall seemed to have been refurbished, the furniture was brand new and magnificent, the four corners were still burning with refreshing incense, and the charcoal fire in the stove seemed to never stop, warm and comfortable.

Yan Liao untied the cloak, handed it to a maid who was blushing and peeping at him, and ordered like a master: "Notify the kitchen, and serve two breakfasts. The breakfasts should not be too high. They are the same as your county guard's." The same will do.”

"Follow the order of your son." The maids responded in soft voices, one hung up the cloak, one brought tea and water, and the other rushed to the kitchen to make an announcement.

Xu Shaoqing was stunned for a while, and said in his heart that he was noble, good-looking, and thick-skinned so that people would not feel disgusted! ?

"What are you doing standing there stupidly, just sit down." Yan Liao greeted Xu Shaoqing, and sat down on the grand teacher's chair where Zhu Yong usually sat, and warmed his hands with a cup of tea.

"Your Majesty, please use this to warm your hands." A clever maid immediately handed over the hand stove.

Yan Liao smiled at her, put down the teacup and took the hand stove, the maid immediately blushed and retreated shyly.

Xu Shaoqing silently turned his head while holding the teacup.

As Yan Liao expected, Zhu Yong's speed was really slow.When a group of servant girls filed in and served an overly sumptuous breakfast, Zhu Yong hadn't come yet.

Looking at a table of extravagant breakfast meals that far exceeded the specifications of the sheriff, Yan Liao stood up from the chair of the grand master and asked casually, "Your sheriff eats this in the morning?"

The servant girls who waited on the left and right replied softly: "Returning to your son, the sheriff recently said that the stomach is not good, so you should eat lightly."

Delicacies from mountains and seas are also called lighter, so what does it look like if it is not bland?

Xu Shaoqing was not qualified to meet with Zhu Yong when he was eating, so how could he have imagined that it would be even more sumptuous than banqueting officials in festivals.

Yan Liao slapped the table hard, and said coldly: "The table is full of the smell of fat and oil, I have no appetite!"

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.Small merchants and peddlers can't even do the business they depend on for a living, high-ranking officials are still enjoying themselves in the mansion, and Da'an has become rotten and stench into the soil.

Yan Liao suddenly got angry, startled a group of maids who were blushing and heartbeating, they looked at each other not knowing what to say.

Xu Shaoqing also recovered from his amazement, and looked at Yan Liao calmly.

Prince Yan, is he...is he angry because Governor Zhu treats the people harshly but he is extravagant...

A table of breakfast was set until the heat receded slightly, and Zhu Yong finally arrived late with a big belly.

Zhu Yong was already very annoyed when he heard that Yan Liao was showing off his power in his mansion, but when he came in and saw him with a dirty scholar, he was even more angry.

However, there are still many etiquettes that should be done. Zhu Yong smiled at the corner of his mouth, and asked after the salute: "When did you come to Jizhou, why did you have time to come to the lower official's mansion early in the morning and call the lower official's mansion?" Immediately, it is full of brilliance!"

Yan Liao was lazily leaning on the chair and playing with the hand stove. After hearing Zhu Yong's hypocritical greeting, he threw the hand stove on the desk, raised his eyelids and glanced at him, and said lightly: "Forget the polite words, my son today I came here to find you."

Zhu Yong said nonsense in his heart, it's okay, would you come to disturb people's dreams so early, with a look of displeasure on his face, he said happily: "It's the blessing of the lower officials to be able to use the prince, dare to ask the prince Is there anything that needs to be done by the officer?"

The corner of Yan Liao's lips curled upwards, and he opened his mouth unceremoniously, "I want your official seal."

Hearing this, Zhu Yong's face turned dark immediately, but he immediately returned to normal, he laughed twice and said: "It's interesting that the prince has taken down the official again, the official seal of the next official is old and torn, and it has been worn out. How can a nobleman like golden branches and jade leaves be interested in watching it?"

Yan Liao said: "This son doesn't want to see it."

Not to see, but to!

Xu Shaoqing gasped even more, and the wound on his face was affected, causing throbbing pain.

Although most of his understanding of Yan Liao came from his father, after seeing all kinds of things this morning, Xu Shaoqing felt that Yan Liao didn't seem to be joking.

Thinking of what Yan Liao said earlier about "becoming a witness", I immediately regretted it.

Why did you agree to come along, and asked the court order official to ask for the official seal?What is this!Xu Shaoqing didn't even dare to think about it.

Moreover, he missed the best time to salute, and now he is Zhu Junshou kneeling on the ground, and he, the son of a captain, is still sitting in the guest seat.No matter how I think about it, I feel that the enmity will be fixed by Zhu Junshou afterwards.

At this time, a non-winking domestic servant came from a distance, knelt at the door, and shouted loudly: "My lord, here we come again. You can't drive him away, saying that you have been kneeling in the snow without seeing him!" Here, kneel until you recover from illness!"

With blue veins protruding from the corners of Zhu Yong's forehead, he secretly cursed at the dog slave.

Yan Liao became interested, and raised his voice to ask, "Who wants to see you?"