"En!" Wei Yuanzhen drank the tea and put it gently on the table, but still didn't intend to make Meng Qiucheng get up.

He lowered his eyes and slightly looked at the people kneeling below. They were a little thin, unlike those corrupt officials he had seen, all of them had round waists and fat belly.A standard pretty boy, not particularly handsome, but somewhat heroic.Sure enough, people are not judged by appearances. Who would have thought that such a person would be the most greedy magistrate in Chang'an City!

Qi Wei looked anxiously from the side, and was about to speak again, when Wei Yuanzhen said, "Qi Wei, go down first! There are some things that I want to talk to Mr. Meng alone!"

Qi Wei glanced at Meng Qiucheng, nodded in response, "Yes!"

After Qi Wei left, Wei Yuanzhen stood up and walked back and forth in front of Meng Qiucheng, "You are the county magistrate of Chang'an, Meng Qiucheng?"

"The next official is right!"

"Do you know that Jia Quangui is working for this king?"

"Know!"

A ferocious sneer appeared on Wei Yuanzhen's face, "You know? Knowing that you still dare to set your mind on this king's person. Meng Qiucheng, you are so courageous!"

Meng Qiucheng bowed his head, kowtowed on the ground, and said calmly, "I'm a very timid official, but there's nothing I can do about it. If these refugees are not settled properly, if something happens, the prince may be implicated." Body. The city defense is impenetrable under the deployment of the prince, and these refugees really want to make trouble, but they can't make a name for themselves.

But once this happened, and it was at the Changyuan Festival at the end of the year, the emperor didn't know it, so there was naturally some grudges in the number.So even if the prince can suppress these refugees, nothing will be left behind! "

After all, Meng Qiucheng raised his head and stared at the high-ranking man in front of him, showing the usual flattering smile of corrupt officials, "It's actually a good thing for the prince to resettle the refugees. And this incident , The next official has already reported to the court. Thanks to the generosity of the prince, he is sympathetic to those refugees.

Not only do they give porridge and reward silver, but they also provide free medical treatment for those sick refugees.It is really a meritorious act to bury those refugees who have died for a long time and prevent the spread of diseases! "

Wei Yuanzhen's gloomy eyes gradually showed a bit of a smile, "Master Meng is so sensible, it seems that this king has wrongly blamed Master Meng! Hehe, get up quickly!"

Meng Qiucheng stood up and made another bow to Wei Yuanzhen, "Your Majesty has long heard about the bravery of the prince, but when I saw it today, I realized that those rumors are nothing but falsehoods. The prince is not only brave, but also a prodigy in governing the country. ! The lower official is honored to be summoned by the prince, it is really lucky for three lives!"

"Hmph!" Wei Yuanzhen sneered, "I know today that Lord Meng's heart of surrender is indeed firm! Then this king can rest assured to entrust important matters to Lord Meng!"

"Don't worry, my lord, as long as my lord orders, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Wei Yuanzhen sat back on the chair and took a sip of tea, "It's not too late to go through fire and water, but I heard that Master Meng has recruited merchants to exchange goods with the barbarians in Xiliang. This king happens to have a batch of porcelain. By the way. I hope Master Meng can transport it to the south of the Yangtze River on my behalf!"

Meng Qiucheng looked distressed, and asked after thinking for a while, "Well, it's not impossible. But as a rule, the goods that are exchanged must be inspected by the river transport envoy. If the river transport envoy asks, it's hard for the lower officials to say!"

Wei Yuanzhen's hand holding the tea slowly tightened, and he squinted at Meng Qiucheng from behind the teacup, "Master Meng, what is the meaning of this? Could it be that you want to reject the king?"

Meng Qiucheng hurriedly replied in panic, "I dare not, but I am afraid that the river transport will make things difficult, so I won't let the lower officials transport it for the prince! As usual, any goods to be escorted need the permission of the imperial court and the official document." The lower officials are naturally willing to do things for the prince, but they are afraid of..."

Wei Yuanzhen interrupted, "Don't worry, Envoy Heyun belongs to my king, so he won't make things difficult for Lord Meng. As long as Lord Meng takes my king's porcelain to the south of the Yangtze River, someone will take delivery of it in Yangzhou."

Meng Qiucheng knew that there was no room for change in this matter, so he had no choice but to accept the matter.

"Since this is the case, the next official should do his best!"

"My lord Meng is helping me like this, and I will remember my lord Meng. Once the Changyuan Festival is over, I will order someone to send the things over, and then I will trouble my lord Meng!"

Meng Qiucheng bowed again and saluted, "It is the blessing of the subordinate to share the worries of the prince, so why bother to talk about it. If there is nothing else, the subordinate will leave first."

Wei Yuanzhen nodded, "Go!"

As soon as Meng Qiucheng arrived at the door, the person who opened the door for him happened to go in.As the two staggered, Meng Qiucheng saw a long scar on the left side of the man's face from the corner of his eyes, so he paid more attention.

Qi Wei has been waiting outside, seeing him coming out, he went up to meet him.He put one hand on Meng Qiucheng's shoulder and said with a smile, "Brother Meng, from now on we will all work for King Yong, we are our own people!"

Meng Qiucheng also had a smile on his face, and nodded slightly, "Thanks to the elder brother for speaking well in front of Yong Wang, otherwise the younger brother would not have the opportunity to share the worries of the prince! Another day, the younger brother must thank the elder brother!"

"Hi, my family, why are you so polite!"

The two parted ways after laughing and talking all the way out of this resplendent garden.

Wei Yuanzhen sat on a chair, holding a teacup in his hand.His eyes were fixed on Meng Qiucheng's back all the time, and when the back was out of sight, his eyes suddenly tightened, revealing a fierce look.

The person who passed by Meng Qiucheng asked in a low voice, "My lord, do you really want to let him go?"

"After the Changyuan Festival, if this batch of goods can't be shipped out, we will be even more dangerous if someone finds out. Let him go, even if someone finds out in the future, there will be this scapegoat."

"Isn't your lord planning to transfer Hu Deguang to Chang'an?"

"Now is not the time! Keep Meng Qiucheng first. If he really works for us, he or Hu Deguang will be the county magistrate of Chang'an. If it is unfortunate, if there is a problem with the product, everything will be pushed to this Meng Qiucheng On the body, Meng Qiucheng and Hu Deguang died anyway.

As long as the county magistrate of Chang'an belongs to us, it will be much more convenient to do things in the future. "

"My lord, you are brilliant!"

Meng Qiucheng rode all the way back to the county government office, and she had already thought about it along the way.This King Yong is really not as rumored by outsiders, he only got what he is today thanks to the protection of the Empress Dowager.How many people in the royal family are not deep-minded?

Today, he insisted on taking the so-called porcelain with the official ship that transported Xiliang's exchange goods, mostly to deceive people's eyes and ears.

I'm afraid that batch of "porcelain" is not that simple.

This interactive commodity is a trivial matter, as long as the goods are inspected, they can be shipped out by river.The river transport envoy is responsible for inspecting the goods. After passing the river transport envoy's pass, no one will come to check again.

Other general merchant ships are different. Every time they arrive at a port, someone will check them.This is the difference between officials and people, and it is also a flaw in the court system!King Yong took advantage of this!

Because the river transport envoys belong to King Yong, it is not necessarily true that the officials in other places are from King Yong.King Yong chose himself in order to prevent people from finding his "porcelain".

However, this is also good, this year's post of Chang'an county magistrate will not change.As for the others, it is good to cover them with water and soil, and to block them with soldiers.

Running wildly all the way in the night, the cold wind blew on his face, which hurt like a knife.

When he arrived at the gate of the county government office, he turned over and got off his horse neatly.Meng Qiucheng threw the horse rope to a yamen servant at the door, heaved a sigh of relief, rubbed his hands and asked anxiously, "Where is Mr. Zhou?"

The yamen servant took the horse rope and replied, "Master Zhou will rest for three days, and he won't be back until the day after tomorrow!"

Meng Qiucheng was a little irritable. At this juncture, Master Zhou was gone, who could help her deliver a message to those merchants!She thought for a while, and said to the yamen servant, "Let Mr. Zhou come back immediately, tell Mr. Zhou that I have something urgent to do, and ask him to come back now!"

The yamen servant scratched his head, "But my lord, it's so late now, and tomorrow is the Changyuan Festival, which is the new year's festival. It doesn't seem too good to ask Master Zhou to come back now!"

Meng Qiucheng rolled his eyes, "What's not so good! Master Zhou is a widow. He has no parents, no young son, no daughter-in-law at his age. Who will he spend New Year's Day with, and who will he have reunion dinner with? Let him do it right now." Come to the yamen, tomorrow the Japanese officials will take him to the palace to see and see!"

The yamen servant's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward, "Aren't only officials from Kyoto who are posted by the palace to go to the palace tomorrow? How can Master Zhou do it too?"

Meng Qiucheng smiled, "Why not? Who is your lord? Is there anything I can't do?"

The yamen servant led the horse and moved closer, pulling the yamen uniform on his body flat with one hand, "My lord, take a look, how about the little one? Otherwise, don't bother Mr. Zhou, the little one can also share the worries of the adults!"

Meng Qiucheng slapped his yamen cap with one hand, and said with a smile, "You are the only one who is clever! You can do this to catch thieves, but you can deal with people, just your big mouth that can't be covered, I won't let me break it The matter is not bad. In case you said something wrong, which official position in the palace is not higher than that of your lord?

At that time, even if I want to protect you, I don't have the ability! "

When the yamen servant heard this, he was immediately discouraged.

"Okay, after your lord is promoted, your benefits will be indispensable! It's getting late now, let's go on horseback!"

The yamen servant nodded and was about to get on his horse when Meng Qiucheng stopped him again and threw an ingot of silver to him, "Here, come back and buy a jug of good wine for Uncle Zhang, and the rest will be yours to honor him!"

The yamen servant's eyes turned red, "My lord, you have to give us an extra month's interest every year on Changyuan Festival. How dare I take this money now!"

Meng Qiucheng shook his head, patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Your boy is about to get married, so what's left of your monthly interest! Uncle Zhang has worked so hard to save your wife's money. I have never been willing to spend more money. You should also be filial and filial to him, but don’t regret it when you don’t have the opportunity to be filial!"

The yamen servant listened and nodded emphatically.

With all kinds of thoughts in his heart, he got on his horse and fixedly looked at the thin Chang'an county magistrate in front of him.

Even though he is a big corrupt official in the mouth of the common people and has been reviled by countless people, even if he knows, the adult of his family does not seem to be a good person!But he never treats his subordinates badly, nor reprimands them without reason.

The yamen servant couldn't tell for a while, what was good and what was bad!In the final analysis, the adult of his family has never killed anyone, nor set fire to him, but he is just greedy for money.

Meng Qiucheng waved to him, the yamen servant turned around with his horse, raised his whip, and then walked away.

Meng Qiucheng sighed slightly inwardly, and looked up at the sky.The moon entered the treetops, and the snow fell all over the ground. Over the years, she actually wanted to honor her parents, but she never had such a chance again!

The author has something to say: This chapter can be regarded as a feeling of accompanying a friend to the hospital to visit her seriously ill father,

The father felt sorry for his daughter and told her not to run back and forth to the hospital, because the hospital was far away.

My friend's baby is only a few months old and hasn't been weaned yet!

Friends do not listen, still want to come.

The father's words were a bit extreme, "Could it be that if you come, dad can live?"

When she came out of the hospital, her friend cried. She said that she knew that her father cared about her.

She just felt that once she ran, it was one less time, and she was afraid that she would never have a chance to run in the future!

Suddenly discovering that life is too fragile, maybe one day an accident will come without our preparedness!

I feel ashamed when I think of my family, but I can actually treat them better!

I hope everyone can cherish what is in front of them, whether it is family, love or friends, don't let yourself have a day of regret!

Then I am very grateful to the little angels for their support and encouragement. It is not easy to code words, and it is not easy to follow the text!

We all write and cherish, and read and cherish!

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