At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 290 Be Careful
The previous Zhuojun Shepherd Superintendent was quite sentimental, and I guess he still had a special liking for plum blossoms, so plum trees can be seen everywhere in the Shepherd Supervision Office. In the courtyard facing the lobby of the Animal Husbandry Administration, there are two early plum blossoms blooming in Aoxue. The petals are deep red and the stamens are light yellow. They are larger than ordinary plum blossoms and have a particularly strong aroma. Gao Bufan sat in the hall Office, but the scent of plum blossoms comes out, which is not an ordinary comfort. This should be regarded as the predecessors planting trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade.

At this time, Xu Chen, the prime minister, came in and walked up to Gao Bufan with a few documents in his hand. There was a trace of complexity hidden in his eyes, and he said respectfully: "Master Gao, the horses from Desheng Racecourse, Xishan Racecourse and Hengfu Racecourse All of them have been handed in in full, and the lower officials have checked them correctly, please use your seal, Mr. Gao."

Gao Bufan took a few documents, read them carefully twice, and after confirming that they were correct, he stamped his seal, nodded his approval and said: "Xu Jiancheng has worked hard these days, tomorrow is a holiday, go back and have a good rest .”

Xu Chen hurriedly said: "It's not hard work, this is the job of a subordinate official. By the way, six of the twelve horse farms in Zhuo County have handed in their horses in full, and the rest are all horse farms under the name of Fan Yang Lu. The official has urged me several times, but they have turned a deaf ear to it, what do you think my lord should do?"

Gao Bufan nodded calmly and said: "Well, I understand, if Xu Jiancheng has nothing else to do, he can go on his own."

Xu Chen was about to turn around and leave when a clerk from the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office walked in sloppily, holding an invitation with both hands and saying, "My lord, Lu Sanlang, the chief steward of the Lu family in Fanyang, sent someone to send it to you." Invitation, I invite you to have a banquet at Zuixianlou at noon tomorrow."

Gao Bufan took the invitation, put it on the desk without looking at it, nodded and said: "Tomorrow is a holiday, I'm free, so go tell the person who sent the invitation that I will go to the banquet on time tomorrow."

"Yes!" Yacha agreed, then turned and went out the door.

Supervisor Xu Chen secretly glanced at the invitation card on the case, and lamented in his heart, it seems that Fan Yang and Lu family have also "repented" and invited Gao Bufan to a banquet on their own initiative. Honestly, continue to be a supervisor.

Xu Jiancheng, who had finally resigned to his fate, left the lobby in a bit of disappointment, but Gao Bufan didn't take this deputy who coveted his "big position" at all. Gao Bufan's business ability is not bad, as long as he doesn't make bad intentions and does things honestly, Gao Bufan will not try to squeeze him out. If he does a good job, it doesn't matter to even support him.

Gao Bufan picked up the invitation card on the case and opened it. The words on it were well written and the rhetoric was very gorgeous, but they were all nonsense. Only the last two sentences were practical. They specified the time and place of the banquet, and the time was tomorrow. At noon, the venue was Zuixianlou. It seemed that Lu Sanlang was very considerate and chose a holiday to entertain himself.

Gao Bufan was about to put away the invitation, when suddenly a cold light shot from the top of the courtyard, hitting the desk in front of Gao Bufan, and there was a soft "Du" sound.

whoosh...

The moment the cold light hit the desk, Gao Bufan also left his seat, almost bringing out a series of afterimages, and the next second he was already on the roof.

The north wind was strong on the roof, and the remaining snow had disappeared, but it was still very slippery. Gao Bufan stood on the top of the roof and looked around, but he saw rows of buildings around him, and the person who cast the hidden weapon had long since disappeared. Well, as soon as he made a shot, he slipped away without leaving any traces on the roof.

Gao Bufan frowned, jumped up, landed from the patio, and walked quickly back to the desk, but saw an arrow nailed to the desk with a note stuck on it, it was obvious that the other party's purpose Not to hurt, but to send a message.

Gao Bufan pulled out the arrow, took off the note on it and opened it, only to find that there was only the word "Caution" written on it, and the handwriting was quite rough, as if it was done on purpose.Gao Bufan was silent for a moment, wrapped the arrow with a note, put it in his arms, and sat down to continue working.

The second day was a holiday, and the Animal Husbandry Supervisory Office had a day off. Near noon, Gao Bufan took his two attendants, Gao Shou and Gao Ren, to Zuixianlou for a banquet. The shopkeeper Lao He came out to greet him, and said with a pleasant smile: "The supervisor Gao Mu is here, and the shop is full of splendor!"

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "The shopkeeper He is too humble. Zuixianlou is the leading restaurant in Ji County. If you are a scorpion, then the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office is a dog's den."

Shopkeeper He quickly waved his hand and said: "The Animal Husbandry Supervision Office is a public family. This restaurant is just a small business, so I dare not compare it. It is incomparable. Gao Mujian should spare me."

Gao Bufan said with a smile: "Come on, let's not hang up the time here for greetings. I deliberately skipped breakfast to save my stomach. Now I can eat a buffalo. If the food and wine prepared by shopkeeper He is not enough, be careful to smash your brand."

"Oh, don't dare to delay. Inspector Gao Mu, please come inside quickly. The banquet is all ready, and there is enough food and wine. If you are not full, I will smash the sign myself first. I don't want to trouble you." Steward He finished speaking. Please.

Gao Bufan laughed, and walked into the Zuixian Tower, but this time he didn't go to the private room on the third floor, butler He led him to the back of the Zuixian Tower, walked around the screen and saw a courtyard, and a rockery Yuchi, behind the rockery is a door with hanging flowers. When you enter the door, you will see a huge courtyard with winding corridors leading to seclusion.

"Hey, it turns out that there is a cave behind the restaurant." Gao Bufan said in surprise.

Shopkeeper He explained with a smile: "Supervisor Gao Mu doesn't come often, so I don't know that there are four private rooms behind our restaurant, all of which are independent small courtyards. Bamboo and Chrysanthemum Gardens, if Supervisor Gao Mu wants to entertain guests in the future, you can come to our Zuixian Tower, and I will give you a [-]% discount."

Gao Bufan suddenly said: "So that's the case, but even if there is a [-]% discount, I'm afraid I can't afford it, so how about a [-]% discount?"

"this……!"

"I'm just joking, shopkeeper He, don't make things difficult." Gao Bufan laughed.

While the two were talking, they had already followed the corridor to a small courtyard, but they saw a sign engraved on the moon gate, with two big characters "Meiyuan" written on it, and a pair of couplets carved in peach wood on both sides, the first couplet: Snow reflects plum blossoms and plum blossoms reflect Snow, the second couplet: the cloud is the same as the moon, the moon is the same as the cloud.The end is full of style.

Gao Bufan entered the plum garden, and it was indeed full of plum trees, but the solar terms are not yet here, so only a few early plums are in bloom, most of the branches are still bare.

"Gao Mujian is here, I am not far away to welcome you." Lu Sanlang, dressed in white, came out from the inside, followed by six people, namely Zhu, Jin, Mu, Huang, Wu and Zhao's six chief stewards. Known as the Seven Surnames of Youyan, these seven families almost control the people's livelihood and economy of the entire Zhuo County, and their energy should not be underestimated.

"Brother Lu is out of sight." Gao Bufan greeted him with a smile, jokingly said: "Hey, it's so lively, could it be that Brother Lu is hosting a Hongmen banquet this time?"

Lu Sanlang laughed and said: "If brother Gao came a few days earlier, it might really be a Hongmen banquet. Now, it can be regarded as a thank-you banquet. Brother Gao spoke out righteously in front of the emperor and won for everyone to reduce the quota of war horses by [-]%. I am really grateful, during this period of time, everyone was almost forced to go to the Turks to buy horses."

As soon as this remark came out, the stewards of the six families all let out low, good-hearted laughter, with expressions of gratitude and embarrassment.The steward surnamed Wu is relatively straightforward, he cupped his hands and said, "My humble servant, Wu Jinsong, is the steward of the Hengfu racecourse. Because the quota of horses at the racecourse was temporarily raised by [-]%, I misunderstood Supervisor Gao Mu. Not being able to bring out so many war horses, I was really anxious to get angry, I couldn't sleep or eat, I really said a lot of bad things about Mr. Gao behind my back, I hereby apologize to Mr. Gao."

Manager Jin also laughed and said: "My humble Jin Deshui, the manager of Desheng Racecourse, has met Supervisor Gao Mu. I have also been dissatisfied with Your Excellency before, and I also take the opportunity of today's banquet to apologize to Mr. Gao. Please forgive me, my lord."

Gao Bufan smiled indifferently and said: "It's okay, I can understand, after all, my family also owns a racecourse. Last year, the quota of [-] horses was suddenly increased in my family's racecourse. At that time, I was so anxious to scold my mother, and even greeted our Bohai County Shepherd Fortunately, the eighteen generations of the ancestors of the supervisor borrowed money from various sources, and they finally made up enough."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, and the relationship with each other became much closer immediately, so the rest of the people also stepped forward to introduce themselves, greeted each other for a while, and then entered the room to sit down.

A few days ago, Gao Bufan's deeds in Linshuo Palace have now spread. Even though they only won a 180% quota reduction in the end, the seven surnames of Youyan are still very grateful, and their attitude towards Gao Bufan has also changed [-] degrees. After handing over their horses in full, they also scolded Yu Wenhua and the instigator bloody. This guy is really bad. He not only put on shoes for Gao Mujian, but also slandered everyone in front of the emperor and colluded with Gao Mujian to deceive the emperor. He wants everyone's life.

As the saying goes, words that are spoken are like water that is poured out. Although Yu Wenshu has made amends in time, Yu Wenhua and those words undoubtedly offended the rich families in Zhuojun. And this product two knives.

During the banquet, everyone toasted Gao Bufan one after another. Gao Bufan also wanted to establish a good relationship with the local wealthy families. After all, Zhuo County will be his "base" in the future, so he would not refuse any toast, and he was very eloquent. , everyone felt that the young Gao Mu was able to supervise, so the atmosphere became more harmonious, and a banquet was at home, which lasted for nearly two hours before it ended.

(End of this chapter)