First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 347

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After some questioning, Gao Chong was vaguely excited. He raised his eyes to see the light in Gao Chong's eyes, He Siniang trembled all over, and hurriedly lowered her head: Sure enough, none of these aristocratic masters has a good thing...

Gao Chong got up immediately, "Get dressed, I'm going to see you Aye".

He Siniang became anxious when she heard the words, and hurriedly grabbed Gao Chong's sleeve and said, "Is the young master going to send the slave back? If so, the slave will definitely be beaten by me, Aye."

"Hit?" Gao Chong frowned, and asked with interest: "How?"

"Hit with a ruler," He Siniang said timidly.

Gao Chong suddenly laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, there are not many maids like you in our government."

In the side hall of the county government office, two candles were lit.

Seeing He Zhongde coming dressed neatly in a hurry, Gao Chong laughed and said: "He Ming's mansion is so generous, it woke me up from the seven points of drunkenness."

He Zhongde was busy laughing, "As long as the young master is satisfied."

"Let's be honest, do you want to bet on both ends, or what do you want?" Gao Chong asked directly: "I heard He Siniang said that she is already going to be a concubine for Da Lang of Tian Cishi's family. You make such a fuss Come on, Tian Dalang must hate me to death, I offended the Tian family by taking an errand for no reason?"

After the words fell, Gao Chong snorted heavily, as if he was a little upset.

He Zhongde was busy pouring tea, apologizing with a smile, "Forgive me, my lord, it is true, but my lord's words are serious. Although Tian Dalang is a big yamen in Qianzhou, he is domineering, but he must not look good in front of Mr. Gao."

Gao Chong seemed to be quite satisfied with this flattery, "That is, I am the Gao family of Bohai, how can I be afraid of the barbarians of Qianzhou?"

Seeing that He Zhongde only cared about laughing, Gao Chong asked curiously: "I'm not afraid of offending the Tian family, what about you? I heard that when Tian Jiedu entered Guizhou, your He family was the first one to attach himself to. Ass returned to Beijing, so you are not afraid of revenge from the Tian family?"

Upon hearing this, He Zhongde's smile gradually disappeared, and after a long silence, he raised his head and said, "Since the young master knows this, it means that the young master has made preparations for coming to Qianzhou.

Ming people don’t speak dark words, crossing the river and demolishing bridges at Tianjie, treating my He family too poorly, I have no choice but to seek self-protection, so I want to make friends with the son, so as to obtain the protection of the Gao family.”

Gao Chong's heart was shocked, but his face was still calm and calm, with a slight smile, shaking the teacup in his hand, noncommittal, "Tell me about it".

Seeing this, He Zhongde immediately beamed with joy, "Sir, do you really have thoughts about Tian? If so, I would like to do my best."

"Don't talk about falling down", Gao Chong put down his teacup heavily, and said with a cold snort: "I didn't say anything, I'll go to Pengshui tomorrow".

He Zhongde was at a loss and was busy trying to stop him, "Wait a minute, my lord, listen to me."

Gao Chong took the opportunity to sit down.

He Zhongde sighed deeply, and then said through gritted teeth: "When Tian Jiedu, that is, when Tian Zongxian came to Guizhou, the three surnames of He, Ran and Fuling Tian in central Guizhou were the most.

At that time, the He family was weak among the three surnames, so Tian Zongxian formed an alliance with his late father and gradually unified central Guizhou.

At that time, Tian Zongxian promised his late father that my He family would be the next governor, but after Tian Shikang grew up, Tian Zongxian broke his promise and let Tian Shikang succeed him, so my late father died of depression.”

While talking, He Zhongde looked at Gao Chong's face, seeing that Gao Chong's face did not change, He Zhongde continued: "That's not counting, when the He family welcomed Tian Zongxian to Guizhou, they offended Tian Ran's family.

Now Tian Zongxian is quite close to the Ran family, but my He family is not a human being, not only targeted by the Fuling Tian family, but also bullied by the Ran family.

At the end of last year, the Ran family invaded more than [-] acres of high-grade paddy fields from my He family, but Tian Zongxian didn't care about it, it's really deceiving people too much."

With a look of grief and indignation, He Zhongde slapped the table heavily.

Gao Chong frowned.

He Zhongde hurriedly said: "Your disrespect, my lord, forgive me, I just said something from the bottom of my heart, and it is all true.

From the perspective of outsiders, my He family's first attachment to Tian Zongxian must have benefited a lot, but it is not the case. I am aggrieved and only know myself, which is really hard to say.

Even the youngest daughter, Si Niang, was favored by Tian Dalang and forced to take her as a concubine, otherwise, my He family is also a wealthy family in Qianzhou, so how could I make my daughter a concubine."

At this time, He Zhongde's eyes were already red and his fists were clenched.

Without waiting for Gao Chong to speak, He Zhongde continued: "Although I don't know the meaning of the young master's visit to Qianzhou, the two Gaotian families are very familiar, and I know it well, so I take the liberty of offering my daughter to protect myself. What advice, what family is willing to be a pioneer."

Hearing this, Gao Chong suddenly felt that the world was unpredictable, he originally wanted to stay in Hongshe for a day or two, and create a persona of a nobleman.

That is to tell them clearly that I came to your Qianzhou to complete the inspection mission, to come out for the emperor to take a look around, and then return to Beijing to deal with business, there is no other meaning, you just serve me well with food, drink and fun .

This was also a normal state of society at that time. The imperial envoys inspected various places, ate a round belly and fat waist, and then returned to Beijing to return to their orders: everything is normal everywhere, the people are rich and stable, and the officials are dedicated to their duties...

It's just that he didn't expect that on the first night when he came to Qianzhou, he only asked for a person to warm the bed, and he met He Zhongde.

This is exactly what the saying goes, if you break through the iron shoes, there is nowhere to find it, and it takes no effort to get it.

"So that's how it is," Gao Chong rubbed his chin, and then snorted unhappily: "Tian Zongxian promised your father to be the next governor? Hmph, he thinks that Qianzhou is his family's job, and he dares to have a private relationship with him because of his official position in the court." Accepting? You really have the guts.”

He Zhongde nodded crazily, "That's right, Tian Zongxian is really too arrogant, the imperial court ordered him to pay homage to Beijing several times, but he shied away from being old and sick, making it difficult to make the trip.

But I heard that he was still hunting in Yushan a few days ago, and he can still open a hard bow, which is a crime of deceiving the emperor."

Gao Chong's eyes lit up, but he didn't express his position, he just said: "As a son-in-law, I should keep my words and deeds clean, and Si Niang can only follow me as a personal maid.

But don't worry, with me here, the Tian family can't touch you, I'll take Siniang with me when I go to Pengshui, and I'll see who dares to disagree."

He Zhongde was overjoyed, and he was busy thanking him, "My lord, I am very grateful, and the He family is very grateful. It is also my daughter's blessing to be able to enter the Gao family in Bohai as a maidservant."

As for the words and deeds that keep oneself clean, He Zhongde automatically ignored them, otherwise he was worried that he would vomit.

When he got back to the post house, Gao Chong's face was gloomy, "Let Taoist Huan come to see me quickly", his words were a bit harsh.

Even though it was past midnight and it was late at night, Kaohsiung still immediately took orders to send people out to look for Huan Fasi.

Huan Fasi entered the city a few days earlier and did not stay in the post house together, but the personal guards had a way to find him.

Gao Xiong stood at the door, Gao Chong sat alone in the room, closing his eyes and meditating.

Everything that happened tonight was too sudden, Gao Chong needs to analyze it carefully, if He Zhongde is cheating, he is falling into a trap.

It's just that Gao Chong didn't make a statement, and He Zhongde still didn't know Gao Chong's real intention for coming. There might be a turning point for this matter.

(End of this chapter)