Lady Wan Guan

Chapter 121: Giving porridge like this
In the back office of Dengzhou Prefecture, the prefect Qiu and several subordinates were there with sad faces.

The chief bookkeeper said: "Now all the household registration and field records have been taken away by Mr. Gu. What should I do if Mr. Gu sees something?"

Because no one has ever checked these things, they were not very meticulous when recording and filing them, and there were a lot of flaws.

"Yes, now the entire government office is under control, and I am under house arrest here. It is difficult to send a message to the outside world." The clerk sighed.

Master Qiu felt bitter. General Lu had informed him that Gu Zhouting was difficult to deal with and asked him to be more careful. But he didn't know that Gu Zhouting was not only difficult to deal with, but also so powerful.

"Everyone, hold on, you and I are all in the same boat now. Only by working together can we get through this difficult time. If anyone has a different intention."

Master Qiu paused, glanced at everyone with a gloomy gaze, and his tone became a little colder: "The imperial envoy will leave sooner or later."

Once the imperial envoy leaves, you still won't be able to escape.

The red fruit is a threat.

All the minor officials hurriedly expressed their loyalty: "Everything should be done with the leadership of adults."

At Lu Yiming's house, Lu Yiming said to his sister Lu Shanshan: "Qiniang, put out the food in your hands as soon as possible."

"Brother, I'd like to, but no one comes to buy it. I'm not hungry enough after all."

When they are starving to death, they will not mind the high price of food.

"You still want to make money? Do you know who the imperial envoy is here this time?"

"who is it?"

"Gu Zhou stops."

Lu Shanshan: Uh...

"What is he?"

"And that grain merchant you reported a few days ago, do you know who is behind it?"

"Brother, just tell me directly, don't ask me to guess."

"That batch of food was collected together by Princess Changping and many official wives in the capital."

Lu Yiming was also shocked when he heard the news. When he was in the government office, he and Mr. Qiu didn't even have a chance to talk. Fortunately, he paid attention and kept people staring at the government office.The people he left behind saw the official messenger delivering food to the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, and took the opportunity to inquire about it, only to learn the news.

Lu Shanshan was shocked: "It actually belongs to Princess Changping? Brother, what should I do? Didn't I offend Princess Changping?"

Her husband-in-law is just a minor supporter of the Ministry of Industry, how can he compete with Princess Changping?
Lu Shanshan was really panicked.

Lu Yiming gave her a stern look: "What are you afraid of? They don't know it was you who reported it."

As long as Mr. Qiu doesn't tell, who will know?

Lord Qiu didn't dare to say it, he was convinced of this.

"Yes, yes, Princess Changping can't know it's me." Lu Shanshan pressed her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then I will lower the price tomorrow to 15 taels per stone."

Lu Yiming snorted coldly: "If you don't want to lose all your money, you'd better drop it below five taels tomorrow."

"How can that be done? The price I charged was more than five liang and one stone, and I hired so many people to transport it." Lu Shanshan was determined not to do a loss-making business.

What's more, there is also a share of the Crown Princess, who was guaranteed by Qin Siyue.

But she didn't tell her brother about this.

"It's up to you. If you lose, don't come and cry to me." Lu Yiming himself was so anxious that he had no intention of paying attention to Lu Shanshan's affairs.

He still has [-] soldiers guarding the government office. Today's affairs were arranged too hastily by him.The first letter he received from Beijing was that Gu Zhouting and Ji Yunchen were going to Yunzhou first. Unexpectedly, they suddenly came to Dengzhou and caught him off guard, so there was something wrong with the arrangement.However, fortunately, Duan Lei is dead, and everything can be blamed on Duan Lei. At worst, he will be charged with unknown people.

If the people who went to chase Xu Jiang had not recognized Jiuli, he would not have taken the risk.

Ji and Gu are family friends, and Ji Yunchen and Gu Zhouting are close friends. After the tragic defeat of Gubei, the two seemed to have become enemies, but now it seems that it was all a cover-up. The two of them must not have given up on pursuing Gubei.

Therefore, his plan was to assassinate Ji Yunchen first. Once Ji Yunchen died, no matter how powerful Gu Zhouting was, he would not be able to defeat the powerful dragon without the soldiers in his hands. When the time came, it would be easy to kill Gu Zhouting. Who knew that man would not be as good as God? After all, he still failed to succeed, and instead fell into the hands of Gu Heji.

Forget it, now we can only use tactics first. If the two of them really find out something, they will fight to the death.In the territory of Dengzhou, he, Lu Yiming, has the final say.

The next day, a porridge shed was set up in the open space outside the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, and several large pots were set up to serve porridge.

People who came after hearing the news formed a long queue as far as the eye could see.

Chen Song brought a group of brothers from the village to help maintain order.

Jiang Wan Ning asked Xiao Pan to call Chen Song in.

"Brother Chen, this is Master Gu's subordinate Zheng Guan. He came to Dengzhou a few days ago to inquire about a piece of news and wants to confirm it with you."

Chen Song bowed his hands and said, "What does this gentleman want to testify about?"

"I heard that the Zhenbei Army in Dengzhou killed ordinary people and pretended to be people from Dayuan in order to gain military merit. I wonder if you have heard of it."

There was a look of resentment in Chen Song's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know if they used the heads of ordinary people to claim military merit. I only know that the government asked the people to build fortifications outside the city, but they were attacked by the Dayuan people and they all died. , This kind of thing happened more than once, there were always corvee assignments under various names, and they all had to leave the city, and no one came back."

"My father and two brothers were so poor. They asked us to do corvee service again this spring, so I ran away with my brothers and hid outside for three months before coming back."

"So, the population of Dengzhou dropped sharply, and people left Dengzhou because they were afraid of doing corvee service?"

"Well, I've gone a lot, and the only young people in our village are me and my brothers. I really can't worry about my old lady at home."

Jiang Wan Ning gritted her teeth secretly: "Who dares to do corvee work that takes human lives?"

I really didn’t expect that the current Zhenbei Army was so unbearable and despicable. They couldn’t kill the Dayuan people, but they wanted military glory, so they swung the butcher’s knife at the common people.

Seeing that the commander surnamed Duan killed ordinary people yesterday without blinking an eye, it is not surprising that he killed ordinary people to pretend to be a military hero.

They don't deserve to be called the Zhenbei Army at all. The former Zhenbei Army could only kill the enemy bravely and love the people.

"Brother Chen, is there any way to get evidence?"

Chen Song was embarrassed: "I once risked my life to find the remains of my father and brother, but at the place where the incident occurred, except for blood stains on the ground, there was no body. I don't know where the body went."

Jiang Wan Ning was silent: "Then we can only find other ways."

At this time Qingxing came in crying: "Madam, please go and take a look, there is someone making trouble outside."

Jiang Wan Ning frowned: "Why are you crying when someone makes trouble?"

"The slaves saw many well-dressed people who didn't look like they were hungry coming to receive porridge and steamed buns, so they advised them to leave the porridge to those who really need it. Unexpectedly, they were cruel to me and insulted me. , saying that I am a hypocritical person with good intentions..." Qing Xing said aggrievedly.

She had been making steamed buns all night last night and was exhausted. Today she was scolded for being fake and kind. How could she not feel aggrieved?

Jiang Wanning thought for a moment and walked straight out. Zheng Guan and Chen Song hurriedly followed.

I saw Jiang Wanning come to the yard, pull out a handful of soil, go out and throw the soil directly into the big pot for cooking porridge.

People who saw this scene started to cry.

"What do you mean by putting soil in the pot? Is there anyone like you who gives porridge?"

(End of this chapter)