Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 288 Good Relationship

Qi Xiang has no proof.

He had never been so far away from Qi Renli. Whenever he passed the checkpoints in the past, he had Qi Renli's credentials. Where did he get his own credentials?

The guard at the gate saw his expression and knew that he didn't have it. "If you don't have it, we can't let you go. Come back later to get a certificate."

I thought that I had finally come here, and the young master was still waiting for me to send reinforcements, so there was no way I could go back.

"I just passed through this door with Lord Qi not long ago. Doesn't anyone among you recognize me?" Qi Xiang said, "I am really Lord Qi's follower. I have something extremely urgent to report to Lord Meng. Please be accommodating and let me pass."

"How can we possibly allow such a thing? If you are a thief and go to Beishan County to cause trouble, we won't be able to chop off your head even if we have ten of them."

"That's right!" The guard next to him echoed, "We'll let you pass, but it'll cost us our lives. You should be considerate of us and follow the rules."

Qi Xiang was blocked in front of Yangmen Pass. He wished he could grow wings on his back so he could fly over the city wall, or he wished he could grow sharp claws on his hands so he could dig a tunnel under his feet.

He was frantic, spinning around in circles, holding his head, not knowing what to do.

"What are you doing?" The patrolling soldier on the city wall came down, looked at Qi Xiang's expression, and rebuked the guards who had just spoken, "If you have any grievances, you can just tell Lord Meng directly, why make things difficult for him!
Now you're itching to talk, but if you really delay Master Meng's business, you'll have to implicate your brothers and get punished together, don't you have a brain?"

Qi Xiang stopped what he was doing and stared at the man expectantly, "Soldier..."

The soldier raised his hand and said, "You don't have a certificate. You can't pass this door today."

The light in Qi Xiang's eyes dimmed again, but the military leader hadn't finished speaking yet, "But I heard that you wanted to look for Lord Meng. Meng Changqing is not in Beishan County. He went to Dazhou yesterday. When he passed by here, he told us that if anyone is looking for him, they should go directly to the Dazhou government office."

"Thank you, Mr. Bing!" Qi Xiang tried hard to mount the horse.

The soldier said, "Your horse can't run any more. Why don't you get another one from us?"

Qi Xiang thanked them again, rode on the guards' horses, and set off for Dazhou again.

At this time, he felt a little relieved. Lord Meng went to Dazhou, he must be going to find his young master. Maybe the two of them have already met.

But he still didn't dare to delay. He didn't know whether it would be easy to find the place where the young master was hiding, and whether Lord Meng could understand the marks made by Captain Yang.

As for the Dazhou government office, Qi Xiang would not be able to arrive in a short time, but Hong Deyu had breakfast, took a sedan chair, and came to the government office accompanied by government servants.

Before the sedan chair stopped, the bailiff at the gate of the government office hurried inside to report, "Sir, the master of the Hong family has come in person."

Wen Ruxu had been instigated by Meng Changqing until now, and was already dissatisfied with Hong Deyu. When he saw the yamen runner's expression, he immediately cursed, "What kind of master is he to you? Are you a servant of the Hong family?"

The bailiff knelt down immediately and said, "Sir, I just..."

But after a long time, there was no real reason.

Meng Changqing stood up and said exaggeratedly, "My Lord Wen, your servants have good intentions. Are you deaf? Didn't you hear that Master Hong is coming in person?" She emphasized the word "in person" and said, "Don't go to the door to greet him, otherwise Master Hong will think you are disrespecting him."

Wen Ruxu certainly knew that Meng Changqing was instigating, but now the actions of his own yamen runners and Hong Deyu just confirmed what Meng Changqing said.

"You are just a businessman, why are you so arrogant that I would personally greet you?"

Meng Changqing said with a smile: "Master Wen, why do you have to put on airs in front of your subordinates? Looking at the way your yamen is doing things, it is obvious that when Master Hong arrived, you must have been at the door to greet him. Otherwise, why would your people be so eager to inform you of the news?
In my Beishan County, only when the prefect arrives, his subordinates behave like this."

Wen Ruxu sat up straight, pointed at the bailiff and said, "Tell the man surnamed Hong to come in quickly!" "Yes!" The bailiff crawled out in a panic.

Meng Changqing stood up and stood for a while. After sitting for a long time, the flesh on her buttocks was sore.

She sat down only when she heard footsteps outside.

As the sound got closer, Mr. Hong, who was constantly splashed with black water by Meng Changqing, finally showed up.

From head to toe, this man exudes two words clearly: rich.

Look at that well-maintained face and those white hands. The skin on her face and hands is more delicate than that of anyone else present.

Hong Deyu walked in as if he didn't see Meng Changqing and his gang. He walked straight to Wen Ruxu, bowed and said, "Master Wen."

Wen Ruxu looked unhappy and ignored him.

If a normal person encountered this situation, no matter how good the relationship between the two was before, he would be alert at this moment, but it is obvious that Hong Deyu is not a normal person.

He felt as comfortable in front of Wen Ruxu as if he were at home. "I heard that you are looking for someone from Beishan County. I don't know who instigated you to come to my house to look for someone."

After listening to what he said, Meng Changqing couldn't hold back the smile on his face. He had never seen anyone trying so hard to fall into a trap.

"Yes, I also want to ask, how did you determine that the officials in my county must be in the Hong family?" Meng Changqing followed.

Wen Ruxu stared at Hong Deyu and said, "It seems that the group of people from Beishan County are heading to Dao County. As a local squire, isn't it normal for you to be investigated by the yamen runners?

Regardless of whether you are present or not, you should have replied as soon as possible. Why did you wait until now to reply? Do you think you can't stand the government?"

"Your Excellency, it's really polite to say that." Hong Deyu didn't know how to admit his mistake in time, and he was still trying to make it seem like he had connections. "My housekeeper replied at the time that the person the yamen runners were looking for was not at my house, but the yamen runners didn't believe it and insisted on waiting at the door, which wasted time."

Meng Changqing was watching from the side, with an expression that said, "I knew you guys were never polite to each other," which made Wen Ruxu very angry.

"Asshole!" Wen Ruxu slammed the table and shouted, "Kneel down!"

It was only then that Hong Deyu noticed that something was wrong with Wen Ruxu. After all his years of high attitude, how could he allow Wen Ruxu to kneel down to others? "Sir, what's wrong with you?" He winked at Wen Ruxu while speaking, and when he saw that the other party did not respond, he noticed the people on the side.

He pointed at Meng Changqing, who was sitting at the head of the group, and asked, "What did these people tell you?"

"Master Hong, since you are here, I would like to ask you a few questions," Meng Changqing said, "Are the county magistrate and the lieutenant of Beishan County still alive? Where are they now?"

Hong Deyu reorganized his posture, his eyes full of contempt for Meng Changqing, "You are the magistrate of Beishan County. You must have said something to Lord Wen, which caused a rift between Lord Wen and me."

Meng Changqing admitted this, "That's true. But please answer my question."

"No comment."

Meng Changqing reminded: "The people of Daliang must cooperate with the government's questioning. If they lie or refuse, they will be punished."

"As far as I know, you are not an official of Dazhou and have no right to torture me."

"I didn't expect you to know something about the law." Meng Changqing turned to Wen Ruxu and said, "Master Wen, do you want to ask him again or just torture him?"