Gao Changgong slowly put down the letter in his hand, and for the first time, sullenness appeared on his handsome face.

"It started so quickly!"

Lu Qubing sat next to him, he was still a little confused.

"Mr. Gao County, wasn't it you who recommended me?"

Gao Changgong put away his anger and looked at him.

"I just took up the official position and haven't had time to recommend anyone."

"He probably didn't lie to you. He recommended you."

Lu Qubing was even more confused and sat there blankly.

"There are not many people who are familiar with the classics in the city. You come from a famous family, and your elders may have some history with them."

Gao Changgong said, and suddenly joked: "However, you, an official from a rich family, failed to advise me to implement benevolent government. Instead, you helped me indulge cruel officials and compete for profits with the people. It seems that they are very disappointed with you."

ah."

Lu Qubing's expression became determined at that moment.

"Liu Taozi has never done anything wrong, and neither has the county man."

"oh?"

"If it were half a year ago, I would have loudly reprimanded a cruel official like Liu Taozi, risked my life to fight with him, and would have prevented the county magistrate from pardoning the deceased ministers and returning them to farmland, because these were not

Comply with the legal system.”

"But now, I feel that it is impossible to govern the world well by just obeying laws and systems."

"Taozi used cruel methods, but since then, people like Lu Zhanshan no longer dare to bully the people easily. There are many more people on the streets of Cheng'an. They don't have to worry about being beheaded while walking on the road."

"You tried to pardon the dead outside the city, pardon the ministers inside the city, and distribute terra nullius to them. This violated the system, condoned those people escaping from corvee, and condoned those evildoers who broke the law. But, I have seen it

The dead outside the city are like corpses, cornered to the point of cannibalism."

"In the past few years, corvee labor has become more and more frequent, and the people have been forced to become slaves and slaves. Their farmland and property have been occupied by others, and they have even been occupied by others."

"Therefore, I don't ask for any respect for the virtuous and wise, or for benevolent and moral governance. I only ask that the people of Cheng'an, whether they are in the city or outside the city, can live a better life."

Gao Changgong looked at Lu Qubing with gentle and bright eyes.

"If all Daqi officials were like you."

Gao Changgong quickly stopped saying this, and once again focused on the letter in his hand.

"The Murong family wants to drive me away. After I took office, Cheng'an not only failed to calm down, but even bigger cases appeared. The reason is that I appointed cruel officials."

"After this matter reaches the Chancellery, I'm afraid that my position will not be preserved. They don't dare to exempt me from being a white man, and they will probably let me change my position as an official."

Lu Qubing frowned, "Perhaps we can give a report to the Chancellor to clarify the situation here?"

Gao Changgong couldn't help laughing.

"Rongzu, why did Shangshutai want to let me go after this happened?"

"Because something happened to Cheng An"

"No, it's because my ideas are not good for them. Who do you think the officials in the Chancery are? Are they the dead wandering around? Are they the common people who are being slaughtered? Or are they people like the Murong family?

Woolen cloth?"

Lu Qubing's expression changed drastically, "Then let's find a way to solve it."

"Then how to solve it? Kill Liu Taozi, then confess to the temple, saying that I shouldn't use cruel officials, and make corrections in the future?"

Gao Changgong sneered and shook his head, "I can't do such a bastard thing, and I won't correct it."

Lu Qubing added: "Not all traitors are in the temple, there are also virtuous people. You can write to them and let them think of a solution."

"I think we can write directly to Mr. Yang and ask him to help."

Gao Changgong was about to speak but stopped.

"Lu Jun, you have been tired these past few days, so you should go back and rest first."

"Anyway, the matter has reached this point. It's not too late to discuss it tomorrow."

Lu Qubing staggered out of the house. It was already dark. Not even a single star could be seen in the pitch-black night. The black sky was not black and shiny, but rather stained and dark.

Lu Qubing looked up at the sky. From the incident until now, he had never closed his eyes.

At this moment, he felt deeply tired and his eyes were blurred. He couldn't help but close his eyes and forcefully cheered up, but he couldn't rest yet!

He just broke into Youyou Mansion.

Liu Taozi and his minions were sitting in the courtyard at the moment, seemingly discussing something. When they saw Lu Qubing coming, those few people stopped talking.

Lu Qubing struggled to sit next to Liu Taozi, but couldn't help but yawn.

"Taozi. The Murong family came to see the county magistrate."

He hurriedly informed everyone about what happened at the county official's place.

After hearing this, Yao Xiong's face almost twisted.

"Slave commits murder??"

"Isn't this just trying to fool a kid? Can the county official believe this?"

Lu Qubing shook his head, "Anyway, don't spread these things out yet."

"Brother Taozi, you should also pay more attention. I think the man named Murong Zeng is really insidious, but we must not let anything happen to him again."

After Lu Qubing explained all this, he left in a daze.

The four people sat in the courtyard, silent.

Kou Liu was the first to speak, "I thought the Murong family was a good family."

"Oh, he and you are both from Xianbei, so he is naturally a good family."

Tian Zili suddenly spoke. This was the first time he had ridiculed in person.

Kou Liu frowned, "That's right, Xianbei are all evil people, and Han people like Gao Xun, Cui Hao, Fei Zongxian and so on are all great good people!"

Yao Xiong hurriedly said, "We are all brothers, why would we say such things?"

Tian Zili shook his head, "This is the problem now and it cannot be avoided."

"Whether it's a temple or a place, it's the struggle between Han scholars and Xianbei nobles, and it's the same now."

Yao Xiong was very puzzled, "Does the Murong family belong to nobles or scholars?"

"Of course you are noble!"

"Is the county official a scholar-official?"

"This is also honorable."

"Then can we find the scholar-bureaucrats in the temple to deal with the Murong family?"

Yao Xiong asked again.

Tian Zili's expression worsened again, "No, they are all in cahoots with each other."

Yao Xiong frowned, "That's not right. The Murong family is a Confucian scholar. I heard that their son works in the palace just because he is good at studying Confucian classics! Is this considered an honor?"

He looked at Liu Taozi and said, "Brother Taozi, are the Murong family nobles or nobles?"

"If being a noble is beneficial to them, then they are nobles. If being a scholar is beneficial to them, then they are scholar-bureaucrats."

Yao Xiong only felt that it was even more confusing.

Kou Liu was unwilling to argue, so he asked: "Brother, what should we do now?"

"Will the temple send someone to deal with us?"

Liu Taozi narrowed her eyes, "It's still unknown."

Yecheng.

There were bits and pieces of firelight in the dark mansion. The soldiers were holding torches and patrolling the courtyard. In the dark night, the figures of the soldiers could not be seen clearly. They could only see the swaying fires moving slowly.

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The corridor is extremely long and without any lights, leading to the deepest part.

The pitiful cry of the evil bird sounded, making people shudder.

The doors were open one after another, with no one guarding them on the left or right, as if evil spirits had opened their mouths and were waiting for their prey to walk in.

Following the doors one after another, we walked to the deepest part, where the lights were brightly lit. In the dark and silent house, only the house here shone the brightest light.

Candlelight almost filled the entire room, emitting a dazzling light that even illuminated the darkness outside.

A burly, fat man sat alone in the house.

He was so big that when he sat down, his stomach was strangled and there were several gullies.

His left and right sides were piled with various documents, and he was immersed in reading them and at the same time writing and approving them very quickly.
To be continued...