"I didn't mean to disobey the temple's orders."
"When I came, I was ill and couldn't leave easily."
"Secondly, a murder occurred in the city recently. Yesterday, I found several corpses at Murong's house in the east of the city. The county officials are still confirming their identities. I dare not leave easily until the matter is resolved."
"I will write a letter to inform Mr. Yang of these things, please don't worry Mr. Lu."
Gao Changgong said slowly.
After hearing the other party's explanation, Lu Qing's expression improved a lot. He nodded, "That's it."
Then he asked: "Is the Murong family in the east of the city still safe at the moment?"
Gao Changgong narrowed his eyes, "Of course it's safe. Why, do you have friendship with the Murong family?"
"Oh, there is no friendship at all. It's just that before I came to Cheng'an this time, King Gaoyang specifically asked me to go to Murong's mansion on his behalf to check out the situation. I heard that King Gaoyang has a good relationship with Duke Murong."
Gao Changgong was silent for a moment, "I see."
"If the county magistrate allows it, I would like to go to Murong's house before leaving to fulfill King Gaoyang's instructions."
"Okay, you can do it yourself."
The two chatted for a while, and then Lu Qing lowered his head and walked out of the backyard.
As soon as he walked out, he met Lu Qubing waiting here.
The two looked at each other, and Lu Qubing saluted again, "Uncle."
Facing Lu Qubing, Lu Qing's attitude was completely different. He raised his head and his attitude was very stiff.
"What, you want to greet me here?"
"Uncle, please come with me."
Lu Qubing respectfully led Lu Qing back to his mansion, and walked into the county magistrate's mansion. Lu Qing looked around with disdain in his eyes.
"Ninth grade."
He looked around, took a few steps to where Lu Qubing was, and sat down. Lu Qubing just stood in front of him.
"Lu Qubing"
Lu Qing called him by his first name, "I have had great expectations for you over the years."
"I sent you to study the classics, found you a teacher, and sent you to earn merit. The whole family has been extremely benevolent and righteous to you."
"Even your current position is the result of our negotiations with the Murong family."
"But not only are you ungrateful, you have disappointed me and the clan again and again."
Lu Qubing frowned and said nothing.
"Send you to study the classics, but you can't get along with the scholars. I'll find you a teacher, and you can't get along with the celebrities. I'll send you to the frontier, but you say you don't want to steal merit. If I let you come to the county government, you have to offend the county magistrate.
Now that you have become the county magistrate, do you dare to take action against the Murong family??"
"Do you know the relationship between our two families?!"
"Among the clan members, there has never been anyone as deviant as you!!"
Lu Qing's face was very fierce, "I'll give you one last chance. Go and persuade the county magistrate to let him leave Cheng'an, and then go and apologize to the Murong family."
"If you can do this, I will find a way to get you a small county magistrate. You don't have any big ambitions, so being a seventh-grade official and living a miserable life is a good match for you."
"If you dare to disobey me again, I will never recognize you as a person again. By then, you will know how capable you are."
Lu Qubing immediately spoke, "Uncle, what the Murong family did was definitely not the behavior of a gentleman. They seized the temple's public land, forced the people to give up their land and became their slaves. They occupied the two cities of Cheng'an,
Ranch and mine outside the city.”
"If someone is unwilling to obey, they will send people to kill, set fire to and use various methods to seize the monopoly."
"How can you ask me to bow to such a family?"
“Nonsense!!”
Lu Qing was furious, "The public land and land granted are all in the register, how can it be occupied by others? Besides, the land added by the Murong family is designated as mulberry field, and the mulberry field can be traded. This cost money, what's wrong with it?"
As for the tenants, the common people can no longer survive, so the Murong family shows kindness and gives them a way to survive. Is this a bad thing?"
"Even if your frame-up is true and the Duke's family has violated the law, then the Third Duke will have to step forward to hold him accountable. You are only a ninth-grade person, but you are not worthy of giving a thumbs-down to the Duke. What qualifications do you have to talk nonsense here?
?”
"You lost your parents when you were young. It was your clan that raised you, gave you food, gave you books to read, and paved the way for you to get where you are today. You don't want to repay, but you still want to harm our family?
?What books have you read in these years? How could you be so ungrateful!!"
Lu Qubing's face was solemn, "Uncle, when I was young, you once taught us that our ancestors made their way through military exploits. Several generations of governors have fulfilled their duties with integrity and kindness as their foundation. Let us not lose it.
The face of our ancestors.”
"In these years, I have never done anything that goes against my conscience, and I have always remembered your teachings."
"Therefore, I will never join in with the villain."
"As for the books you asked me about the books I have read over the years, I have read a lot of history books, and I have found that the laws of nature are cyclical and retribution is not always the same."
"When the Sima family killed Cao Mao in the street, their clan members were also massacred. Later, the Yuan family massacred the former clan, and now they have met the same end!"
"Those who do evil will never end well. Even if they are prominent for a while, they will definitely suffer retribution one day."
"Uncle, please don't be stubborn!"
Lu Qing's eyes widened, his face kept changing, sometimes flushed, sometimes livid, his lips couldn't help but tremble, the atmosphere was very depressing. After a long time, Lu Qing stood up and said, "Okay, I won't care about you anymore, just
There is no one like you in the Lu family."
"I want to see how much better you can be without the support of the clan. If you are taken into a prison car to die one day, don't send anyone to beg me!"
After Lu Qing finished speaking, he walked out angrily.
Lu Qubing did not go to see him off.
After walking out of the mansion like this, Lu Qing suddenly stopped and turned to look at the Cheng Mansion, the anger on his face also dissipated a little.
"This guy has some character."
He walked a few steps like this and suddenly pulled up a kneeling clerk from the ground.
"Let me ask you, where is Youyou's mansion?"
Lu Qubing quickly walked out of the house, dressed neatly, and walked quickly towards the backyard.
This time, the soldier didn't stop him and let him go.
When he walked into the backyard, Gao Changgong looked at something worriedly.
"County Lord!"
"Come and sit."
Lu Qubing sat aside.
Gao Changgong asked: "Is Lu Qing your relative?"
"It's my cousin."
"Well, I'm afraid we're going to lose this time."
"Ah? County Lord, even if the Prime Minister sends an envoy, we still have reason to delay, why bother?"
"It's not this, it's my uncle."
Lu Qubing was a little confused, and Gao Changgong said: "My father's younger brother, King Gaoyang, has a high position. You must have met him."
"My subordinates have seen it."
"He is the most harsh towards the clan. He always finds reasons to beat the kings, and tries every possible means to offer words in front of His Majesty. He takes pleasure in bullying the clan. He has a friendship with Duke Murong."
Lu Qubing was silent for a moment, "How is the relationship between King Gaoyang and you?"
“Very bad.”
Gao Changgong looked at him again, "If he comes forward, nothing can be done. My clan can scare Murong Zeng, but in front of my uncle, it is nothing."
Lu Qubing looked at him with a heavy tone, "What about what we are doing now?"
Gao Changgong didn't reply, and the atmosphere was even more depressing than before.
But at this moment, Lu Qing walked directly into Youyou Mansion.
When he walked in, everyone in the house was startled and at a loss.
Liu Taozi slowly walked out of the inner room, looked at the nobleman in front of her, and saluted.
Lu Qing just looked at Liu Taozi in front of him and couldn't help but nod.
"It's very similar."
"Liu Youjiu, I wonder if I can come in and talk in detail?"
Liu Taozi nodded, and the two of them walked directly into the house.
Yao Xiong and Kou Liu stood in the courtyard, looking at each other, looking at each other.
Lu Qing sat in the room casually, and then continued to boldly look at Taozi in front of him.
"When Murong Jun told me about it, I still didn't believe it, but now I believe it. Brother Liu is like my father! He really is like his father!"
Liu Taozi sat in front of him, a head taller than him, looking down in a familiar way, which was very oppressive.
"When I came here, Murong Jun told me something. I heard that someone in the court arranged for his family to live in a village in Cheng'an. Although this matter is easy to handle, there are more troubles in the countryside, and there are corvee labor.
, another thorough investigation. Therefore, the man went to Murong Jun and asked him for a small favor."
Lu Qing grinned, "Speaking of which, the Murong family is still kind to your family, and your father also has some friendship with Murong Jun."
"Liu Youjiu, you shouldn't be that kind of ungrateful person, right?"
"Besides, don't you think it would be bad if word spread about this matter and it would lead to the crime of deceiving the emperor?"
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"My grandfather's name is Liu Da. He was a hunter from Zhang Village. He is no longer alive. It is impossible for him to be friends with Murong Jun."
"As for deceiving the emperor and hiding family members, I have been to the backyard of Murong's family, but I have never seen any family members. When you say that someone deceived the emperor and hid family members, you are not talking about the Murong family, right?"
Chapter completed!