Chapter Forty-Eight: Throwing Stones and Asking for Directions
"Have you eaten enough?" After Mu Yuanyuan and her hugged the child and ate all the things sent by the red clothes, Leng Manyan asked Mu Yuanyuan cordially.
Mu Yuanyuan nodded contentedly, and the child she was holding in her arms also fell asleep satisfied.
"Then let me ask you, how far is Licheng from Qidu, and if you hurry up, how long will it take to arrive?" Leng Manyan asked about Mu Yuanyuan's journey to Licheng.
"If you hurry up, you can reach it in about a day, and Licheng is not very far from Qidu." Mu Yuanyuan thought for a moment before she replied to Leng Manyan.
Leng Manyan thought about it, and he was a little stupid to ask this question.
If the distance is far away, Mu Yuanyuan will not starve to death on the way in the morning with a child in his arms, even if he begs, he can't get food!
Thinking of this, Leng Manyan immediately made a decision and said to the three of Jin Ke, "The three gold medals of the Divine Broken Mansion are to listen to the order. ”
"My subordinates are here, my lord, please command." The three of them responded in unison.
"Now I order the three of you to leave immediately, hurry to Licheng, arrest the dog county order and this official, and limit you to return within three days, there must be no mistakes." Leng Manyan threw out the arrow.
The three men in red got the arrow, immediately got up, turned around and walked towards the outside of the court.
The three of them left, Leng Manyan retreated, temporarily settled Mu Yuanyuan in the Shenduan Mansion, and handed it over to Zhao's father and Zhao's mother to take care of, but Leng Manyan quietly left the Shenduan Mansion with Long Xiaofeng and headed towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
When it was almost dusk, the two finally came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, standing outside the golden gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Long Xiao said in Leng Manyan's ear without looking back, "You really decided to meet Zhao Tingde's old fox?" That's not an ordinary person, who can stay in the position of prime minister for many years and be safe, that part of the city government is not comparable to ordinary people. ”
"Of course I want to go, they all say that this old guy is small-minded, I have to go to the stone to ask for directions, and see if he Zhao Tingde can protect his shortcomings." Leng Man's words swirled, quite a taste of ancient Bao Gong.
"Let's go! If you don't go in, it'll be dark. Long Xiaofeng laughed, then stretched out his hand to pull up Leng Manyan and walked towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Since the status of the two people is not low, when they entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, the people guarding the door outside the Prime Minister's Mansion did not stop the two, but separated one person and went in one step before the two to report.
The two of them had just walked in and walked a few steps, and Zhao Tingde quickly greeted them, and hugged the two of them from a distance, "Ouch! The old man's eyebrows jumped just now, and sure enough, it was a nobleman, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Shenduan came, which really made the old man's prime minister's mansion shine! ”
"The prime minister is polite, this prince and Lord Shenduan just want to visit the prime minister, and there is something I want to discuss with the prime minister." Long Xiaofeng politely returned the salute with Zhao Tingde, and clarified his intentions in the future.
"I have something to discuss with the old man, but I don't know what is going on?" Zhao Tingde was puzzled.
A few days ago, Li Shangshu had just been knocked down by Leng Manyan, he knew that this Leng Manyan was not a fuel-efficient lamp, she took the initiative to come to the door with Long Xiaofeng, and most of them were not good.
Zhao Tingde had already secretly made a decision in his heart, no matter what the two said, he would deny it, he didn't want to cause a commotion and didn't have any benefits.
"That's the case, Prime Minister, in the afternoon, Xiaguan received a case, which was a case of bullying people's women, and this bully of people's girls was the county order of Licheng, so ......" Leng Manyan explained the situation to Zhao Tingde, but before she finished speaking, Zhao Tingde opened his mouth and shouted.
"What, it can't be! Qin Huaiyu is a well-known good official! How could he do such a thing of bullying the people and bullying women? Lord God must have misunderstood, right? Zhao Tingde didn't deny it.
This Licheng County Order, but what he pulled out was his most proud protégé Qin Huaiyu, although Qin Huaiyu was a little better, but before he took office, he promised himself in every way, but because of the mistake, Zhao Tingde didn't believe that he would do such a thing of bullying the people and bullying women in Licheng.
Leng Manyan didn't show too much surprise when she saw Zhao Tingde, on the contrary, she was very calm, and she couldn't help but shout in her heart that this old fox was cunning.
"This matter, the lower officials will find out and give an explanation to the prime minister, but the lower officials still think that it is right to report to the prime minister first." Leng Manyan was polite.
"Huh! God judged that the adult's words were serious, and the case should be reported to the emperor, where can the old man be honored? The old man didn't dare to be. Zhao Tingde also pretended to be modest.
But if Long Xiaofeng didn't stand here, he wouldn't have said this.
Don't look at him pretending to be ashamed, but he is very happy in his heart! Zhao Tingde was thinking in his heart, isn't your god so amazing? Don't you still want to give face to the old man?
Leng Manyan took the expression of the old fox Zhao Tingde into her eyes one by one, although Leng Manyan knew Zhao Tingde's thoughts, she didn't say it, but hid it in her heart, and when she hit the last blow, the old fox would be miserable.
"Where, the Prime Minister has worked hard and made great achievements, and such trivial matters must be explained to the Prime Minister first, and then presented by the Prime Minister, where can the lower officials be presented to the emperor? The Prime Minister thinks so, right? Leng Manyan said left and right.
"Huh! It's also true, don't annoy the emperor and his old man because of a little thing, come, come in and say, the housekeeper will watch the tea. Zhao Tingde was in a good mood, and deliberately beckoned the two of them to go into the front hall to have tea.
Leng Manyan and Long Xiaofeng were not pretentious, and followed Zhao Tingde, and they went.
When they arrived in the front hall, the three of them sat down, Zhao Tingde did not say anything about Qin Huaiyu, but talked to the two of them about the way of tasting tea and using tea.
Leng Manyan finally didn't hold his breath, and brought the topic back to the Licheng case, "Prime Minister, this official is going to be investigated, if it is really found out, then Licheng County ordered to do such a thing as a traitor......
"Needless to say, deal with it strictly, you don't need to give the old man face, God judges what you should do, just follow the law, the old man has always confessed his reasoning and not admitting feelings." Zhao Tingde directly slapped the table and interrupted Leng Manyan.
Leng Manyan looked at Zhao Tingde like this, and he was really a little shaken.
She really thought that Zhao Tingde was really unreasonable, frowned, and said with a smile on her fists, "The Prime Minister is so well aware of the righteousness, and the lower officials admire and admire it, then the lower officials will get the instructions of the Prime Minister, and the lower officials will go down to do it, the Prime Minister will disturb, and the lower officials will leave." ”
"Yo! Don't spend more time with the old man for tea before leaving? Zhao Tingde was pretended to be polite.
Leng Manyan and Long Xiaofeng did not sit down cheekily, but politely refused to speak up and left with a smile.
It wasn't until the backs of the two disappeared at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion that Zhao Tingde's face froze, and he called the housekeeper over, "You immediately repair a book for me, and the flying pigeon will send the book to Licheng, let Qin Huaiyu's kid deal with the evidence cleanly, and let him strengthen his vigilance, don't let this goddess send someone to arrest him." ”
"My lord, she doesn't dare, does she? No matter what, Qin Gongzi is also your most proud protégé, and he is also the commander of Licheng County, she can't just catch it, right? The butler was a little unconvinced.
"Confused, this goddess is very bold, she dares to lead people to break into Shangshu Mansion, and she dares to lead people to arrest Li Shangshu's son, not to mention a small Licheng County Order? She can come to talk to the old man, she already gives the old man a lot of face, why don't you do it quickly? Zhao Tingde covered his face with his head and face, which was to give the housekeeper a scolding.
The housekeeper hurriedly went down to write a letter.
Zhao Tingde sat alone in the front hall and muttered in a low voice, "Qin Huaiyu, Qin Huaiyu, if you lose this chess piece, the old man will lose another batch of entries in Licheng, you must support the old man!" ”
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When Leng Manyan and Long Xiaofeng left the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was already getting dark.
Long Xiaofeng did not go back to the Prince's Mansion, but went back to the Shenduan Mansion with Leng Manyan, and the two talked about seeing Zhao Tingde in the study of the Shenduan Mansion.
"This is a full jade-faced fox! Don't look at what he says on the surface, but what he thinks in his heart, who knows? Leng Manyan sat behind the desk, stretched out his hand and knocked on the desk, muttering in a low voice.
"Zhao Tingde, he can sit in the position of prime minister, the city is naturally unfathomable, if you want to fight him, you may be really tender." Long Xiaofeng couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on Leng Manyan.
Leng Manyan sat there silent.
This stone-throwing asking for directions did not have any effect on the surface, but it made Leng Manyan understand a lot, within Qi Du, there are many characters like Zhao Tingde, and in the future, she will face more experienced roles than Zhao Tingde.
If a Zhao Tingde can't handle it, then how can Leng Manyan get mixed up in the position of God's judgment?
"No, no matter how cunning he is, I will turn into a wild wolf and fight with him, this Zhao Tingde may really be related to the case of the Ji family, and he must be involved in the case of the Ji family." At a certain moment, Leng Manyan reached out and slapped the desk, shouted, and made a bold judgment.
"What do you say, how do I believe you, from the time I know you to the present, your judgment has not been wrong, and I now firmly believe that you are right." Long Xiaofeng absolutely trusted Leng Manyan, so he didn't refute Leng Manyan.
Leng Manyan smiled knowingly.
"Gegege......" But at this moment, there was a slight Gege sound from the tiles above the heads of the two, and the sound was extremely weird, quickly interrupting the words of the two.
Long Xiaofeng looked directly at Leng Manyan, "Be careful, there are people on the house." ”
"It's really bold, they dare to break into the Divine Mansion at night, these people are really impatient." Leng Manyan had a cold face, and whispered to himself viciously.
But the sound on the roof is getting stronger and stronger......