Inside a mansion.

Several officials sat in the middle of the hall, all frowning.

"Lord Wei has been arrested." One of the people sitting above spoke.

"Why did he arrest people, I waited for the official document, do you have any questions?"

"On the surface, there is no problem with the official document, but there are inevitably some small mistakes in the middle, and I heard that it is also related to handwriting."

"Hmph, based on this alone, there can be a hundred reasons to prevaricate."

"Liu Changqing is now just relying on the identity of the Liangzhou patrol envoy, and with Wang Jian in his hand, he arrested a court official as soon as he came, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to close the scene!"

"Big deal, I'll wait for the joint performance and join him!"

Hearing this, the man above immediately raised his hand and said, "No! Since Liu Changqing suddenly arrived in Liangzhou and was holding the king's sword, it must be related to the grain incident, and now the joint performance is not equivalent to exposing himself? ”

"Otherwise, while he hasn't found anything yet, he will strike first!" Someone else said with a gloomy face.

"You're crazy! He has the king's sword in his hand, don't you know what the consequences of killing him are! ”

"So, what do you say?"

"En......" The man above pondered for a moment and said, "Although Lord Wei has been arrested now, it should be fine for the time being, Liu Changqing's purpose is probably to draw out something, therefore, we must not mess with ourselves, we should calm down." ”

"Yes...... But in case something happens to Lord Wei......"

"Then we can't come forward, but we can find someone to help test it."

The next day, at the gate of Nguyen Mansion.

"Master Pu walks slowly, and comes often when you have time......"

"Stay and stay, Lord Ruan stays ......"

Ruan Mingzheng sent an official out of the mansion with a smile on his face, and his son Ruan Yang said beside him: "Father, did you promise Master Pu?" ”

"A little favor, you can help, there is no harm in getting along with these Liangzhou officials." Ruan Mingle said.

But hearing this, Ruan Yang was a little anxious: "Oh, father, this is an extraordinary time, this favor is not so easy to help!" ”

"Yang'er is serious." Ruan Ming didn't care and said: "Isn't it just to invite Liu Changqing to have a meal, just right, you can take advantage of this to have a relationship with him." ”

"But this." Ruan Yang still looked anxious, and said: "Father, Liu Changqing is a person who is not good at Liangzhou, but in his opinion, our Ruan family, it is best not to get involved, and hide as far as you can." ”

After hearing this, Ruan Ming glanced at him and said: "Yang'er, you are not an official, you don't know the complexity of officialdom, banqueting Liu Changqing is also an opportunity for the Ruan family, if we can get in touch with Liu Changqing, then in the future court, our Ruan family will have more political resources, don't you understand?" ”

"This ......" Ruan Yang didn't know what to say.

And Ruan Ming's idea is very simple, that is, he simply wants to win over Liu Changqing.

The officials of Liangzhou also took advantage of his psychology and wanted to test Liu Changqing first.

The Ruan family was not involved in this big case this time, because Ruan Ming's official position seemed to be empty, and it was impossible for important official documents to pass through his hands.

In the evening of the same day, Ruan Ming, on behalf of the officials of Liangzhou, warmly invited Liu Changqing to the banquet.

After receiving this news, Liu Changqing was originally ready to refuse, he is pedantic, too stubborn, and not close to people at all, which is also his annoying place.

However, Qi Ying persuaded: "My lord, you have been coming to Liangzhou these days, and you refuse to go to the banquet, in the scene, it is somewhat unreasonable." ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Changqing thought about it for a while and said, "Okay, just go." ”

This dinner was held in the Nguyen Mansion.

The Ruan Mansion is large enough to be one of the most wealthy families in the region, and during the banquet, many officials were present, and after a scene of polite greetings to each other, everyone sat down one after another, and each had a case in front of him.

At the beginning, the scene was still quite lively, after all, they were all dignitaries, and when the wine and food were ready, Ruan Ming also picked up the wine glass, and said with a smile: "Lord Liu has been in Liangzhou these days, and I haven't fulfilled the friendship of the landlord, come, I would like to use this cup to apologize." ”

"Respect Lord Liu," the people said.

This was already very polite, but Liu Changqing was sitting there and sneered: "Lord Ruan, as an official of the imperial court, he has a big banquet and a full table of friends, this table of wine and food is too extravagant, right?" In front of this official, the price of these things is probably enough for ordinary people to live for several years. ”

People toasted with you, but what he said was obviously an allusion to Ruan Ming's corruption, and when the latter heard this, his face immediately showed embarrassment, and he froze there, not knowing what to do, so he could only laugh embarrassedly.

Seeing this, the other people also put down the wine glasses they had just picked up silently, not to mention how disappointing they were.

The scene fell into embarrassment for a while, and it wasn't until after a long pause that Ruan Ming laughed dryly, and said in a round: "Haha, Lord Liu likes to laugh, laugh, come, drink......"

At this banquet, everyone ate very uncomfortable, and after leaving the table, while people went out, they also said:

"Humph! This person really doesn't know how to lift! ”

"I've never seen anything like this......"

In the mansion, Liu Changqing was naturally preparing to leave, but Ruan Ming hurriedly got up and shouted to him: "Lord Liu stays." ”

"Is there anything else Ruan-sama does?"

"Hehe, can you take a step to speak?" Ruan Ming had a smile on his face.

Liu Changqing raised his eyebrows, but in the end, he followed him to the inner hall.

After arriving here, without waiting for him to ask, Ruan Ming had already retreated and opened a box in the hall.

Liu Changqing took advantage of the situation and saw that the box was full of gold nuggets, dazzling!

Even he, seeing such a huge amount of gold, couldn't help but be shocked, and secretly said what a big deal!

Then he asked in a condensed voice, "Lord Ruan, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Hehe, it's not interesting, it's not interesting." Ruan Ming still looked like a good old man, and said with a smile: "It's just a little care, not respect, if the adult doesn't give up, I hope to laugh." ”

"Huh." Liu Changqing also smiled.

Ruan Ming didn't know him at all, and giving Liu Changqing a heavy gift was no different from being uncomfortable.

I thought that so much gold could have a little relationship, and in this world, there is no one who doesn't love money.

But after Liu Changqing glanced at it, he sneered: "With such a heavy amount of money, what does Lord Ruan want to do?" You don't have to give this gold to the official, and you don't have to take it back, the official will present it to the king! ”

"What!?" When Ruan Ming heard this, he immediately panicked: "Big ...... What do you mean, sir? ”

"Humph! The Tao is different, not the same! Lord Ruan is so self-conscious! Liu Changqing sneered again and walked away directly.