Chapter 108: Small Talk
At dusk, Xiang Lu Yang walked out of the inn and began to wander on the street, this time it was only him, and everyone else let him go out to play, after all, everyone is young, and in the past month, the nerves have been too tense, and it is time to let them relax.
The reason why Xiang Luyang chose this time to come out was because it was the time when there were many people, walking on the streets of Xiyang, looking at the crowds coming and going, Xiang Luyang was in a very comfortable mood, because judging from the expressions of these people, they should have a good life.
After wandering around the street for a while, Xiang Luyang didn't encounter anything special, so he found a tavern on the side of the street and sat in, this tavern is not big, there are only five or six tables inside, and it is clean inside, because it has not yet arrived, so there is no one inside, only a young man, who is dozing off against the table inside.
Xiang Luyang coughed as he walked inside, and when the guy saw that a guest came to the door, he hurriedly got up to greet the guest.
After Xiang Luyang sat down at the table in the corner, he asked for a pot of wine, ordered a few side dishes, and faced the door, while observing the passing crowd, while drinking leisurely.
Since there was only one customer in the store, Xiang Luyang, after the guy put the dishes together, he stood aside and chatted with Xiang Luyang.
The young man was less than twenty years old, and he looked very clever, seeing that Xiang Luyang's wine glass was empty, he hurriedly filled it for him, and said while pouring wine: "Listen to your accent, officer, it doesn't look like a local, where are you coming." ”
Xiang Luyang took a sip of his wine glass and said, "I'm from the capital." ”
The young man smiled and said, "The capital is a good place, I've only heard of it, and I haven't been there yet." ”
Xiang Luyang said: "You are still young, sooner or later you will have a chance." ”
The young man said: "I heard that our new Zhizhou is also from the capital, his name is Xiang Luyang, do you know him?" ”
Xiang Luyang smiled and said, "I don't know." ”
The young man said: "You are all from the capital, how can you not know him." ”
Xiang Luyang said: "There are more than 100,000 people in the capital, how can I know them all, I am a flat-headed commoner, and I have no chance to contact those who are officials." ”
The young man said: "Also, let alone the capital, even this small Dengzhou, we ordinary people who are officials can't get in touch." ”
Xiang Luyang said: "This place should be easier, after all, it's just such a place, it's okay to go to the court and ask about the case or something, you go and take a look, and you won't get in touch with it after watching it a few more times." ”
The young man said: "That's so easy, this Dengzhou Mansion, there have been five governors in three years, and none of them are capable of long, and no one has been promoted to ask questions for almost two years." ”
Xiang Luyang said: "Three years and five terms, you are diligent enough to change the governor." ”
The young man said: "Who said no, three years ago, on the first day of the first Zhizhou, someone stopped the sedan chair and shouted injustice, and the new Zhizhou took the paper, and after returning to the Zhou Ya, he was killed by someone in the back hall before he could wait for the court to ask about the case." ”
"The second and third terms were both in office for less than three months, and they resigned on their own initiative, and the fourth term did the longest, doing more than a year, and finally fell into the water and drowned when he went out to sea to fish."
"The fifth governor is the younger brother of the first governor, and the first thing he did when he came here was to investigate his brother's murder, but as soon as he found out a little eyebrows, he was transferred away by the governor."
"Now the casinos on the street have already opened, and they are all gambling, to see what happens to the sixth governor and how long he can do it here."
After listening to the guy's words, Xiang Luyang said: "It seems that the water in your place is quite deep, and none of the five governors have retreated." ”
When the young man heard Xiang Luyang say this, he bent down and said to Xiang Luyang mysteriously: "Actually, they don't know how to be people, they all think that they are great if they are officials, and they don't take the King of Wanyan seriously, so they ended up like this." ”
Xiang Luyang said puzzledly: "King Wanyan? ”
The young man said: "It is the Tongzhi of this Dengzhou Mansion who has a good relationship, this person has a close relationship with the Haisha Gang, and the relationship with the governor is not ordinary, he is the emperor of this Dengzhou Mansion." ”
Xiang Luyang said: "Since this person is so capable, why don't you let him be the governor?" ”
The young man said: "The people of Dengzhou know that he has the ability, and the governor knows that he has the ability, but the court does not know that he has the ability, you know how many people are staring at a Zhizhou from the fifth grade, and if there is a vacancy, the Beijing division will immediately send someone over, and the governor can't say if he wants to help him speak, after all, he is just a governor, and he is not an official in the capital at all." ”
Xiang Luyang smiled and said, "It seems that you still know a lot about officialdom!" ”
The young man smiled embarrassedly and said, "I actually heard from the guests who came and went." ”
Xiang Luyang said: "You are quite honest, by the way, what kind of person is the King of Ten Thousand Yamas you just said, is it easy to contact?" ”
The young man said: "Can't you hear the name, how can a good person give him such a nickname." ”
Xiang Luyang said: "But I see that the people who come and go on the street are wearing good clothes, and it seems that this Dengzhou Mansion is governed by this Ten Thousand Yama King is not bad." ”
The young man said, "That's just to welcome the appearance of Shinchishu." ”
Xiang Luyang said puzzledly: "Make a look, what's going on?" ”
The young man said: "As early as a month ago, they got the news that Xinzhizhou was going to take office, so they arrested those beggars and those who wanted to avenge their grievances in prison early, in order to give Zhizhou a good impression." ”
Xiang Luyang said: "Then to put it this way, this King of Ten Thousand Yamas is still afraid of this new Zhizhou!" ”
The young man said: "How could he be afraid of Xinzhizhou, he just wanted to paralyze him, so that he could take advantage of his unpreparedness and get rid of this Xinzhizhou, so that he could continue to be his soil emperor." ”
Xiang Luyang said: "Isn't it a bit too exaggerated for you to say this, he is just a little from the six grades, so he has such a great ability?" ”
The young man said, "Didn't I just say that he has a good relationship with the Haisha Gang." ”
Xiang Luyang nodded and said, "It seems that this Haisha Gang still has some power in Dengzhou Mansion." ”
The young man said: "Not to mention Dengzhou, on the ground of Shandong Province, the Haisha Gang is all here. ”
He gave a thumbs up.
Xiang Luyang has been through Guò Haiyong and Hai Zhongtian in the past few days, and he has already figured out all the details of the Haisha Gang, and knows all the strength of this Dengzhou Branch.
So he didn't want to talk too much about the Haisha Gang, and after taking a sip of wine, he was going to lead the topic back to Wan Younian.
But before he could speak, a group of people eating walked in at the door, and these people were wearing official uniforms from the yamen.