Chapter 155: Master Du
"How so?" Chen Youliang muttered to himself in surprise.
"How's that for good?" Cui Hao said to Li Tianyu.
Li Tianyu was also very puzzled by this, and he had a closed door for no reason, so he even passed the message so concisely. After all, these people themselves will not be bored enough to come to this governor's yamen to hang out. Could it be that there are distinguished guests from the capital drinking tea in this governor's yamen? Otherwise, it would not have been received like this by the two largest people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. And Liu Ruoran and the Qin family's siblings were also at a loss, looking at each other.
Li Tianyu was about to speak, but he saw that the yacha said to everyone again: "May I ask who is Li Tianyu and Li Gongzi?" ”
"I am! What's wrong? Li Tianyu hurriedly responded. As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the two of them with suspicion.
"My lord, he just said, if Gongzi Li asks to see him outside the door, he must bring Gongzi over to talk about it."
"Is that what Lady Yanagi said?" Li Tianyu frowned and asked rather incomprehensibly.
"What my lord said is-'If my virtuous nephew Li Tianyu and Li Gongzi ask to see him outside the door, you must bring him in.'" The yacha repeated respectfully. People like them, who are low-level officials in the government, naturally dare not convey the original words of the top boss in their own voices. Not to mention anything else, just the title of "virtuous nephew", he didn't dare to shout arrogantly.
"What does Daddy mean by this? It's clear that you don't give face to others. Liu Ruoran pursed her lips and snorted.
"It seems that Lord Liu wants to summon you in alone." Chen Youliang said in a deep voice to Li Tianyu.
"Brother Tian, I think you are fierce and auspicious!" Cui Hao was full of lewd and schadenfreude.
"Yuyan, Yulong, you can rest assured, I'll take care of the rest." Li Tianyu didn't pay attention to Cui Hao, but said to the Qin family brothers and sisters who were looking at him with anticipation and anxiety in their eyes.
"Thank you, ...... Lee Son. Qin Yuyan's eyes were full of sincere gratitude, and tears flashed in her eyes.
"Okay, I think it's okay if you don't go back first, after all, I don't know when I'll be able to come out. In short, with me here, everyone can rest assured. Li Tianyu clenched his fist and patted his shoulder, and said confidently. The Qin family's sisters and brothers nodded firmly at Li Tianyu when they heard this, while Liu Ruoran looked like he wanted to say something.
"Go ahead, Tianyu. I will take you to find a teahouse to rest for a while, and we will come back to this governor's yamen in an hour, and if you still haven't come out, I'll send you there." Chen Youliang just said, "I'll send you home," but was interrupted by someone else's words.
"I'll wait two more hours!" It was Qin Yuyan who spoke, and such a loyal tone and expression did not know whether it was out of concern for her family or an expression of gratitude to Li Tianyu.
"Listen to Youliang, what if we find the wrong direction this time?" Li Tianyu said kindly, because no one dared to guarantee that this trip would be fruitful. To put it bluntly, the reason why everyone now has high hopes for this governor's yamen is that there is no other way to follow their feelings, not that they are completely sure.
"Okay, Tianyu, listen to you." Liu Ruoran saw that Qin Yuyan had a hint of embarrassment, so he answered for everyone like this.
Li Tianyu smiled and nodded at Liu Ruoran when he heard this, then turned around and said to the yacha: "I'm still bothering you to lead the way in front." ”
"Don't dare to be, son, please come with me." After that, the yacha led Li Tianyu and walked towards the yamen. Qin Yuyan looked at Li Tianyu's fading back, and finally couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes, two drops of clear spring gushed out, and her eyes slid all the way to the pink neck.
Li Tianyu followed the yacha all the way inside, and at the same time kept looking back and forth at the structure of the Yamen Mansion of the Governor of Liangjiang. I only feel that the prefect and county government are far worse than this, and it is completely different. It's noisy, a Liangjiang Governor Yamen is so luxurious, so isn't the palace in Chang'an City as tall as Afang Palace.
In fact, what Li Tianyu didn't know was that the yamen of the governor of Liangjiang was originally the leading yamen in the entire Tang Dynasty official mansion. Because most of the yamen in the country are requisitioned from the old official offices of the former dynasty, even the imperial palace is the same, and only the yamen of the governor of Liangjiang has been renovated and rebuilt, which can be regarded as a landmark of the official face of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, after all, the governor of Liangjiang is also an important position in the central government, and it can be said that more than 50% of the treasury revenue of the entire Tang Dynasty comes from the Liangjiang area, so in terms of taxation alone, it is enough to be worthy of the status of half of the household secretary. For example, the level of the mayor of Shanghai must be much higher than that of the mayor of any prefecture-level city or even all provincial governors.
A moment later, Li Tianyu was taken to the conference hall, and as soon as he stepped into the lobby, Li Tianyu heard the sound of conversation coming from the side hall on the left. In addition to Uncle Liu and his own father, the voice of the other person sounded like an old pedant.
"Lord Qiyu, Li Gongzi brought it." The yacha stood outside the door of the side hall and half-bowed and hugged his fists.
"Got it, you can step down." Liu Yunlong's voice came from inside the hall.
"Yes, sir." After saying that, the yacha still bowed and clenched his fists and stepped back, almost retreating to the entrance of the lobby before turning around and walking away.
"Nephew, come in." Liu Yunlong's voice sounded again.
When Li Tianyu heard this, he had no choice but to take steps and walk towards the hall. As soon as he entered, Li Tianyu saw an old man dressed plainly, with blazing eyes, and a majestic temperament like a master, sitting on a wooden chair in the center of the side hall, and it was Uncle Liu and his boss sitting on the side.
"Virtuous nephew, come and see Lord Du. Lord Du is the right-hand man of the saint today, and many decisions in the court on weekdays are made by Lord Du with the help of the saint. Master Du can really be described as my Tang Dynasty's humerus veteran. Liu Yunlong said to Li Tianyu with a radiant look.
"Grass man Li Tianyu meets Master Du, Lord Liu, Lord Li." Li Tianyu bowed to the three adults on the field in turn.
"Well, this son looks like he is very arrogant and calm. Teach people to know at a glance that they are not idle people. Master Li is really a tiger father and no dog. Lord Nadu stared at Li Tianyu incomprehensibly for a moment, as if he wanted to see through the whole person, and then said slowly.
"Lord Du actually won the prize." Li Jiacheng said politely, at this moment he was more curious about why Li Tianyu would find this governor's yamen.
"Don't stand there, let's take a seat." Liu Yunlong said with a smile.
"Uncle Liu, Lord Du, as the so-called Three Treasures Hall has nothing to do, in fact, the kid has taken the liberty to visit this time to ask for something." Although Li Tianyu felt the majestic aura on his face as soon as he stepped into this side hall, he did not forget the task of this trip after all, and he was also a young man in the new era who had been liberated, so he instantly returned to the state of not being afraid of heaven and earth, and immediately straightened up and said straight to the point.
"Oh? What do you want from your nephew? Let's talk about it first, I can't do anything about bending the law for personal gain. Liu Yunlong said half-jokingly, but the Lord Du was silent and stared at Li Tianyu with interest, while Li Jiacheng on the side couldn't help but sweat for him when he heard the words.
Uncle Liu laughed. In fact, Tianyu has a question that he wants to ask his uncle for advice. Looking at the three elders sitting on the field, Li Tianyu still felt a little awkward.
"If there is any problem with the virtuous nephew, it doesn't hurt to talk about it. Even if the old man is difficult to answer, then Master Du is here to guide you. ”
"Tianyu wants to ask Uncle Liu about the inspection of the salt pass. To tell the truth, as early as two hours ago, my nephew just learned that the old man of the Qin family in the east of the city was sued by the government, saying that he had secretly trafficked merchant salt in private to evade the government's salt tax. After that, Master Qin was found by a group of officers and soldiers to the mansion and arrested. The nephew wanted to ask the officers and soldiers who were responsible for capturing Master Qin who were the official officials of Yangzhou all the way. Why are they able to take people away from their houses without any evidence? Li Tianyu immediately said in a flurry of words. The reversal of these hours has long since worn out his patience.
"Oh? Is there such a thing? Lao Li, do you know about this? But he saw Liu Yunlong's confused look.
"I haven't heard of it either. However, I think this government has always had its own reasons. Li Jiacheng also replied a little blankly, but he seemed to realize something, and immediately said so.
"In this way, it is an unsolved case. However, virtuous nephews, the salt classes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been in charge of special institutions since ancient times, and they are completely independent of the local yamen. So it is not surprising that this is the case. Liu Yunlong said patiently.
"I don't know why Li Gongzi is so concerned about this?" But I saw that Master Du, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly asked like this.
"I can't hide it, Master Du, after Master Qin was arrested, the brothers and sisters of the Qin family came to me for help, don't say that they are friends in trouble, even if the road is uneven, they should draw their swords to help. That's why the kid will take the liberty of visiting. Li Tianyu couldn't tell for a while what the relationship between this Lord Du in front of him and Uncle Liu was, let alone whether he had anything to do with it, so it was not good to deliberately make up some lies to deceive the minister of the DPRK and China.
"I didn't expect Li Gongzi to be so righteous at a young age, which is really admirable. However, how did Li Gongzi know that the people from the official mansion had arrested the old man Qin without any evidence? Master Du asked with interest.
When Li Tianyu heard this, he felt a little bad in his heart. Could it be that this Lord Du asked rhetorically like this, saying that he is the person behind the scenes? But looking at his expression, it seemed that he only asked casually out of interest.
"Back to my lord, the kid just thinks that the thief wants to take the stolen goods, but those officers and soldiers have neither obtained evidence nor presented official documents, and only based on the words of the malicious person behind the stolen goods, they arrested the law-abiding and good people of my Datang Dynasty, which is really difficult to convince the public." Li Tianyu pondered with some caution.
"Then how did Gongzi Li know that the government didn't get the evidence?" But seeing a glimmer of light flashing in Master Du's eyes, he asked with interest.