Although Li You couldn't be sure what caused Li Zuo to be unwilling to be lonely and drive 200 miles to Guazhou Cang to exchange grain, this was not important. The important thing is that Li Zuo is said to have been sent to the government prison because of a conflict with the cangguan.

The head of the prison warehouse is just a seventh-rank official, and Li You's dignified sixth-rank official will not lower his profile to visit him. picked up the pen and wanted to write a post to Guazhoucang, but Master Li wrote a few words and put the pen down, crumpled the paper and threw it away.

If the supervisor of the water sub-warehouse in Naguazhou encounters lawbreakers, he will also be sent to the local yamen. However, according to the rules of the national dynasty, the litigation procedures are all from the lowest county government to the next level, and generally do not go beyond the level.

Guazhou Town is on the boundary of Jiangdu County, and the prisoners sent by Guazhou Cang have to be sent to the Jiangdu County Government under normal circumstances, but in the end they were sent to the government office.

In Li You's mind, this kind of unreasonableness can only show that the head of Guazhou Shuijicang knows about Li Zuo's relationship with him, and he believes that his brother will not be stupid enough not to report his brother's name when he is facing arrest. Under such circumstances, what does Guazhou Cang still send Li Zuo to the government office?

So, it's useless to write a post for the supervisor of the warehouse. The other party's reply must be official: In order to avoid suspicion for Your Excellency, please don't mind sending Brother Zun to the government.

For some reason, Li You smelled a strong smell of conspiracy from it, as if Governor Luo was looking forward to saving people. He called the county official Fang Chao, gave him a huge sum of 100 taels, and ordered him to go to prison to make his brother more comfortable in prison. This Chao official is a veteran official in Yangzhou City for many years, and he is familiar with people in all aspects.

In addition, Master Li continued to stand still.

Li You was also ruthless, if you have the ability, Lord Luo will imprison your official brothers until you are old, don't you Lord Luo have some relatives and friends to make a living in Yangzhou City? This official can also draw a scoop according to the gourd... While he was thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of a drum, and the official reported that someone was beating the drum in front of the yagong to complain.

"Love the people like a son" Li Qingtian pressed his thoughts, took the paper, and took a closer look, only to see that it was written: "The complaint is a matter of cost for the warehouse official." The small people live in Majiaqiao outside the city, and they have been good people for generations, cultivating the fields for business, never defaulting on grain taxes, and paying them on time every year. At the beginning of the month, I went to Guazhou Caocang to exchange grain, according to the law of the imperial court, each stone should be consumed six buckets, how can the warehouse officials be tyrannical, this year's consumption of one stone, twice as much as the grain, the small people and so on can not bear to complain, pray that the sky is the master of the people. Knock. ”

After reading it, Lord Li was surprised "Huh", from the official to the main hall of a county, he has been a criminal officer for so long, and he really hasn't received a complaint from the people, this is the first time in front of him.

The head of the warehouse supervisor in Naguazhou was dispatched by the household department and did not belong to his jurisdiction, and only the governor of Fengyang, who was also in charge of Caoyun, could picket in the local area. However, according to the principle of territoriality, it is not impossible for the people under his rule to sue the warehouse officials within his jurisdiction, at least in the eyes of the people.

But could it be a coincidence? He had just pondered the Guazhou Water Warehouse because his brother was sent to the government by the warehouse official, and there was such a case sent to the door, is it because this month is the month of opening the warehouse to store grain? Or is there a conspiracy?

In any case, since the people beat the drum and handed it in, they could not ignore it in front of everyone. It is indeed too much to double the loss of grain harvested in the Guazhou warehouse, so let's ask about the situation first. It is best to persuade and earn some reputation as the master of the people, but if you can't persuade it, you have to hand over the problem to the governor and ask the governor to call the shots.

Li You wrote a post of consultation and advice, and sent someone to send it to Guazhou quickly.

But Gu Shanhe, the head of the Guazhou Warehouse, replied to the post that made Li You almost crook his nose - "The imperial court is divided into Cao and set up posts, each has its own division of labor, Your Excellency is just a pro-people official, why did you interfere in Cao Affairs?" Although your Excellency is powerful and powerful, or you have a grudge because of your brother, you are an official who is upright and decent, and will not be afraid of ghost tricks! ”

Depend on! He just asked what was going on with doubling the loss, so that he could give an explanation to the complaining people. But in the mouth of the head of the prison warehouse, it became relying on power to "interfere in affairs" and "resentment because of respect for brothers".

What are these words! He Li You has always buttoned hats for others, and in addition, several imperial historians in the court dared to button hats for him. Today, I was suddenly buttoned up a few big hats, and I couldn't adapt to it for a while.

After being angry, Li You calmed down, and there were two possible surnames in this situation.

One possibility is that this warehouse official is the legendary "strong order", specializing in betraying the powerful and selling cute, no, selling fame. Another possibility is that there is a big conspiracy... It should be said that the latter may have a larger surname. But Master Li thought about it, and with his ingenuity, he couldn't think of any conspiracy. What's the use of a seven-rank warehouse breaker deducting a few hats for himself? What if it is sued in the court? How can he, Li You, be able to deal with it with a few hats?

On 20 October, at the instigation of well-intentioned people, a rumor quietly circulated among the tea shops and restaurants in Yangzhou City -- the three major government offices of the Salt Transportation Division, the Government Office, and the Guazhou Cang Office respectively went to the court to impeach Li Bei, who was acting in Jiangdu County, for violating the law and committing unscrupulous acts!

Hearing the news, the salt merchants cried with joy and told each other that Master Li is a rabbit's tail can't grow, and the grasshopper after the autumn can't jump for a few days!

The situation is obvious, the salt transportation department represents the salt administration, the government represents the civil administration, and the Guazhou warehouse represents the cao administration, which can be said to be the three most important government affairs of Yangzhou Mansion located in the water transportation hub.

If one of them impeaches Li You, it may have no effect, it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong in the imperial court, there are too many such nonsense in various places, if there is no major accident, how can the imperial court have the leisure time to identify them one by one.

But if the three join forces to impeach Li You, will the imperial court still be indifferent? It is clear who the board is going to beat, and the imperial court can't beat all the three major government offices of Yan, Cao, and Fu in order to support Li You alone.

weighs which is more important, and must sacrifice Master Li for the sake of the overall situation.

As the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat four hands, and there are not many enemies for heroes. The ancients were cloudy, all mouths were golden, accumulating and destroying bones, and the ancients were cloudy, and the three of them became tigers. All in all, Lord Li doesn't know how to restrain as an official, and he offends all people, and he can't escape the catastrophe!

When the rumors reached the ears of the person concerned, Li You, he was stunned, and he was stunned and thought that he had crossed into April Fool's Day again.

It was expected that Governor Luo and Ding Yunenvoy would officially collude, but they didn't expect that the head of Guazhou Canggu would also be with them.

Li You immediately thought through the reasons for these strange things, it turned out that they were all to seduce him to meddle in the warehouse affairs, so as to settle down the truth. Anyone who saw his brother arrested for a conflict over the payment of grain would have thought this way.

Fortunately, he didn't go to the government to rescue his brother with great fanfare, otherwise this would have been even heavier. Thinking about it again, those few people who beat the drum to complain may have been deliberately arranged by others.

All in order to create the illusion that he was interfering in the affairs of the country. Although this illusion is very clumsy, it is also decent when mixed with the bullet badges of the Salt Transport Division and the government office.

What the other party wants is a three-pronged momentum, what they want is a situation in which all parties in Yangzhou can not bear it, and what they want is the situation that Lord Li is perverse and resentful of the heavens and people's anger! The imperial court is two thousand miles away, where can it tell a lot? Then match the call sign of the people who are registered to the book, and live together!

But it's still very strange, if there is really a song to send to the imperial court, how can the specific content be easily leaked? If it is indeed leaked, it can only mean that the person who wrote the note deliberately leaked it.

But it would be incredible to assume that there was such a thing.

It should be admitted that the lethality of the tripartite joint impeachment is very strong, and it is estimated that it was conceived during the two months when he Li You was not in Yangzhou City, and as soon as he returned to Yangzhou, he launched it with all his strength and caught him off guard.

Under normal circumstances, he Li You would have turned into a hot pot ant. But now it's different, he has just made an indelible meritorious service, and the rewards have not yet come down, and the steamed buns that belong to the cage are hot, far from being out of the air. At this time, the three adults jointly impeached themselves to the imperial court, what kind of brain-dead medicine did they take?

In a word, no matter what the considerations, the imperial court will not investigate and deal with the advanced models that have made great contributions only a few days ago, and they must be maintained. This is the person who just saved the fortune of the ancestral dragon vein, if he is immediately convicted, is it a joke of the ancestors.

Among the three people, Ding Yunzhi, Luo Zhifu, and Gu Chief, it is understandable that one of them is dizzy, but it is impossible for all of them to become mentally handicapped, and they are so mentally retarded that they deliberately leaked the song out of the city.

So rumors can only be rumors? Or is there another conspiracy? What exactly is the conspiracy? The shrewd and changeable Lord Li scratched his scalp, and he still couldn't figure it out.

At this time, the golden million envoy came to place an invitation, and the Tao received a few authentic paintings of Dong Qichang, and asked the virtuous son-in-law to come to the house tonight.

Li You laughed secretly at this, Jin Million probably couldn't sit still after hearing the rumors, how did he become a big salt lord with his surname at this point? If it was someone else, Li You would let him go, and he would take the opportunity to test his surname, but this old man was now the focus of wooing, and it was still necessary to appease his heart.

When it was said that the government was dispersed, Master Li lined up the scenery honor guard that had not been seen for two months, and went to the golden house in the east of the city.

Jin Million did not meet in the front hall very formally, but only led his son-in-law to a backyard surrounded by chrysanthemums in an accord with various colors.

In the faint fragrance of chrysanthemums, Li You stepped into the pavilion, but saw that someone had already arrived. When I looked closely, it turned out to be Gao Yuntong of the Salt Transportation Division.

never thought that they would meet each other, Li You was very surprised, and Gao Yuntong was also surprised. Only Jin Million smiled: "They are all relatives, how can there be a button that cannot be untied." Before the virtuous son-in-law went to Huainan, there were many misunderstandings with the senior brother, and the old man was a middleman tonight, how about making peace for the two? ”

Gao Yuntong was still embarrassed by Li You's face sweep last time, and said with a cold attitude: "There is nothing to say and make peace." ”

This person is just a fish on a chopping board, and when Her Royal Highness the eldest princess sweeps over, she is destined to be swept into the garbage heap. Li You snorted coldly and said: "Your fourth son kidnapped the official family, and he is still at large and has not yet been brought to justice. ”

Gao Yuntong said disdainfully: "You will soon be a lost dog, and you dare to talk about it here." ”

This is interesting, Li You immediately tried to say: "Are you saying that the three families of Yancao Mansion have joined forces to impeach this official?" That's just rumors, how can you be impeached at this time. ”

Gao Yuntong laughed and said: "That's not a rumor, the bullet has been sent to Jingshi, so I'm not afraid to let you know!" Spread it out, in order to let the people know and defeat your prestige early! ”

Jin Million wanted to persuade him, but when he heard this, he shut his mouth, and he also wanted to figure out what was going on.

confirmed this fact, but Li You should still be confused, "A few bullet seals that catch the wind and catch shadows can bring down the official at this time?" It's really unwise for you! ”

"Young man, don't be arrogant and naïve, it's true that you have a backstage, but you also have a strong rival in the court! If you can't bear to provoke all the local yamen, who can protect you, and who can protect you? At least in this Yangzhou City, you can't stay any longer! Elsewhere, where you love to go. ”

Li You opened his mouth to speak, but Gao Yuntong proudly interrupted Li You again: "Do you want to say that you have popular popularity?" Popularity is useless at this time! Popularity is used to add to the icing on the cake, but it is by no means a blessing in the snow! Relying on the backstage to be reckless and competitive, is that the way to be an official, this time I will teach you a lesson! ”

Seeing that the other party was talking a lot of nonsense under his pride, Li You gradually determined one thing, as if, as if, it seemed that Gao Yuntong didn't know that he had just made two feats of protecting the tomb and rebelling? In a strange mood, he asked, "Don't you know that there is a thing called providence?" ”

"What providence? Do you still believe this? Gao Yuntong scoffed.

Li You turned his head to look at the old man again, "Do you believe that this official has the will of heaven?" ”

Jin Million looked confused, not knowing whether to nod or shake his head, who dares to say that he has this thing of providence?

Damn, Li You increased the amount with his hands, and spent countless brain cells thinking about it all day and didn't figure out what the hell they were doing, it turned out to be this situation!

In those years, except for official documents, messages were delivered in months. It turns out that what happened in the Huaisi area twenty days ago has not yet reached Yangzhou City! And since he has traveled from the 21st century, he has never thought of this, and thought that his heroic deeds were known in the streets and alleys.

No matter how carefully you think about it, it is not surprising that the Huainan flood is raging, business travel is cut off, pedestrians do not come, and the news is naturally incompatible. He, Li You, is only afraid that he is one of the few people who has traveled between Xuyi and Yangzhou in Sizhou recently. Even if there are other people, they don't know much about those sensitive things, after all, it involves things like dragon veins and rebellion.

In addition, although there are many edicts of various kinds, they are limited to the relationship between Jingshi and Xuyi, and there is no clear distribution of the world. The other two biggest insiders, Yang Futai and Shangzhi County, are still trying to appease the displaced people in Xuyi, and they don't have time to spread gossip in various places.

As for Lord Li himself, out of prudent considerations, he was worried that there would be rumors in Yangzhou City, where there were many idlers, that it would be difficult to grasp. For example, if there are rumors of Feng Bo and Feng Hou, and in the end there is only Jinyiwei, it will be a blow to prestige. Therefore, he only briefly revealed some information to Liu Niangzi and a few masters, and told him not to spread the news before the official arrival of the reward.

There is another reason, Yangzhou people are keen on the fashion of Jiangnan, especially Suzhou, and are not interested in news from other poor areas in Jiangbei. Not to mention the officials and masters such as Ding Yunzhi and Luo Zhifu, who are divorced from the people, are a beat slower than the people when they hear the rumors.

"What a big conspiracy..."Lord Li sighed leisurely.

(To be continued)