Heng Xinyuan tilted his head and looked at the remaining officials, all of them looked dejected, with a trace of horror on their faces, and he knew that over the years, the officials of the Liangzhou prefect had been oppressed by the Pingxi Hou Mansion.

"You are the official of the prefect of Liangzhou, he beat you, that is, he slapped the prefect's face, that is, slapped the emperor's face, you say, is this important matter?" Heng Xinyuan said half-jokingly, and the nervous mood of the officials suddenly relaxed a lot.

Xu Liang walked over with two pieces of paper in his hand at this time and put them on his desk, "Lord Heng, this is all the registered officials of our Liangzhou Mansion." ”

"Good work." Heng Xinyuan glanced at it briefly, and now there is a master, six arresters, eight servants, and then a housekeeper, and some servants and maids.

It was all ready, and Heng Xinyuan gathered them all together and recognized them one by one.

Fang Cai said slowly, "I am Heng Xinyuan, the current prefect of Liangzhou, today is my first day in office, I don't know many situations, but I believe that we will be able to rectify a different Liangzhou City." ”

The people below just echoed without confidence, "Good ......"

Heng Xinyuan knew that such an atmosphere could not be changed overnight, and he did not force everyone, so he arranged for people to go and let them disperse.

He sat on the chair by himself, lowered his head and squinted, thinking about the confrontation with Xue Ruijin just now, it seems that the people in this Liangzhou City are not ordinary, if there is no one behind him, how can this Xue Ruijin dare to be so fierce, but now he is already fighting with him, and he must plan the next things.

When he was in a trance, he suddenly felt a warmth on his neck, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that it was Wan Bingyu stretching out two arms around his neck, and said softly, "How is it, are you done?" What kind of marquis is that, and he has also been sent away? ”

"How did you get out? Not having a good rest in the house? Heng Xinyuan took her hand, and the dark eyes just now finally showed a little starlight again.

Wan Bingyu sighed, "I thought that after I arrived in Liangzhou, I would be able to sleep comfortably for three days and three nights, but I really lay in bed, but I couldn't sleep, otherwise, you can accompany me to the street for a walk, just right, we can also take a look at the people's situation by the way?" How? ”

In fact, Hengxin was far away from the truth, so he agreed.

The two of them went back to the house and changed into civilian clothes, and quietly went out without bringing any of them.

At this time, it happened to be dinner time, and there happened to be a restaurant on the corner of the street that was open, but there were only three or five customers in it, which seemed a little bleak.

"Little Er, bring the menu." Heng Xinyuan picked a quiet corner and sat down with Wan Bingyu.

"It's coming!" The shopkeeper presented the menu, "What do you two want to eat?" ”

Heng Xinyuan looked at the menu, simply ordered two home-cooked dishes, and asked for another pot of tea.

"Husband, is something wrong? Why do you look preoccupied all the way? Wan Bingyu looked at him.

"I'm just thinking about ......" The words came to his lips, swallowed back, and just smiled and said, "I didn't think about anything, don't worry, finish eating early, and go back to rest early." ”

"Two guest officers, please use it slowly!" Xiao Er put a few dishes and a pot of tea on the table.

Wan Bingyu was already hungry, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, quickly picked up the chopsticks and put the eggplant in his mouth, and spit it out before he chewed a few bites, putting on an unpalatable expression.

Heng Xinyuan looked at her, "What's the matter, is the food unappetizing?" ”

Wan Bingyu waved his hand, frowned and took two sips of water, "You can taste it yourself......"

So Heng Xinyuan also picked up the chopsticks and tasted them, showing the same ugly expression, and turned to Xiao Er and shouted, "Little Er! ”

"Here, here, what do you command, guest officer?" With a towel on his shoulder, Xiao Er trotted up to them, looking at the two pieces of eggplant spit out on the table, "Is there something wrong with the meal?" ”

"Little Er, did you forget to put salt in this dish?" Wan Bingyu asked, pointing to the plate of eggplant.

Xiao Er showed a look of surprise on his face for a while, looked at the two of them, and asked in a speculative tone, "You two, aren't you from our Liangzhou locals?" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The salt in our Liangzhou is controlled by the Pingxi Hou Mansion, where can we buy a small restaurant like ours." Xiao Er was a little breathless, "If you want to eat dishes with salt, then you have to go to the Dongyue Inn two miles away, then, you can eat it!" ”

"Why is that?"

"Why? It seems that you are really outsiders, the owner of this Dongyue Inn is the cousin of Pingxi Hou, only they can eat salt! ”

Heng Xinyuan smiled slightly, "I see, okay, you go down." ”

After Xiao Er left, Wan Bingyu pulled Heng Xinyuan and said, "Husband, this Pingxi Hou is too domineering, isn't he, he even has a salt monopoly?" No wonder when I first entered Liangzhou City today, I found that the people here were all thin...... The mental state is also not good. ”

"Salt is a major issue for people's livelihood...... It seems that this Xue Ruijin has been in Liangzhou in the past few years, and he has squeezed the people's fat and ointment. Heng Xinyuan snorted disdainfully, "I, the prefect of Liangzhou, it seems impossible to live in peace with this marquis." ”

"That'...... What are we going to do? I see that the officials in the mansion are very afraid of the people of the Pingxi Hou Mansion, you can't be tough, we are the ones who suffer in this way. Wan Bingyu couldn't help but be a little worried.

"The storm in the city of Liangzhou has risen ......"

Heng Xinyuan looked at the lonely street outside, took the wine glass in his hand, shook it twice, and poured it with his neck tilted.

When I returned to the mansion in the evening, as soon as I entered the door, I saw a group of people hurriedly carrying something to the courtyard, Heng Xinyuan pulled Xu Liang who passed by, "Xu Liang, what is this?" ”

"Master Heng, you can count it back, these are all sent by Pingxi Hou, saying yes, to give you a congratulatory gift for your new official."

What tricks is this Pingxihou playing? Why give yourself such a valuable gift for no reason?

Wan Bingyu opened a few boxes and looked at them, all of them were some precious antique jade, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, and he was also surprised, "Xinyuan, this Xue Ruijin made it clear that it was a weasel who gave New Year's greetings to the chickens, and he didn't have a good heart at all." ”

"Xu Liang, send these things back to Marquis Xue as they are, and say thank you for his deep friendship, but the place in my house is too small to hold." Heng Xinyuan said calmly.

"My lord, this is not good......"

"If this precedent is opened, I will have to accept all the gifts sent by the officials in Liangzhou City in the future, so how can the people still believe in us." Heng Xinyuan had a wit and patted Xu Liang on the shoulder, "We not only want to send it back, but also send it back with great fanfare, so that the people of Liangzhou along the street can see it with their own eyes." ”

At this time, Xu Liang must have felt that he was crazy, the prefect, knowing that there were tigers in the mountains, and he preferred to go to the tiger mountains!