readx;? Chapter 869 Officials protect each other

Under the persuasion of the holy woman, Shangguan Xiu did not kill all the city troops in Guancheng, and dismissed all the remaining city troops. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 He then had the city open the granary, which was filled with sacks of grain, which could feed the people of the city for two or three months.

In the granary of the City Lord's Mansion, a lot of grain was found, and the snowflakes and silver in the silver vault were tens of thousands.

Shangguan Xiu saw it, and hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched, there was so much food in Guancheng, but only one meal was distributed to the people every day, and there was so much silver, but the repair and reconstruction of the city was delayed.

The lord of the castle apparently wanted to put all this grain and silver into his own pocket. Through the actions of the city lord of Guancheng, it is not difficult to imagine the greed of the county government and the county government.

Shangguan Xiu didn't have time to stay here in Guancheng, he left two companies of military police, took over Guancheng, opened a warehouse to release grain, and relieved the people in the city.

The silver of the imperial court and the silver of the Shura Hall were all fought back by the blood and sweat of the soldiers, who sacrificed their lives on the front line, and wanted to use it for the people, but it all fell into the pockets of local officials, and 10 million taels of silver were transported to Ning County, which was like a waste, and the people affected by the disaster did not enjoy the slightest benefit.

Compared with foreign enemies, these corrupt officials are even more hateful, and they are the moths of the country.

The county seat of Ningjun was severely affected, and the county government has now moved to Fengyang.

Fengyang is located in the center of Ning County, which is the transportation hub of Ning County and one of the most economically developed towns in Ning County. The conditions of Fengyang are very good, due to the high terrain, there are disasters and difficulties in Ningjun, which cannot affect Fengyang.

In the past, some ministers proposed to make Fengyang the county seat of Ning County, but it was too troublesome to move the county seat and required a lot of manpower and financial resources, so the imperial court had not approved it.

This time Ningjun was affected by the disaster, Fengyang picked up a ready-made big bargain and became the county seat of Ningjun.

Now the yamen of the county government have been relocated to Fengyang, and many of the people affected by the disaster have taken refuge in Fengyang.

Shangguan Xiu's team passed through Fengyang, and the county guard Guan Zheng and the county lieutenant Lan You, who got the news, led the officials of all sizes of the county government to go out of the city to greet them.

Guan Zheng was born as a commoner, and he made a lot of contributions by relying on the counterinsurgency in Ningdi, and he was also appreciated by Tang Ling.

Lan You is the son of the scholar clan with strong roots, and the Lan family can be called the top three famous families in Ning County, with strong strength and deep-rooted power.

The county lieutenant and the county guard are two separate military and political systems, but due to the difference in origin, Guan Zheng has always been the leader of the blue horse. If he didn't have a good relationship with Lan You, the Lan family secretly stumbled him, and he, the county guard of Ningjun, couldn't do it.

Seeing Shangguan Xiu's carriage approaching, Guan Zheng and Lan You walked forward quickly, stood beside the carriage, bowed their hands, and said in unison: "Weichen see His Royal Highness Guogong!"

After waiting for a while, there was no movement in the car, Guan Zheng and Lan Youhu glanced at each other suspiciously, the latter frowned secretly, his face was gloomy, and he muttered in his heart, Shangguan Xiu is such a big shelf!

Guan Zheng coughed twice, took two steps forward, bowed again, and said, "Weichen Ningjun guards Guan Zheng, see His Royal Highness Guogong!"

This time, there was finally a reaction in the carriage. With the sound of banging on the wall of the carriage, Xiao Jue walked to the carriage and reached out to open the curtain. Guan Zheng and Lan You raised their eyes to look inside the car, only to see two people sitting in the carriage. One man and one woman.

The woman's face is veiled, and her appearance cannot be seen clearly, but a pair of clear and bright autumn eyes are beautiful and breathtaking.

Look at the man, he is not very old, he is in his early twenties, he is handsome, his facial features are profound, his face is angular, and he exudes a sense of fortitude.

Two strands of silver hair fell from his temples, flowing to give people a sense of unreality.

He lay lazily on his side in the carriage, covered with a thick snow wolf fur, white as snow, shiny and shiny, without a single stray hair. In front of him, there are also fruit bowls and teacups.

At this time, he was leisurely tugging at the grapes in the fruit bowl, eating without taking a bite.

Guan Zheng and Lan Tian looked at the two people in the car curiously, and they were secretly wondering in their hearts, is this person really Shangguan Xiu? He is so bold that he dares to ride in the same car with a woman, if this reaches His Majesty's ears, he and this woman may not be able to eat and walk around!

Just as the two of them were pondering in their hearts, Shangguan Xiu in the carriage slowly asked, "Have you seen enough?"

One sentence shocked Guan Zheng and Lan You's bodies, and the two of them lowered their heads in unison and said in a low voice: "Weichen doesn't dare." ”

"Don't dare? hehe, in this world, is there anything you two don't dare to do?" Shangguan Xiu threw another grape into his mouth, then clapped his hands, and stood up unhurriedly.

Lan You's eyes narrowed, his face changed, while Guan Zheng was pale, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Shangguan Xiu walked out of the carriage, stood on the wheel, stretched his muscles, glanced at the two of them, waved his hand and said, "Two adults, excuse me!"

"His Royal Highness Xie Guogong ......"

Before the words fell, Shangguan Xiu said again: "Along the way, what I have seen and heard, the people have been displaced, and all cities and towns have not been renovated and rebuilt, can the two adults give me a reasonable explanation?"

The cold sweat on Guan Zheng's forehead increased, and he hesitated, pondering how to answer. Lan You was much calmer than him, his face did not change, his expression was as usual, he leaned over and said: "Your Highness doesn't know, according to Si Tian's investigation, the disaster in Ningjun has not yet been completely over, and in the near future, there may be heavy rain in the sky, causing another major flood, if you repair the damaged town now, it is really a waste of money, please ask Your Highness to know it!"

Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Lan You twice. Lan You is in his early forties, his face is as white as jade, and his appearance is dignified, looking more like a civil official, not like a military general. He smiled and asked, "I don't know which Si Tian Lord Lan is talking about?"

"Shangjing, Si Tianfu, Wu Jing Lord Wu! Weichen and Lord Wu made a special trip to Ningjun to send the documents, and after entering the city, Weichen can hand them over to His Royal Highness for inspection. Lan You said in a calm tone.

Shangguan Xiu narrowed his eyes. Lan You and Guan Zheng found a good word for themselves, and Si Tianfu's documents became a talisman for the two of them.

It is very likely that there will be a second flood in Ning County, so that the silver cannot be used to repair the damaged town immediately, and can only be left in the county government, but it can be kept, and the tens of millions of taels of silver do not know whose pocket it has flowed into.

He smiled and said softly, "Not bad!" He is good, I don't know if he is praising Guan Zheng and Lan You for doing a good job, or if he is sarcastic that the two of them are so greedy that even Si Tianfu in Shangjing can help them speak.

Guan Zhenghan was like rain, bowing down, not daring to raise his head, Lan You was completely silent, arched his hand and said: "Your Highness has won the award, and it is the duty of the ministers to share worries and solve problems for Your Majesty, Your Highness, and the court." ”

"Haha!" Shangguan Xiu smiled on his back, turned around and sat back in the carriage, and said, "Let's go into the city!"

"Welcome His Royal Highness Guogong into the city!" Lan You took two steps back to the side, bowed and saluted, and chanted loudly at the same time.

Seeing Shangguan Xiu's carriage drive past in front of him, Guan Zheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and secretly said that it was so dangerous, Si Tianfu's documents came too timely, if he arrived a day late, how could he still have his life?" "It's too dangerous, Lord Lan, what we did this time is too dangerous!" Guan Zheng sighed in a low voice.

The corners of Lan You's mouth raised, gave him a blank look, sneered, and said, "Master Guan, what are you afraid of?"

"That's His Royal Highness!"

"Guogong, hum, it's just a hairy boy who has not dried up, if it weren't for the good luck of becoming His Majesty's guest of the scene, how could this official take him in his eyes?!" Lan You's words frightened Guan Zheng into a grin, and he tugged at his shirt one by one, Lan You flicked the sleeves of his robe in annoyance, and turned away.

A middle-aged man in servant clothes trotted to Lan You's side and asked in a low voice, "Uncle, Song Gongzi is still in the county guard's mansion, do you want Song Gongzi to avoid it first?"

Lan You is the eldest son of the head of the Lan family, and the servants of the Lan family call him, and they all habitually call him uncle.

"Hmm......" Lan You pondered for a moment and said, "Song Gongzi and Shangguan Xiu have a vendetta, so try not to see them if you can!"

"The little one will go to the county guard to inform him. ”

"Hmm. ”

The Song Gongzi that Lan You and the servants said was Song Sheng's youngest son, Song Xuan.

This big cake of 10 million taels of silver, the county government itself can't eat it, it doesn't have such a big belly, all the county government can eat is a small head, the real big head, to be left to the backer behind them, the master above the court, that is, Song Sheng.

The documents of Si Tianfu were made by Song Sheng, and it was also Fengyang that Song Sheng asked Song Xuan to send the documents.

Others may not know Shangguan Xiu's itinerary, but how can Song Sheng, as the Minister of Internal History, not know?

He guessed that when Shangguan Xiu passed by Ning County, he saw that the silver had not been used for disaster relief, and he would definitely make a challenge to Lan You and Guan Zheng, with this document from Si Tianfu, Shangguan Xiu's trouble would not be a problem, but Lan You and Guan Zheng could not help.

The servants of the Lan family had rushed to the county guard mansion in advance and informed Song Xuan that Shangguan Xiu had entered the city and asked him to avoid it as soon as possible.

But Song Xuan had no intention of leaving at all, why did he avoid Shangguan Xiu, and if he left now, didn't it mean that he was afraid of Shangguan Xiu? Last time he was beaten by Shangguan Xiu, he still remembers this hatred vividly.

Shangguan Xiu's carriage stopped at the gate of the county guard's mansion, and as soon as he walked out of the carriage, he heard someone laughing and saying at the gate of the mansion: "Who is my road to Fengyang, ten thousand empty alleys, such a big pomp, it turned out to be His Royal Highness Guogong, I didn't expect that we met again in Fengyang, it is really where we don't meet in life! haha——"

Seeing Song Xuan who came out of the county guard mansion while laughing, Lan You and Guan Zheng both subconsciously frowned. Shangguan Xiu and Song Xuan have a vendetta, once Song Xuan suffers a loss in the hands of Shangguan Xiu, he can't explain to Lord Song.

[This text is provided by Meng Luoluo, Daybreak Affairs Department]