Chapter 104: His People
Song Qian lowered her head, and the outfit on her body was very different from her before, so Wu Heyi didn't see any clues, and besides, this was brought by Zeng Kangan, so he was not suspicious. What's more, she is mute, and even if she hears something, she can't reveal it.
Seeing that Wu Heyi was no longer entangled in Song Qian's true identity, Zeng Kangan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Song Qian with a pleading look, as if he was asking what to do next and what to say.
Song Qian didn't want him to beat around the bush, so he glanced at him and wanted him to get straight to the point, Zeng Kangan nodded stiffly, but when he was about to confess the purpose of his trip to Wu Heyi, Wu Heyi took the first step to speak.
"Brother Kang'an, what do you have to tell me when you came out of me this time, otherwise why is it so sudden and in a hurry?" Wu Heyi didn't want to come, because he hated it and would make trouble for himself.
But when Fu He saw this letter, he persuaded him to come, which meant that Zeng Kangan was also a county magistrate, and the official position was already very big in the town, and there was still a relationship between them, so he was reluctant to leave the concubine and come here.
"You're right, I'm sorry to trouble you this time, I really want to trouble you with something." Zeng Kangan hesitated and said that when it came to the critical moment, he stopped abruptly, and he had the intention of retreating.
Song Qian and Wu Heyi both frowned, and Song Qian's eyes signaled him not to miss the opportunity, and to hurry up and say it to solve his worries. And Wu Heyi was also anxious to go back and stay with Tao Ruwen, and felt that Zeng Kang'an's hesitant appearance made him can't wait.
Under the attack of the eyes on both sides, Zeng Kangan reluctantly said the words of the previous plan: "That's the case, I have a friend who has been in some trouble recently, it seems that there is a conflict or misunderstanding with the Jia family in the town, so that the Jia family targets her, always looking for someone to make trouble on her territory, and she found me. But you also know that I am just a small county magistrate, and I have to rely on the Jia family to appease the people and prevent the grain depot from being tight, so it is difficult to come forward to solve this matter."
Speaking of this, Wu Heyi understood what he was looking for this time to come for, but he didn't want to cause trouble, so he hurriedly shirked it: "You are the county commander who has no way to take this matter, what can I do as a nominal prefect?" Besides, I have also heard of the Jia family you mentioned, until they are not easy to mess with, since you and I both know why you want to cause trouble for yourself?"
"But this matter is indeed something that the Jia family did wrong, and it was they who made trouble and my friend came to me as a last resort. And this friend of mine is not an ordinary person, she is also quite influential in the town, and the people are watching this matter, if they don't explain, I am afraid that the people will misunderstand that the officials in the town are all villains who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and cling to the powerful." Zeng Kangan still wanted to fight for it, so he simply said that Song Qian's identity was not simple, and wanted Wu Heyi to be scared and pay attention to this matter.
But Wu Heyi was useless about this at all, and he also put on a look of embarrassment: "I am also very angry that your friend has been wronged, but we really can't afford to offend this Jia family, so we can't just throw away our jobs for justice, right?" When the time comes, your friend is happy, so what should you and me do with our family? Drink the northwest wind?"
Song Qian was surprised when she heard this, she didn't expect Wu Heyi to be such a person who disregarded the people and bullied the weak and feared the hard. Although she wanted to refute him, reason told her that if she exposed the plan easily, it would fall short, thinking of this, Song Qian had to endure it.
Zeng Kangan gritted his teeth, controlling himself not to say that Song Qian and Wang Ye Ji Changye had a great relationship, but because Song Qian was urging on the side, he had to say, "Then what should I do? If you don't offend the Jia family, can you still stop the rumors in the town and not ruin the reputation of the mansion? It's better for you to give me an idea."
He had no choice but to break the jar and resign himself to fate.
Knowing that if he didn't do anything, he would be sorry for the identity of this prefect, so Wu Heyi thought about it carefully, and gave Zeng Kangan an an idea, "Do you think about what they have done? If a lot of people come together to seek justice, you will say that they are gathering people to make trouble, they are shrews and people, and if they can't hold it down, they will all be thrown into prison and sit in prison for a few days, and when they come out, they will be honest."
Listen to Wu Heyi's bad lord
Zeng Kangan turned a cold face at the moment, and said very dissatisfied: "We are officials, and we came here to benefit the people on the orders of His Majesty, even if we don't do anything, we can't hurt the people." Put them in prison and put them on trumped-up charges, and you might as well throw away this black hat on your head and mine!"
These people who are officials here cannot be said to have let the people enjoy the joy of prosperity, nor have they been displaced, and they have done their best to protect them, and the people also know that Zeng Kangan is a clean official, and he praises him on weekdays, and he does not cause trouble, and he is very comfortable. So Zeng Kangan did not allow anyone to insult the people.
Hearing Zeng Kangan's rebuttal, Song Qian cast a gaze of "I didn't misunderstand you", and her hanging heart also relaxed, because she was afraid that Zeng Kangan's ears would be soft, and she would be moved by Wu Heyi's words again, but she didn't expect him to say these words to defend the people, which really impressed Song Qian.
But Wu Heyi, who was refuted, didn't have such a good face, he patted the table and got up, pointed at Zeng Kangan's nose and said, "You don't want to be an official, I think! Do you know what the consequences of offending the Jia family are? How much money do you have to seek justice from the Jia family?" It's hard to say, but some of it is true.
The Jia family has a big business, and he really has no ability to compete on his own.
"You have to think carefully about everything, those shrews and people said that the Jia family instructed people to go to their place to make trouble, but what evidence is there? Since there are none, why not say that they made something out of nothing? For so many years, the Jia family has paid for the construction of roads and bridges, and there is no shortage of good deeds, and it is impossible to instruct people to bully people, so there is only one possibility, that is, those Diao people are talking nonsense."
Wu Heyi tried his best to talk about the few conscience matters of the Jia family, and wanted to prevent Zeng Kang from going into the water by himself, but Zeng Kangan couldn't listen to it at all at this time, and he couldn't care about the gap between them at this time, so he argued with reason: "How can the Jia family be afraid of endangering the people? If it weren't for their family's great business and means, why should the people be afraid of them, they would have told the truth a long time ago. If someone dares to speak up today, but we don't do anything and ignore it, will anyone dare to speak up next time?"
Song Qian felt that the time was almost up, and when he wanted to open his mouth to find out about this matter, Zeng Kangan was really angry, and constantly retorted to Wu Heyi: "His Jia family is also from the common people, and there is nothing worthy of nobility. Besides, there are still me, the county magistrate, and you, the prefect, in this town, and they don't dare to go wild easily even if they have any connections."
Wu Heyi wanted to intervene to argue for himself but had no chance at all, so he sighed in desperation, and hurriedly said after a pause between Zeng Kang'an's words, "I know what you mean, Brother Kang'an. This matter is indeed something I owe to consider, although you can solve it according to the law, you can take whatever you want. Just like you said, we must consider the people and enforce the law impartially."
Zeng Kangan and Song Qian were very surprised that Wu Heyi's attitude suddenly changed, but Zeng Kangan didn't think much about it, and thought that it was his words that moved Wu Heyi, and he was complacent. But Song Qian noticed something strange in it, guessing that this might just be Wu Heyi's mitigation plan, and he didn't necessarily have any ideas.
"Please rest assured, Lord Prefect, I will not shield anyone, enforce the law impartially, and give an explanation to the people." Zeng Kangan may have been afraid that Wu Heyi would regret it again, so he got up and walked quickly to the door, and after leaving this sentence, he turned around and pushed the door and left, not giving Wu Heyi a chance to speak again.
Although Song Qian had some doubts in her heart, she had no choice but to stop and see what would happen first, she had already planned for the worst outcome.
"What a sin." Wu Heyi couldn't help but say this as he looked at the disappearing figures of the two people.
His understanding and those words just now were all pretended, but in his heart he still disagreed with Zeng Kangan and the Jia family to fight against each other, touching stones with eggs. But his attitude was so resolute that Wu Heyi could only do enough superficial work, and couldn't bear to vent his anger on the way back by carriage, which made the coachman and his entourage afraid to come out, for fear of provoking her.
At the same time, Tao Ru, who secretly came to Tao's dim sum shop, also had to leave, so as to avoid delaying the time and going back late would arouse their suspicion.
Zhou Nanlian sent her to the door, and suddenly pointed to the shop not far away
Zi said, "Little sister, look, that is Song Qian's shop."
Tao Ru knew that Zhou Nanlian wanted to remind herself to solve this matter as soon as possible, but she really had no choice but to pretend to be stupid and divert the topic: "Sister-in-law, it's not too early at this hour, I'll go back first, so as not to be anxious when the master can't find me when he comes back." If nothing happens, I'll go."
After that, she hurriedly sent Zhou Nanlian's hand and got into the carriage directly, for fear that something would happen if she stayed here for a second longer.
Zhou Nanlian looked at the carriage in the distance and couldn't help but take a sip, and whispered: "It's really a dog's eyes to look down on people, and dogs are powerful!"
"What are you muttering about? Why don't you come and help?" Tao Bu came from behind carrying things and instructed Zhou Nanlian, who wanted to be lazy.
This made her shake her head very dissatisfied, but she still had to accept it, and she had no choice but to defend herself and return to the shop to get busy.
But at this time, she was still thinking about what Norway would do next.
After returning to the prefect's house, Tao Ru rushed back to his room one step ahead of Zeng Kang'an, pretending that he had done nothing.
"Aru!" Before he could sit down, Tao Ru heard Wu Heyi's rough voice, and hurriedly got up from the couch to meet Wu Heyi: "Master, where have you been?" Why don't you tell the concubine and let the concubine be easy to find."
Wu Heyi walked over and hugged her shoulders guiltily, explaining, "It's just that some things are more tricky, and it's a pity that I can't accompany you here."
"What did you say, sir? If there is official business to do, when has the concubine dragged down the master. The old man thinks of me as that stingy person, huh!" In order to cover up the fact that he came back to see his mother's family when he went out just now, Tao Ru pretended to be more clingy than usual, but this also made Wu Heyi more satisfied and happy.
"Yes, I was wrong...... Hey." Now the troublesome things make Wu Heyi even smile with a forced smile.