Chapter 91 0091 Official Respect
Chapter 91 0091 Official Respect
When the two groups saw Pei Yuan, their faces looked unhappy.
Pei Yuan can ignore gangsters like Yue Qingfeng, but he has to show some official respect when facing Shangshu Wang.
So he invited enthusiastically, "Minister Wang, come on, let's go together."
Minister Wang looked straight ahead, as if he hadn't seen Pei Yuan at all, and said coldly, "No need, the Liyang County Magistrate will come to welcome you soon."
Pei Yuan was just pretending to give in, and he couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard that.
You are pretending to be stupid and you deserve to be cold.
Pei Yuan turned his head and signaled Cheng Leixiang, "Let's go!"
Cheng Leixiang hesitated and wanted to say hello to Yue Qingfeng again, but Pei Yuan raised his voice and shouted, "Let's go!"
Cheng Leixiang then gave a muffled shout and started driving the carriage.
Following behind the carriage was the fat boy Ouyang Bijin, then a horse carrying luggage, and Chen Toutie riding at the end.
When the carriage left the courtyard, Pei Yuan looked at Cheng Leixiang's back and said calmly, "Life is already so difficult, why make it difficult for yourself?"
He knew that Yue Qingfeng had good hearing, so he spoke loudly on purpose.
Cheng Leixiang sighed and didn't respond.
Pei Yuan didn't rub salt into Cheng Leixiang's wounds.
Not everyone lives as miserably as he did before, and not everyone is willing to lower their bottom line and compromise with himself.
Cheng Leixiang had asked the yamen runner for directions before, and knew that there were several muddy places along the way. He quickened his pace and hurried on, fearing that it would rain again.
Pei Yuan sat in the carriage with nothing to do, so he looked at Song Chunniang.
Song Chunniang was half awake and half asleep at first, but when she noticed Pei Yuan looking at her from time to time, she was no longer sleepy.
Then his eyes started to wander.
Pei Yuan felt that he had done something stupid.
What are you looking at her for?
Can't you pass the time by looking at your fingernails?
Look at this little girl, she's so excited, no, so excited.
Pei Yuan hurried to make up for his loss and lowered his eyelids to look at his fingernails.
Song Chunniang acted naughty for a while, but soon lost interest when she saw that Pei Yuan ignored her.
Still in a daze, half asleep and half awake.
There were several low-lying places along the way that were soaked by mud and water. Chen Toutie, who was at the back, dismounted and followed behind, pushing the wheels hard.
Ouyang Bi Jin hesitated for a while, then followed along and helped push the cart from behind, grunting.
The two men's feet were in the mud and water, and not long after they mounted their horses, a thin layer of ice formed on the surfaces of their shoes.
Pei Yuan lifted the car curtain to take a look, and was very pleased with his fat brother's growth.
After the carriage swayed for another hour, Cheng Leixiang cursed in a low voice. Pei Yuan looked outside and saw that it had started to rain again.
Fortunately, we are close to the city, and although there are few pedestrians on the road, we can still see a few occasionally.
Most of the people in this era were tied to the land. Apart from students and officials who had achieved academic honors, and a small number of merchants engaged in long-distance trade, there were basically no people to be seen on the roads.
Many people have lived in a very small area for generations, and they cannot find a useful excuse to go out and apply for a travel permit.
It rained last night and today, so no one was walking on the roads outside the city.
Pei Yuan opened the map and checked Yue Qingfeng's movements.
After looking for a while, he frowned.
Yue Qingfeng was also walking towards Liyang, and was hanging behind not too far away.
Pei Yuan became alert and shouted to Chen Toutie outside, "Bring my bag in to me." Chen Toutie rode his horse forward, untied Pei Yuan's bag from the horse, then rushed over and handed it to Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan took out the small bag containing the blood-red cassock and put it next to him. Only then did he feel more at ease.
After searching again, he found the two hand-rubbed earth grenades.
Pei Yuan had no confidence in his craftsmanship. It had been damp these past two days, and the bundle was soaked in water yesterday. He didn’t know if it would still be usable after drying it…
He looked down at Song Chunniang who was wearing two layers of armor, and felt that if he really encountered an enemy, he could let Song Chunniang, who was wearing meat armor, go up and hold on for a while.
Just as he was thinking about it, Cheng Leixiang shouted in front of him, "Sir, we are going into the city!"
Pei Yuan had already seen some guards blocking the way, so he deliberately shouted, "If anyone stops us, just break in!"
Pei Yuan and his men brought three post horses with wax marks on their bodies, which were generally not allowed to enter the city.
It’s just that with so many unexpected events in the past two days, they subconsciously feel that they should buy insurance for themselves.
Cheng Leixiang had understood Pei Yuan's intention, and he took out the badge of the Imperial Guard and yelled at the guards, "The Imperial Guards are here to do their job, get out of here! Even your Regiment gave up his carriage to curry favor with our Captain, who the hell do you think you are?!"
The guards naturally recognized the registrar's carriage and the pony on it. After they realized what was happening, they quickly put on smiling faces, nodded and bowed, and made way to the sides.
Cheng Leixiang drove in arrogantly.
Pei Yuan looked back at the city gate and asked Cheng Leixiang, "Have you found a good place to stay?"
Cheng Leixiang quickly looked around and found the reference points mentioned by the yamen runner. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "It's not far away."
Pei Yuan hummed.
Then, within Pei Yuan's sight, several riders galloped past the carriage quickly, followed by three or five more riders.
Pei Yuan frowned slightly when he saw that those people were all dressed in martial arts clothes.
He had slept for most of the day and was not very clear about the situation, so he asked Cheng Leixiang, "How long did it rain today?"
Cheng Leixiang answered, "It only stopped for a short while in the morning. It was at that time that Nan Da Sima sent people to Liyang County to ask for help."
Pei Yuan whispered to himself, "Where did these people come from?"
Then I searched for Yue Qingfeng's location, and found that guy was already very close to the city.
Pei Yuan took the opportunity to search for Wang Chang again.
As a result, Pei Yuan almost laughed out loud after seeing Wang Chang's position.
I saw that guy was still at the post station.
Pei Yuan smiled and shook his head. If the magistrate of Liyang County really wanted to take Wang Chang seriously, he would not have sent only a registrar to investigate the case the first time.
Pei Yuan gloated and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this Liyang County Magistrate should be a Jinshi who just took office not long ago."
Cheng Leixiang had no idea about this and didn't say anything.
Instead, Song Chunniang, who had been in a daze all the way, spoke up and asked curiously, "How did you know?"
Pei Yuan smiled and said, "After Liu Jin's fall, the court has not started a large-scale purge. There are two reasons for this. One is that Liu Jin offended all the officials, and his followers were isolated and helpless, and could not achieve anything. The other reason is that Lu Wan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, still controls the army to suppress the rebellion, and the court does not dare to let Lu Wan become suspicious, which would add to the twists and turns."
"Now that the Bazhou rebels are about to be destroyed, the cleansing of Liu Jin's eunuch party will naturally be put on the agenda."
"Although Wang Chang is powerful now, his political career is over. At most, he can submit a letter of resignation and return home in glory."
Pei Yuan said to Song Chunniang, "If they were experienced bureaucrats, they would still save some face for each other. Only the newly-minted Jinshi, who are full of vigor and have a bright future, would not want to leave behind the stain of being associated with the eunuch party, so they would be so heartless."
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(End of this chapter)