Ye Sanlang took a sip of the fine oolong tea and praised it profusely.
"Here, where did this tea come from? When I was in Jiangyin County, I tasted the fine oolong tea from the former county magistrate Yang Shunkai. I just felt that the tea should only come from the sky. Who knew that yours is better."
"Actually, personally, I still like Biluochun. However, this kind of tea comes as tribute from the Yelang Kingdom. The taste is different from the tea from Jiangnan, so I have always treasured it."
"Oh, Yelang Kingdom? But that Yelang Kingdom in Guizhou?"
"Yes, exactly. This was obtained with great difficulty."
Ye Sanlang nodded and said, "Let's talk about Governor Liu next."
"Liu Zhao is actually just an incompetent person. He only became the governor the year before last because of his relationship with the prince. Before that, when Li Heng was not favored, he was just a county captain in a county. He passed the high school entrance examination every year. , he was not allowed to be promoted. But after Li Heng began to gain favor the year before last, the officials quickly began to promote this nominal brother-in-law, but he himself was just a big idiot."
"I see. This is your evaluation, but it is an important reference. What about the original chief minister Li Huaiyuan? What about him?"
"Li Changshi, it's not easy to evaluate this person, because he is quite decent and a typical nerd. He was ranked second in the exams a few years ago and got a job as a governor because of his connections with the Prime Minister. Otherwise, how could the newcomer be promoted so quickly. He actually wanted to do things for the benefit of the people, but he was timid and timid, and he did not dare to offend anyone. A few days ago, the Prime Minister seemed to have secretly instigated him, and he ended up going up. Got that trick to seek death."
"Li Linfu." Ye Sanlang thought. This person played a very important role in this incident. Many people were surprised that Li Linfu always hated Li Heng, so why did he attack King Qing Li Zong this time? , this is very unpredictable. Moreover, the eighteenth king he supported, Li Hao, and Li Zong were brothers, so how could he do such a thing. Not to mention that Li Huaiyuan came up with it himself, he himself is not so courageous.
It seemed that after meeting Sima, he had to meet the boss of Yangzhou.
"Ye Yushi is planning to meet Liu Zhao?"
Ye Sanlang suddenly realized that this guy was hiding so deeply, and making friends with him would definitely help him a lot.
"We still need to ask Lu Sima how to deal with this."
"In my opinion, I think you can pretend to be a local official and get in touch with him first."
"Is this possible? As the governor of a state, it's impossible that he doesn't even recognize the officials under his control."
"With Liu Zhao's personality, it's really hard to tell. But having said that, Yushi Ye, you were a person in the world before, so you should be very good at the art of disguise."
"I understand, I just thought of a suitable candidate."
"Oh, is it the official under the rule?"
"Jiangyin County Magistrate Li Song."
"Li Song? How do I remember that he is the chief registrar and the county magistrate is Yang Shunkai?"
"This is probably because the news spreads slowly. It hasn't reached Lu Sima yet. When I went south, I took the waterway. Water bandits happened to be rampant, so I wiped out the group of water bandits in Xiben."
"What!" Lu Sima was shocked and his hands shook.
"That group of water bandits known as the Wolves of the East China Sea were suppressed by you, Yushi Ye? How many troops were dispatched?!" Lu Yongming was shocked. Water bandits have always been a serious problem in coastal areas, and the government wanted to suppress them. Bandits, but where did the troops come from? They could only let them be tyrannical and dare not speak out. Now that they heard that the water bandits had been wiped out, I felt surprised and happy.
"Man and horse? Not many, just a merchant ship from the Youzhou Chamber of Commerce."
Lu Yongming opened his mouth wide and his bag almost fell off. He thought that it would take at least thousands of water warriors to capture Nishimoto, but the result was unexpected.
He laughed dryly and said, "This must be an amazing legend, but what does this have to do with Jiangyin County?"
"The emperor's will is for me to solve the incident in Jiangnan, so when I boarded the ship in Youzhou, I agreed with them to go to Yangzhou. The subsequent suppression of the water bandits was just an accident, but I had to hand over more than a hundred water bandits to the government, so They were handed over to the nearest Jiangyin County Government. But when we docked, we learned that the county magistrate, county lieutenant and county magistrate actually thought it was a water bandit attack and fled, abandoning the people in the city and causing a big scene. As a joke, I immediately dismissed him and replaced him with someone who is loved by the people."
"Okay!" Lu Yongming gave a thumbs up, "That's it. How can such a dog official be qualified to be the parent official of the people?! I have an impression of Li Song. He is above average in almost every evaluation. Originally, today and tomorrow He should be promoted to county magistrate in two years, Yushi Ye, you have implemented it for him in advance."
"In this way, I turned into Li Song, the magistrate of Jiangyin County, and pretended to be discussing with him about the extermination of water bandits to find out his true and false intentions."
After that, he learned some things about Yangzhou officialdom from Lu Yongming, and before going out, he used the disguise technique that everyone in Xunlongmen knew. In this way, ordinary people could not tell the difference between him and Li Song. .
In front of a luxurious house in Xiaoshan Villa in Yangzhou, an ordinary-looking man knocked on the door in front of him.
"Who is it?" A deep voice sounded, and a strong man's head poked out of the small door.
"Li Song, the magistrate of Jiangyin County, had something important to report to Governor Liu, but he was not in the government office, so he came to his house."
"Master is resting now. You can come back later."
Ye Sanlang sighed softly, turned around and left. When he returned to Laifu Inn, Li Sihan was nowhere to be seen. He must have gone to the street. He was bored and simply slept in the room all night.
Early the next morning, he came to Liu Zhao's house again, but this time he was in vain. Liu Zhao went to a meeting, so he told the concierge the inn where he was staying and went back.
As soon as I arrived at the first floor of the inn and I was about to order food, I heard the sound of cars and horses braking suddenly. The porter from before ran in quickly and said in a panic: "County Magistrate Li, the master has returned home. He I’m anxious to see you.”
Ye Sanlang nodded and followed him into Liu Mansion's carriage. He had already guessed what was going on. Bai Lingfeng must have escorted Xiben to Suzhou Prison City. It is impossible that Liu Zhao, the governor of the neighboring state, did not know about such an important matter. Although he did not know whose banquet he attended today, he must have learned about it from other people, and he never thought that Li Song would come to visit him, so he hurriedly sent The concierge who knew him came to call him.
Following the coachman's whistle, the carriage stopped in front of the Liu family. The concierge hurriedly took him in. After passing through several corridors and halls, he came to a secluded room, which was probably Liu Zhao's bedroom. Or study room.
"Please, the master is in the bedroom." After saying that, he left without looking back.
Ye Sanlang knocked on the door gently, and a man's voice sounded inside the door: "Come in."
He pushed the door open and saw a slightly fat middle-aged man sitting on the chair in the middle, holding a teacup and looking him up and down with his small eyes. There is a side room in Xunlongmen that is about recognizing people. Although Ye Sanlang has never learned this skill, he is more or less good at it. From the first time he saw Liu Zhao, he did not have a good impression at all.
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