This time the residence is Qianzhou Station.
After returning to the inn, Chen Jue asked someone to take the two children to freshen up, and then asked someone to bring the little boy to see him.
As for the little girl, he had someone take her to Jiang Rou.
As soon as the little boy came in, he gave Chen Jue a big salute.
"Get up quickly, there is gold under the man's knees, how can you kneel down as you please!"
Chen Jue disagreed.
As he said that, Liu Zhong walked down and helped him up.
Unexpectedly, the child was very stubborn and would not get up.
"..."
"Since you want me to buy you, and now you don't listen to me when I tell you to get up, how do I know that after I buy you, you will listen to me and be sincere to me?"
Chen Jue sat at the top and looked at him, pretending to be suspicious, "The slave I want can listen to me. If you don't listen to me now, why do you want me to buy you?"
With that said, he put down the tea cup in his hand and planned to send him out.
Probably seeing his plan, the little boy immediately stood up and imitated an adult's gesture of bowing to Chen Jue respectfully.
He obviously looked like a child, but he pretended to be mature and steady, which made Chen Jue take a high look at this child.
Chen Jue pointed to the seat in the lower right corner with satisfaction and motioned for him to sit down.
"What's your name, and who is the little girl behind you earlier?" Chen Jue asked.
"My name is Li Goudan, and that is my sister Erya."
Thinking of his sister Erya, the little boy named Li Goudan pursed his lips. Ever since he entered this mansion, he didn't know where his sister had gone.
Li Goudan was a little worried about his sister. He asked others before and they said that his sister was at the young lady's place.
He didn't know who the little lady was.
Thinking about his sister's safety, he asked.
"Don't worry, your sister is safe. She is with the lady you just met."
Hearing that his sister was safe, Li Goudan immediately felt relieved and his tense body relaxed slightly.
"How old are you this year?" Chen Jue asked again.
"Ten years old."
As the two asked and answered, Chen Jue already understood the child's life experience.
This child was born in a farmer's family, his parents are dead, and he has only an eight-year-old sister.
There were uncles and aunts there, but three nights ago, after learning that his aunt planned to sell his sister into a flower house, he took his sister out alone.
Knowing his life experience, Chen Jue saw that his small body had become mature and steady, and he no longer looked at him like an adult looking at a child.
"You want me to buy you as a slave, what about your sister?" After some conversation, it was Chen Jue who took the initiative to bring up this topic.
Hearing this question, the little boy looked up at Chen Jue with firm eyes, "I won't sell my sister!"
"I only sell myself!"
Obviously this means that he is a slave and his sister is not a slave.
Chen Jue raised his eyebrows. This thought was quite beautiful. "You may think that once you enter this room, the decision-making power is no longer with you."
"I think you can see it. As for me, I am rich and powerful. If I want to be my slave, that person has no right to refuse."
"The same goes for you, and the same goes for your sister. Even if it takes your lives, you can only obey."
As soon as these words came out, the little boy's expression changed.
After all, he is still a child, no matter how mature and steady he is, he is still a little scared after hearing what Chen Jue said.
Li Goudan was naturally not afraid that he would die, but he was afraid that someone would hurt his sister.
Chen Jue didn't really want to do anything to them, but seeing how mature and steady he looked and kept saying that he only sold himself, he suddenly felt quite unhappy.
I want to show this kid that time is dangerous.
Of course, his bad taste was easily caught by Liu Zhong, who was always by his side.
Seeing how scared the child was, Liu Zhong just said something to make Li Goudan no longer afraid, "Don't be afraid, young master. This young master of ours is the most kind and would never harm innocent people."
Chen Jue glanced at Liu Zhong and did not refute his words.
Even though he said this, Li Goudan still had a feeling of worry in his heart.
The reason why I took my sister away from my uncle's house was because I didn't want my sister to end up in the flower house.
But if his sister lost his life because of this, it would be a loss for himself, and he would be unable to recover, and he would have no words to face his deceased parents.
Li Goudan lowered his head, frustrated.
At this time, someone from the palace reported that the governor of Qianzhou was coming.
Chen Jue waved his hand and asked Li Goudan to be taken out.
The governor of Qianzhou County is Yang Zhaolu, a member of the Yang family of Hongnong.
When Yang Zhaolu came in, he happened to face Li Goudan who was taken out.
Before coming, Yang Zhaolu knew that His Majesty was stopped by a brother and sister on the street and was taken back to the inn.
This must be it.
Yang Zhaolu only glanced at it, then turned his head and walked in without squinting, "My lord, Yang Zhaolu, the governor of Qianzhou County, pays homage to your majesty."
"rise!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yang Zhaolu straightened up and began to look at the young emperor.
Far away in Qianzhou, Yang Zhaolu had never seen the emperor, and had only heard rumors about the young emperor.
And these rumors are all bad rumors.
Looking at it now, Yang Zhaolu absolutely did not dare to confront this emperor with the rumored emperor.
While Yang Zhaolu was sizing him up, Chen Jue was also sizing him up.
During his investigation, Yang Zhaolu, the Yang family of Hongnong, was excellent in martial arts and martial arts.
In the forty-fifth year of Emperor Kangping's reign, he worked as a private in the Han Dezheng military camp incognito.
A year later, he became Han Dezheng's right-hand man.
Another year later, the original person ascended the throne, Han Dezheng stepped down, and the Hongnong Yang family took over Han Dezheng's military power.
Immediately, Yang Zhaolu invited himself to be a county guard in An'an, Qianzhou, thousands of miles away. The disputes between the court, factions and families had nothing to do with him.
During his tenure as the governor of Qianzhou County, he managed Qianzhou County very well, training guards and fighting against surrounding water bandits.
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask your Majesty to take a look at the major and minor case files and tax revenue of Qianzhou County in the past three years."
As he spoke, Yang Zhaolu stood sideways.
As he clapped his hands, eight people came in and stood in a row carrying a pile of bamboo slips.
The tray in each person's hand is approximately as high as an adult male's arm.
Oh My God! ! ! ! !
Chen Jue was shocked.
When Chen Jue went out to play, it was not just for fun, but also because he wanted to take this opportunity to understand the lives of the people of Chen State.
Everywhere he went, Chen Jue would have people prepare the case files there for him to read.
Of course, he wasn't the only one watching.
Before he left, he selected a group of students to accompany him. These students were all people who had passed the imperial examination and left an impression on him.
However, compared to several other county governors, Yang Zhaolu brought a bit more case files.
"let it go!"
Chen Jue looked at Yang Zhaolu and asked, "How are you doing with the imperial examination system and the new laws that I have issued?"
It seemed that Chen Jue had long known that he would ask about these two things.
When asked now, Yang Zhaolu had already organized the words in his mind and spoke slowly and calmly.
