He looked at the waiters working hard to greet customers, the vendors trying their best to sell, the farmers who timidly took up a small place on the street to sell their own produce, and the scholars wearing long gowns who were gathering together. While discussing something, there were housewives bargaining with vendors, and craftsmen rushing past with tools. Liu Haojia felt that everything he did was worth it!
However, he knew that he didn't have much time to relax, and soon he would enter the battle of the court again. He has an opponent in front of him, the censor Ning Baiqiang.
Liu Haojia hurried back to the inn, settled everyone down, and took Zhang Peilan and five others out. When he arrived at the county government office, he found that the county government office was completely empty! It wasn't until Zhang Peilan found a helper that he found out that everyone had already rushed to the largest restaurant in the county, Deyilou, for a banquet! Magistrate Meng County is hosting the imperial envoy today to celebrate the success of this disaster relief!
Liu Haojia sneered when he heard this, and said to a few aggrieved people around him: "It seems that Ning Yushi is already very impatient with me, and he didn't even notify me of the celebration banquet!"
Wang Xinyi blinked and said deliberately: "Are you going to go, sir, or go back to the inn to rest?"
Liu Haojia laughed and said: "Of course I'm going to the banquet! He makes me unhappy, why should I make him happy?"
Zhang Peilan said loudly: "Yes, we just want to cause some chaos for him! He doesn't want to see us, but we have to sneak around in front of him!"
Next, Wang Xinyi was going to find someone to lead the way, but it turned out that he didn't need someone to lead the way. When he asked, he knew that Deyi Building was not far from the county government office, only two streets away.
By the time they arrived, it was completely dark. At this time, the lights upstairs in Deyi were brightly lit and people were moving around! It seems there are quite a few people inside!
Liu Haojia sneered and led people directly into the gate on the first floor. After entering the door, I saw that the hall was full of people, but almost all of the people sitting here were county government servants, helpers, and petty officials. It seems that the disaster is over, Magistrate Meng is in a good mood, and he actually gathers all the people in the county government!
At this time, the banquet has not yet started, and everyone is sitting at the table, drinking and bragging to each other about what they have done during this period. But when they saw Liu Haojia and six people walking through the door, the entire hall on the first floor slowly became quiet!
Upon seeing this, Liu Haojia guessed that they were either shocked by the Feiyu suit he was wearing, or they knew that he, the deputy envoy, was at odds with the chief envoy. But he thinks the biggest possibility is the latter.
Liu Haojia raised his finger and pointed at a class leader and said, "You, lead the way and take me to your master's place."
The man hesitated for a moment, but still got up and led the way. Under his guidance, several people went directly to the second floor. After coming up, Liu Haojia found that the private rooms on the second floor were all open. He recognized the clothes of many people as he walked by.
These people were either wearing the robes of an imperial doctor, or they had the superiority complexion of a capital official on their faces. It seemed that Magistrate Meng had assigned the entire imperial team to various rooms. Therefore, Liu Haojia estimated that the largest private room in the center was probably where Magistrate Meng entertained Yushi Ning.
Sure enough, the class leader led him directly to the room. Before I even got to the door, I heard the sound of a large group of people singing praises! It seems that Yushi Ning is enjoying himself here! But it’s hard to say whether he will be in the mood to enjoy everyone’s compliments for a while!
The leader who led the way pointed to the open door and stood there with his head bowed without saying a word. Liu Haojia waved his hand to signal him to leave, and the class leader ran straight downstairs as if he had been granted amnesty.
Liu Haojia walked towards the door of the private room. As soon as he walked through the door, a burst of cheerful laughter came from the private room! But his appearance brought an abrupt end to the laughter!
Liu Haojia stood in front of the door holding the handle of the knife and looked into the room. Directly opposite him sat the official Ning Yushi, and beside him was Magistrate Meng. He didn't recognize the people further down, but judging by their clothes, they should be local gentry.
All of them looked at Liu Haojia with wide eyes, as if they were very surprised. Maybe when they thought about it, since no one was notified to attend the celebration banquet, he was probably sulking at home! But I didn't expect him to suddenly appear here!
Liu Haojia didn't want to give them a chance to think, and said with a straight face: "Master Ning, Master Meng, as the deputy envoy who came to provide disaster relief this time, I was not notified of participating in the banquet. So the current situation is that I am no longer the deputy envoy." Even so, is there still someone who doesn’t want me to appear here?”
Ning Yushi really didn't expect Liu Haojia to appear here and dare to say these words aggressively, so he was a little flustered for a while and said nothing. After all, not notifying the deputy envoy to deal with it is definitely a criticism of him.
However, Magistrate Meng did not dare not to speak. He stood up in a hurry and said: "Master Liu, this is the official's mistake! The official was so happy that he forgot about it, so he forgot to send someone to inform Mr. Liu. It is really a sin. Sin! Mr. Liu, please sit down quickly!"
After Magistrate Meng stood up and gave up his seat, everyone also stood up and agreed with Magistrate Meng's statement, as if Liu Haojia shouldn't forgive him!
But how could Liu Haojia give them a chance to go down the steps? He sneered and said: "But in my opinion, there is no place for me here! And Mr. Meng, you got up to give up the position of accompanying guests because you planned to use the position of county magistrate. Give it to me?"
Magistrate Meng did not expect Liu Haojia's blow to be so violent. His face turned pale for a moment and he stood there at a loss. At this time, Yushi Ning had recovered, and he said seriously: "Why are you so aggressive, Mr. Liu? It's just a small mistake. Isn't it enough to ask someone to add another seat and put a set of bowls and chopsticks?" "
Liu Haojia said slowly: "Master Ning said that I am aggressive, but I feel that Master Meng never welcomes me! When I came to Biyang County, the only person who came to greet me was the county magistrate! Also! I don’t know if they look down on me or if they have objections to the imperial court!”
When Yushi Ning saw Liu Haojia wearing his hat, he said, "I have already heard about this matter. Mr. Meng is too busy with official duties to welcome him. This has happened before. Why should Mr. Li chase after him? On the contrary, you don't listen. I haven’t held you accountable for the command matter yet!”
Ning Yushi's voice was fierce at the end, and it seemed that he felt that he was sure to suppress Liu Haojia. But what he didn't expect was that Liu Haojia sneered and said, "Hold me? Mr. Ning, what qualifications do you have to say this? You delayed on the road, but I came here without stopping. This is my fault." ?”
