"Master Guo. Eighty-eight years of reading, o"
Zhang Wenhe came to the gate of the governor's office and bowed his hands to a Qipin county magistrate wearing a green robe and a black gauze on his head who was waiting outside.
"It turns out to be Mr. Zhang."
When Guo Binchang saw the visitor, he hurriedly returned the favor.
"Master Guo has been here for a long time. Come in with me." Zhang Wenhe made way for the door behind him.
Guo Binchang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "The governor wants to see my subordinates."
Many officials who came to visit Xu Tong were waiting outside the governor's office, some of whom were higher than him, the county magistrate.
"Please, Mr. Guo." Zhang Wenhe raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
"Okay, okay, okay." Guo Binchang agreed quickly, lifted up his robe and walked up the steps.
There were four or five sedans standing outside the governor's office, as well as military generals riding over. When these people saw Guo Binchang being invited in, they hurriedly surrounded him.
"I am the magistrate of Guangling County. Could you please Mr. Zhang to go in and report this?"
"Deputy Envoy, Officers and Soldiers Preparing the Road, please give me a report from Mr. Zhang."
"Commander Yanghe Wei is here to pay a visit to the Governor. Could you please inform Mr. Zhang?"
All the civil and military officials waiting outside the door talked to each other and asked to see Xu Tong. Many of them pushed money into Zhang Wenhe's hands.
Zhang Wenhe accepted everyone who came, and as long as it was silver, he took it all in his hands. In a short time, he collected seventy or eighty taels.
"My lords, your lords." Zhang Wenhe put away the money and then said, "The governor is busy with official duties and will not see you for the time being. If you have important matters, please submit the official document. If there is nothing else, you all. Sir, please come back."
"Mr. Zhang"
Before the official who spoke could say anything, Zhang Wenhe said, "Master Wang, please come back if you have nothing to do."
"this"
The man who was called Lord Wang hesitated for a moment, then finally sighed and walked towards his sedan chair. Eighty-eight reading, o
Someone took the lead to leave, and several other officials also walked to their respective sedans.
Before leaving, many people looked enviously at Guo Binchang who walked into the governor's Yamen gate.
"Master Guo, please come this way."
After entering the courtyard gate, Zhang Wenhe raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the concierge.
Guo Binchang was stunned when he saw it and said hesitantly, "The governor is in the concierge."
Zhang Wenhe smiled and said, "Of course the governor is not there. I want to see Mr. Guo. Because there are some things that it is not convenient for the governor to come forward, so I can only talk to Mr. Guo."
"That's it." Guo Binchang nodded, inevitably feeling a little disappointed.
When he thought about it, there were many civil and military officials with higher grades than him outside the door who had not been able to enter. At least he had entered the gate of the governor's Yamen. Thinking this way, he felt much more comfortable.
When he was approaching the concierge, Guo Binchang noticed several soldiers wearing armor and blades guarding the door, and subconsciously stopped.
Zhang Wenhe, who was following him, smiled and explained, "These are people from Fubiao Camp, specially sent here by the governor."
Guo Binchang nodded.
He felt that something was not right in his heart. Even people from Fubiao camp came. Zhang Wenhe's request to find him was probably not a trivial matter.
"Master Guo, please come in." Zhang Wenhe lifted the thick curtain in front of the concierge door.
As soon as he entered the house, Guo Binchang paused and found someone in the house.
"Xu Shunping, a grassroots citizen, pays homage to your lord."
As soon as the people in the house saw Guo Binchang, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
When he first heard the name Xu Shunping, Guo Binchang thought it sounded familiar, but then he thought about it. The governor's surname was Xu, and it was normal to have several servants with the same surname in his family.
"Master Guo, please sit down."
Zhang Wenhe, who then walked in, pointed to a seat and motioned for Guo Binchang to sit down.
Guo Binchang nodded, walked to the seat, and said to Xu Shunqing who was kneeling on the ground, "Get up."
Zhang Wenhe walked to sit across from Guo Binchang. At the same time, he touched Xu Shunping with his hand and said, "Mr. Guo, have you met Mr. Xu?"
"Master Xu" Guo Binchang was stunned.
Looking at Xu Shunping, whose fingers were held by Zhang Wen, he didn't look like a young master from any other family. He was dressed in dirty and torn clothes, not as good as the clothes worn by the servants around the governor. He had two sneaky eyes and a waxy face. With a thin body, he looks more like a second-rate guy who has nothing to do on the street.
Zhang Wenhe smiled and explained, "Xu Shunping is a citizen under Lord Guo. I wonder if Lord Guo still remembers the Xu family in Lingqiu."
"He is from the Xu family" Guo Binchang was surprised.
The fall of the Xu family in Lingqiu happened on his watch. How could anyone not know about the affairs of the Xu family? He had even met Xu Youcai, the head of the Xu family, more than once.
"Let me introduce you," Zhang Wenhe said, "Xu Shunping is the second eldest son of the Xu family in Lingqiu, and he is also the nephew of the governor."
"It turns out to be Master Xu." Guo Binchang smiled and nodded towards Xu Shunping.
However, he felt regretful in his heart. If he had known that coming in would be like this, he would have refused to enter the governor's office, so he might as well have left with the others.
How could he not guess at this time that since Zhang Wenhe had summoned Xu Shunping and pointed out the relationship between Xu Shunping and the governor, he was naturally here for the affairs of the Xu family in Lingqiu.
He really didn't want to get involved in the affairs of Xu Youcai and the Xu family.
He couldn't afford to offend the governor, but he was also unwilling to offend the Tiger Flag. Outsiders might not understand the Tiger Flag, but he, the magistrate of Lingqiu County who was a neighbor of the Tiger Flag, knew the Tiger Flag very well.
Although Huzi Banner was doing business safely, at most it was doing some grassland smuggling business, but as the magistrate of Lingqiu County, he knew that everything Huzi Banner did could be related to rebellion.
Being the magistrate of Lingqiu County is like sitting on a fire barrel every day, always worrying that one day the Tiger Flag will explode and blow him to pieces.
Zhang Wenhe asked with a smile, "I guess Mr. Guo has heard about the case of the Xu family in Lingqiu."
Sure enough, it came.
Guo Binchang said something in his mind and said with a smile on his face, "This case is the presiding judge of the governor's Yamen. I have only heard it mentioned by others, so I don't know much about the details."
"It doesn't matter." Zhang Wenhe waved his hand and said, "The governor hopes that Mr. Guo will retry the case of the Xu family in Lingqiu."
"This," Guo Binchang said hesitantly, "The case is being tried by Governor Liu. If I try it again, I'm afraid it wouldn't be appropriate."
Zhang Wenhe said, "What if the governor asked you to interrogate him?"
"The Governor," Guo Binchang said hesitantly, "This case can be heard at the Governor's Yamen. Why should the Governor go to all the trouble to try the case in Lingqiu?"
The last thing he wanted to do at this moment was get involved in the case.
The Xu family of Lingqiu and Governor Xu Tong are from the same clan. Since Xu Tong wants to retry the case, he naturally wants to overturn the last verdict of Governor Liu, so Liu Heng of Tiger Character Banner must be found guilty.
But he also didn't want to provoke Liu Heng of the Tiger Flag. 11
