After leaving the Liu family, Yang Yuan left Datong Mansion overnight and returned to Lingqiu.
After Yang Yuan left, Mr. Liu, who was sitting at home, felt depressed.
It would be an exaggeration to say that what Tiger Flag did was treason, but he was left speechless when asked by the people of Tiger Flag, and he didn't know how to answer.
In a bad mood, I drank too much. There was a jar of three kilograms of sorghum wine on the table, and one person drank most of it.
Sorghum fermented wine is a rare strong liquor that is mostly loved by people in the North. It is very strong and has great stamina. He didn't even take a few bites of the food before he passed out drunk on the table.
He woke up from his drunkenness after the sun had reached three poles. When he opened his eyes, he felt a splitting headache and extremely uncomfortable.
"Master, wake up!"
Mrs. Liu came in from the outer room, holding a bowl of rice porridge in her hand.
"What time is it?" Mr. Liu asked, covering his forehead with his hand.
"It's three o'clock." Mrs. Liu passed the porridge bowl in her hand forward and said, "Last night, Master, you drank too much wine and almost didn't eat anything. This is the porridge you made in the morning. Drink it while it's hot. Bar!"
After saying that, she took out a spoonful from the porridge bowl and stretched it out to feed Mr. Liu.
"I'll do it myself." Mr. Liu reached out and took the porridge bowl and spoon, sat on the bed and started eating.
Although the rice porridge was warm, it was not hot. The bowl of porridge quickly entered his stomach.
The porridge bowl was handed back to Mrs. Liu, and he said, "Prepare some clean clothes for me. I'm going to the Yamen."
Mrs. Liu casually put the porridge bowl on the table aside and said, "I drank so much last night, why don't I take a day off today, and I'll have someone go to the Yamen to tell me later."
As she spoke, she picked up a dry cloth to wipe her face and handed it to Mr. Liu.
Mr. Liu took it and wiped his mouth.
At this time, there was a knock on the courtyard door.
"Master, please rest, I'll go take a look." With that, Mrs. Liu picked up the porridge bowl on the table and walked out.
The visitor seemed to be in a hurry, and the knocks on the door kept ringing.
Mrs. Liu put the porridge bowl on the stove and walked quickly to the courtyard door.
Pulling out the latch behind the door, she opened the courtyard door and saw that the person knocking on the courtyard door was an officer from the governor's Yamen.
Before Mrs. Liu could speak, the guard held up his fists and asked eagerly: "May I ask Mrs. Liu, is Mr. Liu at home?"
"The master had a hangover last night and is resting in the house right now." Mrs. Liu turned around and pointed to the main room behind her.
The officer breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "Mrs. Liu, could you please tell Mr. Liu? The governor is anxious to see Mr. Liu."
"I wonder why the governor is so anxious to see my master?" Mrs. Liu asked.
The officer shook his head and said, "I don't know, but the governor got very angry in the yamen and his face doesn't look good."
"Wait here for a moment, I'll call my master to come out." After saying that, Mrs. Liu turned around and walked towards the main room behind her.
The officer at the door shouted from behind: "Mrs. Liu, please hurry up. The governor is anxious to see Mr. Liu."
After a short time, Mr. Liu came out of the house wearing a long gown.
"Young man, I have met Mr. Liu." The guard bowed and saluted.
Mr. Liu stepped out and asked at the same time: "My wife said that the governor was very angry. Do you know the reason?"
"I'm not sure, either." The officer shook his head and then said, "The governor just sent me to invite Mr. Liu."
"Let's go faster!" As he said that, Mr. Liu quickened his pace.
The courtyard of his home is less than a street away from the governor's office.
The two people soon appeared outside the governor's Yamen, entered the governor's Yamen through the side door, and went directly to the back Yamen.
"Sir, Mr. Liu is here." The officer entered the back office and reported.
Xu Tong raised his eyes to look at Mr. Liu who had just walked in, and said hurriedly: "Mr. Liu is here just in time. I have something to discuss with you."
Mr. Liu took two steps forward, bowed and said, "Sir, please speak."
Xu Tong picked up the tureen at hand and took a sip of tea, with a look of hesitation on his face.
Mr. Liu, who was standing opposite, did not rush to ask, but waited quietly.
After a long while, Xu Tong finally spoke: "Last time you asked me to take some money to do something about it, in order to turn General Zhen Guo's accidental death into a fatal illness. If I ask you to do it now, will it be possible?"
"I'm afraid it's too late." Mr. Liu smiled bitterly.
If he had been a little sure before the memorial to impeach the king was sent out, now the memorial to impeach the governor has already arrived in front of the emperor. Even if he is given more money, he will not be able to take back the memorial.
"Is there really any way?" Xu Tong asked again unwillingly.
Mr. Liu shook his head, and then asked cautiously: "Sir, is there any news from the capital?"
Seeing Xu Tong's bewildered appearance, it reminded him that the people from Tiger Character Banner had told him before that the new governor of Datong had arrived in the capital to meet the emperor and would soon come to Datong to take over the governor's position.
However, as long as he did not receive accurate information, he was still unwilling to believe that Xu Tong would be dismissed so soon. After all, Xu Tong had only been in office for less than a year, and except for the death of a clan member during his tenure, he had not committed any serious crimes. 's fault.
Xu Tong said with a dark face: "I have just received news from the capital that the former governor of Datong, Liu Hong, has come to the capital to see you, saying that he is planning to revolt."
Mr. Liu thought for a while and said: "Master Liu is the former governor of Datong. Datong has been safe and sound for many years under his rule, which can be considered a meritorious service. If he recovers and does not join the Sixth Ministry, he should be the governor of one place. Could it be that Master Liu wants to declare Will the government take over as governor?”
"It would be great if he went to Xuanfu." Xu Tong said with a gloomy face, "The news in Beijing said that he is coming to Datong and takes over the position of governor of Datong from me."
"How could this happen?" Mr. Liu looked shocked.
He had heard someone from the Tiger Character Banner say that a new governor was about to take office in Datong, but he didn't completely believe it. But now that he heard it from Xu Tong's mouth, he understood that Xu Tong's governorship was really over.
Xu Tong said in a deep voice: "The person who sent the news was my former colleague. Now he is in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I cannot help but disbelieve his news."
"Did the lord of the Ministry of Personnel tell me where you will serve after you step down as governor of Datong?" Mr. Liu asked.
Xu Tong shook his head and said, "I didn't mention it."
"So the official department should have issued an official document that your return to Beijing is irreversible." Mr. Liu frowned.
He has always followed Xu Tong as a staff member. Now that Xu Tong has resigned from his post as governor of Datong within a year and moved to Beijing, if he is not reused in the imperial court, he will be idle.
And the possibility of being idle is very high. After all, it has been almost a year since Xu Tong took over as governor of Datong. He has no impressive political achievements. On the contrary, there are constant calls for impeachment and the murder of the clan. It can be said that there is no possibility of being reused by the court.
