The yamen servant who spoke earlier finally remembered who the person in front of him was.
Isn't this the nephew of the prefect?
Although it is said that the relationship between the prefect and this nephew whom he has not met a few times is not very good, his identity is real.
He pulled his companion aside who was about to scold him, and said in a soft voice: "Just wait, I'll go in and report."
The yamen officer quickly ran to report, and the man next to him exclaimed. He also realized that the young man in front of him had an unusual status, but he didn't say anything unpleasant.
About a quarter of an hour later, the government servant who just ran in came out.
He nodded and bowed and invited Gu Qingjue in.
"Mr. Lang, please come this way."
This attitude, not to mention the sky and the earth compared to just now outside the gate, is definitely a 180-degree turn.
Soon, people were invited to the living room.
Gu Mingjue was still happy that Gu Qingjue took the initiative to visit.
But for such a long time, and because of his weak initiative before, the nephew didn't give him any face, so he gave him a break. About two quarters of an hour later, Shi Shiran came to the living room.
"Uncle is busy with official duties and has kept you waiting for a long time. I am very happy that you can come back!"
Gu Mingjue wanted to reminisce about the past, but Gu Qingjue didn't want to go around the bush.
"Your Majesty, the prefect knows that the Yuqing Temple outside the city has been captured by monsters, acting as gods. Nowadays, the people in the city do not trust their parents. When something happens, the first thing they think of is to visit the Yuqing Temple outside the city. It is said that it only lasts a year. In a short period of time, Yu Qingguan made tens of thousands of taels of silver."
Gu Mingjue was stunned.
It is a terrible thing for a Taoist temple to make tens of thousands of taels of silver in just one year.
How much could he do with so much money in his own pocket?
Just thinking about it makes me excited.
"How did you learn about these things?"
He paid attention to Gu Qingjue's every move. He had been at Songyang Academy for the past two years and went to Kyoto a few months ago. Anyway, except for attending the Autumn Festival in the state capital half a month ago, he had never been to Jiangning Prefecture.
"I had some bad relations with the Liu family before, so naturally I pay more attention to the Liu family."
Gu Mingjue remained silent.
Gu Qingjue continued: "The imprisonment of the Liu family leader has something to do with me. I am just a white man, and the Liu family is the in-laws of the prefect. I don't want something to happen for no reason, so I naturally pay more attention to it. A few days ago, I found out that the Liu family leader The concubine. Oh, it’s your current concubine, the prefect, who is in collusion with that monster, and seems to be involved in dividing the spoils.”
Liu Yiting, who learned that Gu Qingjue was not there and had come to the government office, wanted to see what happened. As soon as she walked to the door, she heard Gu Qingjue's frame-up.
"What nonsense are you talking about? When did I collude with monsters to share the spoils!"
She clearly paid to kill someone.
She's the one spending the money!
Liu Yiting was still unyielding: "You caused my father to go to jail and suffer. I haven't settled this debt with you yet. Now you are slandering others, saying that I colluded with monsters to share the spoils. I should kill you and your short-lived wife." Buried with him."
Gu Qingjue's eyes turned cold. Before Liu Yiting's sarcastic lips could fall, he drew out his light sword and slashed Liu Yiting's throat before anyone could react.
"you……"
Blood splattered, and Liu Yiting could not believe until her death that this man actually killed her in front of the prefect.
She slurred the last word.
Those eyes stared at Gu Qingjue with strong unwillingness.
Gu Mingjue took two steps back in fear. He Zihui, who was in the dark, only reacted after Gu Qingjue killed the person and rushed out to protect Gu Mingjue.
"Gu Ziyuan, you are really brave. This is the magistrate's yamen. You committed murder in the yamen, because you don't take the magistrate or the royal power in your eyes."
"Royal Tianwei, well said!"
Gu Qingjue nodded, calmly took out the handkerchief, slowly wiped the sword clean, and then calmly put the sword into the scabbard.
Gu Mingjue huddled in the corner during the entire movement.
On the one hand, he was frightened by Gu Qingjue's sudden move, but on the other hand, he didn't have his own considerations.
He chose the concubine of the Liu family as his concubine not just because of Liu Yiting's beauty, but more because of the Liu family's wealth.
But he, the magistrate, could not blatantly take money from the Liu family. Every time he needed money, he had to go through Liu Yiting. But if, as Gu Qingjue said just now, Liu Yiting colluded with Yu Qingguan, and Yu Qingguan was a tool used by monsters to make money, there would be a reasonable excuse to ransack the Liu family and take the Liu family's wealth as their own.
At the same time, he can also gain a reputation of being selfless and righteous in killing relatives.
Therefore, as the prefect, he scolded and said nothing more.
"I am Young Master Huan Lin, who has been personally conferred by the Holy Emperor. Even if I don't have an official position, I am not a concubine who can point her nose at me and scold me at will. If she questions me, she is despising the royal power. Do you think I am right, Lord Magistrate?"
Gu Mingjue: I’m going to fuck your grandma.
You've already rubbed people's necks, so naturally you want to say whatever you want.
He had been an official for so many years, so he had seen a lot of dead people, but this was the first time someone killed someone in front of him.
This is shocking...
There are no words to describe his mood at the moment.
Just now, he deliberately left Gu Qingjue alone for half an hour, just to regain his face. Now this face is lying on the ground and cannot be picked up.
"Sir, you still need to lead troops to encircle and suppress Yuqing Temple outside the city."
After Gu Qingjue said this, Gu Mingjue finally came back to his senses!
Gu Mingjue's eyes flickered as he looked at Liu Yiting, who was lying on the ground with no eyes open. People are dead, and what they want to think about now is how to protect their own interests.
"Come here, gather the troops and go to Yuqing Temple."
By the time the people and horses were gathered together, it was already dawn.
Gu Mingjue was about to leave when he heard Gu Qingjue say quietly: "Sir, Yuqingguan colluded with the Liu family to plunder the people and pretend to be ghosts. This money probably came from the wrong way."
Gu Mingjue looked at Gu Qingjue steadily, his mind turning countless times.
Finally, he decided to take Jiang Cong and several other cultivators to Yuqing Temple and let Sheng Tongzhi lead people to check the Liu family.
On the way to Yuqing Temple, the guard asked the prefect in confusion: "Sir, we just raided Yuqing Temple, why did we also raid the Liu family?"
Gu Mingjue sneered twice and didn't reply.
Sanqi, who came out of the government office, also asked Gu Qingjue this question with a puzzled face: "Master, the prefect decided to destroy Yuqing Temple, why did he send a team of people later to check the Liu family? The Liu family and the prefect are not the same. In-laws!"
She's just a concubine, not an in-law.
It's just the Tuliu family's money.
The real in-law must be his wife, Mrs. Han.
There is another chapter in the afternoon!
(End of chapter)
