Xiao Yuan's recruitment order broke the previous rules and caused an uproar throughout Qin.
Scholars from various counties began to flock to Qinzhou.
In the next period of time, Liu Yuzhi was also extremely busy.
On the other side, Guo Qian's mansion.
Several officials were sitting together. The tea on the table was no longer hot, but people had no intention of taking a sip. They all frowned.
"He actually wants to appoint civilians and recruit talents. How can a commoner be appointed as an official? This, this is completely breaking the rules! What on earth does he want to do!" Finally, an official broke the silence.
"We can't wait any longer!" Before anyone else could speak, Guo Qian said coldly: "It seems that we have to take action first. Otherwise, if this continues, I may lose my official position."
Hearing this, several other officials couldn't help their Adam's apples slipping and swallowed hard. Some people said in a trembling voice out of fear: "Master Guo, this, this, kill...kill the prefect?"
Another person said: "If the matter is exposed, we will all die."
It is inevitable that some people will be afraid, but Guo Qian sneered: "If you don't take action, then we will all wait to die!"
"This, this..." An official swallowed his saliva again and said, "What's Mr. Guo's plan?"
Guo Qian glanced at everyone and said gloomily: "Now the Taishou Mansion is heavily guarded. It is almost impossible to assassinate Xiao Yuan. Therefore, we can only start with the people around him."
"Aiming to get around?" Someone was stunned, and then said: "But those people under Xiao Yuan, such as Peng Shuang, Ye Cheng and others, are all his confidants, and there is no way they can be bribed."
"I'm not talking about them." Guo Qian explained: "As far as I know, there is only one maid in the entire prefecture, and Xiao Yuan is taken care of by her in her daily life. It can be seen that Xiao Yuan is afraid of this girl. It’s not very fortified, if we start from here…”
The meaning of his words was very clear. When the officials heard the words, they couldn't help but look at each other.
Guo Qian looked at Qinzhou Lord Bo again and said gloomily: "It's up to you to handle this matter."
"Me...me?" Zhu Bo was so frightened that he stammered when he heard this.
"What? Don't you have dead soldiers in your house?" Guo Qian stared at the Lord Bo coldly.
"But this, but this." The Lord's thin face turned pale with fright.
"It's nothing! Do you think Xiao Yuan will let you go? Now we are all in the same boat! Only by killing Xiao Yuan can Qinzhou return to the past!"
Guo Qian was right. Xiao Yuan still trusted Chu Ning. These days, with her presence, the Prefect's Mansion has become extraordinarily different. Everything is in order.
She is said to be a maid, but in fact she does all the work, and is a housekeeper and servant all in one.
Two days later, Chu Ning asked Xiao Yuan for instructions and planned to go to the market to buy some things for the house.
At this time, Xiao Yuan was with Ye Cheng, walking and chatting in the house. He nodded in agreement to Chu Ning's request without asking too much.
But after she left, he immediately raised his head towards Ye Cheng and said, "Send a few people to follow her."
"What do you mean, sir... to doubt Miss Chu Ning?" Ye Cheng was surprised.
"What are you talking about?" Xiao Yuan gave him a funny look and said, "She is so dedicated, how can she doubt it? It's just that these are extraordinary times, it doesn't mean that others won't take advantage of her."
"I understand, I will make arrangements now." Ye Cheng came to his senses and responded immediately.
Who is Xiao Yuan and how smart he is? Guo Qian can think of this, how could he not think of it.
The interior of a store in Qinzhou.
"Let me go! Let me go! Who are you!"
At present, Chu Ning has been restrained. The assassins are two men, one tall and one short.
"Shut up! If you dare to yell again, I'll kill you with one sword!" The short man scolded fiercely, and at the same time, he pulled out half of the sword.
"Huh?" The other person waved his hand, signaling the short man to let Chu Ning go, then looked at Chu Ning and chuckled: "The girl's name is Chu Ning, right?"
The current situation was something Chu Ning had not expected. She was just a maid in the prefect's mansion. As for her enemy, the only one who had committed suicide was Ding Laosi. How could someone find her?
However, although she is a woman, her heart is much stronger than others. After roughly understanding the situation at the scene, she no longer struggled and shouted, but calmed down relatively, and then asked tentatively: "You and I There is no grievance or enmity, what on earth do you want to do?”
"Haha, Miss Chu, don't be nervous. We have no ill intentions towards you. We just want to ask you for a favor." The tall man smiled again.
"Help? Do you know me?" Chu Ning asked again.
"We don't need to know each other, we just need to know that Miss Chu is someone who can get close to the prefect." The tall man continued.
Approaching the Lord Prefect?
Hearing this, Chu Ning's heart tightened subconsciously. She was a very smart girl, and she immediately realized something.
Sure enough, before she could ask any more questions, the man had already opened a box, and inside, there were sparkling gold nuggets!
With a whole box of gold, at the current price, one could live a wealthy life in any country or anywhere!
This is very tempting!
And gold can circulate anywhere.
No one does not love money, and Chu Ning is a woman from a commoner family. In her whole life, she has never heard of so much money, let alone seen it before.
No doubt she was stunned.
Looking at her appearance, the two assassins couldn't help but look at each other, feeling quite satisfied.
Then, the tall man said: "How about Miss Chu, as long as you are willing to do this for us, all this gold will be yours."
Chu Ning reacted. After she looked away from the box of gold, she felt her heart pounding. On the contrary, she also understood that this favor must be related to the prefect.
"How... how can I help?" she asked subconsciously.
Hearing this, the tall man took out a small porcelain vase from his arms and said, "As long as Miss Chu is willing to pour the contents into the tea that the prefect drinks, then the favor will be considered complete."
"Here, what's in here?" Chu Ning asked again.
"Haha, what do you think?" the man asked with a chuckle.
Even a fool can understand that there must be poison in the small porcelain bottle. Chu Ning's heart shrank into a ball again. Her life was saved by Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Yuan avenged her parents' revenge.
Do you want to kill Xiao Yuan for gold?
Her eyes moved slightly, but she didn't speak.
Seeing her silence, the man's eyes became a little cold, and he asked faintly: "Why, Miss Chu is not willing?"
"No, no, no." Chu Ning waved her hand quickly, looked at the gold again, and said, "It's just that there is too little gold."
"What did you say?" When the man heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Do you know how much gold this is!"
"The governor of Qinzhou is in charge of a place. What a status he has. Is his life worth this?" Chu Ning said calmly.
"Haha." Hearing this, the man smiled instead, first chuckled, then laughed, and said: "Okay! We really found the wrong person! This is only half of it. After the matter is completed, there will be a box of gold! "
"If it happens and the prefect dies, how can I escape?" Chu Ning asked again.
