Houcheng County Government
No one spoke in the hall, everyone was waiting for the results of the investigation.
In fact, with the existence of Li Rong, the person who went to the Governor's Mansion to deliver the message, whether Lu Desheng sent someone to the Sheriff's Mansion or not, the outcome of this matter can be determined without further investigation.
After more than an hour, the results came out.
The final result was that Mr. Lu did indeed send someone to deliver the letter to the county governor's mansion, but unfortunately the messenger met someone who was robbing him, and then the letter was not delivered.
Just, very unlucky.
Shi Tao sneered, in short, the letter sent to them just couldn't be delivered to them, right?
In short, the final conclusion is that Lu Desheng did not exceed his authority. On the contrary, he was very responsible. When the two top leaders were absent from the negotiations, he shouldered the entire burden! Even during the negotiation process, he argued hard and won such a big result as a three-year war-free treaty for Dali!
Chen Ping and Liu Heshan both looked at Lu Desheng with a vague look, admiring that Mr. Lu did such a good job of cleaning up the work, considering all aspects.
Lu Desheng took a sip of tea and didn't care about everyone's gaze. He felt secretly happy in his heart. How could he let the other party hold such an obvious handle.
Shi Tao slapped the table, "Everyone has an accident. Lu Desheng, do you think we are stupid?"
The more he understood, the more he felt that this negotiation was cheaper for Lu Desheng. If they hadn't been in the way and he had been the one to talk about it, he would have taken the lead. With this merit, he can return to the center of power in Chang'an and rank as Xiaojiuqing! So how could he not be angry at Lu Desheng?
In the current situation, he has limited options.
If the negotiation with the Xianbei Royal Court fails, it goes without saying that he, Lu Desheng, will have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die.
But after the negotiations were concluded, the situation was different, not to mention that Lu Desheng also made the results of the negotiations known to everyone.
But there were some things that he felt unwilling to do without trying.
Lu Desheng was surprised, "Why do you say this, sir?" I know you don't believe it, and I know you are dissatisfied, but you bite me.
These people have very bad consciences. Shi Tao and Zheng Xun want to punish themselves for their crimes by overstepping their authority, then beat the rabbit in the grass, and then take the credit for the negotiation. No way!
Shi Tao glared at him, "You know what I mean."
Lu Desheng is not afraid of him. What a joke. How can the fruit of his Lu family be so easy to pick?
"I am not a bug in your stomach, sir. I don't know what you mean. I only know that such an accident happened, and no one wanted to do it, including Li Rong and others who went to deliver the letter."
"But this person has three declines and six prosperity. No one knows whether he will encounter bad luck in the next moment."
"Like I always tell myself, accumulate more virtues and commit less sins, then bad luck will naturally stay away, and your own blessings will naturally come. Sir, are you right?"
Lord Governor, please don't be too greedy. If you are greedy, you will be easily punished.
There was something in Lu Desheng's words that made Shi Tao laugh angrily, "Lü Desheng, you are very good. You really impressed this governor." In short, this governor will remember you.
Lu Desheng puffed up his chest, of course he was good.
Chen Ping looked at him, hesitating to speak, Mr. Lu, don't you understand? The governor's unfinished words——
Lu Desheng's eyes accidentally glanced at Chen Ping, and he somehow understood what he wanted to say. He rolled his eyes in his heart. He was a talkative censor himself. Of course he knew the threat behind his words, but well, there are many people who hate me. Okay, who is he?
Zheng Xun stood by and waited on Shi Tao, "Sir, have a sip of tea and calm down your anger."
Shi Tao drank a large sip of tea to suppress his anger. The plan failed. Lu Desheng was indeed difficult to deal with.
Le Guicai also helped smooth things over, "Yes, Lord Governor, we have to talk slowly. All of you here are people who have read poetry and books. I believe we can make sense."
As he spoke, he looked at Lu Desheng, gesturing for him to say soft words. As the saying goes, a high-ranking official can kill someone. He knew that Lu Desheng used to be a censor, no different from a governor, but now he was just a small county magistrate, and he still had to look up to others.
Lu Desheng reluctantly apologized, "The governor and the county governor all blame the people sent by the officials for their uselessness." This crime is not the other, and it does not hurt to apologize for this crime.
Shi Tao was silent.
Zheng Xun looked at him frequently. Lu Desheng had given them the steps. Do you want to go down the slope?
In the end, Shi Tao personally helped Lu Desheng up, "It turns out it was all a misunderstanding. They are useless, and I can't blame you." Since you can't control him, it's better to borrow the donkey from the slope, don't break up, and maintain the superficial harmony.
Lu Desheng said with a 'grateful' look, "Thank you, Lord Governor, for your understanding."
"Magistrate Lu, please give me the three-year war-free peace treaty you signed. The results of this negotiation with Xianbei will be submitted to the imperial court and the emperor by the governor."
Lu Desheng nodded frequently, "Okay, okay, the Governor must say a few nice words for Mr. Le, Mr. Chen, Mr. Liu, as well as Mr. Guo Xiancheng, Mr. Li and others."
Lu Desheng only gave him one rubbing. It was a joke. Of course he kept it for himself.
Shi Tao said nothing about this.
Before leaving, he said to Lu Desheng, "Also, don't use the two people who went to deliver the letter."
"Why?"
"You're so unlucky to have a conflict with the Yamen!" Shi Tao said coldly, then threw off his sleeves and strode away.
Lu Desheng: ...Well, it seems that the governor is crazy and needs someone to vent his anger. He would make it up to Li Rong and Li Rong later.
The negotiations between Houcheng and Xianbei took only two days and achieved great results.
This speed is incredible.
As the news spread, the name of Houcheng County Magistrate Lu Desheng also became widely known.
But Lu Songli felt that it was not enough!
If ordinary people can't understand serious negotiations, then the script should be able to understand them, right?
So Lu Songli took it upon himself to write the story, using the modern soft-text and cool-text writing method, and created an excerpt about Mr. Lu's negotiations with Hou Cheng. There was no way, the notebooks written by today's literati were too reserved, and she was not very satisfied with the resulting notebooks.
After the book is written, the money is spent, the trolls are spread, and the reputation is spread!
Let's all come and appreciate Mr. Lu's style.
And with the spread of story books, Lu Desheng's name has brought back many readers' memories of last year's Sanjue Monument.
The emergence of the four-part sentence is really shocking to readers. Not to mention, these three stone monuments are still standing in the three major academies of Wansong, Bailu and Songshan. On the stone tablet, the names of Emperor Kangcheng Song Zhi, Lu Desheng and the three academy deans are remembered by scholars.
Lu Desheng's move clearly showed that he was a practitioner of the four-part sentence, and he immediately won the favor of many scholars, intellectuals and ordinary people.
In the words of later generations, Mr. Lu was out of the circle.
Before the memorial to ask for merit had returned to Chang'an, the legend of Mr. Lu had already spread throughout the North, and there were signs that Mr. Lu's deeds were moving south.
