During the Shen period, the government office.
Lu Wen, the governor of Hangzhou, was drinking tea in a room in the Houya.
These two days, somehow, Mr. Lu's right eyelid kept twitching, sometimes getting better and worse.
According to our modern people's understanding, this is called blepharospasm. There are many reasons, and it can usually heal itself in a few days. However, in ancient times, people were more superstitious and had the so-called "left eye twitches wealth, right eye twitches disaster", so Lu Wen has been restless these two days and always felt that some troubles would come to him recently.
"Big... Sir--" Suddenly, a scream came from outside the house.
The sound went from far to near, and passed through the courtyard, and the shouting person was approaching.
The door next to Lu Wen was open. He soon saw the yamen runner who was shouting while running. The latter stumbled to the door. When he saw the prefect Lu, he knelt on the ground, then gasped and bowed, holding his fists and said, "Ha...ha...huh...huh...huh...huh, sir!"
"Why are you so panicked?" Lu Wen held the master's style in front of the yamen runners, so he spoke slowly. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of it calmly.
"Report to the Lord, Mr. Sun Yixi, please see him." The yamen runner replied.
"Puff--" The next second, Lu Wen's mouthful of tea squirted a wall.
After coughing twice, Lu Wen widened his eyes and turned to look at the yamen runner and said, "You say it again? Who is asking for a meeting?"
"Sun...Sun Yixi, Mr. Sun." When the yamen runner answered for the second time, the cold sweat from his temples also fell.
"Isn't he dead?" Lu Wen was also a little frightened, and he said something without thinking.
Actually, his words are nonsense. No matter whether Brother Sun is really dead or fake, can you tell this little yamen runner in front of you? Do you still expect him to give you advice?
"Uh... I just saw him with my own eyes, and I think the rumors are false." The yamen runner could only reply in this way.
"Hu——" The next second, Lu Wen took a deep breath, as if he wanted to calm himself down, "Okay, go and invite him in..."
"See the order." The yamen runner promised and turned around and left.
Two minutes later, he brought Sun Yixie back.
"Sir, bring it to Mr. Sun." The tone of the yamen runner's voice when he said this showed a strong feeling of leaving after he wanted to finish the task.
Lu Wen really didn't think that it would be of any help to him when he stayed here, so he waved his hand: "Well, you go down."
Hearing this, the yamen runner was as if he had received a general amnesty and answered and left quickly.
Sun Yixie, who was beside him, took two steps forward in his own words, entered the room, knelt on one knee with a smile, and clasped his fists and said, "Caomin has seen Lord Lu."
"Hey~ I'm so polite. Why do you need to give this great gift to me? Please get up quickly!" Lu Wen said as he had already collapsed from the chair and bent down to help Sun Yixie himself.
Obviously, Mr. Lu is also a polite person. Facing Sun Yixie, he dared not continue to sit on the chair and let the other party get up by himself. After all, he is just a "slide prefect" and the other person is the "iron-defeat Sun".
"Thank you, Lord." Sun Yixie smiled and said with a pretentious look on her face.
"Come on, sit down quickly, nephew." Lu Wen also pretended to be very enthusiastic and signaled the other party to sit down with him.
After the two of them sat down, they said a little politely, and Lu Wencai said, "Nephew, when did you come back?"
"Just just returned this morning." Sun Yixie replied, "I finished chatting with my parents at home, so I came here immediately to pay my respects to you."
"Oh... I'm so kind, I'm so kind!" Lu Wen was very moved on the surface, but he said in his heart - "Can you come to pay me a blessing? You probably are here to ask for guilt."
His guess is correct...
"Haha...it should be." Sun Yixi hid a knife in his smile, and the next sentence was, "When I was not here, our Sun family relied on your 'care' by the prefect."
When Lu Wen heard the other party adding accent to the word "care", he immediately panicked. He immediately said in a sincere tone: "Nephew, don't get me wrong. The things Murong Ji did have nothing to do with me. This mansion doesn't want to care about them. It's really...ah...I'm powerless."
Seeing him showing a distressed expression, Sun Yixie felt that he should not have lie, so he further tempted: "Oh? What is this Mr. Murong who is the origin of this, can make you, the dignified prefect, helpless?"
After hearing this, Lu Wen said with sincerity: Hell, can you let me be helpless? Is this strange?
But he wouldn't vomit in this mouth, but he just replied: "You are so nice nephew, you don't know anything. The Murong family is the boss behind the 'Huanyi Pavilion', and behind them..." Lu Wen said this, paused for a moment, turned around and looked around. After a few seconds, he lowered his voice and said, "... Let's put it this way, most of the civil servants in the court and the public are their backers."
"Oh?" Sun Yixie heard this, and it was quite a bit big, so he continued to ask.
Lu Wen didn't dare to hide anything, because this matter was basically the same as the "High-speed Railway Gang" and "Fei Ge Gang", and it was a semi-public secret in both the black and white areas of Dazhi.
So, after the next cup of tea, Lu Wen gave Brother Sun some popular science on the settings we mentioned in the last book about the Murong family and the imperial court.
When Sun Yixi heard it halfway through childhood, he kept sucking his teeth, thinking that this matter was really hard to deal with.
After Mr. Lu had already said the matter well, Sun Yixie frowned slightly and asked thoughtfully: "Then... can I understand this so? I will definitely not "sinking the lake" of Murong Ji... right?"
Lu Wenna Khan came down at that time.
Who is Mr. Lu? According to our current concept, he is the mayor of Hangzhou, the procurator of Hangzhou Procuratorate, and the director of Hangzhou Public Security Bureau...
If you ask this question in front of him, how do you ask him to answer you?
"Nephew..." A few seconds later, after a round of ideological struggle, Lu Wen continued in a deep voice, "...It's not that I don't give you face, but... According to this law, it's inappropriate for you to sink anyone into the lake."
"According to the great law, is it enough that Murong Ji and others are taking people to provoke trouble at my business and hurting me?" Sun Yixie asked back.
"This..." Lu Wen's expression changed slightly, he thought for a while and replied, "Nephew, why don't I tell you like this, as long as you don't 'cause someone's life', you can solve the problem between you two anyway... If you really make trouble for me, I will definitely be on your side, after all, aren't we all in love?"
When Mr. Lu said this, it was basically a showdown.
He said that when he opened his mind, I have clearly divided the bottom line for you. You can consider what to do next; it is best not to disturb the yamen in the end. If it is alarmed, I can also promise to give you a local snake.
As for "friendship", it's just a scene. The reason why Lu Wen chose to favor Sun Yixie was simply because he had already calculated his own accounts in his heart.
Although the Murong family is backed by the officialdom, they are just slaves who make money for their masters.
If the slave suffers a loss outside, he cannot directly direct the master to help him avenge himself. He can only go to the master to complain first, and then let the master judge whether he should help him stand out. When the master takes action, he often has to weigh the pros and cons to see if this matter is worth it. If it is not worth it, then forget it. Anyway, the slave is only the one who suffers.
In other words, Murong Ji was not doing whatever he wanted, but just that officials from all over the country would turn a blind eye to his behavior under the premise of not being too excessive.
But Sun Yixie is different. He is leaning against the Jinyiwei. Judging from his previous attitude towards Yun Shili, it is really "friendship".
If you offend Murong Ji, the worst case is that he will go back and complain, and study your book with the officials of the court, which will affect your career, and it may not be certain whether it can really affect it.
If you offend Sun Yixie, you might as well go to Zhaozhuo to travel, or a one-way ticket.
Anyone who can choose this risk and cost difference will choose.
Moreover, even if the Jinyiwei matter is not considered, the Sun family has much deeper foundation in Hangzhou than the Murong family.
Let’s take a step back and talk about it... In fact, Murong Ji is objectively wrong. He went to do business with the Sun family first, so he deserved it to be dealt with by someone.
To sum up, it is normal and reasonable for Lu Wen to make this judgment.
"Okay, I'll feel relieved if you say this to you, sir." After thinking for a while, Sun Yixie smiled again, "Ha... By the way, I suddenly remembered that there were still stews on the stove at home. If nothing else, I'll say goodbye first."
After getting what he wanted, Sun Yixie would not delay Lu Wen any more. He was already thinking about his plan, so he had to go back and make arrangements without stopping.
Chapter completed!