On the south side of Yanwang Palace, not far from Anfufang and Guofuzhong.
After Guo Anxin absentmindedly took a few mouthfuls of food, he subconsciously thought of Zhu Laosi's angry eyes that he saw during the day, and he couldn't help but feel a little upset.
Get up and walk straight to the study.
Seeing this, Guo Erniu and the two maids serving Guo An were not surprised. Anyway, the young master was like this in the past. After eating, he went to the study.
Once drilled, it lasted half a day, and they were not allowed to disturb me.
"Fuck..."
On the other side, Guo An was stunned as soon as he entered the study.
Although he had memories of this study room in his mind, seeing it with his own eyes was still shocking.
In the study room, which is larger than his inner room, there are bookshelves on three sides, and the bookshelves are filled with books.
""Dayan", "Puibu", "Li Cheng", "Futian Calendar", "Shenlong Calendar", "Time-giving Calendar", "Xinzhi Twenty-Eight Houses Mixed Sit in the Stars and Go to the End", "Yueli Kao"
》……”
Most of them were books on astronomy, which Guo An had never heard of in his previous life. The rest were books on geography, water conservancy, and some arithmetic.
There are actually only a few Confucian books.
In a corner, Guo An also found some exquisite instruments, and some of the instruments were actually made of roller bearings. With a slight turn, they spun away.
However, the original owner did not pay attention to these instruments, causing them to become covered with dust.
Guo An was very interested, and started to play with each item one by one, "Baoshan leak, Lingtai Water Transport Hundian leak, Jianyi..."
"I didn't expect that my original ancestor would leave so many treasures. No wonder in my memory, the Guo family's ancestors have been unwilling to give up the house of Beiping Mansion for several generations. Each generation would send people to guard the ancestral house.
As for me, besides going to work every day, I just sit in this study and read..."
The whole night, Guo An stayed in the study, flipping through the book and playing with the instrument.
…
They were just happy all night. Early the next morning, Guo An was called out by Guo Erniu. He put on his official uniform and dragged his feet towards Chaishikou as if he was going to the execution ground.
No, Guo An went to the execution ground, and it was the Shura execution ground where more than 800 heads had been cut off!
It’s still the same as yesterday, order Mao first!
Then, mixed in with the trembling officials, looking at the execution ground ahead, unkempt and ragged gentry and merchants were dragged up one by one by soldiers, and then beheaded like chickens.
The people watching around him were crying and laughing, but the officials around Guo An were all trembling, with fear deep in their eyes.
Guo An didn't particularly care about these.
I have been thinking about how he would respond if Zhu Laosi suddenly summoned him later!
Fortunately, he was overthinking it!
All morning long, Zhu Laosi ignored him!
But there is always a feeling like a light on his back, as if someone is always watching him from behind, and there are more than one!
After finishing the last batch of beheadings, Guo An followed a group of officials and hurriedly walked out.
"Master!"
Guo Erniu was already waiting for him outside.
"walk home!"
Guo An nodded, then raised his legs and walked in one direction.
Guo Erniu followed behind and didn't say much.
As he walked, Guo An seemed to remember something, suddenly turned around and looked at Guo Erniu.
"Er Niu, have you noticed that someone was looking at me just now?"
"Is anyone watching the young master?"
Guo Erniu was stunned for a moment, thought about it for a long time, and then slowly replied: "Master, in the Beiping Mansion, apart from the senior officials from Wanping County, it seems that only Counselor Nie knows you!
But Councilor Nie and the officials from the county government have just been watching the beheading and have no time to see you.
The villain has been outside and didn’t notice any strange people around looking at you!”
"It shouldn't be, someone must have been looking at me just now!"
Guo An frowned slightly, his feeling was absolutely unmistakable.
Suddenly, Guo An seemed to remember something, and his eyes widened!
"Zhu...it must be him...!"
"Master, who is it?"
Guo Erniu asked strangely.
"..."
Guo An couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Guo Erniu, and then sighed softly.
"It doesn't matter, he is a big shot that the young master cannot afford to offend!"
A trace of nervousness flashed across Guo Erniu's face. He quickly looked around and asked, "Master, have you already provoked that person?"
"No!"
Guo An shook his head repeatedly.
"In this case, there is no need for the young master to be afraid. With His Highness Prince Yan guarding the Beiping Mansion, no one dares to act recklessly!" Guo Erniu said seriously.
"Yes, His Royal Highness Prince Yan is guarding Beiping Mansion..."
Guo An nodded slightly in agreement, but his face was full of a wry smile.
Then, he walked directly to his home.
Anyway, he still has the official status of Wanping County Lord Bo. Under Zhu Laosi's attention, he can't run away even if he wants to.
It is better to go back home and continue reading his ancient books.
As for the Wanping County Yamen incident?
The county magistrate and the county magistrate were both beheaded. The six officials, inspectors, yamen and tax officials below all regarded him as a transparent boss and never sought him out if anything happened!
Now that his value is low, he is too lazy to join in the fun!
…
Yanwang Palace!
In an antique house, there is an exquisite small copper stove placed on the table. The stove exudes wisps of soothing Zen fragrance!
On both sides of the table, Zhu Di sat opposite a monk with triangular eyes.
In the monk's hand, he held two pieces of paper filled with writings. It was the situation of Guo An that Zhu Di had asked to investigate yesterday.
It took the monk a long time to finish reading.
Zhu Di quickly asked: "Master Daoyan, what do you think of this person's talents?"
"Since this person is a descendant of Guo Taishi, he is worthy of His Highness's reuse!"
Dao Yan's expression remained unchanged and he said to Zhu Di respectfully.
Hearing this, Zhu Di looked happy.
"Master Dao Yan also thinks that this person should be used more seriously by this king?"
Dao Yan frowned slightly, feeling that the King Yan in front of him seemed to have misunderstood his meaning, "I wonder how His Highness plans to reuse this person?"
"This king must let this person..."
Having said that, Zhu Di was stunned.
"Your Highness, this person has a withdrawn personality. Only the secret guards under His Majesty's command can detect him. I don't know if this person has real talent or knowledge, or if he is just like Guo Taishi, who just concentrates on learning and does not like to form cliques for personal gain!"
Daoyan smiled softly and said.
"The Master wants me to test this person first?" Zhu Di said.
"Your Highness is wise!"
Dao Yan nodded slightly, but still sighed slightly in his heart. After all, His Highness King Yan still didn't know the status of Guo Taishi in the hearts of Yuan people!
"But this person is just a boss!" Zhu Di was a little embarrassed.
That’s it, that’s all, this matter can only be mentioned later!
Dao Yan smiled softly and said: "Your Highness, this major case has affected a wide range of people. In just a few days, more than 20,000 gentry and merchants, and thousands of officials have been killed throughout the Ming Dynasty. The officials in the Beiping Mansion have also been killed.
, even the magistrate and county magistrate of Wanping County were beheaded.
With such a shortage of officials, it will be difficult for Your Majesty to replenish officials for Beiping Prefecture. Why should Your Majesty solve the problems for Your Majesty and the court in advance and let Guo An be directly promoted to the magistrate of Wanping County?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but be surprised, and then after thinking about it for a moment, his face was filled with joy.
"Master Daoyan's words are very wonderful. As the highest-ranking official remaining in Wanping County, Guo An is most suitable to be the magistrate of Wanping County.
After this case, no matter how capable Guo An was, he would never care about corruption and would not dare to prey on the people while he was in office.
If he has no talent, he can be replaced at any time.
If he is half as good as Guo Taishi, then he will stay in Beiping Mansion honestly, and I will definitely keep him safe throughout his life..."