In order to save his son, Zhao Kangyu planned to go to Liuhe County in person.
As for such an important matter, Yang Yushi, as the prefect, naturally did not dare to neglect it and immediately went down to prepare.
Although Yang Yushi also knew that Zhao Kangyu's trip to Liuhe County to investigate Su Cheng's political achievements was a lie and that it was true to save Zhao Chengwang, he could not be persuaded by the prefect.
Even though Yang Yushi was concerned about the safety of his daughter and wanted to find her as soon as possible, he had to hand over the matter to General Magistrate Wang Wenxuan for investigation.
His daughter was lost in his own house, and she most likely ran away on her own. There should be no problem with her safety, as long as she can find her back as soon as possible.
But Zhao Kangyu's trip to Liuhe County was a big deal, and Yang Yushi had to accompany him.
This matter is very difficult. If it is not handled well, it will be a big trouble.
Yang Yushi thought that Su Cheng was a capable county magistrate under his command after all. If he was wise, he would save him if he could.
No matter what, my daughter was taken care of by Su Cheng here, so I couldn't just sit back and watch.
Of course, the most important thing is to find a way to persuade Su Cheng to let Zhao Chengwang go!
Otherwise this matter cannot be solved!
On the same day, Yang Yushi completed preparations. Under the escort of a group of soldiers, the group headed towards Liuhe County.
This team of soldiers and horses was under Wu Yang's command. Yang Yushi knew that Wu Yang had always been supportive of Zhao Kangyu, so he specially arranged for these people to escort him.
With so many people, they were not walking very fast. When they were only halfway there, Su Cheng and others had already returned to Liuhe County.
"Madam, please accompany Miss Yang to the hospital to see Mr. Liu Qian. I will go back to the county office to handle county matters first."
As soon as everyone arrived at the city gate, Su Cheng wanted to leave.
Shen Youwei pouted: "Okay then, Miss Yang and I will go back to the house after watching Liu Changfeng. You remember to come back as soon as you finish your business."
"Got it!" Su Cheng responded, and then returned to the county government office with the servants.
After not coming back for so many days, the county government must have a lot of things waiting for him to deal with. Anyway, Yang Lingxuan's visit to see Liu Changfeng was not something Su Cheng could participate in, so there was no need for him to go with him.
Returning to the county government office, Su Cheng began to handle county affairs.
In fact, nothing major happened during this period and everything went smoothly. However, because the autumn harvest was approaching, many people were buying harvesting tools during this period, causing prices in this area to rise.
Su Cheng naturally had to take care of the price issue, so he decided to convene the merchants selling harvesting tools and the big business owners to talk in the next few days.
Things went very smoothly. Su Cheng was busy with this matter in the next few days. After seeing Liu Changfeng's injury, Yang Lingxuan simply stayed in the hospital to take care of Liu Changfeng, while Shen Youwei delivered some delicious food every day.
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It was not until three days later that a mighty army of soldiers and horses arrived outside Liuhe City, including two carriages. The fabric of the front carriage was still purple.
This scene attracted the attention of the government officials outside the city. After asking for his identity, they immediately returned to the city to report.
"Sir, the chief envoy Mr. Zhao and the prefect Mr. Yang are here with a team of soldiers and horses!"
"Oh? They actually came to Liuhe County. Do you know how many people they brought with them?" Su Cheng raised his eyebrows and asked, putting down the brush in his hand.
"About seven or eight hundred people!"
"So many people!" Su Cheng narrowed his eyes: "If we include the people from Wu Yang in the city, there will be about a thousand people. It seems that he has brought all the people from Wu Yang here."
"Let's go, inform the county officials and go to the city gate to greet you!"
"yes!"
The incident happened so suddenly that Su Cheng had no time to notify the government officials outside the city, so he could only bring all the people in the city to greet him as a show of respect.
Of course, in order to prevent Yang Lingxuan from being exposed, Su Cheng immediately called for Shen Xiangxing.
"Go to the hospital immediately and ask your eldest sister to bring Miss Yang to our house!"
When Shen Xiangxing heard this, his eyes widened immediately: "Brother-in-law, isn't it? You have to bring Miss Yang to our house at this time. If Mr. Yang discovers it, then..."
Secretly hiding the prefect's daughter who was about to marry the chief minister's son, this offended two high-ranking officials at once.
The Shen family cannot do this kind of thing.
Su Cheng didn't wait for Shen Xiangxing to finish speaking and glared at him fiercely: "Liu Changfeng is the head of a thousand households. He was murdered. Zhao Kangyu and Magistrate Yang will definitely go to see him, in case Yang Lingxuan is discovered by them. , that’s the big trouble!”
"Let Yang Lingxuan go to the Shen Mansion, just to prevent them from finding out!"
"This... Okay, I'll inform the elder sister right away!" Shen Xiangxing realized what he was doing and hurried to the hospital.
Su Cheng watched his leaving figure, then tidied up his clothes, and headed to the city gate with the already prepared yamen servants.
With so many people traveling, the streets were full of government officials, and the people in the city were talking a lot.
"What are you doing, Mr. Su, with so many people?"
"Who knows, looking at this posture, something big must have happened!"
"Hey, I heard that some big shots are coming today. When my son returned to the city just now, he said that there were a lot of people coming from outside the city."
"Really, who is coming?"
Amid the discussion among the people, Su Cheng led the people to the city gate and asked the government officials to stand in two rows.
There are not many government officials in the city, only about a hundred people, but once they set up their posture, they really have such an imposing manner.
At this moment, dense black spots finally appeared outside the city, and a team came from far to near.
After a while, everyone saw clearly that there were soldiers in front of the team clearing the way, in the middle there were bearers carrying two sedans, and there was a group of soldiers following behind.
After arriving at the gate of the city, they saw Su Cheng leading people to greet him outside the city. Soldiers came to report: "Master Zhao, Master Yang, the Liuhe County Magistrate and the government officials are welcoming you outside the city."
Zhao Kangyu narrowed his eyes when he heard this and said calmly: "After settling down, I want to see what kind of person this Liuhe County Magistrate is!"
For anyone who dares to arrest his son, Zhao Kangyu has already sentenced him to death in his heart.
After settling down, Zhao Kangyu and Yang Yushi came out of the sedan at the same time.
Seeing so many government officials greeting him in front of him, Zhao Kangyu sneered: "It's just a small county, but there are so many government officials. Mr. Yang is really secretive. There are such talented people below you!"
Yang Yushi smiled apologetically and did not dare to answer.
At this time, Su Cheng had already taken a look at Zhao Kangyu and Yang Yushi. The two people's looks could be said to have their own characteristics.
Zhao Kangyu's raised eyebrows showed that he was not angry or intimidating, and it was obvious that he had developed a habit of being in a high position.
Yang Yushi has a stereotyped face and a typical look of being a doormat in officialdom. These two people are simply the two most common people in officialdom.
Su Cheng stepped forward and bowed his hands in salute: "Su Cheng, the magistrate of Liuhe County, has met the chief envoy Mr. Zhao and the prefect Mr. Yang!"
"I didn't know that you two came from afar and missed your welcome. I hope you will forgive me!"
Zhao Kangyu looked at the heroic Su Cheng, squinted his eyes and sneered: "Excuse me? Then we have to see how you, the Liuhe County Magistrate, explain what you have done during this time!"
"This officer is here to investigate your occupation of other counties' fields and robbed other counties of their populations!"
As soon as the two parties met, Zhao Kangyu made it clear what his purpose was!