"Master Liu, I'm really sorry. If we can't pay the bill with food, I can only ask Master Liu to go look elsewhere."
"It doesn't matter, business cannot be done without righteousness. I am lucky enough to be received by Mr. Gu today!"
"Oh, Mr. Liu is benevolent and righteous. If it weren't for the fact that the treasury was really short of food, I wouldn't have insisted that Mr. Liu pay the bill with food. It's really hard to explain!"
"Oh? The government treasury is short of food? Mr. Gu, Qingzhou is Zhongzhou. The government treasury has an emergency stock of 200,000 dan of food, which is enough to feed the people for about three months. Could it be that there are too many victims and the food is consumed too quickly?"
"Now that Mr. Liu has asked, I can't hide it. I can't hide it for much longer. The imperial envoys from the imperial court will be coming to Qingzhou to investigate the case in the next few days. Qingzhou's treasury does not have much food!"
"How could this happen? Could it be that the current Holy Spirit showed sympathy for Qingzhou and opened warehouses to release grain, causing the state treasury in Qingzhou Prefecture to consume a large amount of grain?"
Gu Zhiheng sighed slightly: "Mr. Liu, it's better not to ask any more questions. It's no good knowing too much. It's getting late today, so I won't stay any longer. I have to deal with a lot of government affairs for the victims tomorrow. I'll apologize with tea instead of wine."
Got it!"
"That's fine, I won't bother you anymore, I'll give you a toast from the two brothers!"
"please!"
Liu Mingzhi put down his wine glass and stood up to stretch his hands and feet: "Junior, farewell!"
"Go slowly and don't send me away!"
"Stay!"
Liu Mingzhi, who was about to walk out of the pavilion, turned around and said, "May I ask if your ancestral home is Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River? I can faintly hear some local accent from Master Gu's accent!"
Gu Zhiheng looked at Liu Mingzhi blankly and shook his head: "Young Master Liu must be too homesick for your family. I am originally from Huizhou in the northwest, and I am not from Jiangnan."
"Oh, it seems that I heard you wrong. There are not many officials like you who work in a different place and still solve problems for the people. I admire you very much."
Gu Zhiheng raised his hands in the air: "I am one of the parents appointed by the emperor. I will take the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. How can I be negligent because of the differences between the north and the south? It's a pity that I just forget about it and don't mention it."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Gu Zhiheng and nodded with a smile: "Farewell!"
Liu Mingzhi left the Governor's Mansion with a frown on his face and full of doubts.
Qinglian looked around at the almost empty street and shyly hugged Liu Mingzhi's arm: "Husband, this Governor Gu is really a good official responsible for the people. He always thinks about getting food for the people.
It's like that pot-bellied child governor, full of fat, having fun with more than a dozen women at once, and not afraid of losing his kidney energy and dying early!"
Gently hugging Qinglian's plump and smooth waist: "Yes, I am so tired from dealing with the three of you that my husband can't even stand up, but this Lord Governor can actually sleep with more than a dozen young-looking men at once.
There is nothing wrong with the beautiful woman. I am envious. I really want to find her." Liu Mingzhi stopped and looked at Qinglian, closing her eyes and thinking.
Qinglian looked shyly at the empty street, nodded her toes and pecked her husband on the face.
When his cheeks felt warm, Liu Mingzhi opened his eyes and looked at Qinglian who lowered her head shyly and smiled softly. This girl misunderstood her actions of closing her eyes.
I just thought of something, not asking for a kiss!
But seeing Qinglian, the shy Xiaojiabiyu calmly held Qinglian's hand and walked away: "What you just said did my husband a big favor!"
"real?"
Qinglian looked at Liu Mingzhi in surprise, feeling extremely happy. Being able to help her husband was the most satisfying thing for Qinglian.
"That's right, my husband's little virtuous wife, you are really lucky! Where do you think Governor Gu's accent comes from?"
Qinglian thought about it for a moment: "It seems to be Jiangzhou, but it doesn't look like it. It definitely doesn't have a Yangzhou accent. I have never been to Huizhou, so it may be somewhat similar to Jiangzhou's accent!"
"Jiangzhou? By the way, Lian'er, have you brought the roster of all the officials of Qingzhou Prefecture?"
"No, it's still in the baggage of the inn!"
"Forget it then, it's not too late to wait until we get back to the inn to take a look!"
"What's wrong? Did your husband think of something?"
"Maybe I really overlooked something. Now I have some clues but can't find the root cause. Let's send it to the Governor's Mansion to have a look!"
"Isn't that big corrupt official, Governor Tong, at Mr. Gu's place? Why are we going to the Governor's Mansion? How can we get in without an invitation and without revealing your identity!"
"We have to see if our Qinglian heroine is still good at housekeeping!"
"Ah? sneak in?"
"How about you sneak in by pretending to be a widow who sold her body to bury her husband, and my husband will be treated like a dead man today!"
"Bah, bah, bah, I don't want to go anywhere. This is a bad idea. Let's go in secretly!"
"Then listen"
"who?"
Before Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, Qinglian looked at a place and suddenly her expression became stern, staring coldly at a difficult corner of the street!
Liu Mingzhi was stunned and guarded Qinglian behind him. He believed in Qinglian's intuition. Although her skills were not as good as his, her experience in wandering around in the world for many years was ten times or a hundred times more than his own.
And just now I did feel a breeze blowing by, but I didn't take it to heart. I didn't expect it to be a human movement!
"What a vigilant little girl, you can actually find my traces!"
A hoarse, sharp voice came from a dark corner, somewhat old but full of energy!
Liu Mingzhi took out the short spray from his arms and hid it in his sleeves and stared at the dark place closely. The angry tone of the visitor made Liu Mingzhi feel that the visitor was something special.
Qinglian looked around the corner: "The junior and his wife are just passing by. We have no grudges with our seniors in the past. May I ask which family the seniors belong to?"
A thin and nimble figure walked out of the corner, and the bright moonlight showed its general appearance. Qinglian shrank behind Liu Mingzhi with a pale face: "Husband, in the clothes of the Ouchi guards, they are here to arrest me!
"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the man wearing a black mask with a stern look on his face. Could it be that the emperor really went back on his word and wanted to put Qinglian to death?
"I am the second in line in Wei Di's white prefix!"
Liu Mingzhi was stunned for a moment and sighed in relief, letting go of Qinglian's palm and fisting it: "I wonder what your Majesty's decree is?"
The visitor waved his arm lightly, and a piece of paper floated into Liu Mingzhi's hand and disappeared.
Liu Mingzhi opened the note and read it under the moonlight. His expression tightened and he immediately closed it: "Qinglian, let's go back to the inn first!"
Qinglian lowered her head and shrank towards a frightened rabbit: "Husband, have Ouchi's guards left?"
"Let's go, but he is not an imperial guard. Let's talk about it when we get back!"
"good!"
Holding her husband's arm, Qinglian looked around at the quiet street like a frightened bird, fearing that something might happen.
The two men, who once again became gentlemen, returned to the room.
Liu Mingzhi burned the note, took out the roster, and looked through it, thinking about it.
After bathing, Qinglian put on her underwear and wiped her hair and walked out of the screen: "Husband, what does the prefix Wei Dibai that person said mean? I have never heard of this power!"
"Weidi, the residence of the late Emperor Weihe when he was still the crown prince, the emperor with the prefix Bai means the prefix Bai, and the second eldest child means that he is the secret agent heir left by the late emperor!"