It was getting dark, and today's affairs in the county government spread throughout Nujiao County, causing the night market that was usually lively on the street to appear extremely depressed.

In times of trouble, there were actually a few people who died in vain on one day, and there were even more slums outside the city. However, as the core of a county town, the county government office is absolutely orthodox and is the will of the people. People died in the county office, and the people died in the yamen. This made the people in the county feel uneasy.

By seeing the big one from the small, you can see the weight of the word "orthodox" in the hearts of the people.

The Daqing Dynasty has been in vain for 600 years. Although it is now in turmoil, warlords are separating from various places and barbarians invading, even so, there are only a few cults who dare to circulate "rebel remarks" in various places. There is no "warlord" who really dares to rebel on the surface.

In fact, this is true in any era. As long as the people have a full meal, they will never think about rebellion. Those who think about rebellion are people who cannot survive. However, the court faces the weakness of the barbarians and various natural disasters and demonic troubles caused by various places. All of them indicate that this is a dynasty that is about to enter the "end of the way".

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"Look at Gu's door well. When I come back, don't open it no matter who knocks on the door at night..."

After giving Ge Changshou a command, Deng Fan stretched out his hand and one of the dead trees in the courtyard was in the tree hole, and a pair of scarlet eyes were poked out.

"Ga!"

With a rough and hoarse cry, a black shadow rushed out of the tree hole and plunged into Deng Fan's arms.

After touching the shadow in his arms, Deng Fan felt a little relieved. He would definitely not be able to bring Ming Yi with him to negotiate tonight, but bringing someone who can report the news was a little more guaranteed for him.

As soon as I walked into the county government, I saw Fei Ruhe wearing a blue and white Confucian robe, with three-inch long beards under his jaw being meticulously cared for, and was waiting anxiously in the lobby of the county government government.

"Here you come..." Seeing Deng Fan's figure appear, the anxiety on Fei Ruhe's face suddenly disappeared.

It is obvious that he also was under a lot of pressure to make this decision now.

"Sir Fei, it's better to be early, not late, let's go..."

Seeing Fei Ruhe's appearance, Deng Fan felt helpless. If this person had a peaceful age, he would be more than enough to be a county magistrate, but he lacked courage to be an official in this troubled era. A serious "Jinshi" in the court was forced to such a mess by several local tribes.

According to the forces of those families, it has been a whole day since the accident happened in the yamen, and people will not know. If something happened in Nujiao County, they should be the ones that should be worried about the most, rather than Fei Ruhe, the county magistrate who was "nominally" in the county.

But until now, those families have not made any noise. In terms of courage, the county magistrate has lost more than one level. No wonder they are being controlled by others.

"Then let's go..."

"Now the enemy is in the dark, I am in the bright, so I have to be careful..."

At the back door of the county government office, a carriage had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Deng Fan's gaze, Fei Ruhe's face flashed away.

Deng Fan just looked at him and didn't say much. It was indeed "the enemy is in the dark, I am in the light." But what role can this way of stealing the bell? Maybe the county magistrate and several major families in the county meet, and it may not be necessary for them to plan it.

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The carriage drove out of the county gate.

He drove towards the foot of Tengshan Mountain and looked in this direction, but he went to the Wu family's home.

The four major families in Nujiao County, headed by the Wu family, are different from the "local rich man" whose history is only a hundred years old. The Wu family has been operating in Nuqing County for more than 200 years and is a famous local family.

The main house of the Wu family was not in Nujiao County, but at the foot of a mountain north of Nujiao County. After two hundred years of operation, a prosperous town had already formed at the foot of the Tengshan Mountain, and all the tenants of the Wu family lived in.

Although he was doing it all the way, Yu Dengfan's vision was unhindered. The fertile fields stretched up from the foot of the mountain, and the golden ears of grain fluttered in the night breeze, which looked very unpleasant.

There are many pavilions and pavilions surrounding the vine mountain. At a glance, there are at least a thousand slants of land. At a glance, the entire pavilion is brightly lit, making it a 'prosperous' scene.

"Mr. Fei, you are here. My master and several masters have been waiting for a long time.

In front of Zhu Hong's gate, the servants and maids were lined up on both sides, each holding a lotus lantern in their hands waiting in front of the gate. An old man with gray hair immediately came up to see Fei Ruhe's carriage.

"It's time for you to manage Wu..."

He said politely to the old man, Fei Ruhe got off the carriage with sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial

As for Deng Fan, his mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but sigh. Although he had heard that the Wu family was rich and powerful, it was the first time he had seen such a scene in such a chaotic world. No wonder the families in Nuqing County were indifferent to the warlords in Xiangcheng, and their feelings were "confidence".

It seems that the Wu family is not as simple as they imagined to be able to build such a large family business.

"I have met Manager Wu, and Master Fei..."

Follow Fei Ruhe into the Wu Mansion, where pavilions and towers were everywhere, small bridges and flowing water were arranged in an orderly manner, and there were endless servants coming and going. They treated the courtesy when they saw Manager Wu and Fei Ruhe, but as for Deng Fan, they were directly ignored.

"Mr. Fei is here, please sit down..."

In a vast hall, there were bright lights and endless singing and dancing. An old man in a green brocade robe sat on the upper head. After seeing Fei Ruhe, he was particularly polite, but he only pointed to a seat at the lower head.

"I have met Mr. Wu, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Qu are polite..."

"Mr. Fei is so polite. Please sit down..."

The other two old men with black and white hair and bearded and mixed with hair and bearded on both sides stood up and arched their fists, at least they were much more polite on the surface.

Fei Ruhe seemed to have been accustomed to this, and Shiran achieved the lower head of the old man with brocade robe.

Looking at the "sea delicacies" on the tables on both sides, Deng Fan swallowed without any effort. He didn't recognize many of these dishes, and he could only recognize them.

Thinking of the refugee slums outside Nujiao County and the extreme luxury that I saw in the Wu family today, Deng Fan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "The rich family smells of wine and meat, and there are bones that are frozen to death on the road."

In every era, there is never a shortage of such people who are lying on the people who are good at drinking blood and eating flesh.

"Well... Mr. Wu, I believe you should have heard of everything that happened in the county government today."

Seeing that the old man in brocade robe had no intention of speaking, Fei Ruhe had no intention of singing and dancing at this time, and coughed gently.

"Mr. Fei is too anxious. With our family here, why should we be afraid of the 'Yuan Fengchu'? My Wu family is a large family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They have connections in the court. He would not dare to attack Nujiao County by taking advantage of the 'Yuan Fengchu's' courage."

Faced with Fei Ruhe's reminder, the old man in brocade waved his hand indifferently, with a calm face.

The old man in brocade robe was not in a hurry, but Fei Ruhe was extremely anxious. Now, as long as he is a discerning person, who doesn’t know the situation in the court? If it were decades ago, "Yuan Fengchu" would naturally not dare, but now it is not certain.

Isn’t the reason why the Wu family transferred assets to this branch of Nujiao County to avoid the war?
Chapter completed!