"County, county, county official."
Zhang Li, who had been particularly confident just now, was trembling while sitting in front of Gao Changgong and couldn't speak clearly.
Gao Changgong didn't care. He looked at Zhang Li with a smile, very concerned about his physical condition.
"A humble official does not dare to worry the county magistrate. Because of the county magistrate's kindness, his health has improved a lot."
"That's good."
Gao Changgong nodded and asked again: "What do you have to teach me?"
Zhang Li's face turned pale, "I don't dare."
Liu Taozi spoke at this moment, "My lord, just now Mr. Zhang came to me and said that there was a way to make the county lord stay."
"Oh? Stay? Where?"
"Of course it's Cheng An."
"But I never decided to leave, right?"
Liu Taozi just looked at him without speaking. Gao Changgong persisted for a while, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Lu Jun is good at everything, but he has this mouth."
He then looked at Official Zhang and said gently: "Don't be afraid, Mr. Zhang. I am not a bad person. If you have a way to deal with it, you might as well tell the truth."
Zhang Li's lips trembled as he replied: "County Lord, I know that you are smart and listening, and you are a man of great talent and learning. I shouldn't talk nonsense in front of you. I just have some trivial thoughts. If it can have any effect on you."
, then I will die without regrets.”
Liu Taozi signaled a few of his men to go out and guard the door, while she stayed and continued to listen.
Zhang Li was fine in front of Liu Taozi, but he was really nervous in front of Gao Changgong.
The main reason is that the identity gap between the two parties is too big.
"County Lord, I heard someone say that at the moment, the Murong family's memorial to impeach you is in the temple?"
"It should be here."
"Whose hands will it fall into?"
"It's hard to say. It's probably Mr. Yang and others."
"Then the result will definitely be unfavorable to you?"
"It's absolutely disadvantageous. The Murong family has old friendships with them, and I have just been released. I don't have many friends in the government or the public. Even the clan is not very close to me."
"Mr. Yang and other sages don't know me well enough. If they learn that there are ruthless officials running rampant, they will definitely think that I am eager for quick success, violent and easy to kill. Since Cheng'an is an imperial city, they will definitely transfer me far away and arrange for a stable and restrained person to take over.
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"When will the order arrive?"
"It's less than half a day's journey from Yecheng to here, either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
The two of them asked and answered questions very quickly, and Zhang Li gradually stopped trembling.
"The county magistrate is really smart. Although he is young, he sees everything clearly. I want to know how the county magistrate is going to deal with it."
Gao Changgong opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head, "I can't cope with the edict issued by the temple. I have no friends in the temple, and my official title is not high enough. I only have the status of a clan, but I don't follow him."
If you are close to the powerful clan members and disobey the edict, you will definitely die."
After hearing these words, Zhang Li's eyes softened a lot when he looked at Gao Changgong.
"Don't you think the county prince has reached the age of being crowned?"
Gao Changgong nodded, "That's true."
Zhang Li said: "Although the county magistrate has a thorough understanding, he is too restrained in his actions, so he feels that there is no way to deal with it. In fact, it is the Murong family who should be restrained."
"If you don't want to leave Cheng'an, no one can force you to leave except Your Majesty."
"oh?"
Gao Changgong was a little surprised, and Zhang Li added: "This subordinate has never been to a temple, but he has stayed in the county government for a long time and knows some superficial principles."
"The temple wants to ask you to leave, firstly because your ideas and the policies you want to implement may offend the local wealthy families. They want to preserve the wealthy families and maintain the harmony of Cheng'an."
"Secondly, because I don't know you well enough, I think you are young and irritable, and I am afraid that you will cause more trouble."
"This first point is actually best solved. The county magistrate can go to Murong's house now, have a drink and talk with them, and write letters to the young master of their house to express goodwill, hoping to get their help in the future to cure Cheng'an."
"If they can hand over the memorial to impeach you to Duke Yang, then they can also hand over the memorial to protect you."
"After solving the first point, there is no need to worry about the second point. The sages will find that you are not an irritable person. If you know how to correct yourself, they will change their views on you."
"You don't have to worry. Even if it's the Duke's family or the Prime Minister of Da Qi, if they can get along well with you, they will never enmity with you. Your surname is enough to make them jealous."
"Finally, as long as you kill the cruel officials and show your attitude, you can stay in Cheng'an."
After Zhang Li finished speaking, he glanced at Tao Zi and explained: "It's not that I want to kill Liu Yougong."
Liu Taozi nodded calmly.
Gao Changgong's face was very complicated, "Doesn't this make me bow to the Murong family? What kind of solution is this? I would rather be deposed as a white body! I don't want to join in the same trap with such people!"
"These people wantonly seize land, recruit ministers, seize property, and commit murder. Do you want to persuade me to bow to such people?"
Zhang Li hurriedly said: "Mr. Gao, this is just a temporary strategy, and I am not asking you to really obey. The most effective way to save your life is to keep your head down."
"Is there any other way?"
Zhang Li paused and then said: "It's possible to make things worse and drag the Murong family into the water together."
"Why are you making trouble?"
"When you were assassinated, I insisted that it was an assassin sent by the Murong family. The Murong family will never dare to oppose you again."
Gao Changgong frowned, "If it really gets serious, His Majesty will be angry. When the time comes, the innocent people of Cheng'an will be implicated and suffer together. It's not appropriate."
"Is there any other way?"
Zhang Li added: "If the Prime Minister wants to harm someone, he can approach the Lieutenant. If we can confirm who gave the order, we can seek refuge from his opponent and let the two sides confront each other."
Gao Changgong's handsome face was very solemn, "It is autumn now, and winter will come in a while. There are many important events in the temple. If the wise men fight because of me, and the important events of autumn and winter are delayed, that is what I don't want to see."
Arrived."
"Is there a better way?"
At this moment, Zhang Li's lips trembled for a long time, and he finally spoke out: "Then we can only complain of illness and stay in Cheng'an, and then quickly report to the temple to explain the whole story and see if we can impress the temple ministers."
Gao Changgong fell silent, and the entire inner room was silent.
Liu Taozi spoke at this moment, "County Lord."
"In the past few days, I sent my subordinates to inquire about Murong's house and discovered several things."
"Their dog may have eaten people. Their slaves must muzzle the dog when handling it. The big dog is so crazy that even their slaves can't control it."
"They buy pigs every day. The pigs move around in the sacks, take them into the inner room, and then disappear. They have never been seen eating pork, and pigs have never been raised in the feudal clan."
"You can often hear screams and cries from the backyard of their house, which is where Murong Guang lives."
"There have been many disappearances of women in the city before. I think it is probably related to their family. That Murong Guang likes to torture, kill, and commit adultery. What happened to Cao Mansion is what he did."
Gao Changgong's face turned livid, "This cannot be considered evidence."
"But we still have witnesses. Lu Zhanshan is afraid of Murong Guang and dare not tell the truth. So is he afraid of the county magistrate?"
Gao Changgong raised his head, "What do you mean?"
"County Lord, Lu Zhanshan killed thirteen people and provoked the authority of the temple. He committed a heinous crime. Please give an order and ask that his clan be killed and no one left alive."
"As long as we can pry Lu Zhanshan's mouth open tonight and get him to write down his testimony, we can send someone to the temple tomorrow to tell him the details of the case."
"But will the temple care about the truth of the case?"
"They won't care, but as Mr. Zhang said, they will care about what you think."
"In fact, there is no need for these. As long as the county official expresses his unwillingness to leave to the temple, the temple will consider your transfer order more."
Gao Changgong hesitated a little. He stroked his chin but did not make a decision.
At this moment, a soldier came in and said, "County Lord, Changsun County Captain wants to see you."
"Let him in."
Then he saw County Captain Changsun limping in. His face was very ugly, and he walked hard to Gao Changgong and bowed before him.
"County Lord! Please punish me!"
"What happened?"
"I was interrogating Lu Zhanshan just now. Unexpectedly, the official responsible for recording suddenly stabbed Lu Zhanshan in the throat with a dagger, and then committed suicide. His subordinates failed to stop him in time."
"What?!"
Gao Changgong stood up suddenly. At this moment, he was really shocked.
How dare you do this in your own county government??
His whole body was shaking with anger, and he slowly looked at Liu Taozi.
"Know it and mobilize troops!!!"
Chapter completed!