Chapter 569 571. Choice

Lecheng Prefecture Yamen

As soon as Butler Wu sent the person out, Governor Nan's face immediately darkened.

"This is outrageous," Prefect Nan slammed the table, "His farm is just a merchant, yet he dares to give orders to me."

At this time, Madam Nan, who was sitting behind the screen, came out and said, "What should we do? We are in a dilemma.

Wouldn't it be better if everyone just took a step back? Why make things so awkward?

At present, neither Minister Huang nor General Zhou are people we can afford to offend."

Prefect Nan looked at his wife and asked, "How do you think I should choose?"

Previously, because of the post from the Shangshu Mansion, Prefect Nan returned the farm and hastily closed the case.

I thought that the newly appointed Lucheng prefect, Gu Wenheng, would also swallow his anger and not dare to offend the Huang family easily, so the matter would be over.

I didn't expect that Madam Gu would actually move the giant Buddha statue of General Zhou. This time she said she came here to do business, but her targeting was too great.

You just do business, why did you bring General Zhou’s guards here?

Thinking of the request made by Tian Zhuang, "Do we have to stand on the side of Minister Huang? According to what he said, I will report to General Zhou."

"Master, please don't do this," Madam Nan said anxiously, "Tian Zhuang failed to harm anyone, and was caught by General Zhou's men. This is a wrong thing to do. If we get involved, we will really become enemies with General Zhou and Prefect Gu.

He is just a businessman, how can he know the ins and outs of this?

General Zhou's guards are not necessarily serving soldiers. It is reasonable for them to send their own men to do the work.

Don't forget Queen Zhou, but this man's sister, General Zhou, is also the emperor's brother-in-law.

Isn’t this a good choice?”

"I understand all these, but General Zhou is a military officer after all, and Minister Huang is a close minister to the emperor. If he tries to trip me up, I won't be able to stop him." Prefect Nan has worked hard all his life and still wants to take one more step forward.

"Master, what do you think of us staying put? We won't take sides and let them fight it out.

Since Madam Gu was able to invite General Zhou as her helper, she was determined not to let this matter go unsolved.

If we take sides now, the feud will be settled.

General Zhou is the garrison commander of Bianchengyi, so we don't have to worry about him, but don't forget Queen Zhou."

The military generals could not control the civil officials, but the other party's sister was the Empress of the Central Palace, so it was not easy to control them.

This is also what Prefect Nan is worried about. How could a civil official like Gu Wenheng get involved with a military general?

"And according to the information we have received, Queen Zhou is very favored by the emperor, and the entire harem is under her control.

You said that if you submit a memorial now, would Queen Zhou not notice it?

If she really wants to mess with us, she doesn’t even have to do it herself…”

Prefect Nan said without thinking, "You have been staying indoors these days. As for the farm, I will send someone to tell him to ask Minister Huang to come in person. I am doing him a great favor by releasing him from prison. If he continues to pester me, I will just let him do it as the prefect."

After thinking it through, Prefect Nan felt that the chance of survival he had given the dog before was simply feeding it to the dog. Now the dog was jumping around happily in front of him. It was time to give the dog a stick to prevent it from confusing humans with animals.

With a smile on his face, Tian Zhuang strode out of the prefectural government office. He didn't expect that the last time he went to jail was a blessing in disguise.

Now, everyone in Lecheng knows that his farm is a real relative of the Shangshu Mansion.

Thinking of the angry but speechless expression of Prefect Nan just now, the expression on his face became even more smug.

The Gu Wenheng couple are really ignorant. I haven't even gone to seek revenge on them yet, but they came to me.

I thought the person who came was some powerful person? But after watching for a few days, I found out that he was just a few maids who ran the shop.

"Boss, where are we going now?" The coachman saw him coming out and immediately lifted the curtain.

"Go back home first. Send someone to notify Li Yong to come see me."

"yes."

When they arrived at Tian's house, Li Yong was already waiting there.

Tian Zhuang felt a little strange, "You didn't keep an eye on them today?"

Li Yong, “We intercepted their goods before, and they had already noticed it.

As soon as our people approached today, those men came over and stared at us.

There is really no other way, so I came back to ask the master for a solution."

Tian Zhuang, "Don't worry! Let them be proud for a while.

I have already told the prefect that General Zhou actually sent troops to protect them, so he should bear the consequences himself.

Using soldiers in the army to do private things, and using them as guards for a few slaves, is enough to report him.

I think it won’t be long before General Zhou will be unable to protect himself…”

At this moment, Li Yong had thousands of curse words in his mind. This farm must be possessed by a demon. That was General Zhou, and he, a mere merchant, was not someone who could touch it.

Tianzhuang just felt like he had let out a sigh of relief. He would slowly deal with them one by one or two more.

However, Li Yong felt that Tian Zhuang was being flattered by the officials and gentry in Lecheng these days, and he couldn't even find his own place. How could he be as cautious as he was when he had just been released from prison.

He actually thought that there was no problem in offending a great general.

I really don’t know whether the Shangshu Mansion will be willing to rescue him if he goes in again.

Thinking of this, Li Yong bit his lip quickly. The well-being of the Tian family would affect his future.

After organizing his words in his mind, he said, "This General Zhou is not an ordinary person. He is a super-class marquis, and Queen Zhou is his biological sister."

Tian Zhuang turned to look at him in surprise, "How did you know? And why didn't you mention it before?"

As a businessman, Tian Zhuang naturally could not understand the above-mentioned official ranks so clearly.

It was unusual for Li Yong, a servant of the housekeeper, to know so much.

Li Yong pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly. The master had not grasped the point at this time. "I also heard about it outside before, and asked a few more questions out of curiosity.

If you go to Shangjing and ask anyone, you can get this information. Doesn't the master know this?"

Tian Zhuang was stunned. He really didn't know that in the past he only sent gifts to the capital. How could he pay attention to these nobles who had nothing to do with him at all?

Most of the social events he attended outside were about romantic matters, so even if he heard a few words occasionally, he didn't take them to heart.

Now that Li Yong reminded him of this, his mind became clearer. It seemed that this was really the case, but there were so many things going on recently that he really forgot about it.

Just when I was thinking about what to do next, the governor Nan arrived.

After sending the people away, Tian Zhuang felt completely limp.

He was indeed a little proud of himself as he was being praised by everyone these days.

"Master, what should we do now? Should we continue to send people to watch?"

"What if I don't watch them? They are all trying to kill me. How can I just sit there and wait for death?"

(End of this chapter)