Chapter 1743 Punishment
Guan Zhoucheng was not afraid at all. Instead, he was secretly excited. As long as he won this round of confrontation, he would still be the one who had the final say in the provincial government and he would still have the right to speak.
He must win.
"Since Lord Shao invites us over, let's go!"
At the door of Shao Yunduan's office, Ah Ye personally led the yamen runners to guard it, and did not allow anyone else to enter. Only Guan Zhoucheng was allowed in. Everyone else stood on the corridor outside the door.
The door of the room was open. Shao Yunduan was sitting in the main seat, while Jia Heming, Fang Shuli and others were standing beside him.
Clerk Hu pretended not to notice A Ye and others trying to stop him. He smiled and walked leisurely, and was about to follow Guan Zhoucheng in as if nothing had happened.
Ah Ye blocked it with his sword and said coldly: "My Lord didn't ask you to come in!"
Hu Shuli paused and looked at Guanzhou Cheng.
Guanzhou Cheng looked at Shao Yunduan.
Shao Yunduan seemed to see nothing.
Seeing that Shao Yunduan had no intention of letting anyone in, Guanzhou Cheng did not want to argue with him over such a small matter and make him unhappy, so he pretended that he saw nothing.
Hu Shuli had no choice but to stand aside with the others.
Guanzhou Cheng bowed and smiled: "Sir Shao, you are looking for me!"
Shao Yunduan said coldly: "When you go to get the account book, have you informed me?"
"So that's why, sir. I was planning to tell you later. It's not a big deal—"
"Did the clerk say that you must get my approval before you can view it?"
"I don't think it's necessary to be so serious about this..."
"Am I your superior?"
"Yes..., but sir, I have no other intentions!"
"I have no other intentions!" Shao Yunduan was furious and shouted, "You didn't take my words seriously and brought people to Fang Shuli to make a scene, smashed things, and robbed the keys and account books. Now you tell me that you have no other intentions!"
"Guanzhou Cheng, what if you have some intention? What will you do? Are you going to just snatch my official uniform and put it on yourself? Hmm!"
Guanzhou Cheng was shocked and panicked. "Sir Shao, I really don't mean anything else! I just think you wouldn't care about such a trivial matter as looking at the account book--"
"Why don't I care? A state's account book involves all the revenue and expenditure of the state's jurisdiction. It is such an important thing, but in your eyes it is just a trivial matter! Guan Zhoucheng, how did you become a state chief? Don't you even have this little common sense?"
Guanzhou Cheng’s eyes went dark!
He managed to hold on without collapsing, and said in a hoarse voice, "Sir, I didn't think anything at first... It was the clerk Fang who spoke so harshly, and he kept talking... I don't know why I became like that... Please understand me, sir!"
"I have absolutely no intention of disrespecting you, sir!"
Shao Yunduan said coldly, "It doesn't matter whether it happened or not. What matters is that you have done it. Guanzhou Cheng, I am the parent official of Anzezhou. I don't care what happened in the past, and it has nothing to do with me. But as long as I am the governor for one day, I have to follow my rules! I have reminded you many times, but it seems that you don't take my words seriously at all. You are sure that I can't do anything to you, right?"
"I dare not!"
"What are you afraid of? You dare to frame Fang Shuli in front of me! There were so many people present at the time. If I had interrogated them one by one, do you think I wouldn't be able to find out the truth? Do you think you can fool them with just a few words?"
(End of this chapter)
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