Chapter 226 Handing over the roster
When he saw the content again, his face suddenly became furious.
"It turns out that the prince was really harmed by them!"
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As soon as Magistrate Liu entered the room, he saw Fugui, the personal servant of Prince Zhou, sitting on a wooden chair.
He felt a little relieved.
"Lord Liu, how are you?" Fugui greeted with a smile.
Prefect Liu's face froze slightly, and he smiled and replied, "Okay, okay. Is Prince Zhou feeling any better?"
Fugui smiled, avoided talking about it, and took out a letter: "This is the letter that the prince wrote specially because he was afraid that you would not believe it. After reading it, you should be able to tell me with confidence."
Sure enough, after reading the contents of the letter, Magistrate Liu felt much more relieved.
If the prince wants to go back on his word, then this letter will be evidence of his collusion with the human traffickers.
Such an important thing must be kept safe.
The room fell silent for a moment.
Magistrate Liu clenched his fists, and seeing that the two men were silent, his heart beat faster and faster.
"Lord Liu, if you don't speak, we will leave." Zhu Mingqing suddenly said.
Magistrate Liu quickly said, "No, let me think about it again."
After saying this, Zhu Mingqing and Fugui immediately stood up and prepared to go out.
"Wait!" Prefect Liu appointed, and finally said: "This is what you want."
He handed the things directly to Fugui, but his eyes fell on Zhu Mingqing, and a smile appeared on his face: "Madam Zhu, from now on in Guancheng, we are people in the same boat."
Zhu Mingqing didn't have time to pay attention to him. Instead, he and Fugui read the information on the paper, and finally they looked at each other.
The explanation is not complete.
Zhu Mingqing remained silent. Fugui said with a smile, "Master Liu, please rest assured. The prince is a man of his word and will not let this matter implicate you."
Perhaps because he finally found a backer, Governor Liu's mood suddenly improved.
"I have ordered a table of food and wine at Huaxianglou. Today we will..."
Zhu Mingqing stood up and said, "I have something else to do at home, so I'll leave today."
Fugui received Madam Zhu's gaze and smiled, "If Master Liu doesn't mind, I will definitely accompany you to eat and drink well today."
As he watched Zhu Mingqing leave, the smile on Governor Liu's face gradually faded.
A slave also wants to eat with him?
Do you think too highly of yourself?
He smirked and said, "I'll stop here today. I suddenly remembered that I have something to do at the government office."
"Hey!" Fugui ignored his subtle expression and said respectfully, "Goodbye, sir!"
After Magistrate Liu left Huaxiang Tower, Zhu Mingqing returned to the room he had just been in.
"Madam, where did these two letters come from?" Fugui took the letter that Madam Zhu had given him and shook it. "Of course, I'm not questioning you, Madam. I just want to make sure everything is safe."
Zhu Mingqing nodded: "It came from Prefect Liu's residence. I asked someone to intercept it on the road."
Fugui put the letter away and said, "I will leave a copy of this register in the city. If something happens to me on the way, I hope Madam will hand it over to the prince."
Zhu Mingqing frowned: "Why do you say that?"
Fugui smiled and said, "Just in case, I hope it's just a little bit of suspicion."
Zhu Mingqing asked Wu Xing to call a few people, and then said to Fugui: "I will send a few people to accompany you on the journey."
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"Sir, the rich and powerful people around Prince Zhou have already left the city." The housekeeper said respectfully.
Magistrate Liu nodded and said in a deep voice, "Is it arranged?"
With Mrs. Zhu as witness, he had handed all the things over to Fugui.
Make one last effort. If the other party escapes safely, it must be God's will!
Outside the city.
Fugui looked at the more than thirty guards behind him and his mouth twitched slightly.
But after all, it was Madam Zhu's good intention, especially since she had something the prince wanted, so it wouldn't be too much to be more rigorous.
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It was the next day when the news of Fugui's safe return to the city reached Guancheng again.
Magistrate Liu sighed.
It seems that the other party is indeed well prepared.
"Sir, do we want to go to Guancheng?" the butler asked tentatively.
"Don't worry about it, just leave it like this." Magistrate Liu waved his hand. Now he was in a state of being a fish at the mercy of others.
Even if I don't agree to Prince Zhou, I will be the one who dies if I try my best.
"Mrs. Zhu, what have you been doing recently?
he asked suddenly.
The housekeeper thought of the news from Luo's house and looked confused: "It seems that they are preparing to open a school and are reportedly recruiting teachers."
Prefect Liu's attention was instantly diverted: "Open a school?"
The housekeeper nodded: "Yes, do you need me to check it out?"
Prefect Liu paused and said, "Go and see what the Luo family is doing now."
Now he dared not look down on this family.
So what if he was demoted? He can still thrive in the border city. If he also ends up in that border area, he will definitely be worse than the other party.
If you can avoid being an enemy, then don’t be one.
Plan first and make decisions. Knowing what the other party is doing will also facilitate his next plan.
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Luo's house.
Fen Tao entered the room and reported: "Madam, only the Fourth Master is left."
Zhu Mingqing took the test paper in his hand, found the one for his fourth brother, and said as he looked at it, "Let him in."
The test paper was prepared by Zhu Mingqing, and the main content was arithmetic. After all, since these people were able to pass the examination to become scholars, she definitely didn't have to worry about the Four Books and Five Classics.
If we want to develop, we still lack talents in agriculture, medicine, science and engineering, especially the latter.
"Sister-in-law."
When Luo Wen'an approached and saw the test papers in his sister-in-law's hand, he looked a little nervous.
Zhu Mingqing raised his head slightly and said, "Sit down."
She put down the test paper and asked, "I'm not interested in those articles, but you have good arithmetic skills. If I asked you to teach students arithmetic, would you be able to do it?"
Luo Wen'an nodded: "I can do it."
"Don't worry." Zhu Mingqing took out another book that had Arabic numerals written on it, along with arithmetic rules for addition and subtraction and a multiplication table. "Take a look at this first."
Luo Wen'an saw the strange symbols on the book, frowned, flipped through a few pages, and asked in confusion, "What is this?"
Zhu Mingqing explained with a smile: "The first row of numbers is the abbreviation of the common numbers one to ten..."
Next, she explained the basic modern arithmetic rules in the simplest language.
Luo Wen'an did have some ability in arithmetic, and he understood most of it after listening to it only once.
His eyes lit up slightly: "Sister-in-law, did you write this set of rules?"
Zhu Mingqing smiled and shook his head: "No, I don't have that ability yet. Let's not talk about that. You should familiarize yourself with this set of arithmetic rules as soon as possible so that you can teach students later."
Luo Wen'an nodded heavily. He had never seen this set of books before. Although his sister-in-law denied it, she was very familiar with the entire arithmetic rules.
If it was discovered by someone else, it would have been reported to the court long ago to gain fame and honor.
"Sister-in-law, if other people learn this, will it have any impact on you?" Luo Wen'an felt doubtful when he thought that his sister-in-law was going to teach others this set of rules in school.
"Just learn it, it's not something very important." Zhu Mingqing didn't care. Even if outsiders knew about it, it wouldn't have much impact on the current situation.
But there are really few talents in science and engineering.
After seeing Luo Wen'an off, Zhu Mingqing suddenly asked, "Is the custom of making elixirs still popular in this dynasty?"
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