Chapter 550 Everyone is busy
Those who were drinking and eating like Mr. Zhuang and his friends were not in as good a mood as them. Li Erlang was invited to the governor's house, and in less than two quarters of an hour, the King of Yizhou arrived.
Then he moved to the residence of the King of Yizhou. Their dinner was a banquet. Everyone ate, drank, and enjoyed singing and dancing.
The King of Yizhou was very humble and worried about Li Erlang's safety. "My royal brother only brought cousin Gong with him. What if something happened along the way..."
Li Erlang waved his hand and said with a smile, "Fifth brother, don't worry. The people of our Great Jin are now safe and sound. This is also your fiefdom. What do I have to be afraid of?"
The King of Yizhou smiled and said, "That's right. My Royal Brother rarely leaves the capital, so you should stay in Yizhou for a few more days. There are several places in Yizhou that are very interesting."
Li Erlang smiled and replied "Okay".
Both sides were talking and laughing, but after the banquet, they each went to talk to their confidants.
The bearded middle-aged man who had been following Li Erlang followed him into the house and reported in a low voice, "Your Majesty, we have swept away all the traces that could be swept away, but there's no guarantee that he won't be able to find out."
Li Erlang waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Just find out what you want. We're just talking to some local people and traveling merchants. There's nothing to hide."
Li Gong responded in a low voice, "We've cleared away all traces of Zhuang Xun's actions, but you and those three children stayed in the restaurant for a long time that day. Even though our people have warned you, there might still be some that slipped through the net."
Li Erlang thought for a moment and said, "Just have someone keep an eye on them. They're just a few kids, Wulang might not do anything."
Li Gong agreed, "The Shenwu Army is now on standby outside Yizhou City."
Li Erlang sighed, and Li Gong understood what he meant.
"Before I came here, my mother specifically asked me to take good care of Wulang. But after all this journey, I think if I continue to take care of him, I'm afraid the people of Yizhou will have no chance of survival."
Li Gong frowned.
"Those three kids' words weren't pleasant to hear, but they made perfect sense. Yizhou was hit by a flood, and the imperial court not only exempted taxes for three years but also allocated grain for relief. Yet, you can see there are still many refugees inside and outside Yizhou, and grain prices are still sky-high." Li Erlang was a little angry. "Yizhou is his fiefdom!"
"Your Majesty, you also said that the officials inside and outside Yizhou were all appointed by the imperial court. In my opinion, it is Zhang Shide who has not done a good job. Jiannan Road is under his jurisdiction, but the situation in Mianzhou is much better."
"Hmph, how much better is Mianzhou?" Li Erlang said angrily. "Only Luojiang County is stronger, but Luojiang County is originally a lower county. Is the disaster in Yizhou due to Zhang Shide's incompetence, or is he capable but unable to do anything? I think we need to investigate further."
When Li Gong saw that he used his own name, he knew that he was really angry and did not dare to persuade him anymore.
Their emperor was very proud and respectful to others. He was usually very friendly with others and liked to be called Erlang when he went out. Even in the palace, he always referred to himself as "I" when talking to his close ministers. He only used "I" when he was angry or needed to be majestic.
Li Gong withdrew, and Gu Zhongze, who was guarding outside, led people in to bring in hot water. He lowered his head and said softly, "Your Majesty, wash up and rest."
Li Erlang responded softly.
In a courtyard not particularly far away, the King of Yizhou asked gloomily, "Have you found out?"
"I found out. He said he had dinner with five people, three of whom looked like teenagers. It seems they met him on the road. He asked him about the situation in Yizhou in the private room."
The King of Yizhou asked, "Where are the people?"
"No. Along the way, the emperor came into contact with many people, but they were all casual contacts. Once those people blended into the crowd, it would be difficult to find them. Moreover, it seems that someone was deliberately erasing their traces."
"So you don't know what they said?"
The confidant bowed his head.
The King of Yizhou picked up the teacup on the table and was about to smash it, but he remembered that there was an emperor living not far away. With that annoying person around, he obviously could not be as comfortable as he was in his own home before. He could not smash the cup whenever he wanted, nor could he hit anyone he wanted as before.
He took a deep breath, put the teacup heavily on the table, and said with a gloomy face: "Go and check again, and be gentle. If they find out again, you won't have to come back to see me."
He gave the order, but his anger was still there. He said in a deep voice, "It's useless to keep you. The emperor was strolling around Yizhou City for two days before you knew about it. Next time, will you find out that the Shenwu Army has arrived in Yizhou City only after my Yizhou Palace is surrounded by the Shenwu Army?"
The confidant knelt on the ground, sweating profusely.
"Get out."
The confidant immediately lowered his head and stepped back, gently closing the door and sighed in his heart. With so many people coming in and out of Yizhou City every day and the emperor being so low-key, who would have known that the emperor was among the five people entering the city?
In fact, he felt that they were already very powerful. They were able to find the emperor in the vast crowd, and they also planned to have Lord Zhang meet the emperor by chance and expose his identity.
However, he could only bury this thought in his heart and he didn't dare to say it out loud.
He could only sigh and turn around to get busy.
There are thousands of reasons to be busy, but the state of busy people is the same. County Magistrate Tang is also very busy now. After dinner, he declined his wife's invitation to watch the moon together. He returned to his study with a bald head and continued to deal with official documents.
Then I have to deal with my own mail.
Letters from home, from friends and family, and from classmates...
County Magistrate Tang threw all the unimportant letters aside, took out Yang Heshu's from the pile of letters, unfolded it and took a look.
He spread out the paper and was about to write a reply, but then he remembered that he would go see the friend that Yang Heshu mentioned tomorrow, so he put down his pen and thought, forget it, he would probably reply after meeting the person tomorrow.
County Magistrate Tang put away Yang Heshu's letter. Mrs. Tang came in with a bowl of soup and said with a gentle smile, "Have a bowl of soup after you're done with your work. Look at you too. You're busy even though you're going to take a day off tomorrow."
She placed the bowl in front of him and said softly, "When you're free tomorrow, let's go out for an outing and fly kites together."
"I'm busy tomorrow," County Magistrate Tang said, taking the bowl. "I have to visit a gentleman on Kangxue Street tomorrow, so I'm afraid I won't be able to spare the whole day."
Hearing this, Mrs. Tang reached out and took the bowl from him, her face stern. "This soup is a little cold. You'd better not drink it. Eating too much at night will easily cause indigestion. You should go to sleep."
After saying that, he took the soup and left.
County Magistrate Tang watched her take the bowl away, retracted his outstretched hand, sighed, got up and went back to the house to rest.
County Magistrate Tang, who had sacrificed his rest time, took a carriage to Kangxue Street early in the morning. He got off the carriage at the entrance of the alley and walked forward. When he stood outside the yard, he heard the sound of reading inside. He couldn't help but stop and listen for a long time.
The next chapter will be around 10:30 pm
(End of this chapter)
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