Chapter 735: Borrowing a Knife to Kill 4
Bai Shan's eyes widened, then turned to look at Man Bao.
Manbao was also shocked, and realized belatedly that they had unknowingly become a knife in the hands of County Magistrate Tang.
Bai Erlang scratched his head and couldn't help asking, "Farmers transporting grain and seeds were robbed? Why does it sound so familiar to me?"
Bai Shan patted his head and said, "That doesn't sound familiar to you at all."
Manbao picked up a piece of dessert from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, saying, "This dessert is delicious, eat it quickly."
Bai Jilang: ...Huh, that’s what he said. Why does it sound so familiar? Because it’s Zhou Silang!
Bai Erlang angrily bit off the snack in his mouth, glanced at his two little friends, and then concentrated on eating the snack.
Wei Ting and the others didn't care. After filling everyone's tea, they smiled and said, "Anyway, Chang Changshi is gone, and we're all happy. Come, let's toast with tea instead of wine."
"Why don't we just crawl out and have a good meal? It's my treat. Let's go to Ganxianglou!"
Everyone turned their heads and looked at the wall not far away.
Manbao refused, "I just crawled in."
Wei Ting advised, "You can't read any more now, so why not come with us? It would be a shame not to celebrate such a good thing."
Manbao:...She has no grudge against Chang Changshi.
Bai Shan put down his teacup and said, "Let's go together."
Wei Ting was surprised and said quickly: "Look, even Bai Shan went there. It would be bad if you didn't go."
Bai Erlang also leaned close to her ear and said, "I want to eat Ganxianglou's food, too."
Manbao nodded and said, "Okay."
Wei Ting and others immediately rolled up their sleeves and stood up without collecting their things. They just said, "You step on my shoulders and I will step on your shoulders to crawl out."
It’s just that they had just eaten a lot, and it might be a bit heavy, so they tried for a long time but couldn’t climb up the wall.
Bai Erlang looked at them with disdain and demonstrated to them what it meant to run and climb the wall.
Everyone looked up at him blankly.
Bai Erlang sat astride the wall, raised his chin proudly at them and said, "Come on, I'll pull you up."
Bai Shan watched Bai Erlang struggling to pull a ladder up the wall. After a long silence, he looked at Man Bao and said, "I remember we have a ladder."
Manbao nodded, "Yes, it's there. I don't know if they want it."
The two men found the apricot tree and moved out the wooden ladder hidden there. Wei Ting and others were stunned when they saw it.
"You, when did you prepare this thing?"
Manbao put the ladder on the wall and said, "I've always had it, but I just don't use it much. I'm giving it to you."
Anyway, they can climb in and out by themselves now, so they don't need the ladder at all, but it would be a bit troublesome to bring it back.
Wei Ting and others: ...
They climbed up the wall with a ladder, jumped down, then sneaked out, rented two cars, and went to Ganxianglou together.
Daji silently followed behind with the empty carriage. He didn't quite understand why his young master had to climb the wall when he could just walk out of the main gate.
Bai Shan was also confused. "Your family is in Yizhou City. Those who are not in Yizhou City also have other courtyards here. Why does your family insist on letting you live in the school?"
Wei Ting sighed, "My father always thinks that I'll get into trouble if I leave the prefectural academy. So since Ji Hao's accident, he wants to keep me in the academy even on holidays."
Others also said, "They always like to worry about things that are beyond their control. Do we look like the ones who are causing trouble?"
Manbao and Bai Erlang glanced at them and nodded together, "Looks like it!"
Wei Ting and others: ...
Bai Shan said, "You can use the ladder, but if you are caught later, you must not betray us."
Wei Ting said it was no problem and asked, "Are we such disloyal people?"
"That's right, don't worry. You see, we've been arrested by the master many times before, but we never betrayed Zhou Man and Bai Er."
Manbao said insincerely, "Thank you very much."
Everyone laughed and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome."
When we arrived at Ganxianglou, the classmate who said he would treat us waved his hand, and everyone rushed in and occupied a very large private room, and then ordered all kinds of delicious dishes that we liked.
A group of young people were making a lot of noise in the private room, and it was difficult for County Magistrate Tang next door to pretend not to hear.
He heard a familiar voice and vaguely heard some familiar words, so he looked at his attendant and asked, "Is the prefectural school closed today?"
"Your Excellency, today is only the seventh day of the lunar year. It's not a day off yet."
"Then why did I hear Wei Ting's voice? I remember he lives in the school, right?"
The attendant bowed and left, but after a moment he came back and said, "Next door are the young masters of the government school. Master Bai and Miss Zhou are also inside."
County Magistrate Tang guessed something and said, "Send someone to the prefectural school and tell them that they saw a few students attending school in Ganxiang Tower."
The follower responded and left.
County Magistrate Yang, who was sitting opposite him, blew on the tea in his cup and said calmly, "You are really mean. They just made a little noise, didn't they?"
County Magistrate Tang said, "It's not good to be too noisy."
County Magistrate Yang sneered, "You were noisy enough when you were studying. Did you skip classes less often?"
County Magistrate Tang coughed lightly and said, "Nonsense! When have I ever done anything like that?"
County Magistrate Yang snorted.
County Magistrate Tang knocked on the table and asked, "You didn't come all the way from Luojiang County just to catch up with me, did you? Let me be clear, I don't have any old friendships to discuss with you."
Magistrate Yang put down his teacup and said, "We are not reminiscing about the past, we are discussing our grudges."
County Magistrate Yang asked, "What grudge do I have against you? Why are you trying to bring the disaster of your Yizhou City to our Luojiang County?"
"What kind of trouble?" County Magistrate Tang denied it. "If they were trouble, you could have just gotten rid of them. But you've settled them in well, and they're going to be settled and working in peace and contentment at the start of the new year. In two years, that'll be considered a political achievement. How can that be considered a trouble?"
Magistrate Yang snorted, "I didn't know you were going to oppose the King of Yizhou. Otherwise, I'd have to wait and see if I could stop causing all this trouble. Do you know how many letters I've received from the capital these past two days cursing me?"
County Magistrate Tang said nothing.
County Magistrate Yang frowned, "Tang He, I'm different from you. I can't get involved with the King of Yizhou, no matter if it's for the good or the evil..."
As a result, he robbed the refugees in Yizhou City, and Tang He reported them to Chang Changshi of the Yizhou Palace and had them dragged down.
Who doesn't know that the people in the Yizhou Palace are targeting those refugees, wanting to recruit them for their own use at the lowest cost?
Who doesn’t know that he has a good relationship with Tang He?
Before and after this, not only the people in the capital, but even the servants and advisors around him felt that it was something he and Tang He had discussed and done.
Yang Heshu was about to die unjustly.
County Magistrate Tang felt guilty for a moment, then quickly explained, "Changbo, this matter is not my fault. I did let the refugees go, but it was not me who started it. It was your kid next door who instigated it."
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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