Chapter 351 Captain Liang Zhou
"Mingcaotang" is the largest teahouse in Yunzhou City. At this moment, two figures, one in blue and one in white, are sitting by the window on the second floor of Mingcaotang.
"Brother Liang Zhou, things...are roughly like this.
The Ning'an Marquis's Mansion is also involved with the Prince of Zhenbei, and even my father can't do anything about it, so I specially invited you here.
You have a lot of ideas, do you have any good solutions?"
Ding Xiaoqiu, dressed in a white brocade robe, sat upright, holding a teacup in both hands, looking eagerly at Liang Zhou opposite him.
Even though the other party was already the magistrate of Yingcang County in Yunzhou, he still felt it was easier to call him "senior brother".
The sunlight shone in from the window and fell on the dark blue satin on Liang Zhou's body, making it sparkle.
Liang Zhou still looked a bit lazy as before, leaning sideways in the chair, with one corner of his mouth slightly raised, smiling a little cynically.
His slender fingers tapped the armrests lightly, and after a while he spoke:
“I have also heard about what happened in the Ning’an Marquis’ Mansion in Yingcang County.
But this is Jiayu County after all, and it’s not under my jurisdiction.
Why didn't you ask the Magistrate of Jiayu County for help, and dragged me all the way here...?"
"Brother Liang Zhou, besides my father, you are the one I trust the most in the entire Yunzhou."
Liang Zhou met Ding Xiaoqiu's eager gaze and finally laughed.
This guy…he’s obviously bigger than me now, but why is his eyes still the same as before?
He kept smiling and said after a moment's silence:
"Your father was transferred from Lingnan and has no roots in Yunzhou. Now that he has decided to make trouble for the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion, you must be careful in everything.
After all, Jiayu County is the seat of Yunzhou government. As far as I know, the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion behaves relatively restrained here, but it is a different story outside the city.
I have also followed the cases of several tea merchants. In the end, all of those tea merchants lost their families and lives, but in the end, the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion was never blamed.
So... this Ning Anbo family is not stupid. "
"I know." Ding Xiaoqiu sighed, "If it's easy to solve, I won't bother you."
Liang Zhou: "This matter needs to be considered carefully. I am afraid I will have to stay here for a while... but there will be a very serious problem."
Ding Xiaoqiu nodded.
"Indeed, you still have a lot of government affairs to deal with in Yingcang County..."
“That’s not a problem.”
"Ah?" Ding Xiaoqiu looked up in confusion.
“A good leader, like a captain of a ship, does not need to be busy from morning till night.”
"The captain's job is to keep the ship on track. If a nail is missing or a crew member breaks a bowl, and if we have to deal with these small matters one by one..."
"It's easy for a boat to go off the track."
Liang Zhou faced the sunlight, played with the celadon teacup in his hand, and spoke leisurely.
"In the yamen there are legal advisors and yamen runners.
When you have established a complete set of operating rules for the government office, it makes no difference whether you are there or not.
Everyone just needs to follow the rules.”
Ding Xiaoqiu was stunned for a moment and subconsciously wanted to take out a pen and paper to write it down and show it to his father when he got back.
But I didn't touch it, so I had to give up.
He was a little curious, "Others are new officials who start their work by doing a lot of work, building this and that, hoping to make their achievements look better."
"Brother Liang Zhou, you don't seem to be working hard enough."
"…I mean, it looks like that."
Liang Zhou yawned, "People don't necessarily like officials who like to make trouble."
"But you are right about one thing."
Liang Zhou smiled at Ding Xiaoqiu, revealing two rows of white teeth.
“I really don’t want to try.”
"I just want the people on my ship to eat well, sleep well, have fun and live a good life.
I just want to make sure my ship sails steadily and don't want to cause any big storms.
It’s easy to get seasick.”
Nowadays, most of his friends are in high positions, but Liang Zhou thinks that being a county magistrate is not a bad idea.
Firstly, it brings freedom, and secondly, it brings us closer to the people, so we can do more practical things.
Ding Xiaoqiu nodded, not quite understanding.
But that doesn't matter.
What’s important is that ever since his father Ding Wangyuan was transferred to be the prefect of Yunzhou, he has been secretly investigating the affairs of the Ning’an Earl’s Mansion and has encountered considerable resistance.
The Ning'an Marquis' Mansion has been operating in Yunzhou for many years and has extensive influence.
Even the people in the government office sometimes feel uneasy when using it.
I have personally witnessed the abilities of Senior Brother Liang Zhou and his men in the academy. Only with their help can we redress the injustices of those who died unjustly!
"So... Senior Brother Liang Zhou, what difficulties are you talking about?" Ding Xiaoqiu sat up straight and listened.
It must be a very serious matter to make Senior Brother Liang Zhou so embarrassed.
"I..." Liang Zhou shrugged.
"I didn't bring enough money."
Ding Xiaoqiu: “Ah?”
Liang Zhou said frankly, "Really, I thought you wrote to me because you missed me, so I thought we could meet for a meal and chat for a while, and then go back."
"But if you want to investigate the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion, this matter will definitely not be resolved in a short time."
Ding Xiaoqiu breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought it was something...
After all, I am the prefect's son now. Isn't it just a matter of a word to arrange my food and accommodation?
Ding Xiaoqiu immediately agreed to let Liang Zhou move into the government office and live with him.
Back to the topic, Liang Zhou put down the teacup in his hand, and the nonchalant smile on his face finally faded a little.
"About the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion...tell me everything you know."
Ding Xiaoqiu was well prepared and began to tell Liang Zhou the story.
As he was talking about the personnel relationships in the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the bustling street downstairs and suddenly stopped talking midway.
"What's wrong?"
Liang Zhou was curious, so he followed his gaze and looked down, and immediately saw the bright red figure in the crowd.
"Oh, little princess, what a coincidence?"
Liang Zhou raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect to meet him by chance in Yunzhou City.
He stood up and prepared to shout to say hello to Murong Jing.
"Wait!" Ding Xiaoqiu just stood up, his face suddenly changed, and he grabbed Liang Zhou.
"Brother, look."
Liang Zhou looked down at the street again and noticed that there was someone following Murong Jing.
"What's wrong? Do you know that person?"
Ding Xiaoqiu looked a little more solemn and nodded slowly.
"He is the only son of Ning'an Earl Gongsun Duan whom I just mentioned to you - Gongsun Yushu."
"Oh?" Liang Zhou's expression flickered slightly, "...This is interesting."
Ding Xiaoqiu asked: "Shall we... go down again?"
Liang Zhou thought about it, shook his head slowly, and sat back in his chair, but his eyes remained on the two people downstairs.
"No hurry, take a look first."
Ding Xiaoqiu also sat back down.
He looked at Murong Jing and Gongsun Yushu downstairs, then looked at Liang Zhou who was holding his chin in front of him, and after a while he finally asked:
"Brother Liang Zhou, what are you looking at?"
Before Ding Xiaoqiu finished speaking, he heard a commotion coming from downstairs.
It sounds like someone is arguing.
The people walking on the street downstairs were all attracted by one direction and couldn't help but move over.
Even Murong Jing and Gongsun Yushu looked over there at the same time.
Ding Xiaoqiu was still stretching his neck, trying to see where the sound came from.
Liang Zhou, who was sitting opposite him, had already locked onto the location, and then his eyes slowly moved upwards, landing on the plaque above the heads of the two people who were arguing -
Yongye Tea House.
The smile on Liang Zhou's lips gradually became playful.
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