Chapter 356: Rare Goods
As night falls, the lights come on.
In Yunzhou City, an inconspicuous restaurant had its lights on. From a distance, it looked very ordinary.
On the eight-immortals table in the elegant room on the second floor, there were delicious dishes served on exquisite porcelain plates, which looked quite luxurious.
Gongsun Yushu pushed open the door of the private room, and County Magistrate Liao, who had been waiting inside, came forward hurriedly to greet him.
"It is my great honor that you, young master, have the honor to come here!"
At this moment, County Magistrate Liao's face was full of attentive smiles. Where was the slightest bit of the fairness and majesty he had during the day?
He carefully led Gongsun Yushu to the seat of honor and poured him tea himself, but his eyes drifted towards the door again.
After considering for a moment, County Magistrate Liao asked carefully: "Young Master, Princess Ning Yue..."
"The princess has something to do and is going back to camp. She won't be coming."
"oh……"
"But this is a little gift from the princess to Lord Liao." Gongsun Yushu opened a brocade box, inside was a valuable jade brush with a dragon pattern.
County Magistrate Liao's eyes, which had dimmed, lit up again, but not because of the Jade Dragon Patterned Brush, but because of -
The dignified Princess Ningyue actually sent something to me, this... how much she values me!
County Magistrate Liao was so excited that he took the brocade box with both hands very carefully. "How could this humble official deserve such a reward from the princess..."
"Lord Liao, your words are too polite." Gongsun Yushu smiled.
"You have also seen today that the relationship between the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion and the Zhenbei King is extraordinary. We and the princess are all family members, so Lord Liao is used to it."
County Magistrate Liao said yes repeatedly. He never expected that one day he would be able to cling to the big tree of King Zhenbei.
The two of them were talking but didn't pick up their chopsticks, as if they were waiting for someone.
It was not until footsteps were heard outside the door again that County Magistrate Liao got up and opened the door.
"Hahaha, I'm late. Please forgive me, Young Master and County Magistrate."
The person outside the door smiled and bowed to the two people inside.
It was Shopkeeper Zhou who was sentenced to imprisonment during the day.
Zhou Yang.
After a few pleasantries, the three of them sat down, and Zhou Yang diligently poured wine for County Magistrate Liao and Gongsun Yushu.
Gongsun Yushu smiled and said:
"Manager Zhou's performance in court today was flawless. I think it's a shame for someone like you to stay in business.
If you become an official, you will surely be very successful. "
"Oh my, oh my, young master, you really embarrassed me." Shopkeeper Zhou hurriedly offered him a glass of wine.
"Yunzhou City has a patron saint like Lord Liao and a figure like Young Master to keep it under control. I really admire him from the bottom of my heart.
If I can serve the Bo family for a while in this life, I will have no regrets in my life!"
Gongsun Yushu also picked up the wine glass and showed his withered right arm without any hesitation.
“What Manager Zhou said is… both right and wrong.
Do you know what happened to my arm?"
Zhou Yang immediately said, "Young Master, you are joking. Who doesn't know about Yunzhou City?"
"You have shed blood and blocked the knife for the prince.
If the young master had not entered the palace to replace the prince and protected the prince from the plague god's disaster... Please forgive me for saying this disrespectfully, but it is still unclear whether the prince would have grown up!
Your right arm has brought peace to the royal family and the country of Daliang. How glorious it is!"
"Haha, Manager Zhou, please be careful with your words." Gongsun Yushu said, but there was no blame in his tone.
After all, it's the truth.
He was born on the same day as the current crown prince and was sent to the palace as soon as he was born. He enjoyed the life of a prince for two years under the name "Yan Xiuyun".
It's a pity that I was just a child at that time and had no memory of the luxurious life in the palace. The sequelae of the plague - that is, this necrotic right arm - will accompany me for the rest of my life.
His father, Gongsun Duan, used to be just a farmer in the suburbs of Beijing. Because of his entry into the palace, the Gongsun family prospered and became the current Ning'an Marquis' Mansion.
The safety and health of the current prince was gained by sacrificing an arm, and he owes it to himself.
The wealth and glory you have today are what you deserve.
"Young Master, I am new to the official career and have little experience. I am far away in Yunzhou and I am not very clear about many things in the court. Could you please help me to clear up my confusion?" County Magistrate Liao asked, raising his glass.
"Master Liao, you may ask as much as you like."
"Since the young master has done a favor to the crown prince, I believe the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion and the Eastern Palace should also be closer.
But I heard that the current Crown Prince and the Third Prince are not on good terms, and the King of Zhenbei and the Third Prince are a family..."
"Haha, Lord Liao wants to ask, the Prince of Zhenbei and the Earl of Ning'an each serve their own masters, so how can the two families be on good terms?" Gongsun Yushu said with a smile.
County Magistrate Liao nodded.
He had just arrived in Yunzhou and had taken office. He only knew that the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion had some dealings with the Prince of Zhenbei, but he had not expected that the relationship between the two families was so close.
Even Princess Ningyue is on friendly terms with Gongsun Yushu.
As the magistrate of Jiayu County, he could not afford to offend these forces. If he did not sort out the relationship between them, he would not be able to be a county magistrate.
"The reason is very simple." Gongsun Yushu said slowly, "Everything in this world, to put it bluntly, is just one word: 'profit'. For the tea-horse trade, the King of Zhenbei needs our Earl's Mansion."
"Move when it is beneficial, and stop when it is not."
Gongsun Yushu said this and glanced at Zhou Yang.
"This is also the reason why the three of us can sit here today."
County Magistrate Liao nodded thoughtfully, but the confusion in his eyes had not completely disappeared.
"Of course, there is a more important point. The Third Prince——"
Gongsun Yushu raised the wine glass in his hand to his eyes and looked at it carefully, and the smile on the corners of his mouth suddenly deepened.
"He has to listen to me."
The other two were shocked when they heard this.
County Magistrate Liao asked anxiously, "Could it be that... he has some leverage over me, young master?"
The smile on Gongsun Yushu's face remained unchanged, but his eyes were now a little dangerous.
"Lord Liao is quite curious."
"No, no, no, it's not serious." County Magistrate Liao was met with Gongsun Yushu's eyes and hurriedly explained, not daring to ask any more questions.
Gongsun Yushu gently put down his wine glass, quite satisfied with County Magistrate Liao's understanding.
When he thought of the news he received a few months ago, he couldn't contain his excitement.
With this information in hand, the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion can easily maneuver between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince and gain the favor of both sides.
Even... it can influence the situation of the fight between two people.
When I thought about such a big country and such a high position of crown prince... I thought that it could be controlled by me.
Just thinking about it made him tremble with excitement!
However, at the moment, he had no intention of taking this news to negotiate terms with the Crown Prince or the Third Prince.
Rare goods are valuable, so he has to wait a little longer.
When the two of them are fighting to the death and their lives are hanging by a thread, I will throw this life-saving straw.
They will be willing to give up everything in exchange.
Gongsun Yushu raised his head and drank a glass of wine, feeling extremely refreshed.
(ps. Sorry, sorry, I posted late today! I haven’t set up internet at home yet, and my phone was almost disconnected. I just crawled back from the brink of losing connection.)
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