That night.
Zhao Lin held a banquet to welcome these people.
At the same time, Feng Siyuan also secretly summoned those who submitted their resignations to discuss countermeasures.
"Zhao Lin already suspected that the Bairi case was targeting him. Besides sending yamen runners to arrest the relevant personnel, he also secretly sent his own people. But he didn't do this behind my back. Do you think he is arrogant and thinks that I can't do anything even if I know, or does he trust me and have nothing to do with this matter?"
Feng Siyuan frowned and asked.
A former councilor immediately said, "Zhao Lin is not a fool. It's very simple. He looks down on you, sir, and thinks you are no threat to him. He even deliberately sent people to provoke you in front of you."
The former councilor also said, "That's what I mean. Although Zhao Lin is young, he's decisive and ruthless, and he doesn't trust anyone easily. Normally, this kind of thing would be done privately, but he did it in front of everyone, and he didn't even tell you, it's obvious that he looks down on you."
Others echoed this, saying that this was a provocation to Feng Siyuan.
"Sir, I think Zhao Lin is using this incident to establish his authority over you."
Experiencer Peng Zhang said, "Why don't we use this matter to confront Zhao Lin and let him know that even if he calls for help, Jiujiang Province is still yours and Zhao Lin has no say."
Feng Siyuan's mind moved, and he asked, "How do we compete?"
Peng Zhang said quickly, "Make sure he can't catch him. He's a governor, but he can't even catch a thief who raped a woman. If this gets out, how can he stay here with dignity? Those people will no longer trust him."
Feng Siyuan said thoughtfully, "That makes sense, but Zhao Lin sent both yamen runners and soldiers, clearly determined to arrest us. Even if County Magistrate Changyuan wanted to protect us, it would be useless. Besides, Zhao Lin arrested them all as well, knowing they would betray us if we were sent here."
Peng Zhang said, "Now it depends on whether you are ruthless or not."
Feng Siyuan asked, "How do you say it?"
Peng Zhang said, "If we can't find it, then we can't catch it, right?"
Feng Siyuan glanced at Peng Zhang and said, "Go on."
Peng Zhang's heart sank. "Kill the thief who abducted the woman and hide his body. Who can find him? As long as we can't find him, even if Zhao Lin brings the emperor here, it will be useless. He is simply incompetent!"
Someone immediately chimed in, "Expert Peng is right. That thief dared to abduct a woman and beat her husband to death. He deserves death. Your Excellency is doing this to eliminate this threat to the people. Otherwise, if Zhao Lin catches him and accepts his bribe and doesn't sentence him to death, wouldn't that be a disservice to the people of the entire province?"
"Yes, that's what we should do."
"Someone should be sent immediately."
Others echoed.
Feng Siyuan nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. Feng Xian, take this and go find someone and tell them to do it quickly."
Feng Siyuan took out a ring and handed it to the servant, who immediately took his orders and left.
"Zhao Lin, Zhao Lin, we had a pleasant cooperation, but you should never take my position. That would be fatal!" There was a murderous look in Feng Siyuan's eyes.
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"Qing'er, how is Zhao Lin treating you?"
Only after the banquet did Fu Wenqi have the opportunity to talk to Fu Liqing.
Fu Liqing smiled: "My husband is very good to me."
After a pause, she added, "Very good."
Fu Wenqi nodded and said, "Looking at you like this, I know it. I feel relieved too."
Fu Liqing asked, "How are Dad and Mom? Are they in good health?"
Fu Wenqi said, "Everything is fine, but they haven't seen you for a long time and they miss you terribly. Go back and see them when you have time."
Fu Liqing said with guilt: "It's my fault that I'm unfilial. I can't fulfill my filial duties to my parents, so I can only burden my brother and sister-in-law."
Fu Wenqi smiled and said, "It's a son's duty to be filial. How can you say it's tiring? Well, let's not talk about this anymore. Tell me about Zhao Lin. What has he done in Qingzhou..."
Fu Liqing picked out a few things Zhao Lin had done and talked about them. Fu Wenqi was surprised and said, "He actually reclaimed a million acres of farmland? Is there so much wasteland in Qingzhou?"
Fu Liqing said proudly, "Everywhere that can be reclaimed has been reclaimed. Not only that, he also dug ditches and canals, and repaired all the water conservancy facilities in Qingzhou. If you have time, you can go and see it for yourself. You will definitely be amazed."
Fu Wenqi said, "I'm already surprised. But these one million acres of land are both a blessing and a curse."
Fu Liqing said, "My husband knows, so he will wait until the first season of rice is harvested and then give it to Your Majesty as a birthday gift."
Fu Wenqi nodded repeatedly: "You did the right thing. There are gains and losses. Before he came, his father asked me to teach him, but now it seems that I have nothing to teach him. He is very mature in both the way of being an official and the way of being a human being. It's very good that you found such a husband. "
Fu Liqing was very happy to get the approval of his family.
"but……"
Fu Wenqi changed the subject and said, "He is standing on the side of the Crown Prince, which is a bit rash."
Fu Liqing sighed, "He and the Zhenbei Marquisate are at war to the death, so he has no choice but to side with the Crown Prince. Otherwise, Prince Yu will never let my husband go once he ascends the throne."
Fu Wenqi frowned slightly. "What kind of hatred is there between Zhao Lin and Prince Zhao that they would even say they're fighting to the death? Zhiyi doesn't want to say it, so just ask Zhao Lin. Tell me."
Fu Liqing shook her head and said, "I really can't tell you unless my husband tells you in person."
Fu Wenqi didn't ask any further questions and said, "Forget it. I'll ask him when he comes back."
The two siblings began to chat casually. Fu Wenqi talked about what he had seen and heard in the capital these days, and waited for Zhao Lin to come back after finishing his business.
Fu Wenqi got straight to the point and asked, "Zhao Lin, we're all family, so I won't beat around the bush. What's the grudge between you and the Zhenbei Marquisate that would make you choose to side with the Crown Prince?"
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