Wu Tang Flourishing age

"Why do you want to see me?"

Li Luoyang couldn't eat the last bowl of rice. Originally, he had no opinion about the Liao family, but he learned from Zhu donghekou that the Liao family made a fortune by trafficking in human beings, which greatly affected Li Luoyang's view of the Liao family, or at least tended to be dissatisfied.

However, Li Bai didn't know Li Luoyang's mind, so he was curious about Li Luoyang's dissatisfaction. "It was you who found that there was a problem with Zhu Donghe and led the snake out of the cave that brought the case to light in the Liao family courtyard. It's nothing that the Liao family wanted to see you, the prodigy?"

"Well, it's nothing now?"

"I can't keep the county magistrate waiting." Li Bai rubbed his hands, obviously unable to wait.

It has been said that for this reason, Li Luoyang can't even look at it. Let's go and have a look. Li Luoyang is really curious about human traffickers in this era.

As Li Bai and Li Luoyang, of course, there is no sedan chair to sit on. They are also poor and can't afford to buy horses. They are walking on the snow. Li Luoyang asked about the Liao family on the way.

"The Liao family, in fact, I don't know very well." Li Bai's opening remarks were disappointing, but at least he was also an old official who had worked in the Yamen for many years. Even if he chatted with Li Luoyang, he was very measured. He was not sure that he would never say anything without verification.

Therefore, most of the information about the Liao family from Li Bai's mouth is quite positive. For example, how the Liao family is charitable, builds bridges and paves roads, and opens porridge shops during famine years.

"That's all?"

"As I said, I don't know much about the Liao family. These are just what I know. Why, what have you heard?"

Li Luoyang shook his head. He didn't know what kind of psychology he was out of. He didn't want to expose Zhu Donghe. So even if Li Bai's eyes were full of doubts, Li Luoyang pretended not to see it until they walked into the county yamen.

Liu Ting and Lord Liu are very excited today. For him, these days should be good. First of all, the outstanding case left over from taking office has finally come to an end. Although Zhu Donghe has not been caught, the case has become clear. Even the folded pieces about locating Zhu Donghe as the wanted imperial prisoner of the imperial court have been sent away. Only after the Ministry of punishment approves it, the case in Liao's courtyard will be finished. As for when Zhu Donghe, the murderer, is not Liu Ting's responsibility.

Liu Ting didn't expect the sudden visit of the Liao family. Although the Liao family is only a merchant's home, the social status of businessmen has not been as low as in name since the development of the Wu Zhou Dynasty. Driven by the magic of money, even the imperial court officials on the main political side can't maximize their political achievements without the support of local big families.

Although Liu Ting didn't have any contact with the Liao family in the past, when he saw Lord Ma's handwriting, he regarded the Liao family as the most important VIP reception without him, because Lord Ma was Liu Ting's vertical leader and the governor of Fuzhou, where Anning county is located.

A simple analogy is that Liu Ting is the Secretary of the county Party committee and concurrently the county magistrate, while adult Ma, who wrote a letter of introduction to the Liao family, is the Secretary of the municipal Party committee and mayor of the city where Anning county is located. Of course, Liu Ting should pay attention to it, and adult Ma clearly mentioned in his letter that he and the Liao family are "friends and relatives", hoping that Liu Ting can "take care of everything" and "everything is appropriate", so that he will "never forget today", In the future, there will be a "later report" when evaluating Liu Ting.

In addition to the impact of Kaima's handwritten letter on Liu Ting, the Liao family is also very helpful. At the beginning of the meeting, the two sides sent Liu Ting some "local specialties", but the thickness of the stack of silver tickets has made Liu Tinghua angry.

"Luoyang, I'm waiting for you. What are you doing standing at the door? Hurry in, hurry in."

Poor Li Bai, he's sweating on his forehead after this trip in winter. Unfortunately, Liu Ting turns a blind eye to him and doesn't even mean to let him enter the side hall to have a cup of tea.

Li Luoyang watched Li Boshan retreat. He couldn't help feeling a little sad. Here is the cruelty of the real world.

"This is the prodigy Li Luoyang?"

"You are really a talent. No wonder you can solve my outstanding case!"

"Isn't it? Come on, let's thank little brother Li for his great kindness. If the little brother is not as sharp as a torch, we're afraid that the great hatred of the Liao family can be rewarded in any year and month. Don't be humble, little brother. Please accept me!"

As soon as Li Luoyang walked into the side hall, he saw three men dressed up by merchants. The oldest one was the one with wrinkles on the national character face. His eyes were slightly turbid, his lips were blue and purple, his cheeks were slightly swollen, and his body was very weak. However, this person is the first person on this trip, and his status is not low compared with even in the Liao family.

It was he who asked Li Luoyang to accept them. The other two young Liao families struggled slightly in their eyes, but they were soon stopped by the leader and bowed respectfully to Li Luoyang.

Li Luoyang is not modest about this. In fact, he can stand it.

But Liu Ting was a little jealous when he watched. The Liao family is rich and has a deep background in the house. If Li Luoyang has a relationship with the Liao family, it seems that Li Luoyang's own background is not bad. Thinking of this, Liu Ting smiled again. He felt that he had really good luck recently, and this good luck began after Li Luoyang came to the county. In this way, Li Luoyang should be the lucky star he hit. No, it should be the noble man he hit.

The more he thinks so, the more Liu Ting thinks Li Luoyang is important, and the more he thinks Li Luoyang is important, the less he cares about Li Luoyang's rudeness.

"All guests, all distinguished guests, come on, serve tea, serve tea."

"I'm Liao Linqing. If my little brother comes to changyuefu in the future, he must tell me that we Liao family will also be the host of the Liao family."

"Thank you very much. If you have a chance in the future, you will come to the door and complain." Li Luoyang responded like a stream, and the silk in the greeting did not reveal the youth's nature, so Liao Linqing and Liu Tinggao took a look.

"There's one more thing I want to discuss with you, little brother."

As the saying goes, when the two sides exchanged greetings, Li Luoyang had expectations. After all, it was only about the case. In fact, Li Luoyang didn't need to come here in person. If the Liao family was really grateful, shouldn't they go to the door to thank them? It seems unreasonable to invite someone to the county government to say thank you.

"Liao Weng, but it doesn't hurt."

"Oh, in fact, it's not a small matter. According to the county magistrate, Zhu Donghe fled with injuries. Now he's gone."

"Yes."

Li Luoyang nodded and said, "I know where Zhudong river is, but I won't tell you. Why, bite me!"

"I heard again that the only granddaughter of Zhu Donghe is now in the hands of my little brother?"

"You mean Zhu Ying? She's still a child and she's less than six years old." Li Luoyang frowned slightly. Now he guessed what the Liao family were up to. A rich man like the Liao family always has the illusion that "money is omnipotent". In those years, their owner and mother died in Anning County, making it a joke to return home with clothes and gold. This is a very humiliating thing.

It is said that scholars love face. In fact, the rich love face more. The Liao family doesn't know how much they want to get back this face. Now they finally have some clues, and they must be reluctant to relax.

If you can't find Zhu Donghe, start with Zhu Ying. Anyway, as long as the Yamen opens one eye and closes one eye, who cares about the end of a murderer's granddaughter?

"But her grandfather killed my grandfather, she should die!"

Before Liao Linqing spoke, the young man sitting next to him couldn't help roaring.