Man Bao lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Let's go, I will pick up Erniang An myself."
Shopkeeper Zheng Da hurriedly got up, "Do you want to call An's family together?"
Man Bao let out a "huh".
An's family is a drug dealer, and their business is not very big, but they are also well-known in Luoyang City.
Shopkeeper Zheng Da arrived in Luoyang before he had time to find the other party. Now he came to the door, and An's family followed them to the county government without saying a word.
They glanced at the green cloth cart following behind, which had the emblem of Prince Gong's Mansion on it, "Is that... Da Lang's teacher?"
"Yes," shopkeeper Zheng Da led them to meet Zhou Man.
Man Bao got out of the car and met them with a salute, and went directly to the county government office without saying much.
Although Prince Gong cannot intervene in local government affairs, his fief is in Luozhou after all, and Prince Gong's mansion is located in Luoyang. Local officials still have to show some face.
When the yamen servants saw the carriage of Prince Gong's Mansion, they immediately vacated one person to go in and notify the county magistrate, while the rest greeted them with smiles.
After going down the high steps, he frowned immediately when he saw a few familiar green cloth carriages behind the carriage. Why is it the carriages of the An family and the Zheng family
The yamen servants looked around and couldn't help but glance at Zhou Man's carriage.
The Zheng family and the An family are so powerful, how could they invite people from Prince Gong's residence
The coachman got out of the car and put down the stool, Xibing jumped out of the car first, glanced at the stunned yamen servants, turned around expressionlessly and raised the curtain.
The servants thought to themselves, could this be some orchid belonging to Prince Gong
Heh, now even Orchid dares to meddle in local government affairs
Just thinking this way, a white hand stretched out to rest on Xibing's hand, Zhou Man bent over and got out of the car, she raised her head and gave the yamen servants a condescending look, and then helped Xibing's hand get out of the car.
She looked up at the door plaque of the Luoyang county government office and the walls and eaves on both sides. Not to mention, it was well repaired, even better than the Chang'an county government office.
How long has the county government of Chang'an County not been repaired
With a good name nowadays, all the officials below have also followed him. If he can have a clean name, he will never take the initiative to tarnish his reputation.
Therefore, the Chang'an County Government has not been repaired for many years.
Because repairs require money, no one wants to ask for money in their own reports. When it was Mr. Tang's turn to be the county magistrate, he even cursed at the office while quietly saying to Zhou Man, Bai Shan and others: "I don't want to repair it, huh Anyway, I don’t live in the backyard of the county government office, as long as the office area doesn’t leak water.”
If there is a water leak, Mr. Tang will take the servants from the county government to repair it on the roof himself. Even the tiles are stolen from his own house, and he will never spend an extra penny on it.
I heard that when the magistrate Guo moved in, he started cursing within a few days, and then he still refused to repair the Chang'an county government office.
In contrast, the Luoyang county government office looks more grand and newer, and it should have been repaired only two years ago.
Man Bao was thinking about something in his mind, but the shopkeeper Zheng Da and the master of An's family had already walked up and stood behind her.
Luo County Magistrate of Luoyang greeted her with a smile all over his face, he stopped smiling when he saw Zhou Man, and put the smile away when he saw the person standing behind her.
He doesn't know shopkeeper Zheng Da, but he knows Mr. An, who has been very annoying recently, and when he sees Mr. Luo, he knows why they are here.
So looking at Zhou Man's attitude is not very good.
He walked down the steps with splayed steps, and took another look at the carriage behind Zhou Man. After confirming that it was the carriage of Prince Gong's Mansion, he frowned and looked at Zhou Man, "Who is this lady?"
What cat and dog, can any servant of the palace come to the county government to frighten him
Man Bao only glanced at him, and Daji behind him had already come forward with a name card when he spoke: "This is my family's name card."
A servant still needs a name post
County Magistrate Luo glanced at Zhou Man again, feeling vaguely wrong, reached out to take it, opened it, and his face changed slightly.
He immediately closed the name card, saluted hurriedly and said: "It turns out that it is Mr. Zhou. I didn't know that Mr. Zhou was here, and the next official would be far away to welcome you."
Man Bao replied, "It's my official who hastily visited and disturbed the county magistrate Luo."
Only then did she show a hint of a smile, and said, "Magistrate Luo doesn't mind if we talk in the house?"
The county magistrate Luo finally came to his senses, and quickly turned sideways and said, "Master Zhou, please hurry up."
County magistrate Luo glanced at the shopkeeper Zheng Da and Mr. An behind him, looked away, and glanced at his confidant yamen servant calmly, and then hurriedly followed Zhou Man.
He invited Zhou Man to the front hall.
Man Bao raised his eyebrows slightly, the front hall is the place to go to the hall, and the county magistrate usually meets guests in the back hall.
But Man Bao was not picky, and when he arrived in the front hall, he looked at County Magistrate Luo with a half-smile, wanting to see how he would sit.
County magistrate Luo paused, but he really wanted to sit on the county magistrate's seat and let Zhou Man sit on the left side of his lower head, but under Zhou Man's gaze, he didn't dare.
In terms of official position, Zhou Man is higher than him;
In terms of nobility, Zhou Man is not weaker than him, he is a Jinshi in the second list, but he is also compiled by Chongwenguan, even more noble than him.
County Magistrate Luo turned his head inconveniently with a smile and said: "Add a few more chairs, please sit down, Mr. An, this is..."
He looked at shopkeeper Zheng Da and took the opportunity to change the subject.
Man Bao didn't sit down, just sat and waited for his arrangement, and said: "This is the shopkeeper Zheng Da from Jishitang in the capital, and also the father of my unworthy apprentice."
Magistrate Luo's smile froze.
Shopkeeper Zheng Da has already bowed deeply to him, "Lord Luo."
County magistrate Luo hurriedly avoided it, and it happened that the yamen servant moved a chair, and he hurriedly said: "Everyone, please sit down, Mr. Zhou, take your seat quickly."
He is now sitting down on the right side of the seat, Man Bao sat down opposite him - on the left side.
The two faced each other, and Man Bao also cut to the chase, "Magistrate Luo should have already guessed why I came here."
County Magistrate Luo felt like pouring hot oil into his heart at this moment, and he didn't understand how Zhou Man, a Beijing official, especially with the title of imperial physician, came to Luoyang, but he still had a serious face and said calmly: "Zhou My lord, this is our local government affairs in Luoyang, even if your official status is higher than that of this county, you can't force me to favoritism, right?"
"I have no intention of meddling in Luoyang's local government affairs. We follow the rules," she said with a slight smile. I don't want to take care of my parents when they come to judge, but I can't take care of my apprentice and daughter-in-law."
She said: "The child is just pregnant, so he can't stay in prison for too long. Zheng Gu is not a criminal yet, and what he is involved in is not a serious crime of treason. Before he is sentenced, the crime is not as good as his family members. The kid went out."
She stood up, gave Magistrate Luo a deep bow, bent her waist and said, "I also ask Magistrate Luo for permission."
County Magistrate Luo's face was pale and pale, and he immediately jumped up and stepped aside, bowed deeply and saluted: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, my lord will be resigned."
He gritted his teeth and said, "Zheng Gu still has some things to explain. We suspected that the things were hidden by An Shi, so we took An Shi into custody."