"Miss, but there are so many of them!"
The beginning of spring was a bit uneasy.
As the saying goes, a good man never suffers immediate losses.
The current situation shows that there are many people on the other side. If they don't go back and call for help at this time, if a conflict occurs, they will obviously be short of manpower.
"What's the use of having more people?"
Fubao was full of confidence in the personal guards assigned to him by his second brother.
Even though Liang Tong had so many people, if a fight really broke out, how could this group of people who didn't even dare to confront Song Dahu's rebels head-on be the opponents of her second brother's personal guards
Right now, the guards were surrounded simply because they didn't get her order to take action.
"Miss, how about we go back and call someone first?"
"I told you not to use it!"
Fubao answered firmly.
"Hit me!"
After struggling to squeeze into the crowd, Fu Bao didn't even think about it and directly gave the order to take action.
Then, a melee broke out.
The battle situation was just as Fubao had imagined before. The guards her second brother had arranged for her were all as skilled as ten. It was not too easy to deal with these servant guards with silver pewter spear heads.
"Rebellion, rebellion, are you going to rebel?"
When the group of Liang family guards were knocked to the ground, Liang Cai, the steward of Liang Tong's house, immediately shouted.
"You actually dare to hit people from the prefect's Yamen!"
"Even if you are Uncle Yongwu's bodyguards, you are still dead!"
"beat him!"
After hearing what Liang Cai said, Fu Bao raised his hand decisively and pointed at the other party.
When the guards heard Fubao's instructions, they waved their hands directly towards Liang Cai without any hesitation.
He punched the opponent in the face, causing his nose to bleed.
"Spare your life, spare your life!"
As the steward of the prefect Liang Tong's family, Liang Cai was originally Liang Tong's book boy. Although he served others, he never suffered much, let alone being beaten.
After just being punched by a personal guard, this man was intimidated.
Hearing the other party's words of begging for mercy, the bodyguard who took action stopped immediately and turned to look at Fubao.
Fubao didn't expect this man to be so cowardly. He thought he would have to beat him up before he would kneel down and beg for mercy. But who would have thought that with just one punch, this man would kneel down.
"Keep fighting!"
Fu Bao pondered for a moment and decided to continue teaching this man a lesson.
After all, disease enters through the mouth and disaster comes out of the mouth.
This man speaks so freely, and now I have someone deal with him, which can be regarded as giving him a longer memory.
After receiving Fu Bao's response, the guards immediately continued to take action.
After a burst of punches and kicks, the man curled up on the ground, screaming in agony.
In this lively street, Fubao and his group really attracted a lot of people's attention by fighting like this.
As for Fubao's identity, it is really not a secret in Ganning City.
When the people watching saw Fu Bao leading people to deal with Liang Tong's men, they immediately cheered.
Obviously, Liang Tong, the prefect of Qiping Prefecture, was not a popular prefect.
"Come on, let's go meet the prefect!"
After beating up Liang Tong, Fubao had no intention of stopping there. Instead, he was going to meet this shameless prefect.
"Miss, I think we should go back and bring more people with us!"
Li Chun spoke softly again beside Fu Bao.
Fu Bao sighed and said: "The beginning of spring, when will you trust me for once?"
"Miss, I am thinking about your safety."
"Peace of mind, peace of mind, everything is under control!"
Fubao waved his hand, knowing this well. If she wasn't completely sure, how could she risk herself
At first, she might have been wary of Liang Tong's power. But now, after seeing the quality of Liang Cai and the people he brought with him, Fubao was basically sure that the prefect of Qiping Mansion was also a silver pewter spearhead.
As long as you deal with such people recklessly, victory will fall into your own hands.
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!
Fubao made up his mind and took action without any hesitation.
"Ask him, where is his master now?"
Fu Bao pointed at Liang Cai, who was beaten by the guards until he huddled up.
Before Xu Laoer's bodyguard could speak, Liang Cai confessed first.
Following a master who was a prefect, Liang Cai also learned a lot of things, such as observing people's emotions, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.
After discovering that Fu Bao was a little girl like a little devil, Liang Cai warned himself in his heart that he must not seek death and must cooperate well.
"Go back to Defu County Lord, the magistrate is temporarily staying in Qingping Building!"
Qingping Building is an inn.
However, this inn is a little different.
This inn, Qingpinglou, is actually one of the dowry properties belonging to Fubao's grandmother. Now, this Qingping Building has been transferred to Fubao's name.
It has to be said that the Zhao family is worthy of being a family that can earn wealth that rivals that of the country. Based on the efficiency of seizing the opportunity to open the business early in Qiping Mansion, it would be really unreasonable if it does not make money.
"Let's go meet our prefect."
Frankly speaking, Fubao really couldn't understand what Liang Tong was thinking. As a runaway prefect who abandoned the city and fled, wasn't he afraid of being punished by the court
If it were a normal person, he would definitely hide far away at this time. Even if the uprising in Qiping Mansion has been completely suppressed, he would still hide and be a nominal dead person.
But the prefect actually ran out again without fear of punishment from the court. This was really too courageous.
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Qingping Tower is located in the central area of Ganning City, not far from the prefect's Yamen.
Not long after Ganning City was rebuilt from the ruins, Qingping Tower completed the repairs as quickly as possible and opened its doors to the public.
Nowadays, at least half of the rich and powerful families in Ganning City live in Qingping Building.
Qingping Building, named Lou, actually consists of a three-story restaurant and the boss's house behind it. The restaurant is mainly used for banquets, while the accommodation is adjacent to the house behind.
The decoration of these houses is not bad.
Not to mention anything else, the furnishings in the courtyard are all top-notch.
Of course, the most significant advantages of accommodation in Qingpinglou are the good service and first-class meal supply.
After Qingpinglou reopened, it immediately became the first choice temporary residence for many wealthy families returning home. After all, the homes of these wealthy families were destroyed in the previous civil unrest, and it would really take a lot of time for them to rebuild their homes.
However, what these people didn't expect was that although they came back very early, they were still late. Most of the places where their houses were located had already built many adobe houses.
These adobe houses were built by Xu Laoer to accommodate the people of Qiping Mansion.
The measures are very beneficial to the people.
But the problem is that Xu Laoer only considered the ordinary poor people, but forgot about the rich and powerful families who fled Ganning City.
Now, when this group of people returned, they found that many adobe houses had been built where their former residences had been. How could this make these people feel calm
Liang Tong, as the prefect of Qiping Mansion, naturally became the backbone of these people.
Why did the escaped prefect dare to stand up so arrogantly? It was precisely because of this incident. If he could help these families get their property back, he would definitely become a great benefactor to these families.
At that time, Liang Tong can gain the surrender and following of these people with just one word.
With big interests in mind, Liang Tong naturally ignored small risks.
Furthermore, the imperial court's influence on local governments is now declining.
As long as there is support for his escaped prefect, then the court can only offer him up. After all, Qiping Mansion still needs Liang Tong to govern.
As for Xu Laoer, the brave uncle
Liang Tong really didn't take it seriously.
In her opinion, Xu Laoer was a reckless man. A scholar like him had many ways to make Xu Laoer do nothing to him, and even had to leave Qiping Mansion in despair.
When that time comes, he, Liang Tong, will become the local emperor of Qiping Mansion.
But Liang Tong never dreamed that it was not Xu Laoer who was alarmed by him, but Fubao, a time-traveler with a sinister inside.
When Fubao had someone notify the other party of his arrival, he took the person directly into Qingping Building without waiting for the other party's response.
Xia Deman, the shopkeeper of Qingpinglou, knew that this was their real owner after learning Fubao's identity.
As for the boss, of course I have to fawn over him!
"Xia Deman, the shopkeeper of Ganning City in Qingping Tower, has met the county master!"
After Xia Deman knew that it was Fu Bao, he quickly stepped forward to greet him. As for stopping Fu Bao from wandering freely in Qingping Tower, this is undoubtedly a trick on his head.
After all, Fubao is the owner of Qingpinglou.
"Shop Manager Xia, where does Liang Tong live?"
Fu Bao nodded towards Xia Deman and asked lightly.
Xia Deman naturally didn't dare to hide it, and there was no point in hiding it.
"Back to the county master, the prefect is temporarily staying in Qiuwu Courtyard. Do you need me to help you lead the way?"
"Then lead the way!"
When Fu Bao heard Xia Deman's answer, he smiled instantly and asked him to lead the way, directly to Liang Tong, the prefect of Qiping Mansion.
She was really curious about Liang Tong.
They say greed is enough to make a snake swallow an elephant.
But Liang Tong's greed is definitely not much worse than that of the prime minister in the story of Snake Tun Xiang.
After all, as an escaped prefect, how greedy must he be to risk his head by jumping out
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Qiuwu Courtyard, among the many guest courtyards in Qingping Building, is definitely one of the top ones.
Although we only entered the yard for the first time, there were mountains, water, flowers, trees, and golden carp swimming in the water.
"County Lord, do you want me to go ahead and call the door?"
Xia Deman looked at Fu Bao and spoke flatteringly.
Fu Bao waved his hand and said, "No need to call the door, we can just go in."
She was not here to visit Magistrate Liang, so there was no such thing as courtesy first and then fighting. When she came here this time, it was simply a weasel who came to visit.
When Fubao and his party arrived at Qiuwu Courtyard under the leadership of Xia Deman, they heard a noise in Qiuwu Courtyard.
There seemed to be a lot of people in Qiuwu Courtyard at the moment.
Fu Bao raised his hand and waved, and the advancing guard immediately stepped forward and pushed open the ajar door.
The courtyard door was pushed open, and the noise in the courtyard was instantly cleared.
When Fu Bao walked into the yard, he immediately attracted the attention of a group of people in the yard.
Facing the focused gazes of everyone, Fu Bao smiled and said, "It's quite lively!"
"See Lord Defu!"
At the same time that Fu Bao spoke, a middle-aged man with a white face and no beard suddenly spoke among the crowd in the courtyard.
This man is none other than Liang Tong, the prefect of Qiping Mansion.
As Liang Tong revealed Fubao's identity and saluted Fubao, everyone else also spoke to pay their respects to Fubao, the head of Defu County.
“Everyone is so polite!”
Fu Bao smiled slightly, "I'm just a two-year-old baby, but I can't afford such great courtesy from you!"
"This official didn't think carefully. Please forgive me, the county chief."
After hearing Fubao's words, Liang Tong hurriedly spoke.
Su Wu smiled and said, "Prefect Liang is really good at telling jokes!"
"Well… ?!"
Liang Tong was a little dumbfounded because he couldn't understand what Su Wu meant by this.
"Prefect Liang, this county lord is very curious!"
"You abandoned the city and fled when the popular rebellion army led by Song Dahu arrived. How can you have the courage to appear in front of the county lord now? Are you not afraid of the court's punishment?"
"County Lord, your subordinates did not abandon the city and flee!"
Upon hearing Fubao's words, Liang Tong immediately distinguished himself.
"The rebel army is so powerful that I have no one available to me. Instead of staying in Ganning City and dying for my country, I just want to remain useful and wait for the imperial army to arrive. We should cooperate inside and outside to deal a heavy blow to the traitor army!"
"It's just that I didn't expect that Uncle Yongwu would bring troops to help, and he would kill Song Dahu and other bandit leaders in one battle, and put down this civil uprising."
"So, is it my second brother's fault?"
Fu Bao looked up at Liang Tong who was chatting there and was really convinced.
Sure enough, all officials are as thick-skinned as a city wall.
Liang Tong obviously fled without a fight, but now he is putting a premium on himself by saying that he is a useful person. Damn it, no one else can be said to have such profound meaning in running away.
"No, no, Uncle Yongwu saved Qi Ping Mansion from collapse. He is our great benefactor and a meritorious minister of the imperial court!"
Liang Tong spoke quickly and continued, "Uncle Yongwu's contribution is unparalleled by anyone in the world. On the contrary, I know that Uncle Yongwu is coming with the army, but I failed to contact Uncle Yongwu in time. I am derelict in my duty!"
"Prefect Liang, can you tell me where you went when the civil uprising came?"
After hearing Liang Tong's sophistry, Su Wu already understood that this person was not only thick-skinned, but also very thick-mouthed.
Such a person has never been seen or heard of.
"So that the county lord knows that the official has been lurking in the mountains with his people!"
"About this, if the county leader doesn't believe it, he can send people to the mountains to check."
"The lower official had no choice but to give in temporarily to Song Dahu and other thieves because he had few soldiers. He really did not want to flee without a fight."
"This move can serve as a lesson to heaven and earth!"
Liang Tong spoke righteously, his expression even more respectable and solemn. (End of chapter)