Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 489 Do You Dare?

Mao Chunfang picked up the teacup beside her and said, "Master Hua, have you told others about this?"

Hua Rujin denied it, "We are close, so I will tell you first." In order to prevent Mao Chunfang from getting suspicious, he continued to give reasons, "It is also because you are closer to Lord Liu, so you may be able to persuade Lord Liu."

Mao Chunfang smiled. He could tell from the sound that the meaning was not right. None of the words were true.

"Although the governor wants to increase taxes, it is not a random increase." Mao Chunfang said, "If the old man thinks it is not okay, he can just explain it to the governor directly. It is too inhumane to go around him and appeal.

You see, it hasn’t been long since Lord Liu took office, and we did this. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is discord among the officials in Liangzhou. If the emperor knew about this, he would inevitably be angry with us. After all…” Mao Chunfang leaned close to Hua Rujin and whispered, “I heard that Lord Liu was also appointed by the emperor.”

Hua Rujin thought, it’s over, he has chosen the wrong person.

When dealing with Mao Chunfang in the past, although Hua Rujin sometimes felt that he was not presentable, he believed that Mao Chunfang might have good intentions. After all, he had been in Liangzhou for many years and should have some feelings for Yangmen County.

In addition to the previous rumor that Mao Chunfang was going to be appointed as the governor of Liangzhou, Hua Rujin was certain that he and Liu Dexiang were only superficially compatible.

Now there is a chance to trip Liu Dexiang up, how can he miss it?
Unexpectedly, he completely misjudged Mao Chunfang.

"I see." Hua Rujin suppressed his emotions and hurriedly put on a smile. "I am really old and my brain power is not good enough. Lord Mao is right. I should find a time to discuss this with Lord Liu.

Lord Mao, please do not mention what happened today in front of Lord Liu, so as to avoid offending my superiors at my age. Please do it."

"Don't worry, old man. I don't need to say anything more."

The two chatted for a while, and when the teacup was empty and Hua Rujin asked someone to refill it, Mao Chunfang got up and said goodbye, saying that he had official business to attend to.

Hua Rujin didn't stay long and sent the person to the door, muttering to himself that something was wrong.

Seeing that the people were walking some distance away, he immediately asked someone to prepare the horse. He rode towards Shanglu Town, and then passed through the city wall to the Beishan County Government Office.

"Who did you say is here?" Bafang asked strangely.

"Master Hua from Hongjia County has come from the north." The yamen runner who came in to report said, "He is at the gate of the county government office. He said he has something urgent to tell our master."

"The master has gone to Doctor Hu's house in Xinjie. You must go and bring him back as soon as possible." Bafang gave the order and at the same time hurried out to welcome Master Hua into the county government office.

"Master Hua, please take a seat. My master is not here. The yamen runner has gone to look for him." Bafang took the hot water brought by the yamen runner, went to the side to make tea, and when he brought it to Master Hua, he said, "I think he will be back soon. Please wait for a moment, Master."

"Okay." Hua Rujin took the teacup, but had no intention of drinking the tea.

Even Bafang could see that he was extremely anxious.

Fortunately, Meng Changqing came back not long after.

"Master Hua." Meng Changqing bowed to Hua Rujin after entering the room and asked, "What happened?"

Hua Rujin stood up to return the greeting, then sat down weakly.

Bafang took two steps forward and took the cloak that Meng Changqing had taken off.

"Oh!" Hua Rujin said worriedly, "It's bad, it's bad. I went to see Mao Chunfang today, but I didn't expect that he didn't care about the people under his rule at all. He was completely on the side of Liu Dexiang. He knew what we were planning. Although I begged him not to tell Liu Dexiang, he was sure to tell him." He slapped his forehead and said, "I really should have listened to you. It's too late to regret it now."

As soon as she heard that Old Master Hua was coming to see her in a hurry, Meng Changqing had a premonition that something was going to go wrong with Mao Chunfang's plan.

Sure enough.

"Don't worry, sir." Meng Changqing said, "We will file a complaint, and Liu Dexiang will know about it sooner or later. We are just making our attitude clear to him now. What can he do?"

After saying this, Meng Changqing called Bafang over and whispered to him, "Ride my horse and go to Liangzhou Prefecture to find Sun Tongpan as soon as possible. Tell him about the situation and ask him for the petition. Make sure he has stamped it and bring it back." "Yes!" Bafang went out immediately.

Hua Rujin's expression did not improve when he saw Bafang leave. He shook his head and said, "Changqing, not all superiors are Lord Wei. Liu Dexiang knew about this in advance, so I'm afraid the memorial cannot be delivered to the capital."

Meng Changqing didn't say much, "Let's do our best and leave the rest to fate."

"It's all my fault for not judging people well." Hua Rujin blamed himself, "I should have listened to you and Lord Cao earlier, and the memorial would have been sent out of Liangzhou by now."

"Master Hua, don't you want to continue?" Meng Changqing asked tentatively.

"It's not up to us to decide whether to do it or not now." Hua Rujin sighed, "It's my fault. If I had been more careful in what I said and tried to test him more, I would have understood Mao Chunfang's position earlier and not mentioned this matter to him."

"Don't blame yourself, old man. It was the joint decision of the five of us to tell Mao Chunfang about this." Meng Changqing said, "Since you still want to continue to fight for the people, then let me submit the memorial.

I have my own way.”

Hua Rujin felt regretful and helpless, but looking at the calm man in front of him, he could only place his last hope on him, "Okay! Everything is up to you."

On the official road, horses were galloping in all directions.

Mao Chunfang heard the sound and turned to look, only to see a rider passing by him quickly.

It was so fast that he couldn't see the person on the horse clearly.

"Can you see clearly who is on the horse?" Mao Chunfang asked the servant beside him.

The servant shook his head, "It was too fast, I couldn't see clearly."

Mao Chunfang stared at the figure going farther and farther away and thought, "That horse looks like Meng Changqing's horse."

"Perhaps Lord Meng has something urgent to do." The servant said in line with his words.

"The man on the horse doesn't look like Meng Changqing," said Mao Chunfang.

The servant accompanied him and said carefully: "It might be someone around Lord Meng."

"Not good!" Mao Chunfang realized that the other party passed by him without saying hello. Maybe he was here to sue Liu Dexiang. "Speed ​​up!"

He sped up again, the horse's talent was here.

His horse could never outrun Meng Changqing's horse.

When he entered Liangzhou City, Bafang had already found Sun Xiang and got the memorial that had been written long ago.

When the memorial reached Meng Changqing, she immediately went along the city wall to find Cao Hongxing and invited him to go to Hongjia County. At the same time, she sent Luo Maozeng, a wealthy general from all over the country, to go directly to Hongjia County.

The five people met in Hongjia County. After informing each other of the current situation, Meng Changqing took out the memorial written by Sun Xiang.

"My Lords, do you still dare to sign your names and seal it?" Meng Changqing asked.

Zeng Jing looked at Luo Hao and Hua Rujin. The three of them were looking at each other. Meng Changqing picked up the pen and started writing on the memorial, then stamped it.

Cao Hongxing was waiting nearby and picked up the pen that Meng Changqing had put down. "I never do anything halfway. Sir Meng, please give up your seat."

Seeing that the two of them had finished writing, Hua Rujin calmed down, took the pen, signed and stamped.

Zeng Jing and Luo Mao hesitated for a moment and then stamped their documents.