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Chapter 419
Cui Pu and his party walked slowly all the way, and when they reached three miles outside Guangzhou, they met a group of people.

"Prefect Cui, you are here, but let us wait!"

A man with a big belly laughed and led a group of people to greet him.

Cui Pu raised his eyebrows, and the man said: "I'm the steward of the Economic and Strategic Envoy's Mansion of the Five Lingnan Prefectures. I learned that Cui Zhifu is coming to take office in the near future, so I specially brought someone here to welcome you."

Such a high-ranking attitude is more like blocking than welcoming.

However, if he is the chief steward of the economic envoys of the Five Lingnan Prefectures, his status is much higher than that of Cui Pu, and he is qualified to be superior.

The current envoy of the five prefectures in Lingnan will be the envoy of Jiedu in the future, but the title has not been changed yet.In recent years, most of the officials in Lingnan are local people from Lingnan. This economic envoy is a native of Lingnan, and his ancestors have lived here for generations.Over the years, the roots are deep and the leaves are flourishing, and the power is great.To put it bluntly, this family is a tyrant in Lingnan, and Cui Pu must bow his head when he sees it.

But, is this person in front of you?

Cui Pu bowed his hand to return the gift, and said with a slight smile: "Thank you very much, but I don't know which housekeeper you are in the Jinglue envoy's house? What rank do you belong to?"

The smiling face of the butler, who was still high-spirited and benevolent just now, froze for a moment, and immediately straightened his face: "I am a butler, is this important? I am here to welcome you on behalf of the five Lingnan government envoys." You, this is what Jinglue envoys mean, is it true that Cui Zhifu is still skeptical about this?"

"It's a bit." Cui Pu nodded.

The butler's expression became even uglier.

Seeing this, the people behind him hurried forward to say hello.In the chaos, they pushed the butler to the back and covered up his identity.

These people are all famous figures in Guangzhou, but most of them are in business.The attitude of these people is not as high as that of the butler, but there is also a bit of contempt in their words to Cui Pu.After he said a few words, they wanted to intimidate him, such as, "Hans and Hus live together in the mansion of Guangzhou, Hus people are tough, you have to be careful in the future", "Nowadays, there are thousands of Hussians living in the city of Guangzhou. , one by one acted without rules and refused to obey the government's discipline. The previous prefect had nothing to do with them. Now we all look forward to the new prefect that you will come to make decisions for us! ' and the like.

Cui Pu listened to it one by one, with just the right smile on his face, no matter what they said, he just nodded.

This group of people spoke dryly, but they didn't see any change in Cui Pu's expression, and they couldn't help but wonder - this new magistrate is so young, and the city is so deep, it has reached the point where he doesn't change his expression at any time up?
Now, I'm afraid things will be difficult to handle!

Everyone was suffering from a headache when they heard a clear neighing sound of horses coming from a distance.

Immediately everyone was smiling.One even shouted loudly: "The fifth master is here!"

Cui Pu also raised his eyes and saw a middle-aged man in rich clothes galloping towards this side on a horse.When they were in front of them, the man tightened the rein and stopped the horse.Immediately, he conveniently turned over and dismounted, threw the rein casually, and walked forward quickly.

"I'm late, please forgive me from the new magistrate!"

Such a hearty gesture made the housekeeper a little more arrogant than the initial management.

"This is Mr. Wulang, the Minister of Economic Affairs, but now we are used to calling him Lord Wu." The gentry hurriedly introduced him to Cui Pu.

It turned out to be the son of the envoy of the five prefectures in Lingnan, no wonder he was so arrogant.

Cui Pu hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Master Pei Wu also returned the gift, and then laughed again: "I knew that the new magistrate would arrive soon, I have been asking people to keep an eye on this place, and told them that as soon as they find any traces of the new magistrate, report it immediately. As a result Who knew that I missed the time because I had a drink with someone today. But as soon as I got the news, I immediately left the table and rushed over. The new prefect, please forgive me for being late!"

"Fifth Master, you are too polite. I have just arrived in the mansion, and someone spontaneously came to greet me at the gate of the city, which is already enough for my mansion. It is even more embarrassing to have the man from the mansion come to pick me up in person. The government is overjoyed. And the government has just arrived, so you are not too late." Cui Pu responded politely.

Count him winking and talking.

A flash of complacency flashed in Master Pei Wu's eyes, but his face was still full of self-blame: "No matter what, it's too late! You don't blame me, Xin Zhifu, but I can't pass this test in my heart. How about it, today When you settle down, I'll set up a drink at Wei's Restaurant to welcome you!"

When Cui Pu heard this, his heart burst into laughter.

He thought Wei Zhuang is really amazing!In the past ten years, Wei's restaurants have really been opened all over the country, and even Lingnan, a place that doesn't shit, has already given him a place!And it’s driving with vibrancy!
But think about it, this restaurant seems to have some shares of its own?

But these years, Wei Zhuang's subordinates have opened one restaurant after another, so many that Wei Zhuang can't count them. As the prefect, he is busy with people's livelihood and economy every day, so he has no intention of paying attention to these.Every time Wei Zhuang sent someone over to deliver the bonus, he just looked through the ledger to see the final amount.

"Then thank you Fifth Master!" Cui Pu hurriedly thanked.

By the way, he also wanted to taste the special features of this Wei's restaurant in Guangzhou.If it is delicious, I will take Mu Jiaojiao to enjoy it with the children next time.

Seeing that he was so pretentious, Master Pei Wu was even more proud, he hurried forward and led Cui Pu to the government office.

The people he brought also moved back spontaneously, as if to help Hu San and the others carry their luggage.

After walking less than fifty steps, I saw a young servant running from behind in a hurry, and whispered something in Master Pei Wu's ear.

Master Pei Wu frowned, looked back, and then looked at Cui Pu hesitantly.

Cui Pu stopped his horse immediately: "What's the matter with Fifth Master?"

Master Pei Wu took advantage of the situation and stopped, then sighed and said: "You are dissatisfied with the new magistrate. In fact, before this, when I went to the Pearl River Port to look at the new goods, I was cheated by a boy. It's just that the boy is very Shrewd, he ran away after defrauding me of the money. Later, I sent people to search everywhere, but there was no trace of him. It’s just that the money was quite a lot, and there were dozens of coins. I really couldn’t swallow this breath, so I kept You didn't give up and let people look for you. But who knows, the person we haven't found after searching for a long time, unexpectedly found out today that he was tied to the end of your team! It's the new magistrate, you have the ability, you just came to Guangzhou to get rid of this group of people Got caught!"

"Really? It turns out that the fifth master has been deceived by them too?" Cui Pu suddenly realized, and immediately put on a face filled with righteous indignation, "Then they are really hateful. Just wait and see, I will definitely try again later. Punish them severely, let me vent my anger on you! By the way, how do you want me to torture them? Parading in the streets is definitely not enough, and beating boards is also necessary, so let's also use tiger benches and pepper water! Afterwards, stab them on the face A thief, let everyone know that they are thieves at the first sight, and all stay away from them!"

He was planning enthusiastically on this side, while Master Pei Wu's face on the other side was pale with fright.

"You don't need this one!" He said dryly, shaking his lips.

"How can I do that? This group of people is really daring. They use the name of the government to bully the people and amass money. They even bullied the fifth master before, so they must not be tolerated! Who are you, the fifth master? You are the real prince of Jinglueshi! If he dares to lie to you, he has lied to Jinglueshi! If he is put in Chang'an, it will be no different from the crime of deceiving the emperor. What will happen to those who commit the crime of deceiving the emperor , you know, at least it would be a death sentence! But when I first came here, I saw that the fifth master is so benevolent, so I will not treat him so cruelly. However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be forgiven. !Definitely!"

"It's really unnecessary..."

Master Pei Wu's mind has gone blank now.Could it be that the tone of his speech just now was wrong?But he has tried his best to speak in an understatement...Of course, in order to emphasize the degree of being cheated, he still said the amount of money is slightly larger.But that doesn't amount to a capital offense!Poor Jiulang has been paraded on the back of the carriage for half a month!This punishment is enough!

But for Cui Pu, it's not enough!Especially after Master Pei Wu appeared, he felt that it was not enough.

"Hey, fifth master, you are kind by nature, which really admires the lower officials. But you have to know that for this kind of habitual offender, the more you manipulate him, the more lawless he will be. I want to let him go this time. Let him change from evil to good? That is impossible, he will only think you are a fool... Oh, sorry, I am not saying that you are a fool, but just the common thinking of such people. So, this time Since the government has caught him, then the government will not tolerate it, you just wait and see what happens to him!" Cui Pu continued to say sternly.

The words that Master Pei Wu had finally thought of were choked back by his words—if he dared to let that person go, wouldn't he prove that he was a fool?

The housekeeper at the back couldn't stand it anymore, so he quickly interjected: "Prefect Cui, you are very reasonable. But, anyway, this person deceived my fifth master first, so why don't you hand him over to my fifth master first?" The fifth master has vented enough anger, and then return the person to you, and you can deal with it according to law."

"Yes, this is a good idea!" Master Pei Wu hurriedly nodded, and quietly sent a grateful look to the butler - you still have a way!
Cui Pu frowned upon hearing this, "This is not good!"

"What's wrong with that? Are you still afraid that I will kill someone?" Mr. Pei Wu felt much more relaxed now, so the brothers patted Cui Pu on the shoulder, "Prefect Cui, don't worry All right. I'm going to do it wisely."

Of course you have a sense of proportion, I'm afraid that when you take him back, you won't be willing to do anything to him at all.Others will not die, they will just disappear!

Then, if you push two six five and don't know anything, then I will be the one who can't explain to the common people!
Cui Pu immediately smiled and said, "Fifth Master, your idea is not bad. However, this residence also has an idea, why don't you listen to it?"

"Okay, you say."

"This government thinks that since this person was caught first by this government, and this person is also the prefect of Guangzhou, then he will naturally be tried by this government first. After this government finishes the trial of his defamation of our reputation, you can come to sue again." As soon as he makes a statement, he will list all the evil things he has done to you, and then the government will hand over the person to you. It is up to you to kill or cut up. The government has explained to the people and you, wouldn't it be better? good?"

Master Pei Wu's smile froze like this.

The butler hurried to speak again.But Cui Pu took the first step and said: "Then it's settled! Renbenfu will take it away first, and fifth master, remember to send someone to bring the certificate!"

Then he got on his horse and waved his whip: "Drive!"

Go ahead and go.

(End of this chapter)