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Chapter 507 A Crack Is Formed

He coolly turned around and left in front of the people, but when he entered the backyard, Cui Pu immediately knelt down in embarrassment.

"My lady, I was wrong. I didn't dare anymore, and I won't dare anymore!" Holding Mu Jiaojiao's leg, he cried with snot and tears, and the confession couldn't be more sincere.

Mu Jiaojiao looked coldly at the man at his feet. "You are also a governor after all, and you don't dare to admit what you said?"

"My lady, I was really wrong!" Although Cui Pu was crying, he was careful not to smear the tears and snot on the corner of her skirt, and just shouted, "I don't mean to look down on women, really! I just couldn't think of any other words at the time, so I just said casually, I really didn't want to scold women! My lady, don't be angry! I won't dare again in the future!"

"Just saying it casually? Does that mean that's what you think in your heart?" Mu Jiaojiao just asked.

"I'm wronged! My lady, you are the person I admire the most in my life. Isn't it insulting you when I insult a woman? Is it possible that I insult the person who wants to be with me for the rest of my life?"

"But you just said it."

"So I said I was wrong! Didn't I kneel on the washboard now?" Cui Pu said sobbingly, lifting the hem of his clothes to show her the brand new washboard under his knees .

Seeing him like this, Mu Jiaojiao couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Cui Pu heard it, and immediately smiled. "Miss, you laughed! That means you're not angry anymore, right? Right?"

"No." Mu Jiaojiao immediately straightened his face again.

Cui Pu lowered his head: "Then I'll continue kneeling on the washboard! Whenever you calm down, let me get up again."

"Then you should kneel first!" Mu Jiaojiao said, turned around and left.

The red bean, mung bean and yellow bean sisters all hurriedly followed her to the inner room.

Going around the screen and waiting for Mu Jiaojiao to sit down, Hongdou couldn't help but say, "Lady, Mr. Lang went out early this morning and rode a horse for half a day, and he just came back now!"

Mu Jiaojiao frowned: "What do you want to say?"

"Lang Jun must be very tired now, but he was able to admit his mistake to you at the first time. It can be seen that he really knows his mistake and is willing to correct it. Don't be too harsh on him, just punish him a little bit. Let him go to rest! There must be a lot of things to be busy tomorrow!" Hongdou said in a low voice.

"When did you become so tolerant to him?" Mu Jiaojiao couldn't hide her surprise.

"It's not that the servant girl is tolerant to him, but the servant girl thinks that the gentleman is kneeling outside, and it's not the lady who feels sorry for you? When the kneeling is broken, I still have to have the medicine from the lady, why bother? What's more, Lang You already have a heart for your lady. Even if the sentence he blurted out today is wrong, no one is perfect. Since he knows his mistakes and can correct them, it is already very good. It is better than some people who have already recognized our women in their hearts. It's much better to have something that doesn't show up."

Mu Jiaojiao sighed lightly.

"If I say that I have no intention of making trouble with him, do you believe it?"

Hongdou was stunned, and Mu Jiaojiao said again: "But since he brought a washboard when he came in by himself, and before I could speak, he knelt down by himself, and then started crying and screaming, so I couldn't get it in." Mouth. He has put on an apologetic gesture so well. If I don’t give him this opportunity to behave properly, it seems that I am sorry for his painstaking efforts. So, I just let him kneel for a while. .”

Uh……

The corners of the Hongdou sisters' mouths twitched.

"Then, now my lord..."

"Let him kneel for a while longer! Wait for me to drink a cup of tea before going to wake him up. This time should be almost there!" Mu Jiaojiao seemed to be talking to himself.

Hongdou nodded quickly. "This time is just right. It's not too long or too short. The gentleman won't be too tired, and it's just right for him to feel that you've relieved my anger. It's just..."

She couldn't help smiling again.Poor Mr. Lang, obviously he didn't need to kneel today, but he knelt down so proactively. He admitted his mistake and it was called a nuisance, so they didn't have time to stop him.That being the case, let him kneel down!In the back house, did they see few similar jokes?Anyway, the gentleman in the backyard is absolutely different from the gentleman in front of him, they are used to it.

After a cup of tea, Mu Jiaojiao really went to wake Cui Pu up.Cui Pu took her finger again and swore to the sky that he would never do anything to look down on women again. He coaxed and coaxed Mu Jiaojiao until he confirmed that she was not angry, then he relaxed and hugged her again. He wailed indiscriminately about what he had suffered today.

In turn, Mu Jiaojiao gently coaxed him, gave him medicine, and the warmth of husband and wife was no problem.

The next day, Cui Pu summoned the relevant officials in Liangzhou city to interrogate the criminal again.Except Zhan Sima and Liu Zhifu, everyone else came.

The reason why Zhan Sima and Liu Zhifu didn't come was simple - they were sick.

Think too.They were slapped in the face by Cui Pu in public yesterday, if they could still walk around with that face, they would be thick-skinned.So now, they are getting sick even if they are not sick.

However, without the two of them, Cui Pu is not worried.After all, interrogating prisoners is not what they should do. They just need to sit on the top and put on airs, and then let the people below them act.

In less than half a day, the group of people confessed their crimes.Most of the dozen or so carts of goods that were robbed before were recovered, and the caravan's losses were recovered a lot.The leader of the caravan took back his goods from the government, and he was naturally grateful to Cui Pu.As for the other people present... Hehe, he just pretended he didn't see it.

When the others saw this, their faces were not very good-looking.

But Cui Pu just pretended not to see it.After finally finishing the trial of the case, he filed the matter and ordered people to send it back to Wei's house in Chang'an as soon as possible—yes, it was Jingzhao Wei who put pressure on Liu Zhifu at the beginning.This caravan belonged to a son under Webster's name.But for this defeated general, Cui Pu is not afraid at all, so Liu Zhifu and his party still think that Cui Pu will be afraid of the Crown Princess' clansmen.

However, Cui Pu was not happy for too long.

A few days after the case was over, he came to Mu Jiaojiao angrily.

"The ones surnamed Zhan and the ones surnamed Liu are so shameless! I scolded them in public that day, and now they pretend to be shameless and can't afford to be sick, and they can't handle government affairs now! Both of them have high official positions. , I don’t know how many things they handle every day. Now they are sick, so many things have been delayed, and now the Jiedu envoy has sent people to ask about the situation, and they all came to me for tea just now!”

Mu Jiaojiao smiled lightly. "Didn't you ask for this?"

Those two people are old people in Liangzhou Mansion, and Liangzhou Mansion relies on them for many things.Now that they are on strike, it is like the two most important parts of a machine are not working, and naturally the whole machine stops working.

"Then they asked for the difference in their endings?" Cui Pu snorted coldly, "To create the illusion of my incompetence, I did such things. After being slapped in the face by me, I pretended to be sick and continued to trip me up. Who will be afraid of him?"

"You are not afraid of them." Mu Jiaojiao nodded, "So, you have already figured out how to deal with it?"

"Does it need to be said?" Cui Pu regained his energy immediately, "I have sent someone to send a message to Lu Tongpan, Huang Changshi, and others, as well as Cao Tongzhi, who is under the government office. Tonight, I will have a good talk with them. They are talking, let's have a drink and talk!"

"Okay, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare food and drinks for you." Mu Jiaojiao immediately said.

"Then I will have to thank you, lady!" Cui Pu hastily bowed to her.

That night, the governor's mansion was brightly lit, and there were staggered cups of wine, talking and laughing.

The Sima Mansion and the government office are lifeless.

At noon the next day, Lu Tongsan knelt down in front of Zhan Sima, and said sincerely: "Zhan Sima, you must believe in the loyalty of the subordinate! Yesterday Cui Jieshi asked the subordinate to drink, and also said that he would let the subordinate The official will take over your position temporarily, and the lower official agreed. But the reason why the lower official agreed to do so is because of your consideration! It’s better to leave these matters in the hands of the lower official than in the hands of outsiders, isn’t it? Your loyalty to you has never changed. I came here today to tell you that as long as the governor ordered me to do something, I will come to ask your opinion before making a decision. I will never dare to make decisions alone! When you are sick Come back, Xiaguan will definitely return everything to you intact."

Zhan Sima looked calm. "You and I have been colleagues for many years, so I naturally believe in you."

Lu Tong was overwhelmed with excitement at the moment: "I know, Zhan Sima, you will not disbelieve me! With your words, I can rest assured!"

After finishing speaking, he stood up: "Since that's the case, then the official will go to work first. If there is anything to do with the governor, the official will report it as soon as possible."

Zhan Sima nodded and personally escorted him out of his yard.

After the people left, Zhan Sima's face seemed to be covered with a shadow, which was extremely dark and terrifying.

Walking back slowly, he pushed open the door, only to see Zhifu Liu sitting inside at some point.

"Lu Tongju's words are almost exactly the same as what Cao Tongzhi said when he ran to me early this morning. They are also so humble and pious, and they are so humble that people can't bear to doubt them." Liu Zhifu said, "It's just, what do you think? Are the two still believable now?"

"Only God knows what happened in the governor's residence last night. Now that they have said so, what else can we do but believe?" Zhan Sima chuckled.

"Then, let's let them take away our rights?" Prefect Liu said anxiously, "Then you say, they will return the things to us intact at that time as they said. ?"

"They may not dare to act rashly at the beginning. But once they taste the taste of a higher level of power, I'm afraid they won't be willing to let go." Zhan Sima whispered, "And this Cui Shishi made such an arrangement, it should be It’s also out of consideration.”

This is what Liu Zhifu is most worried about.

"Then what should we do? Is it possible to let him slowly isolate us like this?"

Zhan Sima glanced at him. "What, are you in a hurry?"

Liu Zhifu hurriedly lowered his head. "Don't be in a hurry, sir."

"You don't have to perfunctory me with such insincere words. In fact, I'm also quite anxious." Zhan Sima said calmly.

Liu Zhifu's heart skipped a beat!
Even he is in a hurry, does that mean that there is nothing he can do?So what to do now!

At this time, I heard Zhan Sima speak slowly again: "According to the days, we have been sick for a few days. It is not a serious illness at first, but after a few more days, it should be almost the same, what do you think?"

"That's right, I think so too. In fact, today, I feel that I'm already in good spirits!" Liu Zhifu nodded quickly.

So, in another three days, the two people who were said to be "dying sick and barely able to get up" went out to meet people in good spirits again.

The two even came to Cui Pu to admit their mistakes.Frank and generous, as if they were not the ones who were slapped in the face that day.

"So that's their backbone? I thought they were going to fight me to the end!" Cui Pu was not angry when he found out, but curled his lips in displeasure, "It's so boring, I thought I could beat them again face!"

"Speak as if you didn't fight this time." Mu Jiaojiao said coolly.

Cui Pu laughed again.

"Next, we should be able to relax a bit and go about our own business. By the way... watch the show."

After all, the rights that had just come into their hands had been taken back before they could fully enjoy them for a few days. Those two people should be very unwilling, right?
Cracks have already appeared in this seemingly united team.

(End of this chapter)