Chapter 7: The Old Cunning and Crafty Zhou Guangbi
When Zhou Guangbi led Yang Bo by the hand to the front, everyone knew that Hu Datou's disaster had arrived. At this time, many people looked at Hu Datou with sympathy for the last time. Soon, Zhou Guangbi waved his hand and several of his family members dragged Hu Datou, who was paralyzed on the ground, away.
Hu Dahu has always been a bully, tyrannizing men and oppressing women. His evil reputation spreads far and wide throughout the ten miles and eight villages. Although he has many friends who share his love of wine and meat, at this moment no one is willing to stand up for him, nor does anyone dare to do so. Even Wang Yuanshan, who had always accepted Hu Dahu's filial piety, is now as silent as a cicada in winter.
"Mingri ya song an dong wei zhi hui suo ting hou fa luo, na yi bai zhang ye xian ji xia...". Zhou Guangbi saw Yang Bo preparing to protest and said: "However, Maojia Tun Yao's overall prestige is not enough, Yang Baihu, you say, is there a satisfactory candidate?"
Yang Bo opened his mouth "Xiao Qi Han is a capable and efficient person, can be considered..."
Originally, according to the tacit understanding of officialdom, a superior would just say some polite words to comfort you, and an obedient subordinate like you would respond with: "I'm new here and not familiar with things yet, but I'll follow your instructions, sir."
Everyone has their own way down, isn't that enough?
Ke Yangbo this newcomer in official circles plus white idiot he doesn't understand ah, he just so unscrupulously had Han Xiaoer erected.
The hall was filled with coughs again, and many people reassessed Yang Bo's IQ in their minds.
Zhou Guangbi nodded slightly awkwardly, Han Yaer knew that he was a down-to-earth person and had the same intention originally. He didn't expect to be preempted by Yang Bo, but it's also good this way, considering it as giving an account for that missing tooth of yours.
Yang Baihu
Zhou Guangbei smiled thickly and didn't mind his rudeness: "I don't know how you address Chen Jin, the honorable governor of Qingzhou?"
As soon as these words came out, Yang Bo was stunned...
Everyone is concerned about how to appease the anger of the Qingzhou governor, only he has doubts about Yang Bo's ambiguous words!
This old fox is going to hit his own board! I suppose he has been holding back for a long time?
Yang Bo's eyes rolled around a few times, and he suddenly turned around to face the still self-reproaching Xiucai Ge and said: "Xiucai, come here!"
The scholar was still thinking about how to defend himself after seeing Kong Lao Er, when he looked up and saw the eyes of everyone in the hall focused on him, and he was startled.
"What's going on? What happened?"
Yang Bo's words had just finished, and the hall once again erupted in a collective gasp.
Scholar!
A household with a tiny bit of property, actually uses a scholar-official as a servant!
"Scholar, come here and tell Lord Zhou how you came to know Governor Chen of Qingzhou, and how you ended up becoming a servant in my household..." Yang Bo muttered prayers under his breath while winking at the scholar.
The scholar's eyes lit up for a moment, but then he heard Yang Bo's next words and lost interest again. "You've already said everything perfectly, how can I add anything? How can I be creative?" The scholar was very disappointed.
Zhou Guangbi was stunned, and he saw the scholar timidly walking up to him. He couldn't bear to be polite, so he rushed forward like a flying bird and bowed deeply before asking, "Sir, I'm being rude, but may I ask if this gentleman is indeed Scholar Xiao? Is he a scholar who passed the exam or is his name actually Scholar Xiao?"
The scholar hadn't enjoyed such flattering gazes for a long time, and thinking of Yang Bo's crudeness and the huge fist of the ox-like man, his eyes turned red, almost crying out.
The scholar cleared his throat, held back his tears and snot, and put on a faint expression before saying:
"I don't dare to receive such a grand gift, my humble name is Wang Zao, styled Songzhu, also known as Mr. Songzhu... In the 46th year of Wanli, I was a student of the Imperial Academy in Huai'an Prefecture's Suqian County. You can ask around, sir, and you'll find that in the entire Shimenshi Township, there is only one family with the surname Wang, and among them, I am the only scholar."
The hall fell again, and it was actually a real show-off, with a name, surname, and even a degree, and you could find out just by searching.
The rest of the story Zhou Guangbi didn't dare to ask, everyone automatically filled in the same plot, a down-and-out scholar and the prefect of Qingzhou got along well, perhaps with the support of the prefect, he passed the imperial examination as a xiucai, but this prefect, for the sake of his own nephew, actually let the xiucai follow him as a house servant to assist this bailiff, is there a better explanation than this?
The scholar's wronged appearance was not fake, and the people in the hall were not blind. For a moment, everyone was extremely indignant towards Yang Bo: "This foolish big shot, where did he get such good fortune? He actually used a scholar as his follower? Extravagant, too extravagant! Taking this out, it's also... it's also too damn prestigious..."
"Vice Commander Wang!" Zhou Guangbi had made up his mind. Wang Yuanshan, who had not dared to speak all morning, called out: "You come over here..."
"I don't know what orders you have..." Wang Yuanshan's heart was as dead as ashes, and the idea of competing with Zhou Guangbing had long been thrown away. The big and small hundred households and total flags below were not fools, and the thousand households would not easily show their might, but once they did, anyone would have to surrender.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Guangbi didn't even look at him, but instead bowed slightly towards Yang Bo: "I apologize for not investigating earlier and causing you, Yang Baihu, to suffer injustice... I'll make amends on behalf of Yuanshan..."
Yang Bo naturally did not dare to be presumptuous, and Zhou Guangbi was showing respect to the prefect of Qingzhou who was beyond his reach. After all, it was Zhou Guangbi who started this matter.
Looking at Zhou Guangbing's cautious appearance, Yang Bo was also extremely impressed. This Zhou Qianhu did things without revealing anything, being soft when needed, and not hesitating at all. Yang Bo knew that once he fell into Zhou Guangbing's hands, even if he brought out the Qingzhou Prefecture Governor again, it would be useless.
"Cough, cough..." Wang Qianhu was also unable to stand up straight now. He hastily walked to Yang Bo's front and said in a low and humble tone: "Uh, I don't know if Director Yang plans to return to Qingzhou Prefecture these few days? This official can take the opportunity to send Director Yang off..."
People are different, and it's clear who's superior or inferior. This Wang Qianhu still doesn't understand the situation, but earlier Zhou Guangbi had already pulled him out of this matter together with him. However, he insisted on delivering himself into Yang Bo's hands. Zhou Guangbi coldly snorted in his heart, no matter what, although he had given in to that ignorant Qingzhou prefect, the people in the main hall didn't know about it. All they knew was that Lord Zhou had restored his official authority and severely humiliated Wang Yuanshan, which could be considered a fair deal...
"Things are complicated in Ma Family Village, how dare a lower official like me leave without permission? I think that within these few years, it's unlikely that I'll be able to return to Qingzhou Prefecture." Yang Bo patted his chest with a loud thud, saying this to Zhou Guangpei.
Seeing Yang Bo's pretentious appearance, Wang Qianhu couldn't help but want to go up and punch him in the face again. However, after hearing that Yang Bo wouldn't be back for several years, he slightly put his mind at ease. But who knows when this rascal will think of coming back? He found that a mysterious tight seal had been placed on his head.
"It's all because of your big mouth!" Wang Qianhu cried tearlessly...
