Hope for luck

Chapter 508
In the territory of Huaiyang Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, a medium-sized official ship is walking on the canal.

At this time, it is approaching the beginning of March, and on both sides of the canal, it can be said that the spring is bright and the willows are swaying.

When we got here, we were less than two hundred miles away from the city of Guangling Mansion. After crossing Fanliang Lake, we were within the jurisdiction of Guangling Mansion.

Gao Pan lived a chic life on the boat, but at the same time, he also thought about whether he should make a private visit first to see what is going on in Guangling Mansion.

As one of the important towns in the south of the Yangtze River, Guangling Mansion was originally the end of the canal, and was also set as the capital of many dynasties.

Immediately after the establishment of the Dayu Dynasty, the governor's office in the south of the Yangtze River was established in Linjiang City. Linjiang City was upstream of Guangling Mansion, and the distance between the two places was only 130 miles.

It can be said that it is an attached city of the provincial government. Therefore, Guangling Mansion has always been a tax-heavy town, the people are rich, and every household has surplus food.

However, after all, it was just Daotu's rumors, and Gao Pan wanted to know the real situation of Guangling Mansion.

As soon as he thought of it, Gao Pan informed Xie Yujun and Gao Ming that they were going to disembark for a field visit.

Xie Yujun naturally would not resist, but was only worried about the safety of his concubine.

Gao Pan told him that there are many hidden guards behind the ship, so there is no need to worry about the safety of the personnel on the official ship, but their own safety is quite disturbing.

"I'm afraid that someone will know our whereabouts and prepare some 'gifts' for us!"

Only Gao Pan said with a frown.

After hearing this, Xie Yujun was a little puzzled:

"how do I say this?"

Gao Pan didn't explain what he said. After thinking for a while, he said calmly:

"I've already thought of a good solution, brother-in-law, just follow my instructions!"

After Xie Yujun heard this, although he was still very puzzled, Gao Pan seemed to have made no mistakes in his actions all the time, so he didn't ask any more questions. He could do whatever Gao Pan asked him to do.

...

late at night.

Gao Pan's official ship sailed slowly into Fanliang Lake. This lake is naturally a canal channel, and many merchant ships and official ships passing from south to north will pass here.

However, it was already late at night, and only some lights could be seen occasionally on the lake, except around the official boat, which could be seen clearly, the rest of the place was pitch black.

Suddenly, many 'water ghosts' emerged from the water, followed the railing of the boat, and came directly to the boat.

After quickly killing a few crew members, he started to ignite and set the entire official ship on fire.

The surrounding area was instantly lit up, and the flames soared into the sky, allowing the ships not far away to see clearly, and someone came forward to check the situation.

Seeing that an official ship was on fire, and there were still people shouting, the people who came hurriedly asked for help.

People from the Inspection Department of the nearby waters came over quickly, and after everyone worked together to put out the fire, they pulled away the burnt official ship.

He also rushed to report to the Fanliang county government overnight, but it was late at night after all, such a thing was not a big deal.

The county magistrate of Fanliang County didn't pay attention to it. It wasn't until the next morning that they heard that an official boat had been burned on the lake.

The county magistrate sent someone to investigate who was on the official ship.

Not long after, it was learned from one of the surviving guards that the new prefect of Guangling and Tongzhi were on board the official ship.

The county magistrate of Fanliang County was shocked when he heard this. He was a county magistrate under the jurisdiction of Guangling Mansion.

Now the new magistrate and fellow magistrates were killed on the way to take office, and they were still killed in his jurisdiction, what should we do?
The magistrate also panicked instantly, and hastily called his master's cronies and others to discuss countermeasures.

In the end, the secret result was obtained. After all, no one knew who the person on the official ship was.

All you need to do is burn down the official ship completely, and just pretend that nothing happened, and when asked by the superiors, just say nothing.

This suggestion was finally adopted by the county magistrate of Fanliang County. Without further ado, the only survivor was thrown into prison, and the matter was concealed, and the official ship was burned clean.

……

Guangling Prefecture City.

In a garden in the inner city, this is the mansion of the Liao family. The mansion is a standard Jiangnan garden, which looks very quiet and elegant.

In a pavilion, I saw two people sitting on pear wood chairs, talking about something.

One of them looked like an old man with an old face and white hair, but his eyes were very bright.

With a round cap on his head and a blue robe with a round collar, he looked like a wealthy old man.

The other person was in his fifties, wearing a black gauze cap and a vermilion official uniform, with regular features and a stern face, with a tuft of long beard on his chin.

Just listen to the vermilion official say:
"Mr. Liao, I heard that Gao Pan, the newly appointed prefect of Guangling, is Dong Pingzhang's confidant and a descendant of honor!"

This vermilion official is none other than Jiangnan Governor Gu Xinshan, and this green-robed old man is Liao Jie who has returned home.

After listening to Gu Xinshan's words, Liao Jie seemed to be a bit of an old god, and while throwing fish food towards the pond in front of them, he replied calmly:

"It's just a magistrate, so why are you so worried? Speaking of which, the magistrate still has to listen to you, the governor!"

It stands to reason that the governor of the south of the Yangtze River is based in Linjiang City, but now Gu Xinshan has come to Guangling City, and he doesn't know what's going on.

As Liao Jie sprinkled the fish food, many colorful goldfish, carp, etc. appeared in the pond in front of the pavilion, scrambling to grab the fish food.

"However, I heard that this Gao Pan is a shit-stirring person, Dongshan was able to carry out the New Deal because of his handwriting..."

Hearing Gu Xinshan's troubled talk, seeing that Liao Jie remained calm, he went on to say:

"The later Hubu landslide was also because of Gao Pan. In the court hall, the name of 'The Fierce Butcher' was spread. Anyone who saw him had to walk around!"

"Therefore, I'm afraid that his coming this time is just to muddy the water in the south of the Yangtze River, and even pierce the sky!"

After hearing this, Liao Jie narrowed his old eyes, raised his eyebrows again, turned around and picked up the tea cup prepared beside him and drank.

Seeing that Liao Jie still didn't express anything, Gu Xinshan couldn't help but speak more clearly:
"Old Liao, I'm afraid that once he comes, the New Deal will be unstoppable, and then..."

Before the words fell, Liao Jie raised his hand, grabbed a lot of fish food, and threw it casually, and the fish in the pond immediately went towards these fish food.

After Liao Jie squinted his eyes again, he pointed to the fish in the pond and said:
"Did you see it? These fish will run wherever there is food. If you don't give the fish food, they won't come out at all, and they won't fight for it..."

These words seemed to mean something, which caused Gu Xinshan to be taken aback for a while, and he didn't realize it after a long time.

Seeing this, Liao Jie made it clear:
"This pond is like the entire south of the Yangtze River. Master Gu, do you want to be a fish in this pond? Or do you want to be a person throwing fish and food on the shore?"

(End of this chapter)