Hope for luck

Chapter 523
Gao Pan's words shocked Liao Jie, and he felt a little admiration, and said:

"What little friend said really opened my eyes. No wonder this old man always thinks that little friend is full of extravagance. It's really rare to have such insight and understanding!"

After Gao Pan listened, his old face blushed, he waved his hands hastily, and replied modestly, which made Liao Jie know him better.

Afterwards, after the two talked for a long time, Gao Pan took Luo Ying to say goodbye and left. Before leaving, he did not forget to give Liao Jie a piece of silver as money for buying fish.

Liao Jie didn't refuse either, and put it in his arms directly, as if this was what he should have gotten.

When Gao Pan saw this, he was taken aback for a moment, but then he was relieved, and he still carried Luoying on his back towards Guangling City.

Luo Ying originally said that she could go, but Gao Pan insisted on carrying her on her back, so Luo Ying could only bite her cherry lips, shamelessly climbed on Gao Pan's back, and let Gao Pan carry her on her back.

This is the era of patriarchy, no matter how loving a couple is, it is very difficult for a man to walk with his wife on his back.

And when Luoying saw that Gao Pan seemed to be taken for granted, she felt so happy and happy in her heart, this was a treatment neither Shen Jinhua nor Ning Yan had.

After walking away, Luo Ying couldn't help asking:

"Master, look at the old fisherman's appearance, I'm afraid he is not an ordinary person, do you want to send someone to investigate?"

Gao Pan shook his head:
"The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. I just met him by chance. It's good that I don't know the identity of the other party. Otherwise, after he knows that I am the magistrate of Guangling, he will never dare to tell the truth to me again!"

Hearing this, Luo Ying pursed her lips, and proudly lay on Gao Pan's back, not to mention how proud she was, the Ailang in front of her was already a magistrate at such a young age, after that, wouldn't she have to be named as a marquis? ?
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Not long after Gao Pan left with Luo Ying, a close aide suddenly came by Liao Jie's side, holding a letter in his hand, and handed it to Liao Jie respectfully:
"Master, the governor Gu lord's handwritten letter said that he wanted to hear your opinion, so he sent the letter in a hurry. The villain knew that the master was here, so he came here to make trouble, and I hope the master will forgive me!"

Liao Jie put down his fishing rod, stretched himself, stood up, and said:
"Forget it, let's fish here today and put these fish back!"

After speaking, Liao Jie took the letter and walked towards the official road, where the Liao family's carriage was waiting.

After Liao Jie got into the carriage, he opened the urgent letter sent by Gu Xinshan, and sat in the carriage to read it.

In the letter, Gu Xinshan described all the things he encountered so far.

First of all, Gao Pan, the magistrate of Guangling, put him together, and he was fine.

Secondly, Yuan Fangjun even stated clearly that he wanted to kill Gao Pan. It seems that the person who assassinated Gao Pan on Fanliang Lake must be the person Yuan Fangjun sent.

In the end, what annoyed Gu Xinshan the most was when Gao Pan passed by Jinzhuang Town, he unexpectedly caught Wu's father and son who abducted and trafficked young girls and forced them into prostitution.

And behind the Wu family and his son is an interest group that even he, the governor, dare not touch easily.

This interest group, using the 'Guangling Slender Horse' as a link, binds everyone to it. Once they are moved, it will be a catastrophe.

After reading the letter, Liao Jie frowned. He didn't expect that such a big disturbance could be caused by this high climb.

Of course, Liao Jie knew about this interest group. Speaking of which, he was also a member of this interest group before.

It's just that after he retired from his old age and returned to his hometown, he lost his rights and was already kicked out.

In the eyes of outsiders, they are called Jiangnan merchants, including very wealthy salt merchants, silk merchants, grain merchants and so on.

Although Guangling Mansion is not the provincial capital of Jiangnan Province, it is the most affluent city in the whole of Jiangnan, because there are salt and silk merchants from all over the world gathered here.

More than [-]% of the salt and more than [-]% of the silk and cotton textile products in the entire Dayu Dynasty were transshipped from Guangling Mansion.

In Guangling Fucheng, such as the Salt Transportation Department, Grain Transportation Department, Xunyan Yushifu, Jiangnan Weaving Mansion, etc., are all located in Guangling City.

Coupled with the nourishment of maritime trade, wealthy businessmen can be seen everywhere in the entire Guangling Mansion, and those who can settle in Guangling City are people with a lot of money.

As their money increased, many wealthy businessmen began to bribe officials. After all, whether it was salt, grain, silk, cotton cloth, etc., all of these needed the approval of the government before they could be distributed.

It is very common to give money to beauties. In addition, women from the south of the Yangtze River have a unique and beautiful temperament. With a little training, they are rare and superior beauties.

Therefore, these wealthy gentry were not afraid of losing money, and hired people to train some beautiful prostitutes, and then dedicated them to the officials.

And these prostitutes were gradually given the elegant title of "Guangling Slim Horse" because of their graceful figure and thin and pitiful appearance, and were sought after by the world.

With the passage of time, the ambitions of the wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River are getting bigger and bigger. They hope to get more, so they start to send their people to the court, and at the same time, they are looking for spokespersons for their own interests.

Liao Jie, who was the chief assistant before, and also from Guangling, was naturally the target of these wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River.

For the matter behind this, Liao Jie can be said to be very clear. After squinting his eyes and thinking for a while, Liao Jie ordered people to go back to the house.

And at this moment, the confidant who came to deliver the letter to him had already packed up all of Liao Jie's belongings and respectfully put them on the carriage.

Looking at Liao Jie's face again, the confidant whispered:
"Master, I heard that you just met a young junior and had a good conversation? Shall I check him out?"

After hearing this, Liao Jie waved his hands and said calmly:
"No need, it's just a meeting by chance, why bother to know so much, knowing more will only make you hate each other even more."

After hearing this, the confidant hurriedly nodded in agreement, not daring to bring up the matter again.

And Liao Jie handed him the letter in his hand:
"Let's see, if you were Gu Xinshan, what would you do now?"

Seeing that Liao Jie handed the letter to him, the confidant was surprised, then took it respectfully, and read it quickly.

After reading it, he frowned and thought for a long time before looking at Liao Jie and saying:

"Master, this Yuan Fangjun is so bold and reckless, I thought Gao Pan's assassination could be blamed on him!"

"As for the matter in Jinzhuang Town, forgive me for being stupid, I don't know how to deal with it."

After hearing this, Liao Jie said with a smile:
"Hehehe... It's pretty good that you can consider how big this place is. This high climber is quite powerful. Gu Xinshan was taken as an army when he came up, so it's no wonder he wrote in a hurry, asking the old man for his opinion!"

(End of this chapter)