Hope for luck

Chapter 60
Faced with Wei Yan'an's difficulties, Gao Pan had expected it and was not flustered. Seeing that he seemed to insist on his statement, Gao Pan sent people to go to the homes of ordinary people in the city to fetch some daily food.

After a while, people came to Gao Pan with grain one after another. There was not much grain in a dendrobium, only about six taels a catty.

However, the purpose of Gao Pan's coming for food is naturally not to raise food, but to tell Wei Yan'an a cruel fact!

"Master Wei, please take a closer look. This is the grain that was just borrowed from the people in the city. Compared with the autumn grain, how much worse is the quality?"

Gao Pan took the grain and compared it with the autumn grain in the warehouse, then looked at Wei Yan'an and said.

"Hmph, don't think that you can get away with it like this. Who knows if you brought old grain on purpose? Besides, I have seen a lot of autumn grain. Naturally, there is a standard for judging. I said that this autumn grain is not good. , just can’t do it!”

Wei Yan'an did bite to death and said that the autumn grain collected by Gao Pan was not of good quality. This crime can be big or small, but at least he will be demoted, and if it is big, he may be exiled for thousands of miles.

After hearing this, Gao Pan said with a serious face:

"Master Wei, have you heard the saying why don't you eat minced meat? In order to pay taxes to the court, all the people in this county would rather pay taxes on the new rice and keep the old grain for themselves, but Lord Wei still thinks that these taxes are taxed. Is the autumn grain here old grain?"

Hearing this, Wei Yan'an's expression changed slightly, but he still said forcefully:
"Does this have something to do with what kind of food you eat? In short, I think your food is not good, but it is not good. You can either collect it again, or wait for the court to deal with it!"

Wei Yan'an's words were a little too unreasonable, even irrational, but in his own heart, he felt that he was right.

He looked at Gao Pan squintingly, with disdain and sarcasm in his eyes.

"It seems that Master Wei is really embarrassing the people of this county on purpose? In this case, I have no choice but to submit a memorial and ask the emperor to make the decision!"

Seeing that Wei Yan'an seemed to feel that he was on the side of justice, Gao Pan said without haste.

"It's up to you, but don't blame me for not reminding you. When your memorial arrives in the capital, the governor will be the first to ask you. Why wait for the emperor's order?"

Wei Yan'an still said disapprovingly, and even felt that Gao Pan was suicidal.

"Even so, I have a clear conscience. Since Lord Wei deliberately made things difficult for you, knowing that the common people eat food that is worse than autumn grain, but still think that the county's autumn grain is of poor quality, I naturally have nothing to say. It's up to the emperor to decide!"

Now that we have come to the era of supremacy of imperial power, Gao Pan has to follow the rules of this era.

Facing Wei Yan'an deliberately making things difficult at this moment, Gao Pan pulled out the banner of the emperor, thinking to make Wei Yan'an feel a little in awe.

"You don't want the emperor on the left and the emperor on the right. I am also an official of the imperial court, and I act according to the emperor's orders. After all, your autumn food is just not good!"

Wei Yan'an is not stupid, Gao Pan moved out the name of the emperor, and he would move, which made him feel that everything he did was in compliance with laws and regulations, and he even believed in his heart that the current autumn food It just doesn't qualify.

Seeing this, Gao Pan's anger slowly rose. Wei Yan'an seemed determined not to accept these autumn grains, so it was useless for him to say anything.

Thinking of this, Gao Pan cupped his hands indifferently at Wei Yan'an, and prepared to leave here.

Seeing that Gao Pan was about to leave, the corners of Wei Yan'an's mouth rose slightly. He thought that Gao Pan had confessed, so he looked at Gao Pan's back and said sarcastically:
"Gao Pan, if you want me to accept these autumn grains, it's fine. I'll serve you for three days. Maybe when I'm happy, I might be able to accept it!"

After Gao Pan heard this, he stopped and did not turn his head. Instead, he said calmly with Wei Yan'an behind his back:

"Wei Yan'an, do you think you can do whatever you want? Don't blame me for not reminding you, it's still too late to regret it, otherwise, catastrophe is imminent!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Pan walked away from the warehouse without even looking at Wei Yan'an.

After hearing this, Wei Yan'an was taken aback for a moment, then widened his eyes, and even the eyeballs felt like they were protruding. Pointing at Gao Pan's back, he tremblingly said loudly:

"Gao Pan...Since you don't know good from bad, let's wait and see who will be in trouble first!"

In Wei Yan'an's view, he "kindly" gave Gao Pan a "way to live", but Gao Pan didn't appreciate it, and dared to say that he was in a catastrophe, how could this make him not angry?
Yin Weian, Zhou Zhengxin and others were all stunned. Yin Weian was the first to react, and quickly followed Gao Pan's footsteps and left here.

From the beginning to the end, he never had a face-to-face meeting or a word with Zhou Zhengxin.

But Zhou Zhengxin looked at the angry Wei Yan'an, thought about it, and left here in a hurry.

Gao Pan blocked his way to curry favor with Wei Yan'an, if he tried to curry favor with Wei Yan'an now, he might not get Wei Yan'an's approval, and it might even be counterproductive.

After Gao Pan, Zhou Zhengxin and others left, another figure walked in slowly, but it was Geng Gengchen with a flattering expression.

"Kaozhi County is really a child's temper. Master Wei gave him a way to deal with it, but he kindly treated him like a donkey's liver and lungs. It really made people very angry. Calm down, Master Wei. You have a lot of adults, why bother with a hairless person What about general knowledge?"

As Geng Gengchen walked, he spoke flatteringly, his words were full of disrespect to Gao Pan, even slander.

Faced with Gao Pan's ignorance, Wei Yan'an was about to vent his anger at this moment, but he didn't expect that someone happened to talk about his heart, so he couldn't help taking the words and said:
"He's just looking for his own death, I won't be as knowledgeable as him..."

After speaking, Wei Yan'an's eyes shifted to Geng Gengchen's body, with some doubts in his eyes.

"Geng Gengchen, the chief secretary of Dantang County, the lower official, met Mr. Wei. Mr. Wei was only thinking about the court's taxes, but he didn't expect that someone would not take it seriously!"

Seeing this, Geng Gengchen quickly talked about his identity and name with a flattering smile, and did not forget to slander Gao Pan.

After Wei Yan'an heard this, he had a lot of good feelings for Geng Gengchen, and he quickly cupped his hands and said politely:
"It turned out that it was Master Geng, but there were still people who understood my mind. Gao Pan didn't know good from bad, so he was going to perish sooner or later. From now on, Dantang County will have to rely on Master Geng to maintain its status in the future!"

If it was before, Wei Yan'an naturally looked down on such a small official like Geng Gengchen, but at this moment, it was rare for Geng Gengchen to agree with him so much, but he couldn't help but say a few more words.

But these words made Geng Gengchen instantly elated, and he quickly replied humbly, saying that he was just a small chief bookkeeper, an embarrassing task, but everyone could see that Geng Gengchen was very concerned about what Wei Yanan said just now.

(End of this chapter)