royal husband

Li Jin chuckled, "Young Master Lan, how are you doing after a long time no see?"

"Not...not bad." Lan Mingzhou replied with a little embarrassment, "How come you come here, Mr. Li?"

"Of course I'm here to do business." Ying Yuan narrowed his eyes and walked over, stood in front of Li Jin, met Lan Mingzhou's gaze, and said, "Master Lan won't welcome us, right?"

Lan Mingzhou gasped.

"You are Seven..."

Li Jin interrupted Lan Mingzhou calmly, "Lord Lan, this is not a place to talk, why don't we go in and talk in detail?"

Lan Mingzhou heard what Li Jin meant, and only then did he realize that the master and the official came out with him, and when he heard Lan Mingzhou call Li Jin his son, he was dumbfounded.

Lan Mingzhou immediately made amends, and made a "please" gesture to Li Jin and Ying Yuan, "Please come to the two young masters."

"I'm bothering Master Lan."

After Li Jin finished speaking, he walked in together with Li Jin.

After entering the inner hall, Lan Mingzhou immediately asked Li Jin to sit down with Ying Yuan, and made a pot of tea by himself.

"It's all rough tea, please don't mind."

As Lan Mingzhou said, he picked up the tea cups next to him and poured a cup of tea for Li Jin and the two of them.

"No problem." Li Jin smiled lightly, took a sip from the teacup, and said, "It's just that there seems to be no one else here besides those two just now, Mr. Lan?"

"This is also impossible."

Lan Mingzhou smiled wryly, and simply informed Li Jin and Ying Yuan of the situation in the yamen. Anyway, he has nothing to be calculated by others now.

It turned out that Chen Manzhou escaped back then, not because of Ying Ziqi's invitation, but because the evil facts he had committed were too numerous to record, which aroused uncontrollable public anger, so he chose to run away.

However, it was precisely because of Chen Manzhou's irresponsible escape behavior that completely detonated the anger of the people, and then attacked the Yamen irrationally, that the Yamen became the dilapidated look it is now.

Simultaneously.

Chen Manzhou's previous death had even affected Lan Mingzhou, who came here to serve as the county magistrate. He was trapped in the dilapidated yamen several times and couldn't get out. It was delusional to ask the yamen for help.

After all, the common people were harmed like this by the former county magistrate, how could anyone dare to be an official, if one is not handled well, it will arouse public anger.

Lan Mingzhou didn't just sit still, after dealing with the people of Zhuzhou many times, and admonishing many bullying squires and businessmen related to them with thunderous means, he finally secured his position as county magistrate of Zhuzhou.

The existing master and yamen servants in the yamen recommended themselves only after Lan Mingzhou gained a good reputation among the common people, so that he would not let Lan Mingzhou remain a poor commander.

There are only advantages and disadvantages. Lan Mingzhou now has a good reputation among the people, but he also offended those country gentry and wealthy businessmen, which led to their help when something happened later. In the end, Lan Mingzhou had no choice but to brazenly ask the common people for help, and it was considered a good job.

The Lan family also seemed to know what Lan Mingzhou was doing. In order to make Lan Mingzhou's life more difficult, the Lan family even sent people to tell those squires and wealthy businessmen that although Lan Mingzhou appeared to be a descendant, in fact The Patriarch of the Lan Family is not to be seen, and the Mistress of the Lan Family hates him to the extreme. If they are told to be bold enough to deal with Lan Mingzhou, the Lan Family will never hold him accountable.

In this way, those people danced more happily.

Lan Mingzhou has no regrets about this, and if it happens again, he will choose to side with the common people.

"It's not easy for you either."

Hearing what happened to Lan Mingzhou after he came to Zhuzhou, Li Jin couldn't help shaking his head.

"I'm fine." Lan Mingzhou shook his head with a wry smile, "The only thing I'm worried about now is the food that you and the Seventh Prince transported, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fall into the hands of the common people."

The last time the disaster relief food came to Zhuzhou was when Lan Mingzhou came to work in Zhuzhou. He had no foundation at all and was severely suppressed by the Lan family. He could only watch angrily as the food was divided up by those gentry and powerful businessmen behind him. up.

Therefore, after knowing that it was Li Jin and Ying Yuan who delivered the food this time, Lan Mingzhou resolutely chose to tell them the matter.

Li Jin asked knowingly, "You are from the Lan family, no matter how dissatisfied they are with you, they shouldn't have acted so brilliantly."

Lan Mingzhou shook his head, a coldness quickly flashed in his eyes.

"Your Majesty Li doesn't know that my identity...is not what it used to be. Those people dared to bully me because of the instruction of the Lan family. To be honest, I don't care how they deal with me, but they You shouldn't have disregarded the life and death of the common people, joined forces with those people, and even dug my mother's grave."

Mentioning the Lan family, Lan Mingzhou's heart was filled with anger and hatred.

In addition to dealing with Lan Mingzhou, the mistress of the Lan family also attacked the grave of Lan Mingzhou's biological mother who had been killed by her earlier, and let Lan Mingzhou watch her biological mother's grave being dug up, and then the body was whipped.

Forcibly destroying Lan Mingzhou's last trace of comfort to the mistress of the Lan family.

However, this is one of them.

Before Lan Mingzhou took office, he was also severely beaten by the mistress of the Lan family. Except where he could see, Lan Mingzhou's body at that time could be said to be bruised and bruised. On Lan Mingzhou's wound, he almost killed Lan Mingzhou.

"Your mother's grave?"

Yingyuan's hand holding the teacup trembled.

It seems that he didn't expect that Lan Mingzhou would take the initiative to tell them about the Yin of the Lan family.

"I was not born to the mistress of the Lan family..."

Lan Mingzhou didn't hide anything, and told Li Jin and Yingyuan everything that the Lan family tried to hide.

Li Jin looked at Lan Mingzhou meaningfully and said, "Master Lan, why are you willing to tell us about this?"

"I want to serve Prince Li."

Lan Mingzhou didn't hold back, and directly stated his purpose.

This is the thought that Lan Mingzhou has always had after his accident.

It's just that Lan Mingzhou is not familiar with Li Jin, and there was a hostile relationship in the past, so Lan Mingzhou really didn't know what to do. Therefore, this time, when he saw Li Jin coming to his door, Lan Mingzhou would naturally not let go of this rare opportunity. good opportunity.

For the current Lan Mingzhou.

The only person who can allow him to contend against the snobbery of the Lan family is Li Jin, the son of Prince Dingbei.

As for why Lan Mingzhou didn't serve Jingnan, who also has military power, the reason for the two princes Pingxi is very simple, because they have secretly entered the command of other princes, and they are eagerly waiting for the success of Conglong. Such a lost son of the Lan family offended the Lan family and added obstacles to the prince they took refuge in.

therefore.

Li Jin, who is powerful and at odds with Ying Zijun, is the most suitable candidate.

Although Li Jin has long had the idea of ​​taking Lan Mingzhou under his banner, it doesn't mean that Li Jin will immediately agree to Lan Mingzhou's service, "You just said that you are not from the Lan family's mistress, so what do you use to serve? I?"

"My life." Lan Mingzhou said word by word, "If Prince Li is worried, I can give you a contract of sale."

After Lan Mingzhou finished speaking, he took out the written deed of sale from his arms and handed it to Li Jin to show his determination.

"it is good."

Li Jin only said one good word, and then accepted Lan Mingzhou's contract of sale.

"Thank you, Prince Li."

When Lan Mingzhou saw Li Jin accepting the contract of selling his life, he finally let go of the heart that had been hanging over him.

Lan Mingzhou's move was also a desperate attempt. If Li Jin did not agree, Lan Mingzhou's ending would only end in depression under the suppression of the Lan family.

Li Jin asked straight to the point, "Lord Lan, how do you want me to help you?"

Lan Mingzhou stood up suddenly, cupped his hands and said, "The Lan family's affairs are not in a hurry. What I want most now is that Mr. Li can help me distribute the relief food to the victims."

Lan Mingzhou can clearly distinguish between primary and secondary.

He is now the parental officer of Zhuzhou, and now that the situation in Zhuzhou has finally stabilized in his hands, how could he only care about his personal enmity and leave the people behind.

"How do you want me to help?"

"I want to..."

Lan Mingzhou immediately told Li Jin the method he had thought up.

"Are you really going to do this? They might not agree, and it's not a long-term solution."

"The lower officials can't control so much anymore, please let Shizi Li agree."

'Boom' sound.

Lan Mingzhou knelt and kowtowed to Li Jin on the spot, hoping that Li Jin would agree.

Li Jin was silent for a long time before responding, "Alright, since you insist on doing this, I won't say anything."

"Thank you for the great kindness of the eldest son, Mingzhou will definitely remember it in his heart."

Lan Mingzhou was overjoyed when Li Jin agreed, and kowtowed to Li Jin several times.

"Enough." Li Jin quickly stopped Lan Mingzhou and said, "Aren't you still going to count the food? Go quickly, it would be bad if you delay."

"Yes, sir, let's go now."

After Lan Mingzhou finished speaking, he hurried out.

Ying Yuan looked at Lan Mingzhou's back in the distance, and said solemnly, "A Jin, I can't trust him."

"No problem." Li Jin shook his head, and said with a half-smile, "As long as he really works, I don't care about those petty thoughts."

Ying Yuan raised his head and met Li Jin's gaze, "A Jin, aren't you afraid of his betrayal?"

For some reason, Ying Yuan was very resistant to Li Jin's attitude towards Lan Mingzhou, and always felt that something important was about to be taken away.

What's wrong with me?Why is there such a weird idea?

Ying Yuan looked at Li Jin with a look of complexity that even he couldn't figure out.

Li Jin smiled and said, "I never trusted him, so how can I talk about betrayal?"

After two lifetimes of experience, Li Jin has learned to smile as gentle as jade, making it difficult for people to see clearly and guess his true inner thoughts.The heart is no longer as pure as it was before, and it is even more impossible for others to see my sincerity.

And me?do you trust

Yingyuan couldn't help but think of this sentence, but Yingyuan was afraid that the answer he got would make him unbearable, so he didn't have the courage to ask it.

I had no choice but to suppress the real problem, "This way I can feel at ease."