Chapter 198: Placing Bet and Seeking Help

"If you encounter any trouble on the road, arrange for someone to come back and tell me!" Yang Zhengshan said softly as he stood in front of Yu Qingyi.

"Well, don't worry, sir, you won't get into any trouble!" Yu Qingyi looked at him tenderly.

This was the first time they were separated after two years of marriage. Although they were only separated for a few days, they were still reluctant to part.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, turned to Ding Qiu beside him and said, "After you go out, don't be hesitant. If someone dares to cause trouble, don't worry about their identity!"

After all, this world is not a society ruled by law. Sometimes, even if you don’t actively cause trouble, trouble will come to you.

So Yang Zhengshan was a little worried that Yu Qingyi and the others would get into trouble.

"Well, don't worry, sir. As long as I am alive, I will definitely protect the safety of the lady!" Ding Qiu said solemnly.

For Ding Qiu, the Yang family is not only his main family, Yang Zhengshan is also the benefactor of his entire family.

If Yang Zhengshan had not bought his family back then, their family would probably have broken up.

After living in the Yang family for several years, he and his family lived a very happy life.

Compared to when they were in the Zhang family before, their life in the Yang family was not like that of slaves.

Although the Yang family also has many rules, everyone in the Yang family is very tolerant towards servants. As long as they don't make mistakes, they won't be beaten or scolded for no reason.

Although his cultivation has now reached the fifth level of the acquired realm, he still has no ill will towards Yang Zhengshan or the Yang family.

If necessary, he is really willing to die for the Yang family.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the serious Ding Qiu, smiled and patted his shoulder, saying: "Don't talk about life and death, it's unlucky, I'll wait for you to come back safely!"

"Yes!" Ding Qiu smiled faintly and responded with a firm look in his eyes.

This is why he was willing to die for Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan never treated him as a slave and never treated their lives as something that could be discarded at will.

Everyone got on the carriage and the convoy slowly left. Yang Zhengshan looked at the convoy going away and raised his head to look at the clear sky.

The weather has been very good in recent days, so they should have a smooth journey.

……

Just when Yang Zhengshan sent Yu Qingyi and others away, on the construction site outside Anyuan City, a group of miserable prisoners were repairing the road under the command of the police.

In the past two years, the two main official roads to the south and west of Anyuan Prefecture have been repaired. The roads now under repair are the roads leading to villages and towns around Anyuan City.

These roads are very simple to repair, just use cement as the foundation and compact it.

And because the task was not urgent, the prefectural government only used some prisoners to do the work.

According to Yang Zhengshan, this is labor reform.

Lin Shoude was very positive about the use of free labor. Now the jail in the prefectural government was empty and all the prisoners were sent here to work.

At this moment, on the busy construction site, several followers in green shorts were surrounding a young man in brocade clothes. This young man in brocade clothes was the son of Jingyuan Marquis Mansion who was sent by Yang Zhengshan yesterday.

The Marquis of Jingyuan's surname was Su, and this young man's name was Su Shansi.

At this time, Su Shansi was very angry and furious.

The anger in his heart seemed to be burning his internal organs, making him want to roar and roar.

He is the sixth son of the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion. Even in Kyoto, he is considered a top figure.

As a result, he was caught and forced to work in this remote Anyuan city!
Do this dirty work!
Just looking at these lowly things, he couldn't help but want to beat and kill these annoying pariahs.

Looking at the officer who was blocking his way, he was so furious that he couldn't help but want to chop him with a knife.

"You idiots, do you know who I am?"

"Where is your prefect? ​​Tell him to come over and see me!"

Su Shansi roared angrily.

He had had enough. He wanted to leave here. He wanted to tear that ignorant guard into pieces.

A group of officers supervising the prisoners were really frightened by this.

They were just a group of ordinary officers. They could deal with some ordinary prisoners, but they really couldn't face the group of ferocious followers around Su Shansi.

And they can also see that Su Shansi's identity is not simple.

If Yang Zhengshan's close followers were here, these people would naturally have no chance to clamor. Yang Zhengshan's close followers don't care about these people's backgrounds. As long as Yang Zhengshan gives an order, they will carry it out to the end unswervingly.

However, these officers in front of him obviously did not have the confidence to suppress Su Shansi.

"You are a bunch of lowly things. Didn't you understand what I said? Call your prefect here." Su Shansi shouted with a livid face.

The officers looked at each other, not knowing how to deal with the matter for a moment.

But at this moment, a group of officers came from not far away, and among them was Lin Shoude.

Lin Shoude came here for an inspection. Winter was approaching soon, and he wanted to see if the road could be completed before winter.

Lin Shoude heard Su Shansi's voice, walked closer and looked at Su Shansi with a puzzled look.

"who are you?"

Su Shansi also noticed Lin Shoude, "Who are you?"

"I am the governor of Anyuan Prefecture!"

"You are the prefect!" A cruel look appeared on Su Shansi's face.

"I am the Sixth Young Master of the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion. Please let me go immediately, or I will make sure you lose your official hat!"

"..."

After hearing this, Lin Shoude looked at Su Shansi as if he were a fool.

Let’s not talk about whether you are the son of Marquis Jingyuan. Even if you really are, why should you make me lose my official hat?

Have you asked the Ministry of Personnel?

Or do you think that the Jingyuan Marquisate has the ability to influence the Ministry of Personnel?

Damn it, he has never seen such a shameless idiot in his life!
That’s right, at this moment Lin Shoude thought Su Shansi was a fool.

The power of the Jingyuan Marquis's Mansion is not small. The current Jingyuan Marquis is the commander of the Fenwu Battalion, one of the twelve battalions of the Jingdu Imperial Army. As the commander of the Fenwu Battalion, one of the twelve battalions of the Imperial Army, Jingyuan Marquis is considered to be highly valued.

But the question is, can the nobles interfere in the affairs of the six ministries?

Of course not.

Let alone Marquis Jingyuan, even if it was Duke Ningguo, ask him if he dared to interfere in the affairs of the six ministries in the court?
If he dared, the old emperor would dare to execute all the members of the Ningguo Mansion. If the nobles and generals could interfere in the affairs of the six ministries, how could the old emperor feel at ease?

The fact that Su Shansi could say such words only shows that this guy is a fool. He doesn't even know the most obvious rules in the court, yet he dares to talk nonsense here, and is not afraid of bringing disaster to the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion.

If these words were to reach the ears of the old emperor, Marquis Jingyuan would certainly be in trouble.

"How is this going?"

Lin Shoude asked the officer next to him.

The officer immediately stepped forward and whispered the general outline of the matter.

"Did Lord Yang say how long he should stay here?"

"Well, Lord Yang's personal attendant didn't explain!" the officer replied.

Lin Shoude glanced at Su Shansi and his followers and said, "Then let them stay here for three months. If they don't work, they won't be given food! I don't want to keep idle people here!"

"This!!" The officer was a little distressed, "Sir, if they resist, what should we do?"

Lin Shoude glared at him and said, "Aren't there soldiers from the garrison over there? If they dare to resist, let the soldiers from the garrison come over and kill them!"

Yang Zhengshan is not afraid of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion, let alone Lin Shoude.

At this time, Lin Shoude didn't care about Jingyuan Marquis Mansion at all. Since Yang Zhengshan sent people here, let them work honestly.

As for the other things, if he cared about them, he would not have been ostracized to Anyuan Prefecture in the first place.

However, when Su Shansi heard his words, he was completely stunned.

what happened?

Why aren't the officials here afraid of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion?

It would be fine if he couldn't act arrogantly in Kyoto, but why couldn't he act recklessly in this remote little place?
It would be fine if he couldn't act recklessly, but why did he target him so unscrupulously!

"You, you dog official!"

Su Shansi was so angry that he pointed at Lin Shoude and called him a dog official.

Lin Shoude glared at him fiercely, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will beat you with a stick!"

Su Shansi shuddered all over and almost cried.

He really wanted to cry.

Wow, the officials in Anyuan City are so bullying!
He was not afraid of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion and dared to let him, the son of the Marquis Mansion, do such menial work.

At this moment, the anger in his heart was extinguished as if by a basin of cold water, and he fell into a daze.

His cognition was broken, his arrogance was shattered, and now all that was left was panic and fear.

Unfortunately, Lin Shoude had no idea of ​​the emotions in his heart. Seeing that he was no longer talking, he gave a few instructions to the officers and left.

After he left, the officers shouted to Su Shansi vigilantly, "Why are you still standing there? Get to work!"

Su Shansi's followers felt very miserable.

They are guards, all accomplished warriors. It is really embarrassing to let them work here.

They looked back at Su Shansi, but Su Shansi was still immersed in his own confusion and had not come back to his senses at all.

When the officers saw that the group of people did not respond, they became alert.

"I'm warning you, there is a team of soldiers from the garrison camp over there. If you dare to act recklessly, don't blame us if you get killed!" the officer shouted loudly.

"Young Master!" The follower knew that they could not continue the confrontation like this, so he could only call out.

Su Shansi came back to his senses, looked around with lifeless eyes, and finally said with a sad face: "Work!"

As he spoke, he walked towards the dusty construction site with tears in his eyes.

The thin and skinny figure seemed extremely sad at this moment.

Not far from the construction site, three figures were looking at this side.

"Miss, are we really not going to care about Mr. Su anymore?"

A maid said to Ning Qing.

Ning Qing shook his head. "We can't control his affairs. Didn't the garrison commander say that he won't do anything to him? He's just doing some hard labor, so he shouldn't be in any trouble!"

"Besides, we still have some important business to deal with. Tomorrow is the birthday banquet for the wife of Marquis Changping. We have to get to Chongshan Pass as soon as possible!"

The purpose of their visit to Chongshan Town this time was to celebrate the birthday of the wife of Marquis Changping.

In fact, they had come here by themselves, but unexpectedly they met Su Shansi and his group on the way, so the two sides traveled together.

As for why Su Shansi chose to be with them, Ning Qing could guess what he was thinking. He just wanted to win her favor, or rather, to win the favor of Earl Qing'an and make Earl Qing'an agree to the marriage proposal from the Jingyuan Marquis' Mansion.

The current Qing'an Marquis' Mansion naturally cannot be compared with the Jingyuan Marquis' Mansion, but don't forget that the Qing'an Marquis' Mansion is the emperor and empress's maiden home, and the current crown prince is the emperor and empress's legitimate son.

Once the prince ascends the throne, the Qing'an Earl's Mansion will be the emperor's maternal family.

Even though the Qing'an Marquis' Mansion has no power now, when the crown prince ascends the throne, the Qing'an Marquis' Mansion will certainly be given more titles. It is probably impossible to confer the title of Duke, but it is completely possible to confer the title of Marquis.

If the Qing'an Marquis's Mansion can demonstrate some capabilities by then, perhaps it will be valued by the current crown prince.

Therefore, many nobles in Kyoto wanted to place their bets in the Qing'an Marquis's Mansion in advance.

Ning Qing saw this very clearly.

Qing Anbo also saw it very clearly.

Others want to bet on them, and they also want to find support from other places.

And the help they were looking for was the Changping Marquis Mansion.

Ning Qing glanced at Su Shansi who was buried in the dust and shook his head slightly.

In fact, the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion is not bad, but it’s a pity that this Sixth Master Su is such a fool.

"Come on, it's time for us to set off!"

After saying that, she turned and walked towards the carriage parked behind.

In just a moment, the carriage headed eastward under the escort of a dozen followers.

(End of this chapter)