His words caused Zhe Wanchun’s eyes to widen.
If they hadn't known each other for many years, he would have really wanted to ask when this guy had learned Feng Shui.
“This is a crime of deceiving the emperor, and it could cost you your head. Do you think Lin Ling Su would agree?”
After swallowing with difficulty, Zhe Wanchun stuttered and asked.
“Lin Ling Su is struggling right now. He has such a good opportunity to survive, do you think he would refuse? How many times has he committed the crime of deceiving the emperor? Which of the officials in the court has not committed such a crime?”
After listening to Yuan Xing Chi’s words, Zhe Wanchun fell silent. At noon, he truly didn’t know what to say. When he thought about it carefully, it seemed to be true.
Which minister in the entire court had not committed the act of deceiving the emperor?
Those who spoke the truth all day long were now living worse than each other.
Instead, those who committed the crime of deceiving the emperor every day were all high-ranking officials riding fine horses…
“Don’t tell me these things. I’ll pretend I don’t know anything about it…”
Although Zhe Wanchun knew that what Yuan Xing Chi said was basically true, just thinking about it gave him a headache.
Speaking the truth was too dangerous in this day and age…
“I’ll take the things, burn the rest!”
After waving the documents in his hand, Yuan Xing Chi walked towards the door.
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“My lord, someone from the Han family is here!”
In the prefectural yamen of Mengzhou, while Huang Qianshan was enjoying song and dance and contemplating what Han Mo and the others would do next, the voice of a bailiff suddenly came from outside the door.
“Someone from the Han family? Who is it?”
Hearing this, Huang Qianshan’s spirits immediately lifted.
If people from the Han family didn't show up, he wouldn’t be able to continue his play.
“Replying to my lord, the person claims to be Han Xiao!”
“Han Xiao? How old is this person? Where is he from?”
Huang Qianshan had originally thought that even if Han Mo didn't come himself, at least one of the Han family's principal figures would come. But what he didn't expect was that the person who came was someone unknown.
“Replying to my lord, this person looks about twenty years old and claims to be from Mingzhou!”
“Mingzhou?”
At this, Huang Qianshan’s expression turned unpleasant.
Han Mo was indeed too arrogant. It seemed he didn’t take him seriously at all!
“Let him in!”
Although he was a little angry, after a moment of hesitation, Huang Qianshan decided to first listen to what the other party had to say before making a decision.
“Yes!”
The bailiff responded and immediately turned to walk outside.
“Are you Han Xiao?”
A moment later, two bailiffs from the prefectural yamen brought in a young man in his early twenties, dressed in blue, with a long, flat package on his back.
As soon as he saw him, Huang Qianshan asked disdainfully.
“That’s right, I am Han Xiao!”
To Huang Qianshan’s surprise, this person named Han Xiao showed no intention of paying him respects. He stood up straight as soon as he entered.
“You’ve seen me, why don’t you pay your respects?”
Huang Qianshan’s face turned cold, and he immediately asked in a deep voice.
“Lord Huang, may I ask if you can dismiss the attendants?”
Han Xiao did not answer his question but instead asked.
“Are they delaying your respects to me?”
Huang Qianshan said with a cold laugh.
“No, no, no. I think it’s better if they don’t hear some things. Otherwise, if they hear something they shouldn’t, or see something they shouldn’t, and you want to silence them, won’t they suffer undeserved disaster?”
As Han Xiao spoke, he glanced at the bailiffs around them with ill intent!
“Nonsense, I conduct myself uprightly and openly. There is nothing I cannot say to anyone. Say whatever you want here!”
Being looked down upon by a young man in his twenties, and on his own territory, if Huang Qianshan could endure this, it would be a ghost.
“Does Your Lord truly not intend to have them withdraw?”
Seeing Huang Qianshan’s angry expression, Han Xiao suddenly smiled.
“Guards, teach this rude fellow how to pay respects!”
The more arrogant he was, the angrier Huang Qianshan became. As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Qianshan couldn’t help but speak out.
“Lord Huang, it’s not that I don’t pay my respects to you, it’s just that you cannot afford my etiquette!”
“Hahahaha, you’re just a child. I, a dignified official of the court, cannot afford your etiquette? Ridiculous!”
“Lord Huang, if you insist on forcing me, I don’t mind paying you a bow. But are you sure you really want to do this?”
“Let alone bowing, I can afford it even if you kneel before me!”
Huang Qianshan snorted disdainfully.
“That’s not necessarily true. Lord Huang, what is this?”
As Han Xiao spoke, he untied the long, flat package from his back and calmly took out a scroll.
“This is?”
“Student Huang Qianshan pays respects to the Most Sagely Ancestral Teacher!”
Upon a mere glance at the contents of the scroll, Huang Qianshan knelt to the ground with a thud.
At this moment, he really wanted to curse.
Did this kid have a screw loose in his head!
What normal person would carry a portrait of Confucius with them when going out.
“Lord Huang, I am truly sorry. This portrait was originally instructed by Master Han to be brought back to the Zhoujin Hall for safekeeping and worship by the future generations of the Han family. I was merely delivering a letter, and you forced me to pay my respects!”
As Han Xiao spoke, he shrugged his shoulders innocently.
Damn it!
Huang Qianshan cursed inwardly.
If he believed this nonsense, he must have been kicked by a donkey!
This kid was clearly doing it on purpose!
“May I know who this Master Han you speak of is?”
After paying his respects, Huang Qianshan stood up and asked through gritted teeth.
“It’s nothing, the Master Han I speak of is the current Commissioner of the Zhizhi and Fujian Coastal Defense and the Director of the Maritime Affairs Bureau of the Southeast Circuit, Master Han Mo!”
Han Xiao completely ignored the anger in Huang Qianshan’s eyes, as if he hadn’t seen it at all.
“I wonder what Master Han has to say to me. Does an official from the Southeast presume to interfere in Mengzhou?”
“My lord, do you really want them to listen as well?”
Han Xiao did not answer his question but instead pointed at the bailiffs standing nearby.
“As I said, there is nothing I cannot say to anyone!”
After his lips moved a few times, Huang Qianshan still said through gritted teeth.
“My master says he has two sentences for Lord Huang! The first is, ‘He who does much evil will surely perish.’ The second is, ‘Good and evil will eventually be rewarded; the cycle of heaven is just. If you don’t believe it, look up; the heavens spare no one!’”
After Han Xiao finished speaking, the entire room suddenly fell silent.
The remaining bailiffs looked at Huang Qianshan with strange expressions.
How did these words sound like an insult?
It seemed like an insult, yet not quite. Was it an insult or not?