Chapter 2797 Luoyang County Magistrate

Man Bao lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then decided, "Let's go, I'll pick up Erniang An in person."

Shopkeeper Zheng Da hurriedly got up, "Would you like to call the An family together?"

Man Bao let out a "hmm".

Anjia is a pharmacy, and his business is not very big, but he is also a well-known family in Luoyang city.

The shopkeeper Zheng Da didn't have time to find the other party when he arrived in Luoyang. When he came to the door, the An family followed them to the county office without saying a word.

They glanced at the blue cloth car that was following behind. It had the emblem of Prince Gong's mansion on it, "Is that... Dalang's teacher?"

"Yes," Manager Zheng led them to see Zhou Man.

Man Bao got out of the car and greeted them, without saying much, and went directly to the county government office.

Although Prince Gong could not interfere in local government affairs, his fief was in Luozhou after all, and Prince Gong's mansion was located in Luoyang, so the local officials still had to give some face.

When the yamen officers saw the carriage of Prince Gong's mansion, they immediately vacated one person to go in and inform the magistrate, while the rest greeted them with a smile.

After going down the high steps, he immediately frowned when he saw a few unfamiliar blue cloth carriages behind the carriage.

The yamen's eyes wandered, and they couldn't help but glance at Zhou Man's carriage.

The Zheng family and the An family are so powerful, how could they invite people from Prince Gong's mansion?

The driver got out of the car, put down the stool, Xibing jumped out of the car first, glanced at the stunned yamen, and turned around expressionlessly to lift the curtain.

The yamen thought to themselves, could this be the orchid of King Gong?

Oh, now even Hu Ji dares to intervene in local government affairs?

Just thinking about it, a white hand stretched out and put it on Xibing's hand, Zhou Man bent down and got out of the car, she raised her head and looked down at the yamen, and then helped Xibing's hand to get out of the car.

She raised her head to look at the plaque on the door of the Luoyang County Government Office and the eaves on both sides of the walls. Not to mention, the repairs were not bad, even better than the Chang'an County Government Office.

How long has it been since Chang'an County Government Office was repaired?

Today's good reputation, and the hundred officials below him also imitate him. If you can have a clean reputation, you will never take the initiative to ruin your reputation.

Therefore, the Chang'an County Government Office has not been repaired for many years.

Because repairs require money, no one wants to ask for money when they are in office. When it was Mr. Tang’s turn to be the county magistrate, he even said to Zhou Man, Baishan and the others in a scolding manner, “I don’t want to repair, hum. , Anyway, I don't live in the backyard of the county government office, so the office area is fine."

If the water leaked, Master Tang would take the yamen from the county government office to repair the roof in person. Even the tiles were stolen from his own house, so he would never spend an extra penny on it.

I heard that when the magistrate Guo moved in, he started cursing and swearing a few days later, and then he was still stubborn and not slender.

In contrast, the Luoyang county government office looks much more stylish and newer. It should have been repaired only two years ago.

Man Bao was thinking about something in his heart, when the shopkeeper Zheng Da and the master of the An family had come up and stood behind her.

Luoyang County magistrate greeted him with a smile on his face, and when he saw Zhou Man, he smiled, and when he saw the person standing behind her, he put away the smile on his face.

He doesn't know the shopkeeper Zheng Da, but he knows Mr. An. He has been annoyed so much recently. When he sees him, Mr. Luo knows why they are here.

Therefore, looking at Zhou Man's attitude is not very good.

He walked down the steps with eight-character steps, and glanced at the carriage behind Zhou Man. After confirming that it was the carriage of Prince Gong's mansion, he frowned and looked at Zhou Man, "Who is this lady?"

What kind of cat and dog, can any servant from the palace come to the county government to scare him?

Man Bao only glanced at him, and Daji, who was behind him, came up with a famous post when he opened his mouth and said, "This is my family's famous post."

A servant still needs a name post?

County magistrate Luo glanced at Zhou Man again, feeling vaguely wrong, reached out to take it, opened it, and his face changed slightly.

He immediately closed the famous post and hurriedly saluted: "It turned out to be Lord Zhou, I don't know if the Lord is here, and the lower official has lost his way to welcome him."

Man Bao returned the salute and said, "It was this official who came to visit rashly and disturbed the magistrate Luo."

Only then did she reveal a smile, and said, "The magistrate Luo doesn't mind if we go to the house and talk?"

Only then did the magistrate Luo react, and he quickly turned sideways and said, "Master Zhou, please."

The magistrate Luo glanced at the shopkeeper Zheng Da and Mr. An behind him, looked away, glanced at his confidant yamen calmly, and then quickly followed up with Zhou Man.

He invited Zhou Man to the front hall.

Man Bao raised his eyebrows slightly. The front hall was the place to go to the hall. Generally, the county magistrates received their guests in the back hall.

However, Man Bao was not picky, and when he arrived at the front hall, he looked at Magistrate Luo with a half-smile, wanting to see how he would sit.

Luo county magistrate paused, but he really wanted to sit on the position of magistrate himself and let Zhou Man sit on the left side of the next head, but under Zhou Man's eyes, he didn't dare.

In terms of official position, Zhou Man is higher than him;

In terms of dignity, Zhou Man is not weaker than him. He is a two-rank jinshi, but he is also compiled by Chongwenguan, and he is more noble than him.

The county magistrate Luo turned his head with an inconvenient smile and said, "Add a few more chairs, please sit down Mr. An, this is..."

He looked at shopkeeper Zheng Da and took the opportunity to change the subject.

Man Bao didn't sit either, but waited for him to arrange. Hearing the words, he said, "This is the treasurer Zheng Da of the Jishitang in the capital, and also the father of my unworthy disciple."

Luo county magistrate's smile froze.

The shopkeeper Zheng Da has already bowed deeply to him, "Master Luo."

The magistrate Luo hurriedly avoided, and it happened that the yamen moved a chair. He hurriedly said, "Please take a seat, Sir Zhou, please take your seat."

He sat down on the right now, and Man Bao sat down opposite him - on the left.

The two of them faced each other, and Man Bao went straight to the point, "The magistrate Luo should have guessed why I came here."

At this time, the magistrate of Luo County felt like he was pouring hot oil into his heart. He didn't understand how Zhou Man, a Beijing official, especially the imperial physician, came to Luoyang, but he still had a serious face and said calmly, "Zhou Man. Sir, this is our local government affairs in Luoyang, even if your official rank is higher than that of this county, you can't force me to show favoritism, right?"

"I have no intention of interfering in Luoyang's local government affairs, we just follow the rules," she said with a slight smile: "My unworthy apprentice, whether he is really committing a crime or being framed, it is all up to Luoyang's When my parents come to judge, I don't want to care about him, but I can't care about my apprentice and daughter-in-law."

She said: "The child has just become pregnant, so he can't stay in prison for too long. Zheng Gu is not an official now, and he is not involved in the crime of treason. Before he is sentenced, the crime is not as good as his family, so I am here to pick up The kid went out."

She got up, gave the magistrate Luo a deep bow, and said with a bent back, "I also ask magistrate Luo for permission."

The county magistrate Luo's face turned blue and white, he immediately jumped up to get out of the way, and hurriedly bowed deeply and saluted: "I don't dare to be, I don't dare to be an official. Your Excellency is smashed to the ground."

He gritted his teeth and said, "Zheng Gu still has some things that he hasn't explained. We suspect that things were hidden by An's, so we took An's into custody."

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