Chapter 96: First Meet Du Hua
Su Muwan was a little puzzled. Why would she have to be transferred from the capital next year? Now she has already learned the news in advance. Isn’t the general term evaluation and assessment not going to start until the end of the year? So she spoke with doubts.
"Why did the news of the transfer be released so early? Isn't this in line with the rules?"
Mo Yan respectfully resolved her doubts.
"Report to the princess, Du Hua has been in Qingcheng for seven or eight consecutive years. He was about to be promoted and transferred to Beijing Central when the last term ended. But he said that he had already had feelings for the people of Qingcheng, and many measures have not been implemented yet, so he made an exception and stayed here for another term, and then went to Beijing Central after the term expired."
So that's the case. Du Hua won the A-level class in the last evaluation and delayed his departure, and chose to be the prefect in Qingcheng for another four years.
However, Su Muwan's doubts still did not dissipate. Ordinary officials had the opportunity to transfer to the capital, and they all wanted to leave immediately. Why did Du Hua choose to stay in Qingcheng for a few years?
Don’t say that you have feelings for the people, those are definitely excuses. If you really have any feelings, he will not help his brother-in-law to build a bridge and cling to Shangguan Qian, and make those bad money.
This Du Hua is not a simple person!
Su Muwan felt that dealing with him might be more worried. His mind was much more cunning than the prefects he had met before.
However, as usual, people should be sent to his mansion to explore and find out the situation.
Su Muwan asked Mo Yan and Mo Yu and the other two to sneak into the prefect's mansion while the night was sunken.
Before the third update, the two of them slipped back in night clothes, with a look of unwillingness on their faces.
Mo Yu was straightforward and saw that his brother was silent, so he spoke first.
"Princess, the prefect's mansion is full of guards, which is so much more severe than the Zhang Xun's house we went to before. We only looked around in the outer courtyard because we were afraid of disturbing people, so we didn't go to the inner courtyard, let alone places like the study."
In fact, this situation was within Su Muwan's expectations. Just by hearing Du Hua's behavior and his reputation to the outside world, he knew that he was a very cautious person.
Otherwise, after doing so many bad things, how could you still have a reputation for being honest and loving the people? But in this way, Su Muwan's plan will be changed.
What she originally thought was that as long as she sent someone to the prefect's mansion to obtain evidence of his correspondence with Shangguan Qian, she could directly give the evidence to Shangguan Yu and let him present it directly to the emperor to expose Shangguan Qian's hypocritical face.
But now this plan is obviously not working. Should I go with the gold medal and pretend to be a special envoy as before?
Su Muwan sat on the stool slowly, holding a cup of tea in her hand, and began to think about how to obtain the evidence from him.
At this time, Mo Yan took a step forward, as if he had suddenly made up his mind, and said with a certain satisfaction in his death.
"Princess, in my opinion, it is not easy to obtain the evidence from him. This is his territory. Even if we get it, it may not be easy to leave. Therefore, this matter needs to be carefully considered. After all, the prince told us before that you should put your safety first and you must not let something happen to you."
Mo Yan knew Su Muwan’s thoughts, but before he came, he promised Shangguan Yu that he would send Su Muwan back to the capital without any damage, so he acted very cautiously.
Even if it was a bit contrary to Su Muwan's wishes, he would say it.
Su Muwan naturally knew what he was worried about, but she would not take risks with her own safety. After all, her revenge had not been avenged yet, so she naturally would not take risks on purpose.
Before, whether in Heifeng Village or Zhang Xun's mansion, Su Muwan chose to take action when she could ensure her safety, but this time she was a little unsure.
However, what made her hesitant was that as long as Shangguan Qian was brought down this time, there would be much less obstacles on Shangguan Yu's road to becoming emperor.
This was really tempting for her. After several decisions, she decided to get the money in Du Hua's hands first.
Even if Shangguan Qian cannot be exposed and let him gain less, it will be considered as a relief to his hatred!
Su Muwan still disguised herself as a man and took a few guards to the prefect's mansion.
But the difference this time was that she brought Xiao Liu with her, and the group informed her of her identity, and was welcomed into the hall and waiting.
After a while, Du Hua brought his wife to join hands.
According to what Mo Yan found, Du Hua is almost in his forties, but he looks unexpectedly young.
He is not like an ordinary official, with a large poop and a fat face, but is thin. He is not wearing an official uniform, but only a long gown, and is somewhat elegant. His blue shirt is covered with rubbing, which makes people feel like he is not an official, but an elegant literati.
But when Su Muwan saw his eyes, she knew that she was pretending now, because he could still see a very heavy ambition in his eyes.
The woman who came hand in hand with him had a beautiful face and was extremely cute. She had a three-point springy look on her eyebrows. She had the fashionable makeup on her face in the capital now, and she looked only in her twenties.
Could it be that Du Hua's very favored woman was not his first wife, but Xu Qian? Su Muwan was a little curious.
"This is the special envoy. As my brother-in-law said in his letter, he is young and successful, and he is a handsome man like jade!"
Seeing Su Muwan, Du Hua began to smile and greet him with a warm face.
"What Lord Du said is a humble position. It is all Lord Zhang's praise and disrespect."
Su Muwan also raised her lips and smiled, came up to meet her, clenched her fists in her hand, and saluted.
Du Hua's eyes turned, his smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, but his tone did not change, and he was still full of enthusiasm.
"I wonder if the certificates in the special envoy can be shown to the subordinates? After all, it is such a big event, so you should be more cautious. Do you think so?"
Su Muwan nodded secretly. Du Hua was cautious in his mind. He could chat and laugh when he was unable to confirm his identity just now. He seemed very welcome, but in fact he had not started to believe in himself.
But he had a real gold medal given by Shangguan Chen, so Su Muwan was naturally not afraid. She nodded with a very agreeable look.
She took out the gold medal from her cuff and said while handing it to Du Hua.
"Mr. Du is indeed a person who is as careful as the eldest prince said. No wonder he always told us that he should learn more from you."
Du Hua took the sign, looked it carefully, and then felt relieved after confirming it was correct.
"The special envoy is praised. Only when the junior officer has the honor of three lives can he do his job for the eldest prince. Naturally, he should do his best to ensure that no mistakes occur. However, the special envoy is deeply trusted by the eldest prince at such a young age. Even the precious gold medal in his hand is given to the special envoy as a certificate. The junior officer is really ashamed of himself!"
When Du Hua saw the brand, he was indeed the same as the previous prefects. He thought it was the gold medal given to Su Muwan by Shangguan Qian, because this brand was specially made by skilled craftsmen and could not be copied at all.
Su Muwan felt relieved, but she still gave in.
"Hahaha, wherever you are, you are just working for the eldest prince. When Lord Du comes to Beijing, he will definitely be more respected. At that time, he will give up his position to the eldest son."
Her words happened to Du Hua's heart. When he went to the capital, he naturally went to become the one whom Shangguan Qian favored him. After Shangguan Qian ascended the throne, he could naturally become a powerful favorite.
Although he thought so in his heart, he did not show any of his face. He just smiled humbly and pointed at the people around him and started introducing him.
"Special Envoy, this is the lower-ranking official, Zhuo Jing'an, just the person next to the special envoy, I don't know what to call him?"
The one Du Hua mentioned was Xiao Liu. Su Muwan looked at her with a very lovable look. Then she turned her head and gave Du Hua a meaningful smile.
"This is a woman that Bei Yi met on the road. I saw that her family background was pitiful, so I stayed by my side and laughed at Lord Du."
After saying that, Xiao Liu stepped forward to salute Du Hua and the others one by one. Su Muwan dressed up her once before coming. At this time, she looked like Pu Liu, with a pitiful look, and she had a unique flavor compared to An.
Du Hua is also a man. Wouldn't he not understand what Su Muwan meant? He took it for granted that this was a good woman captured by Su Muwan on the road.
I thought to myself that since this envoy likes this woman so much, he must be more proud of her.
So he spoke to An with a slight verbal slang.
"Madam, you women will definitely not like to listen to the topics we two men are talking about here. You might as well take this girl to the backyard to appreciate the chrysanthemums in our house and talk about some topics about women."
An nodded and naturally understood what he meant, so she moved her lotus steps lightly and walked over and grabbed Xiaoliu's arm very affectionately.
"Sister, go with me for some refreshments and gossip. These men will forget about things when they talk about them."
After saying that, she looked at Du Hua very charmingly, as if she was complaining about him, but with emotion in her eyes, Su Muwan looked at him without complaining, but like coquettishness.
Xiao Liu nodded timidly and left the hall with An.
After seeing the two left, Su Muwan put away her smile and asked Du Hua seriously.
"I wonder if Lord Du is ready for what the eldest prince wants?"
Du Hua nodded. Since he received the letter Zhang Xun wrote to him, he has started to arrange things and has already packed all the money.
"What the eldest prince wants, the lower officials naturally dare not delay. They have prepared all the money they received this year and have made a list, which records the amount of money paid by the people in this state. After the special envoy answers the Beijing Central Committee, the lower officials will send someone to the eldest prince to check the number."
Chapter completed!