The Anarchic Consort Novel - Chapter 497
Chapter 497: The Prince Came Forward
It’s all because of the bull from the Chen family who protected Wei in every aspect when they were in the provincial capital, causing me not being able to find any chance to take action.
Now even Governor Chen has shown up in person.
In other words, it’s still uncertain whether this is good or bad news for us…
“Father…” Young Master Liao wanted to give Magistrate Liao a reminder.
However, Magistrate Liao had gotten a bit carried away when he saw Governor Chen showing up in person. Money does talk. He had only mentioned once to Governor Chen about the road repair project in Fuping County the last time when he visited the provincial capital, he did not expect him to arrive here by himself so soon. Now that I have the support from Governor Chen, I don’t believe that I still have no way to get rid of Wei!
“Lord Chen, as you can see, something has happened in Fuping County. I don’t know who is the one who teaches the new county magistrate. He dares to assault people as he pleases.” Magistrate Liao pretended to sigh as he talked about this. “We have no other choice as well, that’s why we want to ask him to let go of the power in his hands.”
“Nonsense!” Chen Liang jumped out without second thoughts since his own father was here. “All of you have been framing the boss from the beginning to the end!”
Young Master Liao was so surprised that his face turned pale when he saw that Chen Liang was here as well. He reached out his hand, trying to tug Magistrate Liao’s sleeves.
Unfortunately, Magistrate Liao did not notice what his son was trying to do. He sneered and said, “Young man, don’t simply make irresponsible statements.”
Other than Magistrate Liao, all the imperial officials who were there had seen Chen Liang before, therefore, they were aware of his identity.
They only wished they could tell Magistrate Liao to shut up when they were listening to what he had to say!
Governor Chen looked at him, and opened his mouth slowly, “Lord Liao, the young man that you are speaking of is my son. I can’t guarantee you anything, but this child rarely makes irresponsible statements. Your accusation might be a little too heavy.”
Magistrate Liao stiffened at his words, he never expected that this guard, who had been following behind Helian Wei Wei, was actually the son of the Chen family.
The look on his face was amusing.
“Oh, so… so this is Young Master Chen,” Magistrate Liao stuttered. The smile on the corner of his mouth looked even uglier than his cry. “It’s my fault, I’m too clumsy at speech!”
Chen Liang snorted and said, “Your mouth isn’t clumsy at all. How many good deeds have my boss done ever since he came to Fuping County? When Fuping was facing drought, he exhausted all means available to overcome the interference from all the corrupt officials and installed pipes to draw water so that the folks have food to eat. Not only did you spread rumors about her, but also incited commoners to criticize her. If it wasn’t because of the boss, would all of you have scolded a scum like Yan Dazhao and brought Miss Liu and the others to justice? You only care about money, you will help whoever pays you more!”
“Young, Young Master Chen, you can’t simply say that. You don’t understand the situation, so you might not know…” The rest of the imperial officials from provincial capital stood up as well, wanting to clear their own names.
Chen Liang looked coldly at them and interrupted, “How would I not know about anything? I’ve arrived at Fuping County one day ago, I’m the one who met up with the boss at the provincial capital. I’ve seen with my own eyes everything that happened in Fuping County in just a day. If it wasn’t because of boss forbidding me to come outside, I would have beaten all of you up, you bunch of corrupt officials!”
One day ago?!
Isn’t that earlier than the time when they arrived at Fuping?
The bodies of the imperial officials from the provincial capital stiffened.
Then, they slowly turned and looked toward the direction of Helian Wei Wei.
If he already has the support from the son of the governor long ago, why didn’t he ask Young Master Chen to come out sooner?
If he did so earlier, they would not have made such a mistake at this point in time.
Wait for a second!
This person with the surname of Wei seemed to have done it on purpose!
All of a sudden, the imperial officials vaguely realized that they might have fallen into a trap, a well-planned trap that was set up since the beginning.
The other party was waiting for this moment to arrive, the moment when all of them had deeply interfered in the matter so that he could finish all of them at once!
The imperial officials felt a sudden chill running down their spines resulted from the fear in their hearts.
They thought that the county magistrate was nothing but a nobody with no background, someone whom they could simply mess with to get some rewards.
Thinking back carefully, they had been acting passively in every step that they had taken ever since they came to Fuping County. Everything they did and every word they spoke, were just another step forward in the opponent’s plan.
They felt extremely regretful for listening to Magistrate Liao and agreed to come to Fuping County out of greed.
They regretted more for going against Wei.
But they had never heard of such a person in the court, his way of dealing with matters was so meticulous that anyone who went against him would have died!
If such a person had appeared before, he would surely be drawn over to one side.
But they were sure that this Wei was a new face on the court.
It was because of this reason that had caused them to let their guard down and fell deeper into his trap…
Helian Wei Wei rubbed her nose. She knew what the imperial officials were thinking just by looking at their expressions. They must have thought of her as a dreadful monster.
Little did they know that these political issues were not her doing.
It was not her idea to stop Chen Liang from coming out as well.
She had always been an expert in using her soldiers efficiently and accustomed to attack people directly.
However, the Third Prince was different for he was cunning.
When Helian Wei Wei was pondering over this, she sneaked a glance at her private advisor.
Baili Jia Jue naturally noticed her gaze. When nobody else was paying attention to them, he slightly moved his long sleeve and grabbed her hand that was hanging by her side. He said with an evil smile, “What’s wrong? Does my Lord have any instructions for me?”
“Nothing.” Helian Wei Wei quickly threw his hand away from her, thinking in her mind that they would surely be treated as a gay couple if anyone else were to witness the scene!
Baili Jia Jue did not mind her insecurity this time. On the contrary, he thought that her slightly bloated cheeks looked exactly like a squirrel asking for food. He toned down his voice and said, “Just hold on for a little more, I’ll give you something to eat after I kill all these people.”
Helian Wei Wei was speechless.
When did I even ask for food? Although she was really feeling a bit hungry, wasn’t the prince being too casual when he mentioned about killing…
Magistrate Liao did not know that there was more to come, he hurriedly explained to Chen Liang, “Young Master Chen, this is a misunderstanding, it’s just a misunderstanding. Regarding the matter of Lord Wei installing the pipes and drawing water, we really didn’t know that the water can go higher and thought Lord Wei was just imagining things. We have straightened out the matter after that. Young Master Chen, please don’t simply accuse us as corrupted officials. I really can’t bear the consequences, I can’t!”
Chen Liang was upright and straightforward, and he was still young, thus he could not understand the political matters at all. Listening to the shameless statements from Magistrate Liao, he just wanted to go forward and give him a kick!
Fortunately, Governor Chen was there to hold him back, he knew his son would not be able to outspeak the old cunning fox, Liao.
After all, this issue was complicated enough, to begin with. If anything went wrong, this Liao would try to make their mistakes sound less serious…
Just as Governor Chen was weighing the way of dealing in his mind, a charismatic voice with a sense of superiority could be heard from behind. It was a simple and faint tone, yet it gave out an innate feeling of superiority…
