Chapter 1242: Scheming Man
Duan Qian’s disappearance should have been kept a secret, but Second Master Duan’s actions were too big, causing the people who had been staring at the Duan family to quickly realize that sothing was wrong and expose the matter.
However, the Duan family’s matters were other people’s matters. To the commoners, they were just gossiping and it had nothing to do with them.
However, there was another piece of news that was closely related to them.
There was a new general in Wanqing Prefecture. It was said that he was a swift and decisive person. The mont he arrived, he accomplished a few major things and confiscated several families. Even soone whose official position was second only to the General was arrested. It caused the entire prefectural city to be in a state of panic.
Especially those who had a guilty conscience, they were even more timid and did not dare to make a fuss.
Gu Yundong could not help but be stunned when she heard the news. She rembered that the Xin family had colluded with the prefecture magistrate of the Wanqing Prefecture. Later on, the prefecture magistrate was also punished. After that, the emperor sent a new prefecture magistrate.
The new prefecture magistrate was a tactful person. It was unknown if he was trying to smooth things over or if he was doing it on purpose. In short, his performance after taking office was diocre and he had never done anything.
Now that she thought about it, it was most likely done on purpose by the emperor. At that ti, the Xin family and the prefecture magistrate had been beheaded and caused such a huge commotion. The entire Wanqing Prefecture had suffered a huge loss. If they continued to use harsh thods to deal with those who deserved to be dealt with, the developnt of the Wanqing Prefecture would plumt.
It had to be known that the Yongning Prefecture had just experienced a disaster not long ago. After the Qing’an Prefecture’s disaster ended, the Xuanhe Prefecture and Wanqing Prefecture were also affected. The emperor had just ascended the throne less than a year ago and had even implented several initiatives. Therefore, he really did not have the energy and ti to deal with these unimportant characters.
However, now that the emperor was free, he imdiately sent a decisive general, who caught those people who thought they were safe and started to cause trouble unprepared. The man cleaned up the entire officialdom of Wanqing Prefecture.
It seed that the prefecture magistrate, who had always perford averagely, had not just been eating and waiting for death in the past year.
Gu Yundong sighed in her heart. As expected, the current emperor was really a scheming man.
She asked Duan Wan, “Have you heard of General Dou?”
Duan Wan shook her head. “I only know that a new general ca more than a month ago, but I don’t know anything else.”
Ever since her brother left Wanqing Prefecture, Duan Wan had hardly left the house, so her knowledge was very limited.
“More than a month ago?” In such a short period of ti.
Duan Wan nodded. “Yes, why?”
“I’m fine. I just think that this general is really impressive.” Gu Yundong took a sip of tea.
At this mont, they were sitting in a corner of the most lively teahouse in the prefectural city. Their clothes were inconspicuous, and Duan Wan was sitting in the darkest corner with her head lowered.
Suddenly, Duan Wan heard a voice. The person’s words made Duan Wan tense up.
“Have you heard? Second Master Duan from the Duan Residence went to the General Residence yesterday to visit this General. Do you think Second Master Duan knew Lord Dou in the past and the two of them are friends?”
“Really? Are Second Master Duan and Lord Dou friends?”
“Hehe, it was my brother who said it. Yesterday, he personally saw Second Master Duan leave the General’s Residence, and he was even personally sent out by Young Master Dou. The two of them seed to be chatting happily.”
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