Wei State, Qindong, Yueyang City.

"Knock knock knock..."

A dull knock sounded outside the study door, and the words coming from it suddenly stopped.

After a moment of silence, a voice of inquiry sounded in the study, "Who is outside."

"The head of the family is me."

After hearing the identity of the person outside, the study fell into silence again, and after a while the voices inside started to ring again.

"come in."

"Here."

After hearing the order coming from inside the door, the visitor slowly opened the closed door in front of him and entered the study room in front.

When he stepped into the study room in front of him, he quickly closed the door behind him, turned around and walked into the inner room. Three different figures sitting behind three desks came into view.

Just as the visitor's gaze swept across the people in the room, Yu Kai, the head of Yue Yang's family who was sitting on the throne at the moment, also looked at the confidant in front of him.

"How's the situation?"

Facing Yu Kai's inquiry, the confidant's eyes suddenly froze, and the thoughts in his mind began to flow rapidly.

After pondering for a quarter of an hour, this confidant immediately stepped forward and said to both Yu Kai and the other two heads of the family: "For the record, head of the family, we have been secretly following Gongsun Yang since he left the magistrate's residence."

"As usual, he went to inspect the countryside with his bodyguards. Today he went to Ping'an Village to the west of Yueyang."

After a few cases, after listening to the reports from his confidants about Gongsun Yang's today's itinerary, the expression on Yu Kai's face did not change much.

His right hand was clenched tightly into a fist and then slowly released. After a few breaths, Yu Kai slowly raised his head and looked at the opponent.

"I understand this matter. You have done a good job. Go down first."

"Follow orders."

A moment later, looking at the figure disappearing from his field of vision, Yu Kai, who was sitting in the main seat, had not spoken yet, but Pi Zhan, the head of the Pi family on the side, spoke first.

"I originally thought that Magistrate Gongsun, who was once a disciple of the Prime Minister, was a kind of person, but now it seems that he is just an uncultivated person like pig iron."

"Just seeing that since he arrived in Yueyang these days he has only been hanging out in the fields and not paying any attention to the county's government affairs, you can see that this person's ability is just that..."

Just when Pizhan was nonchalantly belittling Gongsun Yang, the newly appointed magistrate of Yueyang County, Yu Kai, who was sitting on the main seat, suddenly made his own voice.

"enough!"

A sound like thunder immediately shocked Pi Zhan, and even the words he was about to say stopped abruptly.

Looking at the astonished Pizhan below, Yu Kai's face once again showed a look of hatred for iron.

"You still dare to look down on this Magistrate Gongsun. I think one day he might put a sharp sword on your neck and you don't even know it."

After scolding him, he ignored Pizhan, who had lowered his head. Instead, Yu Kai looked at Sang Ping, the head of the Sang family on the other side.

"Brother Sang, what do you think of this newly arrived Magistrate Gongsun?"

Facing Yu Kai's inquiry, Sang Ping said slowly after a long silence, "This person has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, we must not underestimate him."

As soon as Sang Ping made this comment about Gongsun Yang, not only the face of Pizhan opposite him was full of confusion, but Yu Kai also had a look of doubt.

"Brother Sang, why do you say this?"

Faced with the second question raised by Yu Kai, Sang Ping did not give an answer, but instead asked another question of his own.

"Brother Yu, if you were our Gongsun County Magistrate and were new to Yueyang, what would you do?"

"Of course we are taking advantage of Wei's powerful strength to seize the opportunity to take over Yueyang's real power..."

Yu Kai hadn't said a few words about Sang Ping's answer, but there was some hesitation in his heart.

If the situation of Yueyang was forcibly suppressed with the help of the powerful power of Wei State, Gongsun Yang would certainly be able to fulfill the tasks entrusted to him by himself and Wei Marquis Wei Feng, but there was one thing he could not avoid.

"Rebellious."

After gently uttering this sentence, Sang Ping slowly raised his head and looked at Yu Kai in front of him, "If this Gongsun County Magistrate really does this, we will definitely not sit still and wait for death. A rebellion may be imminent.

Liyang is on stage."

"Liyang just encountered a big war. Even if Wei really uses a large army to put down this rebellion like ours, it will inevitably cause more irreparable losses."

"This is what neither Gongsun County Magistrate nor the Wei court behind him want to see."

Sang Ping's analysis made Yu Kai's doubts suddenly clear up, and he couldn't help but nod his head when he heard the points of agreement.

But just after one doubt in his mind was solved, another doubt appeared in his mind.

If this is the case, then what is the reason why Gongsun Yang has ignored government affairs these days and instead often wanders around the fields with his guards?

As this doubt arose in his mind, Yu Kai's thoughts began to flow at high speed again, and a moment later a look of enlightenment appeared in his eyes.

Just at this moment, Sang Ping's faint voice sounded in his ears, "The military strategist Sun Tzu once said, know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles."

"Brother Sang, our magistrate Gongsun's military skills are also very good."

…

While Yu Kai, Pizhan, and Sang Ping in Yueyang City were discussing the newly arrived county magistrate, Gongsun Yang, who was the protagonist of their discussion, walked out of the courtyard of a farmer in Pinganli with a smile on his face.

"Elder, please go back."

"My husband was so generous and donated such precious fabrics to my family. I should have stayed with my husband and ate some simple food from the farmers, but I didn't expect that my husband would leave in such a hurry."

Looking at Gongsun Yang who had already reached the entrance of the courtyard, the old man in the courtyard quickly came to him while expressing his gratitude.

"Since your husband is in a hurry to leave, the only way I can express my gratitude is to give him more gifts."

"Elder, you don't have to be like this. That piece of cloth is my reward for asking the elder for advice today. This word of generosity is real..."

Even though Gongsun Yang was good at talking, the old man who received his cloth still felt guilty, and would not give up until he was sent away half a mile away from him.

"Elder, please go back."

He shouted from a distance to the old man who had been standing behind him. When he saw the old man slowly walking towards his home, Gongsun Yang finally looked back.

"What does Cangbo think of this elder?"

"It is really a bit poor and simple. This piece of cloth may be equally precious in Anyi, but it will not make people like this."

After listening to the discussion of Cang Bo who was following him, Gongsun Yang nodded gently, but he fully agreed with what the other party said.

As a Duke of Wei, even though his family has gradually declined, Gongsun Yang already has a life that surpasses that of ordinary people in this era;

During the years he spent in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Anyi, as a disciple of Gongshu Cuo, he received sufficient courtesy.

It wasn't until he actually set foot on Qindong, a land that originally belonged to the Qin State and had just experienced war, that he could truly feel what the word "poverty" meant.

At the same time, Gongsun Yang felt as if a heavy burden had been placed on his shoulders.
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