Time Travel: The Useless Prince, First Destroy the Princess

Chapter 88 The Minister of the Central Secretariat is My Uncle

"What should we do?" Chu Lan was frightened at this moment. Her whole body was shaking and even her voice was trembling.

"It's okay!" Liu Zhao comforted.

After a while, two constables came running over quickly.

Holding a sign at the door, he loudly announced, "Hongnong County Constables Song Fa and Lu An are under the orders of Lord Wang to arrest the criminal. All unrelated persons must stay away!"

Seeing the constable coming, the two burly men guarding Liu Zhao moved away, but they still looked at the two constables with disdain.

"Come with us!"

The two constables walked over to the threshold and glanced at Liu Zhao. Although they were holding some chains in their hands, they obviously had no intention of taking action.

The profession of constable itself is unpleasant. It has no status and not much salary. It is just for the purpose of household registration.

If it weren't for the last resort, I really wouldn't want to arrest anyone.

Besides, Liu Zhao's attire made him look like an extraordinary person.

So the two of them were quite polite.

"Let's go then!"

Liu Zhao took Chu Lan's hand and walked out the door with a swagger.

Then a few more people came and seemed to be carrying Du Fang out. As to where they were carried to, it was unknown.

Not long after they walked out, Constable Song Fa coughed and said, "Sir, you look like you come from a wealthy family!"

"What?" Liu Zhao didn't know what he was going to say.

"What's your name, sir? We have official duties to attend to! We have no other choice!"

"Andy Lau!" Liu Zhao said with a smile. This name is really easy to say!

The two constables nodded quickly and said, "Given the young master's background, he should know the rules!"

"Rules? What rules?"

Liu Zhao really didn't know.

"It's not easy for two of us to go out. Look, we didn't make it difficult for you, did we? Here's the money!"

Another constable, Luan, continued in a long voice.

Liu Zhao suddenly understood what was going on. It turned out that he was blatantly asking for money.

This is easy to handle!

Problems that can be solved with money are not problems. The most worrying thing is that they don’t talk about money and just resort to violence.

He immediately pulled out two ingots of silver from his sleeve and handed them to the two men, saying, "Thank you for your hard work!"

"Ah!" The two constables' eyes were filled with joy. This ingot of silver was almost half a year's salary for them, and they immediately smiled happily.

"Young Master is indeed generous! My brothers and I will not make things difficult for you!"

Song Fa carefully put the silver in his pocket.

"Sir, it's still early, why don't you sit at the tea stall before leaving?"

Luan pointed to a small, makeshift tea stall not far away and said.

The people on the roadside seemed to have gotten used to it. The police had always divided people into different levels when arresting them.

If they were ordinary people with no power or influence, they would have been shackled and beaten all the way, and would have confessed everything by the time they arrived at the county government office.

"Okay!" Liu Zhao didn't expect to receive such treatment. He pulled Chu Lan and followed the two of them to the tea stall.

"Two officers, please come in!"

The waiter at the tea stall quickly invited them in, but they seemed reluctant.

"A pot of Biluochun and some snacks!" Lu An threw out a string of copper coins.

"Thank you, sir!" The waiter seemed a little surprised. He usually dine and dine, so why is he so generous today?

Liu Zhao smiled, this treatment was indeed good.

The waiter quickly brewed a pot of Biluochun tea and brought it up, along with two plates of pastries.

Song Fa poured half a cup of tea into the teacup, took the first sip and said, "Don't worry, sir, this is the best Biluochun!"

The meaning is very clear, you can eat this thing with confidence!

"You two, I wonder how the county magistrate will decide this case today?" Liu Zhao wanted to get some information out of them, so he casually took a sip of tea.

Chu Lan hesitated for a moment, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

"Sir, it seems you are not an ordinary person!" Lu An said, "Today's matter is very tricky!"

"Tricky? Tell me about it!"

"Sir, you are not from Hongnong County, are you?" Song Fa asked.

"Yes, I'm from Luojing!"

Liu Zhao did not shy away from it. Luojing was the location of the imperial palace, and this place was much more important than other counties.

This is equivalent to implicitly pointing out that he is not an ordinary person either.

"We can all see that!" Lu An said, "Who in Hongnong County would dare to attack Master Du? He must have a great background."

"Haha!" Liu Zhao laughed. The two constables had quite sharp eyes.

In fact, the two constables had a lot of experience. Judging from the clothes and hairpins Liu Zhao was wearing, they were not ordinary items. He must be the son of an official.

Moreover, his official position must be much higher than Du Fang's father, otherwise he would not dare to take action against Du Fang.

The two detectives are smart guys. They must have done their homework before arresting people. This is a great opportunity to make money!

"Who on earth is this Mr. Du? He seems to be quite a big shot here!"

Liu Zhao continued.

"Hey! He's the number one young master in Hongnong County. Of course he's great!"

Song Fa said.

"His father is the county's household official. The common people all work under him for their livelihood. Of course his son must be extraordinary!"

"So I'm in big trouble?"

"Sir, seeing how confident you seem, I know you have an extraordinary background. Since you are so forthright, I won't hide anything from you. Before we came here, County Magistrate Wang specifically instructed us to inquire about your origins and whether any of your family members hold official positions!"

"Haha!" Liu Zhao laughed. "How could a county magistrate ask such questions? Isn't he supposed to judge the case impartially?"

"Sir, you don't know this!" Song Fa said, "In Henan County, even if a fly flies out, it might have come from the Prime Minister's Mansion. Common people like us can't afford to offend them. Even if it's someone as powerful as the county magistrate, we have to be wary!"

"Beware of what?"

Liu Zhao probably understood what the county magistrate was afraid of, but he still asked.

"Sir, why do you pretend not to understand? A young man like you must have a high-ranking official in his family. Our county magistrate is only a seventh-rank official. How can we afford to offend him?"

"Haha, that's true!"

"Sir, the court grants officials according to rank every year. Considering your noble appearance, if you have someone in the court who can grant you an official rank of fifth rank or higher, and if you were to serve in Henan County, wouldn't that make you the county magistrate's immediate superior?"

"I understand!" Liu Zhao laughed. "You two are so kind-hearted. If I really become your county magistrate's immediate superior, you two will definitely make great contributions!"

"Sir, may I ask what position your family holds currently? My brother and I will report this to the county magistrate later!" Song Fa felt that Liu Zhao's words confirmed that there was indeed a high-ranking official behind him.

"The Minister of the Central Secretariat Song Xian is my distant uncle!" Liu Zhao boasted casually.

Liu Zhao was not familiar with these ministers in the court, but Song Xian was somewhat familiar with them!

"What? Zhongshu Ling, Song Xian?"

Song Fa and Lu An were stunned: "Young Master, you must be joking!"

"Of course I'm not kidding!"

Looking at their expressions, Liu Zhao guessed that Song Xian's high position must have frightened them. He then said, "He's just a distant uncle. We rarely contact each other!"

What it means is that there is a relationship, but not necessarily a very big one!

Ambiguous!