The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 745 - 734: Kill with a Borrowed Knife Part Four

Chapter 745: Chapter 734: Kill with a Borrowed Knife Part Four

Bai Shan’s eyes widened, and then he turned his head to look at Manbao.

Manbao was also shocked, belatedly realizing that without their awareness, they had become a tool in the hands of County Magistrate Tang.

Bai Erlang scratched his head, unable to help asking, "The robbed household transporting grain seeds? Why does that sound so familiar to me?"

Bai Shan slapped him on the head, saying, "You are not at all familiar."

Manbao picked up a piece of pastry from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, saying, "This pastry is delicious, you should eat it quickly."

Bai Erlang: ... Hmph, he knew it, why it sounded so familiar, because it was Zhou SiLang!

Bai Erlang resentfully bit off the pastry in his mouth, glanced sideways at his two companions, and then focused on lowering his head to eat the pastry.

Wei Ting and the others paid no mind, filled everyone’s cups with tea, and laughed, "Well, now that Counsellor Chang is gone, we’re all glad, come on, let’s drink tea instead of wine and toast."

"Why don’t we just climb out and go have a good meal, I’ll treat, to Ganxiang Pavilion!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at the nearby wall.

Manbao declined, "I just climbed in."

Wei Ting urged, "You can’t read now anyway, you might as well go out with us. It would be a shame not to celebrate such a good event."

Manbao: ... She had no grudge against Counsellor Chang.

Bai Shan put down his teacup and said, "Let’s go together."

Wei Ting was thrilled, quickly saying, "Look, even Bai Shan is going, it would not be right if you didn’t go."

Bai Erlang also leaned in close and whispered, "I want to eat dishes from Ganxiang Pavilion too."

Manbao then nodded, "All right then."

Wei Ting and the others immediately rolled up their sleeves and got up, ready to climb out without further ado, stepping on each other’s shoulders.

However, they had just eaten quite a bit and might have been a bit heavy, struggling for a long time without being able to scale the wall.

Bai Erlang looked at them disdainfully and demonstrated what it means to run up the wall with swift movements.

Everyone gazed up at him in stupefaction.

Bai Erlang sat astride the wall, proudly tilting his chin at them and said, "Come on, I’ll pull you up."

Bai Shan watched Bai Erlang struggle to pull someone up the wall, then after a moment of silence turned to Manbao, "I remember we have a ladder."

Manbao nodded, "Yes, it’s there, I don’t know if they would want to use it."

The two retrieved the ladder hidden by the apricot tree and brought it out, leaving Wei Ting and the others astonished.

"When did you prepare this thing?"

Manbao set up the ladder against the wall and said, "We’ve always had it, it’s just that we rarely need it. You may have it."

After all, they can now climb in and out themselves and didn’t really need the ladder, but taking it back would be too much trouble.

Wei Ting and others: ...

They climbed the wall using the ladder and after jumping down, they snuck out and rented two carriages, then headed to Ganxiang Pavilion together.

Daji silently followed behind with an empty cart, not quite understanding why his young master, who could have walked out through the gate, insisted on climbing over the wall.

Bai Shan also failed to comprehend, "Your families live in Yizhou City, and those who don’t live there have other homes here. Why on earth do your families make you stay in the college?"

Wei Ting sighed, "My father always thinks I’ll get into trouble as soon as I leave the college, so ever since Ji Hao’s incident, he would rather lock me up in college even during my days off."

Others also said, "They always worry unnecessarily. Do we look like troublemakers?"

Manbao and Bai Erlang glanced at them and nodded together, "Yes!"

Wei Ting and others: ...

Bai Shan said, "You can use the ladder, but if you get caught later, you’re not allowed to rat us out."

Wei Ting assured that there would be no problem, "Are we that ungrateful?"

"Exactly, you just relax. Look, we’ve been caught by the teacher before but we never ratted out Zhou Man and Bai Er."

Manbao responded without much sincerity, "Thanks for that."

Everyone laughed and joked, "No need to thank us, really no need."

Once they arrived at Ganxiang Pavilion, the student who offered to treat waved his hand and everyone crowded into a particularly large private room, arbitrarily ordering all kinds of delicious food they liked.

A group of young men made a loud racket in the private room, making it difficult for the County Magistrate Tang next door to pretend he couldn’t hear.

He heard a familiar voice and vaguely caught some familiar phrases, so he looked at his attendant, "Is the college on break today?"

"No, sir, today is only the seventh day of the month, not yet the day off," the attendant said.

"Then why do I hear Wei Ting’s voice? I remember he lives at the college, doesn’t he?"

The attendant bowed and retreated, but returned after only a moment, saying, "The gentlemen next door are from the college. Young Master Bai and Young Lady Zhou are also among them."

County Magistrate Tang guessed some of what was happening and said, "Send someone to the college and tell them that a few students who are supposed to be in class seem to have been spotted at Ganxiang Pavilion."

The attendant went to carry out the order.

County Magistrate Yang, sitting opposite, blew on his tea and said without changing his expression, "You’re really mean, just because they’re a bit loud?"

County Magistrate Tang said, "Too much noise isn’t good."

County Magistrate Yang gave a sarcastic laugh, "Didn’t you make just as much commotion when you were studying? Didn’t you skip and play truant?"

County Magistrate Tang coughed lightly, "Nonsense, when did I ever do such things?"

County Magistrate Yang snorted.

County Magistrate Tang then tapped the table, asking, "You didn’t come all the way from Luojiang County just to reminisce with me, right? Let’s make it clear, I have no past with you to reminisce about."

County Magistrate Yang put down his teacup and said, "We won’t reminisce, we can talk about grievances."

County Magistrate Yang said, "What grudge do I have with you that you decided to divert your disaster in Yizhou City to our Luojiang County?"

"What disaster?" County Magistrate Tang denied, "If those were a disaster, you could have rejected them. Instead, you settled them well, and looking forward to them being settled and prosperous by the start of the year, in a couple of years that would count as your achievement. How can that be called a disaster?"

County Magistrate Yang snorted, "If I had known you would antagonize the Prince of Yizhou, do you think I would have taken in your troubles? Do you know how many letters of complaint I’ve received from the capital these last two days?"

County Magistrate Tang remained silent.

County Magistrate Yang frowned, "Tang He, unlike you, I can’t afford to be entangled with the Prince of Yizhou, whether it’s the good side or the bad side..."

And now, no sooner had he taken in the refugees from Yizhou City, than Tang He turned against the Counsellor of the Prince of Yizhou’s household and got him pulled down.

Who didn’t know that the people of the Prince of Yizhou’s household were eyeing those refugees, wanting to incorporate them at the least cost for their own benefit?

Who didn’t know that he had a good relationship with Tang He?

With these actions one after another, not to mention the influential figures in the capital, even the Xiaos and steward around him thought it was something he and Tang He had plotted together.

Yang Heshu was almost wronged to death.

County Magistrate Tang felt momentarily guilty, then quickly explained, "Changbo, don’t blame me for this. I let the refugees be, but I didn’t start it. It was instigated by that young friend of yours next door."