Chapter 227 Wei Ruolan's brilliant career
Although the welcoming scene at the dock turned into a complete farce because of Xu Tai's unexpected change.
But leaving aside the word "embarrassment", from a practical perspective, this is actually a good thing for Sun Shaozong.
Since Xu Tai has already given in, there is naturally no need to protect him from the wind and rain anymore.
As for the reason why Sun Shaozong came to meet Xu Tai, anyone with a little bit of scheming could guess it, so the image of "protecting colleagues" and "not fearing power" was barely established - although the quality was discounted, at least there was no cost.
In addition, Xu Tai's reputation in the circle was completely ruined, which also helped Sun Shaozong to dominate the industry in the same year.
Although……
This "monopoly" is of no use for the time being.
No words were spoken that night.
But when Sun Shaozong arrived at the government office the next day, the atmosphere was obviously a little off. From the gatekeepers to the clerks who rolled in, their attitudes were much more respectful than usual.
Once they arrived at the Criminal Law Department, officials from Lin Delu down lined up to ask for instructions one by one. They had all kinds of trivial reasons, but as long as they could say a few words to him, they would turn around and look relieved.
This is undoubtedly 'taking sides'!
But Sun Shaozong was not so naive as to think that the entire Criminal Law Department, and even officials from other departments, were all his die-hard supporters - in fact, the current trend was just due to the mentality of "following the crowd" and "avoiding risks".
The herd mentality needs no further explanation.
As for this 'safe haven'?
Although they didn't know who would win or lose in the fight between Wei Ruolan and Sun Shaozong, with the methods Sun Shaozong had demonstrated over the past year or so, it was easy for him to take revenge on the traitors who had first defected to Wei Ruolan.
Especially since he is now the chief officer of the Criminal Law Department, Wei Ruolan is just his deputy.
Therefore, before Sun Shaozong showed any signs of decline, even those who had ideas had to keep them to themselves.
However, in Sun Shaozong's opinion, the current lively scene is not a good sign, because it indicates that in many people's minds, Wei Ruolan is at least equally matched with him, or even slightly stronger.
Otherwise, even if the people in the courtyard wanted to show their loyalty, they didn't have to pretend to do so before Wei Ruolan took office - like they did before, embarrassing the 'new judge' at the welcoming banquet, which was the real expression of standing on the right side.
But it’s no wonder.
After all, he is the brother-in-law of Prince Beijing. In addition, with the precedent of Sun Shaozong, everyone is mentally prepared for the military general to be transferred to become the judge of criminal law.
By the way, Sun Shaozong was originally a little confused about why Beijing Prince Shui Rong, a figurehead prince with no real power, was so arrogant.
Later, after careful inquiries, it turned out that the Prince of Beijing's greatest reliance was not the title of king, but his mother, the eldest princess born to the Empress Dowager Niu.
In other words, Shui Rong is actually the grandson of the retired emperor and the nephew of Emperor Guangde!
Eh~
According to this generation, when King Zhongshun used dirty jokes about Shui Rong's wife, wasn't that incest...
"master!"
Just as the long queue of people formed in the Criminal Law Department, Zhao Wuwei suddenly rushed in from outside and whispered in someone's ear, "The man surnamed Wei has arrived and is now examining the official documents in the Criminal Law Department!"
As one of the first people to surrender to Sun Shaozong, Zhao Wuwei naturally did not need to make any temporary gesture of allegiance like other minor officials.
Therefore, after responding to the call in the morning, he personally ambushed in the Experience Department. As soon as he saw Wei Ruolan go in, he ran over to report.
Wei Ruolan came quite quickly.
Although Zhao Wuwei was whispering in someone's ear, who could he hide his nervous look from?
As a result, the queue outside the door suddenly became a little restless.
"It's finally time for me to relax."
At this time, Sun Shaozong swept the documents on the table, stretched his waist and said loudly: "Everyone in the back can go away. The new Wei Tongpan will be here soon. If there is anything, please ask him for instructions first. If he can't handle it, it won't be too late to pass it on to him later."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, unable to tell whether this was the true words or a test; they didn't know whether they should obey the order or continue to stay here to show that they had no intention of changing sides.
Upon seeing this, Sun Shaozong simply asked Zhao Wuwei to close the door of the main hall, saying that he wanted to wait for Wei Ruolan to take office and not see anyone else.
All the officials then felt as if they had been pardoned and fled in all directions.
In the blink of an eye, the originally bustling courtyard became desolate.
Only Qiu Yunfei was different from the others. When everyone was queuing up to ask for instructions just now, he was strolling around in the East Courtyard. Now that everyone had dispersed, he walked out of the East Courtyard with his chest puffed out.
He cursed, "Isn't it just a magistrate? Look at your faces, how dare you call yourself a scholar!"
As he spoke, he swaggered to the front of the hall and shouted inside: "Zhao Wuwei, I want to go to Old Xu to drink... uh, discuss official business. If you have anything to discuss, go find me in the morgue!"
After thinking about it, I felt that this statement seemed a bit unlucky, so I quickly spat: "Ah, bah, you are going to the backyard to call me!"
As he spoke, he pulled out two bottles of fine Fenjiu from his robe and strode out at high speed.
Who would have thought that just as she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she would run into a young official with a tall figure like jade and a face as white as powder. Who else could it be but Wei Ruolan?
They were both stunned, and thought to themselves at the same time, "What a coincidence!"
Wei Ruolan immediately bowed and said with a smile: "But Brother Qiu is here in person? I heard that Brother Qiu has been in the Criminal Law Department recently..."
As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles. Before Wei Ruolan took office, she naturally found out the backgrounds of all the people in the Criminal Law Department. Apart from Sun Shaozong, Qiu Yunfei was naturally the top priority.
Wei Ruolan even prepared a whole set of arguments to persuade him to join forces with her to deal with Sun Shaozong.
However, just as he started to talk, Qiu Yunfei waved his hand impatiently and said, "I have something else to do, so I won't disturb you and that guy surnamed Sun from fighting!"
Having said that, he walked around Wei Ruolan and left.
What a rude dog!
Wei Ruolan has always had a high opinion of herself, and she gets angry easily in front of Jia Lian and Feng Ziying. How could she tolerate being treated like this by Qiu Yunfei?
He cursed inwardly, and his expression became a little ugly.
But when he thought about the purpose of his coming to the Criminal Law Division, he quickly adjusted his mentality - he was just a loser who relied on his family background. The only one in the Criminal Law Division who was worthy of his serious attention was Sun Shaozong!
wrong!
Even Sun Shaozong is just a stepping stone!
What he had to do now was to step on the corpse of Sun Shaozong and embark on a glorious official career that Sun Shaozong would never be able to achieve in his lifetime!
Thinking of this, Wei Ruolan put aside the unhappiness just now and walked towards the main hall with a heroic and high-spirited look - it was time to take the first step on the face of that guy named Sun!
Squeak~
Just at this moment, a fat, green-robed official suddenly pushed open the door of the main hall and walked out. He smiled and bowed, "Excuse me, are you the new Criminal Judge Wei?"
The person still staying in Sun Shaozong's house at this time must be his lackey!
Do we need to be nice to such a die-hard lackey?
Wei Ruolan put her hands behind her back, looked up at the eaves at a 45-degree angle, pointed her nose at Lin Delu, and said proudly: "It's me, is Sun Zhizhong in there?"
"Of course."
After hearing these four words, Wei Ruolan was about to walk in proudly.
Lin Delu leaned his fat body against the door and said with a smile, "The governor has ordered you to go and pay your respects to the prefect and the chancellor first. After you come back, he can concentrate on instructing you on how to handle official business."
"I need his guidance..."
Wei Ruolan was immediately annoyed and was about to yell at him, but she suddenly came to her senses. It would be fine if she had a conflict with Sun Shaozong, but if she argued with a lackey in front of the door, wouldn't she lose her status?
Especially, although he was not happy with what he heard, he could not find any fault with it on the surface. If he overreacted for a moment and it got out, he might be...
"snort!"
Thinking of this, Wei Ruolan simply flicked her sleeves and left angrily.
Even if this kick is taken a moment later, the effect will be the same - yes, that's right!
