Chapter 23 Jim Carrey Appears

In the end, Tang Mao agreed to Jin Mao's unwilling request.

If she doesn't agree, Tang Ji might get depressed.

By then, if she can't get married, it will be a waste of her money.

The most troublesome thing is still the Jiao family.

During his second inspection from north to south, Tang Mao felt that the Jiao family was becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

Shanyin, Shangyu, Yuyao, Zhuji, almost all the wealthy counties in Kuaiji County had branches of the Jiao family.

Except for the Shanyin branch of the county seat, which was very stable, the county magistrate did not dare to intervene or even went along with the others who were causing trouble.

With Tang Mao's family background, it would not be difficult for him to become a prefect in a wealthy county. The reason why he came to such a remote place as Kuaiji County was that he wanted to accomplish something.

To develop Kuaiji County, we must get rid of the obstacle that is the Jiao family.

According to Tang Mao's plan, this matter needs to be considered carefully.

Now, seeing his daughter Tang Ji and Jin Mao flirting with each other, Tang Mao feels a headache.

What Jin Mao did was not perfect. If he, a county governor, could investigate it, Jiao Jiao would know it sooner or later.

By then, seeing his daughter's thoughts, how could Jiao Jiao believe that Tang Mao would just stand by and watch?

I’m not afraid, but what about my political achievements?
So, Tang Mao asked his mother with a serious face to keep an eye on Tang Ji, and spoke to Jin Mao directly.

"Don't get carried away just because I'm on your pirate ship."

Tang Mao warned: "The Jiao family is not easy to mess with. I can't defeat them. The worst that can happen is that I will flee far away."

"But if you can't win, it will be a crisis of destroying your family and clan."

Jin Mao still wanted to play dumb, but Tang Mao pointed it out.

At this moment, what Jin Mao felt was the betrayal of his subordinates.

Tang Mao chuckled and said nothing. Even if he knew, he wouldn't say much. This is a process that every superior must go through.

It took Jin Mao a while to calm down.

"Thank you for your guidance, Governor."

"Please lend a helping hand, Governor."

Tang Mao shook his head: "I can't help you, at least before you can confront the Jiao family, I can't help you."

It's like not saying
Jin Mao thinks he has the ability to do that and still needs Tang Mao's help?

The Jiao family should have been destroyed long ago!
Tang Mao, who seemed to have seen through Jin Mao's intention and had been dragged into the water, reminded him: "Don't use the same method you used on Shan Yue on the Jiao family."

"You have done a great job, Lizhou Jiao Family Branch, but you can only do this once. Otherwise, you will have to wait for the counterattack of the entire aristocratic family in the future."

"By then, maybe I will become your enemy."

At this point in time, the Eastern Han Dynasty was not in complete chaos, so what Tang Mao said was not alarmist.

...

Outside the county government office.

Jin Mao walked out with a frown on his face.

"How about it?"

Jin Gao and others who had been waiting immediately surrounded them. Except for Liu An, almost everyone from the Jin and Liu families came.

"Master, let's talk about it when we get home."

Jin Gao understood immediately, gave Liu Ye a look, and led his people to surround Jin Mao Hui.

An hour later.

Liu Ye brought his three sons to the lobby of the Jin family.

When he saw Liu An, Jin Mao frowned subconsciously. He would never forget the sarcastic words said by this uncle.

"Today, the governor ordered me to act as the magistrate of Wushang County."

Jin Mao's words made everyone present explode.

"Good! Good! Good!" These are the two elders.

"Haha, congratulations to Jinshan." Liu Hua bowed and clasped his hands, and Liu Gan followed Liu Hua to congratulate.

"Congratulations." Jinshan grinned from ear to ear. Jinmao was half his friend, so how could he not be happy?

"He is just an acting county magistrate." Only Liu An was jealous and said sarcastically, "He is a fake county magistrate with no real title. He will have to give up his position sooner or later. What is there to be happy about?"

"Liu An!" Liu Ye slammed the table and stood up. He didn't want to bring his eldest son with him, but he still brought him for the sake of family harmony.

Liu Ye never thought that Liu An would become like this.

"Aunt, am I wrong?"

"You!" Liu Ye didn't expect Liu An to dare to contradict him, "Go home!" "Hmph!" Liu An walked away angrily. In his opinion, the county governor appointed Jin Mao as the acting county magistrate for the sake of the family.

"I am the most qualified person to be the county magistrate. Even if it is just an acting position, I should be the one to do it!" Jealousy changed Liu An beyond recognition.

In the lobby, Liu Ye was furious.

"Uncle, please calm down. Don't get so angry."

Without the annoying people, Jinmao felt relaxed and wanted to say some of the things he had not originally planned to say.

"I will need your help in the future so that I can govern Wushang County well."

"Don't worry, Mao'er." Liu Ye patted his chest and promised: "I'm making this clear today. If any of the Liu family members dare to obstruct you from doing your work, I will be the first one to not let him go!"

"Thank you, uncle." Jin Mao expressed his gratitude to Liu Hua and Liu Gan again.

Liu Hua and Liu Gan immediately smiled happily, thinking that their nephew was sensible.

Afterwards, Jinmao asked Liu's two uncles some questions about Wushang County, and both of them gave detailed answers.

Although Liu Gan was not an official, he knew more details than Liu Hua.

Jin Mao kept this in mind.

When Jin Mao started to say some meaningless things, Liu Hua and Liu Gan knew it was time to leave.

So, there were only four people left in the lobby, one with the surname Liu and three with the surname Jin.

Liu Ye looked at Jin Gao with complicated eyes and sighed: "Old buddy, things are changing."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Jin Gao certainly understood what Liu Ye meant, and scolded him with a smile: "You are so ungrateful after getting the advantage. Didn't your third son send Liu Fang to Jinyun Mountain?"

Liu Ye was in a good mood and immediately thought that his move was brilliant. He said happily, "That's because the third brother is lucky."

“All the elders present here are the ones who have supported me from the beginning to where I am today.”

Jin Mao didn't say anything more, he stood up and saluted everyone one by one.

"There are some things you can help me with."

Jin Mao told the story of someone informing on Tang Mao and the affairs of the Jiao family.

"Mao'er, the spy's suggestion is over."

Jin Gao said earnestly: "You should know that the person you suspect has fought for you and risked his life for you!"

"How chilling it is that you doubt them?"

Jin Mao put himself in Cao Cao's shoes. If he sincerely surrendered to Cao Cao but was suspected...

Then he could even lift off Cao Cao’s skull!
But the facts are right in front of us. How uncomfortable would it be if we didn’t figure it out?
"Mao'er, you can't throw the baby out with the bathwater." Jin Gao counseled: "Just forget about this matter and do what you need to do."

"When we really catch the person, it won't be too late to deal with him later."

Jin Mao thought the same and said, "If I kill Jiao Qian, Jiao Jiao will find out sooner or later."

“At that time, I wondered how to deal with it?”

"If an enemy comes, we will stop him; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. What are you afraid of?" Jinshan said, "You have the support of the governor and the soldiers at your disposal. Jiao Jiao only dares to use petty tricks. Do you think he really dares to attack you?"

"It's hard to say." Liu Ye stroked his beard and said, "I heard that Jiao Jiao is good at taking care of his guests. It's better to take precautions against such a vicious assassination."

Jin Mao agreed with it and took note of it silently.

"Will they poison you?" Jinshan's imagination exploded: "The Jiao family has many private soldiers, and they are invading under the guise of exterminating the Shanyue?"

Jin Mao silently took note and decided to give Lanzhi more responsibilities.

Jin Gao reminded: "The Jiao family's private soldiers once disguised themselves as bandits, invaded Taimo County and killed the former county magistrate.

There’s no guarantee that they’ll use the same old tricks again.”

Write it down silently.

An old house where a treasure.

What's more, the two elders knew Jiao Jiao's methods very well because Taimo County was adjacent to Wushang.

He shook it all off in an instant, and even included other evil things that had happened in Kuaiji County.

Then, the topic became more and more off topic.

By the time they had lunch, their stomachs growled and the meal came to an end.

When the meeting was over, Liu Ye said, "Now that Mao'er has become the county magistrate, he should also be given a courtesy name."

"That's right!" Jin Gao slapped his forehead and almost thought that Jin Mao had already taken it.

"So should we ask Master Kong to choose a name? Or should we choose one ourselves?"

Jin Mao's original teacher, Kong Feng, was just a branch of an unknown branch of the Kong family and was not very famous.

"I've already thought of a nickname." Jin Mao said in a playful way: "Just call me Carrey, Jim Carrey!"

(End of this chapter)