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"The example of Qin Feng should serve as a warning to all my fellow officers!"
"Our Shen, like Lord Yang, can’t tolerate the slightest bit of dishonesty."
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"Those who should die on the upper right will die even if they return to the capital!"
A group of hundred-officers and the chief of the upper right looked at each other and bowed their hands in unison, saying, "Your subordinate obeys!"
Gu waved his hand: "All right, you may leave now."
"This subordinate takes his leave."
A group of hundred-officers and the chief exited the deputy thousand-officer’s residence previously used by Qin Feng, with people in the back knowingly and considerately closing the gate.
Gu beckoned Fang Ke to sit down: "Does Fang understand his own responsibilities in our upper right office?"
Fang Ke hurriedly responded, "Your subordinate understands. My responsibility in the upper right office is to fully assist Lord Yang in handling the affairs of the office..."
"No, you still don’t understand!"
Gu interrupted his unfinished words: "Your primary responsibility in the upper right office is to stop your Master Yang from entering the capital again!"
Fang Ke: "Ah... this..."
Gu tapped the table and warned, "Shen has made it very clear, if your Master Yang enters the capital again, you’ll be packing your bags back to the Northern Town Prefectural Commissioner to feed the horses!"
Fang Ke: "Ah... this..."
Gu: "Do you still have any questions about the affairs of the upper right office?"
Fang Ke thought for a while, hesitated, and asked in a low voice, "What about Zuo, the deputy thousand-officer..."
Without a second thought, Gu waved his hand and said straightforwardly, "You needn’t unnecessarily worry about Zuo, the deputy thousand-officer. He will return to the capital with me to report on his duties later. His position will remain vacant until Lord Yang is reinstated, and from then on, you will have the highest rank and position in the upper right office!"
With those words spoken so clearly, what else could Fang Ke say?
Fang Ke could only bow and say, "Please rest assured, Shen. From now on, if Lord Yang says to go east, your subordinate will definitely not go west; if Lord Yang says to go west, your subordinate will definitely not go east. Regardless of whether Lord Yang is reinstated or not, there will be only one thousand-officer in our upper right office, and that is Yang Erlang, Yang Ge!"
Gu: "There’s also the matter of stopping your Master Yang from entering the capital again... Not afraid to tell you the truth, the last time your Master Yang entered the capital, everyone from top to bottom in the Northern Town Prefectural Commissioner got a thrashing. If your Master Yang enters the capital again, even if Shen doesn’t cut you down, the brothers will line up to do it!"
Fang Ke: ...
Great, so since you can’t handle Lord Yang, you decide to deal with me?
Do you think I can stop him?
If I had that ability, why would I still be a deputy thousand-officer?
With a heavy heart, he lamented, "Gu, you are a straightforward person, and I won’t mince my words either... It’s not that I don’t want to stop him, it’s just that I really can’t. Last time, I found out half a day in advance that Lord Yang wanted to enter the capital, but it was too late to inform Shen. I had no choice but to act in desperation, temporarily dispatching all the horses from the office."
"You know what happened?"
"Lord Yang actually ran to the capital on foot!"
"Who can stop that?"
When he mentioned this, Gu was immediately reminded of that day’s frenzied figure, laughing and running away with long strides like wheels turning, and suddenly found himself at a loss for words.
But in the next moment, he toughened his expression, slammed the table, and said uncompromisingly, "That’s not our concern. Anyway, Shen threw his support behind you for the deputy thousand-officer role with just this ’little’ request. If you can’t even handle such a simple request, then you can’t blame Shen and the brothers for being ruthless. Blame only your own lack of ability!"
Fang Ke: ...
Is it too late for me to resign now?
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