Chapter 18 The Young Man Outside Town Hall (2/2)

After all these years, Old Master Shen could understand things that he once could not.

As for Shen Lian, he got his permission to head out. He knew that this was his chance.

The man in green was locked up in the jail located in the Town hall. He found out about this through Steward Wu.

Despite Steward Wu's intelligence, he did not know as much as Shen Lian, someone who came from a world that had experienced information explosion. Steward Wu was not aware of the Art of Conversation.

Even if the other party did not say anything related to a particular matter, one could still deduce the information that he wanted from the conversation.

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The town hall of the State Capital was big and grand. The rumor was that all the trees in Mount West, the mountain outside of the State Capital of Qing had been exploited to build such a grand town hall.

This was a mere joke to tease the state officials. It could also be taken to mean that all the state officials below the ranking of Governor were corrupted.

Grasses and trees could grow anywhere; there were some green vegetation in the cracks between the stone tiles, underneath the old trees outside of the town hall.

So long as the green vegetation remained, the landscape will always be full of greenery.

The weather was bad. Gloomy and cloudy, it looked like it was about to rain anytime. A young man stood outside of the town hall. Dressed modestly, there was nothing extravagant about his clothing. However, a skilled tailor could tell that he was dressed in expensive garments, made from fine craftsmanship and of exquisite material.

In Shen Lian's words, this would be low profile, luxurious, and cultured.

He was not obsessed with enjoyment, but that did not mean that he preferred hardship.

”Materialism is a tool, but one should not be a slave to it.” Shen Lian subscribed to this school of thought in both of his lives.

After he left the Shen residence, many bodyguards trailed him. However, after a corner, he was no longer in sight.

The guards who followed him around stared in disbelief, how did they lose a person in broad daylight so quickly?

Shen Lian did not care about what they had to explain to Old Master Shen. He needed to see the man in green.

The governor in the State Capital of Qing had a very special surname, Shuo. He used to explain his surname as the ”Shuo” in ”Shuo Guo Lei Lei”, which meant fruitful. However, the local folks often speak behind his back, said that he was a ”Shuo Shu”, which meant Manipur bush rat, a type of rodent.

Governor Shuo had a long night amidst the women. When the servant told him that his presence was requested, he was still in bed with his new mistress.

As he did not bring his family along to the State Capital of Qing when he reported as a Governor, he had no qualms about indulging himself in this matter.

”Who is it! Who wants to see me at such early hour?”

”He's a young man.”

”Shoo! I have no time to waste with a child.” A fair arm grabbed Governor Shuo's hand from behind. As the arm caressed him, Governor Shuo could not wait to go another round again.

”He said his surname is Shen.”

”It doesn't matter if his surname is Chen even, I don't care.”

Chen is the royal surname!

”Master, you have to meet this child. He is from the Shen family,” the Steward replied gently.

”Which Shen was this again?” Governor Shuo flipped over and shouted his question at the Steward who was waiting outside of the door.

”Master, there's only one Shen family in the State Capital of Qing.”

”I guess I have to meet him then.” It took Governor Shuo a huge amount of willpower to get up. He resisted the temptations from his new mistress and got dressed quickly.

He did not fear the Shen family. However, he could not disrespect them either. Otherwise, it would be hard to implement government policies in the State Capital of Qing, which would pose threat to his position as the State Governor.

What more, it was a young man with the surname of ”Shen”. He immediately knew who the young man was.