Chapter 252

A sword, lost and regained.

Cui stared at the back of Mo Niang and the senior brother riding away, with a hint of hope in his eyes.

Wei Qian wanted to say something to comfort, but when he saw her obediently nesting in the car, her face was quite calm, so she swallowed the words back from her mouth.

Some things can only be experienced silently, and no matter how profound words are, they seem too light.

He raised his hand to rub her hair, "Let's sleep for a while, there is still a long way to go, you have to take care of your spirits." ”

The division of labor in the Supervision Department is clear, and each state and county is responsible for different supervision envoys, Wei Qian, as the leader this time, does not have a fixed place of responsibility, he can randomly check a few places, or he can go to investigate one state and one county, and he obviously belongs to the latter.

However, Cui Ning, as the supervisor under Wei Qian, naturally has to work, and the place she is in charge of this time is Suzhou.

Today's national use, more than Jiangnan, Jiangnan states, Su is the largest. Suzhou has become more and more prosperous since the opening of the Jiangnan Canal, not to mention Jiangnan Road, which is one of the best Xiongzhou in the entire Tang Dynasty.

For local officials, this is a fat meat that everyone earns and grabs, but for the Supervision Department, it is a hot potato! In a prosperous and populous place, there are obviously more cases than in a poor and remote place, and they are more complicated, and there is a greater chance of major and important cases, and the slightest mistake or omission may cause a serious disaster.

Cui Ning's strength is not enough to be in charge of such an important place, but she has Wei Qian to carry her.

A new supervisor can do this job well, and the benefits to the future career are self-evident. The people in the Supervision Department ridiculed openly and secretly, Wei Changyuan really cherished this hard-won daughter-in-law, and people like him even knew favoritism!

However, in fact, Wei Qian didn't think about this aspect at all when he made the decision, he just wanted to make it easier to walk with Cui Ning. After all, this time, they are going to go to her division together, and he will definitely come to Suzhou in person.

Moreover, Cui Ning's contact with the world is too short, and he will never worry about letting her travel alone. Favoritism is a fact, so what!

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It's late autumn, and even though it's still drizzling, the weather in Suzhou is still a bit muggy.

It is rare to be quiet in the garden of the Cheng family, where there is a wide robe and big sleeves in the stone boat, a middle-aged man wearing a wide robe and big sleeves is lazy and half-lying on the bed, his bamboo-like fingers are gently clasped on a small table, and a pair of slender eyes are half-squinted on his clear face, with a lazy and obsessive look.

As the smoke rose from the incense burner, the two people kneeling in front of him slowly showed the same expressions.

"My lord!" one of them bit his lip to regain some consciousness, and stepped forward to grab the incense burner and throw it out the window.

With a pop, the incense burner fell into the lake.

It took about a moment for the other two people in the room to come back to their senses.

"Counselor ......"

"My lord!" Before the people in the audience got angry, the person who had just thrown the incense burner immediately said, "The supervision envoys from all over the country have already arrived, and no one in Suzhou has come to pick up the file, my lord is really not in a hurry?

Cheng Tingshi looked at the two people in front of him and sighed slightly. He is the assassin of Suzhou, and he should be in charge of the affairs of a state, but in fact, almost all the officials in the whole state have been subdued by Yang Beijia, and only the two people in front of him are his henchmen, one is a counselor from the seventh grade, and the other is a record from the ninth grade.

It's as if he's been hollowed out.

Yang Lushi on the side was also completely conscious at this time, and hurriedly followed and persuaded, "Victory or defeat is in this move, adults must not take it lightly!"

According to the time when they heard about the departure of the supervision envoy, no matter how slow it was, the people should have arrived a long time ago, and half of the files of the supervision envoy who went to Changzhou were checked, but no one came to Suzhou for a long time. The two of them came to Cheng's garden early in the morning, but Cheng Tingshi was still burning incense leisurely.

"Do you think that with the little evidence I have in my hand, you can bring down Yang Ling?" Cheng Tingshi unfolded the folding fan and slowly fanned the wind, "Suzhou is Yang Ling's world, if he is a tree, this Suzhou officialdom will have his roots everywhere, if he wants to charge me with something, it will be easy, you still want to fight back? It's too naïve." ”

Counselor Yu and the two suddenly became nervous when they heard this.

Cheng Tingshi looked at their suddenly straightened backs, sneered, and said lazily, "He is not sure to replace him now, and he will not touch me." If something happens to me, I will send someone from above, I can't say it, I can really pierce the sky of Suzhou. Ha, does he dare to Yang Ling? Don't worry, as long as I don't move, he won't move. ”

"My lord, Wei Changyuan will definitely come to Suzhou this time, right?" Counselor Yu said without giving up, "Last time, we didn't find favorable evidence to bring down Yang Ling, this time it's different, then Wei Changyuan never sells anyone's face, the evidence in our hands is really handed under his nose, and if Yang Lin dies, he has to be injured." ”

Cheng Tingshi sneered, "It's like I'm a good person." Don't look back and pit Yang Ling, and bury yourself. ”

Don't look at him doing this idle thorn history for several years, if he pulls it deeply, it is not much cleaner than Yang Ling. If Wei Qian is more serious and finds a little clue and stays in Suzhou, even if he finally pulls Yang Ling off the horse, it will be difficult for him to have a good end.

He seems to be more interested in other things than in bringing down Yang Beijia. "You may not believe it, but the inspector who came back to Suzhou is a female official. ”

Yang Lushi was surprised, "There is actually a female inspector?"

The official position of the supervision envoy is not high, and Yang Lushi is just a document from the ninth grade, and he is not well-informed enough, so he has never heard of this matter.

The female scholars from all over the country have only begun to get on the right track, and they have not been able to cultivate talents who can really be used, and the vast majority of women who know the history of politics and economics are from the big families, and His Majesty is naturally reluctant to reuse. Therefore, although there are many female officials so far, there are very few female officials who really hold real power.

"If this inspector can really rise smoothly, he can be said to be the first person in Datang. Counselor Yu sighed and was quite curious, "I don't know who she is?"

Although His Majesty has the heart to use women, due to various reasons, it has never really been moved to the table, and even Shangguan Wan'er, who has the reality of Zaifu, has not held the corresponding official position.

Whether this female inspector will stop or rise in the future is not just a person's officialdom ups and downs, but a political trend.

"The granddaughter of Cui Xuanbi, the secretary of the military department, and the fiancée of Wei Changyuan, Cui Shining. Cheng Tingshi raised the corners of his mouth, and the interest became stronger, "If it weren't for the fear that Yang Ling's grass and trees would be soldiers, he would really have a good time meeting this little Cui." ”

How could His Majesty suddenly use a daughter from a family? This question flashed through the minds of the three of them.

Whatever the answer is, it's not an imminent matter for them.

After some surprise, Counselor Yu was still worried, and the topic inevitably changed back, "Your Excellency must plan early." ”

Yang Ling didn't do it at this time, he was just waiting for an opportunity, if Cheng Tingshi only wanted this moment of stability, the fate of their "Cheng faction" can be imagined......

How can he be a simple character if he can sit in the position of Suzhou Thorn History? Cheng Thorn Shi knew what Counselor Yu was thinking at this time, how could he sit back and wait for a few henchmen to have different intentions, "If I don't do it, some people can't bear it." ”

He got up and slowly straightened out his clothes, leaned over and patted the shoulders of the two, Shi Shiran walked out, "There is no good thing for people, there is no good time for dogs, you can watch that group of people jump with peace of mind." ”

Counselor Yu breathed a sigh of relief, looking back, Yang Ling also wanted to frame Cheng Assassin Shi more than once, but he has not succeeded so far, although his own Shangguan will always be this careless appearance, there is not much power left in his hand, lying in the garden of the family all day long, but still sitting firmly in the position of Assassin Shi.

Cheng Tingshi walked out of the stone boat slowly, and the maid held up an umbrella for him.

Cheng Yujing is forty and seven this year, but he looks only in his thirties, although his face is not very handsome, but it is rare to have an elegant demeanor.

The light rain is blowing the willows, the lotus leaves are dry, he walks slowly in a moon-white wide-sleeved robe, very comfortable, I don't know what to remember, and even hummed the Jiangnan minor tune in a good mood, which caused the maid next to him to raise her eyes and peek frequently.

The sky was overcast with clouds, and it was already twilight by noon.

An inconspicuous awning boat docked on the banks of the river in the inner city, and two men and women dressed in ordinary clothes came down, but unusually, both of them were born with good looks.

Jiangnan people are like clouds, the beautiful girl is beautiful, and it is not very rare to put it in the huge city of Suzhou, but the man next to her is tall and slender, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, and if you increase one point, you will lose one point and you will be thin, and she will have an extremely outstanding appearance.

In Jiangnan, handsome men are mostly fair-skinned, soft eyebrows, gentle and polite in speech and demeanor, and are as gentle as jade as a handsome son, and this man's facial features are as sharp as a knife, his eyebrows are like green feathers, and he is slender into his sideburns, especially the pair of eyes that are like paint, and his expression is extraordinary, and it makes people feel more pressure when they stare at people.

He went ashore and stood still in the crowd, half a head taller than most of them, and the slender and petite girl beside him, whose height reached only his chest, made him even taller.

For a moment, this man stood out from the crowd, so that the eyeliners who were squatting on the pier noticed it immediately.

Cui Ning grabbed a sugar rabbit in his hand, opened his mouth to bite off the rabbit's ears, and the bite creaked, "Fifth brother, you used to be able to patrol in Jiangnan?"

Not to mention his face, this height alone is very conspicuous in the crowd.

Wei Qian rubbed her head lightly, "Let's not make a secret visit this time." ”

"Oops, I just brushed it up. Cui Ning was very distressed, as if everyone liked to rub her head, and among all of them, the fifth brother was the most energetic. Her hair is already fine and soft, and there are many broken hairs, which are not easy to take care of, and it is as if she has just gotten out of bed when she is rubbed.