Xu Zehai smiled slightly, "I don't know how to learn the Tao, I just like it a little, and I've dabbled a little bit since I was a child." ”

Guo Wenying raised her eyebrows, "How did the adults know that something happened last night, could it be that they pinched their fingers and calculated it?"

"Yes, yes. ”

Guo Wenying secretly sneered, is she really a fool? Can this kind of thing really be calculated by him? Think about it carefully, the reason why he refused to enter the city yesterday was that the information contained in it was too big.

First, it is possible that he wanted to clear his ties and let people know that the assassination of the governor had nothing to do with him. Second, it is likely that they also do not want to get involved in right and wrong. No matter what the reason is, at least one thing is certain, that is, this Xu Zehai must know something.

Guo Wenying deliberately set him a few words, and he didn't put a useful sentence, but he talked to him about Buddhism and Taoism in a left and right way, and it was a headache to listen to every sentence.

Guo Wenying was helpless, so she diverted the topic and said: "It's not a secret, this official came to Songjiang this time, and he also came for the maritime wharf, and the imperial court intends to build a second wharf in Songjiang and set up a maritime subsidiary yamen, which Lord Xu should know." ”

Xu Zehai pretended to be surprised, "Is there anything else like this?" Why didn't I know any news in advance?"

Guo Wenying frowned, "Don't you know anything about adults?"

"Yes, the official documents of the household department and the official department have not come down, and the Ministry of Industry has not sent anything, not even the allocated silver, and there is no penny, what kind of wharf to build?"

Guo Wenying secretly said in her heart, this matter is so important, Lu Qifang, who is the first assistant to the cabinet, personally wrote a letter to instruct her, and also told her to do it this year, this Xu Zehai actually said that he didn't know a word, which is too ridiculous.

Xu Zehai said with a smile: "My adult doesn't know, my mother passed away some time ago, and I went home to worry, so I didn't go back to the government office, and before I could understand the situation, I was recruited by 800 miles of urgency, and then I knew that there was such a big thing in Songjiang." Speaking of which, Lord Wang's death is really regrettable, but this kind of thing happened in a good year, which really hurts my heart. ”

He covered his chest and performed how heartache was, but Guo Wenying couldn't laugh at all, Xu Zehai didn't know anything about it, and she didn't believe it if he didn't mean it. What else did his mother die, the wife of the Duke of Amber Guo, his mother had died more than ten years ago, and the one who died was just a concubine of the Duke of Guo, he was worried for a year, and he didn't know what to think.

She couldn't guess Xu Zehai's thoughts, so she told him some details of building the wharf, although he had not received an order from the imperial court, but this matter was definitely a certainty. Lu Qifang personally signed the Jun order, and approved the emperor, a few days ago she also discussed this matter with Feng Jingting, she must do it to the ground, and when Feng Jingting returns to Beijing to finish the important business, the holy decree will come down.

However, Xu Zehai didn't care much about this matter, and deliberately talked about him left and right, and talked around with her.

It's a pity that Guo Wenying is not a vegetarian either, her face drooped, and she said coldly: "Lord Xu, there are many fools with my surname Guo, you don't have to be like this, everyone knows that this matter is not easy, but even if it is not easy, it is the will of the imperial court, you have to do it, and you have to do it if you don't do it." ”

Xu Zehai smiled, "Lord Guo is serious, Xu doesn't mean anything else, but since this matter was entrusted to Master Guo by Lord Shoufu, wouldn't it be good for me to insert a lever in it?

Guo Wenying sighed lightly, after all, she was going to be a shopkeeper?

She has never had a good impression of this kind of slippery person, so she simply said: "Okay, let's talk ahead, and I will be in charge of all the affairs of Songjiang Mansion in the future." The implication is that if you don't care about it, as long as you are willing to delegate power, go away if you have nothing to do, and save yourself from being an eyesore on the side.

Xu Zehai naturally understood, and he smiled slightly, "Since the adults are willing to worry, then the official is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

Guo Wenying looked at him suspiciously, originally she thought that if he had another purpose, he would take the opportunity to stir up and make her fail, but she didn't expect to compromise so easily, which made her a little incredible. In fact, she doesn't want to care about this Songjiang matter, it's obviously a rotten pit, which fool would jump in regardless of it.

But who called her that stupid? She jumped into a mud pit like that in the southeast without hesitation, no matter how bad this Songjiang is, can it be worse than Fuzhou?

With a belly of fire in his heart, he didn't bother to grind his teeth with Xu Zehai, and snorted coldly: "The official still has something to do, so he won't leave the adults." ”

Xu Zehai stood up with a smile, "The matter of building a wharf in Songjiang is naturally in the hands of adults, but the affairs of the Songjiang Mansion are not to worry about Lord Guo." This official is also a member of one party, and this personnel criminal case is not too much. ”

Guo Wenying was stunned, was he planning to take over the assassination of Lord Wang?

Building a wharf is said to be a hot potato, but who knows that he can also take the opportunity to get some benefits from it, after all, as long as the construction is moving, there will be oil and water to fish, he doesn't take over this kind of thing, but why is he so interested in the Songjiang Mansion assassination case?

As the governor of Nanzhili, it was originally within his duty to take over this matter, and Guo Wenying was not easy to stop, so he nodded and ordered someone to present some of the collected evidence to him, and also presented the autopsy results.

Xu Zehai took it in his hand and didn't look at it, but only ordered someone to take away some of the witnesses and servants in the government office.

Guo Wenying looked at his back, and suddenly had a very bad premonition, this Xu Zehai is afraid that it is far from being as simple as she thought.

After sending Xu Zehai away, Guo Wenying called all the officials in Songjiang and began to discuss the construction of the wharf. Although Lord Wang's death is shocking, it has little to do with the purpose of her trip, and she has to do the main thing before she is serious.

When they heard that Songjiang was going to build a wharf, the officials were mixed, half of them were happy that there was a fat gap again, and there was oil and water to fish, while the other half were worried about what trouble this would bring to Songjiang, and where would the money for the wharf come from?

Guo Wenying sent someone to send a letter to Lu Qifang and discussed with him about transferring silver from the Ministry of Industry, but Lu Qifang was also cunning and cunning, and he fought with her several times, and in the end, he almost broke his mouth and asked for 50,000 taels of silver. 50,000 yuan is just a hair on a cow for the huge wharf of the project. Damn, I can't even afford to pay the workers. But you are not afraid of being poor, you will always find a place to get money.

Although she only had 50,000 taels allocated by the Ministry of Industry, Guo Wenying was not worried, and called Songjiang to guard Dong Yue early in the morning, and asked this kid to follow her to the beach to inspect and see which place was suitable for construction.