Hua Yude took Tong'er and went directly to the governor's mansion.

When Pei Zhizhou saw Hua Yude coming, he smiled easy-going and said with a smile: "Why is Mr. De here?" Seeing that the day after tomorrow is a young year, I heard that Mr. De still lives in the Shuanggui Zen Temple outside the city, I don't know what is missing? ”

Hua Yude didn't bother to greet him, and asked directly: "Pei Zhizhou, have you read the letter that the official asked you to send you a few days ago?" ”

Pei Zhizhou looked surprised: "Mr. De asked someone to send a letter to the lower officials?" Then he pondered it for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "It's a message, right?" Let the city gate official put Miss Xu and Yuanshuang into the city? The official has to thank Mr. De for that matter, otherwise I don't know what Yuanshuang will suffer outside! ”

Hua Yude frowned, Pei Zhizhou was able to do Zhizhou all the way in Fuzhou City, obviously not a fool. So it was impossible for him not to know what he was asking, obviously pretending to be stupid.

Hua Yude snorted coldly: "Pei Zhizhou, I advise you, don't be smart but be mistaken by cleverness!" ”

Pei Zhizhou made up his mind and pretended to be stupid to the end: "What Mr. De said is that Xiaguan has never been out of Fuzhou City in his life except for scientific examinations, so he is naturally short-sighted, and many things still need to be mentioned by Mr. De." ”

Hua Yude was very impatient, seeing that the two had already walked to the flower hall, and the people who followed behind them were six or seven steps away from them, he immediately asked with a solemn face: "Pei Zhizhou, let me ask you, when did you agree to the request of that group of women and children?" ”

Pei Zhizhou was taken aback, and his tone was very exaggerated: "Mr. De, those people are chaotic people. Without the above words, how can we casually agree to their requests? ”

Hua Yude was a little angry, and his tone couldn't help but improve: "That group of women and children." With no power to tie the chicken, and with children, what kind of chaotic people are they! ”

Although Pei Zhizhou didn't dare to offend Hua Yude, the minister, he insisted very much: "When they were outside the city, they surrounded Miss Xu's carriage and Yuanshuang's carriage, and later followed the bandits up the mountain. How not to be a rioter! ”

Hua Yude said sharply: "Pei Zhizhou, this is not nonsense, how did they go up the mountain." Don't you know? I sent so many letters, and you didn't read any of them? ”

Pei Zhizhou's neck stiffened: "What letter?" Except for the threatening letters of the mountain bandits, the lower officials have not seen any letters! ”

Hua Yude shouted: "Tong'er! ”

Tong'er immediately took a few steps forward and glanced at Pei Zhizhou hatefully: "The letter was sent by Tong'er himself." personally handed it over to the butler of your house. How can the Lord of Zhizhou say that he didn't see anything? ”

Pei Zhizhou glanced down at him, and actually looked a few in charge: "Are you talking about those threatening letters?" ”

Tong'er's eyes widened: "How can that be a threatening letter?" ”

Pei Zhizhou sneered: "If you don't deal with this matter well, maybe it will endanger the entire Fuzhou City, cool the hearts of the poor people all over the world, say that water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, and when the time comes, the country will not be a country, and the city will not be a city, this is not a threat!" That's the rioters. ran to the city gate to demonstrate, and planned to kidnap Miss Xu and the niece of the lower officials. It's already good that no troops were sent to attack them! ”

Hua Yude's face turned blue with anger, his eyes looked at Pei Zhizhou's eyes gloomily, and asked, "You mean it really?" ”

Pei Zhizhou nodded: "Naturally, it's true." Then he turned to a maid and said, "Go and bring the stack of letters in the official's study that is used to cushion the corner of the table!" ”

Hua Yude and Tong'er heard the words "pad the table legs", the whole person was a little bad, their chests were very tight, and it was difficult to relieve them, Hua Yude asked: "What if I tell you to let them go down the mountain, and let their landlord reduce the tenant rent by fifty percent?" ”

Pei Zhizhou's eyes widened: "You are hurting the hearts of the people!" Tenants renting their fields, naturally, should pay rent, whether they pay rent or not, it is normal to take women and children, Mr. De ordered like this, and the lower officials did not dare to obey! ”

Hua Yude shouted: "Which owner will collect ninety percent of the rent? ”

Pei Zhizhou was so frightened that he took two steps back, and then said: "The owner naturally collects ninety percent of the rent, and several of those women's husbands have followed people up the mountain to be bandits, so it can't be that those Diao people deliberately colluded with the bandits on the mountain to murder the owner!" That Master Chen of Chenjiawan and Master Lin of Lin Jiaao are now in the hands of those bandits! ”

Tong'er couldn't help but say: "I was also forced to have no way to live, otherwise who would let women and children come forward?" They just want to seek justice, and Lord Zhizhou beat them all into bandits, which is too arbitrary! ”

"How can it be too arbitrary!" Although Pei Zhizhou was frightened by Hua Yude, he still insisted: "Xia Guan saw it on the city tower at the beginning, those bandits, rude in words and deeds, scolding and scolding, still have weapons in their hands, look five big and three thick, and ride a tall horse!" Then he took those Diao people up the mountain, how could it be that the lower officials wronged them? ”

Hua Yude's eyes narrowed, his voice became a little low, and he couldn't say a chill: "You really think so?" You know where those big and big people come from, and you know why they are there! ”

Pei Zhizhou's neck stiffened: "Xiaguan naturally knows that they are mountain bandits, and they want to enter the city to smash and loot mountain bandits!" ”

Hua Yude saw that he couldn't make sense with Pei Zhizhou, and he was very angry, so he flicked his sleeves and walked out, and Tong'er hurriedly followed.

Pei Zhizhou saw that Hua Yude was offended by himself and left, so he hurriedly trotted up and followed, and said to Hua Yude: "Mr. De doesn't have to be angry because of this, the lower officials have already handed over the recital to Xijing City, whether those people are beaten or released, it is all a matter of the above sentence!" At that time, as long as the people above say this matter, they will listen to Mr. De, and the lower officials will naturally be ordered by their hearts alone. ”

Hua Yu Deli ignored him, flicked his sleeves and just left, Tong'er rushed forward, stopped in front of Pei Zhizhou, and his tone was a little meaningful: "Lord Zhizhou, please go back!" ”

Then he followed behind Hua Yude and left in a hurry.

Seeing that Hua Yude and Tong'er were out of the Zhizhou Mansion, Pei Zhizhou breathed a sigh of relief and took out a piece of brocade to wipe the sweat on his forehead. Then he turned to the housekeeper behind him and said, "Go and prepare hot water, I want to bathe!" "It was so thrilling just now, and at this time I found that my back was full of cold sweat.

The housekeeper agreed, Pei Zhizhou returned to the flower hall, and a man who looked like a scholar walked out from behind the shadow wall of the flower hall, and the man opened his mouth and raised his tone slightly: "Lord Zhizhou offended the minister for this matter, is it worth it?" ”

Pei Zhizhou snorted coldly: "How can there be any minister!" (To be continued.) )