"Everyone is dead, so we have to investigate, why did we go earlier?!"

In the side hall of the yamen, this summer was leaning in the back chair of Limuyuan, looking at a piece of official paper with dissatisfaction.

"The man died, but the money was not found. The 100,000 taels of silver money for repairing the river must be recovered. Yang Yue took the official document in her hand, and was also a little angry, "Zhou Xian is just Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Industry, how can he have the courage to swallow 100,000 taels of river repair." I think that if a person dies, he can blame him for everything! ”

Zhou Xianji, a native of Wuxing, Zhejiang, Jiajing 21 years of Jinshi, Jiajing 23 years of household department to give affairs, Jiajing 31 years of the Ministry of Industry Du Shui Qing Shi Langzhong. Received 100,000 silver taels to repair the river, and was ordered to repair the Yangzhou river embankment. After arriving in Yangzhou, the fortifications were not built for a long time. Later, he was found to have embezzled the money for the construction of the river, and Zhou committed suicide in fear of crime.

"What can be checked, Yan Shifan is the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, but is there anything that does not go through his hands when the project is paid?" This summer snorted coldly, "If you can go to his house, keep it and check it!" ”

"Xia'er!"

Yang Chengwan stopped her.

Yan Shifan is the son of Yan Song, the head of the dynasty, and Yan Song's power leans towards the government and the opposition, almost covering the sky with one hand. And Yan Shifan's left waiter of the Ministry of Industry and Shangbaosi Shaoqing can be called the fattest errand in the imperial court. This summer sighed, in today's world, it is to support the bold and starve the cowardly. Yan Shifan's appointment to this position is simply to hang a big cake directly around his neck, he can be greedy as much as he wants, and he can eat as much as he can.

"Daddy......" Yang Yue shook his head, "I can't take this errand, and if we can't find out, we are incompetent, but if we really find out, I'm afraid we won't even be able to save our lives." ”

Yang Chengwan opened the tea lid, gently lifted the foam, looked at the tea needles rising and falling in the rising heat, and said lightly: "There is no way, Liu Xiangzuo, the prime minister of the left temple of Dali Temple, personally named me to go, you two go home and pack your bags, and go to Yangzhou with me." ”

"Boss, I'll just go with Da Yang, and you can rest in the capital." This summer said, "Jiangnan is very wet, and your legs will definitely have trouble when you get there." She expected that this trip would be a thankless job, Yang Chengwan was getting older and had leg problems, so why bother with this trip to troubled waters, it was better to take care of it.

Yang Chengwan shook his head: "This case is also co-organized by Jinyiwei, how can you two keep an eye on it." ”

Jinyiwei!

This summer and Yang Yue glanced at each other, and the color of difficulty appeared in their eyes.

As the supreme commander of Jinyiwei, since Lu Bing is friendly with Yan Song, it seems that this summer, Jinyiwei's trip will naturally not be to dismantle Yan Song. The biggest possibility of Jin Yiwei cooperating this case is to eliminate all unfavorable evidence for Yan Song.

"Which brocade guard to send?" Jinxia asked silently.

"Jin Yiwei has experienced Lu Yi." Yang Chengwan is still faint.

This summer and Yang Yue were shocked at the same time. 100,000 taels of river repairs, it is not small, but it is not big, but it is not big, and it is necessary to use Lu Yi?

I was only surprised by the half-pillar incense effort, but this summer has already come back to the taste: if the promotion of officials in the DPRK and China is in order, it will take a lot of years and months, and they will be promoted according to the evaluation once every three years; If you want to rise faster, you have to make some great contributions, and you have to make a good impression on the emperor. Lu Yi has the aura of his Lao Tzu, and the emperor Lao Er must have a good impression of him, and if he makes some achievements, he may be able to directly rise from the seventh-grade experience to the fourth-grade command.

"Boss, how can this case be investigated?" looked at Yang Chengwan listlessly this summer.

"We only do our part, and we don't have to worry about anything else."

Yang Chengwan said lightly.

Hearing this, neither he nor Yang Yue could do anything this summer, so they didn't say anything more, and went back to pack their bags.

Yuan Chen originally arranged for him to meet the Yi family this summer two days later, and gritted his teeth to make her a decent begonia red big-sleeved shirt, so that she looked a little quiet and beautiful. Unexpectedly, I will leave for Yangzhou this summer, and with the hard work on the road, I will have to go for a month or two.

"How is this good? Otherwise, I will talk to Yang Zhutou and let him not take you on this trip. Yuan Chen said urgently.

This summer waved his hand again and again: "Mother, this can't be helped, this case is not trivial, the whereabouts of 100,000 taels of river repair funds are unknown, and it would be dereliction of duty if I didn't go." Besides, if you can find a river repair model, there will definitely be a reward. ”

didn't know much about the affairs of the public family, Yuan Chen couldn't refute her, so he had to chatter: "Have you seen the third child of the Yi family?" ”

"I don't remember." This summer is busy.

"How can you not remember? You only sent a basket of charcoal to his house last month. ”

"I remember that the basket of charcoal was quite expensive."

Yuan Chen stared at her helplessly for a while, and looked at the hair all over his body this summer: "You kid, do you have the intention to get along with me?" ”

"Mother......" said to her this summer, "I really don't remember what he was like." ”

"If you don't remember, forget it, I'll make the decision for you anyway." Yuan Chen muttered, "The Yi family is a scholar, Si Swenwen, and I won't wronged you if I marry......"

"Mother, mother! There's no rush on this matter, we'll talk about it when I get back! Don't worry! Jin Xia hurriedly said, and at the same time quickly packed his bags, and took out four taels of silver from his arms and handed them to Yuan Chen, "This trip has been out for a long time, I have advanced these two months from the Yamen, and you can keep it first." ”

Yuan Chen collected the silver, sent it to the door of this summer solstice, and explained: "Be careful on the road, don't be reckless in everything." ”

"Don't worry, it's okay."

This summer, he walked to the yamen with his package, thinking about the few copper plates left in his arms, and sighed and sighed silently.

From Beijing to Yangzhou, there is the North-South Grand Canal, which is naturally the most convenient to take by boat, which is fast and can save bumps all the way. There are official boats of the government in the river, which are called station boats, and take the meaning of post stations. Yang Chengwan and the others followed Liu Xiangzuo to the standing boat, and learned that Jin Yiwei had already boarded the boat after Lu Yi, and had been waiting for them for half an hour.

"Lord Lu has rested in the cabin, and he ordered us not to disturb him." The shipwright asked Liu Xiangzuo tentatively, "Do you want the villain to report it?" ”

Dali Temple Zuo Si Cheng is a five-grade official, and his experience is higher than that of the seven-grade brocade guard, but Liu Xiangzuo is very short of breath, and he didn't dare to let Lu Yi come to see, so he sneered and said: "Don't worry, let's talk about it later." ”

The people on the official ship deal with officials at all levels all the year round, and naturally watch people put down dishes. Yang Chengwan and the others are just officials with no rank and no rank, and no one will take them seriously. At that moment, the shipwright just told them the location of their respective cabins, and they were busy leading Liu Xiangzuo to the cabin.

The official ship has the rules of the official ship, and the cabin where the official children of the rank live is on the upper floor, which is spacious, bright and tidy; And the little officials like this summer can only live in the cabin below, which is small, dark and damp. As for the boatman's accommodation, it was even worse, with only a few people crammed into a small cabin.

Yang Yue first accompanied Yang Chengwan into the cabin, boiled the tea foam brought out from home for him, and waited for the fragrance of the tea to drive away the musty smell in the room before asking his father to rest. This summer, I was not used to the cramped cabin, and the musty smell that had not dissipated for many years made people feel very breathless, so I went to the deck alone to breathe.

The waterway of the North-South Grand Canal was built in the Yongle period, and since then the north-south water transportation has been unimpeded, and the grain from the south has been continuously transported to the north to supply the northern cities and garrisons. On the river, there is an endless stream of boats, and flocks of wild ducks haunt the waves. Rice from the south was transported northward, and countless grains were left in Hanoi, raising fish and ducks in the waterways.

This summer leaned over the railing, staring at the wild ducks, his eyes a little straight.

Yang Yue went up to the deck to look for her, followed her gaze, and couldn't help but exclaim: "What a fat!" ”

"Yes," said Lian Liandian in agreement, clenching his hands into fists and lamenting, "I knew that Lu Dao should have come here to catch wild ducks if he had nothing to do on weekdays, and he would definitely be able to sell them for a good price." ”

"It's a shame to sell it, it's delicious. This wild duck meat is tight, different from domestic ducks, if you want to eat it, you have to cut thick slices with a knife, put it in warm oil and slide it, "Speaking of cooking, Yang Yue is a little unstoppable, "Sydney pears are washed and sliced, two slices of Sydney pears are sandwiched with a piece of duck meat, put them in oil and fry them repeatedly, fry until the duck meat is crispy, and the taste is ......"

"Don't recruit me, I'm hungry!"

This summer painfully stopped him, she was short of money, and she wanted to have a meal in the yamen, but in order to catch the boat, she didn't even get a meal. There was nothing to eat before I got a meal on the boat, and now I was so hungry that my chest was pressed against my back.

As if he knew that she would be hungry, Yang Yue took out a sample object from his arms and handed it over.

Looking down, it was a scallion pancake wrapped in layers of oiled paper, and this summer sighed gratefully: "Those who know me are also!" Without further ado, she untied the oiled paper first, took a few bites, and chewed it heavily.

"Haven't eaten again?"

Jinxia glanced at him, and replied as he chewed, "Master...... Busy ......"

"If you lack money, you can't skip food! I've heard that you've advanced your monthly income for two months. Yang Yue frowned and looked at her, "How much dowry do you have to save to get married?" I knew why I had to do it in the first place. "He was one of the losers this summer.

The scallion pancake is not big, and after a few bites of it this summer, it will be eaten up.

"Don't mention it, this time it's not just a matter of money, it's more troublesome than this." Summer wiped his mouth with his sleeve and hesitated for a moment before telling him, "...... Looking at my mother's situation, she is determined to win this family affair. ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Yue laughed: "This is a good thing, which unlucky child was taken by your mother?" ”

Jinxia glared at him angrily: "Get out! ”

Yang Yue tried his best to hold back his laughter, and said gently: "Xia Ye is angry, I just don't laugh, tell me, which one is unlucky...... No, no, no, who is so blessed? ”

This summer glanced at him fiercely, and then said, "The third child of the Yi family." ”

"Yi Jia...... Oh, I remember, it's your brother's master. Yang Yue nodded and exclaimed, "It's better for your mother to think long-term and marry you, and all the restraints in the future will be saved." ”

"What's more, there is also the ice worship in summer and the charcoal in winter every year, and the eight ceremonies for festivals and festivals in the New Year, and the whole province is over." This summer added, "I can save a lot of money by drawing it down in a year." ”

"Such a good thing! You don't want to get married in a hurry. ”

Yang Yue smiled, dodging the two kicks that came over this summer.

"Master, I'm a little aggrieved now, but I'm at ease. The sons of the Yi family are full of 'who can only be 'careless' all day long, and their bodies are so weak that they fall down when the wind blows, why should I marry him as a cow and a horse. This summer is very angry, "If you really marry me, you can't suffocate me to death!" ”

"What's the use of you yelling at me, tell your mother." Yang Yue still smiled.

"My mother admits money, how can I tell her if I don't have money...... Alas, don't mention these bad things! Looking at Yang Yue this summer, he suddenly thought about it, "Otherwise, I'll tell my mother that I'm already your person......"

Yang Yue almost fell headlong into the river.

"I'm just wronged, and I'm okay with you?" This summer looked at him thoughtfully.

Yang Yue's head shook the ground and his neck was about to cramp: "Don't, I can't afford to climb high, you can't be so wronged by yourself!" It's true! ”

This summer squinted and stared at him inquiringly.

Yang Yue's face was solemn, trying to make himself look as sincere as possible.

After a while, this summer sighed leisurely: "No, you still snore when you sleep, who can stand it." ”

She turned around abruptly, and suddenly found that there was a person standing not far behind her, with a striking red flying fish python robe, a belt around her waist, and an embroidered spring knife......

Lu Yi!

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