Lin Fan sorted out Zhang Ping's clothes, looked at his face as if he was asleep, and said softly: "Let's go, go home!" ”

Now that Zhang Ping's body has been received, Lin Fan and An Ning are not willing to delay at the dock any longer. They rented an ox cart from the nearby people, carried Zhang Ping's body, and rushed back to the inspection department.

Zhang Ping's remains need to be buried, and he is a local, so he naturally has to be buried in their ancestral tomb of the Zhang family.

After returning to the Inspection Division, Lin Fantuo went to pick a good coffin, and then he personally sent Zhang Ping's coffin home.

As early as after Lin Fan and the others came back from Yunmengze, they had already sent someone to inform Zhang Ping's parents of the news of Zhang Ping's martyrdom. Therefore, when Lin Fan and the others arrived here, Zhang Ping's parents were already waiting here, and even Zhang Ping's mourning hall was already being built.

Chongyang lost his son, which is not a big blow to Zhang Ping's parents, who are already old. Although he has been prepared in his heart since the day he became a soldier and eats food, it is still difficult to accept it on this day.

But they didn't blame Lin Fan, Zhang Ping came back to visit relatives on weekdays, and he didn't tell them much about Lin Fan. They knew that Lin Fan was a good person, and even more so a good official, and they knew that their son was following this person willingly, so they didn't embarrass him.

But the sense of alienation that the second elder showed in the faint sense, Lin Fan could still feel it. They were very polite to Lin Fan, but they seemed to be angry.

Seeing the second elder like this, this made Lin Fan feel even more guilty, it was better to scold him fiercely, or even beat him, it could make him feel better.

However, Lin Fan understood the second elder, after all, in their opinion, it was precisely because of following the person in front of him to carry out the task that his son became what he is now.

And why can everyone else come back well and continue to be alive, while his own son can only lie in the coffin and never come back.

Lin Fan did not tell his parents about Zhang Ping's death at the hands of his own people, only that he was killed in battle with the bandits.

Because Lin Fan knew that if they knew about this matter, in addition to making the second elder more sad, it would not help, and there might even be a big mess.

They are just two ordinary people, and they are old, if they take revenge regardless of it, where will they be Gao Wensheng's opponents.

With Gao Wensheng's vicious methods, they could only lose their lives in vain, and then he Lin Fanke would be deeply guilty.

Therefore, Lin Fan must not let this kind of thing happen, otherwise he will not be able to explain to Zhang Ping under Jiuquan, as for the matter of revenge, just leave it to him.

Lin Fan stayed at Zhang Ping's house for a long time, and after dealing with Zhang Ping's funeral, he asked people to stay for some silver taels, and hurriedly said goodbye.

And when he left Zhang Ping's house, he had already secretly made up his mind. He will definitely give an explanation for this matter, and Zhang Ping must not die in vain for no reason.

By the time Lin Fan returned to the Inspection Division, it was already dark, and he stayed alone in the room, and he didn't let anyone light the lamp.

After this temptation, Lin Fan has basically confirmed that this matter was deliberately done by Gao Wensheng. Otherwise, with Gao Wensheng's personality and the importance he attaches to his own official authority, he would never be so easy to talk to when he was at the dock.

As for how to verify, he had already sent an order to Bai Yuqing, asking her to use the intelligence network of Deyuelou to inquire about the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle that day.

He wanted to see what kind of orders this Gao Wensheng gave when they were desperately fighting the water bandits. Now that the intelligence network of Deyue Tower has been preliminarily set up, I believe that within two or three days, the results will be transmitted to him.

The room was pitch black, and Lin Fan sat quietly on the chair, thinking about what to do next.

After doing such a thing, it is impossible for him to let Gao Wensheng go, but according to the current situation, Gao Wensheng may not stay in Yongyang for long.

But if you do it in Yongyang, you will inevitably leave traces. After all, Gao Wensheng is an official of the imperial court, and this time he has made such a great contribution, it can be said that he is the hottest figure in the officialdom of Anzhou now. If something happens to him for no reason, the court will definitely investigate it strictly.

After all, the imperial court is the imperial court, and when the time comes, it will be difficult to find out at all; But if there are clues left, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Murdering the court officials, it doesn't matter if you die at that time, I'm afraid that even my father and the Lin family will be implicated.

The safest way now is to wait. Waiting for Gao Wensheng's order to be promoted, after he left, he was dealt with halfway.

However, it is also difficult to do so. It is still unknown where Gao Wensheng will be transferred, so it is difficult to prepare in advance.

Not only that, but he also has to get himself and the inspection department out of the suspicion of this matter, and the first thing to do is not to tear his face with Gao Wensheng openly, and he will have to go down with him for a while.

Everything is still in a hurry, and it has to be considered in the long run, but fortunately, Lin Fan and they still have time.

Sure enough, three days later, Bai Yuqing sent someone to collect and sort out the news they had found out during this period of time, and sent it to the Inspection Division.

And the news she sent just confirmed Lin Fan's conjecture.

Another month has passed, and the time has entered the early winter.

At this time, the official secretary about Gao Wensheng's transfer finally arrived, and according to the order of the ministry, Gao Wensheng will be transferred to Shenzhou in the north to serve as a general judge.

The general judgment grade is the sixth grade, and he is in charge of grain transportation, water conservancy, tuntian, horse husbandry, defense and other matters in a state, and is the deputy of Zhizhou. It is also within this state that there are real power figures in addition to Zhizhou and Tongzhi.

For Gao Wensheng, the seventh-grade county commander, this promotion to the sixth-grade Shenzhou general judgment is undoubtedly equivalent to a big leap forward in the officialdom.

After the order was issued, officials at all levels and rich gentry in Yongyang did not dare to slack off, and held a grand celebration for Gao Wensheng for several days, and even Lin Fan occasionally participated.

Although it is now early winter, and the cold wind has a cold feeling, it still can't stop Gao Wensheng's spring breeze pride.

Recently, he has not only been prosperous in the officialdom, but also has good financial luck.

Gao Wensheng is usually greedy, but now that he is leaving, he is even more intensified.

Under his various explicit hints, those people below the county government are all human spirits, and whoever dares not to know each other has prepared a generous gift for him early.

And those rich gentry and wealthy businessmen are the same, knowing that Gao Wensheng is about to be promoted, they have offended there, and they have prepared generous gifts, for fear that they will cause him to blame if they send it late.

As for Gao Wensheng, it was unceremonious, he accepted all the congratulatory gifts sent by the rich gentry and his subordinates, and it could be regarded as a windfall before leaving.

October 18 of the tenth year of Chongping, it is suitable to travel and marry; Do not start construction and open the market.

And this day is the day when Gao Wensheng left for Shenzhou to take office.

Today, the figures with heads and faces in the entire Yongli have basically arrived, and they have all come to see Gao Wensheng to take office.

These people all had sincere smiles on their faces, and they all congratulated the county magistrate on his promotion, but in fact, they all scolded Gao Wensheng in their hearts, and they couldn't wait for this bastard to get out of the way as soon as possible.

For a period of time, in order to finally catch this handful, Gao Wensheng tossed everyone a lot. In order to get rid of this hungry wolf, which of the people here did not bleed heavily, which satisfied his appetite.

But fortunately, today he is finally leaving, and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Gao Wensheng was full of ambition and was in an extremely good mood. Looking at the crowd that had come to see him off today, and then at the belongings full of several carriages, he couldn't help but be unhappy.

It wasn't until he saw a person in the crowd that a trace of worry rose from the bottom of his heart.

That person was Lin Fan, and at this time, he was also mixed in the crowd that came to see him off, but he was not too far ahead. It is not very conspicuous among so many people, and it is precisely because of this that at the beginning, Gao Wensheng did not notice him.

Seeing Gao Wensheng's gaze looking at him, Lin Fan nodded at him and arched his hand.

Gao Wensheng also bowed his head lightly to him, which was counted as a return gift.

Although he never said it, nor did he do any other action against Lin Fan and others, it didn't mean that Gao Wensheng had forgotten about it.

On the contrary, since the last time he exterminated the Yunmengze water bandits, Gao Wensheng was afraid that Lin Fan and others would retaliate, so he had been sending people to secretly keep an eye on the inspection department, and he had to tell him as soon as there was any trouble.

The reason why he didn't move was only because he didn't have a chance, otherwise Lin Fan would definitely not have survived today.

What made him strange was that when they came back from that day, Lin Fan and the others didn't make any moves.

He did not expose his greed for merit and his intention to kill people to the court, nor did he privately ask him for a showdown, so as to threaten him with some conditions. It's as if none of this has ever happened, and it's been peaceful.

After the order to be transferred to Shenzhou arrived in Yongyang, although he didn't say it, that Lin Fan actually prepared a generous gift for himself, which surprised Gao Wensheng even more and made him even more uneasy.

Is it because this Lin Fan doesn't want to offend himself and wants to expose all these things in one fell swoop?

But according to his understanding, Lin Fan is not like such a good talker, I am afraid that this person has a deeper calculation in his heart, which is why he is so calm!

In short, all this that has happened recently has made Gao Wensheng puzzled.

Don't think about things that you can't figure out, and today is not the time to think about that. Gao Wensheng drank a glass of wine and shook his head to drive these out of his head.

No matter what Lin Fan's plans are, it doesn't matter now.

After today, he Gao Wensheng will leave Yongyang, no matter what this Lin Fan wants to do, he has no chance.

Farewell today, even if there is a chance to meet again in the future, I don't know how long it will be.

If Lin Fan really has the intention of reconciliation and doesn't grasp the previous things, he doesn't mind releasing a little kindness, and this matter is best revealed.

Because he knows that with Lin Fan's ability, as long as he doesn't die, it won't be too difficult to mix up some achievements in the officialdom.

Officialdom is like a battlefield, multiple friends have many paths, even if you can't be friends, it's best not to be enemies. Officialdom is dangerous, and no one wants to find a mortal enemy for themselves.

Although the hatred between the two sides is unlikely to be resolved, since he did not seize the opportunity to get rid of him before, Lin Fan has now chosen to forbear, and he is not willing to be too aggressive, so the two sides will say goodbye, and it is best if the well water does not interfere with the river water.

After three rounds of drinking, the day has risen. Gao Wensheng saw that it was not too early, so he got up and said, "Princess, send you a thousand miles, and you must say goodbye in the end." It's not too early, and this official won't delay everyone's time here, so I'm leaving! ”

Everyone hurriedly got up and said to each other: "Take care of your husband on the road, I still look forward to my lord's return to the old place as soon as possible!" ”