Some things seem to be difficult to do, but some people are just mentioning them.

Xue Ruogu served as a servant of the Imperial History Observatory, supervising the impeachment of courtiers and hundreds of officials for corruption and perversion of the law.

Especially after Emperor Yanyou ascended the throne, he reused the ministers to restrain the courtiers, and the imperial history seemed to be of low rank, only from the sixth grade, but it can be said to be a humble but powerful position in the court.

Xue Ruogu was straightforward by nature, and he carried out Emperor Yanyou's intentions most thoroughly, so he didn't know how many people he had offended in this year.

After the assassination, Shen Yang, despite the opposition of other ministers, insisted on recommending Xue Ruogu to replace Shang Wensheng in the Zhiguangde Mansion to stabilize the situation there, so as not to breed civil unrest, but his performance was presented to the Chongwen Palace, and there was no response.

At this time, many people knew that Xue Ruogu was not a trusted candidate of His Majesty, and those forces who were offended by Xue Ruogu, and even those who were dissatisfied with Shen Yang, would inevitably spread their grievances on Xue Ruogu's head.

Due to the reign of Emperor Tianyou, he deliberately suppressed the family lords of Gyeonggi Fu County, Shang Wensheng and Wei Zhen, who had huge wealth and mansions, but their status in the court was not high.

Shang Wensheng had great prestige when he was young, but he was just a lieutenant official for half his life, and finally died in the post of governor of Guangde Mansion.

Before the Jinling Incident, Wei Zhen was just a county governor in Lishui.

In the battle to recover Jinling, Wei Zhen made meritorious achievements; Also before and after the Jinling War, the power of the Gyeonggi family clan was dealt a heavy blow, and there was no need to suppress it anymore, and Wei Zhen could be promoted to a more important and prominent position at that time.

However, at that time, because the war in Jinling was beginning to extinguish, Lishui and other Gyeonggi Fu counties urgently needed officials like Wei Zhen who were familiar with the local area to preside over the matter of recuperation, so when selecting officials, Wei Zhen was not selected to serve in the six ministries and departments at the first time.

Wei Zhen has been the commander of Lishui County for a year, and although the local government is far from being able to recuperate, the situation has generally stabilized - even Wei Zhen, who is keen on power, feels that it is time for him to make a move.

In mid-to-late March, the Chu army advanced by land and water, and by the end of March, 100,000 soldiers and horses had already forced into the city of Chaozhou.

At this time, officials should have been sent to cross the river to receive Chuzhou first.

As part of the war to recover the two states of Chuzhou, the candidate for the assassination of Chuzhou has not been decided.

Officials who are incapable are looked down upon by the officials of the political affairs hall, but no one who has qualifications and ability is willing to go to Chuzhou to take up a post, or they have already been sent to the prefecture and county to take up a post, and they cannot be transferred back for a while.

Recovering the two states of Chaochu is not enough to completely annihilate the rebels of Anning Palace.

In this place of Chuzhou, the people have fled, the land is barren, and they may suffer from the counterattack of the rebels at any time.

Who wants to go to such a poor and dangerous place to be an angry little daughter-in-law.

At this time, someone recommended Wei Zhen to serve as the assassin of Chuzhou, and then there was a suggestion to kick the hated Xue Ruogu out of the court and release Lishui as the county commander, which immediately won the support of many people.

Wei Zhen is willing, after all, from the sixth grade of the Gyeonggi County Order to the Zhongzhou Thorn History from the fourth grade, it is a four-level jump.

It is only when the current imperial court is in urgent need of employment that there will be such willful promotion and appointment of officials; When the situation eases, everything will return to a step-by-step rhythm.

Wei Zhen has passed the year of the Mandate of Heaven, and he has no time to move up the level step by step, even if he knows that Chuzhou is dangerous, he is willing to pack his bags and go to the post with the army.

The imperial history is from the sixth official position, and the Gyeonggi County Decree is also from the sixth grade, but Xue Ruogu was transferred from the humble and powerful Imperial Servant to the Gyeonggi County Commander, which is naturally a degraded official.

Xue Ruogu doesn't matter to him, Shen Yang can accept this result, mainly because Lishui is Jinggi Fu County, which is close at hand, he really wants to use Xue Ruogu, and it is extremely convenient to transfer back to the court.

The whole thing was decided in mid-April, and Xue Ruogu said goodbye to Shen Yang, Qin Wen, Li Tang and others almost immediately, and rushed to Lishui City, one hundred and thirty or forty miles away, with his family.

As for the intentions hidden behind the whole thing, no one can detect the clues, or only the person in the vortex can detect some anomaly, right?

…………

…………

In late April, it was early summer, and the sun was shining brightly, and it was already a little hot.

In the ditches on both sides of the official road, barren grass grows, and in the distant fields there are farmers ploughing, wearing short coats and linen shirts, revealing their dark, lean arms.

Outside the entrance of Chenjiatang Village, there is a peach forest covering an area of more than 100 acres.

At this time, the peach blossoms have long since withered, and the tree branches are full of green peaches.

Outside the peach forest, next to the official road, there is a small open space, supporting a thatched shed, some people sell herbal tea here for business, several passers-by are drinking tea around the herbal tea stall, look at their appearance, dress, like a footman resting, a trader walking the streets and alleys, there are some baskets full of goods in front of the herbal tea stall, and the flat pole leans on the basket.

Four carriages came from the north, followed by seven or eight servants and swordsmen on horseback.

Even though the north bank of the Yangtze River, which is separated by a river, is in full swing, no one would think that there will be any bandits who would dare to rob the road on the official road more than 100 cities away from the capital of Chu.

The servants and the escorted swordsmen rode on horseback, and they were also very relaxed, looking at the bright scenery around.

The foot force and the vendors in front of the herbal tea stall looked curiously at the official road, and they didn't seem to know what important people were passing by; The official pavilion a few miles ahead was also full of local gentry waiting to greet them.

"Stop for a moment." When passing by the herbal tea shop, the carriage at the head lifted the curtain from inside, and Xue Ruogu poked his head out of the carriage and told the coachman to stop the carriage and horses.

"Lishui County in front, many people are waiting to greet Daddy, Daddy, why did you stop here?" A seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man rode over from behind and asked Xue Ruogu, who looked thoughtfully at the herbal tea shop.

"They are willing to wait, just wait to go - your mother is weak, and you and your sister have been in the car for a day, and your body should be tired, and it is good to get out of the car and walk around. Everyone also ran for most of the day, and they also had to drink more tea. Xue Ruogu said to Xue Mo, the eldest son who had grown into an adult.

He jumped out of the carriage and walked straight to the herbal tea stall, pointing to the herbal tea and asking the old man guarding the stall, "How do you sell this herbal tea?" ”

Xue Ruogu was wearing an official robe, and the old man was a little frightened, trembling and trembling to explain that two bowls of tea only cost a penny.

Without waiting for the soldiers on the left and right to drive away, the merchants and porters gave up the seats made of the tree stumps, took the tea bowl in their hands, and squatted beside the open space to continue drinking tea.

Xue Ruogu sat in front of the herbal tea stall with a tree stump, glanced at the vendors and porters on the side of the venue with sharp eyes, and took the tea bowl handed over by the old man.

A bowl of amber herbal tea, with some broken tea residues floating on it.

The young man and a young girl, supporting a weak and beautiful middle-aged woman, came over and sat down in front of the herbal tea stall.

The young man and those servants and swordsmen were thirsty, and they poured several bowls of herbal tea like drinking cattle, shouting comfort.

Women and maidens were more interested in looking at the surrounding scenery.

Only Xue Ruogu, as if holding a bowl of peerless tea in his hand, drank it in small sips, and sat for two sticks of incense without drinking a bowl of herbal tea - the porters and vendors sitting on the edge of the venue were divided into two piles, whispering about the nearby slang anecdotes, and they didn't dare to come over to worry about the officials.

"Daddy, are you waiting for someone?"

"I don't know who I'm waiting for, maybe I'm thinking too much about all this." Xue Ruogu said thoughtfully, seeing that it was getting late, and he was afraid that he would not be able to enter the city before going into the night, he drank all the tea in the bowl, and then got up and walked to the carriage.

After Xue Ruogu and the others drove away, the porters and vendors walked back to the herbal tea stall and sat down, as if they had no intention of hurrying at all.

"Mr. Feng, is Lord Xue really overturning the case for the dozens of homeless people who died tragically in Donglu Mountain?" A black-faced porter looked at the cloth man sitting in front of him and asked, "Looking at his appearance, it seems that he has long realized that there is something strange about his transfer to Lishui County this time, he probably thought that Mr. Feng would stand up and recognize him......

"Since he realized that something was wrong, but he rushed to Lishui to take office without delay, you don't expect it at all?" The cloth guest asked with a smile.

"The servants involved in this case and Wei Zhen's two staff, although we tried to keep them all in Lishui according to Mr. Feng's instructions, it is not a simple matter to want them to speak,"

The black-faced footman frowned with thick eyebrows, his expression was still not optimistic, and he had some other worries, and said,

"Moreover, even if Lord Xue finds out the truth, it will not be easy to overturn the case, and it may even be possible to put the lives of his family in vain - I was willful and reckless, and I have already involved too many people to come in, and too many people have died, and it has also caused adults to suffer suspicion for no reason. Alas, if I had a choice, I would have buried my resentment in my heart! ”

The old man who sold tea in Mu Ne trembled and stretched out his hand to add bowls to a few people.

The porter was not worried about the vulgar old man in the countryside, what kind of association he had when he heard their words, but he was just about to take the tea bowl, but at this time, he noticed that the old man who sold tea was burned by fire, and under the scorched black scar, the knuckles did not seem to be as thin as the real old man, and suddenly he was shocked, took two steps back, walked to the basket, stretched out his hand on the flat shoulder of the goods, stared at the old man and said: "I don't know who this brother Tai is, he actually called Shang Mou to look away just now?" ”

"According to what you said, if I hadn't called on slaves and maids to enlist in the army in the name of granting land in Maoshan, a series of tragedies would not have happened, and Shang Zhongjie might not have been resentful and slaughtered the homeless," the old tea seller sat down with a tea bowl, stared at the porter and asked, "I ask you, did I do something wrong in the first place?" ”

"Your Excellency!"

The porter never thought that the old man selling tea was really someone else, and when he heard the familiar voice, he fell to his knees in a stirring mood......