After Li Gongfu received the king's order, he took two thousand palace guards and began to handle the case.

The first place he went to was Nanyang County, and when he heard that Li Gongfu was about to arrive in Nanyang with Wang Jian, officials at all levels in Nanyang who received the news began to check the official documents and books, for fear that there would be something wrong here.

In fact, after Lu Chen ordered a strict investigation of the case of embezzlement of martyrs' salaries, all localities have already received the news, and many local officials have either self-examined or hurried to remedy, especially in Nanyang now, all officials can be said to be like a great enemy! Who is Li Gongfu, that is an unkind guy! If he finds out something, will there be good fruit to eat!

A few days later, Li Gongfu arrived in Nanyang, accompanied by the honor guard of the minister, two thousand palace guards, guarding both sides of Li Gongfu's carriage, this is not a clear road, but the team is normal on the street, the people on the street, have not been driven away, but involuntarily stand on both sides of the road to watch, pointing.

"Isn't this our Nanyang official? Look at this ......."

"Haven't you heard? The previous incident of embezzlement of the martyrs' salaries in Pingyang County, the king was furious, threw down the king's order, and strictly investigated the counties and counties, and now it seems that this should be the official who came to our Nanyang to inspect the ......"

"Yo! Then this is the minister......"

"Isn't it! Don't you see this escort, it's all different from other armies......"

The palace guards, who are the elite of the elite, have bright armor, red tassels on their heads, and everyone has a red cloak behind them, and they all have war swords hanging on their waists, which are mighty.

Li Gongfu's first stop was naturally the Nanyang County Government, and here, there was already a group of officials who had been waiting for a long time, seeing Li Gongfu wearing official uniforms and getting down in the carriage, Gong Cheng, the head of Nanyang County, hurriedly took a group of officials to greet him, rubbed his hands, and bent down slightly to salute:

"Gong Cheng, the head of Nanyang County, has seen Master Li."

Li Gongfu had been a county official in Nanyang before, although he had not been in office for a long time, but he was at odds with many officials in the county, and Gong Cheng had different political views and different ideas, and there was friction between the two of them.

Although the two of them are now the heads of the county, Li Gongfu is under the order of the king, and Gong Cheng can only call himself an official, and Li Gongfu's arrival is also the last thing Gong Cheng wants to see.

But now that the family has arrived, and it is still the king's own order, Gong Cheng has no choice but to lead the county officials out to greet him, and the other officials are also smiling and bowing to Li Gongfu.

Li Gongfu also arched his hand, returned the salute to everyone one by one, and said, "Your Excellency is too polite, let's go into the mansion to talk." ”

As soon as he came, he had a posture of doing things first, which made people feel disgusted, Gong Cheng laughed dryly, stretched out his hand and said, "Lord Li, please ......"

Li Gongfu led a group of palace guards, accompanied by Gong Cheng, the head of the county, and followed by officials at all levels in Nanyang.

After entering the county government, he said straight to the point: "Lord Gong, I don't know where the register of the martyrs of the county government is?" ”

Hearing this, Gong Cheng hurriedly shouted at the people in the house: "Quick! Go and move all the books over and show them to Master Li. ”

These books are not one or two rolls of bamboo slips, but a whole two baskets, and after the people moved them over, Li Gongfu casually opened a volume, and then put it in the basket, and said: "Lord Gong, these books, the official will temporarily move away, and after the review, they will be returned to the county government, I wonder if Lord Gong can do this convenience?" ”

"Hehe, this nature, this nature." Gong Cheng could only say with a dry smile again.

Seeing that he agreed, Li Gongfu didn't ink, but said loudly: "Come on, move these books to the post house, remember, don't leave out a volume, otherwise you will be asked!" ”

"No!" Several palace guards responded, and then in groups of two, they stepped forward to lift the bamboo slips and left.

Seeing this, Gong Cheng couldn't help but ask, "What?" Lady Li doesn't stay in the county hall? ”

"Huh?" Li Gongfu waved his hand and said, "Don't bother Lord Gong, it's the same for you to work in the post house." ”

That night, Gong Cheng held a banquet in the county government to entertain Li Gongfu, who was originally reluctant to go, but he couldn't resist Gong Cheng's warm invitation, so he could only go to the banquet in the end.

At the banquet, the officials in Nanyang were flattering on the surface, and they said some flattering words from time to time, but in fact, they wished he would get out of here!

It can be said that Li Gongfu's trip to Nanyang to inspect was very unpopular with officials, and everyone wanted to avoid him, but he had to receive the minister. Fortunately, Lu Chen allocated him two thousand palace guards, which made it much easier to act.

At the banquet, in order to avoid embarrassment, the main seat directly above was deliberately vacated by Gong Cheng, the one on the left was Li Gongfu, the first one on the right was Gong Cheng, and below were officials at all levels, and everyone had a few cases in front of them.

After waiting for the wine and food to be served, Gong Cheng was the first to pick up the wine glass and said to Li Gongfu: "Come, Lord Li, after a long journey, Xia Guan and colleagues at all levels in Nanyang, I would like to give Master Li a glass." ”

"Respectfully, Lord Li—" all the officials said in unison.

Even if you are an unkind person, I am afraid that you have to hold up your wine glass at this time, but Li Gongfu is an exception, he is definitely a person who is easy to disappoint, he looked at the wine and food in front of him, and said:

"Lord Gong, this banquet, including the official, the tables are full of delicacies, flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water, it can be said that everything is complete, such delicacies from the mountains and seas, it costs a lot of silver, right?"

"And this wine, if that's right, it's also a fine wine, right?"

"This banquet is enough to cover the expenses of ordinary people for several years, so extravagant and wasteful, Lord Gong is really rich."

This ......

When people heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and Gong Cheng even stopped in mid-air with a look of embarrassment.

This person is so uninteresting! He shouldn't have been invited to this meal!

After a while, people reacted, and put the wine glasses on the table one after another, Gong Cheng also put down the wine glasses, and couldn't help but smile dryly: "Hehe...... Lord Li is serious, and he is serious......"

Even though he was a minister, many people couldn't help but let out a slight cold snort.

Li Gongfu is like this, he himself is honest and honest, and he can't get used to the extravagance and waste of other officials, so forget it, but what else does he say, he never takes into account the feelings of others, and he doesn't know how to be tactful.

It's no wonder that people hate him so much! An official like him, whoever he works with, I'm afraid everyone will be disgusted, this is also human nature.

(End of chapter)