After seeing the king in the study, Li Gongfu knelt on the ground and saluted, and shouted loudly: "Minister, Li Gongfu, see the king——"

"Master Li, excuse me, get up." Lu Chen put down the brush in his hand and looked up at Li Gongfu.

The latter still looks like that, with the standard beard of an ancient middle-aged official, and is wearing the official uniform of the county head, but it looks dusty, and the official uniform looks like it hasn't been washed for a long time, and the whole person looks sloppy.

After he got up, Lu Chen couldn't help frowning slightly, pointed to Li Gongfu's clothes, and said, "Lord Li, this king remembers that there are two sets of official clothes in my country, right?" ”

"Yes, the king." Li Gongfu bowed slightly.

"Is Master Li missing a set?" Lu Chen said pointedly.

Hearing this, Li Gongfu was stunned for a moment, then looked down at his clothes, and also reacted, but he said seriously: "Back to the king, this is not, but another set of official clothes for Weichen, which has been worn for many days. ”

Clean and decent? He really dares to say it, and he is not embarrassed at all!

Lu Chen smiled dumbly, shook his head, and said angrily and funny: "So, the official uniform that Lord Li is wearing now is still the cleanest?" ”

Li Gongfu lowered his body and stopped talking.

After a pause, Lu Chen turned the conversation back to the topic, and said straight to the point: "This king summoned Lord Li back to the capital this time, presumably, Lord Li already knows the purpose of this trip, right?" ”

"Yes, the king." Li Gongfu said: "After Weichen entered the capital, he has heard about this matter, and he also believes that the embezzlement of the martyrs' salaries is not an isolated case in one place, and other counties are probably among them. ”

"Then does Lord Li have the confidence to help this king handle this matter?" Lu Chen asked.

Li Gongfu thought about it, and did not directly answer Lu Chen's question, but first threw out his concerns, and said: "King, it is easy to investigate corruption, and the difficulty is not here. ”

Lu Chen said: "If there is any difficulty, Master Li can say it bluntly. ”

Li Gongfu said: "This corruption case involves all counties and counties across the country, which will inevitably involve the powerful, or people with hands and eyes, or strong backers, it is easy to shoot a few flies, and it is also very simple to catch a few county guards as a substitute for the dead ghosts, but it really involves a high-ranking and powerful person, what about the king?" ”

When he said this, he actually wanted to know Lu Chen's attitude and determination on this matter.

But what he didn't know was that corruption was inconsequential, and Lu Chen could tolerate it, but only the martyrs' salaries, he would never be able to spare them!

"This king can tell you right now that once such corrupt and corrupt officials are verified, no matter how big their official position is, how high their status is, and how hard their background is, they will be immediately killed!" Lu Chen said in a shocking voice.

"So, Wechen understands." Li Gongfu said.

Lu Chen glanced at him, thought for a while, and said: "As you said, if a powerful person is involved, with your official position as a county head, you may not be able to hold him accountable, so this king specially appointed you as the minister of the Qin Mission, specially investigated this case, and awarded you Wang Jian to patrol the hunt on your behalf!" ”

Yes!? Hearing this, Li Gongfu was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt on the ground in panic.

Lu Chen picked up the Wang Sword from the table and stretched it forward: "Li Gongfu takes the sword!" ”

"Minister, Li Gongfu, will definitely live up to the king's trust! Do your best! Purge corrupt officials! The latter took the Wang sword, held it high above his head, and also made a military order to Lu Chen.

This is an extremely difficult task, not to mention how big the wind is, how many counties there are, and wherever Li Gongfu goes, I am afraid that officials everywhere are respectful on the surface, but in fact, they wish he had left early......

Considering that there might be some danger in this case, Lu Chen not only dispatched 2,000 palace guards to escort him all the way with his luggage, but also ordered Chen Fang, the deputy leader of the secret guard, to lead more than a dozen elite masters to secretly protect him.

Li Gongfu is a stinky stone, he only admits death, and no one will give face, and the key is that he is still an honest official, and he has never been greedy for a penny!

To be honest, Lu Chen sometimes hates him too, thinking that he is a little pedantic and unkind, but as a king, he has to use Li Gongfu, and with the prosperity and strength of the country, the officialdom of the Wind Country is becoming more and more corrupt, Lu Chen also needs a person like him, to be the wind of officialdom, the court of the Wind Country, and he needs such a clear stream!

"This king's determination to investigate this matter, Lord Li need not doubt it! What Wang Jian refers to is that the king is here! Do you have any other questions? Lu Chen asked again.

"There is no doubt about it." Li Gongfu bowed down and said, "But the king, have you been busy with state affairs in the past two days and have no time to meet Weichen?" ”

In this way, if it is placed on other officials, it will never be asked, but Li Gongfu can open his mouth, because in his opinion, that Zhang Gonggong is a little suspected of abusing power. That's how he behaves.

"Huh? Busy isn't busy, what's wrong? Lu Chen asked.

"Oh, after Weichen received the king's order, he had already arrived in the capital two days ago, but Gonggong Zhang, who was in charge of the reception, said that the king was busy with state affairs for the past two days, and he had no time to meet Weichen, and it was not until the third day that Weichen met the king." Li Gongfu said truthfully.

"What? And such a thing? When Lu Chen heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "This king summoned you back to the capital, how dare he deliberately stop him as a eunuch?" ”

"I don't know." Li Gongfu said.

"Okay, this king knows about this, if there is nothing else, you go down and prepare." Lu Chen waved his hand and said.

"Wechen retreated-" Li Gongfu bowed and bowed.

After he left, Lu Chen called Liang Xiao and asked him to bring the father-in-law Zhang over.

In the history of the previous life, there were too many eunuchs who manipulated power and caused trouble to the court, and now his own palace has this symptom, how can Lu Chen ignore it.

There was no doubt that he immediately pointed to Gonggong Zhang, who was kneeling below, and asked, "Bold minion!" This king summoned Li Gongfu back to the capital, it was for state affairs, you are a little eunuch, how dare you stop it for two days without permission!? Who gave you such a big right!? ”

Father-in-law Zhang knelt below, trembling all over, and said in a trembling voice: "Back to ...... Back to the king, the slave saw that the king was working in the study all day for state affairs, so he thought, so he thought about asking Master Li to wait for two more days, so as not to overwork you, the king. ”

"Presumptuous!" Lu Chen was furious, this kind of coaxing kind words, it was okay to deceive the faint king, but how could Lu Chen believe it, he immediately smiled directly at Liang and said, "Pull it down, cut it!" ”

"Huh!? Grace to the King! O king, be gracious! The minions are only thinking about the king......"

(End of chapter)