Chapter 748: The Culprit
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"Y-you-I'll kill you."
Swish!
Zheyan is a bloody man, he immediately pulled out a short sword, lifted Ji Minren with one hand, and when he was about to start, Li Qi suddenly shouted: "Stop!" ”
Ji Minren said: "You know that you can't kill me yet, why do you want to do this." ”
Li Qi said in a deep voice again: "General Zhe, do you still want to disobey the military order?" ”
Zhe Yan's fist clenched so loudly that his two thick eyebrows were about to turn into twists, and suddenly his eyes closed, and finally Li Xing defeated Gan Xing, let go of his hand, and stepped aside.
Li Qi smiled at Ji Minren and said: "Ji Zhifu, you said that you underestimated me, why didn't I also underestimate you, until Fang Cai, I felt that I still underestimated you, you are a civil official, but in the face of heavy encirclement, you can still do it in danger, knowing that at this time, only by taking advantage of the chaos to go from the river, can you save Xing's life, even me, may not be able to do so calmly, I really admire, admire." ”
Ji Minren said with a smile: "Bu Shuai has won the award, once a person reaches a desperate situation, he will calm down, but unfortunately I fell short in the end." ”
"You have a point." Li Qi nodded and said, "But since I was a child, I have never been teased like this, you really deceived me miserably, for you, I have grown gray hair." ”
Ji Minren smiled: "Each other, each other." ”
Li Qi smiled and said: "I have to say, your pretending is too similar, from the beginning, I really thought that you were a good official for the country and the people, at that time, I suspected almost everyone in Fengxiang Mansion, except for you, I didn't think of you at all, even if I began to doubt you later, but I still didn't dare to make a conclusion, I was afraid of harming a good official." ”
Ji Minren suddenly burst out laughing.
Li Qi was curious: "What are you laughing at?" ”
Ji Minren said loudly: "I didn't pretend at all, what you saw was the real Ji Minren." ”
"Oh? That's interesting. Li Qi pointed his hand and said, "Then who are you now?" ”
"The current Ji Minren is just an outlaw who has been cornered." Ji Minren smiled sadly.
"Forced? Who forced it? I don't believe you're a shirk person. Li Qi smiled.
"Thank you for the compliment." Ji Minren sighed and said, "I was born in a poor family, and when I was a child, I was often so poor that I didn't even have to eat, and I have also seen many people who are more miserable than me, who caused this?" This is all done by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and at that time I really couldn't figure out why the imperial court would let such people become the parents of the people. Officials are the parents of the people, even more important than their parents, and sometimes, your small mistake will cause great harm to the people, let alone intentionally. Therefore, at that time, I was determined to become a good official for the people in the future, so I studied hard, fortunately, the emperor lived up to the painstaking people, in the year of the weak crown, I finally passed the Jinshi, and later was sent to Huangyang County as the magistrate, becoming the youngest magistrate in the history of Fengxiang Mansion.
In fact, there were many people who were not as good as my grades at that time, but their officials were bigger than me, but I know that it was because my family background was not as good as theirs, and I didn't envy them, and I was very satisfied that I could benefit the people. After I took office, I began to rectify Huangyang County and improve the lives of the people, and I asked myself that I was not worse than others, and I had never taken a penny from the people, and it was precisely because of this that the magistrates of the other counties did not want to deal with me. Later, because of my outstanding political achievements, I became the prefect of Fengxiang Mansion, and I was really happy at that time, because my responsibilities were getting bigger and bigger, which meant that I could help more people. However, I never imagined that the official was getting bigger and bigger, and he was facing more and more problems. ”
Li Qi said: "This seems to be normal, Dazai always deals with more things than you do, right?" ”
Ji Minren shook his head and said, "This is too abnormal, because bribery is not the duty of officials." Every year, the imperial court comes to the local assessment, and they will never return empty-handed. Don't hide it, when the imperial court sent officials to Fengxiang Mansion to inspect in the first year, I didn't entertain them with big fish and meat at that time, but do you know what they said? They said that you had just taken office, and you were young, so I didn't know what it was forgiving, and asked me to give them the money that was supposed to be held for the banquet directly. Is this normal? They came to the capital and even stretched out their hands to ask for money, how is this different from robbers? ”
Li Qi said lightly: "Did you give it to them?" ”
"Nope." Ji Minren shook his head and said, "Because I can't come up with that much money at all." But they didn't believe it, how could the prefect of Fengxiang Mansion not even be able to come up with such a little money. As a result, I was the worst in the assessment that year, and the court also criticized me for this. ”
Li Qi nodded in understanding and said, "I think you will definitely try your best to raise money to deal with the officials from the capital in the future, right?" ”
Ji Minren was surprised: "Why do you know? ”
Li Qi shrugged and said, "Just because you're still sitting in this seat." ”
Ji Minren was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Bu Shuai is really smart. What you said is right, I know that if I continue like this, I am afraid that I will lose this official hat, this is what I have pursued all my life, I don't want to give up just like that, and it is in this context, but I have never sought a penny from the hands of the people, until now, it is still the case, and those money are saved from my own frugality, although the son is a little bitter, but as long as the people can praise me, I will be satisfied. ”
Li Qi nodded and said, "In that case, why do you still want to embark on this road of no return?" ”
Ji Minren laughed a few times and said, "Because I have been disappointed in this court, I finally understand that no matter how hard I try, a casual word from the people above can make my efforts go to waste." Just when I was full of ambition and tried my best to revitalize Fengxiang Mansion, the imperial court suddenly decided to send troops to Hehuang, I remember when Tong Guan led the army to pass through Fengxiang Mansion, he actually asked me to fill in the military rations, I couldn't believe my ears at the time, and then I heard that along the road, Tong Guan did this, and other prefects also made up for him, but where did I find so much food for him, and the harvest of the year was also very average, I knelt down and begged bitterly, but Tong Guan not only did not move in the slightest, but also reprimanded me for colluding with TibetIn desperation, I had no choice but to ask the people for food, and the local people understood my distress, and many people volunteered to send the only food left at home to my home. I am grateful to them, but I have broken my faith in myself, and I have lost my faith in the people. I was disheartened and wanted to resign and return to my hometown several times, but under the bitter pleading of the people, I finally stayed.
After recovering Hehuang, the Zhejia army was stationed in Weizhou, and they were worried that their relatives would be harmed, so they placed all their relatives in Fengxiang Mansion. I know that the Zhejiajun have been loyal and good from generation to generation, so I welcome them very much, but I didn't expect that my enthusiasm was not grateful, but the insults of the Zhejiajun again and again. ”
Zhi Yan shouted: "You have to talk nonsense, when did our Zhe Jiajun insult you." ”
Ji Minren smiled helplessly: "Yes, this may be a habit for you." But since the family members of your Zhejia army came, your Zhejia army has been constantly interfering in the internal affairs of Fengxiang Mansion, asking for this and asking for that all day long, not satisfactory at all, you Zhe Yanzhi came to inquire, saying that it was an inquiry, in fact, I gave myself face, you are here to give orders, what qualifications do you have as a defense envoy of Weizhou to come to my Fengxiang Mansion to shout? I endure it again and again, but you have intensified, take this incident as an example, you Zhejia Army almost controlled the entire Fengxiang Mansion, I Ji Minren is simply nothing, everything is done according to your wishes, you say that if you rob the military food, you will rob the military food, and if you say that you will arrest people, when did you ask my opinion? ”
"You're talking nonsense, me."
Halfway through Zhi Yan's questioning, Li Qi suddenly raised his hand, interrupted his words, and said to Ji Minren: "General Zhe is young after all, and some things are not done properly, and it is understandable, you won't commit treason just because of this." ”
"Of course not, I, Ji Minren, am not that narrow-minded person." Ji Minren shook his head and said: "Actually, since the last time Tong Guan came, I couldn't help but be disheartened with myself, and I was also disheartened with the Great Song Dynasty. ”
"I see." Li Qi said: "So you colluded with Western Xia and intended to rebel?" ”
Ji Minren suddenly smiled and said, "Bu Shuai, it seems that you are asking me all the time, I also have a few questions I want to ask you, I don't know if Bu Shuai can teach me?" ”
"Just ask."
"I want to know how did you know that I was the mastermind, and how did you know that I colluded with Xixia?"
Li Qi smiled: "I also just knew, when I learned the truth, I immediately wrote a letter to send to the capital, but the capital side of the news was delayed, I thought that there was a situation in the capital, until later Gao Yanei they came, I am sure that the letter was robbed, because Gao Yanei came here, Gao Taiwei will definitely send someone to look for it, and I did not see Taiwei's person, so there must be a situation on the road." ”
"That doesn't mean I did it?"
"Of course not, I didn't doubt you, even later I suspected that the grain was robbed, but I never thought it was you. It wasn't until I got a letter from the Huainan granary that I suspected you. ”
Ji Minren was taken aback and said: "It turns out that the letter came from the Huainan granary, alas, at that time, I didn't expect that you would send the letter out so soon, and I didn't expect that the letter was not going to the capital, but from Huainan, so that I was not prepared." ”
"Thankfully!" Li Qi sighed with emotion and said, "I learned from that letter that the 80,000 stone grain was taken away when it arrived in Jingzhao Mansion, so it seems that this thing may not have been done by some people. Then I was thinking, why was the other party so nervous that I sent a letter to the capital, was it just that I was afraid that the disaster relief food would be exposed? I don't think so, because the emperor sent me here to investigate this matter, even if the emperor knew, he would definitely let me continue to investigate, and there was no difference at all. In that case, what else is there about that letter that deserves such nervousness among the enemy? I thought about it carefully, and finally I found another key content in the letter, that is, the three notes you mentioned. If this matter has nothing to do with the capital, then how can your three swords sink into the sea and never return? However, if my letter goes to the capital, then the emperor will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly, and then he will naturally find that in fact, you have not been on the music at all, you have made clever use of my habitual thinking, knowing that I heard that your music has gone and has not returned, I will definitely think that I was detained, and I would not have thought that this qiē is you are writing, directing and acting by yourself, your trick is really hiding from me, not only me, but even the entire Fengxiang people and the Zhejia army have been deceived by you, What a clever game! (To be continued.) )