Chapter 323: Discuss how to cover up

Not everyone in Yanzhou knows that Zhen Mengde is the head of the ringing horse, although some people can vaguely guess something, but they will not say it, this kind of thing is best to pretend not to know.

Li Rizhi's case was solved very quickly, and the news did not spread, so the officials did not know what the case was all about, and even some officials did not know about the case.

Li Rizhi called all the officials, and he did not immediately talk about the case, but as a supervisory envoy, he questioned these officials one by one to find out what they were responsible for in the canonization ceremony.

This is actually very simple, Li Rizhi asked at the top with a kind face, and the official answered cautiously below, in short, it looks very much like an official-like article.

After Li Rizhi finished asking them one by one, he found that among all the officials, only Changshi's expression was unnatural, and even Changshi asked a few more words about Zhen Mengde.

As for the expressions of the others, they are basically the same, unless Li Rizhi talks about a few words about the history of the assassination, the officials will not mention the history of Zhen Mengde.

Obviously, the vast majority of officials think that Zhen Mengde is just a scapegoat, and there is no need to pay more attention to him, anyway, after the canonization ceremony, Zhen Mengde will not be an official in Yanzhou, even if he refuses to leave, they will kick him away.

Li Rizhi did it in his heart, so he called everyone together again, together with the officials of Bocheng County, and held a general meeting for everyone, which is nothing more than to let them immediately check the various matters related to the Zen Ceremony, especially the various projects on Mount Tai, how is the progress of completion, whether it is up to standard, if it is not up to standard, then it should be reworked and reworked, it should be repaired and repaired, in short, it must be completed before the Zen Ceremony, who is responsible for the project is not done, then who is waiting for the punishment.

In the end, Li Rizhi said: "Everyone go to inspect first, the official will go to the inspection in two days, and the inspection results will be written to Xu Xiang of Zhongshu Province to report truthfully, please do it yourself." ”

After that, he sent the officials away, leaving only the long history of Yanzhou.

When the officials left, the officials in Yanzhou were better, they were not much responsible for the project of the Zen Ceremony, and because they had been supervising, the progress and quality of the completion were quite good, and they did not have any burden.

However, the officials of Bocheng County have some worries, first, they need to make meritorious contributions, and second, they do not believe that the project will be carried out very well, how can those ringing horses supervise the project, they will only transfer the project money into their own money bags.

Although the money has been recovered, and there is still a lot more, in terms of time, the officials of Bocheng County are afraid that it will be too late.

Li Rizhi only left the history of the governor of Yanzhou, and he was not polite, and said to the long history: "That Zhen Mengde, as an official of the imperial court, colluded with Xiangma and wanted to sack Bocheng County, does Lord Changshi know?" ”

Changshi was stunned suddenly, his eyes widened in disbelief, and said: "This matter is really unknown to the official, but someone secretly reported to the official, saying that Zhen Mengde himself is the leader of the ringing horse, which is good, and that Wu Penghui, the county commander of Bocheng County, is also a ringing horse leader, they are not here now, is it possible that the news that the official got is true, the two of them fled when they saw that the matter was revealed, as for saying that they were going to summon the ringing horse to loot Bocheng County, this official really just heard about it, I wonder where the Overseer got the news? ”

When Changshi said this, the expression on his face was by no means fake, Li Rizhi suddenly deceived him, no matter how superb this Changshi's acting skills were, he couldn't help but show a little flaw.

Li Rizhi thought to himself: "It seems that this Changshi and Zhen Mengde are not in the same group, and this Changshi is involved with the officials of Bocheng County, there must be officials from Bocheng County who have reported to him and want to ask him for help, so he will naturally tell him the specific situation, so the expression of disbelief on the face of this Changshi is not that he does not believe that there is such a thing, but that he does not believe what he said." ”

Li Rizhi arched his hand at Changshi and said, "I'm sorry, just now the official was confused, and he told the dream he had when he slept last night, and he said it in a dream, and it shouldn't be true." ”

Changshi has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has never seen any kind of wind and waves, but after listening to Li Rizhi's reason, he still couldn't help grinning, but then nodded and said: "The Inspector has just come to Bocheng County, and the journey from Chang'an to here is hard, and he has to rest well at night." ”

Anyway, Li Rizhi is from Chang'an, and he is a subordinate official under Zhongshu Province, so Changshi must still give some face, no matter how ridiculous the reason is, but he must accept it, and he must show concern in a timely manner.

Li Rizhi said: "Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui have been caught, don't misunderstand, Lord Changshi, Wu Penghui is fake, he killed Wu Penghui, the former county commander, and then disguised as the head of the ringing horse, his name is Wu Bufu." ”

When he said this, Changshi's face did not show a surprised expression, but he frowned slightly, which showed that he had already known in advance, and it was indeed someone who reported to him, but the specific details may not be clear.

Li Rizhi said again: "Fox tail ditch, someone has been sent to deal with it, because the dead are all ringing horses, and the people do not raise officials and do not hold them accountable, so there is no need to pay too much attention to this matter, this official will report to the official, and Lord Changshi can treat it as if it has not happened." ”

Changshi breathed a sigh of relief, he could feel it, Li Rizhi's words meant that he might not be able to do it for long, after all, there was such a big case.

But it doesn't matter, he is a person with backers, unlike that Zhen Mengde who has no roots and no foundation, even if this incident will make him resign, but if he operates it in the future, maybe he can make a comeback and become an official elsewhere, anyway, as long as he doesn't put his life into it this time.

Li Rizhi said: "As for Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui, these two people are not in the yamen during this time, how to explain it to the outside world, this official has very little experience in this area, so he has to ask Lord Changshi for help, this matter is related to the face of the imperial court, and it must not be leaked out!" ”

Changshi touched his beard and said: "Leak out, it's not enough, no one in Bocheng County will be stupid enough to say it, and there are few people in Yanzhou who know it, so there is no problem to cover it up for a while, as for the end of the Zen Ceremony, if anyone dares to turn over this matter again, then let's let him drink a good pot, these are not difficult things, as for this period of time, where did the assassin Shi and the county order go, Zhen Mengde is easy to say, but Wu Penghui is a little difficult here." ”