Yang Shenjin sat high in the saddle, reacted indifferently in the face of Li Yong's visit, and didn't even mean to get off the horse, only snorted and rode over, until he rode the mount to the high level of the county office, then he stopped his horse and stood still, turned over and dismounted.

Of course, Wang Yuan, who was following behind, couldn't do that, although Wang Yuan didn't have much contact with Li Yong, he didn't have any special feelings. But as the least respect, when Li Yong is not a sinner, Yang Shenjin's attitude is extremely rude.

When Li Yong stood in place awkwardly, Wang Yuan jumped off the horse and came to him and said, "Li Taishou, don't come unharmed." ”

Li Yong turned his head and his expression was obviously a little surprised, he didn't know that Wang Yuan would appear here, he expected Yang Shenjin to come, and it might be an official from the Yushitai who came with him, but Wang Yuan's arrival did surprise him.

"Bachelor Wang. What are you doing here. Li Yong unabashedly said what he wanted to say.

"Bachelor Wang is the deputy envoy for the investigation of the case ordered by His Majesty, and he has come to handle your case." A retinue beside him said loudly.

Li Yong was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Greetings to Deputy Envoy Wang, Li is rude, I don't know that Bachelor Wang is actually the deputy envoy for investigation." “

Wang Yuan smiled: "Not only are you surprised, but I myself have been surprised until now." Li Taishou, let's go into the yamen and talk. ”

Li Yong hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "Please...... Please ......"

Wang Yuan smiled and nodded, his eyes swept over the officials, although he didn't know Liu Ji, he could almost recognize at a glance that the person standing in the distance with a sad face was Liu Ji. So he beckoned and smiled: "Is that one Liu Beijia?" Let's go into the yamen together. ”

Liu Ji hurriedly walked over and saluted: "Liu Ji greets the deputy envoy of the king." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "No need to be polite, let's go in together." ”

Yang Shenjin had already stepped up the high steps in front of the yamen, and his personal entourage respectfully handed over a paper tube, Yang Shenjin held the paper tube in his hand and looked at the people who came around Wang Yuan with a serious expression, his face showed a trace of displeasure, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Beihai Taishou Li Yong, don't drive Liu Ji, Sima Zhao Jian, Changshi Liu Chenggong and the officials of the Cao and various departments in Beihai receive orders." ”

The officials hurriedly knelt down at the bottom of the steps, Wang Yuan walked a few steps to stand beside Yang Shenjin, Yang Shenjin glanced at a group of kneeling officials below, opened the soft plug at the end of the paper tube, carefully took out the holy decree, and read it out loud: "I heard that the Beihai Taishou Li Yong embezzled public money, Yang Shenjin, the secretary of the special punishment department, and Wang Yuan, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, went to Beihai to investigate the case. Taishou Li Yong's subordinate officials coerced and handled the case as one, and there must be no mistakes. If there is a disobedience, the chief and deputy envoys can decide to deal with it at their own discretion. ”

Li Yong shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty's will, long live, long live." All the officials also shouted in unison.

Yang Shenjin rolled up the holy decree and put it back in the paper tube, waited for Li Yong to get up, looked directly at Li Yong and said, "Li Yong, can you hear the holy decree clearly?" We came all the way because someone reported that you had embezzled a huge amount of public money. You can defend yourself, but we only speak with facts, you know. ”

Li Yong said in a deep voice: "Li Yong understands, then, should it start now, or when will it start?" ”

Yang Shenjin said coldly: "We have the final say on when the trial will begin, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

Li Yong was silent, and Wang Yuan said, "Yang Shangshu, let's settle down first." When the case is investigated, it is impossible not to stop and eat. ”

Yang Shenjin glared at him and said in a deep voice: "If the county government is vacated, I will live in the county office, so that it is convenient to summon officials for questioning." ”

Li Yong opened his mouth, thought about it and closed his mouth. He lives in the inner house of the county office, and if Yang Shenjin wants to live, dozens of people in his family will have to move out of the county office. The problem is that he has no other place to live in Beihai except here, and the whole family has nowhere to settle down for a while. Li Yong blamed himself, he squandered and embezzled so much money, and he didn't even have a private house outside the county office, and he felt guilty.

Wang Yuan said: "I don't live in this county office, I'll go to live in the pavilion." ”

Yang Shenjin said coldly: "Please, Deputy Envoy Wang, I just tell you that the trial will start tomorrow morning, you don't want someone to invite you, if you are late, I will not wait for you." Don't say I didn't tell you when the time comes. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Although Yang Shangshu is tried, I will come if I can catch up, and I will not come if I can't catch up." But there is one thing, I have to read the transcript of the trial, and I must be present when I ask Mrs. Li to keep talking. In addition, I want to interrogate whom, and I also ask Yang Shangshu not to stop it. ”

Yang Shenjin snorted coldly and said: "If you want to ask questions alone, you must get my consent, otherwise you will have to be present at every trial, even if it is the third watch in the middle of the night, you have to arrive." Otherwise, it will not be obsolete. ”

Wang Yuan sighed and said: "Yang Shangshu, this is not a cooperative attitude, if you want to say so, I will apply for a division of labor for interrogation." This case needs to be questioned by all the officials of the county, let's divide it, I ask a part, you ask a part, so that there is no conflict, and it will speed up. ”

Yang Shenjin frowned and thought for a while: "Okay, it's up to you, let's meet in the county hall tomorrow morning to discuss the matter of separate questioning." ”

Wang Yuan didn't expect him to agree so happily, but he was a little surprised.

The conversation between the two chief and deputy envoys standing on the steps made Li Yong have some numbers in his heart, it seems that Wang Yuan and Yang Shenjin are not the same way, this time Wang Yuan participated in the trial of the case, maybe he will not save himself, but it may prevent the further deterioration of the matter. Because Li Yong knew in his heart that Liu Ji's report must have been instructed by someone, but it was not simply to bring himself down. Li Yong is worried that Li Linfu will take the opportunity to implicate others, which is his usual method, and it is also what Li Yong is most worried about.

"Li Taishou, can you order someone to point out where the pavilion is?" Wang Yuan asked Li Yong, who was in a daze.

"Oh, the old man will lead the way for the king's deputy envoy." Li Yong said busily.

Yang Shenjin frowned and said, "Li Taishou, you don't have to lead the way, from today on, you can only stay in the county office, and you can't go anywhere else." For the time being, the affairs of the county are represented by others, do you understand? ”

Li Yong was stunned and said in a deep voice: "Obey." ”

Wang Yuan was secretly amused, Yang Shenjin was obviously afraid that he and Li Yong would be alone and make small moves, but in fact, Wang Yuan didn't mean this at all. Li Yong was ironclad guilty, and on the way, he had discussed this issue with Han Ziping, the chief professional director of the household department who came to check the accounts. Han Ziping had seen the pile of account books and judged that the account books were absolutely not false, and they were the real account books of the county government warehouse division that recorded the entry and exit of money and goods. The problem with the accounts is also obvious, so it can be concluded that someone has embezzled public money, and this person does not have such great power except Li Yong.

Therefore, Wang Yuan's purpose in coming to Beihai from the beginning was not to save Li Yong, the goal was very clear, investigating Li Yong's case was only secondary, and another case involving the prince was the ultimate goal.

"That's it, just ask another person to show me the way, don't drive Liu, you can accompany me to the pavilion." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Yang Shenjin frowned and said: "Liu Ji is not successful, he is also a person involved in the case, and from today onwards, he is not allowed to contact outsiders at will." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "It seems that I can only ask for directions by myself, Yang Shangshu is guarding me Wang Yuan as a thief, I am the deputy envoy of the investigation, even if the people involved in the case contact me, will there be any problems?" ”

Yang Shenjin didn't want to argue with Wang Yuan, and he didn't care about it, but he was very wary of Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan laughed, waved his hand and said, "That's it, I'm leaving, I still want to take a shower, change into clean clothes, and have a good meal." The dry food was frothy all the way. I wanted to invite Yang Shangshu to have a meal together, but it seems that Yang Shangshu must be business-oriented and unwilling to waste time. ”

Yang Shenjin snorted and turned his head to walk towards the county hall, not bothering to deal with Wang Yuan at all. Wang Yuan sneered and stepped down the steps. A small official spoke beside him and said: "Deputy Envoy Wang, the villain will take you there, the villain is just a servant, and it has nothing to do with the case." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Okay, so hard for you." ”

The little official led the way, Wang Yuan took more than ten followers on the horse to follow, and there were only two main streets in Beihai City, which crossed north and south. The rest are small streets and alleys. The county government has passed two intersections to the east and is where the Beihai County Pavilion is located, although it is simple, but it is also neat. There are only two courtyards in the back house, which are empty at the moment, Wang Yuan chose a courtyard in the east, because there are a few plum trees planted in the yard, thinking that Gongsun Lan will like it, so he chose here.

Soon after, Gongsun Lan also arrived, and after entering the city, in order to avoid suddenly having an extra person to make Yang Shen suspicious, Gongsun Lan kept falling behind. Everyone was busy settling down, Wang Yuan also washed a refreshing meal, asked Gongsun Lan to help comb his hair in the room, changed into an ordinary long shirt, and pulled Gongsun Lan out of the door.

Wang Dahei and Zhang Wulang and others Wang Yuan asked the post guard of the pavilion to order wine and food for them to eat and drink and rest, Wang Dahei must not take it with him when he goes out, when he enters the city, this dark-skinned Kunlun slave has already attracted onlookers, and taking him out is a striking target, Wang Yuan is never willing to let himself become the object of onlookers.

The two of them left the post station, and it was nearly dusk. Wang Yuan found that although this is a small city, it has one advantage over Chang'an, that is, there is no large-scale private square, so there is no such thing as a night ban at all. Therefore, even if it is almost dusk, the people do not rush home, but there is a night market on the street, and there is a rare scene on the streets of the capital.

The two asked passers-by, and they found a good restaurant and got into it.