Wu Penghui hurried to the gate of the city, and when he saw Li Rizhi and others, he immediately jumped off the horse, strode forward, and hugged his fist at Li Rizhi and said: "Is this the Inspector Li, I have admired the name for a long time, and I am fortunate to be lucky!" ”

He was courteous and courteous, making a good first impression.

However, there is an obvious loophole in his words, how could he know that Li Rizhi's surname is Li?

When Li Rizhi was at the gate of the city, he did not report his name, but only said that he was a supervision envoy sent by Zhongshu Province, because his dispatch was hung in Zhongshu Province, so it is not wrong to say that he was sent by Zhongshu Province, and it is more formal than saying that he was sent by the queen.

But Li Rizhi didn't say that his surname was Li!

Now Wu Penghui opened his mouth and called him Inspector Li, so what's going on? Someone in the state must have come to inform him, and he did so as quickly as possible, you must know that Li Rizhi is not slow to go, if you want to surpass them, you must have come to report day and night.

Who can take the Inspector the most seriously, and the most need to know about the arrival of the Inspector in the first place? It must be an official who has committed a crime, otherwise why bother so much energy!

Li Rizhi thought to himself: "This person has an accomplice in the Yanzhou official mansion, he must have a problem, and the problem is not small, I have to be careful, could it be that Zhen Mengde is his accomplice?" I'm not sure! ”

If you have doubts in your heart, you naturally can't show your true thoughts, Li Rizhi's face immediately put a smile on his face, and said: "There is a Laowu County order to go out of the city to greet him, this is really killing this official!" He returned the favor.

He is of the same level as Wu Penghui, and he is from Beijing, so he has an advantage over Wu Penghui in terms of identity, and it doesn't hurt to be affectionate, but if he is respectful, then there is no need for this.

Li Rizhi knew Wu Penghui's resume, but Wu Penghui should not know Li Rizhi, first, Li Rizhi is a new science and technology scholar, and there is no resume that can be publicized everywhere, and second, after he became a supervision envoy, he did not make a big fanfare to inspect everywhere, so naturally there will be no officials to study him, even if he wants to study, it is too late in time.

Regarding these, Li Rizhi can figure it out, and Fu Guibao and them can naturally figure it out, and it is not a difficult thing to understand, so they all quietly took two steps back and distanced themselves from Li Rizhi, lest Wu Penghui want to get to know them, and instead of forcing Li Rizhi to introduce, it will be troublesome.

Wu Pengju just glanced at them, but he didn't let Li Rizhi make an introduction, and he seemed to have forgotten, and he didn't even introduce Li Rizhi to his subordinate officials in the county, and the meeting process between officials was simplified to this point, which is really rare.

Wu Penghui said with a smile: "Inspector Li, let's go into the city now, this official has prepared a banquet in the county government for you to catch the wind and wash the dust, the banquet is rude, and I hope that Inspector Li will not dislike it!" ”

Li Rizhi hurriedly said: "Wu County Ling is too polite!" ”

Everyone got on the horse one after another, followed Wu Penghui into the city, and after walking along the avenue for a short time, they entered the county office, but there was no wine and food banquet in the county office, obviously not prepared yet, Wu Penghui just said a kind word.

Wu Penghui invited Li Rizhi into the second hall, sat down the guests, and after a few polite words, Wu Penghui said: "Inspector Li is a person who has made a difference, what is the matter with coming to Bocheng County this time, but is it for the emperor and the queen's mother Taishan to seal Zen?" ”

This is not a secret, Li Rizhi nodded and said: "That's right, but along the way, the road is very calm, so even if the official wants to do something, he can't really do anything!" ”

Wu Penghui was slightly stunned for a moment, and said: "If the road is not smooth, then Inspector Li will make a difference?" ”

This sounds a bit like a rhetorical question, with the smell of finding faults, and it can be seen from the expression on his face that he really didn't embarrass Li Rizhi and carried out the so-called interrogation, just a simple question, that's all.

Li Rizhi said with a smile: "If the road is not smooth, then there is naturally a ringing horse, and the official can assist the local parents and officials to suppress the bandits, get rid of those ringing horses who do evil, and make some small merits by the way!" ”

Wu Penghui said a few times, and then he was silent, as if he had something on his mind, Li Rizhi saw that he didn't squeak, so he didn't speak, he now felt more and more that Wu Penghui was wrong, it was very likely that this county magistrate and Xiangma were connected, maybe it was possible to collude together to make some ill-gotten gains.

The collusion of officials and bandits is not unusual.

After a while, Wu Penghui spoke again, he said: "Inspector Li is here to check the account book, this time the emperor and the queen mother came to seal the Zen, the required materials and expenses will eventually go to this Bocheng County, after all, the emperor and the queen are going to go up the mountain from here, there are too many property, there are too many accounts, there is a box of account books alone, does Inspector Li want to see it now?" ”

Li Rizhi frowned slightly, and thought: "I don't care about the accounting, and even if I want to check the accounts, I have to check the state accounts and the county accounts together, what's the use of just checking the county's accounts, you give me a fake one, I don't compare, I want to find out the problem, even if it doesn't take half a month, five or six days are always needed, how can I have so much time!" ”

thought so in his heart, but Li Rizhi said: "The official is a little hungry, let's fill my stomach first, check the accounts, and talk about it at night." ”

Wu Penghui heard this, only then came back to his senses, he felt a little out of shape just now, his attitude immediately became enthusiastic, and he took Li Rizhi to the backyard, at this time the wine and food had been put on the table, very rich, very exquisite, almost comparable to the famous restaurant in Chang'an.

Wu Penghui held the wine glass and said with a smile: "Because I want to welcome the driver, so this official specially hired the best cook from Luoyang, and then specially cook for the emperor, in order to test the skills of the cook, let's try the wine and food for the emperor first, we have to eat well, before the emperor can eat, and this plate and bowl, look, they are all the best, these are all offered by the rich families in the county, which is regarded as their filial piety to the emperor!" ”

When Li Rizhi heard this, he only felt his scalp tingle, and thought: "Oops, bad thing, this Wu Penghui is definitely not from a Jinshi background, he is not even a real official!" ”

Wu Penghui's words still sound reasonable, ordinary people if they talk about it, it will mean the same, for example, invite a good chef to the elders in the family, or want to take the elders out to eat, the younger generations go to the restaurant in advance, whether the dishes in the restaurant are good, the younger generations try it in advance, this is no problem!

But the emperor travels with the imperial chef, and the emperor buys meals, but not any chef can do it, even if the chef in a certain place has good dishes, according to the rules, he must first teach the imperial chef, and then let the imperial chef make it for the emperor.

And the tableware is also to use the royal use, and will not be offered casually in the place, the gifts offered by the place are generally to be put away first, there is a record of entry and exit, and will not be directly used by the emperor, just kidding, thinking that the emperor has a meal and the village is like a wine, do you want to share the table, and then bring your own rice bowl and chopsticks, this idea is too folk!

Although such a rule may not be implemented all the time, it is one thing to follow the rules or not, and it is another thing to know that there is such a rule!