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For many people in later generations, after the seventh or eighth day of the first month, the Spring Festival is over, and they need to go to work. But for the people of the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, the New Year's Festival had to wait for the Shangyuan Festival, and it was not really over until the Lantern Festival was over.

This point is the same whether it is a peddler or a court official, so before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, although the major yamen in the capital have opened the yamen, there are not many people who really do errands, and the Daxing County Ya is naturally not exempt from vulgarity.

In the past few days, Lu Zhen has also allowed the servants and scribes to come and go freely, and he has no intention of making things difficult. Although he already knew that he would be transferred to a certain place in Jiangnan as an official in the near future, he still did not dare to be sloppy in the slightest in his duties, after all, he had made many enemies in the DPRK and China, and he might have extraneous branches. However, some things that could be managed but ignored were pushed out by him.

On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the capital is even more lively, the main streets are set up a mountain of lights, a little low-key, there are also lamps and lanterns everywhere, the city of Beijing is reflected as a day, a city that never sleeps.

At this time, both men and women, regardless of status, will bring their friends and companions to hang out and watch the scenery of the last year. If you have the rich master, you will get out of the restaurants and shops along some important streets under your wallet early, and enjoy the picturesque scenery while drinking and admiring the moon.

However, Lu Zhen was not too interested in this. Before the crossing, he was not a person who liked to be lively, and he had seen too many nightless scenery in big cities before, but now this scenery of Beijing is difficult to get into his eyes. In addition, going alone to enjoy the lanterns will only make his loneliness more intense, so he still stayed in the county office, and after reading the book as usual, he rested early.

It wasn't until early the next morning that Lu Jin learned that something had gone wrong last night. However, a fire suddenly broke out on a street in the east of the city, burning three or five shops to the ground, killing more than a dozen people, and injuring fifty or sixty others.

Fortunately, the people of the Terracotta Division were nearby at that time - there would be some fires at this time of year, and the Terracotta Division was naturally prepared for it just in case - so the fire was controlled in time and did not spread too far, and most of the dead and injured were caused by a frightened stampede.

After that, the Terracotta Division and the people of Shuntianfu cooperated and arrested the culprit who caused the fire. I heard that it was the two gangs in the capital that made a move because of some friction, which eventually led to this fire.

Originally, because the place where the fire broke out was also under the jurisdiction of Daxing County, Lu Jin, as the local county magistrate, naturally had the right to ask, but Shuntianfu didn't even say hello, which made the subordinates who knew about the incident a little unhappy.

In this regard, Lu Zhen disagreed. He knew that he had offended the whole of Shuntian Mansion because of his previous affairs, how could people hand over such a case that could be solved casually to him to make meritorious contributions? And I'm about to leave, so I can't fight for it.

So in the end, Lu Zhen didn't even pay much attention to what was going on in this small case, and let it pass.

After the Shangyuan Festival, everything in the imperial court will be back on track. At this time, the officials began to get nervous again, because they were most worried about the Jingcha, which decided that their future would be stayed, was about to begin.

On the third day of the second lunar month, the first day after the dragon raised its head, the Jingcha of the Ming court began, and in just one day, more than a dozen officials were rated as inferior for various reasons, so they were likely to be dismissed or demoted.

Two days later, the evaluation of Daxing County Ling Lu Zhen also came out, and it was up and down!

At this time, the imperial court evaluation divided the officials into upper, middle and lower classes, and then these three classes were divided into upper, middle and lower grades, so that there were a total of nine ranks.

With the consistent habit of Confucianism, it is naturally impossible for high-class officials to exist, so Shangzhong has become the evaluation of the most excellent, but this is rare, and those who have made great contributions to the court cannot get it. In this way, Lu Jin's ranking is already the highest praise.

In this regard, there is not much criticism from the DPRK and the central government, because everything he does is obvious to all, whether it is the various taxes of the county government, or the security under his rule, or anything else, Lu Zhen has not been picky at all. Coupled with the fact that many young people in the capital did not dare to make trouble casually, and the big case solved, this credit was naturally enough for him to get a first-class evaluation.

However, at the same time, some rumors quickly circulated in the officialdom, saying that Lu Zhen would soon be promoted because of his merits and would be sent to a certain place in Jiangnan to serve as an official. When they learned the news, many people breathed a sigh of relief, and they had the urge to celebrate with their crowns.

Because of the existence of this crazy county order, many people are now cautious in doing things, for fear that he will really get a bite. Now that people are going to be transferred, it is naturally a very happy thing.

Soon, however, they were drawn to another event. That is, this time the Jingcha is really much stricter than before, and in less than 10 days, no less than 50 officials have been dismissed. Moreover, these officials are still in important positions in the yamen, and they all have more or less backers.

But even so, the officials still showed no mercy this time, and dismissed all of them like autumn wind sweeping away leaves. What is even more surprising is that after this kind of thing happened, both the officials and their backers remained silent and all admitted it.

This really makes many people curious, but no matter how much they ask, they can't come up with a reason. Only a very small number of people who understand know the reason. In fact, these officials who were dismissed by Jingcha were all involved in the previous Guangningbo case, and now they are just settling accounts after the autumn.

At that time, things were on the cusp, so the imperial court first stabilized and did not do anything to them. But now that the times have changed, and there is a suitable reason, it is natural that they will not be spared.

It is only at this point that the draft case is completely over, so to speak. Although there are still people at large, at least there are enough people to pay for it, and Lu Jin feels that he can comfort the souls of those who died.

For this reason, after getting the news, Lu Zhen also specially invited Lin Lie and a few other subordinates to go to the restaurant outside for a drink. After eating until he was red-faced, he was drunk, and he took unsteady steps and was supported by Lin Lie to return to the county office.

At this time, it was February 15, and the bright moon was in the sky, shining directly on the white forest in the backyard of the entire county government, which seemed a little deserted.

After crutches helped Lu Zhen into the bedroom carefully, made him a cup of strong tea to sober up, and poured hot water to wipe his face, Lin Lie planned to withdraw.

At this time, Lu Jin, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, reluctantly turned over and said, "Brother Lin, do you say that what I have done is meaningful?" ”

"Your Excellency, why do you say that?" Lin Lie asked with some puzzlement as he stopped leaving.

Lu Zhen smiled bitterly: "Although I have avenged them, there are still people who are at large." Also, soon I will be transferred to Gangnam, and everything I have worked hard to do will be completely pushed by others, so what use do you say I do all this? ”

"Adults can't agree with these words. If you don't do something, you won't really change anything. I only know that it is precisely because of your courage to investigate the case that these people pay the price, otherwise those dead will always be buried deep underground, let alone avenge them. Lin Lie said solemnly: "It is precisely because you have this ideal, adult, that the little one is willing to follow you all the time, no matter what happens in the future, it will not change." ”

"Huh...... Future. Lu Zhen burped and said something vaguely, and then fell on the bed again.

Lin Lie didn't know why he said such a sentence so bitterly, he could only think that he was talking drunk, so he shook his head lightly, walked out of the door, and closed the door again.

But just as he was about to leave, his ears suddenly moved, two vigilant lights flashed in his eyes, and he turned his head to look at a clump of trees on the side.

Without any warning, Lin Lie's body was short, and he flew up like a goshawk, and at the same time, a saber had been drawn in his hand, and when he shook, the person had come to the bushes, and the knife flashed, and it grabbed the figure hiding behind the tree.

The man didn't expect that his hiding would be seen through, and the other party's attack was so fast and without the slightest warning, so he quickly rolled on the spot and dodged backwards in embarrassment, which dodged Lin Lie's fatal knife.

But the movements in Lin Lie's hands did not pause for a moment, his body moved, and with a shake of his wrist, another knife followed closely. The momentum of the man's roll has been exhausted, and there is no room to dodge at this time, let alone parry, it seems that he will inevitably die under this knife.

Since Lu Zhen was assassinated before, Lin Lie has been much more vigilant than before. Now that I found someone sneaking here, I naturally won't have any mercy. However, an exclamation still made the knife he was about to succeed temporarily stop on the other party's throat-

"Brother Lin, it's me!"

The other party actually recognized himself, which made Lin Lie stunned for a moment, and then with the full moon and moonlight that spilled down, he finally saw clearly the appearance of this person who was almost cut off by himself. Although this person looks much more haggard and embarrassed than before, his appearance has not changed much, it is Zhu Chang, the deputy gang leader of the Qingzhu Gang who helped Lu Zhen and them that day, but finally lost!

Just as Lin Lie was stunned, the other party's next sentence made him even more stunned: "Brother Lin, don't misunderstand, my coming this time is not unfavorable to Lu County's order." On the contrary, I came to ask Lu County for help. ”

"What are you...... What happened? Lin Lie said curiously.

"Hey, it's hard to say anything about this matter...... Zhu Chang, who was speaking, suddenly flashed his eyes and looked ahead, but it was Lu Zhen who walked out with some unsteady steps......