"Your Highness, Yangzhou Governor Lu Qingzhi asks to see you!"

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Zhu Changluo and Liu Yuanlin glanced at each other and raised their hands.

"Call him in!"

Although Yangzhou City is not as good as the capital, it is also a place where fish and dragons are mixed and prosperous, the speed of this news circulation will naturally not be slow, Taixing County is making such a big fuss, if Lu Qingzhi, the prefect of Yangzhou, has not heard of it, it is a complete fool.

"Lu Qingzhi, the prefect of Yangzhou, see His Royal Highness the Prince! I've seen the Governor! ”

Not long after, a middle-aged man with an elegant face bent down and walked in, wearing a four-grade scarlet robe and embroidered with cloud geese on the patch, who was the official seal of Yangzhou Mansion and the lord of Yangzhou City.

Lu Qingzhi, in the fourteenth year of Wanli, was born in the same Jinshi, relocated to the county magistrate of Quanjiao County, the imperial history, the head of the household department in Nanjing, the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, and the prefect of Yangzhou.

Zhu Changluo silently looked at Lu Qingzhi, who was dressed in a literate manner, but in his heart, he went through his resume.

This person's career can be described as one step at a time, and he walks very steadily, but it can be regarded as mediocre, and it can be regarded as a very normal transfer, but although Lu Qingzhi looks only middle-aged, he is actually fifty-four years old, which is not young, at this age, the possibility of transferring to the cabinet is already very small, and the future career is probably at most one of the six departments The position of the squire will be at the top.

"Governor Lu, please get up!"

Zhu Changluo raised his hand and ordered someone to move a chair and let Lu Qingzhi sit down.

No matter what happens, etiquette always has to be taught.

Lu Qingzhi arched his hand, but he only dared to sit down in vain, ready to get up and answer at any time.

"Governor Lu, this palace was ordered by my father to inspect Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I arrived in Taixing County without saying hello, and I ask Governor Lu to forgive me!"

To tell the truth, when Lu Qingzhi just learned the news of Zhu Changluo's arrival, he was scared into a cold sweat, especially when he heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince almost encountered a civil rebellion in Taixing County, and he rushed over non-stop, and when he came, he was ready to be scolded by Zhu Changluo.

You must know that the people besieged the county government, this kind of thing didn't happen sooner or later, why did it happen at this juncture when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to inspect it!

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is injured in the slightest, I'm afraid the black veil on his head will be lost!

It's just that what he didn't expect was that when he arrived here, he saw Zhu Changluo's calm face, and even a kind smile.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to Yangzhou, the minister did not welcome him from afar, it was the fault of the minister, there was such a big thing in Taixing County, the minister did not notice it for a while, please punish His Royal Highness!"

Lu Qingzhi came back to his senses and immediately got up and said.

Why Zhu Changluo came here, he could probably guess a few points in his heart, but it was precisely because he could guess that he felt panicked.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Changluo waved his hand and said.

"Needless to say, when the palace was in the capital, I heard that Governor Liu encountered a thief assassination in the post station outside Yangzhou, I don't know about this matter, how did Governor Lu investigate?"

Lu Qing's heart was shocked, and he secretly said that this person really came for this, and he couldn't help but cry bitterly in his heart, but when Zhu Changluo asked, he could only answer stubbornly.

"Back to Your Highness, after many investigations, it was determined that it was done by a group of bandits outside the city, these bandits make a living by robbing merchants on the official road on weekdays, and the minister has made a lot of efforts to arrest them, but they all died in vain, but they never thought that they would be so desperate and grab the head of the governor!"

"Bandits?"

Zhu Changluo tilted his head and stared at Lu Qingzhi meaningfully, which suddenly made a burst of sweat break out on the latter's forehead.

Fortunately, Zhu Changluo didn't delve into it, and after a while, he leaned lazily on the back of the chair and said.

"In this case, Lord Fuzun must investigate it well, and when he catches those bandits, this palace will take a look, it is the governor who has the courage to assassinate the emperor!"

"Obey Your Highness's orders! Retire! ”

Lu Qingzhi didn't seem to hear the ridicule in Zhu Changluo's mouth, so he retreated.

In the lobby.

Zhu Changluo glanced at Liu Yuanlin and said with a sneer.

"Governor Liu, this Governor Lu, didn't tell the truth!"

Bandits?

Lost to him to come out, this Yangzhou city is within the scope of Nanzhili, prosperous everywhere, this kind of place, the most important thing is safety, just imagine, if the merchants come and go, even the goods and the most basic safety is difficult to guarantee, how can they settle down here to do business.

Besides, what kind of place is the post station, although it is not as good as the county government, but it is also the boundary of the imperial court.

What kind of daring bandit dared to break into the post station and assassinate him, and he didn't want to die?

"Yes, but they even dare to assassinate the old man, and it's nothing to lie! The end of this matter, I'm afraid it's because of the Yellow Book! ”

Liu Yuanlin also frowned and said.

Lu Qingzhi is talking nonsense, that's for sure, but that's not the point.

The point is that he knows the identity of the person in front of him, and in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he dares to pull out such a clumsy lie, which is worth pondering.

What kind of confidence can make him have such confidence!

"Yes, they dared to assassinate Governor Liu, it must be because of the Yellow Book, if this case is confirmed, they will definitely be able to catch the person behind Lu Qingzhi!"

Zhu Changluo pondered for a moment and spoke.

Liu Yuanlin is right, in the final analysis, this matter is because of the Yellow Book.

If it weren't for Liu Yuanlin's mistake and discovering the forgery of the Yellow Book, I'm afraid they wouldn't have had the audacity to assassinate Liu Yuanlin.

It's just that Zhu Changluo also couldn't figure out what kind of power there was in this court that could make Lu Qingzhi still have nothing to fear in front of him, the prince.

"Your Highness, the official document of the household department of Nanjing!"

At this moment, Wang An entered the door, took out an official document from his sleeve, and respectfully handed it over.

Zhu Changluo took a look, but smiled, and handed it to Liu Yuanlin again.

"Governor Liu, this is the official document transferred to the Governor Yamen by the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing!"

Liu Yuanlin frowned, thought about it, and even if he was a little stunned, he didn't take it, and said.

"Your Highness, a few days ago, when the minister received His Majesty's secret decree and sent His Royal Highness to Yangzhou to investigate the case, the minister transferred the letter to the Nanjing Household Department, and wanted to access the yellow book records of Yangzhou Mansion in the past three years, presumably the palindrome of the Nanjing Household Department arrived!"

Zhu Changluo raised his eyebrows, no longer polite, raised his hand to open the sealing wax of the official document, but at first glance, his expression suddenly turned cold.

"What, Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Liu Yuanlin sensed that something was wrong and asked.

Zhu Changluo shook his head, handed over the official document in his hand, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and said.

"Nanjing Hubu said that the Yellow Book is a secret of the imperial court, and it cannot be accessed at will without a holy decree!"