"Don't believe it," Shen Mo smiled and said, "I know better than you how old Xu Ge is, even if I resent us to death in my heart, I won't have an attack right away." On the contrary, he will also think of promoting us to an official, so that people can see how much he repays grievances with virtue and distinguishes between public and private. ”

"So?" Hai Rui said: "It seems that I am a villain and a gentleman's belly." "When it comes to understanding the upper echelons, he is obviously still too tender.

Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "There is a saying, 'Saion gets a horse, and you don't know if it's a disaster'." Being promoted is not necessarily a good thing. ”

"What do you mean?" Hai Rui is a smart man after all, and he understands in a flash: "Will he rise and fall to us, or will he rise first and then descend?" ”

"Don't talk about this, you just put your heart in your stomach." Shen Mo waved his hand and said: "You are my subordinate, since you have not made a mistake, I will naturally protect you, if you don't have this ability, I am not worthy of being this boss." ”

"What about the county order...... Hai Rui asked softly.

"You don't have to worry about his problems." Shen Mo regained the prestige of his boss, and said lightly: "There is also the case in Kunshan County, as of the Five Tigers, it can not be pursued further." ”

"However, all the evidence points to the Xu family, and they are the culprits behind it!" Hai Rui's expression was full of dissatisfaction.

"Let me tell you! The Xu family withdrew from Suzhou Mansion, and we will no longer make a fuss about this matter, this is a tacit understanding of all parties! He said silently: "If we still have to gain an inch, Xu Ge Lao will not tolerate it anymore!" Saying that, he looked deeply at Hai Rui and said: "Brother Gangfeng, Xu Ge has been an official for decades, he is the second assistant of the cabinet, and his protégés are all over the world!" The two of us are tied together, and we are no match for him! ”

"I'm fearless!" Hai Rui said proudly.

What a tough donkey, Shen Mo sighed lightly in his heart, so he had to take out his trump card and say: "We are already grasshoppers on a rope, do you still want me to get the city company down?" ”

Hai Rui finally deflated, pondered silently for a while, and still compromised: "The five tigers must be brought to justice." ”

"Don't worry about this, I will personally negotiate with the Xu family." Shen Mo bowed his head and said, "Lord Hai." ”

"The lower official is here." Hai Rui responded: "What do you command?" ”

"Lord Gui hasn't been home for a month." Shen Mo smiled slightly: "If no one goes to help him share the burden, he will really die on the Wusong River." ”

"Xia Guan understands." Hai Rui said: "I'll go to Wusongjiang and replace Lord Gui." ”

"Okay," Shen Mo bowed, "I'll leave it to the two of you, the construction period is only ten months, and it must be repaired on time!" ”

"Got it." Hai Rui picked up the official hat and said, "The official resigns." ”

"I'll send you." Shen Mo stood up and said goodbye.

Sent Hai Gangfeng away, silently returned to the signing room, and Tie Zhu also brought Zhu Qianshou, who had been under house arrest for a long time, it seems that Lord Zhu is not too sad, and he is even a little fatter.

After entering the house, he looked at Shen Mo, who didn't talk nonsense with him, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Wu's case has been understood, and Hai Rui even ...... the Five Tigers Oh, he called it the 'Five Rats,' and they all dug it up. As he spoke, he glanced at him and said, "Everyone has been convicted, what do you think you should do?" ”

"Your Lord's wrist is unexpected." Zhu Qianshou was also single, dusted off his collar and said: "I can't imagine that the imperial court has never sent someone down, so there is nothing to say about it, so I can only let the adults slaughter it." ”

"You're so naïve." Shen Mo sneered: "I don't want to think about who Xu Ge is?" Can he let someone down above and search his lair? ”

"My biggest Ming is the emperor, even in the court, there is Yan Ge Lao!" Zhu Qianshou was not convinced.

"How else to say that you are a seven-grade sesame official," for this guy who secretly stumbled and almost made himself fall, silence was an evil fire in his belly, and he stretched out two fingers and gestured: "The horizon is as big as sesame seeds!" ”

"Adults can cure the sins of the underworld, but please don't insult me." Zhu Qianshou's face was uncertain, obviously a very self-respecting person.

Shen Mo sneered: "Not convinced? ”

"Don't dare." Zhu Qianshou tilted his head and said.

"That's still not convinced." Shen Mo smiled: "Okay, I'll teach you a lesson today." Then he asked: "Do you know who the big corrupt official is Tianzi No. 1?" Is Xu Ge old? ”

"Yes...... Yan Ge Lao. Zhu Qianshou said in a low voice.

"For many years, the fold of impeachment of him has filled a room, why does Your Majesty turn a blind eye? Have you thought about it? Shen Mo asked: "Could it be that the sentence 'Annihilation of the Ministers and Blinding the Holy Hearing' can be explained?" ”

"This ......" Zhu Qianshou didn't know how to answer, because he had always thought so.

"Let me tell you, Your Majesty is not afraid of his courtiers being greedy, but thinks that corrupt officials are better than clean officials." Shen Mo sneered: "Because the Qing official is a thorn, but he has no handle; And the corrupt official is just the opposite, a handle, and smooth and thornless, comfortable to use, and you can grab the handle at any time when you don't want to use it, it's really wonderful to use. ”

Zhu Qianshou heard this statement is really ridiculous, but if you think about it, it is really like this, at least in the Jiajing Dynasty, Qing officials were rarely reused, but they were good at meeting Yan Song and the like of Ma Ping, who were repeatedly promoted and promoted, and even controlled the government.

"So if you stab the Xu family for conniving at evil slaves and forcibly occupying people's land, Elder Yan Ge will only say, 'I am not alone', it is impossible to really make trouble about this matter...... Because no one is cleaner than the other, if you have to be more serious, you can only be dragged into the water together! Shen Mo continued: "As for Your Majesty, you will only be more assured, let Elder Xu Ge succeed Elder Yan Ge, do you understand?" ”

The look in Zhu Qianshou's eyes began to fade, and he muttered softly: "How can this be? ”

"What, is it different from what the Lu family said?" Shen asked in a flat tone.

"Yes, they say......" Halfway through, Zhu Qianshou suddenly realized that he had been deceived, and although he immediately stopped talking, he had already revealed his stuffing.

Shen Mo first used a series of appalling statements to shake Zhu Qianshou's will, and then when his heart was shaking, he suddenly asked a question, and sure enough, he broke through his heart defense and found out the culprit behind the scenes.

"Sure enough, it's Lu Ji who is making trouble!" Regardless of Zhu Qianshou, who was pale, he sneered silently: "I was strictly forbidden to go against me, so I secretly made a mistake, it seems that I really don't repent!" ”

After a long time, Zhu Qianshou came back to his senses and said, "My lord...... How did you guess that it was the Lu family? ”

"It is said that you are from Yingcheng, and you are only a hundred miles away from Anlu, right? With the Lu family, you can talk about fellow villagers. You won't know that I have a relationship with the Lu family, so once I am suspicious, I will immediately think about their family. Shen Mo explained with a smile.

"Why are you suspicious?" Zhu Qianshou asked puzzled.

"It's not that I look down on you," Shen Mo leaned back in his chair and said unceremoniously: "How many things can you know about a small county order?" Let's not talk about the disgrace of the people in the DPRK and China, but just the numbers you said to Hai Jui...... The number of vassal kings, the number of officials and armies, the amount of grain and rice consumed each year, the deficit of the national treasury, and so on. Saying that, he laughed and said: "These are the secrets of the Ming Dynasty, a lot of numbers, I don't know if I have been in the cabinet, where did you and Hai Rui know about the two Qipin county orders?" ”

"It turns out that Brother Gangfeng has told all the adults ......" Zhu Qianshou sighed lightly: "It seems that he has always been closer to the adults." ”

Of course, Shen Mo would not tell him that he heard the clues from Hai Rui's generous statement...... felt that those numbers should have been told to Hai Rui, so he tried to say something, and sure enough, he guessed it again.

"Could it be that the Lord concluded that the Lu family was behind the move?" Zhu Qianshou asked softly.

"This is just a condition, and of course the motives are even more suspicious. If there is no governor behind you, even if you want to make things bigger, at most it will only cause trouble in the province, right? But you directly bypassed the governor and the governor, and wanted to stab the matter in the court, what kind of redress is this? They clearly wanted to oust me from power. Said with a teasing smile: "Did those people promise you that if I go down, you will take over this Suzhou Mansion?" ”

"Don't insult my personality, my lord!" Zhu Qianshou said with a dark face: "Although they did say it, I won't agree." Now that people have guessed it, there is no need for him to cover it anymore.

"Then why did you say yes?" Shen Mo asked rhetorically.

"Because, Lu Ji showed me those numbers." Zhu Qianshou glared excitedly and said: "Let me finally know that the dignified Ming Dynasty is already in ruins, if you don't crack down on the powerful and corrupt officials and return the land to the people, the death of the country is not far away!" I only heard him raise his voice and say: "I deeply believe his words, so I accepted his suggestion to defeat the biggest landlord in Susong!" Then let the big farmers return the engulfed fields! ”

Shen Mo admired Lu Ji's demagogic ability very much, and said in his heart, how can he fool the very shrewd big families and officials into fools, and let them do whatever they want? Judging from this alone, this guy is really better than himself.

After silently telling Zhu Qianshou about Lu Ji's grievances with himself, especially their background, he said, "Now I know, he just wants to use you against me." ”

Zhu Qianshou's face was entangled for a while: "Could it be that the Lu family really colluded with the Japanese Kou?" ”

"Yes, the Lu family and their partners relied on the nobles of the court to run rampant and domineering, monopolized the smuggling business on the southeast coast, and also bought the giant Xu Hai to protect their monopoly and eradicate their opponents." Shen Mo said with a serious face: "Are you really ready to stand with these people?" ”

Zhu Qianshou shook his head dejectedly, his knees weakened, he knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "It's all my fault that I have no eyes, and I ask the adults to punish me." ”

"Hey......" Shen Mo got up and walked to his side, and sighed lightly: "I have read your resume, you are innocent, diligent and love the people, and you are actually a good official." It is said that your grades were not bad back then, and you didn't have to be released, and you could be appointed as a Beijing official. But when he was watching politics in Beijing, he played against Xu Conglong, who was attached to the Yan Party. When the chess pieces are fighting for the road, you playfully say: "Do you want to rely on the iceberg to roll me?" Xu Conglong held a grudge and told Yan Shifan. When Yan instructed the officials to select you, he sent you to Kunshan County, which often suffered from floods, broken city walls, and poor people's livelihood, is this so? ”

"Yes......" Listening to the adults talk about the unbearable past, Zhu Qianshou was depressed: "At that time, he was young and vigorous, and the spring breeze was proud, and he was really a little bit of Meng Lang, and he didn't expect that disaster would come out of his mouth, and his fate was changed by his own words." ”

"It's not uncommon for an official to be convicted for a word," Shen Mo said softly: "But what is commendable is that you are not depressed, but conscientiously work hard to manage government affairs, break prison and settle lawsuits, repair city walls, and train village bravery." From this point of view, you are better than most officials. ”

"Xiaguan...... I'm just doing my part. The expression on Zhu Qianshou's face softened a lot, and he was a little embarrassed to say: "This time, I exceeded my duty and offended Shangguan, please punish my lord." ”

"Let's be honest with you." Shen Mo walked back to the big case and sat down, and said angrily: "If from my personal point of view, you really offended and even deceived me, I can't wait for you to get rid of the government, how far and how far you go, you won't see it for a lifetime." Saying that, Zhengse glanced at Zhu Qianshou, and said word by word: "But from the perspective of Suzhou Mansion, you are indeed a good county magistrate...... There are not many good officials in these years, especially the county order, which can maintain the economy and let the people suffer less, which is even rarer. ”

"I can't let hundreds of thousands of fathers and elders in Kunshan County lose their parents because of one person's likes and dislikes." Looking at the unbelievable Zhu Qianshou, he said silently: "Thanks to the blessing of the good officials, you have escaped this catastrophe, but if you dare to make your own decisions again, or change your course, we will settle the new accounts and the old accounts together!" As he spoke, he patted the file on the table and said, "Give you a reminder, what is in it is enough to send you to a prison cell!" ”

Originally, Zhu Qianshou and Xu Wuyi were false and wronged, but they really pretended to be a 'collusion between officials and bandits', and his original plan was that when the Qin mission came, he would ask himself, and when the time came, he would hand over the two brothers of the Wei family, and then reveal the truth of the matter, so he could naturally wash himself away. But now that the angel has not come, and the matter has come to light, there will be no further investigation, so no one can prove that he is pretending.

The corners of Zhu Qianshou's mouth twitched for a while, but in the end he couldn't say anything, he was completely flattened by Shen Mo, and he was afraid of this adult from the bottom of his bones.

"Stand down." Shen Mo waved his hand and said, "Whether you want me to ignore my past suspicions, or to intensify it, it all depends on your own performance." ”

Zhu Qianshou nodded, kowtowed to Shen Mo three times, and then retreated with heavy steps, returned to Kunshan County, and went to take over Hai Rui's stall.

"Did the adults really let him go like that?" Sending Zhu Qianshou away, Sanchi came back and asked unwillingly.

"Since you have become a student of Xu Gelao." Facing his henchmen, Shen Mo naturally said without scruples: "You have to learn his methods well." ”

"Xu Ge Lao's means?" Three-foot road.

"Hide first and then strike," Shen Mo said softly, seeing that Sanchi looked confused, he had to explain in the vernacular: "As the saying goes, it is also called the autumn queen to settle accounts, or the gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late." ”

"Oh," Sanchi Wu's surname is very high, and he suddenly said: "What my lord means, the limelight is tight now, if we deal with him, it will be bad for our reputation, so we have to wait first, after a while, the outside world will no longer pay attention to this matter, and then settle accounts with the surname Zhu, right?" ”

"That's Xu Ge Lao's choice." Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "But the blue is better than the blue, I have to be stronger than him." Saying that, his eyes narrowed slightly: "If you owe me a debt, you have to repay it with interest, and if you can't pay it back, you will pay it in installments, and you can't think about it!" Saying that, he slammed the table and said, "The Xu family is no exception!" ”

Shen Mo did what he said, and three days later, he came to Songjiang Mansion again. Different from the previous two casual clothes Jianxing, this time he wore official clothes, sat on the official boat, and after arriving at Songjiang Wharf, he changed to an eight-carrying sedan chair, with a full guard of honor, sounded the gong along the way, and arrived at the door of Xu's house.

Seeing that the Xu family only opened the side door, the iron pillar in military uniform said loudly: "Open the main door!" ”

There is a way that people rely on clothes and Buddhas rely on gold, and it is not to blame officials for their love of playing music when they go out, because eighty percent of the official authority depends on these ceremonial guards to reflect it. Silent came twice, and the Xu family's doorman looked down on people, knowing that he was a five-grade official, but he was still very lazy. But today, I was shocked by his guard of honor, all kneeling on the ground, and only one fart went in to pass the ceremony, and after a while, the door was opened, and the Xu brothers came out.

This is not the first time everyone has met, just looking at the official who is not angry and arrogant, the Xu family brothers can't help but feel very unfamiliar, and say in their hearts, is this still the same Shen Cunyan?

I had to suppress the doubts in my heart, respectfully invite Lord Shen in, and sit in the front hall.

Mrs. Xu came out to meet her, and after silently paying homage to the younger generation, she didn't talk a lot of nonsense, and then went straight to the point: "The old lady said that if there is a villain who pretends to be a member of your family, he should be judged according to the law and severely punished!" Now that the students have found out, they have come to present the list to the old lady. ”

(To be continued)