Chapter Forty-Four: The White Iron Forged Traitor

Gao Huaiyuan gritted his teeth and laughed, he actually wanted to meet Ji Xiancheng's wish today, not to get acquainted with a great Confucian like Zhen Dexiu, and by the way, he also wanted to come out to wander around, so he dressed up and came out to run this trip in person, after all, he also wanted to come out to relax, and let Ji Xiancheng make friends with Zhen Dexiu, which is equivalent to him making friends with Zhen Dexiu, because of the prince's affairs, he doesn't want to offend this great Confucian after Guicheng comes to power in the future, otherwise, this guy leads a group of scholars, once he gains power, he can drown him alive with a spitting star! It's better to plan ahead!

Before he came out, he expected that a cautious guy like Shi Miyuan would not ignore Zhen Dexiu, and he might send someone to follow Zhen Dexiu out to see who would see him off, these people may be his political enemies in the future, and it would be better to keep a roster for him!

So in order to be cautious, Gao Huaiyuan arranged for Li Ruohu to follow Zhen Dexiu out of the city before setting off to see if there was such a tail, it seems that this time he guessed it again, this is called the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, and it is quite a bit of a prank. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Gao Huaiyuan nodded and said, "You guys are doing a good job, look at this in the back, and we can go back in a while!" ā€

Li Ruohu immediately nodded, took the subordinate with him, turned his head and returned to the original way, sat on the side of the road to rest, and Gao Huaiyuan turned around and walked back to Ji Xiancheng and Zhen Dexiu, and saw that the two of them actually drank a jar of immortal drunken puree, both of them were a little drunk, and they were talking about it, they almost forgot where it was! There is a feeling of seeing each other late, and after a while, he called himself a brother and a brother, how old is Zhen Dexiu* Xiancheng, so he became a brother, Ji Xiancheng called himself a younger brother, and he was very affectionate.

Gao Huaiyuan saw that the two of them were a little distracted, for fear that talking too much about this place would attract the attention of passers-by, so he leaned over and said to Ji Xiancheng with a respectful face: "The wine has been drunk, and the real adult is still on the way, Mr. Ji sees if it's time to send the real adult on the road?" ā€

Ji Xiancheng looked at Gao Huaiyuan with slightly drunk eyes, and then looked at the sky, knowing that it was not too early, but today was also a wish of his and gave him the opportunity to drink with Zhen Dexiu, so he stood up and smiled: "It is Ji's honor to be able to have a drink with Lord Zhen today, and I will end it today!" Ji can't delay the trip of the real adult, say goodbye, please take care of your body, this time the real adult left Beijing, it can be said that Sai Weng lost his horse and knew whether it was a blessing, maybe it was a good thing! If there is a fate another day, Ji will definitely invite the real adult to drink! ā€

Zhen Dexiu also got up and said with some regret: "It's also an honor for Zhen to see Mr. Ji today, what you and I said just now, Zhen has written it down, Zhen will take care of his body, please rest assured Mr. Ji!" We say goodbye today, and hopefully we will see each other soon! ā€

Gao Huaiyuan lowered his head and picked up a bookbox and sent it to Zhen Dexiu's car, Ji Xiancheng said with a smile: "Today's farewell, Ji has nothing to send, my master actually respects Mr. Gao Feng Liangjie very much, this box of books is specially prepared by him for the real adult, I am afraid that the real adult will have a boring itinerary on the road, so I hope the real adult can accept it!" ā€

Zhen Dexiu heard Ji Xiancheng say this, and did not refuse, but was more curious about the person behind the scenes he said, and left a very good impression, no matter what the heart is, the person who can make Ji Xiancheng follow with all his heart should be a good person, and that person still respects himself so much, which shows that he is also a person who has the distinction between right and wrong, good and evil, at least not a member of Shi Miyuan's party, so he smiled and accepted the box of books, and asked his subordinates to take it and put it in his carriage.

After Ji Xiancheng and Zhen Dexiu said goodbye, Gao Huaiyuan stood behind Ji Xiancheng and watched Zhen Dexiu's car go away, and then asked Ji Xiancheng: "What did Mr. Ji talk about with Zhen Daren just now?" ā€

Ji Xiancheng glanced at Gao Huaiyuan and said with a smile: "Don't say it, don't say it!" It's also my secret! Let's go back! This fairy drunken puree wine is really powerful, I just drank this little, I was a little dizzy! ā€

Gao Huaiyuan shook his head and smiled, helped Ji Xiancheng, who had already begun to sway, into the car, and drove towards Lin'an City, on the way Li Ruohu and the two quietly followed their car and returned to Lin'an City together.

To say that Zhen Dexiu has also been an official for many years, he used to be the prefect of Quanzhou in his early years, and now he has an important position in Beijing, but he is very honest as an official, and has never accepted any bribes, it is so, the consumption in Lin'an City is high, and he has been an official for many years but he has no savings, and even his subordinates have three meals a day, coarse tea and light rice, and he almost pawned things to make up enough money when he left Beijing.

Zhen Dexiu sat in the carriage, the wine was a little strong, thinking about the matter of meeting Ji Xiancheng today, I felt that the world was really impermanent, but the mood was much better than when I left Beijing in the morning, so I reached out and opened the rattan bookcase, which really put some beautifully printed books, and they are some rare good books on the market, so I was even more happy, and reached into the bookbox to see what books were at the bottom, but when I turned to the bottom of the bookbox, I saw a layer of white silver at the bottom of the bookbox.

"Huh? This is ......" Zhen Dexiu was immediately stunned when he saw these silvers, and couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, he has been an official for half his life, and he has never been honored by others, how can this Ji Xiancheng be like this? Isn't this suspected of ruining his reputation?

He was about to stop the car and ask his subordinates to send the silver back to Ji Xiancheng, but he saw a letter on the silver, and a few words were written on the envelope, "True Lord personally opened".

So Zhen Dexiu took out the letter, and after unfolding it, he saw that it was written: "True Lord Mingjian, this silver is not a bribe given by the adult, the adult has been honest and honest all his life, so that now he is strapped everywhere, the Qing official should not suffer so much, this silver is given to the adult on behalf of the people of the world, please rest assured, every ingot of this silver is a clean thing, it is all obtained from business, and it will never tarnish the reputation of the adult!" I hope that adults will smile and use it with peace of mind! ā€

Zhen Dexiu took the letter and looked at the font on it, he didn't believe that it was written by Ji Xiancheng, if Ji Xiancheng wrote the words like this, when he participated in the imperial examination, this font alone would not be able to enter the department, and this letter is straightforward, it is definitely not done by a serious reader, so who wrote it? Looking at the end of the letter, there was no payment, presumably the person who wrote the letter deliberately wanted to conceal his identity, did not want him to know, and did not want him to admit his feelings at all, after all, he was going to Jianzhou, Fujian, thousands of miles away, as an official this time, and he wanted to repay it.

In the end, he could only come to one conclusion, that is, this letter must have been written by the person assisted by Ji Xiancheng, and the silver was also given to him by that person, he thought about it carefully, with Ji Xiancheng's person, he would not assist a sinister person, this person gave him silver, and it must be out of goodwill, so he sighed, put the letter into the envelope, solemnly put it back in the box, looked down and checked the bottom of the box, there were at least one hundred taels of silver in it, which was a lot of money, for him, a poor jingle official, Undoubtedly, it can be used by him in an emergency, at least he doesn't have to suffer from sleeping in the open on the road!

Zhen Dexiu slowly closed the box, smiled bitterly and said to himself: "No matter who you are, this time I really accepted your love!" Who said that clean officials are bad? At least someone still remembers me as a clean official! ā€¦ā€¦ā€

"I said, Mr. Ji, what do you think that real adult will do after seeing that silver?" Gao Huaiyuan asked with a smile at Zhen Dexiu in the carriage while driving the car, he was a little narrow in this question, he wanted to know Zhen Dexiu's expression when he saw the silver at the bottom of the box at this time.

"I don't know, anyway, I think you did this, a little insulting his reputation as a clean official, maybe he is sending someone to chase us now!" Ji Xiancheng's muffled voice came from the carriage.

Gao Huaiyuan said with a smile: "I don't think so, I estimate that Zhen Dexiu will accept this hundred taels of silver, the money will come from a clean way, and I don't have to ask him, he will accept it with peace of mind!" Or let's make a bet? Mr. Ji...... Mr. Ji ......"

As a result, there was a snoring sound in the carriage, and Ji Xiancheng finally fell asleep in the carriage because of his drunkenness, and Gao Huaiyuan muttered: "You old Ji!" Do you think this puree wine is ordinary wine? I actually drank with the real adult in one go, which is enough for you! Hey! Let's see if you dare to drink like this in the future! ā€

At this time, there was a sudden confusion in front of them, and then he raised his eyes and saw two sleek fellows covering their heads with one hand and their crotch with the other, covering the vital places, and jumped out of a forest, stopped a few pedestrians, and shouted: "I am a messenger from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I have been robbed just now!" Wait for me to get dressed! ā€

As a result, there was a burst of laughter from pedestrians on the road, and everyone pointed at these two light pigs, and some people laughed: "I think these two guys are crazy!" Ran out so naked and embarrassed, haha! ā€

Someone chimed in: "Not bad! I think so...... Lunatic! ā€

"Throw them away, throw them with stones! Let's see if a madman dares to run out naked in broad daylight! ā€

So the pedestrians on the road not only did not give them clothes, but picked up stones one after another to throw these two unlucky fellows, beat the two fellows to the head, and fled back into the forest, hiding behind the trees and shouting: "You are presumptuous, I tell you, Lao Tzu is a real and honest minister!" If you don't believe me, quickly inform the local officials and let them come to see me! Ah! I see you, if you lose Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will definitely arrest you and take you to the official...... Ah...... Don't lose ......"