Qiu Yizhi said this in a loud voice, but to Lin Shuhan's ears, it was like a spring breeze, he unfolded the folding fan and shook it gently, and said: "Lin is not a fool, I will only talk to Lord Qiu alone." If Lord Qiu wants me to die, why bother to shake out today's words, kill a thousand enemies, and lose 800 yourself? ”

Qiu Yizhi waved his hand and said, "Mr. Lin, where are you talking about this?" When am I going to have my husband die? It's just that in this world, people's hearts are not ancient, and it is inevitable that the speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. If it is really listened to by someone with a heart, it will not be good to ask for merit and reward. ”

When Uncle Lin heard Qiu Yizhi's words sincerely, he also put away his smile and said, "Lord Qiu's words are the way to protect himself, Lin has been taught." It's just that I, a poor man, still have to spare my life, and a pillar of the country like an adult must know the truth of every step! ”

Qiu Yizhi smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Is it also a pillar in the bottom?" I'd rather be a rotten log next to the wall of dung, and I'll die of old age over the years. But that's all that I know, what is the best way for me to protect me? ”

Lin Shuhan shook his head and said, "Although Lin is thin and talented, he is not an immortal of an unpredictable prophet. The royal succession has always been ever-changing, and it is difficult to reverse. Today's plan may be a bad idea tomorrow. If you want to protect yourself, you have to take one step at a time, take one step at a time, and take half a step back. However, no matter when and where the words 'Taoguang Yanghui' are placed, they will not be wrong. ”

Qiu Yizhi listened, nodded vigorously, and said: "I was just an orphan in the future, but I didn't expect that one day I would be affected by this big event. Now I just ask the emperor to have a Sacred Heart in mind, and also to let the courtiers be less idle. ”

Lin Shuhan also nodded and said: "There is a way that is unpredictable, and we mortals can only talk about personnel." I only hope that decades later, Lin and Qiu, two elderly people, can still drink and talk happily in my manor. ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he couldn't help but high-five and laughed: "Okay! Mr. Lin said this car talk, only this sentence is still a little happy. As he spoke, he raised the teacup in front of him and said, "Then I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha, replace wine with tea, and pay tribute to Mr. A cup first!" ”

When Lin Shuhan heard this, he smiled, raised the tea bowl in front of him, and drank it all in one fell swoop.

Speaking of which, Zheng Xin is indeed not a person with mediocre talents.

He saw that there were 284 corrupt officials in Jiangnan Province, a total of 107 cases, which was really vast and complicated. So he made a special trip to transfer officials and clerks who were familiar with the rules and regulations and handled the case from the criminal department he was in charge of, and simply did a big job in Jiangnan, asking about the case and reading the case file day and night.

When Zheng Xin sent down the officials involved in the case, the vast majority of them could still be punished according to the laws of the Han Dynasty according to the severity of the crimes they committed.

Although there are occasionally one or two of them whose convictions are obviously too light, in the eyes of others, they only think that these people have an old relationship with His Royal Highness, and they are just extrajudicial favors - this kind of thing is commonplace in officialdom, and no one will think about it when they form a party for personal gain-so Zheng Xin's handling of these cases is also quite convincing to the public.

In addition, when Zheng Xin was dealing with more than 100 corruption cases, he also cleaned up the old backlog of cases in some prefectures and counties, and avenged many people. Therefore, Zheng Xin's reputation among the people is growing, and he even has the reputation of "Daqingtian".

These things reached Zheng Xin's ears, which made this Tianhuang noble, who was born with three points of "great joy" in his bones, even more happy, and became more and more energetic to try and handle the case.

All of a sudden, the Jiangnan Provincial Government prison was full of prisoners at all levels, and the officials who were sentenced to shackles at the entrance of the provincial government were even more shoulder to shoulder, and the doors were like a market, which made the Jiangnan officialdom suddenly panic and rumors.

If His Royal Highness Zheng Xin is always iron-faced and selfless, no matter who treats them equally, Jiangnan officials will naturally have no other thoughts. But this highness hides his selfishness, and although there are not many prisoners who show mercy under his command, it is not without - countless pairs of eyes are staring, who can hide it?

So those officials with evil intentions thought that His Highness might be able to find a way to go here. They also heard that Qiu Yizhi was also from Youyan Dao, and when he was promoted to the court to try the case, His Royal Highness also obeyed him, although he didn't know what the reason was, but it was also a real life-saving straw.

It is also thanks to the fact that they are powerful and clear-eyed in Jiangnan, and they heard that Qiu Yizhi was staying in the manor of "Mr. Bansong" Lin Shuhan.

This is difficult for this group of Jiangnan officials - this "Mr. Bansong" Lin Shuhan has always had a reputation for being arrogant and withdrawn, and his manor is not something ordinary people can enter; In addition, this Qiu Yizhi is also a hard bone who dares to lead troops against the two top bosses - the door of this small manor is even more difficult to enter.

However, those Jiangnan officials with ghosts in their hearts saw Zheng Xin dealing with the criminal officials one by one, and they were already panicked when they saw that it was about to be their turn, and they only felt that it was much more down-to-earth to give a gift than not to give a gift, and they didn't care if they could see Qiu Yizhi's face, so they brought their own names and stacked the rich gifts carefully prepared at the door of Lin Shuhan's manor, which was considered a gift.

Lin Shuhan has always had a lonely temperament, and he can't see these things in the officialdom that are ushered in. When he saw that the Zhuangzi he had carefully arranged was blocked by the vulgar gifts prepared by this group of filthy officials, he was immediately angry, and immediately ordered his subordinates to throw all these gifts into the Yangtze River.

Qiu Yizhi saw it, but said: "Mr. Lin, don't get along with money." Didn't these officials send money thousands of miles to solve the urgent need of Mr.? ”

When Lin Shuhan heard him say this, he remembered that he still had the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that he had redeemed for his confidante Wu Ruofei, and he had not yet been found. But after all, he is a man who cherishes feathers, and refuses to use these people's fat and people's ointment, and insists on refusing to accept it.

However, Qiu Yizhi didn't pay so much attention to it, and he was able to come up with a countermeasure with a turn of his brain, and said: "Since Mr. Lin refuses to accept it, then I will accept it!" Since I have money, it is only right that with my friendship with Mr. Lin, it is also necessary to borrow a hundred thousand taels to solve Mr. Lin's urgent needs. When Mr. has more money in the future, it is not too late to repay it slowly. As for the rights and wrongs here, anyway, I will accept money and do nothing, even if I am convicted, I can only be convicted of blocking the road and robbing me, and I categorically refuse to bear the notoriety of accepting bribes! ”

Although Qiu Yizhi's words are almost scoundrels, they are also sincere and trustworthy, if Lin Shuhan is stubborn, he will really be kind to Qiu Yizhi, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally reluctantly agreed.

Rao is these corrupt officials are eager to survive, and the people and ointment looted in the rich land of Jiangnan are extremely rich, and in just a few days, Qiu Yizhi collected nearly 300,000 taels of silver.

In this way, Qiu Yi immediately became rich and free.

Because he had already taken sick leave in advance, he didn't have to go to the Taoist Yamen or Qixia Temple every day to report, so Qiu Yizhi made an appointment with friends to play in and around Jinling City every day.

Occasionally, when he was tired of playing, he went to the yamen of the provincial government to take a look, but saw that the officials and clerks brought by Zheng Xin from the Criminal Department were in full swing, and there was no place for his own small seven-pin county order to intervene, so he simply put down the picker and did not do anything, and did not disturb Zheng Xin to show his skills - just read the outline of the case file sent by Zheng Xin every night, and it can be regarded as being able to grasp the dynamics of the case from time to time.

After playing in the dark for more than ten days, Qiu Yizhi finally received an order from Zheng Xin to send someone to pass, asking Qiu Yizhi to go over and speak, and at the end he said that the matter was important, even if you are sick, please take the sick to the meeting.

Zheng Xin said this, then Qiu Yizhi could no longer shirk half a point, which called Wei Chi Jiming and went all the way to Qixia Temple.

In Qixia Temple, Zheng Xin was watching flowers next to a pond, and saw Qiu Yizhi coming to him from a distance, and he didn't wait for him to salute, so he greeted him with a smile and said, "My brother has been sick for a long time. It's just that the foolish brother is entangled in mundane affairs here, and he has no time to visit. However, seeing that the virtuous brother was still good-looking, the foolish brother was relieved. ”

Qiu Yiyi smiled and said, "What kind of disease does the little brother have?" It's just that I've worked too hard in the past few days and want to evacuate, so I made up a lie to cover people's eyes, how can I deceive my eldest brother? ”

Zheng Xin also smiled: "Speaking of which, since the virtuous brother went south with me to exterminate the Tianzun Sect rebels the year before last, he has not had a few days of leisure, and it is rare to have the opportunity to travel in the land of gold dust in the Six Dynasties......"

He suddenly changed his words and said: "But there have been some rumors recently, saying that the virtuous brother has received a lot of gifts from prisoners, and it is said that he can be accommodating on my side, but is it true?" But why didn't you see my virtuous brother come to me and plead for the criminal? ”

Qiu Yizhi scratched his head and said, "How could I do this kind of illegal and undisciplined thing?" It's that the younger brother has been poor since he was a child, and when he sees so much silver, he can't help but see some money. Besides, all this money was looted by corrupt officials, and I thought that it would not hurt the incorruptibility, so I accepted it. Please also ask Your Highness not to be surprised. ”

Zheng Xin laughed out loud when he heard this, and said: "Brother Xian, I grew up watching, I don't know this idea in your heart?" You see, I wrote to my father about this......"

When Qiu Yizhi heard him say this, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and stammered: "What...... What the? Even the emperor knows about this? ”

Zheng Xin saw that Qiu Yizhi, who was always cynical, was so nervous now, and he suddenly felt a sense of pride, and said with a smile on his face: "Don't panic, brother Xian!" The eldest brother told the emperor as a joke, and the emperor also listened to it as a joke. You see, my father wrote you a note for this and asked me to pass it on to you! With that, Zheng Xin took out a piece of yellow paper from his arms and handed it to Qiu Yizhi.

Qiu Yizhi took it and took a look, only to see that it was written: "Yizhi does this very well!" In the past, there may have been cases of clean officials refusing bribes, and although the bribe-givers could not do anything, they had nothing to lose. What today's ritual does is also to teach it what it means to 'draw water from a bamboo basket'. I think that after this lesson, these corrupt officials may be able to restrain a little in the future. ”

Although this note is not signed, it is indeed the handwriting of Emperor Zheng Rong, but the handwriting is very relaxed, which is different from the meticulous Wei tablet style on weekdays, and it is thought that Zheng Rong waved it when he was in a good mood.

After Qiu Yizhi finished reading it, he felt relieved, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and handed the note back to Zheng Xin, while saying, "Is the eldest brother trying to scare the younger brother to death?" ”

Zheng Xin pushed Qiu Yizhi's hand holding the note and said, "This is written to you by your father, you don't have to pay me back, you can just collect it yourself." But the foolish brother called you here today because he had other things to discuss with you. ”