Zhen Shiyuan raised his hand to cover his lips, yawned, and returned to the yamen after going up.

There was no progress in the case at hand, and his luck was obviously not good, after checking for so long, he had not found any record of the disappearance of the Chamber of Commerce ten years ago.

The yamen of Dali Temple has never been an idle yamen, passing through the middle hall and sweeping over the officials who are in charge of doing things with their heads bowed, Zhen Shiyuan walked towards the back ya.

The door of the back office was open, he stepped in, and the girl in the corner of the room who was looking down at the file looked up and greeted him: "My lord." With that, he looked down at the file again.

Isn't the fraud case just closed? What else is going on with her now?

Zhen Shiyuan felt strange, so he walked over, and then, the moment he saw the file in her hand, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Are you looking at the bandits on Shanxi Road?" ”

Qiao Ran nodded and said: "The bandits on this Shanxi Road have been making trouble for a long time, I heard that it has become more and more rampant recently, and some officials from the DPRK and China were tied up on the way back to their hometowns to visit relatives, and asked their families to pay a ransom. ”

"There is no way to do this, Shanxi Road has many canyons for generations, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it has been a gathering place for bandits since ancient times." Zhen Shiyuan glanced at the file, then withdrew his gaze and walked to the side to do something.

Just sat down, but the girl's voice sounded again: "My lord, I found out the information of Shanxi Road in the warehouse, saying that since the beginning of this year, Shanxi Road officials have sent officers and soldiers to suppress bandits, although the casualties are not large, there are losses and wins, but in general, more than half a year has passed now, the bandits are still there, Your Majesty has ever punished the Shanxi Road officials?" ”

"Shanxi Road officials are not inactive," Zhen Shiyuan stretched out his hand and yawned lazily, explaining, "The officers and soldiers have been arresting the bandits, and they have not been victorious during this period, and Your Majesty is not a tyrant, why should you punish the Shanxi Road officials for no reason?" ”

"Shanxi Road officials were originally in charge of Shanxi Road, and they did not manage Shanxi Road properly. Bandits are rampant, isn't it in their position, unfinished? If you don't do a good job after receiving the court, it's also a sin to be incompetent! Qiao Ran thought for a while and said, "Didn't my lord govern Jinling very well back then?" ”

Zhen Shiyuan said while doing his own thing: "How can Jinling and Shanxi Road be the same? One is the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, where the people's livelihood is rich and happy, and there are few major events, prosperity is what it should be, if there is constant trouble, then it should be held accountable and punished; But Shanxi Road is different, bandits have never been extinguished, more or less, this is not the incompetence of officials. ”

The girl said "oh" and stopped talking.

gave her a copy of the key to the treasury of Dali Temple before, and she ran to the warehouse twice in three days, always asking strange questions, and Zhen Shiyuan was used to it.

"You are a little similar to that Li Zhao of the Li family, I heard that he always asks questions in the Ministry of Officials," Zhen Shiyuan thought of this, so he said casually, "Ask some strange questions." ”

Li Zhao? Qiao Ran's hand in the dossier paused, and then said with a smile: "This is a smart person. ”

"Yes, the Li family's descendants are not simple!" Zhen Shiyuan said, "I heard that Pei Xiangye has also seen him in person, which shows the importance he attaches to him." "It is naturally not easy to be seen by Pei Xiangye.

Speaking of Shanxi Road, he seems to have asked people in the area of Shanxi Road what they like to eat, but what are the specialties and delicacies, and if they go there to do business, what kind of business is better. When I asked this, the descendants of several officials at that time thought that he was going to resign from the government and go into business! It really scared people......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the girl chuckle.

Hearing her laughter, Zhen Shiyuan didn't raise his head, and said, "You also think it's funny, don't you?" ”

originally thought that the girl would respond to him, but she didn't expect her to say directly: "I don't think it's funny, I just suddenly want to make a bet with an adult." ”

Bet? Zhen Shiyuan looked up in surprise, and saw that the girl was looking at him half-jokingly and half-seriously, and raised his eyebrows and asked him, "Do adults gamble?" ”

"Nine out of ten bets lose, don't bet." Zhen Shiyuan snorted and persuaded her, "You have been on duty for less than a month now, and you haven't even received it, what are you betting on?" I don't bully people, if you want to lack money, you can ask me to borrow it, just make a note. ”

Although he has a lot more money than her, he still has a large family to raise, so naturally he still has to count it, and he is not as generous as Jinling.

"Adults don't have to let me." Unexpectedly, the girl stood up straight and walked over to him, "Bet or not?" ”

Zhen Shiyuan looked at her seriously and frowned: "What do you want to bet on?" ”

"Bet on the work of the past few days, Zhou Shilin is going to Shanxi Road." The girl said, "Three days." ”

One moment she was still talking about Shanxi Road, and the next moment she was Zhou Shilin, and she became really fast.

Three days? Zhen Shiyuan thought for a while, although he was busy with his own affairs these days, it didn't mean that he didn't know the things in the city, Zhou Shilin was busy messing with the palace of Wu'an County, and he still had the kung fu to run Shanxi Road?

After pondering for a while, Zhen Shiyuan took out a silver ingot from his arms and put it on the table: "Then three days, I'll bet with you." ”

"Okay." The girl stared at the silver and smiled like a flower.

……

Said it was three days, but in fact it didn't arrive for a day, and after the next day, Zhen Shiyuan rushed back to the Yamen of Dali Temple all the way.

"How do you know?" Zhen Shiyuan, who came in, walked quickly in front of the girl, and saw the three words "Shanxi Road" written on the file placed on her, so he quickly picked up the file.

After a rough flip, he saw that it was a file that recorded the local people on Shanxi Road, as if it was useless, and he gave it to the girl, waiting for her answer.

The girl smiled and held out her hand to him.

Zhen Shiyuan was stunned for a moment, and only when she came back to her senses did she take out the silver ingot in her arms and put it in her hand. The teeth are sore: nine out of ten bets are lost, and it's really true, fifty taels of silver are gone.

"I not only know that Zhou Shilin is going to Shanxi Road, but I also know that he is there to suppress bandits." The girl didn't wait for Zhen Shiyuan to speak, so she spoke.

As soon as these words came out, Zhen Shiyuan was even more shocked: he deliberately did not mention the reason why Zhou Shilin went to Shanxi Road, and he had to say that he had a bit of a tentative idea. Although she guessed in her heart that she already knew, after all, she only mentioned the matter of the bandits inexplicably yesterday, and today His Majesty arranged for Zhou Shilin to suppress the bandits, one after the other, such a coincidence, anyway, he didn't believe in such luck.

Hearing the girl's mouth confirm his guess, Zhen Shiyuan simply sat down on the chair opposite her, and pointed to the Shanxi Road civil affairs file in front of her with some incredulity: "Don't tell me, you can see it by looking at this." ”

"Not exactly." The girl put the file aside and said to Zhen Shiyuan, "Actually, Li Zhao's question has never been a strange question, the reason why he asked about the people and specialties of Shanxi Road is to know how far His Majesty has prepared for the suppression of bandits on Shanxi Road?" ”

It's just that these strange questions are not understood by ordinary people. So powerful people are often a little strange, and so is Li Zhao. His question was so strange, he just wanted to know the answer he wanted. Ordinary people who can't understand his questions will think that he is a weirdo, but if someone understands, they will think that this person is very powerful. For example, Pei Xiangye, who has seen him in person.

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