Jiangcheng is the fortress of Zhongzhou military must fight, the border of the garrison is strictly guarded, the country of abundance, the tax payment is abundant, after the ravages of several dynasties of arms, even if the population plummets, it is still a big city in the west of Zhongzhou.

Jiangcheng goes straight to the west to the countries of the Western Regions, and the huge amount of money and goods collected by the tariffs are supplied to the army on the spot, and there are more than 10,000 troops stationed in Jiangcheng City, and the Qin King of Jiangcheng is stationed all the year round, and the Xu family has military power in the army, and the Jiangcheng government can not even suppress it.

The court is clear and honest on the surface, but in fact it is a party for personal gain, and the intertwined relationship leads directly to the important ministers of the court, and the descendants of the official eunuch family enter the court, and because the system is implicated in each other, the Qing officials are in charge of the government, and the court has always been tolerant in the treatment of the people in terms of tax collection.

Forming a party to cover up is a maladministration, but the people seem to be fine as long as they don't provoke the officials, corruption is only limited to the quota, and no one dares to embezzle a large amount.

It is said that the silver tickets for the construction of Jiangcheng Taoist Temple are from the government, and the big people in the imperial city who have hands and eyes to the sky have received the favor of the purple robe Taoist and ordered the construction of the Taoist temple for the purple robe Taoist to live.

The purple-robed Taoist is concerned about the common people, and occasionally haunts the streets of Minxiang to save people, and does not take a penny or receive a penny, if the Jiangcheng officials who are not sick go to the Taoist temple to ask for medicine, the purple-robed Taoist chief is resolutely driven away, and he is never afraid of the powerful and hegemonic.

Gradually, the officials of Jiangcheng all knew that the people who lived outside the city were hidden high-level people, and the reputation of the purple-robed Taoist was famous in the western part of Zhongzhou for several years.

Goolan wine shop, silk and bamboo moon, Jiangcheng Qinglou, restaurant, teahouse can be called a place where there is never a curfew, and the pastime expenses are spent in this place, Jiangcheng has two famous Qinglou in the township, Ziyu Pavilion, and Sangzi Courtyard.

The officials are honest, they can't make money by running government affairs, and they can't get in and out of the Qinglou Restaurant with greed, and they can't get out of the Qinglou Restaurant, and they will have a better life if they embezzle some silver taels in small and inconsequential places, but recently Jiangcheng has come to the emperor's special officer, and the Northwest Province has deposed the envoy!

Jiangcheng officials set up a banquet in Sangzi Courtyard to entertain the deposed envoy, but they didn't expect the deposed envoy to come without coming, a housekeeper was the eunuch of the imperial city, and the Jiangcheng officials were disappointed and had to entertain the housekeeper of the deposed envoy in the green building of Sangzi Courtyard.

Sangzi Courtyard, all the sounds are silent, the prosperous and lively Sangzi Courtyard is empty, only the hall is placed with delicacies from the mountains and seas, delicacies, and the cellar of the old altar wine is not stingy to open the table and set the table, and a black gauze hat is swaying hastily.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: I heard that Jiangcheng's political achievements are gratifying, and I hereby set ...... Zhao Yuan, the deposed envoy of the Northwest Province, was sent to investigate the field, and none of the officials in Jiangcheng listened to the dispatch, and if the term of office was verified, they would be rewarded...... A person who lives in the Taoist temple outside Jiangcheng is a master who is deeply professed in this world, and everything he asks must be listened to...... Chin!"

"Observe the Hadith!"

Holding a white-haired old slave on the head, he read out the holy decree, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, our family is virtuous, and we are the servants of His Majesty the Holy Lord of the Imperial City, so we will be exempted from this mundane etiquette." ”

The next officials got up separately, the neat official uniform python robe was worn on the body, and the maids serving in the Qinglou were all stunned to look at this scene, and they couldn't forget it in this life, the old man was actually a close slave of His Majesty the Holy Lord of the Imperial City.

"Father-in-law De, you are old and hardworking, and you are deposing Lord Zhao Cheng above the lowly land, so eat some wine and food to drive away the wind and dust, right?" asked Wang Feng, the prefect of Jiangcheng, cautiously.

Father-in-law Dehou sat down, pinched the chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, laughing.

"That's it, huh? hahaha......"

In this hall, the Duke of Dehou has no official position, but he is respected in his status, and he is an elder, so he should eat the first bite of the banquet, and the people next to him who have eaten and drunk wine dare to express a few mouthfuls in turn, and no one will be greedy to eat and drink at the banquet, which is destined to be a ceremonial banquet to show the dethroned adults.

Wang Feng's hand holding the wine glass trembled imperceptibly, in the face of the Imperial City Dispatch Envoy, he was still powerless and difficult to parry, Jiangcheng's corruption was passable, it was the subtle ingenuity of changing the accounts, and I hoped that the deposed envoy failed to carefully investigate Jiangcheng's taxes, otherwise he would bear the brunt of the corruption found out was him, the prefect of Jiangcheng.

After taking a few sips of wine, Wang Feng smiled and said to Dehou Gonggong: "Gonggong De, the Holy Lord has a discerning eye, and the Lord of the Deposed Envoy sent a special patrol to the Northwest, thinking that he has made outstanding achievements, but I don't know how the Lord of the Deposed Envoy will find the Holy Lord, I have never heard of such a person in the imperial court?"

In the face of Wang Feng's old fritters in officialdom, Father-in-law Dehou stroked his beard and smiled silently, listening to Wang Feng say, "The deposed envoy is the official surname, how noble the surname of "Zhao" is, you must know what you can't ask, Lord Wang, you have to be careful!"

Wang Feng said that this deposed envoy was the surname of the country, and thought that it was the grace of the emperor, and the sweat on his forehead was profuse, and he told him the words of the dehou father-in-law.

"I ...... I'm confused for a while, my father-in-law forgive me......" Wang Feng hurriedly apologized, and after just a few words, people choked back, and the people who came from the imperial city were really articulate, even the old slaves who were dying were better than his calculations.

Dehou's father-in-law smiled kindly, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, those who don't know are not guilty, don't ask again." ”

Important officials at all levels in Jiangcheng vacated the time to participate in the banquet, so as not to make Dehou's father-in-law uncomfortable, everyone talked and drank and ate in a low voice, and glanced at Dehou's father-in-law from time to time.

The reason for the banquet in the Qinglou is nothing more than the favor of the envoy, and I didn't expect the envoy to arrange for the old slave of the imperial city to go to the banquet.

It is estimated that there is not much hope for bribery in the future, and the Northwest Provincial Governor will investigate the political and military affairs of the Northwest, presumably the surrounding cities have already begun to rein in the inquiry, and Jiangcheng is just a stop for the deposed envoy to stay, or it is the key city that the deposed envoy focuses on investigating.

There are countless fortresses in the northwest of Zhongzhou, and most of the places where the border defense line extends are the places where they have been inspected over the years, and the border garrison hoards grain and grass, and the harm of supporting the army and self-respect can outweigh the greed for money and profit.

Wang Feng presided over government affairs as the prefect of Jiangcheng and controlled the military affairs of Jiangcheng, and recently Xu Menglong, a garrison officer in Jiangcheng, stole beams and changed pillars to empty the military power in his hands, and the prefect's important task of controlling the military power of the garrison officers was completely ruined on Wang Feng.

Xu Menglong's military power is just to replace the important sergeant, the military power of Jiangcheng City can't make waves at all, the left and right border garrisons can turn around and pull out the camp to destroy this little bit of Jiangcheng people in Jiangcheng with a snap of his fingers, Wang Feng is not afraid of how Xu Menglong oppresses him with military power, his term of office in the position of Jiangcheng prefect is only two years, and he will be transferred out of Jiangcheng as soon as his term expires, can it still involve Xu Menglong?

The deposition of Zhao Cheng to supervise the government and military affairs of Jiangcheng, there must be an opportunity to impeach the officials of his colleagues, the so-called Jianwei must be repaid is reflected in this, or some depressed officials report corruption, then Jiangcheng officials are facing the gap of dismissal, Wang Feng also wants to take this opportunity to install henchmen into the Jiangcheng garrison, lest Xu Menglong's family dominate the Jiangcheng defense army.

The banquet went on to a hearty place, there were singers dancing and playing with the moon, the pipa covered her face and was enchanting, and it was just a cheesy dance in the eyes of her father-in-law, and she was used to seeing the lively scene of the grand dance in the palace.

"Father-in-law De, I have heard that father-in-law was born in the Imperial City Inspection Division, he is a rare master who is proficient in the world's martial arts, he is still vigorous after he is old, and he is contemptuous Jiangcheng garrison Xu Menglong, and he has admired Father-in-law De for a long time!"

Wang Feng sat closest to Dehou's father-in-law, the opposite position, followed by Jiangcheng garrison Xu Menglong, these faceless compliments made Wang Feng dissatisfied, and he was chatting with Dehou's father-in-law about affairs.

Father-in-law Dehou was not angry, shook his head and said humbly: "My little skill of carving insects is just a rumor, old is old, Jiang Cheng ...... There are masters in Jiangcheng, I don't dare to boast about it......

Wang Feng didn't want Xu Menglong to interrupt halfway, knowing that in Dehou's father-in-law's words, the master of Jiangcheng referred to the purple-robed Taoist outside the city, and said: "Father-in-law clearly sees, the purple-robed Taoist of Jiangcheng Taoist Temple has been giving silver all year round, and it is not a problem to treat diseases and save people. ”

In the holy decree that was read out just now, he did not hesitate to mention the purple robe Taoist and asked the Jiangcheng local government to act cheaply to agree to the purple robe Taoist chief's request, Wang Feng guessed that another purpose of deposing the envoy to Ling Jiangcheng was to visit the purple robe, and the emperor who was in the imperial city may have a relationship with the purple robe Taoist leader.

Sure enough, Dehou Gonggong Osprey's keen old eyes stared, and asked Wang Feng: "Purple robe, is he opening the door to accept apprentices?"

"That's not true, the purple-robed Taoist just brought a small apprentice with him when he came to Jiangcheng, called ...... It's called the wayless. Wang Feng was secretly overjoyed that the order to visit the purple-robed Daoist came from the Imperial City, which corresponded to some rumors about the purple-robed Daoist.

Thanks to Wang Feng's private homework, he recited the advantages and disadvantages of Jiangcheng's affairs, and the purple-robed Taoist seemed to be a well-known figure among the women and children in Jiangcheng, so he originally wanted to depose the envoy and go back to visit the purple-robed Taoist when he heard the rumors, but he didn't expect it to be mentioned in the holy decree read by the father-in-law of Dehou.