Mei Xiaoren didn't know what they meant by tigers and cats, and she was curious that the face of the scholar seemed to be colored again.

In the past, when she saw the scholar suffering from flesh and skin, she felt sympathy in her heart, but now she saw that there was a faint bruise on the scholar's cheek near the corner of his mouth, and she couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong with the scholar, it's ......early in the morning."

Scholar Wei not only did not hide it, but also generously took his hand away, and sighed: "Didn't Zhu Xiaozhen say wait for me to go, I went, but what about the result" He stretched out his index finger and pointed to the corner ......of his mouth, calmly described, "She pinched me here and told me to get out." ”

Even if he was very unrighteous, Mei Xiaoren couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "I see, that scholar still needs to make persistent efforts, I think it won't be long before the scholar will be lonely anymore." ”

Wei Shuying's expression was relaxed, with a sense of joy on his face. A turmoil has been going on for a few months, and now he has nothing else to ask for, as long as everything can return to normal.

Wei Shuying sat for a while, and then asked, "Xiao Yu'er, have you heard about the Zhenguo General's Mansion?" ”

Gu Chuyu nodded.

"I've heard about this case before, but I didn't care, now it's an unjust case outside, I specially turned over the file of the Criminal Department in Wenhua Palace, and found that the case was your father's ......."

Gu Chuyu looked at Wei Shuying silently. Wei Shuying will not say more.

"What's wrong?" Mei Xiaoren was puzzled.

"It's okay, more than 20 years have passed, if it weren't for the restoration of the Duke of Wei, the Zhenguo General's Mansion would have been in ruins, and no matter how the people shouted for the general, they couldn't afford to make any trouble." Wei Shuying smiled and beckoned, "Don't get in the way, Brother Mei, you don't need to bother about this matter, Your Majesty never cares about politics, and you won't care about these rumors, as long as Xiangye is not annoyed, everything will be fine." ”

Mei Xiaoren looked at Chu Yu and sighed with a smile: "Then please bear with the minister, the rumors last time can't be blocked, this time it's always okay, I have instructed the people in the yamen to curb the rumors as soon as possible." ”

Gu Chuyu held the chess pieces with his fingertips, glanced at her in a blink of an eye, and the corners of his lips raised, "Got it." ”

The affairs of the Yamen have been explained clearly, and the scholar Wei can now laugh and talk with them, which shows that he is confident about making Mrs. Wei change her mind, and Mei Xiaoren is at peace and will set off on the road before noon.

Gu Chuyu sent her to the front of the house, and the instructions were still the same: "Be careful on the road, go early and return early." ”

Mei Xiaoren waved goodbye and left in the carriage. She silently calculated in her heart how long it would take to walk like this, she had calculated countless times before, and no matter how little it was, it would take a month.

Shangjing is not as good as a place, and the local prefect only goes to the county once to inspect the year and the month, and only picks one direction at a time, but Shangjing Mansion Yin is an official under His Majesty's nose, so he naturally does not dare to be lazy.

I don't know which Lord Yin set a precedent for inspecting the counties after the New Year's Festival, making this move an unwritten rule, and the Fu Yin who took office later also followed suit.

After Gu Chuyu saw off Mei Xiaoren, he was about to turn around and go back.

Wei Shuying recalled Gu Chuyu's previous actions, and really didn't understand in her heart, so she patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Xiao Yu'er, are you really here?" ”

"What?"

"Brother Mei, I always thought that although the friendship between the two of you was deep, it was actually for ......"

Gu Chuyu answered: "Do it for Your Majesty and the ministers?" ”

"Yes!" Wei Shuying nodded and asked, "You said in a moment that you were going to get married, and you couldn't tell Brother Mei here, what do you mean?" ”

"Guess." Gu Chuyu replied lightly and moved into the mansion.

Mei Xiaoren began his inspections in the county towns west of Shangjing, staying in each county seat for two days, one day in the county seat, and the other day in the county government to check the files.

She walked non-stop, watching non-stop, just to return to Shangjing one day earlier.

No matter how remote these counties are, they are also under the jurisdiction of the capital, and the county order is located here, and it can also be called an official at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and no one dares to pin their heads to their waists. Mei Xiao Renmei found something wrong, and went all the way smoothly.

On the ninth day, Mei Xiaoren's car drove to Chongyi County, northwest of Shangjing.

Like the county seat she had been to before, the county magistrate and the officials of the yamen waited at the gate of the city early to greet her, but the officials here received her very calmly, it turned out that before she came, they had already welcomed several adults from Shangjing.

Mei Xiaoren has always felt that Shangjing is not big, and he can meet acquaintances when he turns around, and it turns out that it is not much outside Shangjing.

The adults from Shangjing mentioned by the county order are none other than Wu Xian and Ye Zhi, who are on errand in the ministry.

In the county office, three people sat together.

Mei Xiaoren did not sit on the throne given to her by the county order, and sat by the lobby like Ye Zhi and Wu Xian.

At first, the three of them didn't speak, but after sitting for a long time, Wu Xian was the first to laugh and said, "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Lord Fu Yin here." ”

Mei Xiaoren gave Wu Xian a smile that was not smiling, and responded: "Lord Wu said that it is clever, then it is coincidental." ”

"Master Ye and I were ordered to go out of the city to arrest Shen Zhixin, a member of the Ministry of Labor, who knew that he fled in fear after hearing the news, and we tracked him all the way to here, but we still don't know where he is hiding."

Mei Xiaoren asked casually: "Didn't he go back to his hometown to visit relatives a year ago, how could he hear the rumors?" ”

"Shen Zhixin has been an official in the court for many years, and it is not surprising that one or two of his own people have reported to him." Wu Xian also said, "Director Ye and I received a tip that he had fled to the northwest suburbs, and we came here to ask the nearby county government to post a wanted notice to help us arrest people." ”

The county magistrate stood beside Mei Xiaoren, bowed down and asked her, "Lord Fu Yin, look at this ......"

"Yes, Lord Yin, our officials have no right to order the county government under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Government to do things, and it is up to you to decide whether the wanted notice is posted or not." Wu Xian said with a smile.

"If you want to arrest the fugitives, of course the notice must be posted, and if you catch it early, you can also make a mistake." Mei Xiaoren immediately instructed the county order to comply.

Wu Xian and Mei Xiaoren were talking, but Ye Zhi next to him remained silent from beginning to end. He turned his eyes and saw Ye Zhi holding a tea cup with calm eyes, as if he had nothing to do with himself, but it was the Lord in charge who chased Shen Zhixin the hardest before.

Wu Xian retracted his gaze and bowed his hand to Mei Xiaoren, "My lord, there is still a reluctant request for humiliation. ”

"What?"

"Not long after the humble post and Master Ye got involved in the officialdom, he was a civilian in the Ministry of Officials, and this errand for chasing fugitives was done for the first time, for fear that it would be unfavorable, and he let go of the prisoners personally ordered by the Prime Minister."

Wu Xian looked at Ye Zhiduan's arm again, and then said, "Moreover, Director Ye's injuries have not yet healed, and I am afraid that such a rush is not conducive to Lord Ye's recovery. ”