Recently, many rumors have suddenly appeared in the city, and these rumors have swept the entire city like a spring breeze overnight.

The common people are talking about it, although they are discussing it secretly, but the mood of surprise and uncertainty between each other is probably only known to them.

In the middle of these rumors, there is only one protagonist, and that is their dignified prefect.

No one knows where these rumors came from or why.

However, when the prefect noticed it, there was already a lot of talk in the city.

"My lord, everyone is talking outside, saying that you ......"

The subordinate knelt in front of the table in the prefect's study, his head lowered, and his body trembled slightly.

The prefect sat at his desk, listening to the report of his subordinates, and was silent on the surface, but only he knew in his heart what he was feeling at the moment.

"Say what?" The prefect took a deep breath and said as calmly as possible.

The subordinate raised his head, cautiously glanced at the prefect, and found that the prefect's expression did not seem to be so bad, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then plucked up the courage to speak: "Say that the prefect is upright on the surface, but in fact, you have embezzled a lot of silver taels in private, and the shops that the prefect opened in secret have all been found out——"

"Presumptuous!"

Before the subordinate finished speaking, a gust of wind suddenly blew in his ears, and a teacup was thrown by the prefect fiercely, almost brushing his sideburns.

The teacup fell on the thick carpet, gurgled a few times, rolled into a corner, and disappeared.

The subordinate watched the teacup disappear in front of him, and couldn't help but swallow another mouthful of saliva, a hint of fear in his eyes.

If this teacup hadn't wiped his sideburns, but had come to his face, he would have been disfigured at this moment.

Just thinking of such pain and fate, the subordinates' foreheads were already sweaty.

"Who the hell is spreading these rumors at will! It's nonsense! Lord Ben has been conscientious all these years, and how much effort he has put into it for the people, and today there are people who slander the reputation of Lord Ben like this for no reason, it is simply unreasonable! ”

The prefect's face was full of annoyance, full of grief and indignation caused by these rumors, and he seemed to be unable to figure out what he had done wrong to be treated like this.

What's more, this look is aimed at him personally! You know, what he did was so hidden, it stands to reason that no one would know about it, let alone shake it out!

The subordinate trembled and stretched out his hand, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then cautiously continued: "The slave also thinks that these are nonsense, what kind of person you are, my lord, everyone knows best." What's more, over the years, adults have indeed put a lot of effort into this city. I really don't know who it is, it's really outrageous to slander adults like this! ”

The subordinate had an expression on his face that the prefect had been wronged, and his tone was full of indignation.

You know, these gossips don't do him any good. He served in the prefect's office, and the prefect was a relationship of glory and loss, if something happened to the adult, for him, he could not please the slightest good!

Thinking of this, the anger on his face became even stronger.

The prefect looked at his subordinates with a look that was even more excited than him, and waved his hand at the subordinates, with a trace of exhaustion on his face.

"Okay, okay, you go down first, this matter, Lord Ben has his own opinion. Such gossip is not true at all, this adult is sitting up straight, is it possible that he is afraid that this little rumor will not be successful? ”

When the subordinates heard the prefect say this, they were relieved.

Yes, why should he worry so much? This one in front of you is the prefect! In this city, is there anyone else who can compare to the prefect? Obviously not, in that case, how can there be anything that adults can't do with it.

What's more, it can't be fake, and it can't be fake.

As long as the adults are innocent, those gossips really can't hurt them.

The subordinate figured all this, and suddenly felt that his waist had become straighter, he was really concerned about it, but the other party was the prefect, who would dare to go against the adult? What's more, an adult who works diligently for the people on weekdays will not do such a thing at all, he should believe that adults are!

The subordinate kowtowed respectfully to the prefect, turned around and retreated.

After his subordinates closed the door, the prefect, who had a righteous and awe-inspiring face, suddenly collapsed with a fat face.

Although he said this in front of his subordinates, in fact, he had no confidence in his heart.

Let's not talk about anything else, this gossip appeared when he had the most headache, if it wasn't aimed at him, the prefect didn't believe it. But he is in a state of anxiety at this time, it turns out that the matter of the shop has not been resolved, and the people who were sent out to do things before have also lost news at this time, and the prefect doesn't know which thing to deal with first.

He let out a long sigh, and the anger in his heart suddenly surged up again at the thought of being trampled on like this by someone in his popular opinion.

"Someone!"

The prefect shouted to the sky above the study.

Soon after his words fell, a man in black appeared out of thin air, and he half-knelt in front of the prefect and saluted him.

"Your Excellency."

The prefect looked at his right-hand man and couldn't help but gently blend his eyebrows.

"You've heard the rumors outside?"

The man in black nodded silently.

"What the hell is going on?"

The man in black was silent for a while, and then he spoke: "This rumor came suddenly, it was originally just from the mouths of beggars among the people at first, and before the subordinates had time to stop it, it had spread throughout the city in the past few days. The subordinates didn't expect that the wind blowing from this rumor would blow so fast, it was all a dereliction of duty by the subordinates, please punish the adults! ”

The man in black knelt on the ground and bowed his head at the prefect.

The prefect sighed, waved his hand at the black-clothed man on the ground, and said, "If I punish you now, there will really be no one who can use it under the lord's hand." No one would have imagined that such a thing would have happened, and it would have come to an end, and even punishing you would not help. What's more, since this kind of thing is manipulated behind the scenes, you alone can't cut off the rumors. You just said that these rumors came from the mouths of beggars? But what did you find? ”

The man in black always lowered his head, and when he heard the prefect's question, he replied: "Lord Hui, those beggars, the subordinates also sent people to investigate, and in the end only one was caught, but he didn't know anything at all, only said that someone gave him silver taels and asked him to spread the news, and he didn't know who did it at all." The person who started it, I am afraid that it also took into account this layer, those beggars need silver taels, and for money, they can do everything, so they choose to start from them. ”

Such news is definitely not good news for the prefect.

The person behind the curtain is so deep in his mind, what is he doing such a move for? The prefect doesn't remember that he has provoked anyone.

It's better to say that I've been unlucky all the time recently, and I haven't paid attention to these things at all. According to his usual style, he won't be so remembered, right?

The prefect admits that he has done a good job on the surface for the sake of his reputation and image on weekdays. Otherwise, how could even the people in his house not know what he was doing behind his back?

However, the prefect was originally deep-minded, and the people who really knew his secrets were only known by his own henchmen who had trained him and worked for him.

Even if it is his own people, the prefect will not casually hand over his back to others, after all, the risk of such an approach is really too great. The most fundamental reason is that he will not trust anyone easily.

"You find more people and try to suppress this rumor, Lord Ben will definitely not be deterred by these groundless rumors, no matter what the intentions of the person behind the scenes, Lord Ben will not be easily bullied like this. Otherwise, wouldn't it make people laugh out of their big teeth? ”

The prefect snorted coldly, and there was a hint of disdain in his eyes. Let's not talk about the people behind the scenes using such methods, is it possible to really think that his prefect is so easy to bully? If that were the case, he wouldn't have come to this position today, let alone stay in this position for so long.

In his heart, the prefect didn't really take this matter to heart. While some of those rumors are true, others are just exaggerations.

After a while, who cares about these things. Rumors are the kind of things that life is the shortest, and as long as something else happens, it will naturally be covered up soon.

When the man in black heard the prefect say this, he moved his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw the look of the prefect, he still didn't speak.

That's it, at this juncture, there is no need to be strong and continue to block adults at this time.

He just found more people and suppressed the rumors.

Therefore, the subordinate responded respectfully and did not say much.

The prefect remembered something, he wanted to take a sip of tea, but remembered that his own teacup had been thrown out in a fit of rage, and he withdrew his hand stupidly.

"What's going on with that?"

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the man in black understood what the prefect was referring to.

"Lord Hui, those two people, their subordinates have not contacted anyone so far, according to their previous actions, they will not do treacherous things, and the people of Jianghu value this the most. The only possibility is that they might have been caught. ”

"Bang-"

"How can it be!"

When the prefect heard this, his beard curled up angrily and slapped the table fiercely.