When Xiao Lanhuan rushed to the prefect's yamen with Chang Lin, Zhou Qingnian was busy dealing with various miscellaneous matters, and there was an incident in Hangzhou where the cult members tried to kidnap the young son of the queen mother and the younger brother of the emperor, Xiao Lanwei, the young son of the emperor, and it was also connected with the matter of Xiao Zhaowen, the former king of Yu, seizing the heir. One is not careful, he, the official of Hangzhou's parents, is demoted to a small ministry, and the dismissal of the official asks for a big crime.

Now that the matter has been reported to Beijing with an expedited report of 800 li, I think that the Holy Lord will soon send someone to take over the matter. Before the arrival of the Qincha, Hangzhou could not afford to lose.

So in the past few days, he has been going around like a spinning top, and today he has ordered the guards at the city gate to intensify the investigation of people entering and leaving, etc., and if there are any suspicious persons, they will all be taken down; Tomorrow, the government officials will be ordered to increase patrols, and those who pick quarrels and provoke troubles and fights during this period will be strictly dealt with.

It is also necessary to send orders to the county government to strictly prevent people from believing rumors and spreading rumors, causing panic and causing further incidents.

When he heard the news of Xiao Lanhuan's visit, Zhou Qingnian was preparing to entertain the famous merchants in Hangzhou who had been invited by him, and wanted to talk to the merchants, so that they could not take this opportunity to speculate on the prices of rice, flour, cloth, oil, salt, meat, and other people's necessities, and that when the Qincha arrived, the prices of Hangzhou would be stable and the people would live in peace.

Hearing the report of the errand officer, Zhou Qingnian couldn't help but have a headache, now the situation in Hangzhou is more or less related to King Xiaoyao, but this little ancestor is still like no one. asked him to temporarily reside in the government and be protected by the officials, but he did not listen; Ask him to take the soldiers sent by Commander Wu to protect him, and don't do it. Only nested in the Mufu guest house, with only the guard Chang Lin.

Now that he heard that Xiao Lanhuan came to the prefect's yamen with Chang Lin again, Zhou Qingnian couldn't help but want to carry Xiao Lanhuan and ask him what he wanted to do, he didn't think that Xiao Lanhuan had changed his mind and wanted to come to the prefect's yamen for a while, but he was afraid that there was something else. Zhou Qingnian muttered, but hurriedly pushed away other things and went to the door of the government to greet him in person.

I saw Xiao Lanhuan with his back to the gate of the palace, wearing a blue brocade robe, at first glance there were no tricks, only with gold thread rolled thinly, but in the sun, there was a pattern looming, a closer look will show that it is embroidered with a fine and dense pattern of the same color silk thread, which is more low-key and luxurious, with Xiao Lanhuan's figure and bearing, people can't help but praise: What a beautiful son!

Chang Lin beside him was still in a black suit, holding a sword in his arms, and he looked like he was not close to anyone.

"Xiaguan see the prince." Zhou Qingnian stepped forward to greet him. Xiao Lanwei heard this, and turned around, "Governor Zhou doesn't need to be polite. While helping Zhou Qingnian.

Zhou Qingnian stood up, and still asked for sin: "I don't know that the prince is coming, the lower officials have not come to greet him, it is the lower officials' rudeness, and I ask the prince to forgive me." ”

"It's none of Lord Zhou's business, it's Xiao Wang who didn't say hello and came uninvited." Xiao Lanwei sighed faintly, "It's just that even Xiao Wang didn't know that he would come to the door at this time, so it's not good to inform Lord Zhou." But there is no way, a large group of people are shouting and shouting to kill, they want to dip me into a pig cage as a wild man, if I don't run away, I will die, think about it, or Lord Zhou, you are safer here, so I came uninvited. ”

As soon as Zhou Qingnian heard this, he knew that it was not good, and looking at Xiao Lan's smiling face, Zhou Qingnian's heart was even more like a drum. However, he had to press his heart, barely pulled out a smile, and whispered to Xiao Lanwei: "There are many people here, I am afraid of colliding with the prince, and I also ask the prince to please, if you have anything to say, let's sit down and talk slowly."

As he spoke, he personally led the way, led Xiao Lanwei into the main hall and sat down, and ordered tea. Zhou Qingnian was about to ask Xiao Lanhuan about what he had said before, when he heard the messenger come to report again, and someone from the Mu Mansion came to report to the official on the order of his master Mu Qingling.

Before Zhou Qingnian could answer, he heard Xiao Lanwei speak: "This is a coincidence, it seems that this other bitter master has also come to invite Lord Zhou, the parent official, to call the shots, since this is the case, let people come in, Lord Zhou of the province listened twice, Lord Zhou was busy with official business, and he did not dare to delay Lord Zhou's time." ”

Zhou Qingnian knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to be good, so he said that he did not dare, and on the other hand, he asked people to bring in the subordinates of Mufu. It was a young man of about twenty years of age, with a simple face and dark skin. As soon as he saw Zhou Qingnian, he knelt down and said goodbye, "The villain greets Lord Zhou, the villain is a subordinate of the former governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Mu Lao's mansion, and he came to report the case on the order of the master." ”

Then let's talk about today's events one by one, even with Zhou Qingnian's self-cultivation as an official for many years, after listening to what the people of Mufu said, he couldn't help but slap the table. I saw Zhou Qingnian knock over the tea cup on the table to the ground, and scolded angrily, "How can this be reasonable!"

It was easy to suppress the tumbling anger in his heart, and Zhou Qingnian said to Xiao Lanyu: "The lower official has lost his honor, and I ask the prince to forgive me." "And let people come forward to clean up the debris on the ground.

Xiao Lanhuan waved his hand and said: "Lord Zhou is a man of temperament, as a local parent official, when he heard such a bold and reckless thing, he was angry for a while, how can this king blame him." ”

In fact, it's no wonder that Zhou Qingnian is so angry, it's really one by one, and Zhou Qingnian has saved a fire in his heart, but it just came out at this time.

Zhou Qingnian was young in high school, and then worshiped under Mu Jiangxuan, all the way to the official fortune, was in the prime of life on the official residence of Hangzhou prefect, he went to the pavilion to pay respects to the prime minister is also known, but at this time the teacher died, first, the two teachers and students are not shallow, Zhou Qingnian is sad, and secondly, Zhou Qingnian's backstage is gone, and he has to work under the new governor, which is better than the teacher as the boss.

Later, Yu Wenyuan, the son of Jingyong, sent his teacher's only daughter Mu Qingling back to Hangzhou for the funeral, Zhou Qingnian took advantage of the funeral to talk to Yu Wenyuan, and Xiao Lanhuan, the king of freedom, gave a disciple salute to Mu Jiangxuan, Zhou Qingnian, as Mu Jiangxuan's descendant, could naturally get benefits from both parties.

It's a pity that because of the weak interest of the Mu family, now only Mu Qingling is left, and some people have repeatedly caused trouble for money. Zhou Qingnian naturally couldn't let them succeed, you must know that teachers and students in the officialdom are like father and son, and now Mu Jiangxuan's bones are not cold, if he lets Mu's only daughter be bullied under his nose, then he can't do it as a prefect. First, I am sorry for Mu Jiangxuan's cultivation and care under Jiuquan for many years, and secondly, I can't even take care of my teacher's only daughter, which hinders his official reputation, and will also make Jingyong Mansion and King Xiaoyao dissatisfied.

Later, there was a cult and a traitor, and the King of Xiaoyao almost had an accident in his realm, which made him almost lose his gray hair, and now he is worried about the court's handling of this matter, whether he will be dissatisfied with him, and will remove him from his post to investigate, and on the other hand, he has to maintain the law and order in Hangzhou, and he will not repeat the incident before the arrival of the Qin Mission.

Unexpectedly, at this juncture, the Mu clan actually made trouble again, and accused Mu Qingling of having an affair with Xiao Lan.

Yu Private, he is Mu Jiangxuan's protégé, so naturally he can't let Mu Qingling have an accident, let alone let Mu's lintel be smeared.

Yu Gong, with Xiao Lanwei's identity and grace, if he is dissatisfied with this matter, then his official career will really come to an end.

You must know that as a parent official, the most important duty is to educate the local people, in his territory, there were cults and traitors, and now there are people who want to force people to die in the name of adultery in the name of unmarried daughters because they are trying to embezzle property.

If adultery is true, and there are really people in Hangzhou who commit adultery during filial piety, then this matter is due to the ineffective education of Zhou Qingnian, the prefect of Hangzhou; If adultery is fake, then someone in Hangzhou wants to force people to die for embezzlement of property, and this matter is still his Hangzhou prefect Zhou Qingnian's ineffective education, and the Mu clan wants to force Mu Qingling to death, this is to force him to die Zhou Qingnian. Not to mention that the so-called adulterer is the King of Freedom.

Because of this, Zhou Qingnian was very angry, thinking of the rebirth of the Mu clan, Zhou Qingnian was also ruthless, and decided to severely punish the Mu clan. Immediately ordered people to order all the officials and go to Mufu to get people.

On the other side, in front of the Mu Mansion, the Wang family looked like a madman and wanted to enter the mansion to search. But Mu Qingling didn't pay attention to her at all, with Mu Qingling's identity, she could take care of everyone anywhere, and she would deal with Mu Qiwen who took the lead. And although Yunqiao has sharp teeth and sharp mouth, in the end, it is a big girl with yellow flowers, and the Wang family is a wild man, where can she take this.

At this time, the servant woman standing in front of Mu Qingling's left spoke, only to see that she was about forty years old, but her skin was white and beautiful. "Search? Shengdou Xiaomin, no knowledge. Not to mention that this is the residence of the official's dependents, even the official is not allowed to search at will. Even if this is a flat-headed people's house, you can't be searched by a thief. After all, if any random thing in our house is looted and lost, it is enough to sell it to all of you to pay for it. ”

The maid woman's family name is Du, known as the Du family, she is not an ordinary servant woman, but the dowry maid of Mu Qingling's mother Yu Ling, who grew up with Yu Ling since childhood, when Yu Ling was still in the boudoir, she served her, and entered the palace to receive the banquet during the New Year's Festival, and she also followed Yu Ling to see the queen mother and princess, and her knowledge was extraordinary. Later, he followed Yu Ling out of the cabinet and was matched with someone in Mufu. The two of them worked together as the confidant of the old lady of Mufu, who was the wife of the official eunuch in Hangzhou, and when they saw her, they had to call her Sister Du. It's just a Wang's family, and she doesn't care about it yet.

When Wang heard that this unknown woman actually called her a thief, he was mad. "I'm a thief? If I am a thief, then she Mu Qingling is a slut, a slut who commits adultery in filial piety. ”

As soon as Wang's words came out, not to mention Mu Qingling's reaction, Yunqiao became mad first. was about to open his mouth to scold Wang. I saw that the side of the Du family shook his head at her, signaling her to be calm. No matter how angry Yunqiao is, he can only endure it first, and everyone will deal with it.

The Du family said to the people of the Wang family and the Mu clan: "Since you have opened your mouth and shut up to slander the reputation of my girl, then I will discuss this theory with you." Let me ask you, what man do you keep saying, what is this man's name, where is he now, and how do you know it? ”

"What my son saw with his own eyes is in your house, and it is because he broke through their adultery that my son was harmed like this by that wild man." Thinking of his son's tragic situation, Wang hated to tear the dog man and woman into his belly.

"Oh? Our house? Then let me ask you again, why did your son come from our house? Was you invited by our house to be a guest? Or did you come by yourself with a prayer post? Or did you climb over the wall and enter the house to be a thief? It's a pity that people like you will not be invited by our house, and our house has not confiscated your worship posts and allowed you to come as guests. It seems that he is a thief, who will believe the nonsense of a thief who failed to steal and falsely accuse the owner? "No matter how crazy the Wang family is, everyone Du will never be in a hurry, and there is reason and evidence.

"I'll kill you!" The Wang family was so angry that he waved his two arms and rushed towards the Du family, looking like he wanted to hit the Du family, but unfortunately before he could rush in front of the Du family, he was stopped by the well-trained servants of the Mu Mansion.

Seeing the conflict recurring, but Mu Qingling was still unscathed, Mu Qiwen couldn't help but speak: "Anyway, since Mu Cai saw it, our Mu clan can't treat it as if nothing happened, and let you wander without shame." If you turn back in time and repent in front of the ancestors' spirits, my Mu clan can spare you and treat you lightly. If you die without repentance, then don't blame me for being unkind. ”

"You're welcome? I'd like to see how you're going to be polite! Mu Qingling was not afraid of Mu Qiwen's bluff at all.

"Then we'll have to go in and search." Mu Qiwen saw that Mu Qingling was soft and hard and didn't eat, and there was no other way, he only had human witnesses, if Mu Qingling refused to admit it, he couldn't help her for a while. Fortunately, after he inquired clearly, the man hid in Mu Mansion, as long as he went in and took down the man, Mu Qingling's charge of adultery and indecency was confirmed, and no one would investigate their forcible search.

"Let me go in and search for it." Mu Qiwen gave an order, and the people of the Mu clan who couldn't bear it immediately prepared to rush in. You must know that this Mufu is very rich, and when the time comes, just one thing will be enough for them to eat and drink.

However, Mufu is not easy to mess with, dozens of young and strong male servants with long sticks are neatly guarded at the door.

During the confrontation between the two sides, hundreds of well-trained errand officers dressed in errand clothes and armed with long knives ran over, led by a middle-aged man who shouted: "The prefect's yamen handles the case, and those who have nothing to do with it are avoided." Then he waved his hand, "Take down the people who gathered in front of him to make trouble." ”