Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Forces Behind It

Just as he is doing now.

Half a month ago, Gong Shiling was in the courtyard of his house, drinking wine and dangling to his father's study.

In the middle of the study was a desk, cluttered with some pieces of music submitted to the emperor.

Because the chapter must first be checked by the cabinet chief, and then select some of the more important ones and then submit them to the emperor for approval.

Gong Shiling drank wine, his eyes squinted in a group of disorganized movements, and he saw the urgent performance at a glance, "There is a serious disaster in Zhuji, Zhejiang and other places, and food and silver are needed for disaster relief." ”

Gong Shiling picked it up curiously, read and read, and slowly discovered the profitable places in it.

At first, he simply wanted to swallow the silver taels of disaster relief.

Just in case, he also came to Zhuji in person.

It's just that the people here are so uncomfortable.

The epidemic was everywhere, his face was yellow, like a zombie, dragging the corner of his clothes to beg for money. It's just dirty.

He kicked away the people who were pulling him by the corner of his clothes and begging for money.

However, since Gong Shiling swallowed the food and silver taels for disaster relief, the people of Zhuji have become more and more dissatisfied with the government, and there have been many riots.

The government could not suppress it at all, and the people even occupied the entire government as a temporary place to stay.

What's worse is that more and more refugees want to run out and go to other counties to beg or make a living.

He must not let these people get out.

Once they ran out, the fact that he had gotten rid of the relief money and food could not be concealed.

At that time, I happened to meet a troupe that was touring everywhere and wandered to Zhuji, just in time for the disaster and had no food.

He thought that it would be better to use this troupe to act in a play.

Since the government was no longer useful, he thought of the cult.

chose the most handsome character named Qinglian. borrowed a lotus character from his name and began to form this White Lotus Sect.

Gong Shiling really likes to see Qinglian's clear and handsome face.

What a lovely little baby, and he does things properly.

Gong Shiling is really happy these days, using the food used for disaster relief to earn more money in the hands of the people. The most important thing is that they willingly, without realizing that they were being fiddled with in the palm of his hand, and obediently handed over all their family property.

As for the one on the ground who was beaten into a pig's head, it was originally the county order of Zhuji.

The young master of his palace originally wanted to be merciful and share his piece of the pie, but who knew that this pig's head not only did not understand the world, but also wanted to secretly tell the truth.

This was not caught by him and beaten half to death.

Fan Xiancheng and Jiang Qianliang were still frantically bookkeeping outside, and the table was overturned early, and they were wiping their sweat while standing holding the account book in one hand and writing on the account book with the other.

In the back, it became more and more intense, and in the end, some people even fought to grab that little bit of food. Jiang Qianliang and Fan Xiancheng also accidentally received a few punches in the crowd, and their clothes were torn out of shape.

Until the last person had finished receiving the food and left, the rest of the people looked at the blank bag with nostalgia in their eyes.

Jiang Qianliang and Fan Xiancheng went to pick up the fallen table, also helped up the chair, collapsed and sat on it, and threw the ledger on the table.

I was so tired, it was like a battle.

Several young men in white finally dragged Fan Xiancheng and Jiang Qianliang, who were slumped in chairs, and "Go in and show the account book to the sect leader." ”

The two of them had no choice but to get up from the chair with their strength, Jiang Qianliang's eyes lit up, and he was about to blend in with the enemy.

He, an emperor, did not feel any danger of infiltrating the White Lotus Sect, but was eager to try.

The Sect Master had already stood up and greeted them at the door.

"Come, let me introduce you to a great benevolent master of our White Lotus Sect, and this grain is what he provided to us." As he spoke, he led the two of them to the inner hall.

"Young master, these are the two literate people I chose from today's disaster victims, I think this can help us keep accounts or something."

Gong Shiling didn't even raise her eyelids, looked at the slippery beauty in her hand affectionately, and ran her fingers along her delicate face.

The other stretched out, "Just give me the books, get out of here." ”

The sect leader took the booklet from the hands of the two of them and honestly put it in Gong Shiling's hands, "Yes, young master, then let's go down first." ”

and prostrate in the young master's ear

muttered softly, and glanced at Gong Shiling obliquely.

Gong Shiling smiled at Qinglian.

He winked and said he understood.

Qinglian quickly withdrew from the room with two people.

He still had to go to the young master's room early.

The sharp-eyed Fan Xiancheng made a big discovery before exiting the room, the person who knelt on the ground, his face was blue and purple and beaten like a pig's head, wasn't he the county master of Zhuji!

was beaten into such a ghost, no wonder he recognized it for a long time, and the curiosity in his heart became even better.

The county magistrate of Zhuji once served as the county magistrate of Hangzhou, and it is quite normal for the county to exchange jurisdictions between counties.

So Fan Xiancheng couldn't be more familiar with him, and this was also one of his old brothers.

The surname Ge, the name is the same as Zhou, he came to Hangzhou in his thirties, and worked with him for five or six years, and then because Hangzhou was going to have a new county order, he was transferred to Zhuji.

Fan Xiancheng and this Brother Ge were friends who mixed together every day at that time, and even gave each other a clumsy parting poem when they parted.

How could it be like this, Zhuji's muddy water is bigger than he imagined!

In fact, when the White Lotus Sect gathered together to shout the password before, he was already strange.

He and Brother Ge are also old acquaintances, otherwise they wouldn't have picked this side to see the disaster.

The previous sect leader said something, "The silver taels and grain for disaster relief have been withheld by the government. Fan Xiancheng was thinking, he had known Ge Tongzhou for so many years, and he didn't know that he could have such courage?

When he was in Hangzhou, although this old brother Ge advocated "rule by inaction", the main reason was that this old brother won the list very early, and he had been in the position of the county order, and he had no improvement, and he was a little lazy, otherwise he would not have become a friend of wine and meat with an old man like Fan Xiancheng.

Let him go to the bribes, give him ten dares, he will never be able to do it.

It seems that there must be a much larger force behind this than the county order, and Fan Xiancheng broke out in a cold sweat when he withdrew, which was also too exciting.