As soon as An Mingchen arrived in Jiangnan, Liu Runlian, the prefect of Jiangnan, personally came to greet him outside the city, and at night he was in the largest restaurant in Jiangnan to pick him up. An Mingchen went. During the banquet, Liu Runlian took Jiangnan officials to repeatedly set him, An Mingchen quietly resolved them one by one, and by the way, he also learned about some local situations, and after the banquet was dispersed, An Mingchen went back to the post house directly.

"Go and inquire about this Liu Runlian's reputation that day, and in addition, ask who she has been in contact with in the past few days."

Before coming to Jiangnan, An Mingchen inquired about the situation here, but at today's reception banquet, he always felt that something was wrong, especially this Liu Runlian, who secretly set her up again and again, so blatantly, it can be seen that the official position behind her must be above her.

And the Manchu Dynasty knows that he is a minister appointed by the emperor, even if they have any dissatisfaction in their hearts, they will hide it a little, like him is as straightforward and fearless, except for having a backer behind him and being instructed by others, he can't think of any other answer.

The person sent soon got the news, "Returning to my lordship, Lord Liu's reputation in the Jiangnan area is average, but he is not the kind of heinous official. ”

"Heinous? Do you know what kind of official is considered heinous? An Mingchen turned his head and glanced at the guard, "If you don't look at anything else, let's just say that from the time the flood happened to the present, Liu Runlian has done nothing, and you can see that he is not a good official." If he had done a little bit in the first place, the people would not have suffered so many sins. ”

"But isn't this a natural disaster, what does this have to do with Lord Liu?" The guards were puzzled.

"Natural disasters are unpredictable, but many things after that Lord Liu can be completely controlled, but at what point did he do nothing, let things become like this, in this way, do you still think he is not a faint official?"

"This ......," the guard felt that what he said made sense, and after thinking about it, he stopped talking, "well, go on, and see who he has seen in the past two days." ”

"This subordinate has not found any clues for the time being." The guard bowed his head and finished speaking, not speaking. An Mingchen seemed to have expected this, and waved his hand after a moment of silence, "Okay, you go down first." ”

On the second day, An Mingchen personally took people to a nearby village to take a look around and found that the flood was even more serious than he thought, many houses were flooded, and now the people can only sleep outside, and if it rains again, they can only be drenched like this.

There are also some people, hungry with yellow faces and thin muscles, and at a glance, a pair of big eyes are terrifying. Near noon, back at the post station, An Mingchen had no appetite at all, thinking that Lord Liu was still taking him with big fish and meat yesterday, but the people were living like this, how could he think about it.

Originally, he wanted to learn more about the situation here and then go to see Lord Liu, but after a morning, he changed his mind. I couldn't wait to come over, and I went directly to the county office at noon. Lord Liu was eating in the backyard, and when he heard that he was coming, he frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Mrs. Liu didn't know why, "What is the expression of the master, is this minister of the Qin mission making trouble for the master?" ”

"Hmph, why does he need to make trouble for this official, in the eyes of this official, he is a trouble." Master Liu glanced at the food on the table, put down his chopsticks and went to the front hall. An Mingchen was drinking tea at the table, and when he saw her come in, he got up and smiled apologetically, "I have disturbed Lord Liu by coming here at this time." ”

"Lord An is polite, I don't know what Lord An is coming over at this time?"

An Mingchen glanced at him, didn't beat around the bush, and directly told the morning story, "As far as this official knows, Jiangnan did have a bad flood this time, but when Lord Liu reported to the court, he didn't say that the flood was so serious, and Lord Liu didn't know that it was a felony if he didn't report it?" 》”

The voice was calm and unwavering, but Lord Liu could hear the dissatisfaction in his words. Lord Liu didn't expect him to find out about this so quickly, and quickly thought about how to explain it, but An Mingchen didn't give him this opportunity, "If this official is not mistaken, the imperial court has already allocated disaster relief food once before this official came, why did this official ask the disaster victims, they said that they had not heard of it, and they didn't know where the disaster relief food was now?" ”

"What relief food?" Lord Liu's face changed slightly, "They are simply slandering their own officials, as soon as the relief food from the imperial court arrived, the lower officials sent it to the victims for the first time." However, at that time, they kept shouting that there was too little food, probably because they were dissatisfied and deliberately said so. ”

"Really?" An Mingchen looked incredulous, "Lord Liu has been in Jiangnan Cognitive Prefecture for almost three years, is the relationship with the people so unfamiliar for such a long time, so that they don't care about the lives of adults for a little food, so that the adults have really failed in the past three years." ”

"Lord An has always been with the emperor, and he has never been a magistrate, so how can I know the suffering of magistrates. We, the magistrates, have done a thousand good deeds for the people, and we are not worth not doing a single thing that does not go along with them. Now they have nothing to say to the official, as long as Lord An believes in the official, the official will be content. ”

"Lord Liu said with a smile, this official only came to Jiangnan today, although he is an official in the same dynasty as Lord Liu, but today is also the first time to meet, it is too early to talk about trust." An Mingchen saw that he was thoughtful and cautious, although he knew that he was not telling the truth, he couldn't find a flaw, and after a while, he got up and said goodbye. After Lord Liu sent her away, he turned around and made a big fuss, "This An Mingchen really takes himself seriously, he just wanted to find the fault of the official, and the official saw that he wanted to show that he wanted to go crazy." ”

"What are you going to do next?" The master asked. The eyes are full of calculations. Lord Liu glanced at her and then smiled, "What should I do, naturally let her see the power of this official." Otherwise, he doesn't even remember who has the final say here. ”

"What the adults said is very true, and the subordinates will arrange it." The master understood, turned around and walked out of the hall, obviously they did not do this once or twice, after the master came out, he found a servant to whisper in his ear for a while, and then the servant left the yamen.

That night, the Assassins arrived at the inn. An Mingchen seemed to have expected it a long time ago, lying motionless on the bed, but his ears kept listening to the movement outside the window, at this time, the window was pushed open, and then a black shadow turned over and entered the room.

It's just that as soon as the man in black landed, the sword was on his neck. Seeing this, An Mingchen got up and walked up to him, and pulled off the black cloth on his face, "Go back and tell your master that this official didn't come to Jiangnan this time to go through the motions, so that he has time to be careful, it's better to think about how to explain what he has done." After saying that, he gave the guard a look, and the guard picked up the dagger and quickly stabbed the man in black in the shoulder, and after stabbing him, he pulled the man in black and left the room.

Soon the courtyard was quiet, and An Mingchen lay on the bed and slept. This night, you should be able to sleep peacefully.

The master sent the person came back, and was seriously injured, the master saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly took the man in black to the yamen regardless of the hour, Lord Liu was holding the concubine and lingering, when he heard the next person coming to report, he pushed the beauty away unhappily, and walked out while getting dressed, his face was gloomy, and he looked like he was about to get angry at any time.

"Say, what's wrong, it's the middle of the night, what's the important thing that must be said now?"

"My lord, it's not good." The master pulled the man in black forward, "All the people sent by his subordinates just now were killed, and the only one left was Lord An who specially let him come back to pass the word to the adult." ”

"What?" Lord Liu turned his head to look to the side, only to see that the shoulders of the man in black were covered with blood stains, and he didn't know what he was thinking when he lowered his head at this time. Lord Liu was already in a bad mood, and when he heard this, he only felt that a wave of anger surged up in his heart instantly, and he turned around and stepped forward and put a foot on the man in black, "What are you doing in a daze, don't tell you what you know quickly." ”

"Yes." The man in black came back to his senses, lay on the ground, and said An Mingchen's words word for word. After hearing this, Lord Liu was a little flustered, but it was only for a moment, and he quickly returned to normal, "Useless things, such a trivial thing can't be done, what are you doing here, get out." ”

After the man in black left, Lord Liu walked around the room with his arms behind his back, and when the master saw this, he stepped forward and asked, "My lord, what should we do next?" ”

"What to do, what to do, you know what to do, if the official can figure out everything by himself, what does the official want you to do." Lord Liu said a few words to the master in an unkind tone, the master paused slightly, and then said, "My lord is angry, in fact, we didn't get nothing tonight, at least we know that this An Mingchen is not easy to deal with, and next time we want to do it, we will be more cautious." ”

"Hmph, what this official wants is not to be cautious, don't forget the above meaning, this An Mingchen must not be kept." Lord Liu directly said the decision, and the master glanced at him for a moment and nodded.

On the second day, Lord Liu came to the post house in person, An Mingchen was drinking tea in the pavilion, and when he heard his subordinates, he looked up at the direction of the door. I thought to myself, even if he didn't come today, he would go to him. After a while, Master Liu came over with his master.

"Lord An, I heard that there were assassins in the post house yesterday, I wonder if you were frightened or injured?" Lord Liu looked worried, if An Mingchen didn't know the truth, he would definitely think that Lord Liu really cared about her, but unfortunately, he knew everything, and he knew what he was doing this for.

"Thank you Lord Liu for your concern, this official is very good." Playing with the teacup, he glanced to the side, "What is Lord Liu doing standing, come and sit." ”

"The official has been thinking about what Lord An said yesterday for a long time, but the flooding in Jiangnan is serious, and he can't find so much food for a while, and the official liquor shop wants to help these victims but is also powerless, and the lower official heard that Lord An's father-in-law is a businessman, with a lot of money, and there are many grain shops under his name, I don't know if Lord An can make a modest contribution to the victims in Jiangnan."

He hadn't calculated him yet, he actually took the initiative to come to the door to calculate him. An Mingchen sneered twice in his heart, and then looked up at Lord Liu.

"Don't Lord Liu know that a large part of the last disaster relief food was donated by the Huangfu family? The Huangfu family has just donated a large amount of food and silver, and you immediately want them to donate a second one, do you think they are wronged? ”

"This ......" Lord Liu really doesn't know this, "the lower official lost his words, and please don't blame the lord." ”

"Those who don't know are not guilty, since Lord Liu doesn't know anything, this official naturally won't blame you. It's just that some officials still have to remind Lord Liu that as the prefect of Jiangnan, it's not a good thing that your news is so closed. In addition, there are also many wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, so there is no way to raise some food in Jiangnan all these years? ”

"This ...... This official has also considered this before, and once asked those merchants to talk about this problem, but they either looked for this reason or that reason, and in the end they didn't donate many snacks. Lord Liu looked embarrassed. An Mingchen didn't believe his words.

Lord Liu is the prefect of Jiangnan, since it is too late for the merchants to tie up with the government, how can they avoid it when the government asks for it, are they not afraid of the government's retaliation, in addition, this Lord Liu is a shrewd and experienced person no matter how she looks at it, she doesn't believe that he really can't think of a way, unless, he himself doesn't want to think of a way at all......