looked at An Huahao with satisfaction, this young man was heroic, and he looked very similar to Wei Guogong on the side, and then recalled Wei Guogong's vague attitude at that time, where did Zhu Haoran not understand.

Looking at An Huahao's eyes, there was a trace of sympathy, he was also the heir of Wei Guogong, a few brocade clothes and jade food in the capital, and the scenery was infinite.

And this child, who is struggling to survive in the countryside, can also be admitted to Xiucai with his own ability, and is really a poor man's child!

Thinking like this, Zhu Haoran's defensiveness against An Huahao suddenly dissipated, and he had the idea of promoting him.

Zhu Haoran asked some more questions, how to deal with those subordinates in the county government, as well as the little people around Gao Jin, Mei Changan, and others.

An Huahao has been thinking about it, and when he heard Zhu Haoran ask, he only talked about the law and didn't say a word else.

was so calm, Zhu Haoran saw it in his eyes, and his thoughts became more and more keen.

Zhu Haoran belongs to the Qingliu among the Wenchen in the court, and his family background is not good since he was a child.

Nowadays, the emperor takes a fancy to the Qingliu civil officials and gives them important responsibilities, but slightly suppresses the old magnates.

The resources in the hands of the powerful are abundant, that is, the court and the center, and their number is also large.

The emperor now feels that the magnates have too much power to speak, and he has long wanted to divide the rights of the magnates, so over the years, he has actively supported these newcomers who have come out of the imperial examination, selected suitable ones, and sent them to various places to exercise, and slowly promoted.

And Zhu Haoran is the leader of the civil official Qingliu who was given a heavy responsibility by the emperor.

In order to be able to confront the elite group, Zhu Haoran has always been soft and straight, and his waist is straight, and he is very coquettish.

At this moment, seeing that An Huahao is a talent that can be created, coupled with pity for his life experience, and thinking of An Huahao's life-saving grace, I also mentioned two more sentences, let An Huahao read more, read more, and strive to participate in this year's township examination to see his level, no, I can introduce him to a teacher or something. Don't let external forces affect your mood or anything.

An Huahao naturally thanked him and didn't mention it.

After saying this, Zhu Haoran listed the punishments for Gao Jin and others that had been written long ago on the paper.

He handed the piece of paper to An Huahao and motioned for him to look at it.

An Huahao quickly looked down from the beginning, and saw that the arrangement was that Gao Jin, as an official of the imperial court, did not know how to serve the court and serve the country, but colluded with the local heroes and powers, and was embarrassed, and he would be directly removed from the post of county commander, temporarily imprisoned in the prison, and waiting for Zhu Haoran all the way to be escorted back to Beijing for retrial.

Those local tycoons who owned private mines, who had been the party for so many years, have now been swept away, all family property has been confiscated, and men are imprisoned, waiting for them except for guillotines and exiles in foreign lands.

As for Gao Jin's family, his wife Xia is Zhu Haoran

The niece of the boss, Zhu Haoran doesn't dare to offend the top boss now.

Zhu Haoran asked Xia and her two children to be locked in a small room alone, and three meals a day were delivered.

No one dared to bully the three of them, and it could be regarded as an explanation to their boss.

As for Gao Jin's aunt and subordinates, there are nearly 100 of these people registered, and the subordinates allow their families to redeem and buy them home, of course, Gao Jin's personal servants and other servants were directly locked up with Gao Jin and tried in Beijing at a later date.

As for the aunts, they were directly used as official slaves, waiting for the official people to take them away and then sell them.

Gao Jin's subordinates, such as Mei Chang'an and the like, were involved in private mines, and those with merit were removed from their fame, and those without merit were directly marked with a few boards and driven home.

As soon as Mei Changan heard that he was going to get rid of his fame and make a plank, he immediately took the initiative to shout that he wanted to confess and make meritorious service.

shook all the things he knew about Gao Jin and them, and cried that his daughter was robbed by Gao Jin as a concubine......

Gao Jin was brought over to confront him, and when he heard this, his eyes were red.

People are at the end of the road, they are in a hurry, what can't they say?

The two demolished each other in front of Zhu Haoran, but they sold those heroes completely.

Therefore, barely Mei Changan can be regarded as making a small contribution, and Zhu Haoran also removed his reputation for showing off his talents, and he will not be able to participate in the imperial examination for life.

After listening to the verdict against him, Mei Changan said in disbelief: "Impossible! I've made a meritorious service! I've made a meritorious service! ”

Seeing this, Gao Jin was very happy, and couldn't help but say: "The reason is clear, and the retribution is not happy!" Mei Changan, you despicable and shameless villain! And it should fall to such a point! He thinks that in addition to his love of beauty, he also takes care of his subordinates.

For Mei Changan, the most unacceptable thing for Gao Jin is that he was bitten back, for Gao Jin, the ending is already doomed, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation if there are more crimes and fewer crimes.

But being betrayed by his own henchmen was a great shame for him.

Seeing Mei Changan like this at this moment, the evil breath in his heart finally came out.

Mei Changan was charged with roaring in court, and after being dragged down and beaten with ten boards, he was thrown at the gate of the county office.

An Huahao looked at these verdicts, and finally showed a little relief in his eyes.

Gao Jin is finished!

Mei Changan's life is over! He was deprived of the most proud talent fame, and later fell to the same as those people he looked down on the most, in order to live, he had to struggle in the world, for people like Mei Changan, this is the most cruel!

Xiaotong will be satisfied if she thinks about it.

Thinking like this, An Huahao couldn't sit still, the matter was over, and he had to go back and tell Xiaotong the good news.

So he got up and said goodbye to Zhu Haoran.

Zhu Haoran did not stay in vain, and only told An Huahao that after he went back, he should also study well, if there is anything he doesn't understand, he can write a letter to him and something like that, and he also gave him a name post, instructing him that if he arrives in the capital, he must let him know and so on.

An Huahao thanked him, and after receiving the post, he was sent home by Zhu Haoran.

With him home, there were several boxes of thank-you gifts.

Seeing that An Huahao was back, everyone gathered around, and they couldn't go out for a few days, and they all wanted to hear what the situation was outside.

An Huahao briefly explained the fate of Mei Changan and Gao Jin, not to mention others, Mei Changgui breathed a sigh of relief first, although Mei Changan was hopelessly bad, but he was also a brother of a fellow mother, and he was fortunate to be able to stay here, as for the removal of fame or something, for Mei Changgui, that thing is useless except for a little silver rice a year.

Mei Changqing frowned, but he felt that Mei Chang'an was cheap, he killed his father, and almost killed his sister, but he just lost his fame, he was too cheap, right?

Mrs. Li's face was full of displeasure: "That beast killed his father, and he was involved in that mine, but he was not imprisoned for ten or eight years?" ”

Isn't this scientific?

An Huahao had to patiently explain: "The matter of harming my father-in-law has no basis for his words, and he will bite the bullet and refuse to admit it when the time comes, and there is no way." As for his involvement in private mines, because his participation was still short, he didn't know many things, but he escaped a catastrophe. Not to mention, he also bit Gao Jin in the spot, pulled out a lot of things that Lord Zhu didn't know, and completely implemented the charges of Gao Jin and those local snakes. ”

"It's barely a meritorious service! Besides, this stripped away the fame, Mei Changan will be a flat-headed common man in the future, in order to get out, he bit those local snakes, and I am afraid that the future will be sad. ”

As soon as she said this, Mrs. Li, Mei Xiaotong and Mei Changqing immediately understood.

"Then we can go home now, right?" When Mrs. Li saw that the matter was resolved, she immediately returned to her heart like an arrow.

The main thing is that Mei Zhongzhong's coffin is still parked in Yizhuang, although the weather is cold now, and ice is used, it can still be maintained.

But it's been a long time, and it's not like words.

But looking at An Huahao's leg still tied with a splint, Mrs. Li hesitated again, this son-in-law's leg is a big deal, don't delay it because of the hurry.

"My leg is fine, and I can't get tired from the boat ride. Mother is right, let's pack up today and go back to Lingshan Village early tomorrow morning. An Huahao didn't want to stay in Qicheng, this place didn't leave any good memories for him, especially now that it was an eventful time, don't look at Zhu Haoran's polite courtesy to him now, but after all, he is bowing his head to others, so he has to be careful.

When the Mei brothers heard that they could finally go home, they couldn't help but smile and went back to pack their luggage.

Mei Xiaotong hugged An Huahao and slowly returned to the room.

There were several boxes piled up in the room, all of which were Zhu Haoran's thank you gifts.

Mei Xiaotong opened a box at random, which was full of silk and satin, and in the other boxes, there were books, a few antiquities, calligraphy and paintings, and the last box, which contained five hundred taels of silver tickets in a box.

"This Zhu Haoran's thank you gift is quite attentive." After Mei Xiaotong finished flipping through it, she pointed to the box of books.

Sending silver, silk and silk and antiquities calligraphy and paintings are all secondary, and a box of books is the embodiment of Zhu Haoran's attitude.

An Huahao narrowed his eyes: "I have followed him these days and listened to his tone, and now the emperor seems to be impatient with those powerful people who followed Taizu to fight the world and were rewarded heavily." Over the years, the emperor has repeatedly opened Enke and promoted new people, just to take power away from the powerful. ”

"This Lord Zhu is a benchmark set by the emperor for scholars in the world, and there is already a group of scholars around him, who are loyal to the emperor and can resist the powerful. Lord Zhu treated me so politely, just because he wanted me to be used by him. “

"I'm just a showman now, and I can't help much, so he urged me to take the township exam, and gave me a name card to let me go to the capital. It's all for the future, and I may be able to help him. Of course, this is also the means they are used to, seeing a good seedling, giving grace and investing a little, but once there is a return, the return can be very high! Who wouldn't want to? At the end, An Huahao smiled sarcastically.

Not only is he not stupid, but he is also particularly keen, Zhu Haoran looks gentle and elegant, but he can go from a new science detective with no background to the position of the emperor's henchman step by step, if he is really a gentleman-like character, can he have today?

There are so many champions and tanhua every year, is it really that he is not as good as him in learning, or is he not as good as he is in appearance?

It's just that the scheming means are not as good.

After saving his life desperately, he didn't make Zhu Haoran less suspicious, but he was only afraid that he was using a bitter trick.

To this day, I am still testing whether I am honest with him.

After revealing his life experience and inventory, he felt Zhu Haoran's relaxation.

Being able to give yourself a name post, this is a preliminary belief in yourself, and you fancy your own ability, and it is also a signal to yourself, if you want to go further, then you must seize this opportunity.

An Huahao is in a hurry to return to Lingshan Village at the moment and leave this place of right and wrong, but also to reassure Zhu Haoran, so as not to misunderstand his relationship with Song Hong, he is still young, without any foundation, and his strength is meager, if he does not avoid suspicion at this moment, he will be involved in the two of them, or in the middle of the two power circles, I am afraid that the first one will become cannon fodder.

He wants to be strong, he wants to be able to protect his beloved woman and family, but he won't blindly get on any boat.

Mei Xiaotong naturally knows this truth, now Qicheng is Zhu Haoran's stage, maybe there is something behind them, they

It's just ordinary people, when they don't have the ability to control or participate, they still stay away.

Early the next morning, Mei Changqing had already negotiated a boat by the dock and gave enough money before people were willing to take the coffin on the road.

The family got on the boat and looked back at Qicheng, only to feel embarrassed.

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Let's say that after Mei Changan was beaten and thrown out of the county office, fortunately, there are not many people on the street now, especially there are soldiers guarding the gate of the county office, and few people dare to wander on the street.

Mei Changan's body hurts, and his heart hurts even more.

Lying on the street, he is so embarrassed that he is not even as good as a beggar.

Although there was no one, Mei Changan still felt that his face had been ripped off, he was ashamed, anxious and desperate, he didn't come up in one breath, and he fainted.

When Mei Changan woke up again, he was already lying on the kang, and the place where he was injured by the board should have been medicated, which was cool and cool, and it was no longer the pain of burning his heart.

Turning his head to look around, he saw Qian lying on the kang table asleep, his hair was unkempt, his face was haggard, and there were a few tears on his face.

Qian has always attached great importance to his image, and when he appeared in front of Mei Changan, his hair was always combed smooth and smooth, his clothes were clean and neat, and the fat powder on his face was suitable.

Suddenly seeing Qian's appearance, Mei Changan was a little unaccustomed to it for a while.

I opened my mouth to speak, but I opened my mouth only to find that my throat was sore and dry, and when I wanted to speak, it hurt so much that I couldn't do it.

had to give up, Mei Changan stretched out his hand to wake up Qian, but as soon as his body moved, there was a sharp pain in the injury, which made his eyes glow, and the cold sweat soaked his underwear all at once.

I couldn't help but snort.

Fortunately, his little movement quickly woke up the vigilant Qian family, stretched out his hand and smoothed his hair casually, and looked at Mei Changan.

Mei Changan opened his mouth to make a mouth shape to drink water, Qian has served Mei Changan for many years, so he naturally understands him, and he knows it with one look

asked what he wanted, poured him a glass of warm water, helped him half-lift up, and drank the water.

After a glass of water, Mei Changan felt that his throat was more comfortable, and he could barely make a sound.

"How did I get back?"

Qian's nose was sour, and tears dripped down: "Official, you can be regarded as awake!" What the hell is going on? How could you get hit the board? What about the high county order? Did you really get caught? How's our golden hairpin doing now? ”

In the past few days, the life of Qian and her father and mother has been really difficult, first, they are worried and afraid of Mei Changan, and secondly, they are worried about whether Jin Hai will be implicated, so worried that they can't eat or sleep.

I wanted to inquire, but as soon as I got out of the courtyard gate, before I got out of the alley, I could see officers and soldiers walking around with knives on their shoulders, and they dared to continue, so they had to go home quietly.

It's not easy

Yi, after waiting for three days, some bold people went out to see, and found that the officers and soldiers were gone, so everyone tried to go out.

The Qian family was weak-hearted, and when everyone went out, they tentatively went out secretly, thinking of going to the county government to see what the situation was.

Now there are three people in the Qian family, and there is only one man in charge of the money, so they have to bite the bullet, and when they arrive at a street across the county office, they see that the gate of the county government is still guarded by officers and soldiers, where do they dare to go out.

After a long time, it was not until noon that I saw Mei Changan's clothes torn from the beating, and his back was thrown out of the county office with a blur of flesh and blood.

Lying at the gate of the county government office, he didn't move.

There was no way, the money shopkeeper gritted his teeth, strengthened his courage, and stepped forward to ask the officers and soldiers if they could take Mei Changan away.

The soldiers had long been disgusted with Mei Chang'an staying at the door, so they only waved their hands and motioned for the money shopkeeper to drag people away, so they didn't mind.

The money shopkeeper wasted the strength of the old nose, so Mei Changan dragged him home and asked for a doctor, and now this doctor is not enough, it is said that they are all invited to the county government to treat the injured officers and soldiers or prisoners.

This time the officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed, and they were fiercely resisted by the head snakes, and they also knew that Hengzhi was a death, so the army brought by Zhu Haoran was also injured.

There are not enough military doctors, so they have to requisition civilian doctors.

Where did the shopkeeper dare to complain, so he had to say that he bought two bottles of the medicine for stick sores in the shop, and went back to ask the Qian family to apply it to Mei Changan, whether he lived or died depended on the destiny of heaven.

Mei Changan is also a hard fortune teller, and he began to have a fever at night, and he didn't know who was burning, and Qian's eyes were about to cry blind, and now Jin Hai didn't know what the situation was, if there was another good pillar in the family, it would really be impossible to live.

In the second half of the night, there was no way, Qian still vaguely remembered that once, Jin Hai returned to Lingshan Village and had a fever at night, and the old doctor Liu in the next village went out again.

(End of chapter)