Su Zhiming's letter was like a timely rain, resolving the biggest contradiction in the palace.

also let Su Youyi's hanging heart go down.

She has been staying in the harem for the past three days, although the ministers of the previous dynasty did not dare to come to Kunning Palace, but her worries were not much more than Yuanzhi.

Fortunately, Su Zhiming came back from the message.

Chunhua and the others saw that she had a straight face for the past few days, and today finally had some happy colors, so they hurried to be funny, "The Queen Mother's mood is finally better today." Do you want to invite the concubines and them to come over to play sparrows or wipe dominoes, so that they can have fun together? ”

Su Youyi waved her hand, "It's not time to have fun yet." ”

Chunhua was surprised, "Didn't Lord Xiao Su say in his letter that the affairs of the old county had been properly disposed of, and that corrupt official Gou had also been arrested, and he was ready to be escorted back to the capital for the queen mother and the emperor to fall?" ”

Su Youyi shook her head, "Just a retreat can't set off such a big storm." There is a detail in this letter, but I am afraid that Yuanzhi has not seen it yet. ”

"What?"

Su Youyi said: "Zhiming's letter said that because the nameless swordsman reported in time, the situation in the old county was resolved quickly after he returned, and there were almost no casualties. But the person who sent the news back at the beginning said that the people of the old county had died a lot, which was obviously not right. ”

When Chunhua heard this, she said, "That's right." Even if there are many deaths, it should be after the incident, and it will only be the case if it is not properly resolved. Could it be that the person who came back to report would still be unpredictable? ”

She said it as if she was joking, but Su Youyi was suddenly enlightened, and she looked at Chunhua with a straight face, "It is impossible to predict the future." Unless someone deliberately arranged the accident in the old county, the many deaths of the people were also in his plan. There was a time lag when the news from the northwest reached the middle of the capital, and in order to seize the time difference, the person behind the scenes simply told what should have happened a few days later in advance. ”

"If this is the case, this person must not have expected to kill a nameless swordsman halfway, and accidentally informed Zhiming of this, and Zhiming quickly made a decision to turn the tide."

This man's scheming is terrifying.

She thought that a Qincha's status and a Shang Fang sword were enough to shock the four seas, making everyone who wanted to use their brains in the northwest disaster relief retreat and dare not move forward.

I didn't expect that there were still people who dared to commit crimes against the wind.

Under such circumstances, the person who can also command the four members of the Ministry of Household Affairs to retire is absolutely impossible to have a low official position.

Su Youyi narrowed her eyes slightly.

She had a vague guess, but it was too scary for her to believe it for a while......

It wasn't until two days later that the people sent by the imperial court to investigate the old county came back, and the truth was revealed.

"It did happen that the disaster relief money issued in the old county was recovered, and it happened two days after Lord Xiao Su and his party left the old county and continued to travel west. It was found that it was a member of the household department, Wai Lang Gou, who was retiring under the banner of Lord Xiao Su, falsely claiming that there was a mistake in the accounts and wanted to recover the silver taels. ”

"The news that came back before that it was not true that there were many people in the old county who died, and after Wei Chen's investigation, he learned that Lord Xiao Su didn't know how to learn about the situation in the old county, and soon led the people back to reissue the disaster relief silver taels, and the people in the old county rarely died."

"Lord Xiao Su saw the imperial envoy, so he handed over the prisoner Gou to us and brought him back to Beijing, and now the person is here, please send it to the emperor."

The messenger stepped aside, revealing Gou Gou, who was kneeling on the ground behind him and trembling, with a yellow face and a thin face, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot.

Motoji was a little surprised, "Why do you look like this?" ”

The messenger said: "Your Majesty, when I received the prisoner, he had been imprisoned by Lord Xiao Su for many days. Lord Xiao Su said that this person had a wolf heart and dog lungs and mutilated the people, so he did not give him the offering of the fourth official, and only gave him one meal a day. ”

Yuanzhi couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this.

Not only did he feel that Gou Qu's appearance was a little ridiculous, but he was also surprised that Su Zhiming's northwest trip had changed a lot.

In the past, he was at peace with the court, but now he is not as easy to bully as before.

"The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!"

Gou Hui knew that the evidence of the crime was conclusive, so he could only blindly shout for mercy, "The minister was confused for a while, thinking that greed would not be in the way." The minister didn't want the people of the old county to die! Lord Xiao Su can prove that the minister sent people back to the old county to check afterwards, because he was afraid that the people would die too much......"

Yuan Zhi snorted coldly, "Are you afraid that the people will die too much because you have the people in your heart, or are you afraid that if the people die too much, your crime will be more serious, and there is no room for mitigation?" ”

was pierced by Yuanzhi's words, and Gou Hui's face turned into a monkey's buttocks.

Yuanzhi didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he waved his hand directly, "Gou will be dismissed and investigated by Dali Temple." It is imperative that this case be investigated clearly, and that no matter how big or small the officials involved in the case, can be spared. ”

Dali Siqing immediately stood up to receive the order, and Gou retreated to look in a certain direction among the officials in the court, trying to ask for help, but no one looked at him.

Su Qing looked at his nose and nose and heart, and stood up straight, as if he had never known Gou Hui......

……

Su Zhiming's suspicion was cleared, and at the same time, there was good news from Zhang Zhidong.

He led many officials and craftsmen all the way to the remote mountains and rivers in the northwest, and mined many groundwaters.

Many deep wells were dug in the places where groundwater was determined, and people from nearby towns and villages rushed to get water.

In this way, all the way to the water, the situation is much better than at the beginning.

However, the real key factor is that it is finally raining in the northwest.

On the day of the rain, Su Zhiming ran out of the house in ecstasy, standing in the empty courtyard like a child with his arms outstretched to welcome the rain, sometimes crying out for joy.

In fact, the rain is not heavy, but it is the precious expectation of the people, at this moment, Su Zhiming seems to be an ordinary northwest people, looking forward to the rain to moisten the crops.

Nameless stood under the porch, holding his sword and smiling.

He admires Su Zhiming from the bottom of his heart, and this admiration will not be reduced by his childlike behavior now, but he cherishes Su Zhiming's pure heart.

Only by putting the suffering of the people in one's own heart can one be a good official.

He looked at Su Zhiming, who was jubilant in the rain, and secretly made a decision-

He wants to follow him back to the capital to see if the current court is like Su Zhiming said, there are still many Qing officials, not a world vying for fame and fortune.

"My lord, although it is a hot summer, don't get caught in the rain."

"Afraid of what?"

Nameless kindly dissuaded him, but was dragged into the rain by him together, "On such a hot day, how comfortable it is to take a bath in the rain, you can come along." are all men, are you still afraid of colds in this little rain? ”

Nameless shook his head helplessly and followed him in the rain.