Sure enough, that night, after the third watch, Lin Qingji still didn't wash and sleep, but just sat in a white robe and played alone under the lamp in the room, a black shadow flashed outside the door, Lin Qingji raised the corners of his mouth, and laughed in a low voice: "Sure enough, I don't have much patience, I'm going to do it so soon." ”

After a while, there were a few more black shadows, and the murderous aura grew, only to hear a bang, a few black shadows flew into the house from outside the door and window, the fire candle swayed and jumped, Lin Qingji said in a cold voice: "What are you waiting for, let's do it!" ”

There were seven or eight killers, staring at Lin Qingji with vigilant eyes, and then attacked together, and the fatal attack came, only to see a white shadow with a knife flying and spinning quickly, and after a while, several black-clothed people fell down at this moment, and the six accompanying masters in the courtyard also joined the battle when they heard the sound, but in a quarter of an hour, the two groups of black-clothed people gradually lost their opponents, and a clear voice said: "Keep your mouth alive!"

In the end, the black-clothed killers who attacked, except for two, the rest fell to the ground.

The two of them were also stopped by the six masters and Lin Qingji in time, so they didn't have a chance to commit suicide, they all had poisonous bags hidden in their teeth, and as long as they bit it, they would be poisoned to death immediately.

Looking at the two black-clothed men whose mouths were broken and dislocated, Lin Qingji sneered: "The preparation is quite sufficient, but unfortunately I still failed to kill this son, Zhang Shan and Ji Chun sent you here, right?" Say it and spare you from dying! ”

The two men in black didn't speak, but just turned their heads to the other side to show resistance, Lin Qingji was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't say yes, since I can know that you will come back tonight, I will know who the Lord is, the lice on the bald man's head, it is obvious, I want to give you a way to live, but I want to kill myself, okay, I will fulfill you, hunt the clouds, kill them!" ”

One of the attendants with a cold face pulled out Sen Liang's long sword and walked towards the two kneeling people, but saw that the two of them suddenly looked up at Lin Qingji, shaking their heads and showing a pleading look.

Lin Qingji raised his hand and said with a smile: "If you are so good as you are, won't there be nothing to do?" Keep your lives, as long as you make meritorious contributions, I will definitely intercede in front of the emperor and the crown prince and will not deal with you. ”

Early the next morning, Lin Qingji arrived at the prefect Zhang Shan's mansion, but after a while, Zhang Shan appeared in front of Lin Qingji with a respectful smile, as if last night's assassination had nothing to do with him.

Lin Qingji saw Zhang Shan, looked at him deeply twice, and said with a smile: "I don't know if Lord Zhang slept well last night?" ”

Zhang Shan's face froze, and he instantly regained his respectful smile and said: "I saw so many beggars yesterday, how can the lower officials sleep peacefully, alas, ......"

Lin Qingji stared at the faceless but pretended to be sad in front of him, and said with a smile after a while: "Well, should I have slept well, I sat here properly, Lord Zhang was unexpected?" ”

Zhang Shan looked embarrassed and surprised: "What do you mean by this, Lord Qincha, it's normal for you to sit here." ”

Lin Qingji nodded, and said loudly: "It's good that Lord Zhang thinks so, this official has sent an urgent letter of 800 miles back to Beijing last night, and he should have arrived in Luzhou at this moment." ”

Lin Qingji didn't send a letter at all, but deliberately said that he had sent an urgent letter back to Beijing, in order to warn Zhang Shan, Ji Chun and others that he had informed the prince and the emperor of what happened here, so if he had a good one, their group of officials must not be left alone.

Zhang Shan's face turned a little pale, how could he not know what Lin Qingji's words meant, he was shocked that the man in front of him had such a city at a young age, and he was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately the person in front of him was not killed last night, otherwise he would not be able to eat and walk away.

Thinking of these in his heart, Zhang Shan smiled and complimented: "Lord Qincha's efficiency is really very high, and the lower officials are ashamed of themselves." ”

"Well, you should take a good look at the review and get down to business, I came here today to tell you that the official decided to open a warehouse and release grain to help the people, what does Lord Zhang think?"

"The lower officials also want to open a warehouse to release grain, but the grain hoarded in the government has been allocated to the people before, and now there is no food in the granary." Zhang Shan's face was puzzled.

Lin Qingji's eyes were as sharp as if they were about to burst out of a knife when he heard Zhang Shan's words, and he knew that this Zhang Shan and Ji Chun had not helped the people at all, so he ordered Zhang Shan to lead the opening of the granary door, and sure enough, it was empty and there was nothing.

Lin Qingji's face became cold, there has been no natural disaster in Jiaozhou in recent years, so it is impossible that there is no grain in the granary, and Zhang Shan has not opened a warehouse to help the people, so there is only one situation, that is, they have transferred the grain in private, either they have sold it before and turned it into silver into their pockets, or they have recently moved to other places.

Originally, they could have found the rich families in the city to borrow grain from them for disaster relief, but now, the rich, powerful and capable people in Jiaozhou City have long fled for refuge, leaving these old, weak, sick and disabled to survive, where are half of the rich families in the city.

Xiao Mufeng reported back to Beijing urgently, and on the other hand, he took out the token given to him by the prince Xiao Mufeng and went to the neighboring states and counties to transfer grain, and at the same time, he made a secret visit and found that there were other forces behind Zhang Shan and Ji Feng, and these forces pointed directly at Dongying, which was across the sea.

Xiao Mufeng took out the token and temporarily dismissed the official position of the official who greeted him at the city gate that day, and promoted him separately, which was actually beyond the scope of Qin Cha's authority, but he could only take a risky move, because there was no better way.

At the same time, Lin Qingji also led a group of local guards to attack the pirates who came ashore to disturb the pirates several times, and cut off their heads and hung them on the city gate as a warning.

After a month, Jiaozhou gradually got on the right track, the pirates no longer dared to go ashore to plunder, the shops in the city gradually opened their doors, and some of the displaced people who fled also returned to Jiaozhou.

The people of the city praised the young and handsome minister for his youth, and there were often some people at the door of the house where he lived waiting to give him food or handicrafts, after all, this is how these simple people expressed their hearts, hoping to give away what they could to express their gratitude.

The will of the court has also been transmitted, and the decree indicates that the new officials will be reappointed according to Lin Qingji's arrangement, while Zhang Shan and Ji Chun will be escorted back to Beijing to await disposal.

The situation in Jiaozhou stabilized, and Lin Qingji also packed his bags and prepared to return to Beijing.

Ten days later, the holy decree came down, Zhang Shan and Ji Chun were sentenced to beheading for three crimes: greedy for money, collusion with foreign enemies, and passive dereliction of duty.

After this time, Lin Qingji's reputation in the court was greatly enhanced, and the holy decree promoted him to be the new secretary of the household department, and from then on, Lin Qingji's road to the court began.