In fact, after listening to Lord Ding's words, the eldest brother can determine that he has a problem without checking. The reason why this Lord Ding dared to reverse black and white so much and say that his deliberate concealment was a mistake was obviously trying to find a breakthrough from him.

It's a pity that this Lord Ding is Suo Xiang's protégé. How could he miss such a great opportunity?

In the past few years, his uncle Mingzhu and Suo Xiang have formed their own factions in the court. Suo Xiang relied on being the second uncle of the crown prince, so he suppressed his uncle everywhere, and also wanted to suppress him, the big Baylor. Although he is not very willing to fight with the prince. But not arguing does not mean that you want to be suppressed.

If the prince hadn't been for a good mother, the prince's position would really be his! Therefore, now that there is a chance to make Suo Xiang's side suffer a little loss, he will not let it go.

In fact, this Lord Ding's methods are really not clever. If you really want to hide this matter to the death, you should directly seal down the city. Or set up checkpoints at the entrance and exit of the city gate, so that these victims have no way to escape. And he shouldn't have written a memora to the court.

It doesn't matter if you don't have enough food for disaster relief, you can exaggerate the facts! 100,000 people affected by the disaster can be written as 200,000, does the imperial court still wait for one by one to check before letting people send disaster relief food? When the food deliverers come, they can think of another way to bring together the 200,000 victims to the chincha. In this way, the food for disaster relief is available, and the victims will not complain, and the matter will be suppressed.

The more victims die, the greater the responsibility for his guilt after the matter is exposed in the future. This is completely digging a huge hole for myself, and I just don't think I buried it fast enough!

But he doesn't want to expose this Lord Ding yet, he just wants to see what he does next. I also want to see what the third and seventh masters have found. How many officials are involved?

Speaking of which, these officials are also bold! Obviously, there was a big incident the year before last, and so many officials were taken off their black gauze hats. But it's only been a long time before these people dare to make another accident!

I don't blame Huang Ama for losing his temper. If all the officials were like this, the world would be in chaos!

It has not been a few years since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs to live a peaceful life. Although the three feudatories were withdrawn, Taiwan was pacified, and Galdan was exterminated, there were still Japanese raids last year. In the past two years, natural disasters have also emerged one after another.

Although he was not in charge of the household department, it could be seen from the face of the fourth child that the treasury was not full. The Qing Dynasty is still far from the prosperous era!

Throughout the day, the eldest brother dragged Lord Ding around the city. He already knew what he meant from Master Ding's words. This is to bribe him and help hide the matter together.

But he did not show that he wanted to accept his bribe, but he did not appear to be seriously investigating. It made Lord Ding's heart go up and down, and he didn't figure out a reason.

In the evening, the eldest brother still went back to the guest room of the mansion to live, but it was still a dinner alone and did not accept the banquet of Lord Ding.

"What do you mean by Ohchitose? If you really want to deal with me, why don't you do it? If you're willing to share a boat with me, why don't you answer? ”

"It's a bit of a guess."

The master and the staff were silent. But everyone has a faint premonition in their hearts, I'm afraid this time will not be good.

After a while, the master spoke: "Could it be that Da Chitose thinks that the adult's sincerity is not enough?" Or did he not get what he wanted? ”

"My lord, did the emperor send a thousand years old alone?" Someone said this suddenly.

Everyone was shocked. If you really came to investigate this matter, you should send someone to help Ochitose again, right?

"Yes! Ochitose only brought three or five retinues. "There is humanity.

"Check, check! Who entered the city on the same day as Ochitose? Including the first two days and these two days! Let's see if these people are still in the city! If so, where did these people go and what did they do? Master Ding said immediately.

He had been flustered since yesterday, but he didn't expect this. If another group of people were secretly visiting, he would have been passive a long time ago. Big Brother is dealing with him today, maybe he is giving the world in the dark.

"My lord, has the letter to Kyochu been delivered?" Master asked.

"What if it's sent out. It's too big for anyone to protect me. Master Ding sat down in his chair a little dejectedly.

"But my lord, it was Kyosato who reported so many harvests last year." The master reminded.

Master Ding suddenly glared at him and hurriedly looked outside the house. It would be late at night, and it would be pitch black outside, and there would be no sound. Master Ding also knew that he was overreacting. But this matter is really secret, and no one else knows about it except a few people in this room.

Everyone thought that he was doing it himself, but in fact, he listened to Jingzhong's arrangement. As for whether the grain sent to Beijing ended up in the treasury, he himself did not know.

"Everyone is rotten in their stomachs, don't mention it again!" Lord Ding said with a serious expression: "I don't mention it, there is still a possibility of survival." If you mention it, there is really only a dead end. ”

He is a local magistrate, even if the eldest brother wants to deal with him now, at most he will be removed from office and imprisoned. The final judgment will still go to Beijing. As long as he can enter Beijing, he still has a glimmer of hope for life.

"It's me who lost my word." The master said busily.

"Let's see what happened to Chitose tomorrow." Lord Ding will only feel tired.

"My lord, as long as the matter is not until the last step, we can't give up." Master said.

They are all grasshoppers on a rope. After Lord Ding returned to Beijing, there was still a glimmer of life. They're not going to have such a good life. Even if Lord Ding breaks the jar now, they will not allow it.

Being in officialdom is like that, every step can be on a cliff. Sometimes whether you can stay away from the edge of the cliff depends not only on the witty brain, but also on a bit of luck.

"By the way, today Da Chitose asked me if I was Suo Xiang's disciple." Lord Ding only remembered this matter at this time and didn't say anything about it.

"Your Excellency admits it?" The master said urgently.

Master Ding shook his head, "I only said that I was released after the imperial examination, and I am not familiar with Suo Xiang." ”

"It seems that Ochitose has already investigated the adults before leaving Beijing." The master said with a white face: "Come prepared!" ”

Lord Ding's face was not good-looking. If he had thought more about it yesterday, he wouldn't have tried it early this morning. Now it's time to scare the snakes.

"My lord, it's useless to think too much, it depends on your luck this time. Maybe Da Chitose just asked casually? "There is a staff member.