"Master in charge, since you have no other orders, the villain will set off later." The little official put down the kettle, immediately dusted his hands, and turned around to report to Wan Yuzhi.

Yu Zhi looked at the flames burning in the brazier, lowered his eyebrows, waved his hand and said, "Wait, I changed my mind." The Zhu family didn't need to be raided, and asked someone to withdraw all the soldiers in Runing. ”

"What?" The little official was shocked, but when he thought of the letter that had been burned just now, he immediately reacted and replied with a smile: "The little one will do it." ”

During this time, Zhu Yangrui has been hiding in Queshan, wanting to inquire about his family's situation, but he has not heard from him. Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly received a letter from home, knowing that Wan Yuzhi had withdrawn the soldiers and received the order to arrest him, so he was very happy, and immediately ordered the servants to pack their bags and want to return to Runing.

"Brother Xianshi! There's a new situation, and it seems that you can't make it yet. ”

Zhu Yangrui looked back and saw that it was the county man who came in a hurry from outside the door, his face suddenly changed greatly, he took out a chair and invited him to sit down, and asked why.

The county sat down and sighed: "There is a messenger from Xinyang who has arrived, saying that he wants to ask you to discuss confidential matters, it seems that ...... There's no reason to refuse. ”

Zhu Yangrui's solemn expression gradually softened, and he smiled lightly: "Why do I think it's a big deal, why do you need to worry about this?" He's withdrawn and won't do anything to me. ”

The county is still worried: "The evidence that can be searched is in the hands of the surnamed Wan, isn't it just a matter of him to arrest people?" ”

Zhu Yangrui shook his head: "If they want to arrest people, they have already done it, and now they bring up negotiations again, which can only show that they don't dare." ”

"Also," the county leader bowed, "In this way, Ye Dang is really not so powerful, and he is still a little afraid." ”

Yang Rui said: "You realized this truth too late. Ye Yongjia's black gauze hat was also given to him by the emperor, how could he be in charge of everything? You don't have to follow the rules honestly. ”

Wan Yuzhi had just lit the second incense stick on the silver stove, and suddenly heard a burst of footsteps outside the window, hurriedly blew out the fire, put the stove into the drawer, and shouted while dressing up: "Come in." ”

As soon as the door opened, Zhu Yangrui was brought in by two book offices, bowed to Yuzhi, and sat down with greetings.

"Squire Zhu, I feel very sorry for the misunderstanding a few days ago," Wan Yuzhi said, taking advantage of the situation to give the secretary office a look, and they hurriedly retreated and closed the door, "I didn't want to be so reckless, but I had a bad life." ”

"Have you heard? The imperial court also abolished the previous ban and told me to continue to check the acres of land. ”

Zhu Yangrui looked at him for a long time before replying, "Slightly...... Slightly heard. ”

"Actually, I'm quite difficult," Wan Yuzhi walked up to him and sat down, "Lord Ye was bent on the new policy, and he didn't think about the difficulties of implementation at all, and even left the previous arrest document, saying that if I don't do it, I will directly send someone to escort you to Jingshi." But I know that you are well-known and powerful in this province, and if you solve it by violence, it will only cause chaos. ”

"I deeply sympathize with what happened to my lords." Although Zhu Yangrui said this, his expression did not fluctuate in the slightest.

Wan Yuzhi then approached him and said: "So I want to take this opportunity to discuss one thing with you in private: you go back and return all the merged school fields first, so that I can say that you 'have not occupied the fields, nor are you suspected of violating the law', and this matter can be settled, and naturally no one will investigate it deeply." I wonder what you think? ”

Zhu Yangrui didn't want to believe his words, pinched his beard, and secretly thought: "Although I don't know much about Ye Dang, Ye Yongjia can hand over such an important errand to him to do, which is enough to prove that this person is a loyal confidant." Moreover, he has always been able to communicate with Jingzhong, which may be a trick of the Ye Party......

He planned to hide a few points, and replied cautiously: "The grass people have been diligent all their lives, and they have kept their ancestral business, and they don't want to suffer this catastrophe." Fortunately, the adults came to the rescue, thank you enough! However, although the grass people have embezzled a few acres of land from others, the public land is never dared to touch, and the school field is indeed donated. ”

Wan Yuzhi lowered his face: "Squire Zhu, it's all at such a joint, what are you still holding on?" Honestly, I can save the lives of dozens of people in your family! ”

Zhu Yangrui arched his hand and said: "The conscience of heaven and earth, the grass people have never done anything like that. If I ask for it, I can only hand over the annexed private land. ”

When Yuzhi heard this, he was about to get up and get angry, but he thought about it again: 'Isn't it just that he promised to retire from the field?' It doesn't matter what it does publicly, privately! He restrained his emotions a little and asked Yangrui, "How much can you hand over?" ”

Yang Ruichen replied with a smile: "The specific number of grass people is not clear, I have to wait until I return home to check it slowly, and I will know at that time." ”

He didn't dare to deceive, so he agreed, ordered his henchmen to send him out of the city, and advised: "Squire Zhu is my honored guest, if you go to Runing, you should inform the local soldiers, don't bully his people, otherwise the military law will be questioned." The little official obeyed the order and left.

Zhu Yangrui is an old and sophisticated person, how could he take Wan Yuzhi's pretense seriously, as soon as he returned to the mansion, he gathered many minions and asked them to find the deed of the previous years, and all those that were unfavorable to him were burned; He was also afraid that the Ye Party would investigate in the future, so he took advantage of this time when the situation eased to curry favor with the forbidden army stationed in the local area, and made a call up and down, so he approached a certain officer and asked him to help forge a few fish scale atlases and secretly send them to the government in case of danger.

"Report to the master," the little official held a document and bowed his head into Wan Yuzhi's official office, "The little one has just returned from Runing, this is the number of acres of land returned by Zhu Yangrui, please take a look." ”

"What's so nice about this," Wan Yuzhi chuckled lightly, "It's not all that number." Tell me what you say. ”

The little official frowned, glanced at him uneasily, and then replied in a low voice, "He...... Only twenty acres were returned. ”

"Much, how much? Be louder! Wan Yuzhi leaned forward in a hurry, sweating profusely.

"Twenty acres."

"Twenty acres?" Wan Yu Zhiteng stood up from his chair, slapped the table, and was furious, "You ask him, what did he say!" ”

The little official only promised: "He said that he checked the records of the past 20 years, and it was these few fields that belonged to the annexation. ”

"This old brute has played us all!" Wan Yu was so angry that he trembled.

"Otherwise, if you don't come hard, you will directly confiscate the Zhu family's land and property and throw him into prison!"

Wan Yuzhi sighed heavily: "I didn't want to be like this!" It's just that the matter of Xuetian also involves many officials, and there are too many people who have offended, so it is not a good policy to arrest them. It's better to go to Runing in person, question Zhu Yangrui, and observe the situation at the same time. ”