When he heard the report of the team of officials in the Yamen of the Zhensi and looked at the two magistrates in front of him who did not know whether they were alive or dead, He Maocai couldn't wait to arrest the two immediately. According to the regulations, the current official can only be disposed of by the governor of one province, and He Mao had to hatefully bring Hai Rui and Wang Yongji to the governor's yamen. ordered them to stay in the gatehouse, and went to the back hall to see Zheng Michang angrily.

"Gao Hanwen has not yet settled down, and the two magistrates are openly following the incumbent *** and disobeying the province!" The more He Maocai spoke, the more angry he became, "Let them continue to stir it up like this, will Tian still buy it?" After June, the mulberry seedlings should not be planted. ”

Zheng Michang was sitting on the chair next to the coffee table at this time, his face was very solemn: "How do you say you can remove them?" ”

He Maocai: "You are the governor, give a note to the court, and ask them to suspend their posts and wait for participation." I immediately went back to the listing, and let the county officials of the two counties act as the county magistrate first. ”

"Excuse me." Zheng Michang stood up from the chair next to the coffee table and walked slowly towards the bookcase, "Hai Rui and Wang Yongji are exempt together." If you can, even Gao Hanwen is exempt. ”

"I'm afraid Gao Hanwen is inevitable......" After saying this, He Mao felt that Zheng Michang's words were a little wrong, so he stopped and looked at him, "Is it the news from Lao Shen's side, Gao Hanwen is not a trick?" ”

"There is no news from Lao Shen's side, but there is a letter from the capital. Alas! Zheng Michang suddenly sighed, "Now, I don't know if the field can still be bought, and whether the rice can be changed to mulberry." ”

He Maocai was stunned, and when he heard him say such a thing, and his tone was very depressed, he knew that something was coming again, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the letter?" How so? ”

Zheng Michang picked up a few open letters on the case: "There are cabinets and palaces, all of which have just been received." Let's take a look at what Lord Luo Long Wenluo said. Speaking of which, he picked up a letter on it and handed it to He Maocai.

After only looking at a few lines, He Maocai was stunned, and raised his eyes to look at Zheng Michang: "Chun'an and Jiande, the two prefectures, were all recommended by King Yu to the Ministry of Officials?" ”

Zheng Michang didn't answer the topic, and picked up another letter on the case: "Father-in-law Yang's, you can also take a look." As he spoke, he handed it over again.

He Maocai was a little apprehensive at this time, and after reading a few lines, he looked up at Zheng Michang: "I waited for him to come back to do such a big thing, but he didn't come back in Beijing, what do you mean?" ”

Zheng Michang sat down and looked out of the door with lost eyes: "Things are getting more and more obvious. A new prefect was recommended by the elder of the small cabinet, and he followed us as soon as he arrived. The two new magistrates were elected by King Yu, and today they dare to do it against the notice of the governor's yamen. At this time, Yang Gonggong also hid and did not come back. What does this mean? It shows that the imperial court is in chaos...... They held knives on it, but they all slashed at Zhejiang...... Lao He, if you have a way to dismiss me as a governor now, I will let you do it. ”

He Maocai was also a little surprised, thought about it, but didn't fully agree: "Zhongcheng, are you too worried?" The imperial court fell into such a big deficit, so he thought about changing rice to mulberry in Zhejiang. If you don't change the court, you won't be able to pass the test, and if you change it, we won't be wrong. It was precisely because Hu Zongxian opposed this national policy that he lost this governor. No matter who recommended one prefect and two prefects, it is stronger than Hu Zongxian? ”

Zheng Michang: "Until now, do you still think Hu Zongxian has suffered a loss?" ”

He Maocai looked at him in surprise.

Zheng Michang: "Hu Zongxian is clever! It turned out that we all thought that he was an official who had become a big official, and he was unaware of current affairs. Now it seems that you and I can't even touch Hu Zongxian's back. ”

He Maocai: "What you said makes me a little confused. ”

Zheng Michang: "I'm also confused. After thinking about it, I realized that Hu Zongxian had already seen that the imperial court's change from rice to mulberry in Zhejiang was a dead move, so he used a bitter trick, and did not hesitate to offend the elder and the elder of the small pavilion, in order to get rid of the golden cicada. Now it's okay, the court fell for him and dismissed him as the governor of Zhejiang. I took over this governor, and you were promoted to be a political envoy, but you were stupid like a baby. Now I just want to go back, but I can't go back. ”

He Maocai was stunned by his words, and sat down, thinking about it there, and stood up again after thinking for a while: "Lao Zheng, can you make your words clearer?" ”

Zheng Michang: "How else to understand?" The court has fallen into deficit, and the burden is on the elder and the elder, and if the deficit is made up, the elder and the elder will be able to continue to work for a few years. If they can't make up for the shortfall, the emperor will kick them! Now King Yu, as well as those people behind him, are thinking of a way to change Zhejiang's rice to mulberry and can't do it, in order to bring down the elder and the elder of the small pavilion. At that time, it was not anyone else who suffered, but me and you. ”

He Maocai: "The elder and the little elder should be done to death and make it!" How can someone be sent to break our elbows? ”

Zheng Michang: "I used to think the same way, as long as it is done, silver is added to the treasury, a handsome man covers a hundred ugliness, the old pavilion and the small pavilion old have passed the test, and we have also passed the test." But from Gao Hanwen's attitude yesterday, I became suspicious. Xiao Ge Lao wants us to do this, who is not easy to send, send such a person? Today I understand, it's all because of the pressure of King Yu's people behind him, and later he was stirred up by Hu Zongxian, and he began to mess up with Xiaoge Lao. If you want us to do the thing of cutting the flesh and mending the sores, you have to send a Lang Zhong to watch from the side. They have to make up for the shortfall, and their faces must be burned. To put it bluntly, it just wants us to bleed more, buy the land and change the mulberry people, and the people will not make trouble, and then hand over every penny of the money we have earned. They want the horses to run, and they want the horses not to graze. ”

He Maocai: "Then let them build the archway, we should be **!" It's a big deal, we don't split the money in it. ”

Zheng Michang: "If you want to be a **, I also admit it." Now I'm afraid that I can't be a **. We don't share the money, the palace, the court, do those people want to share the money? Also, according to Gao Hanwen and the two magistrates, thirty stones per acre, fifty stones per acre, Shen Yishi would not be willing to spend so much money to buy land. Not to mention that the matter of increasing 300,000 horses of silk every year cannot be done, this year's business with 500,000 horses in the West will be in vain. It's the end of May, and then it will be mixed again, and it will be delayed until June and July, and the rice will be changed to mulberry. At that time, as soon as it is investigated, the destruction of the embankment and flooding the fields will also break out. In order to wash themselves clean, the elders of the small pavilion and the weaving bureau will push things on us. Wait, Lao He, the prisoner cart has already been prepared for you and me. You and I will wait for the threshold to be sent to the Beijing Division. ”

He Maocai's scalp was numb, his face was flushed, and his eyes were shining: "Then go to death!" They fight with knives in the court, and we are not fish on the chopping board. If you want to stir it, you will muddy the waters. If they want to move us at that time, they have to have their bones and tendons! ”

Zheng Michang knew that this He Maocai was a little anxious, but when he was in a hurry, he often had a ruthless move, so he looked at him and asked, "How do you muddy the water?" ”

He Maocai: "Wasn't Gao Hanwen sent by the elder of the Xiaoge?" Didn't Hai Rui and Wang Yongji send them from King Yu? Then let the people they sent to change it, and force them to change it according to ten stones per acre or eight stones per acre! ”

Zheng Michang didn't believe his words again: "You saw Gao Hanwen's attitude yesterday, although Lao Shen is tricking him there, I don't know if I can get into it or not." Hai Rui and Wang Yongji are from King Yu's side, and it is impossible for us to do what we want. ”

"It's a risky move!" Speaking of this, He Mao stopped, walked to the door of the signing room, and said outside: "You all go outside the second hall, and no one will be allowed to come in now." ”

Someone outside the door answered the call and left.

He Maocai closed the door and turned around.

Zheng Michang looked at him fixedly at this time: "What a dangerous move, you say." ”

"Tongwa!" These two words suddenly popped out of He Maocai's mouth.

"Tongwa?" Zheng Michang's face immediately turned white, "Lao He, are you crazy?" Guilt is a sin of destroying the door! ”

He Maocai: "It's not us who are in contact with the Japanese, let them be in the same way!" ”

Zheng Michang: "How can they communicate with the Japanese? ”

He Maocai walked over, sat down on a chair, and leaned his head closer to Zheng Yuchang: "Do you remember the person Ma Ningyuan arrested last time?" ”

Zheng Michang: "Chun'an's head of that Sangmin? ”

He Maocai: "Yes." That time when he was stepping on the seedlings, Ma Ningyuan arrested him on the charge of being a collaborator. was later released by Hu Zongxian. I heard from my subordinates that it was this person who was released by Hairui at the dock today. It was he who took the Diao people of Chun'an to buy grain everywhere and incited the people not to sell their fields. In the past few days, their gang will definitely be buying food everywhere, and find a way for them to buy it in the hands of the Japanese Kou. Even they took the Japanese to catch it, make it a dead end, and then hand it over to that Hai Rui to do. ”

Zheng Michang's heart was moved: "Go on." ”

He Maocai: "According to the law, the Tongwu must correct the law on the spot. The first thing that Hai Rui did when he went to Chun'an was to kill someone! Kill those who refuse to sell their fields! ”

Zheng Michang: "What if Hai Rui doesn't kill these people?" ”

He Maocai: "These people were released by Hai Rui today, and if they are not killed, it means that Hai Rui is also suspected of colluding." We can do it! ”

Zheng Michang: "This is even better. ”

He Maocai: "Let Hai Rui kill these people, no one in Chun'an and Jiande will dare to buy grain, and if there is no grain, they can only sell the fields, and Hai Rui and that Wang Yongji will not dare to stop it." One is that the people will no longer listen to them; It is also their sin to starve to death, and he can be dealt with at that time! ”

Zheng Michang: "How do you let those people buy food from the Japanese robbers?" ”

He Maocai: "I'll do this." You hurry up and urge Lao Shen. Tomorrow morning, as long as Gao Hanwen changes his mind and agrees to our bill, the remaining two magistrates and those Diao people will act according to this method. The pass is to ask Lao Shen to trap that Gao Hanwen no matter what, tonight. ”

Zheng Michang sat there thinking for a while, and slowly looked at He Maocai again: "You have to do that thing cleanly, don't leave anything behind." ”

He Maocai stood up: "I've been punished for more than ten years, so don't worry about this." ”

"They forced it, too. Let's do it. Zheng Michang also stood up, "Where are Hai Rui and Wang Yongji now?" ”

He Maocai: "In the gatehouse." ”

Zheng Michang: "If you hit a day's thunder, I always have to rain a few drops." Tell them to come in, and I'll say a few words to stabilize them first. You hurry up and yours. ”

"Okay." He Maocai took two steps and stopped, "Old Shen, you have to hurry up." ”

It was a dungeon, clearly visible in the light of the torches, with a wide passage to the north and cells in the south with a row of thick iron railings, and the walls and floors were full of huge stones.

He Maocai was now sitting on the innermost chair against the stone wall to the north, surrounded by soldiers, all armed with spears, the tips of which were all pointed at the bars of the opposite cell.

There's a Japanese ronin sitting in that cell!

The man had thick shackles on his hands and feet, but he was wearing a clean silk kimono, and his head and face were cleanly shaved, revealing the hairstyle on the top of his head that only Japanese could!

"We always count." He Maocai's voice was very gentle, "It's been two years, and we haven't killed you, nor have we killed your brothers again. Every day is to give what you want. What else do you not believe? ”

"That's if you don't dare not." The Japanese man actually spoke Wu fluently, "Don't forget, your predecessor was the one who killed us in prison, and our whole family was killed by us." ”

He Maocai frowned at him, and his tone hardened: "The words are not like what you say." Since you are so powerful, why don't you kill Hu Zongxian's whole family and Qi Jiguang's whole family? ”

The Japanese had a fierce glint in his eyes, and immediately slapped the dwarf on the mat into several pieces: "One day, Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang's entire family will die!" ”

Several soldiers immediately clenched their guns and blocked in front of He Maocai.

"Get out of the way." He Maocai called out the soldiers, "I told you everything, Mr. Inoue Shishang, don't you Dongying people all talk about righteousness?" You alone can save a dozen of your brothers, and you can get so much silk. Whether you are willing or not, this official is waiting for your words now. ”

The Inoue Shiro adjusted his breath and sat cross-legged on the mat, closing his eyes, apparently thinking there.

Everyone held their breath, except for the occasional "crackling" of the torches on the wall.

"Get me a pufferfish." The well, whose eyes were still closed, uttered such a sentence.

"What?" He Maocai didn't hear clearly, turned his head and asked the people around him, "What did he just say?" ”

The team officer next to him: "Back to my lord, he said that we should get him a puffer fish." ”

He Maocai: "Get it for him." ”

The officer: "My lord, it's so late, where are you going to get puffer fish?" ”

He Maocai: "Go to the river yamen." Tell them to get me a puffer fish right away! ”

In the account room of the annex. Shen Yishi looked very serious and put a stack of account books on the bookcase.

Gao Hanwen sat there and looked at him quietly.

Shen Yishi: "There is no third person here, so I will dare to tell the adults." These account books could not even be read by the governor of Zhejiang. ”

Gao Hanwen stood up: "Then I won't look at it." ”

Shen Yishi was still very calm: "I didn't ask adults to see it. ”

Gao Hanwen looked at him.

Shen Yishi: "It's just that there are some things I want adults to know, for the sake of adults, and also for the sake of despicable people." It's just a little selfish. I'll tell you about this later, and I'll tell you about it, and it's all up to you if you don't agree. ”

Gao Hanwen looked at him even more closely.

"So be it." Shen Yishi picked up an account book, "Don't read it, adults." I will read only the most important places in these two years, and I should only read them to myself. Adults just don't hear it. ”

Gao Hanwen's expression froze at this time, and he couldn't help but sit down again, waiting to listen to him.

Shen Yishi opened the account book: "In May of the 39th year of Jiajing, the new silk was listed, and in June, the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau of Nanjing and Suzhou rushed to weave 100,000 horses of high-quality silk, and all of them were sent to the Inner Court Needlework Bureau. In July of the 39th year of Jiajing, Ying Tianbu's political envoy Yamen and Zhejiang's political envoy Yamen complied with the edict and purchased 50,000 horses of high-grade silk, 100,000 horses of medium-sized silk, and 100,000 horses of high-quality chintz cloth from Songjiang with the tax silver of the two provinces, and sent them to the Ministry of Industry in Beijing, so that the emperor could reward the officials of the vassal kings and the envoys of foreign vassals. In October of the 39th year of Jiajing, the weaving bureaus of Nanjing, Suzhou, and Jiangnan negotiated with merchants from the Western Regions about the trade of 200,000 pieces of silk, equivalent to 2.2 million taels of silver, and all of them were sent to the treasury of the Inner Court Division. Note: There is no need to make a credit to the account. ”

Hearing this, Gao Hanwen was shocked and stood up.

Shen Yishi still didn't look at him, and picked up another account book, his tone was still very calm: "In February of the fortieth year of Jiajing, he received an edict from the master of ceremonies that the silk produced in Yingtian and Zhejiang should be traded with Western merchants in that year, and all the 120,000 pieces of silk stored in the previous year were sealed, and the new silk produced this year was 500,000 horses, and the silver was escorted to the household department to make up for the shortfall. In March, he received an order from the celebrant to escort 100,000 horses of silk sealed in the previous year to Beijing to reward Princess Li Hou's family. ”

Gao Hanwen was shocked there, and he even held his breath.

"That's all." Shen Yishi gently put the account book back, "It stands to reason that Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, three weaving workshops, so many workshops in Yingtian and Zhejiang provinces, the silk produced every year, as well as cotton cloth in Songjiang and other places, if half of it is used in the treasury, it can also cover one-third of the annual expenses of my Ming Dynasty." ”

Gao Hanwen still held his breath and looked at Shen Yishi in disbelief.

Shen Yishi: "Silk cotton is produced every year, and it is still lacking every year. This year, the imperial court proposed to increase the amount of weaving by 300,000 horses every year, which led to the change of rice to mulberry. After listening to this, adults should know how to do this errand. ”

Gao Hanwen looked at him deeply: "Mr. Shen, why are you telling me this?" ”

Shen Yishi: "I just said, it's just a little selfish thought." To put it mildly, I want to make an adult as a friend. ”

Gao Hanwen was silent again, still looking at him.

Shen Yishi: "Last night, the governor of the yamen announced that I would accompany the adults today to learn about the situation of Zhejiang silk, and I didn't think of telling the adults about this at that time. After talking about piano music, I knew that the adult was the Gao Gongzi of Sunan who understood the rhythm of music, so I moved this thought. I remember that Su Dongpo was imprisoned for the Wutai poetry case, Renzong wanted to kill him, and the Empress Dowager Xuanren said a word, it is ominous to destroy the masters! Just this thought saved Su Dongpo's life, and it was only for us descendants to leave many famous stories through the ages. My lord, it's not to compliment you, I don't want a talent like you to fall into such an officialdom whirlpool, which will damage our Sven vitality in Jiangnan! ”

Gao Hanwen couldn't help but get excited when he saw that he was so ambitious and so pretentious: "What does Mr. Shen mean to do with me?" ”

Shen Yishi: "There are Zheng and He in the Zhejiang government, and Yang Gonggong in the Weaving Bureau, these words are not what I should say." The so-called white head is like new, and the cover is the same, if the adult recognizes me as a friend, I will enter a few heartfelt words. ”

Gao Hanwen: "Please speak." ”

Shen Yishi: "Hurry up and let the victims of Chun'an and Jiande sell their fields and plant mulberry seedlings in June." After this is the case, adults should not stay in Zhejiang. I asked Gonggong Yang to tell the palace that the adults should be transferred back to Beijing, or transferred to other provinces. ”

Gao Hanwen immediately froze: "What does Mr. Shen mean is to let me agree to the proposal of the governor of the yamen, and let the victims sell their fields for ten stones and one acre of eight stones?" ”

Shen Yishi: "The arrow is on the bow, if you don't follow this bill, it will be difficult to change rice to mulberry this year." When the time comes, the first person the court asks is the adult. ”

"If that's the case, the court won't want me to come." Gao Hanwen's attitude immediately changed from excitement to passion, "Gao Mou put forward the proposal of 'reform and relief, self-solution to the dilemma' in the imperial court, which is intended to solve the national difficulties and relieve the people's difficulties. Thank you, Mr., for telling me the inside story, but if I know the inside story, hundreds of thousands of victims will lose their livelihoods next year, and Gao will take his future too seriously. ”

Shen Yishi: "If I say a word, please forgive your sins first." ”

Gao Hanwen: "Please speak." ”

Shen Yishi: "To put it mildly, my lord doesn't understand the truth." To put it more seriously, this is a scholar's opinion. ”

Gao Hanwen's face was really a little ugly: "What is a scholar's opinion?" ”

Shen Yishi: "My lord only knows that the people will have no livelihood next year after selling their fields, why don't you want to think about it, the big silk farmers have bought so many fields, and they have to produce so much silk in a year, who will plant them?" By whom to weave? ”

Gao Hanwen looked at him.

Shen Yishi: "Just like many people who have no land now, they rely on renting the fields of large households, where do they starve to death?" In the same way, when the rice field was changed to a mulberry field, it was necessary for people to plant it, and people to pick it, and even more people to raise silkworms and reel silk, and finally many people had to weave silk. If you think about it, this year's victims have sold their self-cultivated paddy fields, and next year they will be hired by large farmers to grow mulberry and raise silkworms. People do not die, and food never stops. I, the Ming Dynasty, will not watch the people starve to death one by one because they have no land of their own. ”

Gao Hanwen pondered, and then raised his head again: "According to what Mr. Shen said, next year, those big silk farmers who bought fields will hire the victims who sold their fields this year?" ”

Shen Yishi: "Big households don't know how to farm themselves, who will plant so many mulberry fields if they don't hire people?" ”

Gao Hanwen: "Will it be split with hired farmers like renting rice fields?" ”

This question stopped Shen Yishi.

Gao Hanwen continued: "There are many people who have no land, and they are all vying to rent land for farming, if the landlord raises the rent, 37, 28, or even 19, will the people rent or not, and plant or not? ”

Shen Yishi sighed: "The adults asked so carefully, there was nothing to answer in the future." Since ancient times, he has been an immovable ruler of the people. If the officials of the Ming Dynasty were all adults with such thoughts, we don't need to say these words. ”

Gao Hanwen: "Anyway, I was fortunate to get to know Mr. Shen, he has no official affairs to deal with, I am really willing to talk to Mr. about piano theory." As for what my husband told me about the palace just now, I will think about it carefully and will not tell anyone. With that, he stood up.

Shen Yishi smiled: "According to what the adults say, we will not be able to communicate again from tomorrow." It's unitary time, can you delay for half an hour? ”

Gao Hanwen seemed to understand what he was going to mention, thought about it for a while, and asked, "What does Mr. Shen want me to do?" ”

Shen Yishi: "Please point out the mistake in "Guangling San" for my niece." ”

Gao Hanwen looked at Shen Yishi, and he had actually agreed in his heart, but he was still a little hesitant.

Shen Yishi: "It's just half an hour, whether she understands or not, it's her fate." ”

Gao Hanwen looked at the sky outside the window: "Gao Qing is elegant, Mr. Shen will really be embarrassed." ”

This is the promise, Shen Yishi hurriedly took a deep look: "Thank you, my lord." ”

Shen Yishi led Gao Hanwen into the piano room again, Yun Niang was no longer on the "piano platform" at this time, but stood in the middle of the room with an embroidered brocade futon at her feet.

Shen Yishi: "I don't know if it's my face or your blessing, apprentice." ”

Yun Niang slowly knelt down in front of the futon and bowed.

Gao Hanwen was a little flustered: "Don't dare, please get up quickly......"

Yun Niang still bowed three times, and then stood up lightly again, bowing her head and waiting there.

Shen Yishi was also silent at this time, and only said after a while: "It's only half an hour, please play it first, and then point you out the mistakes, you have to understand it with your heart." After being instructed by Master Gao, my piano skills will not be able to teach you. ”

The sound outside the strings is broken! In Gao Hanwen's ears, it sounds like "piano art", and in Yun Niang's ears, of course, it means "affection", but with Shen Yishi's high conceit, at this time, he actually brought in a talented woman who could fall in love with any talented woman at first sight, and let himself ruin others before his eyes, how can outsiders pay attention to this resentment?

"Got it." Yun Niang replied softly, and her throat was a little sobbing.

Shen Yishi looked at her stubbornly.

Yun Niang's eyes also looked at Shen Yishi.

Gao Hanwen seemed to sense something, and turned to look at Shen Yishi.

Shen Yishi's gaze immediately softened: "Hurry up." I listened outside the door. So saying, he walked out the door and closed it.

- The sound of the piano came from far away from the piano room.

Shen Yishi sat in the account room, his eyes were so wide open, but his eyes were obviously not in his sockets, as if he was traveling with the sound of the piano in the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars in the sky!

The sound of the piano was played to a very fine point, like a trace of heaven coming from the depths of Haotian!

Shen Yishi held his breath and listened. Suddenly, his brow furrowed.

There was a sound of sporadic footsteps outside the door.

The steward of the court is coming with four eunuchs from the weaving bureau!

Seeing that the door of the account room was closed, and the sound of the piano came from the piano room, the steward seemed to understand something, put a finger to his mouth, and motioned to the four eunuchs not to make a sound.

The eunuchs were impatient, and one of them spoke: "What is the matter with calling us here and standing outside the door?" ”

"My father-in-law!" The steward tried his best to keep his voice low, "Just bear with it for a while......"

As soon as he said this, the door opened softly, and Shen Yishi appeared at the door.

The four eunuchs were still very respectful when they saw Shen Yishi, and at the same time praised: "Master Shen......"

Shen Yishi was also polite to them, made a soft gesture, and then let the four eunuchs into the door.

The four eunuchs, tall, short, fat, and thin, sat down in their chairs together.

Shen Yishi picked up four silver tickets, and each of them sent them over: "Let's have a cup of tea." ”

The four eunuchs were not very fond of fraud, and at the same time picked up the silver ticket to look at the numbers on it.

- Each silver ticket reads, "With the ticket, you can redeem one thousand taels of silver from Kuping." ”

The four eunuchs all laughed and tucked the silver ticket into their arms.

The fat eunuch who was sitting in the first place looked at Shen Yishi: "...... now" said this and made a grabbing gesture.

Shen Yishi smiled lightly: "Don't worry." As he spoke, he sat down and closed his eyes and began to listen again.

The four eunuchs were still aware of the matter, and they were all silent, and sat there motionless.

The sound of the piano gradually turned high-pitched and came.

- Gao Hanwen's left hand pressing the strings is moving rapidly, as if it has been transformed into several hands on the strings, but the shape of the hand can still be seen; The five fingers of the right hand that are moving quickly are already invisible like raindrops!

Gao Hanwen sat there like a jade mountain, the silk shirt on his body fluttering with the rhythm of his body, like a cloud around the jade mountain!

Yun Niang sat and knelt on the left side in front of the piano table, her eyes were stupid, not like she was looking at the piano, nor like she was looking at Gao Hanwen.

Gao Hanwen seemed to have forgotten the existence of the woman beside him at this time, and after a quick slash, his hands were floating above the strings about an inch high, and stopped there.

Yun Niang's gaze slowly shifted to his two hands at this time.

Sure enough, the left hand that pressed the string slowly pressed to the corner string, and the finger of the right hand then gently hooked, making a sound that seemed to be calling and saying goodbye. Then, a melancholy and poignant piece of music sounded.

——This is what Gao Hanwen said about Ji Kang's longing for the soul to return to the mountain before his execution!

It's a long way to go! Gao Hanwen's eyes slowly moistened, and then tears flashed!

Yun Niang's tears have already flowed down her cheeks!

——The four eunuchs were a little stunned, and they all looked at Shen Yishi strangely.

Shen Yishi sat there, his eyes full of tears! But the two hands are lifted in the void, the left hand is in the shape of a string, and the right hand is in the form of a pluck!

The four eunuchs looked at each other.

Suddenly, the piano stopped!

Shen Yishi suddenly came to his senses and stood up.

The four eunuchs also followed suit and stood up.

The fat eunuch at the head: "Can you arrest it?" ”

Shen Yishi stopped there, and sat down again after a while: "Wait a little longer." ”

The four eunuchs had no choice but to sit back again.

——Coming out of the music, Gao Hanwen came back to his senses, looked at Yun Niang, and couldn't help but feel a pound in his heart!

Yun Niang sat there on her knees, looking at Gao Hanwen deeply, and burst into tears.

The so-called mountains and flowing water, Gao Hanwen looked at her at this time and no longer avoided his gaze: "You can play." ”

Yun Niang still knelt there, looked at Gao Hanwen deeply, and suddenly said, "My lord, it's almost half an hour, let's go." ”

Gao Hanwen was stunned, and a trace of unhappiness appeared in his heart, but when he looked at Yun Niang again, he saw that her eyes were full of sincerity, not like she meant anything else, so he smiled: "If there is something, I won't delay this moment." I promised your uncle to teach you to change that paragraph. Let's play. As he spoke, he moved to the side and vacated the seat in front of the piano.

Yun Niang sat there on her knees at first, and in an instant, her eyes flashed with a resolute look, as if she had suddenly made a choice for her life, and looked at Gao Hanwen and asked: "My lord, a person who lives for a hundred years will eventually die, at that time, would you like to return to Bishan?" ”

Gao Hanwen was stunned by her question, and when he saw her resolute and solemn demeanor, his expression became solemn, and he replied solemnly: "I am from Ji Kang!" ”

Yun Niang: "Then I'll also learn from Ji Kang!" After saying this, she moved to the piano table, pressed one finger on the horn string, and the other finger hooked the string, and also made the sound that Gao Hanwen had just played!

- fascinated, miserable, all similar to the charm of Ji Kang before his execution popped up by Gao Hanwen; In the meantime, there is another kind of sound that will never look back. It seems that Ji Kang would rather die than agree with the magnates of Wei at that time!

Gao Hanwen was shocked.

- Shen Yishi seemed to hear something from the sound of the piano, his face turned blue all of a sudden, and two words burst out of his mouth: "Catch it." ”

I had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and the four eunuchs bounced up like bees out of the nest, rushing towards the door.

"Wait!" Shen Yishi drank them again.

The four eunuchs stopped in shock.

Shen Yishi: "Tell him to write down the credentials, don't hurt him." ”

The fat eunuch at the head: "I know." Grab it! ”

The four eunuchs rushed to the door of the piano room, slammed open the door of the piano room, and poured out.

Gao Hanwen looked at the four eunuchs who rushed in in amazement.

The fat eunuch glanced at Gao Hanwen: "Lord Gao is really an amorous talent!" ”

The thin eunuch immediately took it: "Not only amorous, but also bold." actually seduced Yang Gonggong's 'right food'. ”

Eunuch Gao: "What can I do?" In front of Grandpa Yang, we can't afford to make a difference. ”

The short eunuch: "There is a way, the elder Lao Gao wrote a note to prove that this matter has nothing to do with us." Tall and benevolent, he will not embarrass us. ”

"What Gonggong Yang? What is 'anti-food'? Gao Hanwen seemed to have understood that he was trapped in a well-laid out bureau at this time, but he still couldn't believe it, so he didn't look at the four eunuchs and looked at Yun Niang.

Yun Niang was still sitting in front of the piano table at this time, very calm, looking at Gao Hanwen: "Gonggong Yang is the supervisor of the Weaving Bureau, and I am the one who serves him." The palace calls people like us 'anti-food'. ”

Gao Hanwen's face immediately turned white, and his voice trembled a little with anger: "What about that Mr. Shen, it's not your uncle, right?" ”

Yun Niang: "He is the largest silk merchant in the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. It was he who spent money to buy me from Suzhou and gave it to Yang Gonggong. ”

Gao Hanwen's chest was slammed as if by a heavy object, and his eyes were staring at Yun Niang tightly.

Yun Niang also looked at him deeply, and her eyes did not hide that there were many unspeakable things to tell in her heart.

Gao Hanwen: "Tell you the masters behind you, I, Gao, won't write anything!" As he spoke, he turned around and stood again: "Also, don't play "Guangling San" again in the future, Ji Gong will thunder you in the Heavenly Spirit Society!" ”

Yun Niang trembled, and tears flashed in her eyes again.

Gao Hanwen strode towards the door.

"Hey!" Four eunuchs stood in a row to block him.

Fat eunuch: "You're gone, what should we do?" ”

"You're asking me?" Gao Hanwen looked at the eunuchs with disdain.

Fat Eunuch: "Yes." ”

Gao Hanwen: "Then I'll give you an idea." ”

The four eunuchs were a little surprised, and met their eyes:

"Say!"

"Say it!"

Gao Hanwen: "Take out a knife and kill me here." ”

The four eunuchs were stunned for a moment, that is, for a moment, and immediately became bored again:

"He still lied to us?"

"We're scared."

"People are prefects, and killing people is not a common thing."

"Alright." The fat eunuch stopped them and said to Gao Hanwen, "It's not our business to kill you or not." It's Grandpa Yang's business to kill us! The four of us were ordered by Gonggong Yang to serve Yun Niang, and now she runs out to steal the man, and the four of us are also dead when Gonggong Yang comes back! Master Gao, your life is precious, our life is cheap, both left and right are dead, if you want to leave, kill us first. ”

Speaking of this, the fat eunuch ripped off his clothes, revealing the pile of chubby white meat in front of him, and knelt down in front of Gao Hanwen.

The other three eunuchs also ripped off their clothes, opened their upper bodies, and knelt in front of Gao Hanwen in a row.

Gao Hanwen's face was so angry that he couldn't walk because he was blocked by them, so he froze there for a while......

It was getting dark, Hai Rui and Wang Yongji were still sitting quietly in the prefect's yamen, Wang Yongji couldn't sit still, stood up and walked to the entrance of the hall, looking at the sky.

An attendant entered, wiped the velvet, and lit the candle on the side of the desk.

Wang Yongji turned back and asked the attendant: "I'm tired of asking again, where did Master Gao go in the afternoon?" ”

The attendant: "I went to the workshop of the Weaving Bureau in the morning, and when I came out of the workshop of the Weaving Bureau after noon, I called all the people who went with me back." It was said that the weaving bureau had a carriage and horses to send our family back. So where it went, we don't know. Otherwise, the two adults will go back to the museum first. Once the adults of our family come back, I will tell him? ”

Wang Yongji looked at Hai Rui.

Hai Rui looked at the entourage: "We will wait here." ”

The attendant: "The villain got some food for the two adults?" ”

Wang Yongji: "There is labor." ”

The attendant walked out.

Wang Yongji looked at Hai Rui again: "Brother Gangfeng, that bill will be discussed tomorrow morning." Do you think they will ...... to the tall adults?"

Hai Rui: "Wait. When the time came, we went to the governor's yamen. ”

At this moment, an entourage led Gao Hanwen in with a lantern.

Hai Rui and Wang Yongji stood up at the same time.

"Go down." Gao Hanwen's voice was a little hoarse.

The attendant immediately withdrew.

Gao Hanwen was still standing there.

Hai Rui looked at him.

And the king looked at him.

Gao Hanwen immediately felt that he was a little out of shape, and forced a smile: "The two of you are still waiting for me here so late?" ”

Hai Rui: "I'm going to talk about that bill tomorrow." We'll wait for the adults to show you. ”

Gao Hanwen looked away, didn't sit down, and still stood there: "The top is worthy of the sky, and the bottom is worthy of the ground." Tomorrow, let's ask the two of you to fight for the people of Chun'an and Jiande. ”

Wang Yongji was a little surprised and looked at Hai Rui.

Hai Rui looked at Gao Hanwen steadily, his eyes flashing with suspicion.

The meeting to convert rice to mulberry was resumed. But after a day, the atmosphere is very different from room to room.

Zheng Michang was still sitting in front of the big case in the middle, his face was full of solemnity, his eyes were no longer half-open and half-closed like the day before yesterday, his eyes were blazing, enveloping the entire hall, and he glanced at the officials sitting in front of the case on both sides one by one.

He Maocai also changed his screwed demeanor the day before yesterday, leaning very relaxed on the chair at the head of the left row, resting one hand on the desk, and a few fingers still taking turns gently tapping the desk.

What is officialdom? Once you are an official, you will be pompous when you go out, and you will be "aura" when you enter, which is called officialdom. Although the officials in Zhejiang didn't know what had happened in the next day, they had already felt the change in the aura in the lobby! Can today's bill pass?

A pair of eyes couldn't help but look at Gao Hanwen, who was still sitting at the head of the right row.

Gao Hanwen was still the same Gao Hanwen, sitting there with his body straight. But a closer look reveals that for one day, his face was dusty the day before yesterday, but it is haggard today. His eyes looked at the front and up, and he didn't have the look he had when he took office, and he was faintly dazed.

Hai Rui and Wang Yongji were still sitting on the benches at the end of the case.

Wang Yongji looked at Hai Rui opposite him with heavy eyes.

Hai Rui's eyes looked at Gao Hanwen diagonally opposite the desk.

"Let's talk about it." Zheng Michang spoke, but his eyes no longer looked at everyone, looking out of the hall in front of him.

The officials also sat upright, their eyes and noses, their noses and hearts, but their ears were pricked up.

Zheng Michang: "I don't know how difficult it is to experience." Gaofutai went to the Weaving Bureau yesterday, and the two magistrates went to the grain market yesterday, and they should all know how to change and how to give relief to 'change and relief'. Speaking of this, he said to the scribe beside him: "Send the bill down." ”

"Yes." The scribe immediately picked up the stack of motions from the case, first He Maocai, and then Gao Hanwen, in a zigzag shape, walking on both sides, putting one copy of the bills per person on the case.

When he arrived in front of Hai Rui, since there was no desk, the scribe handed over the bill.

The scribe went up to Wang Yongji again and handed over the motion.

There was silence in the lobby, except for the sound of page turning.

After reading it, it is still two pages, six articles, and more than 200 words, and not a word has been changed!

The lobby was even quieter, and a pair of knowing eyes looked at each other, and they all looked at Zheng Michang in the middle of the lobby.

Zheng Michang's eyes were still looking out of the hall.

Wang Yongji held the bill in his hand and looked at Hai Rui.

Hai Rui didn't know when he had placed the bill on the stool next to him and closed his eyes.

He Maocai's eyes kept staring at Gao Hanwen opposite, and he found that the bill in front of Gao Hanwen's copy was still like that, and he didn't open the front page to see the second page.

He Maocai: "Gaofutai, you don't seem to have finished reading it, right?" ”

Everyone's eyes followed this question to Gao Hanwen.

Only Hai Rui still sat there with his eyes closed.

"Not a word has changed, do you still want to read it?" Gao Han raised his head solemnly, and finally his eyes flashed with that unbearable look again, and looked at He Maocai.

"Yes, not a word." He Maocai saw that he was still stubborn, and immediately put on a momentum of talking and laughing, and leaned back again, "Master Gao is from Hanlin, you should know that you pay attention to 'not a word, you can be romantic'." Speaking of this, he deliberately accentuated the tone of the words "as much as possible".

Gao Hanwen's chest immediately felt like it had been hit, but his eyes were still looking at him unyieldingly.

He Maocai: "I'll change these eight words now, it's called 'don't change a word, the dilemma is solved'." ”

Gao Hanwen was shocked, holding the edge of the desk with both hands and trying to stand up, his brain was dizzy for a while, and he finally couldn't stand up.

Zheng Michang stood up, and his eyes slowly swept to the officials below: "Yesterday, this court and Gaofutai had a deep discussion on the national policy of the imperial court to change rice to mulberry and how to build virtue in Chun'an to reform and provide relief. The grain in the official warehouse for disaster relief is enough to be distributed for three days, and the disaster is like fire, and mulberry seedlings must be planted in June. If we don't make a decision again, we will go up to the court and mislead the people! Gao Futai understood the truth and agreed to our proposal. Now that there are no objections, let's all sign the bill. ”

The pen and ink had long been prepared on each person's case, and officials in Zhejiang picked up the pen one after another and signed the bill in front of them.

Gao Hanwen was still sitting there, and did not take the pen on the case.

"Gaofutai." Zheng Michang looked at Gao Hanwen deeply.

Gao Hanwen seemed to have mustered up the last bit of courage: "I can't sign without changing a word." ”

He Maocai was about to stand up again, Zheng Michang's gaze immediately swept towards him, and then he still calmly looked at Gao Hanwen: "Then you can think again." After saying this, he shouted to the court: "Tea!" ”

It also seems to have been prepared a long time ago, or the book office of the tea in the sky before yesterday, holding a tea tray with eight tea bowls, walked in as soon as the wind bleed, but stopped when he walked into the lobby door. In reverse order, two bowls of tea were placed on the benches of Hai Rui and Wang Yongji, and then the tea bowls were also placed on each official's desk from bottom to top in a zigzag shape.

There was only one tea bowl left on the tray, and the clerk walked up to Gao Han's copywriter, still with a smile, and raised the tea tray in front of him.

Gao Hanwen didn't go to get the bowl of tea, and said gloomily: "Put it down." ”

The clerk still held the tea tray and handed it to him.

Gao Hanwen looked at him in a sad mood.

The secretary's eyes were full of sincerity, his eyes moved, and he motioned for Gao Hanwen to look at the tea bowl.

Gao Hanwen's eyes couldn't help but look at the tea bowl.

- Under the tea bowl is a piece of eight-line paper with words written on it!

Gao Hanwen's face turned white, but the person sat there in a daze, still not serving the tea bowl.

The clerk no longer forced him, took the tea bowl in one hand and put it in front of him, and moved the tea tray in front of him with the other hand.

——The words on the eight-line paper on the tea tray suddenly appeared: "I have nothing to do with Yun Niang, and I have nothing to do with others." Gao Hanwen! ”

The clerk didn't stop any longer, and walked out with a tea tray in the wind.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Gao Hanwen, only Hai Rui was still sitting with his eyes closed.

Gao Hanwen's right hand slowly lifted up, and slowly moved towards the pen on the pen stand. Despite the effort, the hand picked up the pen with a slight tremble.

Zheng Michang and He Maocai relaxed at the same time and slowly leaned back in the chair.

"Futai-sama!" Wang Yongji stood up suddenly.

Gao Hanwen's hand that had already picked up the pen stopped there again.

Zheng Michang and He Maocai's eyes immediately stared at Wang Yongji.

Hai Rui's eyes also opened, and he looked at Wang Yongji.

Wang Yongji looked at Gao Hanwen: "Lord Futai, I have a few words to ask my lord to show me." ”

"Please." Just like a step towards the abyss, he was suddenly pulled by someone, and Gao Hanwen immediately put the pen back on the pen holder.

Wang Yongji: "Just now Lord Zhongcheng said that I had a deep discussion with my lord yesterday, and that the disaster relief grain can only be distributed for three days, and the mulberry seedlings must also be planted in June, which is the truth." But these facts were discussed at the deliberations the day before yesterday. Why, in the same vein, could this bill be executed today if it could not have been executed the day before? It is incomprehensible to be humble. ”

"Tom tom" He Maocai immediately knocked a few times on the case: "Since it is the truth, it should have been passed the day before yesterday, what is incomprehensible about this!" ”

"Please excuse me." Wang Yongji arched his hand towards He Maocai, turned his face and looked at Gao Hanwen deeply, "The humble post is transferred from Kunshan this time. Before going to Kunshan, the lowly position was in Jiande Renzhi County, and the situation of Jiande was known to the lowly position. In Jiande County, there are 270,000 registered people, and the registered acres of land are 440,000 mu. Among them, 150,000 mu are mulberry fields for large silk households, and 290,000 mu are paddy fields for cultivators. Each mu and one season can produce two stones and five buckets of grain in a good year, and less than two stones in a bad year. The rice produced is spread out to each person, and it is less than 300 catties throughout the year. After threshing, the white rice per person is less than 250 catties. Spread to a day, each person is less than seven or two meters, the elderly and children can barely satisfy their hunger, but the strong men are far from enough. Thanks to the mountains and water, planting some tea and mulberry hemp, producing some tung lacquer, and catching some fish and shrimp in the river, only after selling can you pay taxes, if there is a surplus, you can exchange some oil and salt to buy some coarse grains to survive. The suffering of people's livelihood is already unspeakable. ”

He Maocai: "The political envoys you mentioned have numbers. ”

Wang Yongji didn't look at He Maocai, but still looked at Gao Hanwen: "This year, half of the people's fields have been flooded, about 140,000 mu. If these people sell all their fields, they will have to rent them for cultivation next year. If it is still a paddy field, and the rent is paid at 55 percent, then each person will only have 150 catties of rice per year, and after threshing, each person will only have 3 taels and 5 yuan of white rice per day. If it is changed to mulberry fields, the landlord will not rent it according to 55, and the silk that the people get will be exchanged for grain, and there may be 35 yuan a day. Adult, do you have enough for three or five dollars of rice? ”

Gao Hanwen's eyes were full of pain, and he was silent for a long time, and replied, "Of course it's not enough." ”

Wang Yongji: "Mencius Yun: Yu thinks that there are drowning people in the world, and they are drowning; If there are hungry people in the world, they are hungry. My lord, this pen in your hand is tied to the lives of hundreds of thousands of victims. If you are drowning and hungry, please be careful! ”

These words are the real "truth". Those officials in the hall are usually not ignorant, but they have been numb for a long time, and I do my own good officials. At this time, when the king spoke in detail, and his expression was so painful, they were all dumbfounded.

There was silence in the lobby again.

Zheng Michang knew that he had to make a final statement, and stood up: "Wang Zhixian just said the truth about Jiande. This court used to be the political envoy of Zhejiang, and he was in charge of the money and grain of a province, not to mention Jiande, and I knew the truth about every county in Zhejiang. The fact that one county has one county, and one province has one province, but the current reality of the Ming Dynasty, two capitals and 13 provinces is that the treasury is empty! The Mongols continued to invade in the north, and the Japanese invaded along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian, and the imperial court wanted to use troops, and the sea leading to the West was appeased, recruited, and shipped. This is the greatest truth of the imperial court. A small county magistrate, using a county's small account to calculate the country's big account, actually has to coerce his boss not to sign the bill to implement the national policy! Then he raised his voice and said sternly: "The imperial court has regulations, and there is no qualification for the county to participate in the provincial deliberations. Come on, call the two magistrates down (sound: ke)! ”

The clerk who delivered the tea immediately walked in from outside the lobby.

Wang Yongji was standing, and the clerk picked up his bench and walked up to Hai Rui again: "Master Zhixian, there is no seat for you here, please get up." ”

Hai Rui slowly stood up, and the scrivener immediately picked up his stool again, one in each hand, and walked out again.

Hai Rui and Wang Yongjiben were standing there.

Wang Yongji and Gao Hanwen were diagonally opposite, and they were still looking at Gao Hanwen with heavy eyes at this time.

Gao Hanwen's gaze turned painfully to Zheng Michang: "Lord Zhongcheng......"

"Who has the final say here!" He Maocai interrupted Gao Hanwen sharply, and turned to look at Hai Rui and Wang Yongji, "Lord Zhongcheng told you to go down, did you hear that?" ”

Hai Rui spoke: "But I don't know where to tell us to go down?" ”

He Maocai: "Go where you have to go!" ”

Hai Rui: "Then we should go to Beijing, to the Ministry of Officials, to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and finally to Wumen!" ”

"What do you mean?" He Maocai glared at him.

Hai Rui: "Go and ask the imperial court what we are doing in Chun'an and Jiande." ”

He Maocai: "Are you threatening the ministry, or are you threatening the entire Zhejiang's boss Yamen?" ”

Hai Rui: "A day later, the prefect of Hangzhou and the disaster relief envoy of Zhejiang appointed by the imperial court have been threatened by you and dare not say anything, who can I threaten as a magistrate?" Gaofutai, early yesterday morning, we made an appointment to go to see the grain market together, and then go to various workshops to learn about the silk market. As a result, you were called away by the governor's yamen. Lord Zhongcheng just said that he had a deep conversation with you. But one afternoon until late at night, your entourage went to the governor's yamen and the weaving bureau to inquire around, but they did not know where you went. Can you tell the lowly office where the governor's yamen called you? Where did Lord Zhongcheng have a deep conversation with you, and what kind of deep talk did you make? Why did you sternly reject the same bill the day before yesterday without any new reasons, and today you will agree to sign it? ”

"It's the other way around!" He Maocai slapped his palm on the case, "Someone! ”

An officer with two of his own soldiers came in at once.

He Maocai: "Escort this Hai and Hai Rui out for me!" ”

"Who dare!" Hai Rui's roar shook the entire lobby and echoed everywhere.

The officer and the two soldiers stood still.

Hai Rui's eyes looked directly at Zheng Michang: "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, all the current officials appointed by the Ministry of Officials have no cases of collaborating with the enemy and losing the city and bribes, and the governor only has the right to participate in the performance, not the right to detain!" Zheng Zhongcheng, tell your soldiers to go down! ”

The entire hall never thought that there would be such an outlaw in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty! They all looked at each other in shock.

Although Zheng Michang was already trembling with anger, he knew that according to He Maocai's approach, Hai Rui's detention would become a situation, so he tried his best to balance his breath: "Okay, okay...... I will not detain you now. Stand back. ”

The officer withdrew with two soldiers.

"But this hospital told you!" Zheng Michang's pretended elegance was no longer there at this time, and his eyes also showed a fierce light, "If you are not detained, it's not that this court has no right to detain, with you roaring to the governor Yamen to disturb the national policy, I can send you to Beijing right now." But this court now wants you to go to Chun'an, and immediately implement the national policy with reform and relief. There are only three days of disaster relief food, and if Chun'an has not implemented the national policy after three days, so that the people are starved to death, or the people are provoked, Ben Zhongcheng will ask the king to kill you with the banner! Let me tell you that Ma Ningyuan, the former governor of Hangzhou, Chang Boxi of Chun'an Zhi County, and Zhang Zhiliang of Jiande Zhi County all died under the banner of Wang Ming. ”

Hai Rui's eyes turned to him: "Ma Ningyuan, Chang Boxi and Zhang Zhiliang are innocent!" That's exactly what I'm trying to say. The same is to repair the embankment, Yingtian's Baimao River and Wusong River's two embankments cost 3 million last year, and this year is solid. A river embankment on the Xin'an River in Zhejiang Province cost 2.5 million yuan, but this year, nine counties have broken everywhere. Zhongcheng, at that time, you were in charge of the yamen of the domain, and the money was spent from your hands. How did the embankment of the Xin'an River break? The humble position can't ask Zhongcheng today, and someone will always come to consult Zhongcheng when the time comes. was forced to divide the flood, which flooded Jiande and Chun'an, and the entire Zhejiang, from the governor's yamen to the feudal department, did not think of compensation, and now the disaster is all on the heads of the people in the two counties. The people really starved to death, provoked a popular uprising, and the court investigated it, and there will always be a day when the case will be revealed! The royal flag can kill me Hai Rui, but in the end, it can't spare the culprit! ”

Zheng Michang's face turned white.

He Maocai's face also turned white.

The officials in the lobby were shocked one by one.

Zheng Michang's hand trembled, grabbed the startled wood and slapped it fiercely: "Hai Rui! Fabricating for no reason, framing the boss, do you know how the "Da Ming Law" is convicted! ”

Hai Rui: "I'm a teacher from Nanping, Fujian, and I've only been in Zhejiang for three days, so did I fabricate the embankment burst in the nine counties of Xin'anjiang?" Last year, I spent 2.5 million yuan to repair the embankment and the treasury, was it also fabricated by me? Speaking of this, he turned to Gao Hanwen again: "Gao Futai, this bill only has six articles and more than 200 words, but the things behind these more than 200 words, if they are written into a case file in the future, I am afraid that they will pile up!" No matter what happened to you yesterday, after all, it is your own business, and if you have grievances, you can eventually find out, and you will have a back shore if you are at fault. But this matter is the national policy of the imperial court, and the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people is concerned. You've only been here for three days, and if you sign like this, you will be doomed in one step! ”

The whole lobby was as silent as death.

Gao Hanwen's gaze met Hai Rui's sparkling gaze!

There was pain, emotion, and strength in Gao Hanwen's eyes.

And Zheng Michang, He Maocai, and other officials sitting in the lobby all had solemn faces on their faces!

A team officer came in and knelt down on one leg in front of the hall: "Lord Hui, Chun'an County has a gift!" ”

He Maocai stood up suddenly, took the text, read it hurriedly, and swept his sinister gaze to Hai Rui and Wang Yongji, who were still standing: "Delay!" Contradict! It's okay now, Chun'an's Diao people have rebelled in tandem with the Japanese Kou! Haizhi County, the Qi Dazhu you let go yesterday, led the Diao people in Chun'an to collude with the Japanese Kou, and now he was captured by the officers and soldiers on the spot! ”

Wang Yongji's face turned white on the spot.

Hai Rui stood there still motionless, his eyes still meeting He Maocai's gaze, waiting for his next step.

He Maocai avoided his gaze and turned to look at Gao Hanwen.

Gao Hanwen's face was as white as paper at this time.

He Maocai looked at Gao Hanwen: "Gaofutai, Chun'an and Jiande are all under your control, what do you say!" ”

Gao Hanwen mentioned the last courage and stood up: "Whether there are people in Chun'an who are in harmony with the people, we should investigate and deal with it immediately." But Haizhi County came to Zhejiang only before yesterday, so this matter should have nothing to do with him......"

"The person who passed the widow was let go yesterday, and said that it had nothing to do with him!" He Maocai slapped the case again.

Gao Hanwen understood everything in his heart at this time, but he felt that he was so powerless, he suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and he immediately closed his eyes. At this moment, I felt a spasm and cramping pain in my lower abdomen, so I gritted my teeth, held the breath in my throat, and kept having only one thought in my heart: "Don't fall, don't fall down......"

In an instant, Gao Hanwen fell backwards straight like a standing piece of firewood!

This was something that everyone didn't expect, Zheng Michang stood up suddenly, and all the officials stood up suddenly.

Hai Rui and Wang Yongji's eyes were also shocked.

——In the place where Gao Hanwen sits, there is only an empty desk and an empty chair!

"Someone!" Zheng Michang was also a little surprised, and immediately shouted.

There was a jumble of footsteps, and it was the soldiers who ran in.

Zheng Michang: "Who told you to come up?" Go down, go down! ”

The soldiers hurriedly retreated again.

Zheng Michang said to the scribe beside him: "Call someone, carry Gaofutai to the back hall, and hurry up and invite Langzhong." ”

The scribe hurriedly shouted outside the hall, "Two people! ”

The clerk who was holding the tea and another clerk hurriedly rushed in.

The scribe beckoned the two clerks together and went around to the back of Gao Hanwen's case.

Gao Hanwen was still fainting at this time, lying upright on the ground.

The scribe: "Slow down, carry it flat." ”

The scribe's hand copied Gao Hanwen's shoulder from the head, one on each side of the two clerks, one hand reached to his waist, the other hand reached under his thigh, and the three of them slowly lifted him up.

All eyes were looking, and the three people carried Gao Hanwen and slowly entered from behind the screen.

Zheng Michang showed a decision at this time: "Don't say anything about the bill!" Haizhi County, whether Chun'an Diao Min's affair has nothing to do with you will be discussed later. This court now orders you to lead the officers and soldiers of the Yamen to Chun'an immediately, and to bring the thieves to justice on the spot and quell the rebellion. Then according to the provincial bill to change and resolve! ”

Wang looked at Hai Rui with anxious eyes.

Hai Jui still stood there steadily.

He Maocai said to the officer: "Bring the soldiers, protect Haizhi County and go to Chun'an immediately!" ”

"Yes!" The officer of the team looked at Hai Rui, "Haizhi County, please." ”

Hai Rui was not "invited" by him, and still looked at Zheng Michang: "May I ask Zhongcheng, they went to Chun'an with me, did I listen to them, or did they listen to me?" ”

Zheng Michang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "According to the provincial proposal, they will listen to you." ”

Hai Rui: "If I do what Chun'an does, will they listen to me?" ”

Zheng Michang: "What is the truth? ”

Hai Rui: "The province now says that Chun'an has a common people, but how and who are the people who are the same must be investigated and dealt with according to the facts. If there is really a case of mischief, the lowly will be severely punished in accordance with the "Daming Statutes". If there is no common thing, will Zhongcheng also want to kill innocents indiscriminately? ”

Zheng Michang: "Hai Rui, are you still instigating Diao Min to resist the national policy!" ”

Hai Rui: "Zhongcheng, the lowly question is whether to kill innocents indiscriminately!" ”

Zheng Michang was also forced to slap the table by him: "Who told you to kill innocents indiscriminately?" ”

Hai Rui shook his hands: "With the sentence Zhongcheng, it is good to act impartially." As he spoke, he turned to the officer, "You heard it all." The whole team, follow me to Chun'an! With that, he strode out of the hall.

The officer of the team was stunned and looked at He Maocai.

He Maocai was anxious: "What are you looking at me for?" How to do it and how to do it. Go! ”

"Yes!" The officer responded loudly, and then hurriedly turned around and walked out.

Wang Yongji anxiously crossed the figure of the officer and looked at Hai Rui, who had already walked to the middle gate.

Zheng Michang immediately looked at Wang Yongji again: "Wang Zhixian, you should know what to do about Jiande now." Go now, change and help! ”

Wang Yongji immediately threw himself into the hall, turned around and strode out.

In front of the gate, Hai Rui had already got on the horse.

The officer, along with dozens of soldiers, got on their horses.

"Let's go!" The officer shouted, and all the horses gathered around Hai Jui's horse and galloped out of the gate and toward the main road on the street to the right.

In Wang Yongji's worried gaze, Hai Rui's figure on the horse still looked like a mountain, flickering among the many soldiers and horses.

In the direction where the horse team galloped, the sunset was as red as blood!

With a "bang", Wang Yiji's entourage lit the candle on the table.

Wang Yongji sat down, uncovered the ink cartridge, and said, "You go and prepare immediately, send me the letter to Suzhou overnight, and give it to Lord Tan Luntan." ”

The attendant: "Then who will serve the adults to Jiande?" ”

Wang Yongji was anxious: "Who else do I want to serve?" Just go. ”

The attendant hurriedly walked out.

Wang Yongji spread out the paper, picked up the pen and began to write.

There was a knock on the door. Wang Yongji asked vigilantly, "Who?" ”

His attendant replied outside the door, "Sir, someone has come from the governor's yamen." ”

Wang Yongji put the letter he was writing into a book on the desk: "What is it? ”

The voice outside the entourage door: "It was said that the master forgot to take the documents when he went to office, and they specially sent them." ”

The king took the book to the bedside, uncovered the mat, and put it in. Then he walked to the door and opened it.

It was the bookstore who delivered the tea, and walked in with a smile.

Wang Yongji didn't let him sit, but just asked, "What about the paperwork?" ”

The clerk handed him the paperwork.

Wang Yongji took the paperwork: "I'm tired, please." ”

The scrivener was still standing there.

Wang Yongji frowned, walked to the bed, took out a broken silver from the burden beside the pillow, and turned to walk towards the bookstore.

But the clerk closed the door in a moment.

Wang Yongji could no longer hide his disgust, and handed over the broken silver: "There is no other messenger, please return to your mission." ”

But the clerk shook his head, and did not take the silver.

Wang Yongji: "What else are you going to do?" ”

The clerk approached him, and Wang Yongji subconsciously retreated.

The clerk smiled bitterly and said softly: "I have a few important words, adults must remember." ”

The king looked at him.

The clerk approached again and whispered: "Chun'an, that widow was released by the Yamen!" ”

Wang Yongji was shocked, and his eyes were fixed on the book.

The bookstore: "Also, Gao Futai is a beauty plan for Zhongcheng, Lord He and Boss Shen." ”

Wang Yongji was even more shocked: "Why are you telling me this? ”

The clerk looked at Wang Yongji deeply: "My lord, I have been on an errand in the governor's yamen for four years. ”

Wang Yongji was still a little puzzled, still staring at the book.

The clerk stomped his foot: "Who is the former governor?" ”

Wang Yongji understood a little, but still didn't answer.

The bookstore had no choice but to say bluntly: "The former governor is Hu Butang, and I am Hu Butang's person." ”

Wang Yongji was a little convinced, and nodded deeply.

The bookstore: "Hu Butang and Master Tan are now in Suzhou. These two pieces of news must be sent to Suzhou as soon as possible. After speaking, he turned around and opened the door, turned back and said, "The villain is gone." Then it flashed out.

The king watched him disappear outside the door, and after a moment's thought, he closed the door, went back to the bedside, took out the two pieces of letter from under the table, and went to the table again, and stretched the letter to the flame on the candle.

The two pieces of letter paper were quickly burned, and the king threw the ashes on the ground, sat down again, took out the letterhead again, put it away, took up the pen, and began to write from the beginning.