Seeing that the man lying on the ground was dying, a trace of embarrassment flashed on Zheng Michang's face, and he immediately called his subordinates: "Go, invite a Lang Zhong to this official, you can't let him die so easily, the confession hasn't been recorded yet!" ”

"Yes, sir!" After receiving the order, the subordinate quickly left the Yamen of the Political Secretary.

"Your Excellency the Governor, don't worry, the rest of the people will be dealt with one by one." After Zheng Michang finished instructing, he came to Hu Zongxian again and said flatteringly.

"Well, just dispose of it according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty." Hu Zongxian nodded and responded.

"The lower officials understand, the lower officials understand." Zheng Michang's brain spun rapidly, and he quickly understood the meaning of Hu Zongxian's words.

The Governor said that he would do it according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, which meant that he would take them to prison first, and then take care of them slowly! It's such a time, and he always takes into account the face of the imperial court, and he doesn't want to cause too bad an impact, otherwise how can someone be the governor of Zhejiang? Look at this realization!

When Zheng Michang thought of this, he had a little more realization in his heart, and his eyes were full of reverence when he looked at Hu Zongxian.

And Hu Zongxian obviously noticed Zheng Michang's eyes, he couldn't understand why Zheng Michang looked at himself with such eyes, this Zheng Michang wouldn't be too stimulated in a short period of time, dementia, right?

I saw Hu Zongxian clear his throat and said, "Okay, now that the case has been solved and the stolen money has been recovered, there is no need for this official to stay here anymore." ”

"Slow down, Lord Governor!" Seeing this, Zheng Michang and Hai Rui on the side hurriedly bowed and saluted.

After Hu Zongxian left, only Hai Rui and Zheng Michang were left at the scene, looking at each other.

"Your Excellency, the lower officials still have some things to deal with next, so they will retire first."

Seeing this, Hai Rui also resigned to Zheng Michang.

"Hai Rui, don't be in a hurry to leave, you can be regarded as doing my official a great favor in today's case!"

Zheng Michang took three steps and made two steps, following Hai Rui's pace, his face was full of gratitude.

"It's okay, this is what the lower officials should do, since you have seen the case, how can you not solve it?" Hearing Zheng Michang's words of thanking him, Hai Rui said in a deep voice.

"Alas, anyway, this official owes you a favor! When there is anything that needs the help of this officer in the future, even if the words are. Zheng Michang patted Hai Rui's shoulder and said softly.

"Xiaguan Hairui, thank you for the reminder! It's just that today's matter, if it were someone else, Hai Rui would do his best to solve the case, because these worms are sucking the blood of my Ming Dynasty. After Hai Rui finished speaking, he arched his hand towards Zheng Michang and said righteously.

"Okay, since you have eliminated so many insects for the imperial court, then this official, as your boss, should provide you with some help within his ability, right?" Zheng Michang looked at Hai Rui helplessly and spoke.

"That being said, you can't use the power given to officials by the imperial court to do some private things, which will ...... to the people" Hai Rui didn't pay attention to Zheng Michang's meaning, but said to himself.

"Alas, why did the official meet such an elm head as you, the official sent you a word, you must be with the light in the officialdom!"

"What the official said earlier is still valid."

Zheng Michang said, didn't look at Hai Rui's expression, waved his sleeves, and left directly.

"Heh, are you the same dust as the light?"

Hai Rui looked at the full moon hanging in the air, muttered to himself silently, and then set out on the way home.

……

When Hai Rui returned to the county government office of Chun'an County, it was already very late, and when Hai Rui pushed the door open, he saw his wife Wang leaning on the bookcase, the whole person seemed to be asleep, and half of the embroidery in his hand also fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Hai Rui leaned down, picked up the embroidery that had fallen on the ground, and gently placed it on the bookcase.

And such a subtle movement also woke up Hai Rui's wife Wang, only to see her rubbing her eyes and wondering: "Hey, am I not embroidering?" How did you fall asleep? ”

"You don't have to wait for me to come back and go to bed in the future." Hai Rui looked at the haggard face of his wife Wang and said softly.

"Isn't that a habit?" Wang was a little embarrassed by this.

Immediately after that, Wang turned his gaze to Hai Rui and asked, "Why did you come back so late?" Did you encounter anything on the way? ”

Hai Rui sighed, picked up the teapot on the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and then explained everything that happened today.

"You mean, after you reported the progress of the post-disaster reconstruction of Chun'an County to the Governor, you also solved a major case of stealing treasury silver for the political envoy by the way!" Hai Rui's wife, Wang, was pleasantly surprised after listening to Hai Rui's story.

"Well, that's probably what it looks like." Hai Rui glanced at his wife with strange eyes, and did not deny it.

"Aren't you going to be a great official soon? When the time comes, with the support of these two adults, I think your career will be smooth sailing in the future, at least you will be able to become a five-grade official! ”

Wang said, her expression became more and more excited, she was already imagining a better life in the future.

"I refused." Hai Rui looked at his wife so excited, and his tone was flat.

"Why? Do you still want to live the old days? If it weren't for His Majesty's increase in the price of hundreds of officials, our family wouldn't even be able to afford to eat meat now! Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the children of our husband and wife in the future! Do you want him to live like you, like you? ”

"If you want to be a Qing official, you can, but you can't make your family can't even eat!"

Hai Rui's wife, Wang, sobbed after listening to her husband's answer.

In the face of his wife's questioning, Hai Rui could only choose to remain silent, because he Hai Rui did not find a definite answer to this question.

……

The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Jiajing was sitting cross-legged on the futon, exhaling and inhaling, and his whole body was wrapped in lilac mana.

Since the last time the Spirit Gathering Array was built, Jiajing's cultivation speed had been increasing day by day, and the mana in his body had become more and more abundant, and Li Lisheng's master and apprentice had left after translating those books.

Before leaving, Jiajing also handed over the manuscripts of those formation cheats to their masters and apprentices as agreed, and by the way, they also gave them a large sum of silver, which should be enough for them to repair the Qingxuan Temple.

"Your Majesty." At this moment, Lu Fang's extremely respectful voice came from outside the hall.

Jiajing withdrew his mana and said in a flat tone: "Come in." ”

Then, Lu Fang bowed down and walked quickly in front of Jiajing, without making a sound during the whole process.

"It's so late, what's the matter with looking for me?"

"Your Majesty, this is news from Jinyiwei, it is said that some officials want to get in the way this time, so that the imperial court will not collect the full amount of salt tax!"

Lu Fang said goodbye and handed the song to Jiajing.

Jiajing opened the song, and after seeing the names recorded on it, he closed the song.

"Hmph, let them make trouble first, don't look at the fun now, be careful to pull the list in the future!"

"Let the Jinyi guards pay attention to these people, and when someone impeaches them, they will take them down directly."

After Jiajing finished speaking, he added this sentence next.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will inform you of this later." Lu Fang saw that Jiajing had already made a decision, so he responded very respectfully.

"By the way, Your Majesty, it will be the day of the sacrifice in a while, do you want to familiarize yourself with the sacrifice process in advance?"

"Hand it to me."

"Yes."

Lu Fang said that, and handed over the recital that recorded the entire sacrificial process to the emperor.

(End of chapter)