Soon, under the leadership of the guards, Hai Rui entered Gao Hanwen's residence.

"Xiaguan Hairui, I've seen Master Gao."

As soon as he entered it, Hai Rui saluted respectfully to Gao Hanwen.

"It's okay, Hai Rui, do you have something to do with this official?"

After Gao Hanwen finished speaking, he motioned for Hai Rui to sit down on the chair next to him, and after a while, a servant stepped forward and brought Hai Rui a bowl of hot tea.

Hai Rui took the teacup, took a sip, and began to explain the purpose of the trip to Gao Hanwen.

"Tall, here's how it ......"

After listening to what Hai Rui said, Gao Hanwen subconsciously shook his head and said helplessly.

"This official advises you to stop here and don't investigate any further! To tell you the truth, this official discovered this situation when he was measuring the land in Zhejiang. ”

"And then?"

Seeing this, Hai Rui hurriedly asked.

"Then I wrote a letter to my teacher informing him of the situation! And the teacher also wrote in his reply to me that the imperial court would send someone to investigate next, but later, there was no news. ”

"From then on, I knew that there must be a lot of involvement in this matter, and it was a topic that should never be touched! Let's leave here, this official can pretend that he has not seen you. ”

Gao Hanwen paused for a moment when he said this, and then added.

"Can you bear to watch the people of this place work all day long, but they can't even fill their stomachs? I have checked, and the imperial court has issued notices to reduce and exempt the people's taxes more than once, but it has never been enforced! ”

"What sage book are you reading? Even the life and death of the people are not in their eyes! ”

Seeing that Gao Hanwen looked like he didn't eat oil and salt, Hai Rui couldn't help but be angry and scolded angrily.

And Gao Hanwen couldn't help but be touched by Hai Rui's words, and slowly got up from the chair, looking stunned.

At this moment, in Gao Hanwen's mind, the previous teacher Yan Shifan's teaching of himself kept coming to mind.

"Do you know what is the most important thing for an official?"

"Teacher, students don't know."

"You listen well, for the sake of the official, for the benefit of one party, the most important thing is not to lose your heart!"

Gao Hanwen seemed to be caught in his memories, and kept muttering the word "heart" in his mouth.

"Yes, the teacher taught me before, don't lose your heart!"

"Gao Hanwen, how did you become like this, didn't you say before that you wanted to benefit the people? Why are you only thinking about how to protect yourself now? ”

Gao Hanwen questioned himself in his heart, and gradually, his eyes became firm.

"This official has the original record here, if you need it, just take it!"

Gao Hanwen turned around, then faced Hai Rui, and said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Lord Gao!"

Seeing that Gao Hanwen agreed to help, Hai Rui couldn't help but be overjoyed, arched his hand, and said happily.

"Let's go, go with the official to get those files."

Gao Hanwen glanced at Hai Rui and led him into the room where he stored the file.

Hearing a 'squeak', Gao Hanwen pushed the door open and began to rummage through the mountains of files.

"Whew~ I've finally found it!"

I saw Gao Hanwen take out a dossier and blow the dust on it, and said happily.

"This is the file that this official has compiled earlier, and this official originally planned to hand it over to the officials sent by the imperial court to investigate this matter! But later, there has been no news, and the official has forgotten about this matter. ”

Gao Hanwen said, and stuffed the file into Hai Rui's arms.

Hai Rui opened the dossier and carefully scanned the contents on it, and the more he scrolled down, the more Hai Jui's brows became furrowed, because the contents of this dossier were too shocking, and at the same time, it also confirmed his previous conjecture.

For a long time, the imperial court's policy of reducing taxes for the common people has never been implemented!

"The tall man is very gracious and virtuous, and the lower official is unforgettable! Please accept the bows of the lower officials! ”

After Hai Rui finished speaking, when he was about to kneel, he was helped up by Gao Hanwen and spoke.

"No need, you still think about how to report this matter to the court! At the moment, the official path must not be taken. ”

"That's right, the official way can't go, how to report this matter to the court next?"

Seeing this, Hai Rui fell into deep thought and began to think about possible ways.

At this moment, the guards at the door came to report.

"Big ...... My lord, there was a man outside, and he said he was ......"

"Afraid of what? Who is coming? ”

Seeing this, Gao Hanwen frowned, his face full of displeasure.

"He said he was a brocade guard!"

In the end, the guards mustered up the courage and told the identity of the person who came.

"What? Jinyiwei! ”

Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui glanced at each other, their faces full of shock.

"How could Jin Yiwei come to the official's residence?"

Gao Hanwen then asked the guards who came to report it, wanting to get more information.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not here for you."

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a man dressed in coarse linen clothes with an ordinary face revealed his figure.

Seeing this, the guards on the side just wanted to pull out their knives to protect Gao Hanwen, but they were stopped by the latter with their eyes.

"Oh, who are you here for?"

Gao Hanwen raised his eyebrows, and he already had some guesses in his heart.

"Of course it's the one next to you, Hai Rui of Chun'an Zhixian County!"

The visitor said so, and then went straight to a chair and sat down.

"You said you were a brocade guard, do you have a credential?"

Hai Rui on the side saw that the person who came was coming for him, and asked in a deep voice.

"Look, what is this?"

As he spoke, he took off an ivory waist card from his waist and gave it to Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui.

I saw that it was engraved with the words "No. 12 of the East Division of Jinyi Weidong"!

And Gao Hanwen is also a well-informed person, and he can see at a glance that this waist card is extraordinary, and he also believes in the identity of the person who came.

"Since you said that you are a Jinyi guard, is there anything to do with this official?"

Hai Rui forcibly suppressed the tension in his heart, looked directly into the eyes of the visitor, and said in a deep voice.

"To tell you the truth, we were ordered by His Majesty to go to Zhejiang to investigate this matter! It just so happened that I found you here. ”

The visitor glanced at Hai Rui and responded.

"What? Your Majesty! Your Majesty has asked you to investigate the matter! ”

Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui glanced at each other, their faces full of shock.

They could not have imagined that His Majesty had already noticed this matter and sent Jinyi Guard to investigate.

And since the Jinyi Guard in front of him was sent by His Majesty, it proves that this matter is not simple, Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui both feel that they have been caught in a huge whirlpool at this moment!

"Dare to ask how His Majesty ......"

Seeing this, Hai Rui wanted to ask for specific details, but he saw the person who came put his index finger to his lips and lowered his voice.

"Shhhh Now, give me the file. ”

"I will deliver him to His Majesty in person."

As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand to Hai Rui and made a gesture to take the file from his hand.

"You swear that you must hand over this file to Your Majesty!"

But Hai Rui did not immediately hand over the file to such a brocade guard, but said so.

"Why?"

The brocade guard was puzzled by Hai Rui's behavior and wondered.

"Because this dossier is related to the work of hundreds of people in Zhejiang!"

Hai Rui looked directly at the person who came and said word by word.

"Haha, interesting, I promise you, I will definitely send the file, how about it?"

After saying this, the visitor took the file from Hai Rui's hand and put it away.

"Two, take your leave!"

After the visitor finished speaking, he walked out of the room, and when Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui hurriedly chased out, they found that the visitor had long since disappeared.

Everything that happened before was like a dream for the two of them, and Hai Rui also looked at his empty hands in a daze and said slowly.

"There's a guy here just now, right?"

"Well, yes."

(End of chapter)