When Zhu Song said this, he suddenly remembered the scene where Shen Zheng's beard fell from just now.

"Do you think it's possible for this Shen Zheng to put on a fake beard from him in order to escape the surveillance of the Jinyi Guard?"

Lao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and he remembered something.

"Speaking of this, Your Highness, a few days ago, we arranged for Shen Zheng to report an incident from his brothers near his home, and a bearded man came out of the back door of the Shen Mansion, and they had never seen this subordinate in the Shen Mansion before, so they quietly followed him up and watched him enter the oil shop, but until it was dark, the oil shop closed, and this person did not come out."

"The day after the beard appeared, all the five magistrates died, is there anything to do with this?"

Zhu Song heard Lao Cao say this, and thought about it carefully, there shouldn't be such a coincidence in this world, right?

"Why didn't this matter come up earlier?"

Lao Cao explained: "His Royal Highness didn't notice this matter at all, there may be something strange, and we did secretly check the oil shop and didn't find anything abnormal." ”

Zhu Song shook his head, Lao Cao This is a manifestation of the immaturity of underground work.

"There is no problem with the oil shop, that is, there is a problem with the people, tonight I will send someone to arrest all the shopkeepers and men of the oil shop, interrogate them well, and ask what the relationship between this oil shop and Shen Zhengcong is, and what is the relationship between them and Shen Zhengcong."

"In addition, that Japanese swordsman, since he dared to stay in Daming, he must have dressed up in disguise, definitely not the appearance of an ordinary Japanese wanderer, expand the search range, but must search in secret, never get it to the surface, and definitely not startle the snake!"

That's when the guards came to report.

"Report to His Royal Highness, Lord Cao, Hangzhou Prefect, Fan Zhongping has arrived!"

Zhu Song was about to ask when Fan Zhongping would arrive, but he didn't expect to say that Cao Cao Cao would arrive.

"Let Fan-sama come in!"

After Fan Zhongping came in, he saluted Zhu Song, and stood up after saluting, Zhu Song looked at him a few times, this Lord Fan has not had too outstanding political achievements, and his appearance is also mediocre, and he can't see it if he doesn't pay attention to it when he throws it into the crowd.

"Master Fan knows what this king called you here for?"

Although Fan Zhongping is modest, and he has always liked to demand himself with the principle of three non-sticks, he can't take any responsibility, and he will naturally not make any big mistakes, but it is precisely because he is too stable and too mediocre that he cannot make much achievements.

But being moderate and steady does not mean that he is a stupid person, Zhu Song called him here today He actually knew that something happened in Hangzhou, and the world was turned upside down in an instant, and the families of the political envoy and the envoy were arrested and thrown into the Hangzhou prison, and this also represents the emperor's mind, because the emperor's holy decree Fan Zhongping has already seen it.

Fan Zhongping has always been not very compatible with his two top bosses, Fan Zhongping is not a corrupt official, he never takes things that he shouldn't take, and it is because of this that he has his principle of three non-sticks.

can't get along with the two top bosses, and it's actually very simple to look down on the two of them, he is afraid that one day he will be involved because of these two unlucky East Window incidents.

And today Zhu Song called himself here, it is obvious that the imperial court is going to take action against his two top bosses.

At this time, it will involve standing in line, in fact, Fan Zhongping doesn't have to think about it, he must be standing on the side of His Royal Highness King Han and the imperial court, eating the monarch and worrying about the monarch, after all, His Royal Highness the King Han represents His Majesty the Emperor, no matter how hard you are in the Ming Dynasty, you can't be as hard as His Majesty the Emperor.

Fan Zhongping replied: "Your Highness, the lower officials understand that the lower officials have heard of all kinds of illegal things done by Zhou Tong and Wu Qian. ”

"If Your Highness needs it, Your Highness can inform Your Highness of the evidence you have already mastered and the lawlessness you have heard of the two of them."

Zhu Song became interested after hearing this.

"This is great, come on, come on, tell this king what did Wu Qian and Zhou Tong do to these two bastards?"

Fan Zhongping told Zhu Song and Lao Cao about the illegal things he knew Zhou Tong and Wu Qian had done, but it was a pity that what he said was trivial and trivial.

Encroachment on land and greed for military salaries is not a trivial matter in the Ming Dynasty, but compared with the nine dikes and the murder of this widow, it is a trivial matter.

"This king reminds you that a few years ago, you Zhejiang Province applied for money from the imperial court to build dikes, and built nine dikes in five counties, and then in a short time after that, these nine dikes collapsed almost simultaneously."

"Although you are only the prefect of Hangzhou, this king believes in this matter, you should know a little bit, what is going on with the nine dams? And you have so much less gunpowder in your armory, you should know a little bit. ”

"Lord Fan, things have developed so far, this king still hopes to hear something useful, of course, this king hopes that this matter will not have anything to do with you."

After Zhu Song finished speaking, Fan Zhongping lifted his robe and knelt down.

"Your Royal Highness, the lower official pleaded guilty, the gunpowder in the armory was originally written by the lower official, and the lower official was also forced to be helpless, Zhou Tong and Wu Qian were the envoys of Zhejiang Province, as well as Lord Qin, when the three of them called me over, the lower official was really helpless."

This Lord Fan is a three-person Zhu Song knows that if it weren't for the gathering of the three parties of the Yamen, he probably wouldn't have pulled him into the water, did Fan Zhongping commit a crime? It's very likely, but Zhu Song doesn't want to investigate him now, so he won't let him go.

"You approved this batch, so do you know how many catties of gunpowder are missing?"

Fan Zhongping immediately replied: "Your Highness, at that time, the strip they asked the officials to approve was 800 catties of gunpowder. ”

Zhu Song looked at Lao Cao and nodded slightly, the nine dikes are large and small, and eight hundred catties of gunpowder are just right.

Zhu Song nodded: "This king doesn't want to take care of your affairs now, I don't care what you did before, but this king is now in charge of Zhou Tong and Wu Qian's affairs, you tell the two of them about it, this king will not add your credit, but next, the court is likely to issue an order to let you take over temporarily, Zhejiang Bu political envoy." ”

Fan Zhongping's expression moved when he heard this.

"The lower official will definitely do his best, and he will definitely not disgrace His Highness......"

"Slow, this is not recommended by this king, this is the meaning of the imperial court, you have to remember clearly, you are not a disciple of this king, you can only be loyal to my majesty the Ming Emperor."

"And you have to remember that you are temporarily leading the position of Zhejiang's political envoy, you are the prefect of Hangzhou, and you are very familiar with the environment of Zhejiang.