"Lord Wen, the lower official is guilty!"

Before Wen Chen could make a difficulty, Lu Zhi bowed heavily to Shangguan!

"Oh? What is Lord Lu's crime? Wen Chen wrote lightly.

"The lower official is guilty, I offended Lord Wen before, and I almost listened to He County's slander and acted on you!"

"The second crime of the lower officials, as an official of the imperial court, failed to help the people of Huaiyuan County when they needed it most, and those who did not act as officials should be punished!"

"The three sins of the lower officials, for many years, because they were afraid of the coercion of He County's order, they were at his mercy, acting for the tiger, accepting bribes of 342 taels of silver, 18 horses of silk, gold ornaments and porcelain, and a number of gold ornaments and porcelain, which is a disgrace to the trust of His Majesty and the imperial court!"

Lu Zhi's voice trembled, and he listed his crimes one by one.

"That's a good point." Wen Chen nodded slightly, "Then Lord Lu thinks how I should punish you?" ”

Lu Zhi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "With the law of Dasheng, all crimes will be punished together, and they should be escorted back to Shangjing City and handed over to the Zhenguo Division. ”

"But Xia Guan wants to ask for a favor for the brothers behind him, although they have evil deeds on weekdays, they basically obey orders, and they can't help themselves, and please ask Lord Wen to give them a light punishment for the sake of Xia Guan's initiative to surrender!"

As soon as the words fell, the group of officers and soldiers behind him shouted.

"Lord Lu, you treat me like a brother, and now that you are in trouble, we must not let you fight this sin alone!"

"That's right, I'm going to the Zhenguo Division, brothers go with you!"

When Lu Zhi heard this, he turned to everyone and bowed, "Your kindness Lu Mou understands, you are different from me, Lu's parents have passed away a long time ago, and there is no wife and children at home, there is nothing that cannot be let go, surrender is really a relief!" ”

"Lord Lu......"

"Needless to say, Lu has made up his mind!" Lu Zhi said, turned his head to Wen Chen again, and said, "Please also ask Lord Wen to punish you!" ”

When the men behind him heard this, their eyes were full of tears, they knew that Lu Zhi had helped them carry all the charges, and only in this way could they get a glimmer of life.

"Tut-tut......"

Wen Chen sighed and shook his head, "The official also said that he would let Lord Lu help watch this Huaiyuan County and temporarily take over He Litang's position, but if Lord Lu has made up his mind and wants to go to Shangjing City to confess, then the official can only wish you good luck." ”

"What?" Lu Zhi suddenly raised his head and looked at Wen Chen with a surprised expression, "What does Lord Wen mean by this?" ”

Wen Chen spread his hands, "Is it not clear what the official said?" Huaiyuan County Commander He Litang has already surrendered to the law, and the imperial court can't immediately send officials to take over, thousands of victims outside the door are waiting to eat, this official originally planned to let you take over this mess, but Lord Lu is bent on surrendering, and the official can only find another way. ”

"Lord Wen, Xia Guan is a guilty person, why do you still believe me?" Lu Zhi did not agree immediately, but took the initiative to ask questions.

"Hoo ......"

Wen Chen took a deep breath and said slowly, "The reason why bad people are called bad people is because they will do bad things, but those who do bad things are not necessarily bad people, Your Majesty believes that you are just going astray for a while, give a chance or will follow your heart and continue to be a good official, this time Your Majesty ordered this official Since he has cleared the obstacles for you, you should not live up to Your Majesty's hard work!" ”

The third-in-command of a county town has only received more than 300 taels of silver for many years as an official, and even He Yuanlang's expenses for half a day are not enough, first, it can show that Lu Zhi is indeed bad enough, and secondly, it can also be seen that this person is not insatiable, plus this Huaiyuan County still needs people who are familiar with the situation to continue to keep an eye on maintaining order, pardon Lu Zhi's sins, and let him continue to stay in office is the best choice.

The muscles on Lu Zhi's face twitched, and he could see that he should be very excited in his heart now, and leaned over to bow to Wen Chen again, "The lower officials must live up to the trust of Your Majesty and Lord Wen, make meritorious contributions to the crime, and petition for the people!" ”

Wen Chen nodded slightly, "What to do after that, Lord Lu will do it himself, some people don't have to be left to His Majesty to ask for guilt, and those who should be dealt with will be dealt with on the spot, this official will temporarily give you the power to appoint public offices in Huaiyuan County, and after the disaster subsides, please also ask Lord Lu to send the list of appointments and dismissals to the Ministry of Officials, and the imperial court will choose to stay or replace it as appropriate." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Lu Zhi hugged his fists, his eyes couldn't hide the excitement, the ambitions that had been accumulated in his heart for many years were completely released at this moment, and he finally had the opportunity to show his strength and do what he wanted to do!

"Thank you, Lord Wen, for your grace!" The men behind Lu Zhi were also in high spirits.

Wen Chen snorted, and turned his head to look at Xueqin, who was silent, "Miss Xue, early tomorrow morning, this official wants to see the flow of money transactions between your Xue family's firm and various officials in Huaiyuan County in the past two years, as well as the account details of the recent times that the imperial court has allocated to Huaiyuan County for disaster relief, is there a problem?" ”

"The little woman didn't dare to ......" Xueqin's face was still pale.

"It's okay if you don't dare, if you want to live, don't just do what the official tells you, the official wants to see you take action, understand?"

"Yes, Lord Wen."

Wen Chen bowed slightly, walked to Han Rishan's side and hooked his hand, motioned for him to lower his head, and then whispered a few words in his ear.

"Now?" Han Rishan asked with some surprise.

"Yes, they have to be there when I get to Lucheng." Wen Chen nodded.

"But there is no warrant from Father-in-law Pei, I'm afraid they won't listen to the command......" Han Rishan was a little embarrassed.

Wen Chen pursed his lips and patted the back of his head, "Say it well, how much do you want?" ”

Han Rishan smiled and stretched out three fingers, "I can't hide anything from Brother Wen......"

"At most, if they don't do it, I'll find someone else." Wen Chen snorted.

It stands to reason that the Golden Armor Dragoon, as the secret weapon of the little emperor, has no power to mobilize, but he doesn't dare to guarantee that there will be no accidents in Lucheng, after all, it is not as good as Huaiyuan County, as the lifeblood of the heart of a state, those who can stay in Lucheng must be Qingzhou Mu's henchmen, and people like Lu Zhi who are not willing to obey Shangguan's command should have been cleared out very early.

So it's more reassuring to have some hole cards in your hand.

"This ...... Okay, I'll go and discuss! Han Rishan agreed, and hugged his fists towards Wen Chen and Xuanyang, "In the past few days of my absence, please take care of the two of you!" ”

Xuanyang glanced at him, "The most eye-catching is you!" ”

Night.

In the backyard of the county government in Huaiyuan County, Wen Chen stood under the eaves and quietly listened to the light rain falling on the stone slabs.

In the afternoon, Lu Zhi led people to clear out He Litang's family, especially He Gongzi, whose lower body was ground to a blur of flesh and blood, was thrown into the county government prison after half of the injury was healed.

And Xueqin did things very quickly, and in just half a day, she piled up the accounts she wanted on the desk, and she remembered clearly the amount of every grain money that was transported to Huaiyuan County.

Since the imperial court allocated money and grain to Qingzhou for disaster relief, He Litang would divide the disaster relief materials into two parts every time, and two percent would be included in the county treasury for emergencies, and the other eighty percent would be distributed according to the size of the official position, and the grain would be sold to the Xue family firm at a low price, and then they would allocate it uniformly to collect disaster relief taxes and sell them to the people at a high price.

"Dog minion, why don't you sleep so late?"

Xuanyang rubbed his eyes and walked out of the room.

"I can't sleep, why do you say that Qingzhou has been in drought for two years, but in the past two days that we have come, the rain is inexplicably endless?"