After the jade comb case was over, Cui Pu took Mu Jiaojiao back to Hailing County, and there has been no news since then.

Such a calm ending made Zhou Zhifu's heart turbulent, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Until now, Mu Jiaojiao has just given birth to a little lady and has just been full moon, and the couple has finally killed again. When he heard the news of their visit, somehow, Zhou Zhifu's heart, which had been hanging high for nearly two months, suddenly fell, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This matter is about to be settled.

"Let them in!" he said, a face that looked as awe-inspiring as ever.

Cui Pu soon came into the study. He smiled and bowed to the prefect of Zhou, and his attitude was really unprecedentedly modest.

Seeing this, Governor Zhou's heart closed slightly.

"Governor Cui's Mansion is exempt, sit down!" he waved his hand casually, "It is said that people are in good spirits when they are happy, and now Cui Zhixian is so happy that you love your daughter, and you seem to be several times more energetic than before!"

"Thank you Governor Zhou for the compliment, but Xia Guan also thinks so. Cui Pu smiled, "And today, Xiaguan has another happy event to discuss with you." ”

"Oh, what's the happy occasion?"

"That group of pirates escorted into Chang'an, there should be news coming back, right?" Cui Pu suddenly changed the subject.

Governor Zhou's eyes darkened. "Cui Zhixian, can't wait to ask the saint for a reward?"

"It's actually a trivial matter to reward something, and the lower officials are more concerned about those people and many accomplices. There is also their leader who has always regarded Xia Guan as an enemy, and if they are not caught for a day, Xia Guan's situation will always be worrying!" Cui Pu sighed, "Xia Guan is nothing as a dignified man, but Xia Guan's wife has always been weak, this time she has experienced such a big stimulus, and she has not recovered until now, you can also see, even my little lady was born prematurely! And my little lady is still in infancy, and now she is threatened every day, Xia Guan is frightened day and night, lest she be affected by Xia Guan and cannot grow up." Prefect, you are also a parent, you must be able to understand the mood of the lower officials, right?"

Seeing that he didn't know where to conjure up a handkerchief, sighing sadly, and pretending to wipe the corners of his eyes on the other hand, with teary eyes as if someone had bullied him, Zhou Zhifu's head was full of black lines.

I haven't seen him for more than a month, and this person is even more shameless.

Is it because I have a daughter?

But when a normal man has a daughter, shouldn't he stand up to the sky more and more, so that he can set a masculine example for his children? Why did he suddenly become so feminine? Listening to this weak choking voice, his heart and liver began to tingle!

Governor Zhou shuddered coldly, and hurriedly said, "If you have anything to say, why bother beating around the bush?"

Cut, isn't this your favorite routine? Now that I'm starting to follow the rules of your game, you're not used to it?" Cui Pu sneered in his heart.

But after a few snorts, he got goosebumps all over his body. Since Governor Zhou said so, he quickly put down his veil: "Here's the thing. After Xia Guan went back, he thought about it for more than a month, and he couldn't put his mind at ease no matter how he thought about it. After consulting a lot of classics and inviting the people along the coast to inquire, I learned that there are ships going to sea all year round in Hailing County and the people on the beach are attacked by pirates. It's just that although our county has also organized people to patrol the beach and arrest Haikou before, they have found nothing. ”

"But this time it's different, didn't Xia Guan catch six alive and two dead eight pirates in one go? Last time, I also took out a lot of useful information from their mouths. Therefore, when Xiaguan came to see you with the prefect this time, he wanted to ask for your approval to let Xiaguan assemble a well-trained team in Hailing County to fight Haikou!"

"No!" Governor Zhou immediately vetoed, "Since ancient times, county orders are not allowed to raise troops in the lower counties, which is clearly stipulated in Tang Luli!"

However, Tang Luli also made it clear that in case of special circumstances, when necessary, the county order can submit a request to the prefect to assemble a team of less than 100 people just in case. Cui Pu immediately said.

Since he had come to him to tell him this, he had already learned the law thoroughly.

Governor Zhou sank his face: "It's just a small group of pirates, last time your sudden attack had already frightened them, they already knew how powerful you were, and they definitely won't mess around again." Cui Zhixian, why do you have to worry about the sky?"

"Governor, are you worried about the current officials?" Cui Pu's eyes suddenly darkened, "You say this, do you think that those people will definitely not come back, let alone come to the Xiaguan family to avenge the pirates who were caught? Where did you get the confidence to say that? Are you ready to arrest them all? Or do you already have dealings with them, and you have already told them that you will not allow them to disturb the Xiaguan family again?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhou Zhifu's face changed greatly, "This mansion is an official of the imperial court, how can you have dealings with such Jiangyang thieves?

"In that case, then Governor Zhou, where did you have the confidence to think that they would not come to Xia Guan again? Could it be that because you are not a Xia Guan, and Xia Guan's family has nothing to do with you, you don't care at all, do you?

Facing his smiling face, Zhou Zhifu suddenly felt cold all over his body.

"Cui Zhixian, what are you talking about! How could this mansion have such evil thoughts?"

"Then you say, why don't you agree!"

"The ...... of the Honfu"

"Or is it that the lower official is going to ask Wuzhi County in Tianchang County?"

Zhou Zhifu chuckled in his heart. "What do you ask him to do?"

"Oh, don't ask him, then the lower official will go and ask your subordinate Wang Zhu's book? These days, there should be a lot of money flowing out of his hands in the treasury of Yangzhou Mansion, right? By the way, the lower official will go and ask the magistrates of other counties to see if everyone has received the money you transferred out, anyway, we haven't received a penny in Hailing County. Cui Pu smiled lightly.

Zhou Zhifu's legs began to weaken. "You...... Don't talk nonsense, even if the government really transfers money from the treasury, it will be used for a serious purpose. Such a major matter related to the country's social affairs is not something that a small county like you can ask about!"

This hat is really buttoned up!

Cui Pu nodded with a smile: "Prefect, you are right. Isn't it a major matter that has a bearing on the country's social affairs to build roads in those towns in Tianchang County? But the lower officials just don't know what the names of those roads will be given in the end? Do you dare to mark your big name on the top?"

Governor Zhou's face is now pale. "Cui Pu, do you know that you are called a false mouth? If you dare to say it again, this government will definitely repair a letter to inform the sage and cure you for the crime of contempt for the officials!"

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, then let's talk about the little lady you raised in Yangliu Lane in the east of Yangzhou City! Xia Guan remembered that she was a famous Oiran lady in Yangzhou Mansion at the beginning, and she didn't know what was going on, and she retreated bravely in the limelight at the height of the moment, and she has disappeared since then. Xia Guan also knew by chance that she was still in Yangzhou City, and there seemed to be an extra pair of children around her, according to people who had seen her, that Xiao Langjun and the prefect looked very similar. Cui Pu said slowly, satisfied to see that Zhou Zhifu's face gradually turned gray.

Then, he added a sentence leisurely: "By the way, Xia Guan discussed this matter with Xia Guan's wife for a long time last night. Now that the wife of the lower official has gone to see the prefect's wife, you said that when you talk about the rise, will you also talk about this beautiful thing?"

"Don't say it again!" Zhou Zhifu wiped the cold sweat on his head, "This matter, this government promises you!"