Prefect's Yamen

After sending someone, Su Ziji looked at the sky, the sky was a little dark, someone had repeatedly interrupted just now, and now he had to visit Qi Hongxin.

When I went in this time, I saw a medical officer who was checking the pulse, and Su Ziji ignored it, although it was dark in the room, I could still see Qi Hongxin lying on the couch with his eyes closed, his face was sallow, his face was wrinkled and motionless, and his body was getting thinner and thinner.

didn't say anything, said hello, the medical officer followed out, entered a pavilion, saw Su Ziji wearing a gauze robe, was looking gloomily into the distance, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "I've seen Master Su." ”

said that it was a medical officer, but in fact, the imperial court's chief physician was only the seventh grade, the adjutant was the chief physician, and the medical supervisor was the eighth grade, as for the medical officer, it was only the ninth grade, not to mention the prefecture and county.

Because the gap in official rank was too big, Su Ziji had to bow when he saw him, Su Ziji waved his hand: "Don't be polite, get up and talk, how is Lord Qi's condition, the medicinal materials are ready? ”

The medical officer got up and said respectfully: "My lord, the medicinal materials are ready, but the situation of the prefect is not optimistic, although he drank the medicine, he was only asleep, this is the appearance of the oil running out, and the lowly medical skills are limited, and he can only do this step at this point, if he wants to make the prefect better, there is really nothing he can do." ”

Su Ziji had expected it, nodded and sighed: "This is the destiny of heaven, you have done your best......"

In a blink of an eye, seeing Cen Rubai coming in, with three little officials, his expression was panicked, Su Ziji ignored the three little officials, frowned and waved his hand to let the medical officer go down, and waited to leave before asking, "What, Mr. Cen, there is news soon?"

"There is news, a few days ago, the capital sent an official ship, there was a eunuch who sent a decree out of Beijing, and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials also sent people to follow, and they came to Shun'an Mansion. ”

"It turned out that Your Majesty had a will, Lord Jin Qi from the Sanpin University!"

Hearing this, Su Ziji understood why Du Shui Shilangzhong suddenly changed his attitude and took the initiative to come over to return the silver.

It's just that with Qi Hongxin's current body, I'm afraid that it may not be able to delay until the day when the eunuch arrives, thinking of this, Su Ziji immediately ordered: "I can't get out, let the lord Bo send someone to greet the Qin Cha, and when the time comes, I will receive someone, speed up and rush back." ”

"Yes, I'll give the order later. ”

Su Ziji glanced at the three officials again: "What's the matter?"

"It's the dam that has gone wrong, and someone is making trouble. Cen Rubai looked at the three officials coldly, and when he saw them, he immediately knelt down in fright, and then said: "In order to catch up with the schedule, these three people urged the migrant workers too much, causing several laborers to be tired and injured. ”

"That's fine, you have to whip it, and something will happen. ”

"I've dealt with it, and I've asked the doctors stationed at the site to see the injuries and apply medicine, and all the workers who have been rushing the progress recently have also been paid more, and the matter has been resolved. ”

Su Ziji nodded, and then looked at the three little officials.

The three little officials just came to ask for guilt because of this matter, and now they saw Lord Fucheng with a cold face, and their legs were even weaker, and they bowed again and again: "I am guilty of the three of them, the sky has been dark recently, and I heard that there has been rain in the nearby prefectures and counties, and in order to catch up with the progress and finish the water conservancy, I used a whip, please forgive me, forgive my sin!"

Su Ziji sighed, and soon offered the diligent officials to practice Qi Hongxin, and now there are these three small officials urging the migrant workers to rush the project, which makes him very powerless.

It's just that the commander crossed the red line, but the three little officials are all public, and if they are punished, I am afraid that they will be cold.

Just thinking about it, he suddenly felt something, his expression was stunned, he took two steps forward, and stared at the three little officials carefully.

The three officials were suddenly so frightened that cold sweat broke out.

"It's weird, although it's not a monster, but there is a faint demonic aura on it. Su Ziji couldn't help frowning, but he didn't show it, he just scolded: "This official has long been instructed not to rush to do things for quick success, as officials, you three should love the people, but in order to rush the project, you ordered people to whip the people, this is really hateful! But I think that you are also for the project to be completed as soon as possible, this official will not punish you heavily, but will each beat ten small boards, so that you can have a long memory! Do you have any opinions?"

"Little confession!" the three said immediately.

Ten small boards, this punishment is not very light, but it is not too heavy, it is only the degree to which the buttocks are red and swollen. But it's a shame, it's a bit of a shame.

But who allowed their actions to cause the labor riots?

This is a big loss, but it was dealt with by Mr. Cen, it was really a big trouble, not to mention playing the board, that is, the position was lifted, and I am afraid that I will be punished again.

Su Ziji gave an order, and someone immediately executed it, which was crackling and hitting the board.

After the fight, Su Ziji said again: "Those who have exceeded will be punished, and those who have merit will be rewarded, but now it is important to control the water, go back first and finish the water conservancy, and the official will reward you." ”

"Let's go, this officer will go to the construction site with you and clean up the last bit. ”

The three of them had to respond again and again, and when they arrived at the commons, it was almost night, and at night, the two little officials who slept in the nearby shed, because of the pain in their buttocks, it was difficult to sleep, tossing and turning, looking up at the sky, black and black, I don't know when it was overcast.

A cool breeze hit, and both of them fell asleep vaguely.

One of the officials was named Qin Yi, and he heard a voice whispering: "Hey, you are really miserable, for the project, for the sake of official work, the result is not good, why bother? Even if the supervision is stricter, is it necessary to play the board?"

Another small official also heard a voice say: "Even if you whip the laborers, but you are also for the project, those lazy people don't move, can they rely on good words to make people work?

"Besides, the whip is deliberately lightened, and there is not even a red mark on the body, so how can it be a troublemaker? In my opinion, it is just that someone sees you unpleasantly and is deliberately manipulating you!"

"This is for the sake of Lord Chengsu of this mansion, I heard that he is the champion of the new department, who is not going to go with him for the future?

"You have built this river dam, and the credit has gone to Master Su, you have suffered, and you have been beaten, what can you get in the end?"

It's strange to say, half-asleep, half-awake, the two little officials feel that this voice is very right, even in the dream, they heard the sound of grinding their teeth, gritted their teeth, and wanted to get up immediately, blow up the river dam, and burn the jade.

Just when he was about to get up uncontrollably, suddenly there was a scream, the scream was short-lived, and the whisper disappeared suddenly, and a little official was tortured by the sound just now and his head rose, and at this time he felt that his drowsy and unconscious head was cool for a while, and sleepiness followed, turned over, and continued to snoring and falling asleep.

Qin Yi opened his eyes suddenly, shocked: "No!"

I didn't hear any movement for a while, so I couldn't help but sit up and think about it.

Was he stunned just now?

Why is it that when I hear someone speak, I don't feel frightened at first, but I feel that what I said makes sense, and I really think about it?

Could it be that there are some monsters at work?

Ke sat up slightly, looked outside the shed, it was pitch black, it was late at night, he couldn't see anything clearly, Qin Yi's back was wet, and he didn't dare to go out to find out.