Lin Zheng and Wang Zixuan stood side by side, looking at the visitor with a light smile with their hands behind their backs.

A row of plain shirts and green shirts slowly arrived, and the first person was the rarest person in this group of people wearing green shirts.

Lan Cuizhu was thin and walked in front with a smile, followed by Zheng Renjie and other Wudang Mountain disciples.

It wasn't until he got closer that Lan Cuizhu nodded lightly at Lin Zheng: "Pavilion Master Lin is worthy of being a young talent, and it is really amazing that he can help the Heavenly Master Pavilion wash away the shame of treason." ”

As if he didn't hear the sarcasm, Lin Zheng nodded: "Then I want to thank the Lord of Lanshan, and I took the time to send a congratulatory gift in person." ”

After that, Lin Zheng looked at Lan Cuizhu who was empty-handed with some surprise: "Could it be that Lord Lanshan has not prepared a congratulatory gift?"

Lan Cuizhu heard Lin Zheng call himself the mountain master, his eyes were slightly confused, and he understood that Lin Zheng was secretly satirizing the fact that the mountain lord of Wudang Mountain had been trapped for many years, but how could he make Lin Zheng proud when he came to find trouble, so Lan Cuizhu pretended not to understand: "Congratulatory gifts are naturally there, although they are busy but there are colleagues on the throne, Wudang Mountain can't come empty-handed." ”

After Lan Cuizhu finished speaking, a man in black clothes carrying a gift box walked out from behind the green shirts.

Seeing the man, Lin Zheng's brows furrowed slightly, it turned out to be Li Zhengzhi.

Li Zhengzhi walked to Lin Zheng's side with low eyebrows, presented the gift box with both hands, and the power of the 300,000 army was held by Wudang Mountain, and now he is no longer the commander of the army, but just a small commander.

"This person was found in the prison of Ruicheng, this investigation does not matter, I didn't expect that he is still a commander in the army. ”

Lan Cuizhu said and raised his foot and kicked Li Zhengzhi's back hard, this kick was extraordinary, and directly kicked Li Zhengzhi to the ground.

Lan Cuizhu smiled at Lin Zheng: "Pavilion Master Lin, this person has embezzled a whole 100,000 taels of military salaries under your nose! You didn't even tell the imperial court at all, do you really not know about this matter, or have you closed one eye to fill your pockets?"

Lan Cuizhu looked around, and the curious officials shouted at Li Zhengzhi, "Don't open the box yet." ”

Li Zhengzhi gritted his teeth and glanced at Lin Zheng seriously, and when he saw Lin Zheng nodding slightly, he slowly opened the box with trembling hands.

In fact, without Li Zhengzhi opening it, Lin Zheng had already guessed what was in the box, which was nothing more than evidence of Li Zhengzhi's corruption, but he was not afraid of the shadow slanting, and he was naturally not afraid of Lan Cuizhu splashing dirty water.

Wang Zixuan also stood aside and smiled playfully. Lan Cuizhu came back to make a fuss, he actually didn't think that Wudang Mountain was tired and tired to get the position of this state religion, but the Heavenly Master Pavilion easily got it, and no one would feel comfortable in his heart, but this kind of method is not the demeanor of Wudang Mountain.

"A name is like a woman, and she does things like a woman. Wang Zixuan couldn't help but sneer.

Lan Cuizhu didn't say anything, but Zheng Renjie got angry first, and he yelled at Wang Zixuan: "What did you say?!"

Wang Zixuan looked at Zheng Renjie with a light smile with his hands behind his back, the two have different statuses, if Wang Zixuan returns to Zheng Renjie, it will be regarded as a loss.

Zheng Renjie saw Wang Zixuan looking at him with disdain, and immediately became even more angry, but the next moment he was stopped by Lan Cuizhu stretching out his hand.

"I have always heard that Wang Zixuan, the master of the Heavenly Fortune Pavilion, acted decisively and ruthlessly, but I didn't expect that it was just a lip service. Lan Cuizhu still smiled lightly, as if she didn't take Wang Zixuan's ridicule in her eyes.

"It's just a matter of feeling. Wang Zixuan naturally didn't bother to talk to Lan Cuizhu more, and stopped talking after speaking.

Seeing that Wang Zixuan was no longer talking, Lan Cuizhu turned his head and reached out to take out a book of accounts that recorded Li Zhengzhi's corruption from the box, as well as those empty military names.

"Pavilion Lord Lin don't say you don't know, I found out that Pavilion Lord Lin recruited 20,000 troops in Yunzhou City when he just went to Chu State, as for why he recruited 20,000 troops, presumably Pavilion Lord Lin has his own reasons?" Lan Cuizhu asked with a smile in his hand.

Li Zheng knelt directly in front of Lin Zheng, bowing his head with guilt on his face, he knew that this time he had affected Lin Zheng.

The officials finally figured out what was going on, it turned out that Lan Cuizhu had actually obtained the evidence of Lin Zheng's corruption, and wanted to force the Heavenly Master Pavilion to abdicate!

The officials who had previously befriended Lin Zheng began to drum in their hearts, Lan Cuizhu was obviously already holding securities with such fanfare, and if he was involved with the Heavenly Master Pavilion, he would inevitably be implicated, so they secretly hated that he was too close to Lin Zheng in public.

Li Zhengzhi also walked out of the crowd, embezzling military salaries is a big crime, and he also wants to see how Lin Zheng will deal with it.

Lin Zheng patted Li Zhengzhi's shoulder indifferently, and finally spoke: "Lord Lanshan said so much, it is nothing more than saying that I accepted a bribe from Commander Li. ”

Lan Cuizhu nodded undeniably: "That's right." ”

Seeing this, Lin Zheng couldn't help but chuckle twice.

Lan Cuizhu frowned slightly: "What are you laughing at?"

Lin Zheng put away his smile: "It's nothing, it's just that the Lord of Lanshan has always said that he has found evidence of corruption led by Li Zhengzhi, but is there any proof that I Lin Zheng took bribes?"

Lan Cuizhu's eyes were slightly gloomy, he really didn't have any direct proof of the Heavenly Master Pavilion's bribery: "The facts are already in front of you, Pavilion Master Lin, don't you know that you have lost your way?"

Lin Zheng laughed even louder: "What fact? Is Wudang Mountain imagining out of thin air?"

Lin Zheng said as he took the account book from Lan Cuizhu's hand and looked at it for a while and looked at everyone with a smile: "This account book only records that Commander Li is corrupt, but I haven't seen Tianshi Pavilion take bribes!"

Lan Cuizhu's face became even more gloomy: "Even if there is no direct evidence, if you don't report it, it will definitely have something to do with this matter!"

Li Jiunian has always stood aside and watched coldly, he has long wanted to suppress the Heavenly Master Pavilion, but he has never found any reasonable excuse, if what Lan Cuizhu said is true, it may be a great opportunity, but now it seems that the evidence in Lan Cuizhu's hand is not comprehensive.

"Don't report what you know?" Lin Zheng smiled and helped up Li Zhengzhi, who was kneeling on the ground: "The battle to attack Chu is imminent, do I still have to spend precious time dealing with corruption? Not to mention that Commander Li took back the city occupied by the Chu army without spending a single soldier on the night I arrived, can't such a feat afford to give him the opportunity to make up for his merits?"

Seeing that Lan Cuizhu's face was pale and he was speechless, Lin Zheng took advantage of the victory to pursue again: "If you can't even appoint talents, I doubt that Wudang Mountain is really qualified to lead troops to fight." ”

Li Jiunian saw that the matter could not be done, so he had to stand up and take the account book from Lin Zheng's hand, and after looking through it carefully, he really couldn't find any clues about the bribery of the Heavenly Master Pavilion.

Taking a deep breath, Li Jiunian quietly put down the account book: "The Heavenly Master Pavilion does not have the slightest sign of bribery, I will strictly investigate the achievements mentioned by the Lord of the Lin Pavilion later, if the situation is true, Li Zhengzhi, I will be dealt with lightly." ”

Lan Cuizhu's face was extremely difficult to see, and in the end, she couldn't stand Lin Zheng's smile as if she had expected it, and turned around and left with a group of Tsing Yi angrily.

Lin Zheng turned around and looked at the officials with a smile: "Let everyone see the joke." ”

"Where, the Lord of the Lin Pavilion is not informal, and he attaches great importance to state affairs, I really admire it. ”

"Yes, yes, and Li Zhengzhi's military achievements are so great that he will not be severely punished even if there are some stains. ”

The officials naturally knew that Lin Zheng was ready to protect Li Zhengzhi, so they praised Li Zhengzhi together.

After Lin Zheng nodded to the officials, he squatted down and whispered to Li Zhengzhi, "What happened to the Chu State spy who was locked up in prison?"

Li Zhengzhi also whispered: "I asked him to pretend to be a punished soldier and let him go." ”

Lin Zheng nodded reassuringly.

At this time, Li Jiunian came over and said with a smile: "Pavilion Master Lin, I will bring the people back first, if what Pavilion Master Lin said is true, I will definitely give Pavilion Master Lin this face." ”

Lin Zheng nodded, turned around and explained something to Li Zhengzhi, and then handed Li Zhengzhi over to Li Jiunian.

After that, the banquet went on as usual, and in the laughter of everyone, Lan Cuizhu seemed to be an episode, and the atmosphere quickly returned to enthusiasm.

It wasn't until many officials were drunk and confused that they found an excuse with Lin Zheng to go to court tomorrow and left.

Lin Zheng was also quickly defeated, and left the banquet with Wang Zixuan, leaving only some good wine officials to continue to clink glasses, and Lin Zheng ordered Yan Liang to write them down one by one.

At this time, it was already late at night, Lin Zheng and Wang Zixuan were walking on the sparsely populated streets, and they came to the Xicheng Market at some point.

At this time, there are few pedestrians in the market, and only three or two pedestrians enjoy this bustling and cold night alone.

A few small shops were still open, and the two of them who were walking on the road had drunk too much and were a little hungry at this time.

Lin Zheng looked along the street and saw that the lights were still on in a familiar location, so he called Wang Zixuan: "Let's go eat a few Lantern Festivals?"

Wang Zixuan nodded happily.

The two came to the familiar open-air stall, and the familiar heat in the pot was still steaming, but when the two saw it clearly, they found that there was a change of person behind the fog.

"Two objective, eating supper?" After the fog, an equally young man asked when he saw Lin Zheng and the two stop in front of the stall.

Lin Zheng nodded, asked for ten sweet Lantern Festivals and divided them into two bowls, and then found a place to sit down with Wang Zixuan: "I didn't see you last time." ”

Lin Zheng chatted with the young man.

"Objectively here before?"

The young stall owner asked with a smile while enjoying the Lantern Festival.

Lin Zheng nodded: "I've been here a few times, and I can't forget the taste of the Lantern Festival here." ”

The young stall owner waved his hand: "It's really delicious, so I spent a lot of money to buy the recipe and continue to operate here." ”

"You bought this shop later?" Wang Zixuan asked when he saw that the man's action of cooking the Lantern Festival was also unfamiliar.

"yes. The man smiled and said, "I used to be a regular customer here, and I heard the stall owner say that he was ready to quit, so I bought this stall." ”

Lin Zheng and Wang Zixuan glanced at each other when they heard this: "Where did the original stall owner go, do you know?"

The man smiled and shook his head: "This kid has soared, and he was taken away and cultivated by the National Teacher's Mansion, and he must be a high-ranking official in the court in the future." ”