Chapter 303 Feather dancing through fire
The lights of Yuebin Restaurant are dim. This prosperous hotel is already declining. There is no customer in the huge store. The lights are on in the private room on the second floor, and a few figures are shaking, eating and talking.
Su Guozhong's face turned yellow and haggard. What happened in the past half month made him feel very tired. His father passed away and his elder brother was still in prison, so he could only grit his teeth to support him. The dishes on the table were very rich. The host and guest were the recorder of the prefecture, and he brought two clerks, accompanied by the two brothers of the Su family, Lu, Fang, and Zhang Yanlai, and Zhang Putian's son. They have been in Fuluo County for three days. Because they were secretly visiting, they did not disturb many people. They secretly met several clerks and runners from the yamen. Last night, they invited Wang County Chief Secretary's Secret Meeting, and the materials had been collected.
Holding up the wine glass, Su Guozhong smiled and said, "Feng Lushi, two, this time, thanking the three Gao Yi who came to Fuluo County to seek justice for his father. Su is very grateful. Su respects the three of you in one cup."
Feng Lushi said in a long tone: "We are doing things for the sake of business, and there is no question of Gao Yi. However, Ling Zun's death seems to have little to do with Jiang County Magistrate. In the past few days of undercover investigation, although there is evidence that Zhang Putian was beaten and killed by Jiang County Magistrate, many ordinary people are saying good things about Jiang County Magistrate. Your case is probably difficult to handle."
Fang Renyan smiled and said, "Jiang Anyi is accustomed to winning people's hearts, so please be fair." As he said that, he took out three red envelopes from his arms and sent them to the three of them.
It was a silver note. Feng Zaishou smiled with a tight face. He picked up the wine glass and clashed with Su Guozhong, raised his head and drank the wine. He smiled and said, "The Jiang County Magistrate is disregarding human life and corruption and abuses the law. He Sima and Wang Zhanjun attach great importance to it. He told me that he must not be afraid of power and do things impartially. I will tell He Sima the gains from the secret investigations over the past few days. Shopkeeper Su doesn't have to worry. At that time, the mansion sends people to ask about the case. Shopkeeper Su must come forward. The fifty-president Su who sued the officials with the people must know what to do."
Su Guozhong's face turned pale and hesitated a few words: "Su understands."
Next was a happy time to eat and drink. Su Guoxing invited several girls from Yicuilou, played music and sang, and then went to bed with Feng Lushi and others.
July is coming to an end, and Jiang Anyi has traveled all the fifteen townships under Fuduo County. The wind that should be blown has been blown, and the effect is pretty good. Although it has been much tanned, people are becoming more and more energetic, and Dong'er can't stand it at night.
The Great Zheng Kingdom is closed on ten days, and the thirty day is the day off. Jiang Anyi and Zhang Keji are sitting in the veranda beside the lotus pond in the back garden to play chess. Dong'er, Zhen'er and Zhuzhuluoluo learn to play the pipa. The sound of ding dong dong came intermittently, like a clear spring, very pleasant.
Jiang Anyi glanced at the pavilion and teased, "Sir, the piano and sir are singing, and life is lively and happy. I pity my life is blowing and sunny all day long, and it is almost like a charcoal ball."
Zhang Keji's white face turned red with a rare moment and bowed to thank him, "Thank you lord."
Jiang An ordered a couple of people to make up the couple and forced Zhuzhu and Luoluo to Zhang Keji. At first, the two girls were frightened by Zhang Keji's face. Zhang Keji did not use force and treated the two girls with courtesy. After a long time of getting along, the two girls found that Zhang Keji spoke politely and had a romantic essay in every move. He found out from Zhen'er that his father was burned by the fire to save her, and his feelings for Zhang Keji changed immediately.
The two girls were carefully trained and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but they were different from each other in front of Zhang Keji. You should know that Zhang Keji was from a noble family and was not as talented as a brothel. It was natural to love him from respect and love. A few days ago, the two girls were willing to become Zhang Keji's concubines.
Zhang Keji's heart was calm, but moved by the tenderness of the two daughters, and his heart became alive again. He did not regard the two daughters as concubines, but as close confidantes. Zhen'er knew about the matter and knew that his father was lonely, not only did not stop Zhuzhuluo from getting close to his father, but instead got along well with the two daughters, which made Zhang Keji much more relieved.
In the evening, Qin Zixiong came. During this period, he often came to Huang's house, which he changed his name. First, he had a great chat with Jiang Anyi and Zhang Keji, and he had a lot of knowledge about ancient times. Second, the food in Huang's house was good, and he could even feast when he met Jiang Anyi.
Jiang Anyi's chess skills were not as good as Zhang Keji. The game was already lost. He took out a few pieces from the chess box and threw them on the chess board to admit defeat. He stood up and greeted him: "Brother Qin came just right. Today, the little disciple hunted a wild deer outside the city, as well as a pheasant and a rabbit. The kitchen should be almost cleaned up. He was about to send someone to invite him."
Qin Zixiong looked heavy and said, "I can't eat too much, I have something to report to Lord Jiang."
The two of them privately called each other, and Qin Zixiong called "Master Jiang" because they had business. Jiang Anyi was stunned. Could it be that something happened to Qin Zixiong to punish the yamen runners?
"Sir, Qin has been ordered to rectify the yamen runners these days. When he heard about something, the Zhang family and the Su family went to the prefecture to submit a letter to Tongkat and reported to the prefecture. The prefecture secretly sent someone to investigate and had already asked several yamen runners."
Jiang Anyi was stunned. The prefecture sent someone to investigate him. He ran to the countryside every day these days, but he really didn't notice it. He looked at Zhang Keji, and Zhang Keji's face turned red. These days he was with Zhuzhuluoluo at home, with affection and affection, and he didn't care about the matter of the county government at all.
Qin Zixiong was anxious and shouted, "Sir, you must quickly explain the situation to the prefecture government office, and don't be framed by villains."
Seeing that Qin Zixiong was sincere for himself, Jiang Anyi smiled and said, "Brother Qin is a little calmer, and pick up a cold melon that I was lifting in the well to bring fire to Brother Qin."
Zhang Keji shook the paper fan lightly and smiled from the side: "Brother Qin, you have taken my army. This is accusing me of slacking off my duty. I'm sorry for my crime."
Qin Zixiong knew that Zhang Keji was a retainer of Jiang Anyi, and the wealthy families in Zhengzhou all had the habit of accumulating scholars. The Lu family had nearly a hundred strategists, and many people helped the Lu family manage their industries, so it was not surprising that Zhang Keji called Jiang Anyi the lord.
The cold melon was brought in a tray, and Jiang Anyi handed over one piece with him, and handed it to Zhang Keji. Zhang Keji took the folding fan and bite it. Jiang Anyi also ate it on his own. Qin Zixiong thought, "This is the emperor who is not in a hurry, the eunuch is anxious. The person involved is fine, so I yelled in a hurry. I got angry and ate the melon to get rid of the fire."
The water of the well was extremely cool. Qin Zixiong felt the heat disappear after a piece of melon. He suddenly remembered that as Jiang Anyi went to the countryside to promote the "tax-to-one" incident these days, he heard that since the former secretary Shaojian was the new governor of Chuzhou Duan Cizong, he had been ordered by the emperor to promote the "tax-to-one" reform under the order of the emperor. Jiang Anyi's actions in Fuluo County were naturally the order of the emperor. With this life-saving talisman in his life, no wonder Jiang Anyi and Zhang Keji were not worried at all.
Thinking of this, Qin Zixiong threw away the melon peel and shouted: "It's getting late, why haven't the food come up yet? Brother Zhang, I heard that your two wife, like the music, are good at music, can Qin be blessed?"
As the singing and dancing sounded, Qin Zixiong returned to the county government with three-point drunkenness. Jiang Anyi and Zhang Keji got up and came to the pavilion. Jiang Anyi asked, "Have the second issue of "Fuluo Diary" sent out?" "Don't worry, lord, Zhang sent someone to the inn to Jingyang Mansion the day before yesterday, and it will definitely be delivered to the prince before the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Dazheng set up post stations in various prefectures to convey official documents and military information, and also provide food, accommodation and horse exchange for officials on the way. The ordinary post station is 200 miles a day, and the urgent case is 500 miles, and the fastest one is 800 miles to speed up, and the replacement of people and horses will be changed day and night. There are post roads from Jingyang Prefecture to Kyoto, and more than 2,000 miles should be reached in twelve or thirteen days.
Jiang Anyi nodded, looked at the starry sky, and said in a deep voice: "There are some people behind the Zhang family and the Su family, otherwise they would not dare to go to the prefecture to submit a letter. It would be funny. At that time, I strongly agreed to the establishment of the Tongpu and even wrote a book "Commentary on the Counseling of the Tongpu". Unexpectedly, I was caught by myself, which is also ironic."
Zhang Keji turned the folding fan in his hand, with a bright light in his eyes, and half of his black and burnt face appeared with a grim smile, saying, "Behind this is nothing more than County Magistrate Wang and Yan Kaichen, one for the sake of officialdom and the other for wealth. Zhang probably did not go far, but was stirring up trouble in Jingyang Mansion."
"Governor Zhao is Prime Minister Wei's grandson-in-law. I think I have some understanding of the adults' coming, so it will not be detrimental to the lord. However, when the lord visited the governor last time, I saw that He Sima had an unpleasant face. I thought it was because the adults gave him four bottles of perfume and thought it was because the adults gave him four bottles of perfume. The adults were anxious to come to Fuluo County, but they did not visit many of them. I think these people had an objection to the adults."
"Justice is in the hearts of the people," Jiang Anyi said lightly: "What can these short-sighted people do to me? Don't talk about them. The emperor ordered me to try the policy of "tax-to-one". I have some feelings these days. I discussed with my husband. If you have time, I will form a plan. I want to call the village chief to discuss it in the near future and report it to the emperor as soon as possible. I will try it in the beginning of spring next year."
When Zhang Keji saw Jiang Anyi looking at the starry sky, he looked melancholy, and knew that he was going to miss Xinfei again, he smiled and comforted: "Didn't the mistress' letter say that he was appointed as a secret guard by the emperor? She doesn't have to worry about her. The lord wants to reunite with the lord as soon as possible, but it is not easy to triple the taxes in Fuluo County."
Jiang Anyi's face showed a confident smile, and it was less than ten thousand taels to triple it. It was not difficult for him, but population was a problem. Jiang Anyi's thoughts turned to Xinqi County and thought of Pingshan Town. If Fuluo County could become as rich as Pingshan Town, it might attract people. The taxes mentioned by the emperor were actually second. The real intention was probably to be the "tax-to-one" reform. As long as he did this, the emperor would definitely reunite his husband and wife.
In the Sima Mansion of Jingyang Prefecture, He Rui raised his head from the thick document and smiled mockingly: "These pen and pen officials are really iron-mouthed and steel teeth. These human and physical evidence are all there, and everything they don't have can be written into an iron case by them."
Wang Yongqing did not feel ashamed but rather flattered and said with honor: "Sir, as long as you can have a pair of golden hands, why bother with right or wrong?"
A thick stack of evidence of undercover investigation was placed in front of Zhao Shulun. Zhao looked over and said, "That's why it's conclusive."
Wang Yongqing replied with a serious expression: "The six charges are investigated and there is evidence. The magistrate of Jiang County was extremely angry in Fuluo County. Please tell me."
Zhao Governor Zhao smiled and said, "Supervising the officials of prefectures and counties, the position of recording good and evil is to register the military. He Sima, you are in charge of the Tongpu. You will be the general manager of Jiang Anyi's case. I will not go beyond it. I will sue me afterwards. However, I want to emphasize that Jiang Anyi is the top scholar in the three-yuan period. If the case is involved, you should neither indulge nor be wronged. You should do it yourself."
Chapter completed!