Chapter 317.

Jianyi, faced with Wu Zhizhan’s rash visit, felt a little strange though.

But after all, he had been through a great deal and remained calm and collected.

Wu Zhi Zhan arrived in front of Jian Yi before showing some respect, “Lord Jian, take a look at this.”

With that, he took out the Dan Shu Tie Ticket from his sleeve.

Jianyi stepped forward, but instead of taking the iron coupon, he frowned, “Whose is it?”

He was a minister of mandarin, so of course he knew very well what it was.

There can’t be more than a hundred of something like this in Daming.

Unusual people may not even see it.

Wu Zhi Zhan said, “Yao Guang Xiao.”

Jianyi’s body was slightly shaken, but he still pretended to be slow, slowly sipping his tea before saying, “How did you get this?”

Wu Zhi Zhan said, “Today …… searched from a monk.”

Jian Yi’s face gradually became ugly, “A monk? What’s the mold?”

“Thin, white beard, sparse eyebrows, long nose, and a dark mark on his neck.”

“It’s him.” Jian Yi frowned and said, “Why didn’t you invite Lord Yao here?”

“He’s probably dead.”

Jianyi: “……”

Wu Zhi Zhan said, “Have called to the doctor, but …… actually dead or not, it does not matter.”

Jianyi had sensed that something was wrong, and he began to become uneasy, his expression uncertain and his face even more gloomy and uncertain.

He stared at Wu Zhi Zhan, “What do you mean?”

“When he was found, he was a drafted healer and had been starving for two days and had multiple bruises.”

Jianyi was furious: “How can that be, who conscripted him to be a healer?”

“Not drafted away, but …… yellow book, his name is not Yao Guangxiao, but Zhang Ye, twenty seven years old, is indeed in the medical household.”

When Jianyi heard this, he understood everything and said with slightly widened eyes, “Which county did this?”

Wu Zhi Zhan pointed to the line of writing on the case, “Hasn’t this person already seen his ink treasure and delivered it to Lord Jian?”

Standing on the side, catching up, Wu Huan, who originally had a displeased look on his face, had also suddenly changed his face when he heard this.

No one knows the hook here better than he does.

His face clouded over, and he only felt two quivering strands, almost paralyzed.

Who would have thought that the damn magistrate would have drafted such a character.

This is His Majesty’s inner circle. It’s the black-clad Chancellor!

Jian Yi said, “Think of a way …… to save people first.”

“Jian Gong ……” Wu Huan cried and said, “At this time …… to save or not to save, what difference is there?”

Wu Huan became agitated, “Not to mention that at his age, he should have died, even if he’s still alive, it’s even trickier than being dead.”

Wu Zhi Zhan, however, murmured, “Dead, alive, all tricky, finished, hey, must be finished.”

Jianyi only felt his blood rising and his brain buzzing.

He suddenly said, “Is this how you enlist medical households?”

He pointed his finger at Wu Huan, “How dare you do this?”

Wu Huan said, “Enfu, isn’t it always like this when it comes to recruitment?”

This rhetorical question actually choked Jian Yi to death at once.

Historically, it is as if the court has preferential treatment for the readers and the gentry of some of the laws and regulations, but not so that you unlimited tax exemption, just for dozens of acres and hundreds of acres of the size of the reduction, beyond the part, still have to pay the rules of grain.

But in reality?

The same applies to corv茅e and latin. The rich households were expected to contribute manpower as usual, but it was amortized and often the rich households were never able to contribute manpower.

Wu Zhizhan also straightened up and said: “Jian Gong, the lower head of the lower head of the difficulties, traditionally levied corv茅e is the easiest, but the levy of medical households is the most difficult, the medical households read a lot of books, literate, and this plague …… is really going to die, who dares to go to it? And they are in the local, more or less, there are always some relations, really want to force the draft, to have an accident.”

Jianyi just jawed.

At this time, in fact, he didn’t have the heart to think about this instead.

Just a miserable face.

Wu Huan also said, “Difficult, too difficult! These medical households, too, have all enthusiastically donated a lot of money and grain; they alone have donated more than seven hundred stones of grain.”

Jian Yi’s face turned blue as he said, “You guys are trying to get old me killed.”

Jianyi at this time only felt that the sky is going to collapse, two eyes black, he has no way to imagine, a good thing, how did it become this way?

Jian Yi fell back to remember something, and abruptly said, “Even so, then why …… would Master Yao be hungry for two days?”

Wu Huan and Wu Zhi Zhan glanced at each other, the two who had turned against each other only moments ago seemed to have a tacit understanding now.

Wu Zhi Zhan said, “The record is …… that they ate and drank enough last night, and each person had a catty of rice, and there is also meat, and the subordinate official …… also thinks it is strange.”

Jianyi again understood something at once and said, “Recorded? Corruption and ink again?”

Wu Zhi Zhan said, “The errand boys also work hard, they are weekdays ……”

He would have liked to explain.

But after thinking about it, there really was no need to explain anything for the neighboring county’s errand boy.

What he wanted to say is that the errand boy when the duty, this is not to give money and food, the vast majority of people, are generations of mandarins, even if the government occasionally give some rice and grain, but also absolutely can not feed a family old and young.

In a county, the real salary, but only a mere seven or eight people, these seven or eight people, is the real official.

These errand boys, if they don’t rely on this, what do they eat?

Jian Yi took a deep breath, only to feel chills all over his body, and said quietly, “No wonder …… no wonder his majesty had to issue a decree to have Jin Chun, the Minister of Justice, come here, no wonder ……”

Wu Zhi Zhan said, “Lord Jian, think of a way.”

Jian Yi shook his head, “You do your own sins, way …… haha …… what else!”

At this time, Jian Yi only felt as if the sky was about to fall.

Yes, at this point, Jianyi was feeling tired.

Wu Zhi Zhan then stopped talking.

On the contrary, that Wu Huan was anxious, said, “Enfu, the name of the teaching …….”

Jianyi said, “What famous religion, what else are you hiding?”

Wu Huan said, “Up and down for the sake of the great governance of Ningfu, what is there to hide? Enfu ……”

Jian Yi’s eyes were wide open as he stared at him, “Save Master Yao first, by all means, by any means.”

Wu Huan raised his head to look at Jian Yi in surprise and sighed, “Enfu, the most urgent task is still ……”

“Shut up.” Jian Yi whisked his sleeve and said, “By now, what else is there to say? Also, immediately send someone to take down that damned county magistrate Liu Wenxin, quickly. The county magistrate, the chief bookkeeper, and the county lieutenant, all of them are also temporarily detained, waiting to be disposed of. Prepare a sedan chair for me, I want to go to the medical tenants to have a look.”

“En House ……”

Jian Yi tiredly closed his eyes and sighed, “At this point today, where is there any Enfu? Old me does not deserve to be your Enfu, old me is not even considered a human being.”

He said, and was about to move, but all he could feel was dizziness, touching his forehead and staggering.

Wu Huan and others grabbed forward, a Jianyi assisted: “Enfu first good rest, what is the matter, first take a break to say.”

Saying so, he assisted Jianyi to the bedroom of the light house.

Jianyi suddenly had slightly red eyes, trembled his lips, and muttered, “Why to such a point, why to such a point ah ……”

He looked at Wu Huan in pain.

Other curtain friends and this government’s co-conspirators, push officer, shine mill and other officials, also have come, they roughly already know what happened, the heart is apprehensive, at this time the bitter persuasion: “Jian Gong, you and rest for a while.”

It was with great difficulty that Jian Yi was coaxed to leave the light house, and only then did the people leave the house in a state of dismay.

Now this up and down, has long been a hot mess.

“That damn Liu Wenxin.” The crowd cursed at Liu Wenxin, “He’s so dead, why did he draft Master Yao as a medical household?”

“Could it be a mistake?”

“There can be no mistake, that iron coupon, Mr. Jian has already looked at it, and none of them found any abnormality.”

Tongzhi Fan Yi pondered for a moment and said, “Jin Chun, the Minister of Justice, will soon join the three divisions to come to Ningguo Palace to investigate Master Yao’s whereabouts, what should this be?”

The crowd looked at each other in disbelief.

Wu Huan said, “If the matter is revealed, won’t the Enfu suffer? If the Enfu is here, we still have a future, but if the Enfu is penalized, we will be implicated.”

“I heard that Jin Bitang is the former official of Jian Gong ……”

“But it’s too big.”

“Cover it up and figure out what to do with it.”

“What’s the situation with those healers ……? And those errand boys …… who know about it now, probably quite a few.”

When the words were spoken, there was another sudden silence.

After a half a long time, Tongzhi Fan Yi violently eyes a sheet: “These people …… must not stay!”

The crowd was in a state of disarray, looking a little flustered and everyone was lost.

It was too big a deal after all, and had long since made their usual gravitas, go up in smoke.

But when everyone heard that these people must not stay, everyone winced.

But as if there was an excellent tacit understanding, everyone began to keep quiet, and everyone was silent.

Fan Yi is a meaningful glance at Wu Huan: “Liu County Lieutenant is still in the House it, this is something they caused, let them take care of it, you go and tell him, we can not be counted as a major crime, at most, but also just the crime of negligence, but if they are pursued, heh …… ”

Wu Huan understood and nodded.

At this point, everyone was silent, and at this point, they could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Wu Huan suddenly said, “Gentlemen, some things, but also is the last resort, Jian Gong to our favor, we can not …… teach him to be trapped in disloyalty and injustice ah. What’s more, the famous religion is in peril, at this time, we are all saints under the door, can not be idly regarded, but also hope that all of you, can be to the pale life and the famous religion for the sake of the idea ……”

The crowd arched their hands, “That’s right.”

The crowd, in a state of shock, finally agreed.

In the meantime.

Jin Chun, the Minister of Justice, the three divisions of the Ministry of Justice, led by the staff, vast, in the twinkling of an eye has gone out of the capital.

This one was very loud.

There is the Ministry of Justice, so in addition to hundreds of fast officials, and the Ministry of Justice officials, plus the right royal secretary of the Metropolitan Police Department, the Da Lisi Secretary, they show their own thunder and lightning, so do not dare to sit in the car sedan chair, and have all ridden on horseback.

Unfortunately, riding a horse is just for show, because the officials do not ride a horse on weekdays, so this way of walking and stopping, but rather not as fast as riding a sedan chair and riding a car.

Having no choice, Jin Chun had no choice but to let one of the fast officials go ahead, while he himself led the rear.

Seeing that, Ningguo House is right in front of us, the people are really tired, mainly because the horse is always disobedient, as if it is stronger, always refusing to listen to the ride.

Especially Zhu Xing, the young secretary of the Da Lisi, because of his age, sat on the horse panting, his bones were about to fall apart, and his face looked extremely bad.

It was hard to get to the post, but I realized that I had traveled more than ten miles in one day.

But there was no way to get through it, so I had to take a break.

And just entered the stagecoach.

The local stage manager had not yet come out to meet him.

But there is already one person, waiting here.

“My humble servant, Wu Zhizhan, meet the Golden Ministry.”

Wu Zhizhan knelt down with a solemn face.

He did not wear a winged hat or an official uniform, but a spandex Confucian shirt.

Look at his dusty and tired face, as if he hadn’t rested all the way.

What Jin Chun hates the most is when he is out on official business and a local official comes here to join in the fun.

You’re the Minister of Justice, who wants to get acquainted with you, the county magistrate, the lieutenant and the chief bookkeeper?

At that moment, only with the side of the Da Lisi Junior Secretary Zhu Xing, as well as the right imperial historian Deng Kang, exchanged a look with each other. On their faces, still with a smile, just this with a smile in the depths of the eyes, but can not help but with a few points of ridicule.

Jin Chun said with a pale expression, “You are ……”

“My humble servant, Xuan County Magistrate.”

“Xuancheng?” Jin Chun raised an eyebrow and said, “We should still be far away from Xuancheng, since you are the county magistrate of Xuancheng and have the responsibility of guarding the land, how come you came here in good time?”

Wu Zhi Zhan looked up at Jin Chun, of course he was well aware that the other party should have thought he was taking advantage of this to balk.

Wu Zhi Zhan said with a tired face, “My humble servant has come to surrender.”

This statement shocked everyone.

Jin Chun looked around, and with his years of experience, he immediately realized that something was fishy about this.

So he did not hesitate to say to the guards he had brought with him, “Here at the post station, strengthen the guard, and tell the local post masters to boil some hot water, prepare meals, and prepare several rooms. But for half an hour no one shall come to disturb them.”

Then with a solemn face he looked at Wu Zhizhan and said, “Follow me.”

A tea later, everything was arranged.

Entered an upper room.

In this small hall, Jin Chun was seated in the center, and on his left and right were Deng Kang, the right royal historian, and Zhu Xing, the junior secretary of the Da Lisi.

Raising his tea, Jin Chun did not drink it, but said, “Speak.”

Wu Zhizhan only sat on a small stool, but said, “Do not dare to say, please Jin Ministry Hall to take me to face the saint, self-expression of his sins.”

Jin Chun raised his eyebrows and said angrily, “Why don’t you dare to say?”

“It’s too big of a deal, and I’m afraid it’ll leak out.”

Jin Chun sneered, “Can’t we be trusted either?”

“Can’t believe it.” Wu Zhi Zhan said.

He chopped it up.

But all of a sudden, the faces of the three Jin Chuns were gloomy.

They were not hating Wu Zhizhan at this point.

Rather, with their experience of many years of floating in the eunuch sea, they know that a county magistrate, if he says these words, then …… there must be a heavenly insider.

Even ……

Jin Chun s eyes fluttered, obscure and unknown, and he realized more …… that the person who should be the one Wu Zhizhan wants to prosecute and sue must be extraordinary, so much so that even the three of them can t believe it.

Coupled with his identity as a county magistrate in Xuan County, then the person he wants to prosecute has actually called out.

Jin Chun frowned while looking at him expressionlessly, “How is Lord Jian?”

Wu Zhi Zhan, however, looked away, “It’s about Master Yao.”

Jin Chun was first stunned, then brightened up, “Where is he?”

“Must face the saint.” Wu Zhizhan obstinately said, “Otherwise the sinful official death can not say, in addition to …… the next official before the trip, has repaired a few letters to their own closest relatives and some cronies, once the next official has something, they will try to do everything to go to the capital, and return the world a truth.”

Wu Zhi Zhan was aware of the circle and he was ready for all of it.

Jin Chun also heard and frowned, “What kind of person do you think this official, among others, would harbor?”

Wu Zhizhan only said, “I don’t dare.”

Jin Chun looked at him steadily and said, “Our duty is to come and find out Master Yao’s whereabouts.”

Wu Zhi Zhan said, “After the face of the saint, everything can be revealed, the matter is urgent, but also please make a decision early.”

Jin Chun sneered, “Hmph, if you don’t say it, the truth will become clear when we go to Ningguo Fu.”

Wu Zhi Zhan but lightly out of a sentence: “My official advised the gentlemen, or do not go to the Ningguo House for good.”

Jin Chun sank his eyebrows and said, “Why?”

“The bubonic plague is growing in Ningguofu, and the gentlemen are old, so I’m just afraid ……”

At these words, all three of them winced in unison.

At this moment, there was no need for too many words, they already had a premonition that something big was going to happen.

As for that talk of the plague, in the capital, in fact, we have gradually unloaded the defense, there is no worry.

But never expected, Ningguo Fu ……

This is under the rule of Lord Jian.

In fact …… even if Wu Zhizhan did not reveal any details, but in fact, in their hearts, they have gradually understood the cause and effect of things.

Jin Chun exchanged silent glances with Deng Kang and the others.

Deng Kang said, “The matter is significant, and this person should be immediately escorted to the capital to await His Majesty’s judgment.”

On the contrary, Zhu Xing, the young secretary of the Da Lisi, was a little hesitant, but he thought that if he didn’t, he would have to go to Ningguo Fu, and that he might catch the bubonic plague while he was there.

So no longer dare to hesitate too much, then also said: “The case is important, there are some eyebrows, why don’t we first see this person to see His Majesty how to say?”

Jinchun sighed quietly.

He vaguely sensed that it was not good anymore, and thinking of Jian Yi, who had promoted him, he panicked a little.

But to this day …… there doesn’t seem to be much to go on.

In the end, he had to say, “Okay, go back to the capital overnight.”

…………

“Declare an audience with the Duke of Wei.”

Zhang Anshi was in Qixia at this time, and when he was about to go off duty, a eunuch suddenly came.

Zhang Anshi was a bit confused, so he said, “Eunuch, is it a mistake? This …… day is getting dark.”

This eunuch said in a pleasant manner, “This is an oracle from His Majesty.”

For His Majesty’s edict, Zhang Anshi didn’t dare to be negligent, but smiled and said, “Nothing will happen, right?”

Zhang Anshi said while moving.

He arrived at the Noon Gate only to find Jin Chun and some people he didn’t know very well who also happened to be there.

Zhang Anshi pretended not to see them and looked up at the sky.

Instead, Jin Chun came up and gave him a bow, “Duke Wei, courteous.”

Zhang Anshi couldn’t continue to pretend he couldn’t see it even if he wanted to, so he snorted, “Ah, good, good.”

Well, soon enough, a eunuch broke the awkwardness.

The people were led by eunuchs and entered in a line.

Immediately after, Zhang Anshi realized that something was not right.

This is held in the Chongwen Hall, which is dark, both non-court meeting, held here, it is inconceivable ah!

And by the time Zhang Anshi entered the hall, he found that the Wen Yuan Pavilion, the six ministries, as well as the officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Ducha Academy were all here.

This made Zhang Anshi’s heart even more suspicious.

Even …… even the crown prince Zhu Gaoqi came.

While Zhang Anshi was both curious and full of suspicion, Zhu Di grimly ascended to his seat.

After Jin Chun and the others had made up their minds, they ordered someone to send news to the capital with a fast horse. Although they were already tired, they did not dare to slow down, and they also hoofed it to the capital at the back.

Just as they were on their way, Zhu Di got a quick report on his end, and he also sensed that something was wrong, so he made an immediate decision and held a court meeting.

At this point, the crowd called out three times.

Zhu Di did not continue to sit on the imperial chair, but anxiously walked a few steps on the hall before saying, “Which one is the magistrate of Xuan County?”

The hundred officials who did not know why, one by one, looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes.

Xuancheng County ……

A man said, “I am Wu Zhizhan, the magistrate of Xuancheng County.”

Zhu Di looked deeply at Wu Zhi Zhan before he said in a deep voice, “What do you want to play?”

“I am guilty of ten thousand deaths.” Wu Zhizhan hung his head slightly low and said, “I have come here to ask for pardon.”

Zhu Di frowned, “What offense?”

“The list is endless, I don’t know if Your Majesty wants me to tell all of it. Or where to start?” Wu Zhizhan was still calm.

When he rushed to meet Jianyi, he actually knew that the matter could no longer be covered up.

After all, he was different from the officials of the other counties in Ningguo Prefecture, he was the magistrate of Attachment Guo County, right next door to the governor’s office, and he was aware of what was going on in the prefecture. The other counties, on the other hand, only knew the tip of the iceberg.

On the other hand, the Ningguo House of the Tongzhi, the push officer, the Zhaomiao, including a large number of curtain friends, these people, although they also know a lot of inside information, but after all, they are involved in a very deep, has been skimmed off the relationship, and therefore the first reaction, is to immediately cover up.

Wu Zhizhan, on the other hand, realizes that this can’t be covered up at all, and the only way to save himself is right now.

Therefore, when he came all the way here, he had already conducted countless times of study and simulation of the current situation in his heart, and even what to say when he met His Majesty, he had already conducted countless times of rehearsal in his heart.

Zhu Di stared at him closely and said, “Where exactly is Master Yao at this time?”

Under the pressure of Zhu Di’s gaze, Wu Zhi Zhan’s heart could not help but tremble, and tried to stabilize his mind and said, “Yao Gong …… life and death is not yet known, but I expect that …… nine times out of ten is dead.”

The hall was in an uproar at these words.

When Zhang Anshi heard this, he also felt his brain buzzing, and his entire body froze in place, slightly opening his mouth, but unable to speak.

Zhu Di was even slightly shaken, violently felt a blackness in front of his eyes, and finally fell on his butt on the imperial seat, turning to roar, “What did you say?”

Wu Zhizhan at this time felt that the palms of his hands were gathered with cold sweat, and could only harden his head and say, “Your Majesty …… Yao Gong …… has suffered an untimely death.”

Zhu Di opened his eyes wide and stared dead at him, but he was agitated and angry: “Why don’t you test?”

Wu Zhi Zhan face Zhu Di’s full fury, the heart is frightened, do not dare to half hesitation hastily said:” Yao Gong he is hungry, to starve for a few days, but also beaten, was detained and escorted for a hundred miles, infected with the disease, but also no one to heal ……”

“……”

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First shift delivered, two more to go, Tiger will be cheering.