At this time, Jun Song, who had been silent for a long time, cleared his throat and made his official appearance. He cupped his hands towards Zhao Changlin and said loudly: "Sir, you are diligent and law-abiding, hard-working, and manage well in Pizhou. You have made outstanding achievements. It is me."

You are a role model for your subordinates. You are talented and ambitious, and want to ride on the east wind to cross thousands of miles of waves. You could be loyal to the imperial court and have glory for a lifetime, but why do you want to seize property, kill people and steal goods, gain temporary benefits, and gain a moment of glory? Don't you?

Have you ever thought that doing this is like drinking poison to quench thirst, and will eventually destroy your own future? Sir, is it worth it?" Jun Song said heartbrokenly, but Sang Xianhe listened in a daze, staring with two big eyes.

Juniper, I thought to myself, how long has it been since this happened, and you are still there dragging out documents? Alas, these civil servants are really confusing!

What Sang Xianhe didn't expect was that Zhao Changlin burst into laughter after listening to Jun Song's words. Then he also began to make an impassioned speech: "I endure hardships and endure humiliation, what is the purpose of it? Even if I am very talented and have no one to support me, I will endure the hardships."

When will I be able to make my mark? Life is short! I, Zhao, have been an official for decades and have worked so hard that my hair has turned white. But now I am just a local official in this remote small state, with a rank of no more than fifth rank. This is

Why? No one in the court wants to be an official, and it is hard to go to the city if you are short of money. I, Zhao, can afford hardship, but I don’t want to endure hardship all my life and be bossed around. I, Zhao, am not a person who loves money, but I don’t want to always be short-changed.

.Everyone knows that only by relying on the powerful can one's official career be smooth. However, the capital city is dangerous and it is absolutely impossible to have no money! But where does the money come from? Expropriation and blackmail of the people will arouse public anger. What?

What to do? The only way is to find another way."

Li Zhiyun had learned the lesson. Zhao Changlin was so eloquent, eloquent, impassioned, and persuasive when he defended his crimes. It seemed that all his beautiful articles were used in crooked ways. After Zhao Changlin finished speaking, Li Zhiyun looked at him.

He asked: "You don't want to extort money from the people. That's right. How can you just steal and rob?"

"I didn't want to steal or rob," Zhao Changlin defended, "I asked the building manager to borrow money and promised to pay it back in full in the future. However, despite all my good words, he remained unmoved and unmoved. I couldn't help it.

, since he refused to eat the toast and was punished with wine, then don’t blame me for being rude! As the ancients said, those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. I, Zhao, also follow this creed in my work."

Li Zhiyun felt that Zhao Changlin had finally told the truth. At this time, Magistrate Wang, who had been silent all the time, finally spoke. He said loudly: "Prince Zhao, the murder of the Lou family occurred on the territory of Xinping County

, it is the official duty to catch the murderer. Now everyone has the stolen goods, the evidence is conclusive, and the truth of the murder case has been revealed to the world. Although you are the subordinate's immediate superior, the law is intolerable, and the subordinate does not dare to show favoritism, so he can only offend.

"After that, he waved his hand to the government officer next to him, "Go quickly, lock up the murderer Zhao Changlin, and take him to the county government prison immediately."

Upon hearing this, several government officials immediately rushed forward, put wooden shackles on Zhao Changlin, and escorted him out of the hall. Zhang Zheng clenched his fists at Li Zhiyun and said, "Your Majesty, what should I do with these gold and silver jewelry?"

"It will be transported to the prefectural government treasury first and escorted to Chang'an another day."

"yes."

Zhang Zheng began to direct the guards to carry the boxes, and the others walked out of Qiuhong Villa. In front of the gate, everyone watched Zhao Changlin being put into the prison car. Sang Xianhe and Du Song frowned. It was obvious that they were both in a good mood.

Heavy. The prison car drove away surrounded by all the government officials. After Sang Xianhe, Du Song and Li Zhiyun said goodbye, they also left separately.

Liu Yinglian stood next to Li Zhiyun, looking at the prison car going away, and whispered: "This Governor Zhao is so pitiful."

"Pity?" Li Zhiyun snorted coldly, "That's because you didn't see the tragic situation of nine members of the Lou family being killed, as well as brother and sister Sun Fen, Lu Sifang and three regiment soldiers. They were either killed innocently, or they helped the tyrants and were killed.

The harm is all due to his greed."

The truth about the Lou family murder case was finally revealed, and it was time for Li Zhiyun to return to Chang'an. After all, Zhao Changlin was the governor of a state, and the only people who could convict him were the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, so he had to be taken to Chang'an. Li Zhiyun asked Sang Xianhe to send a general.

He led a thousand soldiers to escort Zhao Changlin and the ten boxes of gold and silver treasures to Chang'an.

This time, Magistrate Wang contributed a lot and saved his life. Li Zhiyun naturally would not treat him badly. He asked Wang Guo to act as governor. After he returned to Chang'an, he would inform his father before officially appointing him.

After arranging all this, Li Zhiyun said goodbye to Sang Xianhe and others, and led his troops to officially embark on the return journey to Chang'an.

Ten days later, Li Zhiyun led his troops back to Chang'an, following the thousand officers and soldiers who escorted Zhao Changlin and the stolen goods. After entering the city, the accompanying Xinping County Registrar went to the court to handle the delivery procedures. He didn't have to worry about anything. Li Zhiyun followed Liu Hong's father at a fork in the road.

After saying goodbye, the woman took her men and horses back to the Prince of Chu's Mansion.

After Li Zhiyun came back, he rested for a day. Near evening, Honglu Temple sent an official to inform him that he should attend the next day's court meeting.

In the evening, Li Zhiyun and Wei Xiaobao finished talking about the affairs of the house in the room. As soon as Wei Xiaobao left, Aunt Ying came in with a fine porcelain flower bowl. She put the bowl on the table in front of Li Zhiyun, and Li Zhiyun took a look.

, is a bowl of lotus seed soup, with jujube, wolfberry and white fungus in it. It is simmered and exudes an attractive sweet aroma.

Aunt Ying stood in front of the desk and pursed her lips and said: "My lord, you don't keep your word. You didn't take me with you when you went out this time." Li Zhiyun smiled sheepishly and said: "This time the situation is special, I will definitely take you with you next time."

you."

"My lord, you have been out for more than a month and you have lost weight. I have made you a bowl of lotus seed soup. Please drink it quickly."

"Okay, I like Aunt Ying's lotus seed soup the best." Li Zhiyun said, picking up the bowl, picking up the spoon and eating.

Aunt Ying sat down across from her and put her arms on the table. While watching him drink lotus seed soup, she chatted with him: "My lord, I heard that you solved a big case in Pizhou this time and seized a lot of gold."

Silver treasure, right?"

"right."

"I also heard that Miss Liu was almost kidnapped. Is this true?"

Li Zhiyun smiled, nodded and said, "Yes, it happened. You just said that I didn't take you with me. If I had taken you with me, you might have been snatched away by now." After hearing this, Aunt Ying let out a sigh.

He said: "No way, Miss Liu is so beautiful and people are trying to rob her. Who would rob me, an ugly creature like me?"

Li Zhiyun finished drinking the lotus seed soup, wiped his mouth with a towel, and said: "Who said you are ugly? You are quite good-looking." When Aunt Ying heard this, she happily said: "Your Majesty, you said I am good-looking.

Really pretty?" Li Zhiyun nodded.

Who is a girl who doesn’t want others to say she is beautiful? Aunt Ying smiled so hard that her eyes turned into crescent moons. She stood up, picked up the bowl and said, "My lord, please go to bed early. We have to get up for court tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go to bed soon."

Aunt Ying happily hummed a tune and left. Li Zhiyun smiled and shook his head: What a silly girl!

The next day, Li Zhiyun got up just as the bang drums were beating at the fourth watch. He dressed neatly, washed briefly, had something to eat, and then took a carriage to the Tai Chi Palace. When he arrived in front of the Wude Hall, he only saw

Seeing that the civil and military ministers had lined up in two groups, preparing to enter the main hall, he quickly squeezed in.

After the ministers entered Wude Hall, they waited quietly. After the fifth watch, Abba, surrounded by many chamberlains, walked into the hall and raised the throne.

After the morning session started and the first few items of agenda were completed, my father asked about the Pizhou murder case. So Li Zhiyun went out of work and vividly recounted the Lou family murder case. The civil and military ministers in the palace were dumbfounded and amazed. Finally,

Li Zhiyun said: "According to preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Officials, those ten boxes of gold, silver and jewelry can be converted into 200 million yuan."

After hearing this, my father nodded with a smile and said: "The wars are going on ahead, and money is being spent like water. The hole in the accounts of the household department is getting bigger and bigger, and this money can be used to fill it." Li Zhiyun listened and said quickly

"Abba, my minister has made great contributions, so he should be rewarded, right?" Abba smiled and said, "You little bastard, you are indispensable." When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

"My dear friends, I am also tired," my father said. "If there is nothing else, let's dismiss the court."

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Wenjing stood up and said, "Your Majesty, when you go to court, I would like to ask your ministers to sit on the same couch with you. I think this is inappropriate. In the past, Wang Dao had something to say.

:'If the sun is equal to all things, then how can all living things rely on its light?' What you are doing now makes the noble and the low lose their place. This is not the long-term way of the country."

After hearing Liu Wenjing's words, the ministers in the hall looked at each other in confusion. Some started talking in low voices, while others secretly glanced at Pei Ji, who was standing at the head of the civil servant class. Everyone knew that Liu Wenjing's words were directed at Pei Ji.

His father treated Pei Ji very well, and none of his ministers could compare with him. He gave Pei Ji countless food and gifts. He ordered Shang Shifengyu to give the imperial meal to Pei Ji every day. He always obeyed Pei Ji's words.

He called Pei Ji by his old official name "Pei Jian". Normally, the Japanese court was held in the inner hall, and all the ministers who served in the center were present. Abba asked Pei Ji to sit with him, while Liu Wenjing and other ministers could only

Standing below respectfully. Liu Wenjing could not stand this for a long time.

When Jinyang started the army, Liu Wenjing and her second brother planned it first and then brought Pei Ji in. In terms of credit, Liu Wenjing was no less important than Pei Ji. However, when the rebels left Jinyang, my father set up the General's Mansion, and Pei Ji served as

As the chief minister, Liu Wenjing was Sima. After Chang'an was captured and the Prime Minister's Office was established, Pei Ji was still the chief minister and Liu Wenjing was still Sima. When his father ascended the throne and became emperor, Pei Ji became Zuopushe, the prime minister, and Liu Wenjing became Nayan, the chief minister.
Chapter completed!