It was night, and there were insects chirping outside the window. Xu Jin and Xiao Huai were discussing in low voices across the coffee table in the house. As for the eunuch Huang Jin, he excitedly rushed to Yuncheng County this afternoon with two hundred royal guards to inspect the granary.

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After the incident in Fan County, Xiao Huai suspected that the Changping Granary in other counties was also in deficit, so he decided to conduct random inspections of the granaries in nearby counties at lightning speed. Huang Jin obviously wanted to make up for his mistakes, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to be responsible for checking the counties.

Granary, and said sternly that this time he would not miss even a grain of mouse droppings in the granary.

Xiao Huai originally didn't want to use Huang Jin, but there was really no one around him. In addition, Xu Jin, his right-hand man, had caught the cold. It was obviously not appropriate to work hard at this time, so he finally agreed to let Huang Jin be responsible for inventorying the granary.

Haha...

Xu Jin sneezed loudly. He caught a cold last night. When he got up in the morning, he only felt that his throat was itchy. At this time, his throat was even more sore, and he also had a headache and nasal congestion, which was quite uncomfortable!

Xiao Huai said with concern: "Zi Qian, your cold seems to be getting worse."

"It's okay, just cook it a few times and take the medicine later!" Xu Jin said easily.

Xiao Huai said solemnly: "Although Zi Qian is young, he cannot be careless. Go back and rest quickly. Have a good rest these days. I will take care of the official business."

Xu Jinzheng felt uncomfortable all over. Hearing what he asked for, he was about to get up and say goodbye. Lu Xing, a member of the Qianhu family of Jin Yiwei, walked in and reported: "Sir, the brothers below have investigated the situation in Zou Zou Bo's family clearly. There is only one old man."

My wife also raised six idiot children who can’t take care of themselves. The family is indeed very poor. Moreover, he didn’t eat the official dinner last night, so he took it home and gave it to his wife and children.”

Xu Jin asked in astonishment: "Six idiots? What's going on?"

Lu Xing explained: "Zou Zhubo and his wife Fan Shi had two sons in total. It is strange to say that Zou Zhubo and Fan Shi were both normal people, but their two sons were idiots. Later, the couple adopted them

Four abandoned idiots."

Xu Jin's heart suddenly seemed to be blocked by something. The salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was already low. For example, the monthly salary of the seventh-rank county magistrate was only 7.5 dan, and the monthly salary of the ninth-rank official was only 5.5 shi.

Without greed, life would be difficult to maintain, especially since some county magistrates also support their staff.

Zou Qian actually raised six idiots who couldn't take care of themselves in one breath, and he wasn't greedy for anything. No wonder he lived in such poverty. It took more than ten years to mend and mend an official robe, and he couldn't even bear to eat.

Take it home to feed your wife and children.

Xiao Huai sighed and said: "Let Master Zou be buried lightly and he will be given a pension based on official duties."

Lu Xing took the order and left, and Xu Jin also said goodbye in a depressed tone. He lived in the yard next door.

After Xu Jin left, Xiao Huai immediately went to the study, opened a blank memorial and started writing secret notes.

Due to Xu Jin's reminder, Xiao Huai deliberately did not expand the case when he tried the case today. In the end, Gou Zhi County and Lai County Magistrate took all the blame and did not bite anyone else.

However, from the fact that the Yanzhou Guard commander secretly transported grain to replenish the granary, it can be seen that Fan County's granary shortage case is not that simple. At least the commander Ji Fengchun and Shouzhang County Magistrate Ma Debing were not clean, because the grain to replenish the granary was from Shouzhang County.

Shipped from Zhang County.

Why did Shouzhang County Magistrate Ma Debing help Fan County replenish its position? This is even more intriguing. The two counties can be coordinated in series, and coupled with the mobilization of the Yanzhou Guard Commander, I am afraid that only Song Chi, the prefect of Yanzhou, will be there.

Will there be a bigger umbrella of protection?

Obviously, the granary deficit in Fan County is just the tip of the iceberg. It is estimated that granary deficits in other counties are also in deficit. This may be a major case involving the entire Yanzhou Prefecture, or even the entire Shandong Province.

Therefore, Xiao Huai did not dare to act rashly. He had to write a secret letter and report it urgently, asking the emperor for greater power, at least the power to mobilize the troops of neighboring provinces.

In fact, Xiao Huai made a request to mobilize the Henan Guide Guards in the secret. Of course, Xiao Huai did not think that these local officials dared to kill the imperial envoys, but it was always good to be prepared. After all, the local guards were involved.

It's really hard to predict how violent these attacks will be.

After Xiao Huai finished writing the memorial, he dried the ink, sealed it with fire paint, and then stamped it with imperial guards. He ordered Jin Yiwei to send it to the post station 800 miles away and hastily send it to the capital.

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"The cold evil has entered the body and the situation is serious. You will have a good time these days and don't move around anymore!" Li Shizhen solemnly warned Xu Jin after taking his pulse.

In this era without antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs, a small cold could kill a person. Xu Jin naturally did not dare to be careless and quickly nodded and agreed that even if the sky fell in these days, he would not care anymore.

Li Shizhen told Xu Jin some taboo foods like a little adult, and then went to the kitchen to cook the medicine. He is now Xu Jin's servant and personal doctor.

Xu Jin gurgled down two bowls of boiled water, and then asked Er Niu to call Jin Biao from Jinyiwei Baihu.

Soon, Jin Baihu came in, his legs were like slingshots, and his face was smiling proudly. He must have gained a lot from today's house search.

It is said that more than 30,000 taels of silver, more than 2,000 taels of gold, as well as a large number of jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were confiscated from the house of Gou Fang, the magistrate. Over 10,000 taels of silver were also confiscated from the house of Cheng Lai County.

It can be seen that "three years of clearing the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver" is not an exaggeration at all. A seventh-grade county magistrate can accumulate such a large amount of wealth, let alone a fifth-grade prefect.

Jin Baihu walked to Xu Jin and saluted: "See you, sir!"

"Did you get a lot of benefits today?" Xu Jin glanced at this guy and said calmly.

Jin Baihu scratched his head and said with a sneer: "Your Majesty, you are wise, brothers just got some hard-earned money!"

"Why are you nervous? I'm not asking you to spit it out. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. It's understandable for brothers to get some benefits from their work, but it can't be too much. Otherwise, don't blame me for not caring about our friendship."

Xu Jin stared sharply at Jin Baihu. At first, the eunuchs Zhang Zhong and Xu Tai extorted money in Nanchang in the name of arresting Prince Ning's remnant party, causing many families to die. At that time, Xu Jin's identity could not be controlled, but now there are

Jin Yiwei, who has the ability to restrain his subordinates, naturally has to give them some words to prevent these guys from doing something harmful to nature.

Jin Baihu's palms were sweating. He had indeed taken a beautiful little maid from Gouzhi County's family as his own today. He thought he would have a great time tonight, but now that Xu Jin was staring at him like this, he suddenly felt guilty.

When it didn't work, he secretly decided to let the person go later and kept saying: "Yes, yes, I will pay attention to it after placing the mark!"

Xu Jin didn't know that his casual knocking had saved a girl's innocence. He ordered Erniu to take fifty taels of silver and give it to Jin Biao, and told him: "Send these taels of silver to Master Zou Bo's house in person. If he

If there are any difficulties in the house, you can help solve them."

Jin Biao couldn't help but secretly smack his tongue, and at the same time he felt a little ashamed. He took the silver and said solemnly: "Don't worry, sir. If you dare to lose half of these silver coins, you will be struck by thunder from heaven!"

Xu Jin said calmly: "Don't say half a liang, if you dare to touch half a penny, I will kill you with my own hands!"

"How dare you!" Jin Biao shrank his neck and said with a smile. He had just witnessed Xu Jin casually destroy a person with his own eyes today.

After sending Jin Baihu away, Xu Jin fell asleep after drinking the medicine made by Xiaolizi Jian, which obviously contained tranquilizing medicine.

Xu Jin slept peacefully, but someone was destined to have no sleep tonight. At this moment, the prefect Song Chi and his colleague Zhang Wensheng were so anxious that they couldn't sleep and were secretly discussing countermeasures.

Although Gouzhi County did not confess them today, Xiao Huai has already sent people to inspect the granaries in other counties, so sooner or later the incident will come to light. If no measures are taken to remedy the situation, he will have no choice but to sit back and wait for death.

Also sleepless tonight is Zhao Quan of the White Lotus Sect. At this time, he is walking anxiously in the hall, while the thin man Qiu Fu is sharpening his knife sharply in the yard, with a two-stone bow lying next to him.

"Quan Zi, my uncle just made a calculation and Xu Jin's fate is at odds with yours!" A guy dressed as a Taoist priest sitting next to the coffee table sighed in a pretentious manner while pinching his fingers.

This Taoist priest turned out to be Li Ziran, the magic stick who had been working in Prince Ning's mansion. After Prince Ning's rebellion failed, Li Ziran fled back to Shanxi and took refuge in Lu Mingzhen, the leader of the White Lotus Cult. He changed his name to Li Zixin and obtained household registration through connections.

Now that the news has passed, they are out and about again.

Zhao Quan said calmly: "Uncle, as far as I'm concerned, you should just go and fool others. Don't embarrass yourself here. Everyone knows the truth. It's just a joke."

Li Zixin was choked up and turned red in the face. She snorted coldly: "Zhao Quan, what are you talking about? I am your uncle after all."

Li Zixin and Lu Mingzhen, the leader of the White Lotus Church, were brothers. They had a feud. Li Zixin went south to Jiangxi alone to seek refuge with King Ning, instigating King Ning to rebel. As a result, King Ning's rebellion failed, and he had to flee back to Shanxi to join his senior brother Lv Mingzhen. Therefore,

, the direct disciples of the leader, like Qiu Fu, looked down on Li Zixin from the bottom of their hearts, and rarely gave him the respect he received as a master uncle.

Zhao Quan is better, he is very sophisticated, and he still respects Li Zixin on the surface, but he is in a bad mood now, so he speaks a little hastily.

"Uncle Li, I'm sorry, my nephew was rude for a moment, don't worry about it!" Zhao Quan said apologetically, but there was hidden disdain in his eyes.

Li Zixin snorted coldly and said: "Quanzi, don't believe it. This Xu Jin has a weird face. King Ning wanted to take him for his own use at first, but in the end he missed the opportunity. As a result, this son later led his troops to Nanchang. So

, don’t underestimate this Xu Jin, if you can kill him, kill him as soon as possible, otherwise he will become your strong enemy in the future.”

Zhao Quan's eyes flashed with murderous intent when he heard this. It was said that Xu Jin had ruined his affairs one after another as soon as he arrived. Today, he even captured Qiu Er alive, as well as several new believers. Zhao Quan was still relieved about Qiu Er, but

It's hard to say for those new recruits. If they confessed everything, I might be on the run.

Therefore, Zhao Quan must save people before being exposed, or silence them!
Chapter completed!