On the morning of the third day after the bandits were sent to the Yamen, Wu Mingxin was anxiously pacing in the lobby of the Yamen.

He was a little worried about his future, if he was traced from above, he gave these twenty bows and crossbows privately, it would be enough for him to lose his head, according to the "Dayu Law", anyone who privately traded one bow and crossbow would be exiled for thousands of miles, and ten would be beheaded.

Although this is what the five princes asked him to give to these bandits, there is no basis for this, and there is no basis for the second, when the time comes, the five princes will cross the river and tear down the bridge, turn their faces and deny people, and he will have no choice.

"Master, the prefect sent someone here." Hearing the county lieutenant's announcement, Wu Mingxin's face changed, and he said, "How should this be?" How should this be? ”

When he was in a hurry, a group of officials walked in, and the leader looked at Wu Mingxin and said, "You are Wu Mingxin and Wu Zhishan, the county magistrate of Haining County, right?" This is the prefect's approval, you can take a look. ”

Wu Mingxin respectfully took the fold, opened it and looked at it, his face turned pale with fright, his body staggered, and he was almost unsteady on his feet.

"Now you are guilty of murder and robbery, smuggling bows and crossbows, colluding with strong beams, robbing people's daughters, and five major crimes of corruption and fraud.

When Wu Mingxin heard this, he hurriedly defended himself and said: "The lower officials did not commit these crimes, they were all framed by Diao Min, and I also asked the prefect to investigate and investigate." ”

The official at the head sneered and said: "The one who testifies to you is the county magistrate, and the one who testifies is the county lieutenant, are both of them Diao Min?" Are you still going to add another obedient villain for yourself? ”

Wu Mingxin looked at the county lieutenant and the county magistrate, stomped his feet angrily, and pointed at the two of them when they were about to scold, the official did not talk nonsense, first took off the black gauze hat on his head, and then forcibly tore off the complement.

The chief official said to Wu Mingxin: "You are also an official gentleman, we don't need to shackle the ankle, let's go." ”

Wu Mingxin reluctantly followed the official messenger out of the yamen, only to see the official messenger take him to a residence in the city.

Wu Mingxin is very familiar with this house, it is the grain merchant Fan Anmin, Wu Mingxin looked at the three steps and one post in the courtyard, and the five steps and one sentry, and couldn't help but shudder with fright.

He had a feeling that if he entered the back hall of the house, he would not be able to get out alive.

When he arrived in the back hall, he saw that the prefect of Canghai Mansion was sitting in the lower guest seat, and the main seat was sitting the Mei Xianggong.

The official let go of his hand, saluted the four princes, and then turned around and left here.

Wu Mingxin watched the official fall to the ground, his hands stretched out together, forming a ring, and his head was knocked on the back of his hand, and his heart trembled.

Wu Mingxin also hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said: "The criminal minister Wu Mingxin has seen His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose. ”

The fourth prince took a sip of tea and said to Wu Mingxin: "Wu Mingxin, this is the second time you and this clan have met." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, the sinners are ignorant and offended, and I ask Your Highness to forgive your sins." Wu Mingxin said as he kowtowed like pounding garlic.

The fourth prince looked at Wu Mingxin like this, and said to Wu Mingxin: "It's okay to forgive sins, the prefect's excerpt hasn't been played yet." As long as you answer a question correctly, this domain will mind letting you continue to be the county magistrate in Haining County. ”

Wu Mingxin was relieved, and hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Highness, please say, the little one knows everything, and the words are endless." ”

"This fan asks you, treat people with harmony, deal with things in a square and round, act in a precise and fruitful manner, and recognize reason in a correct way. How to interpret these four sentences? The fourth prince opened his fan again and said to Wu Mingxin with a pleasant face.

Wu Mingxin's face turned red, he didn't even know which one the fourth prince was talking about, how could he answer.

Ignoring the etiquette, he began to scratch his neck with his hand, and the more anxious he was, the more he did not know how to answer, and in this cool autumn he was like being in a furnace, sweat like rain.

When the fourth prince saw Wu Mingxin's appearance, he sighed and said: "This is the four sentences of my Taizu Gao's book "For Political Essentials", as an official of the imperial court, you don't even know these four sentences, what are you doing as a parent official!" In the end, the four princes drank loudly, and Wu Mingxin was so frightened that he collapsed directly on the ground and lost his mind for a while.

"The Holy Dynasty implements the examination of the imperial examination and the double examination of the scholars, which is originally remembered in the hard work of the lords, so it shadows their heirs. Now you are committed to the actions of the Marquis of Anding, as the parent official of Haining County, you should work hard to forge ahead, govern the people, and live up to the deep grace of the court. And you can't be greedy for ink, colluding with Qiang Liang ......" Speaking of this, the fourth prince stood up, pointed at Wu Xinmin with a fan and said: "So far, you don't think about your own mistakes, but want to be reinstated. ”

When Wu Mingxin heard this, he suddenly said, "This is His Royal Highness......

Wu Mingxin was only halfway through his words, and immediately stopped talking, kneeling there quietly and listening to the reprimands of the fourth prince.

The fourth prince was interrupted by him, opened his fan, fanned the wind, and then sat down on the chair, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then returned to his old smile.

"Wu Mingxin, if you read more sage books, there will be no disaster today."

"The sinner has a word to say." Wu Mingxin saw that the disaster in front of him could not be avoided, and said respectfully.

The fourth prince was curious and asked, "Oh, what do you have to say?" ”

"The sinner does not read the books of the sages because they are useless. During the time of Emperor Wei Ai, everyone in the court read the book of sages and sages, and talked about the principles of sages, but they did not lose the country of the Wei Dynasty. Among the twenty-two founding princes of our dynasty, several of them read the books of the sages. Wu Mingxin is also a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and directly said what he thought in his heart.

When the fourth prince heard Wu Mingxin say this, he shook his head and said, "This is not something you can know, and this clan is not ready to say anything more to you." If you think that this domain is holding a grudge against the incident of that day, then this domain asks you, since Jixian Academy is under your rule, why don't you add more jurisdiction, let Wei Baiyun spread dissenting opinions, and ruin the imperial court? ”

When Wu Mingxin heard this, he thought of the Ling word that Wei Sisi and himself said that day, and sweat fell again.

He kowtowed and said, "When the criminal returns to the Yamen, he will definitely severely punish that Wei Baiyun and let them know the power of the imperial court." ”

"No need, the clan has arrived here, and the only thing I want to borrow you now is your black gauze hat." The fourth prince waved his hand, and the guards outside came in and took Wu Mingxin out.

At this time, the prefect said: "The prince is angry, don't want me to be such a villain who is angry and spoils his body." ”

"The prefect can hear what the prefect said."

The prefect's face changed, he was also from a check, and when he heard the words of the fourth prince, he realized that he was saying this to himself.

"The subordinates heard it clearly, and every word was firmly in their hearts, I don't know how the prince is going to deal with Jixian Academy?"

The fourth prince unfolded his fan and said with a smile: "Now Haining County can't be left without an owner, there is a trip to Jixian Academy from the Governor of Lao, and let Wei Cunzhong come out as the acting county commander." As for the letter of the guarantee, it must have reached the hands of the saint today, and within ten days, the imperial court will have an approval document. ”

"The subordinate understands, and the subordinate will go."

The prefect said, bowed and retired.

An hour later, the prefect sat in a sedan chair and came to Jixian Academy.

The students of Jixian Academy all came to the gate, and when the first messenger arrived, the younger one knelt down first.

The second messenger arrived, and all the academy disciples knelt down except for Wei Baiyun.

When the third messenger arrived, Wei Baiyun slowly knelt down, and soon heard the sound of the gong, and then the tiger head card.

There are a total of six pieces of this tiger head card, and a pair in front of it reads: "Canghai Futai, on behalf of the sky patrol." ”

The second pair reads: "The idlers avoid, but the people are quiet." ”

The last pair reads: "Rudeness, crashing car crack." ”

Behind the three tiger head cards are sixteen guards wearing armor, and then one is carrying a flag, on which is hung a piece of blue cloth, which says Canghai Prefect is driving, and then there are four maids, holding shoes and hats and other items in their hands, and behind them is the official sedan chair carried by four people. Behind the official sedan chair were also four maids holding jade, followed by a hundred guards, no armor, but all carrying bows and knives.

At the end, there is also a flag with two big characters written on it, and after this flag has passed, the people kneeling in the street can get up.

The prefect's official sedan chair fell in front of the gate, and the maid who accompanied her in front handed the shoes and hats in her hand. Then the four maids in the back handed the jade pearl in.

After waiting for the prefect to finish dressing, he coughed, and a maid opened the sedan curtain, and the prefect walked to the carpet.

At this time, everyone got up and said, "The little one knocks to see Lord Futai, and the Lord Jin'an." ”

The prefect said a waiver, and everyone present got up, and the prefect walked to Wei Baiyun's side, and Wei Baiyun bent down to ask the prefect to invite first.

The prefect was not polite, walked in the front, arrived in the front hall, and sat directly on the guest seat.

Wei Baiyun and the others entered the front hall and saluted the prefect again, the prefect said a waiver, took a sip of the prepared tea, and said to Wei Baiyun: "This time I really congratulate you, now Wu Mingxin, the magistrate of Haining County, has committed a felony and has been stripped of his clothes." This government heard that your son Wei Cunzhong, who has learned to solve his worries, is known as a virtuous person, so he asked the court, and there will be an approval in the next few months. ”

Hearing this, the faces of the Wei family changed, and Wei Baiyun hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you Lord Futai for cultivating, but Xiaomin is worried that the dog can't take on such a heavy responsibility, so I ask Lord Futai to think twice." ”

"You don't need to worry about this, during this time, Wei Cunzhong will act as the county commander first, if it is really unbearable, the three-year assessment will be replaced." Futai didn't give Wei Baiyun the slightest face, and his tone was firm, not giving Wei Baiyun a chance to refute.

When Wei Baiyun heard this, he said to Futai: "My lord, please think twice about this matter, the dog has been distracted by poetry since he was a child, and he has not hunted for sages and sages, and the economy and Anbang. ”