Hu Shining thought that Xu Jin was a young man with ambition and made great achievements, so it was inevitable that he would be a little more frivolous, but when they met at this moment, they found that the other party was gentle and humble, and he treated people calmly and moderately, so he couldn't help but look a little high, and happily introduced the officials present to Xu Jin.

Xu Jin looked at the large group of high-ranking bureaucrats in Shandong Province with a warm smile in front of him, and felt very awkward, because most of these guys present would soon become his own prisoners and accept the judgment of the Ming law.

After Xu Jin quietly greeted a group of officials, he led the crowd into Jinan City and went straight to the Yamen of the Political Division.

In addition to the Jinyi Guard, there were also 200 horsemen led by Wang Lin'er who followed Xu Jin into the city, and the rest of the guards were camped outside the city of Jinan. It is worth mentioning here that Jinan Wei did not follow Xu Jin back to Jinan, but was stationed in Tai'an City according to the platoon.

In addition, Qingzhou Wei, Yanzhou Wei, and Andong Wei were also transferred back to their original stations, so only Gui Dewei, Linqing Wei and Xuzhou Wei who accompanied Xu Jin to Jinan this time. Among them, Gui Dewei and Xuzhou Wei are both armies from other provinces, which naturally makes those old foxes in officialdom with a keen sense of smell smell an unusual smell, such as the political envoys An Huaxing and Luo Hongtu, who are a little uneasy at the moment.

As the saying goes, I don't do bad things in my life, and I don't be surprised when I knock on the door in the middle of the night. An Huaxing and Luo Hongtu are not clean, they are one of the highest-end existences in the interest chain of stealing and selling official grain, and they also participate in the 10,000 stone of grain transported to the enemy in Liubu Town, otherwise Luo Xiang, the eunuch who guards the town, will definitely not be able to get so much grain in a short time, 10,000 stone is converted into city catties, that is, 1.2 million catties, which is not a small amount.

Whether it is participating in the theft and sale of official food, or secretly financing the enemy, it is undoubtedly a capital crime, especially the capital enemy, which is equivalent to rebellion, which is enough to rob the family and kill the head, so An Huaxing and Luo Hongtu are inevitably uneasy, you must know that the young man with a bright smile in front of him is a ruthless person, and hundreds of heads fall to the ground with an order, from Yanzhou Mansion to Jinan Mansion, and the severed heads are not a thousand, but also eight hundred.

Indeed, this is not an exaggeration at all, when Xu Jin investigated the granary deficit case, he directly cut down a hundred officials in charge of the warehouse, and then recovered Surabaya County, Xintai County, Laiwu County, Tai'an County, and every county recovered will arrest the remnants of the White Lotus, but all the disciples of the White Lotus Sect will be beheaded, and all the thieves who have killed the Ming army will be executed.

"It turns out that Lord Qincha is so young, and he looks quite handsome, I heard that his nickname is Xu Chopping Heads before, and people thought he was a guy with a full face, he didn't look fierce at all, and he smiled warmly."

"I heard that Lord Xu is still the tanhua of the current science palace, and he is only eight buckets high."

When the guard of honor entered the city completely, the onlookers dispersed with relish, and a middle-aged couple who were not good-looking also entered Jinan City in the crowd watching the excitement.

When he got to no one, the middle-aged man with a weathered face smacked on the ground, scolded and said: "Xu Suanzi is proud of the spring breeze now, and after returning to Beijing, it is indispensable to add an official to the knighthood, these are all exchanged for the blood and lives of our brothers, hateful, really hateful, Lao Tzu can't wait to kill him with a knife." ”

This middle-aged man with a weathered face is Qiu Fu after his disguise, and the middle-aged woman with a yellow face next to him is Xue Bingxin.

Although Xue Bingxin changed her appearance, her light blue beautiful eyes couldn't hide it, so most of the time she lowered her eyes and said lightly: "Senior Brother Qiu, don't make more trouble, let's go out of the city after catching the medicine." ”

Qiu Fu stared hatefully at the Qincha Dragon Banner fluttering in the distance, and said stubbornly: "I know, but I'm afraid that medicine alone is not enough, it is best to get a doctor to go back and treat the brothers." ”

Xue Bingxin nodded thoughtfully, so the two first found an inn to settle down, and then began to purchase medicinal materials separately, in order to avoid arousing suspicion, the two did not dare to buy a large number of wound medicines in the same pharmacy, but bought some in this one, and some in that one, so they couldn't do it for a while.

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The Department of Political Missions, the Department of Judicial Justice, and the Department of Command and Command are the three major administrative organs at the provincial level, collectively known as the "Three Divisions", which are in charge of administration, justice, and military affairs.

There are two chief executives, namely the left political envoy and the right political envoy, although the official rank of both is from the second grade, but in fact, the left political envoy is respected, and the right political envoy has relatively little power, but only plays a certain role in checks and balances. Therefore, the left political envoy generally lives in the back office of the political secretary's yamen, while the right political envoy can only find another place to live.

Today's reception banquet was held in the yamen of the political secretary, and there were not many officials who were qualified to sit at the same table with the Qincha, a total of Hu Shining, the governor Hu Shining, the political envoy An Huaxing of the left cloth, Luo Hongtu, the political envoy of the right cloth, Wang Gang, the envoy of the procurator, Su Xingchang, the deputy envoy of the procurator, Shangguan Renjie (and the great master of the school), plus Kong Wenshao, the 61st generation of the Yan Shenggong.

It is said that Kong Wenshao came from Qufu in advance, I don't know if he wants to have a good relationship with Xu Jin, a popular political star, or for other reasons, anyway, it is cold and cold to drive more than 300 miles to Jinan City, this sincerity is indeed full.

After three rounds of wine, the dishes have five flavors, and the atmosphere has become warm, everyone pushes the glass and changes the lamp, laughs and laughs, and also makes a wine order, and the atmosphere is harmonious and harmonious. The apprehensive officials here couldn't help but relax a little when they saw Xu Jin talking and laughing with everyone, it seems that this Xu beheading is not as terrible as the rumors.

At this moment, Xu Jin suddenly stopped his cup and asked, "Why didn't Gonggong Luo, the lieutenant guard of the town, come today?" ”

There was a sudden silence in the four places, and the hearts of the officials couldn't help but rise, and Zuo Bu's political envoy An Huaxing said with a smile: "I heard that Gonggong Luo occasionally felt a cold and is recuperating in bed at home. ”

Xu Jin sighed casually, and said in his heart, I'm afraid I don't dare to come!

At this time, Kong Wenshao, the Holy Father, suddenly interjected: "Kong visited Grandpa Luo this morning, and he really felt the cold, oh, by the way, Grandpa Luo also asked Kong to apologize to Lord Xu." ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, and he pretended to be surprised: "What does Grandpa Luo mean?" ”

Kong Wenshao said with a smile: "Lord Xu and Father-in-law Luo had a dispute outside Yuncheng County in the past, and Grandpa Luo also regretted it afterwards, but he couldn't pull down his son to apologize to Lord Xu, so he passed the word through Kong's mouth. Hehe, Father-in-law Luo was also deceived by Song Chi, the prefect of Yanzhou, can Lord Xu give Kong a face, and this matter will be revealed? ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly, daring to love this big man who came from afar to be a lobbyist for Luo Xiang, but I'm sorry, what about Yan Shenggong, Luo Xiang must die this time, whether it is to murder Qincha, or to collaborate with the enemy, or to steal and sell official food, it is enough for him to raid his family and exterminate his family.

As soon as Kong Wenshao said this, the hall fell silent, and even the officials at the adjacent table pricked up their ears, eager to know how this famously tough Qincha would answer. If Xu Jin is willing to let Luo Xiang go, then everyone doesn't have to worry.

Governor Hu Shining frowned and was silent, although he only arrived in Shandong in August, he still heard about some things, such as the case of stealing official grain and the murder of Qincha, as a veteran of officialdom, he could not notice something. However, since he was put into Jinyiwei Prison two years ago, Hu Shining has become a lot more sophisticated, and he didn't want to be involved in this whirlpool when he first arrived, so he chose to watch from the wall.

Xu Jin smiled and said: "It turned out to be the incident in Yuncheng County, if Yan Shenggong didn't mention it, Xu Jin would have forgotten it, come on, let's drink." ”

All the officials present were relieved when they heard this, Xu Jin's implication was that he promised Yan Shenggong and would no longer look for Luo Xiang's bad luck, which is great!

Kong Wenshao smiled proudly and self-righteously, with the signboard of his descendants of Kong Sheng, all the scholars in the world have to give themselves face, including Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet.

"Lord Xu is magnanimous, come, Kong will give you a drink." Kong Wenshao took the initiative to raise his glass to toast Xu Jin, and Xu Jin smiled and toasted with him.

As a result, the atmosphere in the banquet became more harmonious and harmonious, and all the bureaucrats drank with peace of mind, Xu Jin was willing to let Luo Xiang go, so he shouldn't embarrass others, right?

A group of officials were drinking and feasting in front, and in the boudoir of the political secretary, a concubine of Zuobu political envoy An Huaxing was lying on the bed crying, and a beautiful woman next to her was persuading her bitterly.

"Xin'er, just now Wei Niang deliberately went to the front to peek at that Xu Jin, he was handsome and young, and the key family made great contributions at a young age, and it is certain that he will be added to the rank and knight after returning to Beijing, and the future is limitless, and marrying him as a concubine is not an insult to you......"

The girl lying on the bed raised her head and snorted and sobbed: "Mother, no matter how handsome Xu Jin is, no matter how promising he is, what does he have to do with his daughter, anyway, his daughter will not be a concubine for others." ”

This girl's name is An'er, about fifteen or sixteen years old, she looks delicate, she is a beautiful embryo, but at this time she is crying with flowers.

The beautiful woman Wen Shi, who sat on the edge of the bed and persuaded her, was the concubine of the political envoy An Huaxing, that is, the biological mother of An An'er.

Wen frowned and said: "Silly girl, what's it like to be a concubine, isn't my mother also a concubine for your father, she doesn't wear gold and silver, brocade clothes and jade food, it's more than a hundred times better than those mud legs." That Xu Jin's future official may be older than your father, and he is young and handsome, it is your blessing to be able to marry him as a concubine! ”

An Xin'er retorted: "What about the brocade clothes and jade food, it's not that you have been called around in the main room to drink, what is the difference between it and the slaves and maids, if you meet a fierce shrew, you will die in vain if you are killed, mother, you are going to push your daughter into the fire pit!" ”

Wen's eyes turned red, and he sighed and said, "Xin'er, who told you to be a concubine." ”

An Xin'er immediately said: "Look at it, being a concubine for others, even having children is inferior, and I won't be a concubine for others if I am killed!" ”

"Alas, but your father's future, and even his life, are tied to other people's hands. There are eggs under the nest, if something happens to your father, our mother and mother will not be able to settle well, Xin'er, you will agree, when the mother begs you! After Wen finished speaking, he knelt down in front of the bed.

"Mother!" An'er sat up in surprise, picked up her mother and cried: "Mother, you don't have to be like this, my daughter just do it!" ”