The night is deep, the last quarter moon hangs obliquely in the eastern sky, the twinkling stars fill the night sky, the night breeze is blowing, and the fragrance of osmanthus is accompanied by the chirping of autumn insects.

Xue Bingxin wore a white dress, standing quietly in the shadow of the osmanthus tree, under the faint moonlight, her already fair skin looked even whiter, and her pretty face seemed to be plated with a layer of glaze, and her temperament was particularly cold.

Through the vertical arch in front, a dim light could be faintly seen, which was where Xu Jin's study was, and he obviously hadn't slept yet.

Xue Bingxin pinched the porcelain vase that Zhao Quan handed her, hesitated for a moment, and finally walked through the vertical arch.

"Who?" The two brocade-clothed guards pressed the handle of the knife and drank lowly, and when they saw that it was Xue Bingxin, they immediately politely retreated: "It turned out to be Miss Xue!" ”

Xue Bingxin is very good at martial arts, and she also saved Lord Xu yesterday, and she knocked down the assassin in three or two clicks, so all the brocades were very convinced of her.

Xue Bingxin nodded slightly, walked towards the study, and the two brocade guards glanced at each other ambiguously, saying that Miss Xue really looked like a fairy when she changed back into women's clothes, and she came to find an adult so late, hehe......

After the other two brocade guards guarding the door of the study greeted Xue Bingxin, they consciously retreated so as not to hear some movements that should not be heard.

Xue Bingxin knocked on the door, and a calm and calm voice came out: "Come in!" ”

Xue Bingxin pushed the door and walked out of the study, closed the door casually, and looked in the direction of the bookcase with her light blue eyes.

Three candles were lit on the candlestick, illuminating the surroundings as bright as day, and Xu Jin sat behind the case in a regular household dress and carefully reviewed the case file. The effect of looking at a beauty under the lamp is estimated to be the same as looking at a beautiful man under the lamp, Xu Tanhua looks more red and white in the candlelight, and her plump spirit is like jade, and there is nothing to say about this skin.

Xu Jin just glanced up at Xue Bingxin, then lowered his head and continued to review the case file, the granary deficit case involved eighteen prefectures and counties in Yanzhou Prefecture, hundreds of officials, just the case file was loaded with a big basket, plus every criminal official had to be interrogated in court, Xu Jin was busy for a while, so he was still reviewing the case file late at night.

Today, in addition to interrogating the prisoners, Xu Jin also did one thing, that is, to order all localities to open warehouses and release grain to stabilize the prices in the market.

Of course, this "opening the warehouse and releasing grain" is not a free distribution during disaster relief, but the official grain of the granary is put on the market and sold to the people at a lower price than the market price, so as to stabilize the price, and the money and silver obtained need to be put into the treasury for accounting, and then used to buy new grain to supplement the granary when the grain is harvested in the future.

Disaster relief and price suppression were the two major functions of the local permanent warehouse, and the grain from the central granary and the water warehouse were used to supply the army or distribute the grain to the feudal kings in various regions.

Xue Bingxin walked lightly to the bookcase, her eyes fell on the back of Xu Jin's head, who was reviewing the case, and her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily. With her skills, she could obviously quietly prick Xu Jin's jade pillow point at this time, but her hand seemed to be bound by an invisible rope, and she lifted it several times and put it down again.

Xu Jin looked up and smiled as if he was aware of it and asked, "Is there something wrong with Xue Guard?" ”

Xue Bingxin avoided Xu Jin's gaze, turned around and walked to the coffee table to pour a glass of water for Xu Jin, walked back and rested on the bookcase, and asked, "It's too late, you still haven't slept yet?" ”

Only then did Xu Jin realize that Xue Bingxin had changed into a set of skirts, and said with a smile: "After reading these case files, it's time to sleep, the skirt is very good-looking, of course, people are even better-looking!" ”

If a strange man said this kind of "frivolous", Xue Bingxin would probably be annoyed, but after getting along for a month, Xue Bingxin was accustomed to Xu Jin's "casualness", and knew that the other party had no intention of flirting, so she said lightly: "I'm leaving tomorrow!" ”

Xu Jin put down the brush and said: "I almost forgot this, now that the time has passed, you are no longer the official's guard, well, this will be given to you!" ”

After Xu Jin finished speaking, he took out a roll of rice paper from the drawer and handed it to Xue Bingxin, who took it and opened it suspiciously, and was stunned for a moment, covering his mouth with a look of disbelief: "This ...... Is this me? ”

Xue Bingxin's sketch portrait is painted on rice paper, and the background is the porridge shed outside Fan County, Xue Bingxin squatted in front of a little refugee girl dressed in white, with a pure and warm smile, which is impressive.

Xu Jin smiled and quipped: "Miss Xue is actually very good-looking when she laughs, why bother always having a cold face, and it's not that the whole world owes you money, wouldn't it be good to smile more." ”

Xue Bingxin was slightly surprised, glanced at Xu Jin, and blurted out: "You still owe this girl a life!" ”

Xu Jin nodded and said: "It's true, counting the time when I hunted the tiger, it was indeed the official who owed Miss Xue a life." ”

Xue Bingxin snorted slightly: "It's good to know!" ”

Xu Jin smiled and diverted the topic: "I originally wanted to send the girl some yellow and white things to express my gratitude, but I thought that Miss Xue couldn't look down on her, so I drew this sketch portrait for the girl, by the way, do you want the official to send someone to send you back to Fan County tomorrow?" ”

Xue Bingxin looked at herself on the paper in the painting, and her face couldn't help but feel a little hot, this guy can even paint, and he also paints himself so beautifully, is it really so good-looking?

"No, just give me a horse and go to bed early!" Xue Bingxin rolled up the rice paper and turned around and walked out of the study, and closed the door gently.

Xue Bingxin walked through the vertical arch, stopped by the osmanthus tree, looked back at the candlelight from the study, and sighed in her heart: "I hope you will continue to be a good official in the future." ”

……

On the morning of August 22, Xu Jin slept late last night, so when he got up today, he was already three poles old, and when he asked Erniu, Xue Bingxin really rode away early in the morning, and he couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

After Xu Jin washed up and ate breakfast, he went to visit Song Chi, the prefect of Yanzhou, as usual, after the careful treatment of Li Yanwen's father and son, this guy's consciousness has been awakened, but he has been pretending to be deaf and dumb, ignoring everyone, and it is still the case today.

After coming out of the room, Jin Baihu couldn't help but scold and said: "Ma, when this fight is healed, see how Lao Tzu concocts him, Lao Tzu will not believe that he can't pry his mouth." ”

Qi Jingtong carried it and said: "That's not necessarily, the surname Song is not even afraid of death, and your methods are afraid that they will not work." ”

It is said that Qi Jingtong's leg injury has been healed, he is an important eyewitness, and after the "murder of Qincha" is investigated, he will have to follow Xu Jin back to Beijing to be questioned by the Three Law Divisions, plus this person is good at martial arts, so Xu Jin kept him by his side as a personal guard.

Jin Baihu scratched his head and said: "That's what you said, what do you say the guy surnamed Song is trying to do, whether it is stealing and selling 200,000 stone official grain, or plotting to kill Qincha, it is enough for him to raid his family and destroy his family, and cut off his children and grandchildren." ”

Xu Jin had a flash of inspiration in his mind and asked, "Jin Baihu, the Song family has been arrested!" ”

Jin Baihu nodded and said: "All of them have been taken, and even all the subordinates are in custody, and they can be checked!" ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of those corrupt officials in modern times, almost none of whom did not raise a mistress outside, so he ordered: "Re-check again, and focus on checking whether Song Chi has a concubine outside!" ”

Jin Baihu was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead and said, "My subordinates will take someone to check immediately." ”

Although according to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, a man can only take a concubine if he is forty childless, but there are a few who really abide by it, not to mention those high-ranking officials and nobles, even the landlords and squires who have a few dollars in hand, which is not a grand concubine to the family, only those who have a strong woman in the family will secretly raise concubines outside, such as Jia Lian in "Dream of Red Mansions".

Jin Baihu left in a hurry with a few of his subordinates, and Xu Jin led Qi Jingtong and other guards to the hall of the government office, preparing to continue to interrogate the convicts in the case of stealing and selling official grain, hundreds of convicts, not a day and a half can be completed.

Xu Jin was sitting in the lobby just now, and a small official of the government hurriedly ran in to report: "Lord Qincha, the miners of Yanshen Town, Qingzhou Prefecture, have rebelled, attacked the local inspection department and the tax department, gathered tens of thousands of displaced people, and are now attacking Laiwu County. ”

Xu Jin Jianmei jumped, although Laiwu County is under the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture, it is only three hundred miles away from here, and it can be arrived in a day.

Xu Jin took the piece of text and looked at it, and found that the language was crude and straightforward, no different from a shrew scolding the street, which shows that the level of the person who wrote this article is limited, and its content is generally to accuse the imperial court of conniving at the powerful officials and gentry to occupy the people's land, oppress and exploit the people, and the people are living in dire straits, calling on all the oppressed poor people to rise up and resist the tyranny of the Ming Dynasty.

The level of the whole article is really lackluster, but the slogan of "fighting local tyrants, dividing the land and grain" is obviously very attractive to those poor landless and displaced people.

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In the C room of the Yuelai Inn, Zhao Quan saw Xue Bingxin who appeared with a burden on his back, and immediately greeted him happily and asked in a low voice: "Senior Sister Xue is back, have you ever succeeded?" ”

Xue Bingxin shook her head and said, "Xu Jin has an extra master guard surnamed Qi by his side, and I didn't find a chance to start." ”

Zhao Quan's face sank instantly, and the thin monkey Qiu Fu sneered: "Senior Sister Xue, I don't have a chance, I still can't do it." ”

Xue Bingxin frowned, just as if she hadn't heard it, Zhao Quan couldn't help but be angry when he saw this, and was about to attack, but there was a knock on the door of the room.

Zhao Quan suppressed his anger and said in a low voice: "Come in!" ”

The door of the room opened, and Jing Zhen hurriedly walked in, and said with a solemn face: "Senior Brother Zhao, Wang Tang made a move the day before yesterday and occupied Yanshen Town, and now it is estimated that he is attacking Laiwu County!" ”

The Maitreya Sect has been operating painstakingly for many years, and there are hidden piles in almost every state and county, and it has its own set of methods for transmitting messages.

Zhao Quan's face changed when he heard this, and he scolded: "Bastard, look for death!" ”

Half an hour later, Zhao Quan and the others left the inn in a hurry, led their horses out of the city, and immediately rode their horses to Qufu and galloped away.