The second watch arrived, asking for collections, asking for tickets.

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Bao Zheng's coldness did not dispel Zhu Shiyong's enthusiasm, Zhu Shiyong didn't want to walk away, but he knew that the forty-one-year-old Bao Zheng was a legend in Luzhou.

In addition, Bao Zheng is not only a celebrity in Luzhou, he was idle at home for ten years after he became a scholar, and he did not hesitate to resign from the official positions of Jianchang Zhixian and state tax officer, the reason is very simple, his parents are not far away, and the answer he gave is to support his parents at home.

This is rare in the Great Song Dynasty that admires the glory of the ancestors, the old man of the Bao family is stubborn, Jianchang County is too far away He is unwilling to go with Bao Zheng, just a lake across the Hezhou, the old man is not willing to go, as a result, Bao Zheng honestly supported his parents at home for ten years, until his parents died.

There must be a father and a son, after Bao Zheng has been down for ten years, he suddenly doesn't want to be an official, the Bao family has a solid background, pays attention to the people's livelihood on weekdays, and does a lot of things to help the people, and lives at ease; But the villagers are gone, the Bao family's relatives are directly related to the side, the surrounding villagers feel that it is not easy to get a jinshi, it is a pity to be so wasted, so every day to block the Bao family's troubles, Bao Zheng's mentor and his classmates in the court have also come to persuade Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng went to Tianchang Zhixian for three years.

The term of office has expired, and Xiao Xiaotianchang has been governed by Bao Zheng at night, and he has been selfless and wise, and has broken many difficult cases; The name of the official voice was passed into the imperial court, this time just received the examination from the Ministry of Officials in the capital, and was promoted to the position of the prefect of Duanzhou, and returned to Luzhou by the way.

But just after returning home for half a day, he was learned by the Luzhou prefect Zhu, Baba's rush to talk for a long time, Bao Zheng took a teacup several times, this gentleman turned a blind eye, which made Bao Zheng extremely annoyed.

Bao Zheng doesn't like this kind of behavior of mutual friendship and friendship in the officialdom, in his opinion, the official should be aware of the people's feelings, not the will of God, only the grace of the court to spread the people, and can do some practical things for the people, can be regarded as truly fulfilling their duties, and the behavior of drilling camps and sending high hats to each other is completely unnecessary.

Especially the arrival of the prefect of Luzhou, Bao Zheng has heard of this person, this gentleman climbed to a certain dignitary in the capital, and was promoted to the prefect of Sipin in a few years from a small Bapin County, although there was no big mess in Luzhou, but the official reputation among the people is not good; Bao Zheng was naturally even more lazy to make friends with him.

Another thing that made Zhu Zhifu swallow his anger was that he learned that Bao Zheng was also awarded a fictitious title called 'Dianzhong Cheng' this time, although it was only a fictitious title from the fifth grade, and outsiders seemed far less resounding than the name of the Duanzhou prefect in the back, which seemed a bit redundant;

The position of the palace in the Song Dynasty was a fictitious title, which was originally to assist in the management of the emperor's life and work, which actually expressed the emperor's trust and unguarded attitude towards Bao Zheng, and there was a meaning of praise for his own people.

"Brother Xiren, I heard that this time the official family also awarded you the position of the palace leader, this is a great honor, the emperor has a lot of trust in Brother Xiren, please take care of it in the future; We both belong to the Luzhou lineage, and in the future, we will cooperate with each other, and it will be easier for the DPRK and China to say something. Zhu Shiyong said a little implicitly, but in Bao Zheng's ears, it was a naked gang, Bao Zheng mercilessly refuted: "Lord Zhu, what are these words, you and I are with Mu Huang's grace, what kind of regional theory, the imperial court strictly prohibits the formation of parties and gatherings, my lord's words seem to be inconsiderate." ”

Zhu Shiyong touched his nose, and scolded in his heart: "What are you pretending to be high, who doesn't know that this time you can be recommended to go to Duanzhou is the recommendation of Lord Yan, but at this time, you will come to clear up." ”

The smile on his face remained unchanged and said: "Brother Xiren's lesson is that there is just some misunderstanding of this house, I mean that the public is public and private is private, and the public affairs are naturally irrelevant to each other, but we are in Luzhou Township, and we can still be close in private." ”

Bao Zheng didn't like his slippery way of speaking, frowned and said nothing, and at this moment, a small servant hurriedly entered the hall and replied: "There is a master from the prefect's yamen outside the door, claiming that there is an urgent matter to return to the prefect Zhu. ”

Zhu Shiyong hurriedly got up and said: "Brother Xiren, this mansion went to see what was going on, and I actually found it here, disturbing Yaxing where you and I were partying." ”

Bao Zhengxin said: Yaxing didn't bother me, it came at the right time. At the moment, he arched his hand and said: "Lord Zhu, please take care of it, official affairs are important." ”

Zhu Shiyong said: "I'm afraid it's not a big deal, and they will make a fuss about trivial things; Brother Xiren waits for a while, and the house will come when he goes. He walked out of the hall door and out.

After a while, the little servant said back and forth: "Lord Zhu has already returned to the mansion in a sedan chair, and ordered the villain to come and talk to the master, and come back to disturb him another day." ”

Bao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt a little strange, this Lord Zhu didn't seem to care much about the affairs of the government, but why did he rush back in a hurry when someone reported it, and he didn't even have time to say goodbye? This is an extremely impolite behavior, and it seems that there must be a reason for it.

"You go and inquire and see if there's something big going on in the city, and then you go back and forth."

"Yes." The little guy turned around and went out to inquire on the street, and in less than half an hour, he turned back to Fuzhong and reported several major events that had happened in Luzhou City in the past few days.

Bao Zheng listened carefully to the little guy's reply, he found that everything came down to a businessman named Su Jin, a few days ago the Su family's granary caught fire and was burned, and then a guy disappeared from the Su family's shop, and this Su Jin went to the government to report the case and broke out and hurt people, what kind of person is this Su Jin, how unlucky to be like this.

All kinds of questions, Bao Zheng is restless, Bao Zheng has a hobby since he was a child, he likes to study things exhaustively and explore the truth; That is, the kind of person who is commonly known as being nosy and eating fart, and it is precisely because of his character that he has achieved the reputation of solving many mystery cases during his tenure and gaining a reputation for being discerning.

At this moment, this matter is so strange, Bao Zheng is like a glutton, seeing food, and a pervert can't stop seeing a beautiful woman, what makes him even more concerned is that this unlucky guy Su Jinda is the only son of the prefect who has just left, Bao Zheng wants to see how this Lord Zhu interrogated this case; He was awarded the title of palace by the emperor, and there was also a sense of espionage in his duties, although he was not under the jurisdiction of Duanzhou, but it was also the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, so why not do it.

Thinking of this, Bao Zheng began to change his clothes, he wanted to go to the street to inquire in person, this is his habit, once he decides to get involved in a case, he must first personally investigate the news, and never believe the words of others.

In the city of Luzhou, two groups of people are hurrying to the government, one is Li Chong and Zhao Da's shopkeeper, and the other is Yan Biyun who got the news; Yan Biyun never thought that Su Jin would actually shoot bricks on the street at this time.

Zhu Yanei's behavior was indeed misbehaving, but tearing off the sleeves of Su Jin's robe was not a beating, at best it was just a blurring between the two; But pulling is not the same as doing it, and making trouble with the government is just to compensate for the clothes, and at most add an apology.

But Su Jin's crime of hurting people is much bigger, fortunately he used bricks instead of knives, but even so it was enough for Su Jin to drink a pot.

"Isn't this a slam into a knife?" Yan Biyun stomped his feet anxiously, hurriedly boarded the car and rushed to the county office, everyone knows that no matter where the prison is, it is a ghost gate, and there will be a lot of hardship after entering, Su Jin's small physique, and a pampered son, this time it will be unbearable.