Zheng Lang turned his head and said to Zhang Daliang: "There is something ...... this official does."

It's a smart man, Zhang Daliang got up and said goodbye.

People from Xiuzhou also brought in, Zheng Lang spread the letter on the table, and asked: "Wei Zhizhou wrote a letter to this official, but the letter did not make it clear, you tell me, what is going on?" ”

The visitor replied cautiously, "The person who came is in his twenties, with a northern accent." ”

Zheng Lang frowned, if it was Jiang Erlang, it must be a northern accent, but deep down Zheng Lang didn't want the real Jiang Erlang to arrive in Xiuzhou.

"He held a letter asking Wei Zhizhou to release the two prisoners, but Wei Zhizhou did not agree, and changed his request and asked to go to see him, and Wei Zhizhou took him to the cell."

"What's the name of the two prisoners?"

"One is called Zhong Quan, and the other is called He Xiu."

"Who are they?"

"Zhong Quan is a merchant, He Xiu is an idler, implicated in the Datinghu riot case and imprisoned."

"Where is Jiang Wuzhun now?"

"I heard Wei Zhizhou say that he was your friend, Wei Zhizhou didn't release him and let him go back. As a result, he took Zheng Zhizhou's handwritten letter to Shi Yushi, and Shi Yushi gave an order to take the prisoner away. Wei Zhizhou checked, he didn't bring the prisoner to Shi Yushi, and all three of them disappeared. Although there are a wide range of people involved in the case, they may not die one by one, and the court will be lenient, but the case is not closed, and Zheng Zhizhou's favoritism and bending the law is not good. So Wei Zhizhou wrote a letter to Zheng Zhifu, hoping that Zheng Zhifu would hand over the two prisoners and let his subordinates bring them back to Xiuzhou. ”

Yan Rong said angrily: "Doctor Zheng would not write such a letter at all. ”

"Wei Zhizhou read the letter carefully, and the handwriting on the letter is indeed Zheng Ti."

"Zheng Ti?"

"It's the book style of Governor Zheng's mansion."

"I really didn't write it, you wait a minute." Zheng Lang stood up, found a piece of charcoal, sharpened it with a knife, and drew a sketch on the white paper, several good brothers had not seen each other for six years, but they had kept writing for several years.

These companies have some industries, or large households, in fact, they don't necessarily have to be officials, the idea of being an official is China's weird official-based thinking, and Shi is the most expensive. But the actual income, officials are not greedy or ink, far less than the income of those big households.

As long as they are not as ignorant as they were when they were young, they are serious people, and they can have a rich and happy life by virtue of their family property and good management. Their parents didn't want them to come to this point, but Zheng Lang was secretly happy for them in his heart. As an official, he knows what his good buddies are capable of, and he is not an official at all.

As for what kind of property their family has, Zheng Lang didn't ask. The incident happened suddenly, even if Jiang Erlang came to Xiuzhou, it was possible that Zheng Lang didn't know. But not necessarily, so when I drew this sketch, when we last met, Jiang Erlang was already eighteen years old, and even if his appearance would change, it would not change much.

After quickly finishing the drawing, he handed it to the official and asked, "Is it him?" ”

Yacha stared at it for a while and said, "It's very similar." ”

"Like?"

"It's very similar."

"You go back and report to your Zhizhou, this official has not written any letters at all, I don't know why this 'Zheng Ti' appeared," Zheng Lang was puzzled, Wei Zhizhou had no dealings with him, but Shi Jie had many contacts with him during this time, the two were mainly on business, and they had to cooperate, and they were not cold to each other, but because of official business, there were many letters to and fro, Shi Jie should know his own handwriting, Shi Jie is also a calligraphy master, an insider, I don't know who can write Zheng Ti that makes it difficult for Shi Jie to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and said: " Let him draw a figure immediately and arrest the three men. Also, this is the seal of the government, ask if the letter is not stamped. ”

He took out the seal of the house from the drawing, stamped it on this sketch, and asked the yacha to take it back.

Wei Zhizhou is very repulsive to some of his own practices, and he must use this matter to make a fuss, but Zheng Lang doesn't care. In fact, it is not necessarily a bad thing to let these people find some small handles, everything is done perfectly, just like a real saint has come, it is not a good thing.

Take the initiative to splash Zheng Lang on himself and disdain, and others will be unhappy if they splash Zheng Lang, but if they splash it, they will splash it. But it's not easy to splash, there is no official seal, the person was not ordered to be released by him, and he did not order his subordinates not to release people, and Wei Zhizhou also made mistakes.

Yacha left.

Zheng Lang sent someone to ask Shi Jie again, and asked Shi Jie to bring the letter.

He wants to take a look at what Zheng Ti is.

He secretly sent someone to check the roots of the two people, and wrote a letter to the Jiang family, asking the Jiang family to find Jiang Erlang and ask him to come to Hangzhou quickly. Quickly arranging things properly, Yan Rong asked, "Doctor, could it really be Jiang Erlang?" ”

"I don't know," Zheng Lang shook his head. In the past, he knew the surnames of several friends, and he may not know the severity. If not, it will be a case within a case again, but it is not his responsibility, it is Wei Zhizhou's business.

The porter came in again to report that Wu Qinan's wife had brought her daughter to ask to see her.

Wang Anshi smiled, the teacher has been lucky in the past few years, first Wei Shiniang, then Yi Niang, and then this Wu lady.

Zheng Lang glared for a moment and said to the porter, "Let them in." ”

When the person brought in, Wu Shi bowed down and said: "Zheng Zhizhou is kind, the concubine doesn't know, the daughter doesn't know what to do, and he actually found Zheng Zhifu, and the concubine is guilty." ”

"You get up."

Wu didn't get up, and said with tears in his eyes: "Please ask Governor Zheng to take in the daughter of the concubine." ”

Zheng Lang was displeased and said, "What do you still want this official to say?" Your husband is guilty and meritorious, and now that he is so widely implicated, it is inconvenient for the court to sentence all of them heavily, I have confiscated the stolen money of Wu Zhubo, even if it is disposed of, it will not be heavy, maybe he will be made an official and give him a chance to make amends. Your daughter will continue to be the daughter of an official eunuch, what is she doing in my house? ”

"The concubine has a son...... Please take her in. ”

"Have a son?"

"yes, and a son."

"I've been to your house and seen it, and no one will trouble you."

"The concubine is so afraid."

"What did someone say to you?"

"Yes, three days ago, you sent someone to raid my house, the front copied, and the concubine went to the street to buy vegetables, and two big men stopped the concubine and said to the concubine, I want my family to be careful, the concubine is so afraid."

"How can such a thing happen?"

"Yes, the concubine has never dared to say it to them," he said, looking at his frightened daughter, and bowed his head in shame.

"This official will send someone to check."

"Concubine, concubine body......" Wu Tao cried.

Jiang Xing'er, who was standing on the side, softened her heart, took Zheng Lang's hand and said, "Official, it's better to let her family live in my house temporarily." ”

Zheng Lang smiled bitterly, it was not that he was hard-hearted, it was impossible to take them into the house in order to protect everyone, and what happened in the end, but for Jiang Xing'er's sake, Zheng Lang said: "You guys get up, your daughter is a good woman, this official doesn't dare to do anything wrong, but you can stay in my house temporarily, it won't take long, there will be a will from the imperial court or a messenger to Hangzhou." ”

Seeing them leave, Jiang Xing'er said, "These wicked people. ”

"You know what?" Zheng Lang touched her head with a little dissatisfaction.

…… Soon the imperial court decreed that three ministers were sent to preside over the trial in Liangzhejiang, and there were too many criminals, and it was impossible to escort them to the capital to judge the case.

The first minister was Yang Anguo.

With his father, both of them are well-versed in scriptures, Zhongjin Shi later served as the lieutenant of Zhijiang County, moved to Dali Temple, entered the country to speak directly, Jing Youchu, placed the Chongzheng Palace to tell the story, entered the Tianzhang Pavilion to speak, the straight dragon pavilion, and then for the Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematized, the Longtu Pavilion straight bachelor, all of them also served as a lecture, sentenced to the Shangshu Criminal Department, and picketed in Beijing Prison. He has profound knowledge and understands prisons, and can also be said to be Zhao Zhen's confidant. However, he is honest and the usage is fair, and the imperial court sent this candidate, which also shows the imperial court's attitude towards this case.

The second is Wang Gongchen, the supervising judge, who once served as a salt and iron judge and is more familiar with salt affairs.

The third is Han Qi, the official of speech.

At the same time, two new transfer envoys, Ji Ying, were appreciated by Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai because of their studiousness, and because of Wang Zeng's recommendation, he moved the prince Zhongyun to Jixian School, and he was the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, the judge of the three divisions, and the initiates began to live.

He is a transfer envoy, and it is the resume of serving as a judge of the three divisions, not only salt affairs, but also a safety supervisor, as a transit envoy, he also has to do some small supervision, which requires an insider.

Ma Zhongfu, the deputy transfer envoy of the Du Branch, once knew Taizhou, and his father was very famous, the prince Taibao Ma Liang, his family was the first family in Hefei, and many children were officials, because Ma Liang's insight was to know people, and the prime minister Xin Zhongfu, Lu Mengzheng, Lu Yijian, Wang Qi, etc.

As for how Jiang Jun and Zhang Congge dealt with it, they were often involved in the case, and it was not said in the holy decree.

But all understand that basically the two have collapsed.

…… When it was hot, Zheng Lang approved the official documents, although Si'er and Huan'er were fanning the wind with a fan in the back, the sweat was still soaking through the clothes.

Zheng Langsuo's surname opened the placket and rolled up his sleeves to make it cooler.

Cui Xian said: "It's good for officials to be like this, and they have the style of Wei and Jin." ”

"What is the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, if all those light and elegant people are like that, the country will be finished."

Cui Xian just laughed.

Zheng Lang dropped the pen in his hand and said, "You are all here, do you want to ...... at night?"

"Don't the officials like it?"

"Occasionally, that's liking, even if you eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, eat them every day, will you like it?"

"Where are the vegetables ......" Cui Xian pointed to the other side of the courtyard wall, where the four members of the Wu family lived.

Jiang Xing'er covered her mouth with a fan to steal fun.

"If that's the case, you're unpleasant here again," Zheng Lang wiped his hand on her chest, and said in surprise again: "You didn't wear a bust?" ”

"Apple's going to be milked."

"When you're older, you're going to be weaned."

"The concubine still has milk, let her eat it, otherwise let someone steal it?"

Xing'er, Si'er, and Huan'er steal fun again.

"If that's the case, it's even harder for my family to have children."

"Why?" Cui Xian was most nervous about this sentence, so she asked Zheng Lang to take a concubine and even sleep in the big bed, just because she wanted to have children. There is no queen, the Zheng family has no children, she is a wife, and she also has sins.

"A pound of sucrose water, whether it is ten cups of water sweet or a cup of water sweet," Zheng Lang said, but it is impossible to stay with a few wives and concubines who are like flowers and jade every day, and want to work hard to control their desires. And he went on patrol many times, which is also tantamount to controlling his desires, and when he comes back, he still has no children in the same room, and he is less convincing. I don't know what's wrong, could it be that the Zheng family's genes are born with few children?

Cui Xian's eyes rolled, and Zheng Lang shook his head: "You, don't think too much, it's fate to be able to get it, and it's fate if you can't get it, and it's the same with Ping'er." ”

But when it came to this matter, Cui Xian took it more seriously, was silent, and asked after a while: "When will the imperial court arrive?" ”

"It's coming."

"I'm worried about that Han Qi." Cui Xian said with some relatives, this Han Qi is famous, and even a few prime ministers let him fall down, her husband is for the country, but this time she has done a lot of things beyond the system, and she is afraid that Han Qi will pull her husband's pigtails.

"Wang Gongchen, aren't you worried?"

"This man is quite modest, why should he worry?"

Refers to the champion of integrity.

Wang Gongchen won the champion, the top three went to the temple to thank him, the other two fell down one after another, Wang Gongchen did not fall, said that the exam question happened to be done not long ago, and it was a fluke to choose the champion, if I became the champion silently, I became a dishonest person, I have not told a lie since I was a child, and I can't lose my temperance because of the champion, please give the champion to others. Of course, it is impossible to award it to others, but it is even more appreciated by Zhao Zhen.

Zheng Lang smiled dumbly, nodded, and said, "What an honest champion." ”

"Isn't it?"

"Isn't it, you'll know later," Zheng Lang said, and by the time Wang Gongchen exerts his strength, he will probably return to the capital. But he said: "But this time, the few candidates selected by the imperial court are very suitable. ”

"Han ......"

"Don't worry about Han Qi, and don't be fooled by his admonitions. He and Fan Zhongyan are not all the way, if Fan Zhongyan comes, I will be worried. ”

"Yes."

"Why?" The fourth son was puzzled, and her husband respected Fan Zhongyan very much.

"It's just easy to break, Fan Zhongyan is too rigid, this matter involves too much, and the truth is revealed, after Fan Zhongyan comes, things will get bigger and bigger. But it can't be Xia Zhu, he can be too aggrieved for the sake of popularity. Han Qi is different, his ability to control timing is unmatched by few people in the world. Wang Gongchen has a lot of eyes, and Yang Anguo uses a wide and flat method. Even the two transfer envoys are far more competent than Jiang and Zhang, and the Ma family is huge, which can also play a role in elastic pressure. ”

"The slaves understood, they came and could control the situation." Huan'er Road.

"yes."

"The imperial court should have done this a long time ago, how good it was for Ye Qingchen and Zhang Xia to be in Liangzhejiang," Jiang Xing'er said.

But Zhang Xia was sick and helpless. Besides, how can a person be good or bad, how can he tell from his appearance? It can be seen that people are also constantly changing, and some people who serve as officials will make some mistakes, and they may gradually correct them, from a bad bureaucrat to a good official, but some officials have a clear name at the beginning, but later they have become worse. ”

"Fan sarcasm."

"Medium, Xing'er, just right, I'll show you." Zheng Lang took out a letter from a stack of official documents, which was written to Shi Jie in the same character as Zheng Ti, and asked Shi Jie to release the two to Hangzhou to inquire about the case in Zheng Lang's tone.

"Hey, wasn't the word written by an official?"

"Take another look."

Jiang Xing'er stared at it for a long time and muttered, "It's not like it." ”

"Where is it not?"

"Astringent."

"It's astringent, it can count my words, but it's not written by me, this is a copy that has been circulated in the market, and I use the copy to re-copy word by word, so it's dry, but at first glance it looks like I wrote it. The person who copied it was the Fang family, and he usually wrote well, so he copied it beautifully. ”

"It's an elephant, but there's a difference."

"What's the difference other than astringency?"

"Charming."

"Again, I'll only rest with you tonight," Cui Xian rolled her pretty eyes, not taking it seriously, Zheng Lang continued: "So I concluded that this person usually learns more about the two kings, although he copied my words with a copy book, because he writes a lot, and if you look closely, you can see the charm of the two kings, but you have a lot of research on words, and you often watch me write, you can see that if you change others, even if it is Shi Jie, it is not easy to see the flaws." ”

It's enough, the letter wasn't originally written for Zheng Lang and Xing'er, as long as Shi Jie can't see the flaws, it's enough.

"Did Jiang Erlang ask someone to write it?" Si'er asked worriedly, she had been in the Zheng family for the longest time and knew about Zheng Lang's relationship with seven good buddies.

Zheng Lang shook his head: "Definitely not, the Jiang family has this power, but time is in a hurry, even if Jiang Erlang comes to Xiuzhou, the Jiang family's power is in Zhengzhou, not in Xiuzhou, it is illegal to write a letter in a tone of pretending to me, the Jiang family has an industry in Xiuzhou, I am afraid that no one among the cronies has this kind of pen power, do outsiders dare to write?" Besides, Jiang Erlang has come to Hangzhou so far, and he has a deep relationship with me, and he will not come to Hangzhou because he is ashamed, at least to sue for a crime. Don't say anything else, I am an official and not evil, he should know it in his heart. ”

"Who is that?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to know." Like the murderer behind the scenes in Taiping Prefecture, Zheng Lang still wants to make peace with the mud. Pulling down will lead to whales and sharks, which is not something that he can shake with his current strength. Suddenly, his eyes froze, staring at the faint crimson on Xing'er's chest.

"It's hot, I'm a scholar." Jiang Xing'er replied shyly.

"Sleep." Zheng Lang looked at a few charming wives, and Suo put down the official document in his hand.

Several women covered their mouths and stole fun.

was about to take a bath and rest, there was a rapid knock on the door outside, several wives and concubines hurriedly dressed, Zheng Lang opened the door, saw the porter, and asked strangely: "So late, who is looking for me?" ”

"The ship, the ship is back."

"The ship of the Japanese slave country, no, it is the ship of the imperial court to the Japanese slave country that has returned."

"Let's go," Zheng Lang was overjoyed, he had been very worried about the return of the fleet, because the shipping channel was familiar, and there were ships to the Goryeo Kingdom in all seasons, but the ships were mainly sails, and most of them traveled in the wind. The ships that went south went to the north in November and February, and the south wind in May and June, and the ships that led to Goryeo and the Wa kingdom were just the opposite.

However, once a year is too long, so Zheng Lang set it to be once every six months, returning to the first month of the month to avoid the changeable season of February when the weather is hot and cold, and going back to July in June to avoid the typhoon-prone season in **month. But there is still a typhoon in June, and whenever there is a typhoon, Zheng Lang will be frightened.

Not to mention that on the sea, in the Yangtze River and the Great Lake, and even in the Grand Canal, many ships are sunk by wind and waves every year.

Every day that passed in June, he worried about it.

When he heard the ship returning, his heart settled.

Hurriedly dressed and rushed to the dock.