A month later, a major corruption case of collusion between officials and gentry broke out in Shandong that shocked the world, from the political envoys to Fuzhou County, and a series of corrupt officials were dismissed one after another.

The imperial court adhered to the emperor's usual thunderstorm, and the handling of this case was very simple and rude. As soon as Lord Qincha arrived in Jinan City, he immediately ordered the Imperial Forest Army to block the main water and land transportation routes in Shandong, and then arrested the Huaixi people on the spot.

Zhu Yuanzhang hated the villagers who had ruined his hometown and his reputation, and ordered torture to extract confessions. It is so easy to torture those Huaixi tycoons who have done evil and the officials who are behind them to cover up and collude, no matter who is immediately imprisoned for questioning as soon as they are reported, and bite each other out, and after being verified by the bitter master or witnesses, they will be immediately convicted if there are traces to follow, and many other crimes have been implicated by the way, and the whole trial process has not dragged on in the mud.

The whole family of the fourth-rank official and above was escorted to the criminal department of the capital for trial, and the fourth-rank official and below were skinned and executed on the spot, and as many as 38 wealthy families in Huaixi were confiscated most of their family property, and the whole family moved to Yunnan to reclaim the famine.

The whole of Shandong was thunderous with joy, and the people all applauded and applauded, and tens of thousands of victims died of starvation and disease in Shandong's ineffective disaster relief, and the common people hated to death the rich and dereliction of duty officials who were unkind to the rich.

Hundreds of old cases have been overturned and retried and concluded, making the people who have been wronged weep for this. In the past, the bitter owners who were seized by the Huaixi people returned their ancestral property and some money, and everyone was grateful to Xu Hao and regarded him as a reborn parent.

Of course, there are many people who have been wronged, and there are many people who have taken advantage of them, and if they don't do bad things in their lives, they won't be framed for no reason.

And Xu Hao, the initiator, had already quietly left Jinan City, secretly went to Liaocheng and other places in Qingzhou to observe the various conditions of the local people's lives and the progress of disaster relief, and then secretly played it to the emperor according to the facts.

After finishing the business, Xu Hao, who was relaxed, took Ning Xue and others, at the strong invitation of his cousin Xu Qinglin, and went to Tai'an Mansion together.

Coming down the mountain, Xu Hao came to Dezhou Wei non-stop, took the three official ships belonging to Yanwangfu that had just arrived, passed through Tianjin Wei along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and arrived near Beiping, the capital of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

In this way, Zhang Lin, who heard Xu Hao's traces, could only look at the boat and sigh, and found an excuse to go out of Beijing for more than a month that day, and he had to hurry back, otherwise the horse would linger for a long time and be a capital crime.

Not to mention that Zhang Lin, who was full of resentment, returned disappointed, Xu Hao learned through a letter from the head of Yanwang's mansion that the Mu family sent someone to guard Beiping, and waited for him to throw himself into the net.

As a result, Xu Hao and Mu Ningxue did not enter Beiping City, but chose Xianghe County, Miaozhou, under the rule of Beiping Prefecture, which was later known as the 'Pearl of Gyeonggi'.

Why Xianghe? It turned out that when I set off in Texas, I met an old couple with a very good reputation in the local area, who were about to take a boat to visit their relatives in Miaozhou.

Xu Hao and Mu Ningxue both like to listen to some customs, and besides, the long road is boring and tight, seeing the two lonely old men standing on the dock, they asked to get on the boat and accompany them.

When the old man saw that it was an official ship, he was relieved to agree, but after all, he was not sure, Xu Hao simply explained his identity when he saw this, and treated him as a son and nephew, with a very respectful face, which quickly made the old man settle down, and told the girls some stories about the past and hometown stories when they were young every day, and everyone was very happy along the way.

Xianghe County belongs to Beiping Mansion and is the fief of Yanwang Mansion, which is close under Zhu Di's nose, Xu Hao does not need to worry about personal safety, and the whole person is completely relaxed.

It's also that he has read too many martial arts novels and other books, and there is Mu Ningxue by his side, and he is as precious as gold. This is the first time I went out in the Ming Dynasty, for fear of encountering those legendary green forest heroes and ninth-rate black shop thieves, unguardable rivers and lakes, in case I was drugged to make adult meat buns or dig out my heart and liver to cook some sobering soup, or I was involved in the grievances and grievances in the martial arts, and was bumped into by a hundred-year-old female demon who picked yang and supplemented yin? Even if you confess in this life, you will become a slave to the lust of a group of heroines.

In short, there is no big mistake in being careful, Xu Hao's caution made him lucky to escape, otherwise he might have to become a ghost under Zhang Lin's knife.

At this time, Xu Song, the fourth eldest of the Xu family, had already gone home, and for Xu Hao's arrival, the Yan princess Xu, who missed her son, was very happy, and the nephew who had not seen her for many years had already worshiped under her husband, and the two sons had a good relationship, so they couldn't help but get closer a lot.

Zhu Di is also quite happy, Xu Hao's importance in his eyes is increasing day by day, and he is paying more and more attention to it, since it is rare for the younger generation to come to the north once, even if he is busy, he has to find time to arrange a family banquet and entertain him personally.

For the Mu Chun family general who came to the door, Zhu Di and his wife were amused, but they did not hesitate to make a move, and notified Xu Hao in time. And the good people helped to the end, and when Xu Hao was about to arrive, he ordered the Mu family to leave.

However, Mu Chun's family was loyal to his duties and refused to leave, and Zhu Di was inconvenient to forcibly kill people, so he had to let them continue to stay in Beiping. During the period, Yan Wangfu and Xu Hao communicated back and forth, and learned that the nephew's place of residence was selected in Xianghe County, so Princess Yan personally arranged for them to live in the palace manor.

In Xianghe County, at this moment, Xu Hao looked at the old couple who insisted on breaking up, and knew that the old man didn't want to cling to the powerful, so he said: "Then the younger generation will not force the second elder, I wish you all the best." ”

After the old couple led the big donkey of Texas specialty with their luggage, they left with a smile. Xu Hao instructed: "Li Qiu, you secretly follow, inquire about the inn where the old man is staying, and arrange a few people to protect it nearby." ”

"Yes." Li Qiu quickly ordered a few guards at the moment and followed unhurriedly.

"Wait." Xu Hao suddenly remembered that the old man had mentioned that the relative's name was Yu Tao, speaking of which and the old couple were not blood relatives but old friends, Yu Tao relied on the help of the Chang family when he was in distress in his early years, and the two families got along with each other more than relatives that day, Yu Tao was later able to study and become an official, and the whole family made a fortune. And Texas was also very badly affected, and the fields and houses of the old couple were washed away by the flood, so they took the only remaining tattered clothes and quilts and went north to take refuge in Yu's family.

"By the way, I will inquire about the official reputation of Yu Tao in Xiazhou, and wait for you to come back and talk to me."

After Xu Hao finished speaking, he turned over and got on the horse, he thought that Shandong had been hit by the disaster for more than half a year, and from the words of the old couple, he had not heard that the Yu family had sent someone to visit, as if there had been no one. Texas and Miaozhou are not far apart, why is the Yu family indifferent to this? There is undoubtedly a problem here.

With questions, Xu Hao led a group of people to the Yanwangfu Manor located in the northwest of Xianghe County, Zhu Di in order to raise troops, placed countless military households around Beiping Mansion Tuntian, and in order to facilitate the inspection around the local government, almost every county has a Huangzhuang belonging to Yanwangfu.

Outside Zhuangzi, there were already stewards and eunuchs and many servants sent by Princess Yan herself, waiting for Xu Hao's arrival.

Mu Ningxue was still happy to pretend to be a mustache, opened the curtain and looked outside, but saw that the sky was blue like a wash, and the green mountains in the distance were beautiful; Smoke rises from the nearby villages, and the people toiled in the large fields, but unfortunately the grain had been harvested, and there was no endless harvest to be seen.

There is no desolation and uninhabited people as imagined, but the towns along the way are densely populated, merchant ships and passenger ships come and go, quite prosperous, and there are reclaimed farmland everywhere, a thriving scene.

It feels much drier than the warmth of Jinling, the north wind blowing is strong and powerful, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, sometimes the wind is mixed with sand and soil on the face is very painful, it is inevitable that some people are not very adaptable.

However, compared with the hazy smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, like a small jasper, the north is as described in the same book, the mountains and rivers are wide and far-reaching, vigorous and majestic, and the people are bold and hospitable and informal, which makes people feel more open-minded.

Facing the greetings of a group of royal slaves, Mu Ningxue looked at him with a smile and an unchanged expression, and entered the gate without even getting off the horse.

The carriage went in and went around to the back house along the bluestone paved road, watching him get off the horse neatly, Mu Ningxue casually put down the curtain.

Zhiyan on the opposite side smiled and scraped her cheeks with her fingers, Mu Ningxue glared at her stupidly, biting her lip, Zhiqing who was sitting next to Zhiyan covered her mouth and snickered when she saw this, and heard his voice outside.

"The girls in the car are all distinguished guests I invited, so it's not good to snub people. We don't have to bother you to serve in our daily life, we have come all the way to get used to doing it ourselves. By the way, on weekdays, no one is allowed to enter the courtyard of residence without asking for instructions. ”

"That's not right, right? Xu Gongzi is the nephew of the princess, that is, half of the master of our palace! You have come from afar after a long journey, how can you not wait for your life? You put 10,000 hearts, and when you came, Niangniang had already instructed you, and no one would dare to commit it. ”

"Needless to say, it's not that I treat the big guy as an outsider, but the girls in the car are indeed distinguished guests from the capital, so it is natural to respect the opinions of distinguished guests. Besides, you are not familiar with each other, and they are all unmarried girls, so don't bother them casually. As for myself, I don't like to be served by too many people, so I don't bother the big guys. ”

was explained by Xu Hao, and the servants of the palace immediately understood, it was not only the Xu family but also others who dared to come, no matter where these distinguished guests were, since the son of the Xu family reminded him repeatedly, he could not be slow and had to keep his distance.

They were even very surprised, thinking that the fourth young master of the Xu family had to be enslaved in groups of brocade clothes and jade food for the past year, and if they were slightly dissatisfied, they would have to sue the princess, and they didn't want his brother's temperament and habits and the fourth young master's luxury to be like two people.

I remember that when Xu Song left, he was so reluctant, and begged the princess to leave him behind, so that the princess finally invited him away. Let's take a walk.

Mu Ningxue's heart was sweet, and she probably received countless considerate and respectful actions from Xu Hao along the way, except for adding a touch of emotion, she was somewhat accustomed to it.

At this moment, I can't help but think, accustomed to his presence and protection, sooner or later, except for him, I can't imagine what kind of fear it will be like if I marry someone stranger?

Ay! In short, there is no way to hide, Mu Ningxue, who is deeply in love, has already understood, and a heart is afraid that it has fallen to the end.

At that moment, Mu Ningxue got out of the carriage wearing a veil, and then settled down with luggage, accommodation and other trivial matters. With Xu Hao's reminder, the four or five fathers-in-law who were used to walking around at will in the inner house retreated to the outer house with interest.

All the internal affairs of the Yan Wangfu are handled by the Xu family, and almost all the people arranged this time are the descendants of the Xu family who came to marry, and there are no palace maids of the Zhu family themselves.

No one dared to disturb the distinguished guests who lived alone, so a group of women of the Xu family surrounded Xu Hao and asked about the current situation of their relatives.

It's a pity that Xu Hao doesn't know much about the things in the house, so if he knows, he says he doesn't know and says sorry, anyway, some people are happy and some are worried.

After being entangled for most of the day, fortunately, someone came to report that the Xu family's guards were outside and asked to see him, and Xu Hao quickly got up and slipped away.