Leaving the Qianhu Office angrily, Hu Tong lifted the sedan curtain and instructed the outside: "Go to the Yamen of the Judge"

The sedan chair walked through the streets of Hangzhou City, the anger on Hu Tong's face disappeared, only a cold smile remained, he was scheming, beyond imagination, anger was done for others to see, but the heart had already calculated the benefits and disadvantages clearly, when the sedan chair fell according to the judge's office, the sedan chair man opened the sedan curtain, and saw Zhou Xin in civilian clothes standing in the courtyard, still not smiling.

But being able to come out to greet him already shows his status in Zhou Zhentai's heart.

"Shameful, insulting to the mission." Getting down the sedan chair, Hu Tong smiled bitterly: "I can only keep that kid safe." ”

"It's already very good," Zhou Xin stretched out his hand and asked, "Humble Jing prepared a few side dishes in the kitchen, and we talked while eating." ”

"Ha Luha, my sister-in-law's craftsmanship, that's a must," Hu Tong said with a smile.

Zhou Xin is a native of Guangzhou, and his wife has burned excellent Cantonese cuisine, Cantonese cuisine pays attention to quality and taste, and the taste is light, seeking freshness in the clear, seeking beauty in the light, which is in line with the taste of the reader, and has always been called Huaiyang cuisine. A dish of white-cut chicken, a plate of taro button meat, and a bowl of cordyceps bamboo shredded chicken soup completely bought Hu Tong's stomach, making the slightest unhappiness in his heart because of being calculated, disappear.

The reader talked without saying a word, sleeping without speaking, and the two of them had dinner, transferred to Zhou Xin's study, and soaked in the front of the Ming Dynasty before turning to the atmosphere of conversation.

"Brother is so hospitable," Hu Tong sat in Zhou Xin's study, feeling a thousand times more comfortable than sitting in a thousand households, and said with a smile: "Could it be because of an uneasy conscience?" ”

"What's the concern?" Zhou Xin said lightly.

"If you hadn't used Wang Xian as bait, I would be in Hangzhou right now?" Hu Tong smiled and said: "I heard that he was arrested by Jinyiwei, I pulled Zhu Jiu with both soft and hard, and traveled for three days and three nights in the starry night, what was the result?" Although I was relieved, I was still a little angry when I mentioned it.

"He did get arrested." Zhou Xinmian did not change his sè way.

"But I was arrested this afternoon, why did you inform me three days ago?" Hu Tong laughed and said, "Could it be that the old brother is an unpredictable prophet? ”

"Jinyi Wei will take advantage of the courtyard to try to get people, this is obvious," Zhou Xin said unhurriedly.

"I don't believe it, you are a dignified Zhejiang inspector, you can't protect a subordinate, and you have to be willing to seek the near and far" Hu Tong smiled and said: "I don't want to cause trouble, but I pull others to the top of the tank to see that the brother is full of righteousness and awe, and I can't imagine that he is also a slippery head."

"I can indeed protect him," Zhou Xin didn't deny it, but the next moment, he sighed with a heavy expression: "But I can protect him for a while, but I can't protect him for a lifetime" He pointed out the window and said in an accentuated tone: "As long as Jinyiwei doesn't dispel his thoughts, he will never be at peace."

"......" Hu Tong was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "It's impossible for my brother to go to such great lengths for a Wang Xian, right?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Xin did not shy away from his words, nodded, and said word by word: "Not only Wang Xian is in danger, but also millions of people inside and outside Hangzhou are also in dire straits."

"......" Hu Tong was also gloomy when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Jinyiwei is really not like a mess in Hangzhou, I have heard it when I am in southern Zhejiang.

"It's not unusual, it's sensational," Zhou Xin suddenly raised his voice and said: "Jinyiwei Zhejiang Thousand Households has only been officially opened in Hangzhou for two months. More than 600 officials and gentry and ordinary people were arrested, and an average of more than a dozen people were arrested every day. and their family, 600 families, all of whom lost millions of taels of money," the more he spoke, the more excited he became, and his ice-like face was full of bitter pain: "How many women were killed during this period, and how many innocent people were killed, this complaint written with blood and tears was piled up in my prison room."

"Really?" When Hu Tong heard this, his scalp exploded.

"I've been secretly investigating for a long time, and every case in the past two months has been recorded, and you can access it at any time." Zhou Xin said in a deep voice

"No, I believe ......" How could Hu Tong not believe Zhou Xin's words? gasped and said: "I only know that Lu Dao is doing nonsense in Hangzhou, but I don't know that Lu Dao has reached the point where people and gods are disgusted."

"It's a 'people and gods are disgusted,,,It's too appropriate,' Zhou Xinjie looked at Hu Tong with a warm look in his eyes and said: "Jie'an is the son of heaven, patrolling on behalf of the sky, seeing that this land of Zhejiang, has been chéngrén between ghosts, how can you not listen to the heavens?" ”

"Uh..." Hu Xiaoxin said, sure enough, he wanted to borrow my mouth for use, but he said silently: "My brother is a provincial platform, and he acts the same as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so why use others to play on his behalf?" ”

"Jie'an don't think that I still have the idea of protecting my life," Zhou Xin said solemnly: "As the saying goes, in his position, I am a province in his position, and I fight for my life, and I should also protect the safety of a province. ”

Seeing that Zhou Xin was full of loyalty, Hu Tong also said solemnly: "It's me who spoke frivolously." ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhou Xin shook his head slowly, and said with a bitter expression: "It's just that the establishment of these thousand households shows that the emperor doesn't trust me Zhejiang Wenwu." I'm in a place of suspicion, and I'm still the subject of Jinyiwei's investigation, how can I make my words easier? ”

"Hmm." Hu Tong nodded solemnly, and now the scope of the investigation has been narrowed down to the three Daxian in Zhejiang, and the three of them are really not good at talking before proving their innocence...... Of course, he wouldn't say this to Zhou Xin: "It's better to wait......

"I can wait, the people of Zhejiang can't wait" Zhou Xin sighed deeply, and arched his hand to Hu Tong and said: "Brother Qiu Jie'an thinks about the people and the people, and gives the situation in Zhejiang to the emperor, the emperor is wise and benevolent, and he must not bear to see his Li people deeply harmed......"

"It's no problem playing for you." Hu Tong frowned and said: "But this matter is not trivial, and it needs to be considered in the long run." It's not that I poured cold water on you, the officials and people of Zhejiang touched the emperor's scales this time, although the emperor loves the people, but this time he will not necessarily love the people of Zhejiang......"

"Alas......" Zhou Xinzhi said that what Hu Tong said is true, he is moody and unpredictable, sometimes as benevolent and merciful as Yao Shunyu soup, and sometimes as cruel and ruthless as Emperor Sui Yang of Qin. For example, after the success of Jingnan, he once swore not to kill Jianwen's courtiers, and did the same at the beginning, but after being angered by Fang Xiaoru and punishing his ten clans, he was out of control, not to mention the old ministers in the world, and also sold the courtiers' wives and daughters into the workshop, and let others abuse From this point of view, Zhou Xin was full of evil feelings about the other party's filial piety, thinking that this person not only caused his relatives to be slaughtered for the so-called morality, but also caused countless people to die without a place to be buried, which is by no means real morality

Coming back from a moment of distraction, Zhou Xin looked at Hu Tong miserably and said, "Today...... Is there really a meaning to punish Zhejiang? ”

"How could the emperor say such a thing, this is just speculation on the part of the people below." Hu Tong faked a sentence to Yongle, and said: "Otherwise, Zhejiang is close to the elbow of Zhili, and Ji Gang dares to let his subordinates toss like this?" I heard that at that time, in order to compete for the thousands of households in Zhejiang, his subordinates competed for bids, and this surnamed Xu paid 500,000 taels of silver a year to get this errand. ”

"It's really lawless" Zhou Xin said indignantly: "No wonder as soon as he took office, he searched for death" It turned out to be an indicator

"So I guess that within a year, the emperor will not care about Zhejiang's affairs." Hu Tong sighed and said, "Even if it turns the sky upside down." ”

"I believe that the emperor doesn't know the details of the road, right? If he knew the truth, it would be impossible for him to let them behave indiscriminately" Zhou Xin said coldly: "Don't forget, Zhejiang is the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, how many of the millions of taels of silver will flow into the treasury?" What's more, there is also the Ming Sect eyeing it."

"You have a point, but that's not something I can say." Hu Tong said with a wry smile on his face: "I, a great Qincha, can still fool around in the province, what is it when I return to the capital?" It's just a five-grade official, is this what I should say to the emperor? ”

"I can only ...... It's hard to be. Zhou Xin also knew that this was difficult for some strong people.

"It's no problem for me to eat sandwich rice, but I don't guarantee that it won't be strained" Hu Tong smiled bitterly: "It's a trivial matter for me to resign and lose my office, anyway, I've already been enough of the wild officials who drill the ravine all day," said Zhengsè: "But this kind of thing, if you can't succeed in one fell swoop, it will be difficult to come again, and it's easy to fight snakes and not die, but to suffer from it, you still have to think about it in the long run......"

"Then let's think about it" Zhou Xin said in a deep voice: "Anyway, it's still long before dawn, we will definitely be able to come up with a way"

"If you can't think of a way, you won't let you sleep?" Hu Tong smiled bitterly.

"I'm sorry Jie'an, I've already broken the boat," Zhou Xin said resolutely: "If you don't help me today, I will go directly to Beijing to sue the emperor."

Hu Tong looked at Zhou Xin's expression, knowing that he was serious, and he couldn't help but set off a huge wave in his heart, and went to Beijing to sue the emperor according to the inspection envoy, no matter whether he succeeded or failed, his career was ruined. The reason is very simple, as long as you don't have another purpose, then turning big things into small things and small things is the way to be an official and a minister. Zhou Xin limited to the affairs of Zhejiang Province, and even Hangzhou Province, to the capital, into a major event of the attention of the government and the opposition, although the court wants to give an explanation to the people of the world, but from the emperor to the cabinet, the evil feelings towards Zhou Xin can also be imagined.

What's more, after slapping Ji Gang hard, can he not hate Zhou Xin? If you evil the emperor and are targeted by this big man in Jinyiwei, no matter how famous Zhou Zhentai is, I am afraid it will be difficult to die well......

So Zhou Xin said that it was not an exaggeration at all.

"You can't do this unless you have to," Hu Tong said categorically.

"I'm lonely and don't have many friends, if something happens, please take care of my family." Zhou Xin said in a low voice.

Hu Tong was stunned for a moment, was silent for a while, and finally spoke: "Things shouldn't have come to this point yet, I can't help it, we can still find someone else to ......"

"Who?" Zhou Xin's eyes lit up.

Hu Tong looked at Zhou Xin, a hint of realization suddenly rose in his heart, and he pointed at him and scolded with a smile: "Good you Zhou Rìxin, I'm looking forward to me saying this, right?"

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