fast and ferocious

Chapter 43 There will be a good show tomorrow (second update)

"Let's not talk about my background, let's talk about my temperament and my strength. I really dare to resist. Being an official is tantamount to risking my life! And there is too much sympathy. For example, the poor and the rich go to court. I must be biased towards the poor, and the common people sue the officials. I must be biased towards the common people. This is unfair. Some officials are corrupt for money, and some officials are for face. How about proving the power in their hands? Some officials are just to be like others, and some are for greater power...I don’t care which one If you can’t come, then you’re a different kind. If you don’t get rid of me, who will you get rid of? So I’m only suitable for investigating cases..."

"There are many kinds of officials..."

"So what? Which one isn't a thousand-year-old fox? I'm just among them, and I don't know how I died... Hey, the prince intends to let me be an official? What grade? Which yamen? I can't be a Beijing official. Familiar, you can still try to put a feudal official outside, you don’t need to look at other people’s faces, you can do whatever you want, no, at least I won’t be greedy, I have money at home, it’s good if I don’t go out!”

Xia Dongrui looked at Qin Wubing in surprise, Qin Wubing chuckled and said:

"I'm just joking. If you are as cautious as the prince, how could you entrust me with a heavy responsibility right away, right? I don't have the skills to take on such a heavy responsibility. Let's take it one step at a time, and get rid of the moths in front of me first." , if the lord has other things, I will be there on call. If it’s okay, I’ll go back to Jinghai, which is fine! During the holidays, I’ll go to see the lord when I’m free, and talk to him. ..."

Qin Wubing was still thinking about it, Xia Dongrui glanced at the apprentice behind him, and said to Qin Wubing: "Take care of him!" Then he got up and left.

Qin Wubing watched Xia Dongrui leave the room, turned his face and asked his apprentice, "What's your surname?"

……

Qin Wubing chatted well with Xia Dongrui's apprentice, just when he was talking about how brave he was in front of Fuya Street, Lin Huai came back with his brother.

The apprentice left with a sigh of relief, Qin Wubing couldn't wait to ask Lin Huai: "Hurry up, tell me what happened to those people?"

Lin Huai pointed to the brother wearing the armor beside him solemnly and introduced: "This is my brother, Guo Yi! The grandson of Marquis Yongcheng, this is my brother Qin Wubing..." Lin Huai pointed to Qin Wubing again , Qin Wubing hurriedly got up reluctantly, cupped his hands at Guo Yi and said, "My grandfather's grandson!"

Guo Yi laughed and cupped his hands and said, "You're quite an interesting person. I heard from elder brother that you are resourceful and resourceful. The lord appreciates it very much. I will ask you for advice in the future!"

Qin Wubing only knew from Guo Yi's smile that didn't reach his eyes that it was just a superficial compliment. He stood up with difficulty and said, "Don't dare! Don't dare!"

Lin Huai patted the two of them with a smile and said to Qin Wubing, "He will be your second brother from now on!"

Qin Wubing pursed his lips and asked, "Are you sure?"

Lin Huai scratched his head and said, "Rearrange whoever you meet, first shout like this!"

Qin Wubing sighed, clasped his hands together and shouted again: "Second brother!"

"Third brother is injured, lie down and rest!" Guo Yi stepped forward to help Qin Wubing sit back on the bed.

"Quickly tell me what happened just now?" Qin Wubing thanked Guo Yi and asked impatiently.

"Those people were just as the prince expected, especially Jiang Yidong, who was kneeling there with snot and tears. How decent is he to be a great official in the frontier!" Lin Huai was quite disdainful.

But Guo Yi said: "It's all about being able to bend and stretch, as long as he passes this hurdle in front of him, he will still be majestic!"

"Did he rely on the fact that there was a concubine in the palace who was his own sister! When he was young, he studied with the late emperor, and when he was an adult, he fought side by side with Prince Xiang. His father was the late emperor's bodyguard. The late emperor grew up..."

"What else do you want?" Qin Wubing asked in disbelief: "Just what you said, if you put one on me, I might not even find Bei!"

"When it comes to the relationship with the royal family, my eldest brother and I don't agree. We even fought with the emperor. He just used the old Huang Li to settle today's score. Can it be good?" Guo Yi said.

"And then? It's over after he's crying?" Qin Wubing asked.

"How can it be! He admits that corruption has become prevalent under his rule, and he also admits that he is responsible for negligence, but he also vowed that he will be able to rectify the unhealthy trend and clean up the government..."

"Did he say why he killed me?"

"I've said it. He said he believed the slander. He originally wanted you to come to him for questioning. If you don't go, he will think that you are acting suspiciously. He is afraid that it will affect the safety of the prince. That's why he sent someone here to take you down."

"It's such a good mouth! He can explain the big mistake in one sentence! Is the prince just letting him like this?"

"My lord didn't say anything, he just said that if you do something wrong, you can correct it. He also said that the most difficult thing to do now is to raise all the money for repairing the river. Tomorrow, you will have a banquet at Dongyue Temple for the salt merchants in Mingzhou. Be sure to get this done!"

Qin Wubing frowned, raised his eyebrows again, and said with a grin: "There will be a good show tomorrow!"

Lin Huai snorted coldly and said:

"You don't need to say that? Those salt merchants have long been squeezed out by local officials and those old things in the capital. I want to see how much money they can donate tomorrow!"

Guo Yi immediately said: "Where do they have time to be capable? It's just that they earn more and less. You see, which one of them has several houses in other courtyards and groups of concubines, and the daily travel expenses are what the kings and grandchildren in the capital are afraid of. It’s even worse.”

"That's right, if they take out the silver in their pockets, it will definitely hurt!" Lin Huai nodded.

Qin Wubing said with a smirk: "That's why the lord told them to finish this matter! They must think that this is their chance to redeem their sins."

Guo Yi hurriedly asked: "Isn't it?"

Qin Wubing did not answer this question immediately, but asked: "What is the boundary of Dongyue Temple?"

Lin Huai looked at Guo Yi, he had never been to this place.

Guo Yidao: "Originally it was a temple dedicated to Emperor Dongyue, but somehow, it gradually became a place where criminals who need to be escorted to Beijing or pass through Mingzhou have to stay in Dongyue Temple for one night. There is a special place where the 'scenery' of the underworld and hell is built!"

"How do you know? I don't remember that you have been to Mingzhou before." Lin Huai asked Guo Yi in surprise.

Qin Wubing chuckled and said, "How could he not know? When I bravely saved my life today, he should be in Dongyue Temple!"

(End of this chapter)