I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 123 Killing three birds with one stone

After setting up Zhang Shou's wife and old lady, Zheng Michang ordered someone to keep Zhang Shou's body safe, and then went straight back to the Governor's Mansion with He Maocai.

"Go down first, I have important matters to discuss with the Inspector-General!"

As soon as he returned to the governor's mansion, Zheng Michang turned around.

"Yes, my lord!"

After the subordinate took the order to leave, only Zheng Michang and He Maocai were left in the whole hall.

"What should be your plan for this matter? Are you really going to offend the Wen family for the sake of an ordinary person? As far as I know, the Wen family has secretly recruited many officials!" He Maocai was confused by Zheng Michang's previous series of operations. , quickly asked.

"Hmph, of course! The Wen family has amassed more than tens of millions of dollars by selling smuggled salt in recent years! But every year, we share such a small amount of benefits with us. Why, send beggars away?"

Zheng Michang spoke so dryly, he picked up the teacup beside him and drank all the tea in the cup.

"You want to make a fuss about this matter? Let the Wen family share more profits and give us some benefits?"

After Zheng Michang's explanation, He Maocai also seemed to understand the intention of this move.

"Open up the situation a little more, why can't we annex all the property of his Wen family?" Zheng Michang glanced at He Maocai and asked back.

"What? Just the two of us, can we eat it?" He Maocai couldn't help being surprised after hearing Zheng Michang's words.

"It's so stupid, the two of us can't eat it, and then we can bring the old man and the others together! At that time, the big head will be given to the old man and the others, and the small head will be divided between us. Isn't it better than being a beggar? Besides, he is a briber from the Wen family." Most of the targets are officials from Qingliu's side."

"Firstly, you can get a lot of money, secondly, you can please the elders and others, and thirdly, you can deal with those Qingliu officials. This is a great thing that kills three birds with one stone!"

Zheng Michang covered his forehead and explained patiently.

"That's right, Zhang Shou's body is in our hands right now, so the Wen family can handle it anyway they want! Boy, when did you become so smart?" He Maocai looked suspiciously at Zheng after finishing speaking. Bi Chang.

"Hmph, I realized this from the side of the governor in recent days. I will write a letter to the elders later!" Zheng Michang said, his face full of complacency.

"It's just that there is another concern. You and I can't take the lead in this case! In that case, it seems too deliberate." He Maocai ignored Zheng Michang's boasting, but put forward his own idea.

"Don't worry, I already have an excellent candidate in my mind."

"Who?"

"The magistrate of Chun'an, Hai Rui."

……

Hangzhou City, inside the Wen Family Ancestral Hall.

"You villain, you are so brave, you dare to kill people in the street! Killing people in the street is fine, but you still can't settle this matter! You have to let your father and I wipe your ass for you, it's your mother who spoiled you .”

"Come on, enforce the family law!"

Inside the ancestral hall, Wen Pingyi was looking at his youngest son Wen Rong with a look of hatred.

As soon as he heard that the family law was going to be enforced, Wen Rong went limp and burst into tears, "Father doesn't want it, father doesn't want it, the child knows it's wrong! Please don't, ah!"

With a scream, the servant at the side found a wooden stick as thick as an arm from nowhere, and handed it to the person in charge of enforcing the family law.

"Change to another one." Wen Pingyi looked at the wooden stick brought by the servant under his hand, could not help frowning, and said softly.

"Yes, sir!" After the servant took the order, he immediately found another wooden stick, and this one was twice as thick as the previous one.

"Who recruited these two people? Pay them their wages and tell them to leave!" Wen Pingyi was furious, and then called the housekeeper and ordered.

"Yes, master, I'll throw them both out!"

After the butler finished speaking, he called his servants to throw these two people out of the Wen Family Ancestral Hall.

"Master, what did we do wrong? Please don't drive us away..."

After the previous episode, Wen Pingyi didn't have the heart to continue to enforce the family law anymore.

"Next, you will be banned for a month! You are not allowed to associate with your group of cronies anymore, do you understand?"

Wen Pingyi looked at his youngest son who was kneeling in the ancestral hall, terrified, and instructed.

"Okay, father, the child really knows his mistake! There will be no next time." Seeing that he was exempted from the family law, Wen Rong couldn't help but feel lucky, and said again and again.

After Wen Pingyi walked out of the ancestral hall, he called the housekeeper and said in a low voice, "Send some money to those officials, and this matter will be settled."

"Yes, master, I'll do it right here." After listening to Wen Pingyi's instructions, the butler left quickly.

……

Chun'an County Government Office, Hai Rui was dealing with the day's official business. Since the last time he had a quarrel with his wife, Wang, the husband and wife have fallen into a cold war. On official business, I often stay until very late before going back.

"Here, take these processed files down." Hai Rui said, pointing to a pile of files on the desk.

"Yes, Lord Magistrate!" The clerk responded and took all the files away.

At this moment, a voice from the yamen servant came from outside: "Report to the county magistrate, there are officials from the governor's mansion outside asking to see you!"

"Please invite him in!" Hai Rui put down the brush in his hand and said.

"Yes!" After hearing Hai Rui's order, the yamen servant hastily sent the man into the Chun'an County yamen.

"My lord, please!" The yamen servant saw that this was an official from the governor's mansion, his face was full of flattery.

But the official just snorted coldly and ignored the servants.

"Really, what's the air? Isn't he just working in the Governor's Mansion? He's also a messenger!"

"That's right, a messenger is ashamed to play an official role in front of us?"

After this official entered the Chun'an county government office, the previous government officials began to complain.

……

"I've met the county magistrate!" The official in charge of delivering the letter from the Governor's Mansion bowed to Hai Rui after entering the Chun'an county office.

"Well, I don't know why you came to see me?" Hai Rui looked at the official in the hall and asked in a deep voice.

"Lord Magistrate, it's like this. The chief envoy has encountered a rather difficult case and wants you to come over and assist in handling the case!" After the official said, he bowed to Hai Rui again.

"You are obviously an official of the Governor's Mansion, why did the chief minister send you here?" Hai Rui asked after finishing speaking, took a sip from the teacup at the side.

"Reporting to the county magistrate, the matter is like this. The governor has received a new appointment from the imperial court, and he has not been in the governor's mansion for a while! Therefore, he has temporarily handed over all the affairs of the governor's mansion to the chief envoy to handle."

"Oh, I got it, you go down first! I still have some small things to deal with here, so go back and report." Hai Rui didn't rush to follow the visitor, but chose to delay for a while.

"Well, okay, I will go back to the Governor's Mansion and inform the chief minister!"

After the officials from the governor's mansion who came to deliver the letter left, Hai Rui sighed and then returned to the county government office.

"What's the matter? What happened?" Hai Rui's wife, Wang Shi, saw that Hai Rui had returned to the county government office in broad daylight. She thought something had happened, and walked out of the room with a worried expression on her face. Forget the fact that the husband and wife are in a cold war.

"It's nothing, it's just that the chief minister encountered a difficult case and asked me to help!"

Hai Rui shook his head, unwilling to talk further.

"This is a good thing! It means that the Chief Minister has recognized your ability!" Hai Rui's wife, Wang Shi, became very excited after hearing Hai Rui's story.

"Having said that, I have a vague feeling that this matter is not simple! If something happens to me, you can just leave and don't stay here anymore."

"Don't worry, nothing will happen!"

Seeing this, Hai Rui's wife, Wang Shi, blocked what Hai Rui wanted to say next.

(End of this chapter)