I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 528
After Hai Rui came out of the study, Xiao Er, the personal bodyguard who had been waiting outside for a long time, and Zhou Wande, the magistrate of Jiaxiang County, immediately came up to greet him and saluted him respectfully.

"grown ups!"

"Ah."

After Hai Rui answered in a subtle way, he immediately withdrew his gaze from the two of them and said slowly.

"Go back to the lobby!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After that, the two followed Hai Rui's footsteps and returned to the Jiaxiang County Government Hall after passing through a long corridor.

At this moment, seeing Hai Rui's return, Guan Rui from all households of Jinyiwei, and the Commander Zhang Yuan got up from their seats one after another, waiting for Hai Rui's order.

Immediately, Hai Rui came to Guan Rui's side, solemnly took out the envelope from his pocket, and handed it to Guan Rui, commanding in a deep voice.

"As soon as possible, send someone to send this letter and the two statements to His Majesty, understand?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Rui cupped his hands, and immediately took the envelope from Hai Rui's hand, and promised.

"Yes, my lord, I will definitely send someone to deliver the letter!"

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui nodded, and immediately gave instructions.

"Well, it's not too late, let's go now!"

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On the other side, Qufu, Shandong, the Confucius family.

As a descendant of Duke Yan, the Kong family has received preferential treatment from the court throughout the dynasties. After all, no ruler is willing to give up such a golden signboard.

It is also because of this that no matter how turbulent the outside situation is, the Kong family will always stand tall and have been passed down for thousands of years.

At this moment, Kong Shangxian, the fourth-generation grandson of Confucius No. 60, the contemporary Yansheng Gong, is sipping tea leisurely and listening to the butler's report by the way.

"Master, here are the account books for the past few months, please check them!"

When Kong Shangxian heard the words, he immediately stretched out his hand, took the account book from the butler, and began to browse carefully.

Seeing this situation, the butler carefully considered his language before speaking.

"Master, in recent days, more and more people have come to serve with land deeds, property, families and families. Do you think..."

When Kong Shangxian heard this, he frowned immediately, put the account books aside, and said impatiently.

"Why, do you want to ask me even such a trivial matter?"

"Since there are more and more people coming to work, then just raise the threshold and increase the land rent!"

Hearing Kong Shangxian's words, the butler couldn't help showing a look of unbearable expression on his face, and cautiously warned him.

"But master, our current land rent has risen to [-]-[-]%. If it goes up further, those common people who come to work will have no way of life!"

When Kong Shangxian heard this, the expression on his face became even more impatient. He picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and then said.

"Hmph, if they want to attach themselves to my Kong family, they will naturally have to pay a corresponding price!"

"If it weren't for the protection of my Kong family, they would have been squeezed by those corrupt officials. There is not even a little oil left. Let alone fill their stomachs, they will be fine if they don't starve to death!"

"Speaking of which, they still have to thank us, just do as I said, and raise the land rent even more, understand?"

Seeing this situation, the housekeeper could only nod his head in agreement even though he felt extremely unwilling.

"Yes, sir!"

Not long after the housekeeper left, Kong Shangxian's wife, Yan Shi, came in with the help of a maid.

Seeing Yan's arrival, Kong Shangxian quickly got up from the seat, stepped forward to support Yan, came to sit beside him, and then spoke.

"Ma'am, your body is not recovering yet, you should take more rest!"

When Yan Shi heard Kong Shangxian's words, she shook her head imperceptibly, and said immediately.

"It's okay, it's just an occasional cold, and it will get better soon!"

After that, Yan's conversation changed, he turned his gaze to Kong Shangxian, and then spoke.

"By the way, not long ago, my father sent someone to inform me that he wanted you to pay more attention to Hai Rui!"

After Kong Shangxian listened to his wife Yan's exhortation, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

After thinking about it in my mind for a long time, I just said unhurriedly.

"Hai Rui, I remember he was sent to Shandong by the imperial court to punish corruption and to investigate the White Lotus Sect along the way?"

"Could it be that there is something strange behind this?"

When Yan heard this, she had a panoramic view of the expression on Kong Shangxian's face, and immediately explained.

"Well, even though that's the case, according to the news sent by my father, this Hai Rui hates evil and has no fear of power. Once he gets caught, he will really investigate to the end!"

After listening to Yan's words, Kong Shangxian nodded, and responded rather perfunctorily.

"Well, I see, my husband will pay more attention to this Hai Rui in the future!"

Seeing that she had already brought the words, Yan Shi did not stay in the room for a moment, but made an excuse and left the room.

Kong Shangxian looked at Yan's leaving back and said with emotion.

"That's great. My Kong family will always be the first to know about any disturbances in the court!"

The reason why Yan's news is so well-informed is entirely because she is Yan Song's granddaughter and also Yan Shifan's eldest daughter.

Just when Kong Shangxian was full of ambition and was thinking about the next countermeasure in his mind, he heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and a servant hurried into the room and reported respectfully.

"Master, someone from the Zeng family has sent here. They said they were ordered by the head of the Zeng family, Zeng Hong, to discuss important matters!"

After listening to the servant's report, Kong Shangxian couldn't help frowning, doubts appeared on his face at the right time, and he subconsciously spoke.

"Isn't Zeng's family busy paying homage to their ancestors recently? Why did they suddenly send someone here at this time?"

"Could it be that something happened to the Zeng family?"

Immediately, Kong Shangxian suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, turned his eyes to the servant, and gave instructions.

"Since he was sent by Zeng Hong, the patriarch of the Zeng family, let him in quickly!"

After receiving Kong Shangxian's order, the servant immediately turned serious and responded respectfully.

"Yes, sir!"

After that, under the guidance of the previous servant, the people sent by the Zeng family finally managed to meet Kong Shangxian.

The moment he entered the room, he knelt down on the ground with a 'plop', and spoke respectfully.

"Wucheng sage Zeng's descendant Zeng Xiu, pay homage to Yan Shenggong!"

When Kong Shangxian heard the words, he waved his hands quite casually, and gave instructions.

"Well, get up!"

When Zeng Xiu heard the words, a look of gratitude appeared on his face, and after getting up from the ground, he immediately opened his mouth and said.

"Thank you, Duke Yan!"

Kong Shangxian didn't mean to greet Zeng Xiu, after looking Zeng Xiu up and down, he chose to get straight to the point.

"Aren't your Zeng family busy paying homage to their ancestors recently? Why did you suddenly send you over at this time?"

"Tell me, what happened?"

When Zeng Xiu heard Kong Shangxian's words, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely ugly. Immediately, he took a deep breath, and after he calmed down, he explained the reason of the matter.

"Yan Shenggong, the thing is like this. Not long ago, our Zeng family was in the Zongsheng Temple in Jiaxiang County to pay homage to our ancestors. Later..."

After Zeng Xiu's narration, Kong Shangxian finally understood the ins and outs of the matter, and immediately spoke up to confirm with Zeng Xiu.

"You mean, that Hai Rui personally led troops to surround the Zongsheng Temple when your Zeng family worshiped the ancestors."

"And used the Zeng family's collusion with the White Lotus Sect as an excuse to take away all Zeng clan members of your Zeng family, headed by Zeng Xian, and the Nanzong branch for interrogation?"

Upon hearing this, Zeng Xiu nodded firmly, and subconsciously added something.

"Yan Shenggong, you are right, that's how it happened, not only that, our patriarch Zeng Hong was so angry that he was bedridden!"

When Kong Shangxian heard this, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, and then he came back to his senses and spoke words of comfort.

"This Hai Rui really doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth. It seems that it's time to teach him a lesson!"

"Don't worry, someone from the court will soon take action to impeach Hai Rui!"

(End of this chapter)