The punishment of the female imperial court

The wind blows the window and the rain soaks the paper.

As night fell, a strong wind blew up, and a cold winter rain suddenly fell. Zhang Yu picked up the candle on the table, stood up and closed the window.

But when Ke Fang turned around, he saw another person standing in front of the desk. He was dressed in black and had a stern look on his face.

Zhang Yu was startled and asked in a lost voice, "Who is this thief?"

Yu Qiansi took off her veil, clasped her fists in front of her forehead, and slowly moved them towards her left chest: "Sir, County Lieutenant, I have heard a lot about you."

Zhang Yu's eyes kept moving between the woman's face and her posture. With cold eyes and a smile on her face, it was hard for him to ignore this dignified Du Ruoli.

After a long while, he returned the salute with trembling hands.

"How do you know it was me?" Zhang Yu asked subconsciously, and then he saw the woman's clear and playful smile. He suddenly felt weak, so he lowered his head and walked around the woman. He walked back to the table as if unintentionally, and lowered his head to pick up the wick.

"I need your help. Help me find out the locations of all the medicine warehouses of the three major pharmacies in Longyuan City within one day."

Zhang Yu pursed his lips tightly and looked up at the indifferent woman in front of him, as if he should be the one asking for help.

After suppressing the anger in his heart, he slowly said: "I can help you, but I can't abuse my power for personal gain. I can't do it in one day, you have to wait."

"how long?"

"At least three days."

Yu Qiansi looked down at the desk. Zhang Yu's hands were shaking slightly, and she was unconsciously turning the pages of the book. She put her palm on the book, leaned forward slightly, and smiled brightly.

"Why don't we just keep things simple with each other? I don't care what method you use, as long as you can handle this matter within one day, I can report to the owner of Du Ruozhai and you will have nothing to do with Du Ruozhai from now on. Any money you owe me will be charged to me."

Zhang Yu's heart was as if struck by thunder, and his internal organs ached. He asked in shock, "What are you doing?"

Then it suddenly dawned on me: "So it was you"

No wonder the government had to send out so many people to catch him.

It's crazy.

Zhang Yu slumped in the chair, not knowing who he was sighing for.

"The fish spirit outside the government office is quite interesting. But Lord Zhang forgot one thing. The more you want to hide among the crowd, the easier it is to be seen through."

Yu Qiansi glanced at the book pages that were almost torn apart by him. It turned out to be a copy of "Xunzi". She was a little surprised, turned away and continued: "Looking at the carving of the fish spirit, it is at least ten years old. But it has not been replaced even though it is almost rotten, which means that the owner of the fish spirit does not want to replace it. Could it be that he has to die, but he doesn't want to care?"

The reason why it is not hung at home is simply because people are afraid that people will recognize their official title directly, so they hang it in the official residence.

Generally speaking, even if someone recognized him, it would be difficult to find out who he was with so many people in the government office. Even if someone really came and asked in the name of Du Ruozhai, he could hide in the crowd and carefully consider and identify whether it was worth his help.

Zhang Yu is a really weird person.

Just like him at this moment, he obviously cherished books very much, but he couldn't help touching the pages, and ended up damaging the book.

Listening to what he just said, he sounded righteous. He was probably worried that someone would take advantage of his position to help Du Ruozhai. Zhang Yu seemed to have been hit in the sore spot: "Yes, Du Ruozhai did help me. Or, if Du Ruozhai hadn't helped me, I would have become a dry bone on the side of the road. A favor must be repaid. This is the principle of life. I understand!"

Du Ruozhai made a gentleman's agreement. If he really didn't want to pay attention, he could just pretend he didn't know. But he didn't. Not only that, the first thing he did after taking office was to find a carpenter to carve a spirit fish.

"But, I have to be loyal to my emperor. As a county lieutenant, I receive a salary from the court. If I use my power to do things for Du Ruozhai, wouldn't that be a betrayal to the saint?"

Yu Qiansi curled his lips casually, found a chair and sat down, tilted his head and smiled, "No wonder you have been in office for more than ten years, and the county magistrate and county magistrate have changed several times, but you have never been promoted. It can be seen that you are unwilling to go along with the secular world."

Zhang Yu felt relieved when he saw her put away her murderous aura. But he didn't expect that Yu Qiansi's next words would make him feel as if his throat was being strangled.

"For example, this time, the magistrate and the county magistrate of Longyuan County bypassed you, the county lieutenant, and took all the officials to arrest me. Those officials knew that you were their superior, but they still followed them and left. It can be seen that you are also so old-fashioned and boring in your daily life."

Zhang Yu didn't expect that she would reveal her identity so directly. She even checked every matter in the government office.

He couldn't help but murmur, "It's just as the rumors say, he's as smart as a demon."

Yu Qiansi nodded happily, accepting this sentence as a compliment: "Since you just revealed my identity, you should know that I helped Du Ruozhai solve several troublesome murder cases, and I have a good relationship with the owner of the house. Therefore, my proposal just now is completely feasible. Moreover, according to the movements of your county magistrate and county magistrate, you should have guessed that my trip is also related to official business. You helped me this time, killing two birds with one stone, isn't it wonderful?"

Zhang Yu lowered his head and looked at the book spread out on the table, which had been worn out by him. Feeling pity, he reached out his hand to slowly smooth it out, but the more he stroked, the more wrinkled it became.

He felt annoyed, so he simply closed the book, stared at Yu Qiansi, and said in a deep voice: "In two days, I will give you the answer you want."

Yu Qiansi shook her head gently: "Until tomorrow at the latest."

Zhang Yu was a little anxious and wanted to argue, but Yu Qiansi looked invulnerable, so he could only say bitterly: "Okay, I'll find a way. However, to be on the safe side, it's better for us not to meet again. If there is any news tomorrow, I will leave it at the back door of the government office, behind the fourth brick from the bottom of the southeast corner."

Seeing Yu Qiansi was about to leave, Zhang Yu stopped her for some reason: "Miss, you should pay attention to your safety these days. Longyuan City is not a peaceful place for you."

Yu Qiansi turned around and smiled: "It seems that you are not a person who only knows how to study. No wonder you read Xunzi, and no wonder Du Ruozhai helped you in the beginning. Thank you very much."

This was the first time tonight that Zhang Yu saw a hint of warmth in her eyes, which made him a little flustered by his sudden kindness.

The winter rain outside the window came quickly and went away fiercely.

Yu Qiansi opened the window and climbed through it in one go, which made him feel as if he was in a dream and he could not help but stand there in a daze.

Could it be that the matter that has been bothering me for so many years can really be resolved so easily?
He closed the window, still in shock.

Fortunately, no one in the government office is here today. If someone discovered that I had a relationship with Yu Luosha, my life would definitely be in danger.

He didn't want to know what happened in the imperial mausoleum. He just hoped to quickly resolve the matter of Yu Luosha.

After returning to the table, he stared at the "Xunzi" in front of him and sighed.

I have come here at this troubled time.

If we want to get this done properly, we have to take it step by step. (End of this chapter)