But the bright moon shines on the ditch

In the blink of an eye, in July, Wu Yin left Jingdezhen with his transfer, and at the same time, the pursuit of Ju Jiu came to an end. It was as if a storm was coming and the mountain was once again covered by dark clouds. This time, the accumulated thick clouds made the sky airtight, covering every corner. All are carefully included in the network under the cloud.

Jingdezhen seemed to be in a short stalemate, but everyone knew that the stalemate would not last too long, and the situation would not change in a friendly way. The so-called halftime break was just to prepare for a new round of confrontation.

Although Ju Jiu's whereabouts are unknown and has even been hacked, this does not mean that they have no chance. Looking back now, the incident happened suddenly that day, Ju Jiu left in a hurry, and An Jiu set up a dragnet. I am afraid that he did not have the chance to move the valuables, and the place where these items were most likely hidden was Heguan.

On the one hand, Ju Jiu is the leader of the Hui Clan. He has been in business for many years and has a rich fortune. In order to avoid thieves and bandits, he must have a place where no one knows to store his wealth, so that he can rest easy. When Crane Hall is open for business, people come and go every day, and there are many employees. It seems to be the most dangerous place, but it is actually the safest place. Moreover, most of the people who come and go here are high-ranking officials and nobles, which naturally sets a threshold for ordinary people to set foot in and visit.

On the other hand, and the most important point, when a person realizes that danger is coming, the first place he thinks of is probably where he can find an opportunity to settle down and make a living. However, instead of going to the bank or his private house, Jujiu went to Heguan first. Even though there are people he likes in Tsurukan, there is no way to erase his specialness.

I asked Xu Zhiliu to come and see. I guess the good friend was just a cover-up, and the real key was He Guan.

However, in order to prevent Sun Min from noticing and taking action in advance, Xu Zhiliu decided to quietly investigate the situation in Heguan. If there are really valuables hidden in Heguan, Jujiu himself or his confidants must return here to take them away, then the period when the turmoil is gradually subsided is the best period.

At the same time, a wave of people quietly left the city, and another wave of people entered the city with great fanfare.

Xu Zhiliu had been notified earlier, and when he rushed outside the city to greet him, he was told to come a little late. When he returned to the Yamen, Sun Min had already drank hot tea in Wubentang, with Yang Gong and An Jiu accompanying him.

Among the two, Mr. Yang was older and more senior, and he received special care from the emperor to live in Nanzhili for retirement and to supervise the porcelain industry. Sun Min gave him face and ordered him to take a seat. An Jiu was worse, and he was still working under Mr. Yang. .

Hearing the sound, several people turned their heads to look.

Xu Zhiliu knew that this was a warning given to him by Sun Min as a superior officer, so he deliberately told the wrong time to make his trip in vain, so that he could take the opportunity to kill him in the Wubentang, which was used to handle official business. The second place was his bedroom. This is Fuliang County's temporary county government in the town. It has its natural limitations. There are only two entrances to the hospital, and there is really no other place to entertain guests except Wubentang.

Xu Zhiliu was powerless to criticize Shangguan's actions. He only glanced at the piles of documents on the table calmly, and then stepped forward, clasping his hands into fists, wanting to ask for mercy from Sun Min. Not wanting Sun Min to turn a blind eye, Gu Zi started talking to Yang Gong. .

An Jiu was holding a tureen and sipping tea. He seemed blind, while Xu Zhiliu was left on the spot. He stood with his head bowed, and no one could tell that he was being left out in the slightest.

After a long time, Sun Min said, "Mr. Zhou is really busy. I didn't prepare for the meeting three days in advance, so why did I bother you by coming here so rashly?"

"I don't dare." He first admitted his mistake and then explained, "I've never been very good physically. Just now, the coachman was in a hurry and made me almost faint. This delayed my time. Please don't blame me." ."

Baishi Langjun's good reputation and body as good as a sick man have been circulated in the capital for a long time. Sun Min has also heard about it. Before An Jiu came back, the Queen Mother specially asked him to take good care of the new Fuliang County magistrate.

Now that Zhou Qiguang is talking about his own body, it would be better to use the Queen Mother as his backer. Sun Min was choked and sneered: "Master Zhou, you must take good care of yourself. If something happens to you, I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to explain."

"Your Majesty, you are serious. This is an old problem for me. If I take proper rest on weekdays, nothing will happen to me."

These words were full of sarcasm, and they were just short of tearing the skin off his face. Sun Min put down the tea cup and angrily said: "Master Zhou, the Queen Mother wants to look at you more for the sake of your former savior. This is the Queen Mother Your Majesty is compassionate, but as an official of the imperial court, you should know that this is your duty, how can you be so arrogant and selfless?"

Xu Zhiliu's expression was as usual: "I have cultivated my fortune for eight lifetimes and am favored by the Queen Mother. How dare I be disrespectful to her in the slightest? What I just said is the truth. If you don't believe me, you can ask the doctor from the medicine shop to come over and answer me."

This defense is really watertight, and his flattering skills are not bad either.

To put it bluntly, this is just a trivial matter. If you insist on it, it will appear to be immoral. Sun Min knows that he can't be verbally angry, but he is so angry that he has a stomachache after being manipulated by this little official who doesn't know where he came from. , couldn't help but want to gain an upper hand.

"I saw that the local people were busy with the summer porcelain order, so I came here privately because I didn't want to disturb them. As the local parent officer, you should be more considerate of their hard work than I am."

"This official has been in office for less than a year, and it is definitely not as good as my lord who has been working hard in Jiangxi for more than ten years. If there are any shortcomings, I hope you can give me some pointers." Sun Min raised the corners of his mouth slightly, with a mocking look on his face.

He figured it out, it was just a stone from a latrine, hard and smelly.

Since then, this person appeared in Jingdezhen, and his minions have been pulled out one by one. He did not doubt that An Jiu had the same ambition or ability. But if it was An Jiu, when the imperial court ordered the Chief Envoy to allocate funds to establish the Ceramic Industry Supervision Committee, An Jiu Nineteen would not obediently go to Nanchang Mansion to meet him just because he sent a letter of invitation. Instead, he would directly use the evidence that he had embezzled Wending Kiln and Wanshou Porcelain to force him to divide the country equally. Therefore, there was no one else but Zhou Qiguang.

All changes begin with this person.

Perhaps sensing that Jingdezhen was not at peace, Wu Fangyuan took this subtle opportunity to transfer Wu Yin away to a small borderland that he had never agreed to before. This shows that Wu Fangyuan's control of Jingdezhen is far beyond his imagination.

A little-known official of Honglu Temple, who was about to die, suddenly gained the favor of the Queen Mother. By coincidence, the place where he was promoted was Jingdezhen. Can there be such a coincidence in the world?

Is there really no pusher behind him?

Otherwise, how could he have the confidence to confront him?

If Wang Jin's initial reminder made him suspect that the new Fuliang County Magistrate might have bad intentions, then after Zhang Wensi, Wang Jin and Ju Jiu were murdered one after another, and Yang Chenggong, who was retiring in Nanzhili, suddenly returned home in disgrace. The name of supervision strangled the porcelain industry, which was enough to make him face his opponents.

Even Zheng Jie, his close confidant who had been following him for many years, had been brutally murdered. He was no longer just serious about the opponent in front of him. He could even be said to be afraid, so afraid that he did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

If this matter had been dealt with in the past, there would have been no need to bother and just kill him to avoid future troubles. The bad thing is that too many people have died in the position of Fuliang County Magistrate. There was Xia Ying, a cruel official, and Zhang Wensi, who was transferred back to the local government in Raozhou Prefecture. If there is another person related to the Queen Mother, it is difficult to guarantee that the government and the public will not Shocked, not to mention that he had just received the emperor's order, how dare he act like a "local emperor" again?

Therefore, he could only enter the game personally and test the waters. He could no longer trust any informant, and he could only feel at ease if he watched it in person. As for An Jiu... Sun Min raised his head and suddenly glanced in a certain direction.

An Jiu shivered inexplicably.

Even An Qian, who once dominated the government and the public, was not taken seriously by Sun Min, let alone Xiao Jiu, who was already in a worrying situation after his godfather lost power. The confidence of being a leader for more than ten years tells Sun Min that at least in his current capacity, he is still the king of Jiangxi.

What's more, based on his understanding of those civil servants who pride themselves on being noble, they disdain to use lynching. For him, a corrupt official with heinous crimes, the only way to show the integrity of the civil service and to achieve great success is to beat him all the way to the world, escort him to the capital, and wait for the emperor's judgment.

Therefore, he is not worried about his safety in Jingdezhen.

"I have not personally visited the prefectures and counties under my jurisdiction for several years. This time, in addition to seeing the summer grain harvests, waterway projects and people's livelihood conditions in various places, there is another very important thing."

His eyes swept over Zhou Qiguang and An Jiu one by one, and finally settled on Yang Chenggong, "The Queen Mother's birthday is coming soon. I plan to join hands with three adults to dedicate a Guanyin porcelain to her. Do you have any opinions?"

Who dares to say no to Shangguan's support? Just by doing this, Guanyin Porcelain's moving hands and feet were blocked. Whenever something happened, the three of them would be unlucky together.

An Jiujiu secretly swore, "The dog official is evil-hearted". Then he looked at Zhou Qiguang and Yang Chenggong, who were like gourds, and did not dare to say a word.

Sun Min was not surprised by their attitude and decided on the matter without hesitation: "I have entrusted Mr. Liang Xiaoshen of Anqing Kiln to take charge of this matter a few days ago. However, the matter is very important and the Royal Kiln Factory also needs to work together. Please pay more attention to Mr. An. Oh, by the way. , I will be visiting the Fuliang area starting from tomorrow, please ask Mr. Zhou to come with me."

He thought about it and kept Zhou Qiguang under his nose. This was the most appropriate halftime break. However, he did not expect that his opponent was not only a new official who was appreciated by the civil servant faction, but also Xu Zhiliu, who had a blood feud with him.

And they were not the only two in the midfield. Even if he used Guanyin porcelain to tie An Jiu, Yang Chenggong and others, who may be players or bystanders, into a boat, he would never have thought that the woman from the folk kiln would become The ultimate helmsman of this ship.

He is aloof and looks down on everyone, not just eunuchs, but especially women. This is not true in Sun Min's rules.

How is it possible for a woman?