Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 483 Witness
"Open the door! Open the door!"

The door of the house was knocked loudly.

Wei Zuo pulled Zhao Guangyuan, "Master, you and Master Liu will get out of the way first." Zhao Guangyuan nodded and led Liu Shi to the backyard.

"Who is it?" After Zhang Zhi saw his master avoiding him, he pretended to be relaxed and opened the door.

He looked tired, having barely slept all night, but there was no need to pretend.

This look caught the eyes of several government officials, and they immediately looked him up and down. "Where did you come from? What are you doing here? What did you do last night?" He looked fierce.

"You are?"

"You don't have eyes?"

Zhang Zhi wiped his eyes, "Oh, I've met a few adults. I'm sorry for not waking up."

Several government officials pushed him away and trotted into the courtyard. Three or four people immediately rushed in to check everything, while the leader continued to interrogate Zhang Zhi.

"We just came here to do some small business. I heard that the waterways here are developed, and it is very convenient to go north or south, so I thought about buying some things and doing some business."

"What did you do last night?"

"Last night?" Zhang Zhi thought for a while, "I didn't do anything. When I came here, the sun was already dark, so I ran all the way, rented a house, stuffed my stomach and rested."

The man looked at him and saw that he looked tired, as if he hadn't slept well last night. He didn't believe it, "Didn't you go out last night?"

"What are you going out to do in the dark? We are just tired all the way."

After speaking, his eyes suddenly lit up, "I heard that there are several good places to visit at night in Zhutou County. I have just arrived in your area and I haven't learned about them yet. Could you please tell me in detail?"

With a look of lust, she approached the yamen servant and stuffed a heavy purse into his arms.

The officer pressed his chest and was very satisfied with his knowledge. "You'll know after you stay a few more days." She didn't intend to talk about those romantic affairs with him.

The timing is wrong. They are here to meet someone, not to chat and joke.

I was somewhat suspicious of Zhang Zhi and his gang, thinking they were really here to do business. For the sake of money, I was just about to call my accomplices to go to the next house, but a government servant ran over and said, "Boss, there are more than ten horses in the backyard!"

A dozen horses?

Nowadays, horses are not something that can be bought just by buying them. Most of the rich people have mules, mules, and oxen. Suddenly, I saw a dozen fine horses with smooth coats tied up in the backyard, and I was very interested in the identity of the group of people in the yard. Suspicion arose.

"My lord, your lord," Zhang Zhi chased after him.

More than a dozen horses were tied up in the livestock pen in the backyard. The space was too small for the horses to stay comfortably. Seeing so many strangers, they spat at the government servants in a bad temper.

"Where is your road guide?" The yamen officer who had just questioned Zhang Zhi looked serious.

"Here, here." Wei Zuo had already brought Lu Yin over.

"We are from the north. Our main family is the Shan family. As you know, the Shan family is the Yue family of King Lu. There is a Yongchang in Fucheng. You know, it is our own business."

The officer was stunned, Yongchang number? "Is it really the Shan family, the in-law family of King Lu?"

"It's just the Shan family. We don't have a business in Zhutou County. I heard that there were floods every year and the city would be flooded, so the owner didn't open a shop in Zhutou County. Didn't I hear that canals were dug again this year? It’s also a dam builder, so we’ll see if we can open a shop, and secondly, we’ll buy some things and transport them back.”

Seeing that the leading yamen servant was still a little suspicious, Wei Zuo called Zhang Zhi, "Go and take out the letter written by the young master's family."

Zhang Zhi was stunned, "Huh? Ah, let's go right now."

As soon as he moved his feet, he was stopped by the yamen servant, "Since he belongs to the Shan family in Yongchang, let's forget it."

"Yes, thank you for your understanding." He took out another purse and stuffed it into it, "It's early in the morning, brothers, after all your hard work, I think it's our master who invites you all to tea."

The man weighed his purse and took it without any politeness. These big merchants can leak a little bit of money between their fingers, which is more than their salary. You can take people away with a wave of your hand.

Wei Zuo winked at Zhang Zhi, and Zhang Zhi stepped forward to see it off. While delivering it, he asked, "Why do you brothers go out on errands so early in the morning?"

"Forget it, a thief broke into the county government office last night and stole some things..."

"Is there still this matter? We need to check it out. If there is anyone who needs us, just ask us, and we at Yongchang are also willing to do our part."

The leading yamen officer looked back at him and nodded, with the last trace of doubt gone.

Zhang Zhi closed the door and sighed, "We have been in and out of the county government office several times, and now we realize that things are missing."

More than a few living people had their account books taken out and returned. The county government has only now sent people out to look for him.

"Treat everyone to be the same as you." He also compared the palace guards of the palace to the county government servants.

"Where's the master?"

Just now, those government officials stretched bamboo poles into the well in the courtyard and stabbed it, and the prince didn't know where he was hiding.

Just as he was about to scream, Zhao Guangyuan carried Liu Shiyu and climbed over the outer courtyard wall.

Liu Shiyu was carried flying around, and when his feet landed on the ground, he still felt weak. Looking at Zhao Guangyuan, he felt more and more mysterious about this noble man. Master, real master. No wonder the emperor sent him to investigate this matter.

If you don't have any ability, how can you dare to care about these things? Even if you find out the truth, it's a matter of whether you can return to the capital with your life.

After being disturbed by the Yamen servants, everyone could not sleep, so they gathered together to discuss countermeasures...

"Should we leave the city now? The Liu family was rescued from the county government, and the city must be searched. We don't know when we will be able to escape. Should we leave the city now?"

"Isn't it just to tell them that we are suspicious when we go out of the city? Then we will alert the enemy and the county government will send people to chase us all the way. We just run as fast as we can and don't do anything else."

Liu Shiyu listened on the side and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his family had been sent out of the city, otherwise he would not have known where to hide.

But when I think about the decades-old foundation, I am afraid that it will be destroyed, and my heart aches again.

Now I can’t even go back home. I felt pain everywhere.

Everyone discussed countermeasures one by one, for fear that the magistrate of Zhutou County would jump over the wall in a hurry.

"I'm not afraid of them jumping over the wall. I just need them to cause chaos. Only by causing chaos can we collect more evidence." Just relying on these things in hand is not enough.

"Then Master, what you mean is that we stay here for the time being?"

Zhao Guangyuan nodded, "We still have to find the officials in the county government who handle the matter."

"From the state capital to the county government, everyone is making false accounts. They are rotten from top to bottom. They are colluding and covering for each other. I'm afraid they won't be able to find out anything, and they even startle the snake." Zhao Guangyuan also knows that the state and county interact with each other. Cover up, but still want to find some more powerful evidence.

He turned to Liu Shiyu and asked: "Who was responsible for negotiating purchases with your family before? Or who do you think there are people in the county government who can testify?"

When Liu Shiyu heard the noble man's inquiry, his mind immediately started spinning.

He can't do business now, and he has no idea whether his family can survive. He can only cling to the lap of the noble man in front of him, hoping that he can be given justice and at least help save the lives of his family.

He hopes that he can make some achievements and that the court will remember his small contribution so that he can make a comeback in the future.

I can't wait to dig out all the information I know...

"There is a magistrate in the county government office named You Guangzu. He was born as a scholar. He has worked diligently in the county government office for more than ten years. However, he was promoted to the post after five years of examination. Now the person in charge of him is still the county magistrate. The others don’t know about it, but if You Guangzu gives him a favor, I’m afraid he will be able to find out something about it.”

You Guangzu had no luck in taking exams. It seemed that all his good luck in life had been used up when he became a scholar. He joined the county government and became a pianist. Pianlians were of no rank, but if they took the exam every five years and had outstanding work ability, they could still be promoted to the ninth rank official position.

Nowadays, scholars all look forward to taking the imperial examination and becoming an official, to be promoted and make a fortune, and to have a glorious family name.

For You Guangzu, there is a big difference between being in the stream and not being in the stream, being good and not being good.

If you can become a person with an official position, your family will be different, and your children will have more possibilities and hopes in the future.

After only two assessments, he was replaced by someone else. It's not that his grades are not good, or that his abilities are not outstanding, it's because he has no one above him. He was replaced last time, and five years later he was replaced by a relative of the county magistrate.

Everyone knows how You Guangzu feels in his heart.

Wei Zuo and others sighed and lamented the uncertainty of the world. Ten years have passed since the two-term exam period. You Guangzu is about to turn 40 this year. How many more decades are left in his life?
"Master, if we grant him an official position, we will surely be able to get something out of his mouth!"

"Do you know that Xu Hua of the county has someone to rely on, and the county magistrate is a local snake? What if You Guangzu thinks about his family and doesn't want to go against them?"

"That's right. What if, forced by our power, you comply with us for a moment, then turn around and reveal the news?"

Wei Zuo looked at Zhao Guangyuan and said, "Master, we are not afraid that he will rebel. We can treat him like Yan Jingzheng. If he handles this matter well, we will allow him to be the ninth-grade master. If he is really capable, master You can get him to the capital. Isn’t the Sinong Division planning to expand its recruitment?”

Don't be afraid that he won't be moved.

Liu Shiyu's heart pounded as he listened.

How expensive is this person? Talking about people's official positions is as simple as eating and drinking. You can also get people to be officials in the capital!

My dear, he wants to hug this noble man's thigh more and more tightly! When things are done well, he will also beg the nobleman to take him to the capital. If he stays here, he will be afraid of being hit and retaliated.

Zhao Guangyuan thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

At the county government office, because someone had been kidnapped quietly, the county magistrate Xu Hua sent out government servants and various officials to search in the city. Zhao Guangyuan easily invited You Guangzu, who was looking for someone, to his residence.

"Who are you?"

Zhao Guangyuan didn't answer him, just sat down and looked at him carefully. A very thin middle-aged man, with a depressed look on his brows. He was caught, but he was calm, his eyes were pure, and he didn't look like a cunning person.

When Wei Zuo saw that the prince didn't speak, he said, "The person you are looking for was rescued by us."

"Ah? You, who are you?" Not only did he save the Liu family, but he also captured him?

What to do with him?

"You should know why the county government arrested people from the Liu family, and why they sent people to hunt down Liu Shiyu, right? Four government officials didn't return home all night. You just sent people to look for the Liu family, but no one thought of them?"

You Guangzu was shocked. The county magistrate called them over early in the morning. He only said that the Liu family had disappeared, but he did not say that the people who went to see Liu Shiyu had not returned either.

They looked back and forth at Zhao Guangyuan and Wei Zuo. I wondered who they were and how they knew such a secret thing.

"I heard that the Linzhao Prefecture allocated 750,000 taels of silver to the Yamen of Zhutou County for digging canals and building dams. As one of the officials of the workshop, it is impossible for you not to be aware of the money transactions involved."

Zhao Guangyuan spoke calmly.

You Guangzu was silent. He was just a low-ranking Gongfang pian, and he was not the only Gongfang pian. He had a small position, so even if he thought it was unreasonable, he still had room to speak.

"We will do whatever your lords tell you. If you want to know these things, you should ask us lords or the magistrate in the prefecture."

If you ask him, what else can you ask?

"I will ask them of course. Before I ask them, I would also like to hear what you, the pian of the workshop, have to say."

You Guangzu looked up at him, "Who are you? Why do you ask me these things?"

Zhao Guangyuan didn't talk nonsense to him, and asked Wei Zuo to show him the secret edict. The box was also turned over, revealing a bright yellow scroll with the edict written on it, which had not been unfolded for him to see.

But even this frightened You Guangzu. Without saying a word, he knelt down.

"Now you know who I am."

"You are a young man who has no eyesight and does not know the noble man's true identity!" You Guangzu did not dare to raise his head.

Of course he heard that the Ministry of Household Affairs would send people to check the completion of the project, and Mr. Xu also made some arrangements, but didn't the people from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works say that they had arrived in Zhutou County not long after they left Beijing?
"The Ministry of Husbandry is the Ministry of Husbandry. They don't have the emperor's secret decree."

"Yes." You Guangzu bowed his head as low as possible. Cold sweat broke out, the emperor actually sent people from two ministries openly, and secretly sent a high-ranking official with a secret decree?
"I heard that you were pushed out of your position during the two evaluations. As long as you explain this matter well, I will speak for you in front of the emperor. Not to mention making you a high-ranking official, even if you want to go to Beijing, I will There are ways to arrange it.”

You Guangzu immediately felt like a sudden burst of wealth had hit him on the head.

My limbs trembled with excitement.

"Yes, I know everything I can say, and I can say everything..."

In the capital, after officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry left the capital, the prince and a group of staff discussed matters.

"Sent away?"

The head of the East Palace, Shi, nodded, "Yes, they are all sent away. The lower official also gave several adults generous Cheng Yi according to the prince's instructions. Several adults said that they would thank the prince again when they return to the capital."

"No need to thank you, just run the errands."

"Prince, don't worry, they are all smart people."

In the eyes of Chang Shi and everyone present, these adults from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works went out of the capital openly. Even if there were any mistakes in the states and counties, they had smoothed the matter over long ago. The prince did not have to invite him for a drink or ask for a meal. Delivery device.

The prince is the crown prince of Da Qi and the future emperor. This matter is sponsored by the prince, and they are not so boring that they dare to bring trouble to the prince.