After the rebirth of Madam Hou Clan, her heart was sealed with cement

After appeasing the people, the next thing became more complicated.

It's easy for the people to talk, but what about the officials?

As Gu Huaijing's investigation deepened, he found that these corrupt officials were simply crazy. It was no wonder that Ming'er chose to become a gangster.

Thinking of this, Gu Huaijing's expression became even more ugly.

At this moment, Tan Zhixu had just come from Nanhu. When she saw Gu Huaijing frowning and reading the paperwork, she also fell down and said, "What's wrong?"

Tan Zhixu could tell at a glance that something was wrong with Gu Huaijing.

Before he finished speaking, Tan knew that Xu Ren had already arrived in front of Gu Huaijing.

During this time together, Gu Huaijing did not shy away from Tan Zhixu no matter what he did, so she came over to read the documents, which was within his acceptable range.

Now that Tan Zhixu came over, Gu Huaijing didn't show any discomfort. He just raised his eyes to look at her and subconsciously sighed, "Xu Xu, look..."

Gu Huaijing pushed the document so that Tan Zhixu could read it more carefully.

Originally, Tan Zhixu only saw a little bit, but now he can see everything.

The documents clearly recorded the full details and process of how those officials embezzled and how much money they embezzled.

After reading these contents, Tan Zhixu's face was no better than Gu Huaijing's face, and he even slapped the table angrily, "Damn it, as a parent official in the west, I have made up my mind to plunder it from the beginning. People’s fat and people’s anointing?”

It is not that Tan Zhixu has never seen corrupt officials in the capital, but compared with these unruly officials in the west, they are still restrained.

It really is true to the saying that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.

Gu Huaijing saw that Tan Zhixu was so angry that he even clenched his pink fists tightly, especially the veins on his arms popped out. He could tell at a glance that he was really angry.

He came to Tan Zhixu distressed and said, "Xu Xu, don't worry, I won't let these people go, not even one of them."

Tan Zhixu, who was deep in thought, quickly came back to his senses and smiled at Gu Huaijing, "I know."

The two calmed down their emotions and quickly analyzed the next step.

It didn't take long for them to find the ringleader of the ragtag group.

At first they thought this group of people were working on their own, but they didn't expect it to be a small gang.

The leader was an official from Nanhu, an idle official who seemed to have nothing to do with the world. Unexpectedly, he was the one who committed the most corruption.

When Gu Huaijing and Tan Zhixu came to the door, the official was playing with the birds in his house.

"What, an official from the capital? Ouch, that's really out of proportion."

The Nanhu Prefect is old and his position is idle now, waiting for the next official to take his place. He is now almost a pensioner.

So when Gu Huaijing came to find him, he felt a little strange.

"Master Gu, why did you come to Xiaguan's house?"

The prefect bowed in a humble posture.

If it hadn't been found out that he was the leader of this group of people, Gu Huaijing would have been deceived by his performance.

At this moment, Tan Zhixu had already made an excuse to wander around, and was led by the prefect's wife to wander around the prefect's mansion.

The whole time she acted like she was curious about some scenes in Nanhu.

"Madam, I didn't expect that the flowers and plants in Nanhu are so different from those in the capital."

"Did Madam decorate all these flowers and plants?"

Tan Zhixu had a flattering look on her face, and the prefect's wife was shocked by her appearance. She was silent for a moment before nodding, "Yes, as long as Miss Tan likes her."

The prefect's wife said that it was fine if she liked him, but her eyes and eyebrows were full of disdain for Tan Zhixu. Gu Yu could understand this scene clearly, let alone Tan Zhixu.

Guyu resisted the temptation to step forward, and just watched helplessly as his young lady pretended to be a fool, and the prefect's wife was full of ridicule.

A little prefect's wife from Nanhu dared to be so unreasonable to the woman brought by the admiral of the capital, which shows how domineering the prefect is in Nanhu.

"Madam, you have a lot of money in your yard, right?"

"So, this house cost us half of our savings?!" The prefect's wife kept talking, not paying attention to Tan Zhixu at all, and her words were not hidden.

At this time, Gu Yu came back to his senses.

No wonder the girl just pretended to be dumbfounded. She was actually waiting for the prefect’s wife here?

She is indeed her own girl.

Gu Yu gave Tan Zhixu a thumbs up in his heart.

Tan Zhixu noticed Gu Yu's gaze and gave her a look that did not reveal anything.

Seeing this, Gu Yu quickly restrained himself.

At that time, the prefect's wife was still nagging.

Every word was disdainful of Tan Zhixu, and they even said that her husband was so powerful in Nanhu that they would not look down on him even if he was from the capital.

The implication of this was to warn Tan Zhixu that Gu Huaijing and the others would not take him seriously.

This was too obvious, but Tan Zhixu behaved very stupidly, with a look that could not be seen through.

Xu Tan knew that Xu was pretending to be so much like her that the eunuch's wife had no suspicion at all and just took her to show off.

The prefect's wife had no idea that her husband in the front yard was already trembling and kneeling on the ground.

His originally plump body was now trembling, and beads of sweat could not stop falling from his forehead.

Seeing this scene, Gu Huaijing's heart was not shaken at all, and he even drank tea more leisurely.

Until he saw the prefect swaying, obviously unable to hold up, Gu Huaijing said softly, "Nanhu is a rich area. Originally, as long as you did your job as a prefect step by step, Nanhu would be better than it is now, but what about you? "

"My lord, my lord, a lower official is just..."

"What is it? Someone from the court ordered you to do this?"

Gu Huaijing's voice was calm, but his eyes were extremely firm.

The prefect didn't seem to expect that Gu Huaijing would be so direct. He fell down and his eyes were filled with panic. He stumbled and said: "Sir, what do you mean by this? I don't understand?"

"not understand?"

Gu Huaijing raised his eyes thoughtfully, with a smile between his brows and eyes, and looked at the house, "As the prefect of Nanhu, your salary will not be more than that of me, the admiral of the capital's canal, right?"

The prefect was stunned when he heard this and looked at Gu Huaijing at a loss.

The moment their eyes met, Gu Huaijing's face fell, "Your house is quite luxurious."

"Sir, sir, no, it's not the money from the lower official's mother's family, not the lower official. The lower official doesn't have that much salary."

"good very good."

Even now, the prefect is still making excuses.

But Gu Huaijing didn't have so much time to waste with him here. He strode forward and stared at the prefect with sharp eyes, "I will only give you one chance. If you don't tell me, then I will have no choice but to You handed it over."

"Master Gu, what do you mean?"

The prefect was just scared, but now, his face was full of panic.