high official

Chapter 438
After Wu Wei wrote the statement, Magistrate He took it over and read it carefully. There was nothing wrong with it, so he signed and marked it, and was taken away.Before leaving, he stood still and said to Wang Xian, "On business, I'm finished, but you still have a long way to go, meeting is fate, I want to send you a few words."

"Speak." Wang Xian said.

"Official career is dangerous, and safety comes first." Zhifu He said: "This world belongs to the Zhu family. We, the courtiers, work desperately for them. If we fail, our family will be ruined. If we succeed, it will only be a few years. Isn’t it all for nothing?” He said with a desolate smile and said, “So it’s all about getting a good job, don’t work too hard, and think about the future, think about the family, so that you won’t fall into things like me and Zhang Chun. end."

"Thank you for your advice." Wang Xian paused and said softly, "But I'm different from you..."

"Before the ship capsized, everyone felt that they were different. When the day came, they realized that they were all the same." Zhifu He said, "But at that time, it was too late to regret..." Turning around and going out, When he arrived in the courtyard, he let go of his voice and sang:

"I used to study for advancement, learn swords to seek feudal lords. Wen can control the country, and martial arts can determine the universe. I am so arrogant, I want to learn from Yi Yin, a wild merchant, and Zuo Chengtang to save the people. Distressed in the ditch..." After the high-pitched beginning, Zhifu He's singing became low and desolate again: "Who would have expected the crimes of today, how can we live? We have taken the troubles of thousands of feet. Who taught you to go to the boundary river to receive wealth, Frustrating our army? It seems like this kind of ill-gotten wealth is so greedy, it can’t be said that there will be fewer disasters if you live hard, and you will have more disasters when you get lucky. It’s a waste of money...'

The singing reverberated in the courtyard, accompanied by the whimpering north wind. When the mood was bleak, the officials who were detained nearby were all touched. They grabbed the window lattice with both hands, and tears flowed down...

"What did he sing?" Wang Xian was quite emotional after listening to the libretto, and asked Wu Weidao when the singing sounded farther and farther away.

"Handan Road wakes up to the dream of Huangliang." Wu Wei glanced at him and said, "Ma Zhiyuan's Sanqu, did we listen to it in Hangzhou that year?"

"It's not that you don't know me, you get sleepy when you listen to a play," Wang Xian scratched his head and smiled, "Actually, I think tears behind bars are more suitable for them."

"Tear behind bars, I haven't heard of this tune before, how do I sing it?" Wu Wei asked curiously.

"Iron gates, iron windows, and iron chains. Holding on to the iron windows, I look out. How wonderful life outside is..." Wang Xian sang a few words at the top of his voice, but found that Wu Wei couldn't really appreciate it, so he had to stop singing and stop in embarrassment. Said: "These guys always act like they've realized it when they're at the end of the road. What did they do?"

"Morning, I'm busy dreaming yellow beams, I can't realize it if I don't wake up." Wu Wei said with a smile: "It's rare for adults to see clearly."

"You are absurd. My ambition is too low, and I am too easy to be satisfied." Wang Xian laughed at himself and said, "What's more, what if I see it through? It's not the same as being tied up in it, and I can't get out?" Pause, some He said dejectedly: "What others are dreaming is a beautiful dream, but what I am dreaming is a thrilling nightmare. It is not as good as others."

Wu Wei also noticed that this trip to Shanxi touched Wang Xian a lot. In order to stop the adults from thinking about it, he took the initiative to get back to the topic and said: "This old guy is really difficult to deal with. I will sweat for the adults." .”

"Hehe, yes." Wang Xian said with emotion: "If it wasn't for King Jin's defection, the general situation would be over, we wouldn't be able to eat this piece of brown sugar at all. Those who can be the fourth-rank magistrates are indeed characters."

"Yes, but what, this piece of brown sugar was eaten by an adult, let's continue."

"Well, continue," Wang Xian nodded.

The subsequent interrogation was much simpler. Those officials who were detained were not stupid, so they didn’t need Wang Xian to raise any questions. The confession was not bad, and there were almost no conflicts.

Wang Xian went all out, and continued to summon more than [-] officials all night long. Once Zhang Chun died, these people had no illusions, and they all confessed obediently. , is actually the consensus of people in the officialdom.

In any case, all the officials involved have recorded their statements, signed their signatures, and lived in a single cell temporarily set up in Xingyuan.So far, the investigation of the Shanxi military ration case, which has attracted worldwide attention, has been completed. As for the responsibility of the Datong military, it is not Wang Xian's business to inquire about it... There is an imperial envoy who specializes in investigating Datong's bandits.

Wang Xian worked hard again, sorted out all the case files overnight, wrote the closing statement, and folded all the confessions, testimonies, and statements by himself. In the large envelope of leather paper official document, I said in a deep voice: "Baking paint!"

Wu Wei hastily melted a lacquer stick on the fire, and stuck it to the seam of the seal while it was still hot. Then, while the lacquer was still not hard, Wang Xian covered the imperial envoy's protection, and then took out three more sticks from a wooden box. The feathers stick to the paint.This is a sign of [-]-mile urgency, and usually only the top officials, army commanders, and imperial envoys have the right to use this highest-level communication method.

"Send it out!" Wang Xian sealed the envelope into a wooden box and said to Zhou Yong who was standing by.

"Yes!" Zhou Yong took the wooden box, turned around and walked out quickly.

Wang Xian continued to work with Wu Wei to put all the account books and physical evidence into a wooden box.After locking the wooden box, the two of them took the paste and sealed the whole box with a series of seals.Then paste the baking paint on the seams of the seals, and then cover the imperial guards while the paint is soft, so that no one can open the wooden box privately without destroying the paint seal!
After doing all this, both Wang Xian and Wu Wei breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, the Shanxi military ration case, which was daunting and seemingly impossible to solve before, finally had a result.Although it is far from perfect, as far as Wang Xian's current ability is concerned, it is already the best result... After all, no one expected him to bring down King Jin just by visiting Shanxi.He was able to clean up the crown prince, and he was already turning the tide...

Both of their faces were full of tiredness, Wang Xian yawned and said, "Go back to sleep, the case is over and the errands are not over yet, we can't let go of this string yet."

"My lord, rest early too." Wu Wei nodded, closed the door and went out.

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It was such a coincidence that the next morning, Prince Jin's Mansion sent someone to inform that the imperial envoy was about to enter Taiyuan City.

"Which way? Or both?" Wang Xiancai asked after sleeping for an hour, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

"Master Zhang from Datong arrived first," the man reported.

"Well, I see." Wang Xian nodded, which is also normal. Datong is in the province, and the traffic is unimpeded, but the imperial envoy of Xuanfu is blocked in Guangling County, and cannot enter the customs from outside the mouth. They have to go around Hetao. It's not that the Yellow River has been frozen, so it really can't come here.

After the reporter left, Wang Xian didn't sleep anymore, and ordered: "Prepare the sedan chair and change clothes, and I will go to meet you." It is said that the imperial envoy has no affiliation with the imperial envoy, so it is fine if Wang Xian does not greet him. But in order to deal with the one from the Xuanfu, the young master from Datong was the one he was fighting for, so he had no choice but to go out and give him face.

When he arrived at the reception pavilion outside the city, Wang Xian saw that many civil and military officials from Shanxi had already arrived, but it was far from being able to compare with the formation that greeted him at the beginning... The three chief officers of Shanxi only came to command one , the magistrate of Taiyuan did not come, and none of the county magistrates... The old ones are all locked up in Wang Xian's Xingyuan.

So as soon as Wang Xian appeared, the officials who had been discussing and even a little excited didn't dare to breathe for a while, which is understandable... They were afraid that this impermanent ghost would hook themselves to jail.

Seeing that he had become the feared object of all the officials, Wang Xian rubbed his nose in embarrassment. He didn't bother to get close to these guys, so he sat in the pavilion with his eyes closed and rested, waiting for the younger brother of the British prince to spend a lot of time in Datong. The imperial envoy arrived.

Fortunately, we didn't have to wait too long. After a meal, we heard the quiet officials suddenly get excited, and someone whispered: "Here we come, we come!"

Everyone looked up one after another, and they saw a group of people and horses approaching quickly on the snowy field in the distance, and they soon arrived.

"Hurry up, play the music!" Zhang Chun was not there, the chief envoy and councilor had no choice but to give the order for him, and the music troupe, which was almost frozen to death, played the music to welcome the nobles.All the officials also came out of the reception booth, and lined up according to their ranks. When the team came close, all of them knelt down and greeted them respectfully: "I respectfully invite Shengan."

There were more than [-] people in that team, all of them were riding white horses. The riders on the horses were dressed in white and armored, but they were wearing scarlet cloaks.The first knight was riding a tall black horse, wearing black clothes and black armor, with broad shoulders, thin waist, and a heroic posture... Wang Xian couldn't help cursing secretly, shit, he's another handsome guy!

This handsome guy is the son of Zhang Yu, the number one hero in Jingnan, the number one military general in the dynasty, the younger brother of Zhang Fu, the British prince who pacified Annan, and Zhang Xiang, who was ordered to investigate the case of Datong Army's ineffective suppression of bandits.Because of his father's merits, this piece of paper was conferred as the Commander of the Divine Policy Guard... Others' official positions of such kindness are vain, but he is actually conferred, and he is the commander of the Son of Heaven's own army, which shows the high status of the Zhang family. The relatives are prosperous.

However, this piece of paper is said to be a bit incompetent. It is completely opposite to his brother who is strict with himself and is a model. He has a reputation for absurdity in the capital. Definitely one job, two ways of living.

Looking carefully at Zhang Yu's face, there are indeed dark circles under the eyes left by excessive drinking. He smiled and looked at the kneeling officials, and was not in a hurry to get them up... Ordinarily, when the officials greeted Sheng An, he should immediately say, "Holy Gong'an', then jumped off the horse and helped everyone up.This is not a rule that imperial envoys must abide by, but it is a customary etiquette. After all, everyone is worshiping the emperor and not you.

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