Chapter 65

June [-]th is like a key to unlock the torrent of bad luck for Fujia.

From that day on, the Fu family could no longer live in peace.

First, on Fuxuan's side, the docile stallion horse suddenly went mad, causing her to be terrified, and the rare horse was assassinated by Fuxuan with a stick, and Fuxuan lost her beloved horse.

Fu Xiao again.

The next day, Fu Xiao and Chen Tian visited Changda Garden again. After questioning the stable servants, they were both assassinated on the way back. In an emergency, Fu Xiao blocked an arrow for Chen Tian, ​​but the arrow was a poisoned arrow.Fu Xiao was hacked and killed after being shot by an arrow, and was carried back to Fu's house by Chen Tian. He was dying and unconscious.

However, these are only the beginning before the two thunderbolts on June [-]th.

**
On June [-]th, the sky was deep blue and cloudless.

Because it is hot summer, the heat is in full swing, and with waves of heat waves coming, the cicadas on the trees are making irritating calls on the branches without worry or fatigue.

Fu Xuan's eyes are red, and she will return from Fu Xiao's courtyard to her Qingxi Garden.

As soon as she stepped into the courtyard gate, Linglong, who was going to fetch ice, ran over in a panic with empty hands, and shouted behind her——

"Girl, go to Madam's yard!"

Fuxuan turned around without knowing why, seeing that the always decent Linglong lost her sense of proportion, she gave an inexplicable "thump" in her heart.

Suppressing the ominous premonition in her heart, she squeezed and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Master something happened!"

**
The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and removal, examinations, and honors of civil officials across the country.The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the information of hundreds of officials and the right to appoint and dismiss personnel, which affects the official career of many officials.

Fu Yiyan will be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Officials for half a year. Since he took office, in order to improve the administration of officials, he has devoted himself to eliminating redundant officials in the province and focusing on rewards and punishments.

What he did was to seek his job in his position, but in June, he got involved in a life lawsuit.

This matter has to be discussed from the inspection of the officials of the Liang Dynasty——

During the inspection of hundreds of officials in Daliang, the "superior plan system" was used.

The so-called upward accounting system means that local governors regularly submit accounting documents to their superiors to report on the status of local governance.

At the end of the year, the county magistrate compiles the county's household registration, land reclamation, rent tax, money grain, prison situation, etc. into a "counting book" and submits it to the county guard.According to the counting books of the counties, each county then compiles the counting books of the counties and reports them to the states.The states then report to the central court in turn.

Because the implementation of the new household registration policy of "transferring white registration to yellow registration" in Daliang Shizhou this year involves a new round of household registration statistics, the "account book" reported to the court last year is an inaccurate account.

Therefore, taking advantage of this matter, starting in May, the Ministry of Officials asked the states to make a new report.

Fu Yiwen naturally knew that the magistrates would cheat on time, so he paid special attention to a few states and counties that he had visited with Fu Yiwen at the beginning of the year.

Yuzhou is adjacent to Dazhou in the north. A few years ago, refugees from Dazhou fled to Daliang, and then the largest number of people lived in this prefecture. Even half of the population in Geyang County and Nanyang County were from Bai nationality.Therefore, after all the white registrations were changed to yellow registrations, it stands to reason that the increase in household registration in Yuzhou should be the largest in Daliang, but the population increase shown in the statistics reported by Yuzhou is far less than that of Ningzhou in the south.

Such a strange thing naturally attracted Fu Yiyan's attention.He pointed out that the accounting books in Yuzhou may be false and untrue, and ordered his subordinates to go to the local area to check and verify.

After investigation, it turned out that the accounting records submitted by Yuzhou were indeed deceptive and false, and the responsibility for the crime was naturally borne by the governor of Yuzhou, and according to the law of Daliang, the offender would be severely punished.

In the past, it is not without this kind of situation. Because of the attempt to evade the punishment of the law, when the time is counted, people who are good at cheating are entrusted to draft the plan.

However, in the past, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was not as upright as Fu Yiyan, and he ordered the governor of the state to make another copy, so that the big things were dealt with.After all, half of the governors of the ten prefectures in Daliang are in the hands of aristocratic families, each of whom has a deep background and cannot be easily provoked.

He was suddenly reprimanded by the central court and stated that he would be "heavily punished", so the governor of Yuzhou came directly to apologize with death.

His death is no small matter.

Although Yuzhou is the smallest state among the ten states in Daliang, it cannot be underestimated.

Once the governor dies, one hair will affect the whole body.The county and county officials below complained and wrote a letter, blaming the bureaucracy for being indifferent, ignoring meritorious deeds, only knowing to demote and punish, and forcing local officials to death.

That's the only thing that's okay, the official's suicide is a serious crime, and no matter how persecuted by others, the official department will at most be responsible for being unreasonable in handling things.

And what was even more deadly, someone reported that in Jiankang City, five more shops suddenly appeared under the name of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.The shops in Jiankang City are incomparable to other places. In the capital, opening a shop is already supported by a huge amount of money, let alone five shops.

As soon as the news came out, everyone thought in unison, could it be that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who will be promoted to the third rank, took bribes and went to embarrass the governor of Yuzhou, so he drove him to a dead end?

Moreover, according to the laws of Daliang, in order to avoid the use of power for personal gain, officials of the seventh rank or above are not allowed to concurrently engage in business.

In order to quell public anger, the sage dismissed Minister Fu Yiyan from his post and imprisoned him, and ordered Dali Temple to conduct a strict investigation.

**
When Fuxuan arrived at the yamen of Dali Temple, the yamen hadn't been on duty yet.

She stood guard outside the gate and waited for a full two hours before seeing Xie Zhan striding across the threshold.

The guards said that if they want to visit the prison, their subordinates can't make decisions.Today is the day of reviewing the files of serious cases. From Siqing to Sicheng are all busy in the case room, and have no time to meet with irrelevant personnel.

The appearance of Xie Zhan is like a person who has been dry for a long time, encountering a touch of cool nectar in the hot summer.

Fu Xuan raised her skirt and hurriedly blocked her, and asked straight to the point: "Xie Shaoqing, can I visit my father for a while?"

As soon as the words were finished, the watery eyes gush out uncontrollably from those glamorous eyes.

Due to the heat, Furong's face and cheeks were already flushed, and on the slender and tender neck, the neckline of the jade white gauze was also wet with fragrant sweat, and the chain bones and the outline of the lower part could be clearly seen through the clothes. clearly.

Her whole body was like a delicate flower that had been wet by the light rain.

Delicate, delicate.

With tears in his eyes like this, the fragility he showed became even stronger.

If in the past, he was as cold and hard as Xie Zhan, he would have sneered unceremoniously, and then asked harshly: Who does Fu girl think you are?Can you enter the gate of Dali Temple if you want to?
But now, if he doesn't admit it anymore, he can't see Fu Xuan injured anymore.

Since the startled horse incident that day, in his dreams, he has seen the white horse with a red dress fall into the endless abyss several times.After waking up in a panic, it suddenly seemed like a dream, and it was like being pardoned.

The pain in the body can still be seen, but the pain in the heart may not be seen, and it cannot be easily healed.

He could imagine how her eyes would dim inch by inch if he rejected her at this moment.

You can also guess that if you really reject her, you will definitely not be able to live peacefully in your dreams tonight.

Instead of seeing her hurt and making him feel uneasy, he should have done what she wanted.

In the end, Xie Liulang, who was indifferent and ruthless on the surface, softened his heart inside, and felt love and pity in his heart.

He overturned the idea that he had thought up before going out, that no matter how much she begged him, he would not let her in for personal gain.

He tightened the folding fan in his hand, took out his handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it over, said coldly: "Clean it up, follow me."

His words cannot be denied.

The meaning of the exit seems to be that Fuxuan's image at the moment is too bad, and she can't follow him into the Dali Temple without sorting it out.

This time, Fuxuan did not refuse again.

All the clothes on her body were drenched in sweat from the heat, even if he didn't say it clearly, she also knew how embarrassed she looked at the moment.But as long as I can see my father, it doesn't matter if I'm more embarrassed.

She took the white handkerchief, turned around and ordered Linglong to wait for her, then wiped the sweat off her face earnestly.

(End of this chapter)

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