Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 937 Hidden relatives

  Zhu Zaimo got up early in the morning.

  Take the other children for morning exercises. After the morning exercises, they are all steaming.

  After that, Xishan Medical College sent special personnel to conduct a rough examination on each child.

   See if there is any dizziness, after that, the children started to set off.

  Zhu Zaimo led the children to the county government office. At this time, Tang Yin, Liu Wenshan, or Jiang Chen would usually be here.

  Wang Shouren rarely comes. He is the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and he is busy with official duties, but whenever he has a little time, he will show up.

   At this moment, Zhu Zaimo was about to start working.

  The guards will organize what happened in the county into a book and send it to Zhu Zaimo's desk.

  Zhu Zaimo began to lower his head to read the report on the desk, almost, mostly trivial matters.

  As the county magistrate, Fang Zhengqing will also clear up the general documents.

  The biggest problem in Xishan is that the stealing of cattle has been repeatedly banned, but unfortunately, no clue has been found.

  There are still some suspicious household registrations that need to be cleaned up. For this, the easiest way is to visit in person and actually see the situation of the household.

  In addition, there are many adult men in Xishan who are migrant workers. Therefore, it is necessary to visit the nearby workshops once or twice.

   All in all, these trivial matters are Zhu Zaimo's daily life.

  Children, start to perform their duties.

  If you have any questions, please obediently ask Tang Yin, Liu Wenshan and others.

  Liu Wenshan is a master of theory, Tang Yin has practical experience in the local area, and has led soldiers and helped disasters, and Jiang Chen has opened mines in Hexi.

   There is also Wang Shouren, Wang Shouren is even more powerful. He not only taught many people to read in Jiaozhi, but also hacked people himself.

  With previous experience, Zhu Zaimo dare not take it lightly anymore.

  After reading what happened in the county, he would not be in a hurry to make a decision. Instead, he personally led people and started to walk out of the county office and visit various places.

   What are the main places where cattle thieves visit? Only after seeing it with your own eyes can you judge where the main scope of activities of the cattle thieves is.

   Although the efficiency of his visits to each household is very low, at least he must do it. He knows what each household is.

  In the evening, Zhu Zaimo was a little tired.

  The accompanying officers, officials, and dozens of guards waited patiently for the emperor and grandson.

  The emperor's grandson is a very good-natured person. Everyone likes this child. He is calm and humble, but he is not as easy to fool as ordinary children.

  The emperor's grandson came out of a farmer's house. The man from the farmer's house was not at home. The woman sent him out, and the clerk hurried forward and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, do you want to take a car? It's getting late..."

   "You don't need to sit down, I'll take a walk, here...is not far from the Steam Research Institute."

"yes."

   "I'm going to take a look there and meet my father."

  ...

  In the Steam Research Institute.

  A trial-manufactured steam engine was in the shed, and the craftsmen began to burn coal. Immediately, the steam engine trembled, and thick smoke rose from the chimney, puffing, puffing, as if the earth was shaking...

  Zhu Houzhao squinted his eyes, inspecting every link, his mind was running fast, and he seemed to have some idea.

  Zhu Houzhao has published more than a dozen papers in a row. Through the manufacture of steam locomotives, every difficulty overcome is the birth of a paper for Zhu Houzhao.

  Zhu Houzhao likes this feeling, especially when he sees the rumbling start of the steam engine, he is as happy as New Year: "Stop, stop, and check the valve."

  He had just opened his mouth when someone hurried over: "Your Highness, the emperor's grandson is here to visit His Highness."

  Zhu Houzhao was delighted when he heard it, and wiped his hands with a rag, saying, "This child has a conscience."

   As he spoke, he walked out of the work shed, and sure enough, he saw Zhu Zaimo, like a young adult, quietly waiting with his hands behind his back.

  Zhu Houzhao stepped forward, touched Zhu Zaimo's head first, and then laughed loudly: "Haha, I've grown taller again. Do you miss Dad? Dad will take you to watch the fireworks in a few days when you rest."

   "Father." Zhu Zaimo didn't like others touching his head.

  He is the county magistrate, the parent official of Xishan County, he must have a dignified appearance, otherwise, he will be despised.

  He took a step back, but still saluted Zhu Houzhao respectfully.

  Zhu Houzhao saw him like this, and was happy: "That's right, you really look like Ben Gong, and your father is also like this. You didn't go back to see your sisters and sisters?"

Thinking of the house full of sisters who live in the age of twittering and like to tie red strings on the younger brother's head, and the younger girls are still the age of pulling their elder brother's skirts and screaming strangely, Zhu Zaimo feels a headache: " No, my son has been busy recently."

   "Ah, that's good too, less time with the girls." Zhu Houzhao nodded, expressing his understanding. He felt that the person who cheated him the most in his life was not Fang Jifan, but his sister Zhu Xiurong.

  Zhu Houzhao said: "Come in and sit down?"

  Zhu Zaimo thought for a while: "I'm here to tell you something, father... don't steal cattle anymore."

  Zhu Houzhao blushed: "What nonsense are you talking about..."

Zhu Zaimo stared at Zhu Houzhao, and said word by word: "Most of the cows were stolen within three miles of the Steam Research Institute. This is a habitual offender with rich experience, but anyone who wants to 'steal', no, go Cows tend to choose the area they are familiar with. According to the situation of dozens of cows being taken away, the main distribution is in this area. But in the Yamen, the real culprit has not been found so far. In fact, it is not difficult to find the real culprit. This area is densely populated, and the person who leads the cow is so ostentatious, it is impossible not to be discovered. Therefore, the son concluded that someone must have witnessed it, but it is a pity that they saw the identity of the person who led the cow, and they dared not stop them, and they did not dare to publicize , indicating that the identity of the person who led the cow must be very unusual. Third, in fact, my son also discovered that in addition to the dozens of families who reported the crime, there are also many families who chose to hide their cattle after they were taken away. Reporting, father, cattle are very precious to a family. No one wants the government to find the cattle back. Even if it is this hope, it is very small. Unless they know who took it away, they are unwilling to report it. official."

"My son also visited all the slaughtering markets, and found no record of large-scale cattle slaughter, but there is a lot of beef in the market... This shows that the people who lead the cattle have private slaughtering places. This place , just in the research institute. How about, my son go to the backyard to have a look?"

   "..." Zhu Houzhao blushed slightly, and couldn't help saying, "Don't go...I...I..."

Zhu Zaimo said: "Father, you are my father, how dare I expose your crimes to the world, it's just... a cow is the lifeblood of ordinary people, Many people regard father as their great benefactor, but father, why do you want to take away their valuable property?"

  Zhu Houzhao's nose is crooked, what do you know: "A wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as..."

  He just wanted to continue talking, but he seemed to feel that it was not appropriate to say these things.

Zhu Zaimo said: "My son came here to hope that my father would not continue. For the farmers who lost their cattle, I can take some of the money that my father gave me to compensate them. This case is over. , The son should not expose the father's fault, this is a big unfilial behavior... The son admits his mistake to the father, and asks the father to punish him."

   As he spoke, he kowtowed down and kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao.

  Zhu Houzhao: "..."

Zhu Zaimo stood up: "Father is so great in my eyes. It really shouldn't be involved in these things. My father once swept across the desert, killed countless barbarians, and kept me safe in the border town of Daming. Father's Medical skills have saved many lives. The elder father has always said that his father is smart and intelligent, far superior to other people. The most important thing is that everything about a son comes from his father. His body, skin, and skin are all the grace of his father..."

   "Okay." Zhu Zaimo stood up: "My son has to go back to the county office, and after that, he has to go back to the nursery school. Father...you have to take care of yourself..."

   "Wait a minute." Zhu Houzhao became angry with embarrassment: "This was instigated by Fang Jifan, why don't you talk about him."

Zhu Zaimo was silent for a while, turned around, smiled, and looked at his father: "Father, it is not for a gentleman to use innocent people to share the blame for himself. His teacher is a man with both ability and political integrity. His professor The son learned, taught the son the principles of life, he..."

   "..."

  Zhu Houzhao is already looking for a knife, little bastard, you are in vain.

  Zhu Zaimo is gone.

  ...

   "Old Fang, Lao Fang..."

  At noon the next day, Zhu Houzhao came to Xingshi to question his guilt.

  Fang Jifan sat awe-inspiringly, seeing Zhu Houzhao approaching, couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, you are..."

  Zhu Houzhao came here in a rage, but then, on the surface, his face became weird. He looked at Fang Jifan strangely: "I tell you, our Dongchuang incident happened. The cattle stealing incident was discovered."

  方继藩一副很欠揍的样子：“偷牛，和我有关系吗？我方继藩堂堂正正，光明磊落，我爱牛，牛也爱我…”

"Shut up!" Zhu Houzhao was furious: "That kid Zhu Zaimo discovered it. It's so strange to say it. Now that I'm thinking about it carefully, I find that...every word this kid said is very eloquent. Come on, come on, come on!" Let me tell you, he first presented the evidence to make me irrefutable, and then pretended to enter the steam research institute to find the slaughtering place. At that time, I panicked. After that, it was even more terrifying... He continued , then told me the truth, about the hardships of the common people. Turning his head, he put a high hat on Bengong, saying that Bengong is a very great person, and in his eyes, he is a very great father... I listened at that time, He was so ashamed that he couldn't bear it, and then he said that he would compensate the farmer if he hid his relatives. This kid, besides being caught by your evil, is... actually... can't tell... eh..."

  ...

   Crying and begging for a monthly pass.

  (end of this chapter)