Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

Lu Chen was noncommittal about this.

"What about the Lingyun Great Formation, Guiyuan Great Formation and other mysterious-level formations, even these large formations have caused so much material loss, the formation masters and spirit seal craftsmen of our Ministry of Industry are only capable of this?"

Cui Hao's face turned bitter.

"This...the Ministry of Households has a lot of complaints about our expenses here, and these formation masters and spirit seal craftsmen are already the group with the highest level in the Ministry of Industry..."

Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately sneered.

"You are willing to spend a lot of money to buy those exorbitantly expensive materials, but you are not willing to spend money to hire people. Your style of doing things really opened my eyes."

As soon as these words came out, the three of them trembled immediately.

At this time, Lu Chen suddenly narrowed his eyes, and a dangerous cold light flashed quietly.

"I will ask you one more question."

Xu Sanping responded subconsciously: "Your Excellency, if you ask, we will know everything."

Lu Chen directly ignored this sworn and candid response.

Know everything?

I believe you a ghost!

"I'm asking you guys."

Lu Chen stared into their eyes, and said word by word: "Where do you put the waste residue that was consumed due to mistakes in arranging the magic circle?"

Hearing this, the pupils of the three shrank almost simultaneously.

"My lord, why do you ask this..."

"This officer is asking you now, answer my question immediately!"

Lu Chen didn't want to listen to their nonsense, so he yelled angrily.

"Before I figure out the cause and effect, if you dare to ask again, believe it or not, I will let you stand up and go back lying down today?!"

The three of them shrank their necks immediately.

Afterwards, Xu Sanping hesitated for a moment, and then said cautiously: "Return to Mr. Lu, those waste... I will naturally have someone dispose of them."

"How to deal with it?"

Xu Sanping gritted his teeth inexplicably, and said, "Throw it to Mengjiang."

"Oh?"

Lu Chen looked at him with interest.

"According to the Law of Great Xia, spiritual material waste should be properly collected and disposed of, but you and the others threw it into Mengjiang privately?"

Xu Sanping sighed, with a look of helplessness: "There is nothing we can do. The waste warehouse is full, and the efficiency of the incinerator is low. These wastes are very harmful and cannot be left alone, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable. We have no choice but to do this It’s a bad policy, and the Mengjiang River is vast, so it should be able to purify these wastes, if the higher-ups blame it, we will have to accept the punishment.”

Hearing this explanation, Lu Chen suddenly said meaningfully: "Mr. Xu is a generalist."

Hearing this, Xu Sanping was secretly relieved in his heart.

"The adults are rude."

However, it seems too early for him to relax now.

"Who gave the order? Who was responsible for the dumping? Where did it happen?"

Lu Chen asked suddenly.

Hearing this, Xu Sanping's heart tightened again.

"Sir, you ask this..."

"answer!"

Lu Chen said coldly without hesitation.

Xu Sanping didn't dare to ask any more questions immediately, but after thinking for a while, he replied: "Mr. Xue Yi, the former right servant of the Ministry of Industry, Mr. Xue is a very righteous person. Because he was worried that this matter would hurt other people, no one told him about it." , and did not register it, but hired people from outside to pull the waste out of their own pockets and dumped the riverside."

"The predecessor of this official, Mr. Xue, who just became a scholar not long ago?"

Lu Chen said calmly.

"Exactly."

"When will he leave Beijing?"

Xu Sanping replied honestly: "Five days ago."

"In that case."

Lu Chen stood up slowly.

"I'm going to ask His Majesty to call him back to Beijing."

Seeing this, a look of eagerness suddenly flashed in the eyes of the three of them.

"Lord Lu, Lord Xue has already retired, why are you looking for this old man? And let His Majesty know about this, isn't it good?"

Lu Chen shrugged.

"There is an injustice and a debtor. Since he made the order, I naturally have to ask him to clarify. Otherwise, who will bear the responsibility?"

After speaking, he directly stepped forward and walked forward.

Xu Sanping and the others hurriedly chased after them.

"Master Lu, please listen to the officer's words."

Li Quan walked to Lu Chen's side, looking earnest.

Lu Chen stopped, and looked at him coldly from behind.

"Say."

Li Quan cupped his hands at him, then leaned in front of him, and said in a rather hoarse voice: "Master Lu, the water from the eaves is the successor, and the new official is not the old official account! Sir, you will also have to take over the post in the future."

"Master Lu listened to the advice of my subordinate, let's forget about this matter. If the court pursues it, I can help Master Xue take it. This can be regarded as the end of our friendship with Master Xue."

Chapter 185

"What? Do you want to teach me how to be an official?"

Lu Chen took a deep look at him, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Quan's expression trembled, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "I don't dare, I just feel that since Mr. Xue has retired, even if he has made some mistakes, as long as it is not a big mistake involving Daxia Jiangshan Sheji, he should not do it again." Annoying his old man, and Mr. Xue is a veteran of the two dynasties. He has worked hard for Da Xia for most of his life and has worked hard. When he gets old, he will inevitably lose energy and make mistakes. One day when I get old and become an official, if I make such a bad start... this atmosphere will be ruined."

"Furthermore, if your lord is the one who started this, I'm afraid it will be bad for your reputation, my lord's words are all for your lord's sake, I hope you will learn from me!"

The other two joined in.

Lu Chen just quietly watched them dig out their hearts and souls, and when they finished speaking, he said indifferently:

"If there were some mistakes, I wouldn't embarrass him, but...I don't think it's as simple as pouring waste spiritual materials into Mengjiang without authorization."

Hearing this, the pupils of the three shrank at the same time.

"Master Lu, you mean..."

"Live to see people, die to see corpses."

Lu Chen put his hands behind his back, stepped up again, walked slowly past the three of them, and said slowly at the same time:

"I must personally confirm the whereabouts of the lost materials, or... whether it is really a loss. Until everything comes to light, I... will never sign the accounting document."

The materials of the Ministry of Industry will be engraved with different imperial marks on each piece. The inspection department can verify and inspect them by comparing the marks. Even if the materials are scrapped, the marks on them are still there. Unless they are specially removed by secret methods, the imperial marks are impossible. Disappeared, and the dumping of waste would not specifically take out the imprint at all, as long as he checked the place where he dumped the material to see if there were traces of the imprint's aura fluctuations, everything would naturally come to light.

The moment the words fell, looking at the back of Lu Chen leaving, the expressions of the three of them gradually became gloomy.

"correct......"

Lu Chen, who was not far away, seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his back to them, and said lightly:

"From now on, or before the waste matter comes to light, this place is not under your control."

Hearing this, the three of them were shocked.

Xu Sanping frowned slightly, and then said with an ugly face: "My lord, do you doubt me?"

"That's right!"

Lu Chen responded without hesitation and without giving any face.

"I don't trust you guys."

With a system in his body, he was not afraid of being dismissed from office or offending others, and he even wished for the enemy to be stronger. Coupled with the empress's unfathomable trust, he didn't need to give anyone face at all. Whoever's position, as long as it conforms to the restrictions of the system, don't get too far away from the persona, he will mess with anyone who doesn't like him.

Afraid of an egg.

Anyway, not only was he barefoot, but he was also stepping on the Immortal Avenue, so he could afford to fall and lose.

Not to mention a few officials in charge, even the noble relatives of the emperor, the high-ranking elder Yan Ge, he can handle it well.

There is no need to make false claims with anyone, just say whatever you want, just be reckless.

Seeing that Lu Chen answered so directly, the three of them secretly hated at the same time, and gritted their teeth involuntarily.

"If you are not convinced, you can write a letter to impeach me, or you can go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or find your backers, and see if they can stop me from [acting wrongly]."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the three of them, stepped forward again, and walked towards the construction site not far away.

"grown ups!"

As soon as he saw Lu Chen approaching, the servant immediately knelt down on the ground and saluted Lu Chen heavily.

It was Lu Chen's arrival that gave them a chance to breathe. Today, from when Lu Chen stood up to now, most of the day has passed, those petty officials no longer dare to abuse them like before, and the food has improved a lot. At least it's really thick porridge. Although it's not delicious, at least it can barely fill your stomach.

It was the first time they had had enough to eat after coming here for so long.

Hard labor cannot be avoided, and ordinary people like them can only accept their fate, but they hope that the court can treat them as individuals instead of driving them like livestock, at least not to abuse them, and give them something to eat.

Only with food in your stomach can you have the strength to work. It usually takes two days to finish the work. Today, those evil officials obviously didn’t chase after them with whips. They actually finished it in half a day...

As soon as Lu Chen came, they had a "good life". How could they not love such a good official?

Maybe the more times they do obeisance, the more times this young adult will come...

Lu Chen dodged sideways, refusing to accept their salute.