The next day, Bai Yanshi met Lin, the old lady of the Zheng family who was in her sixties but was still energetic and had a shiny face.

Mrs. Zheng married the third master of the Zheng family with her concubine daughter. She forced her two uncles to die and supported her second son and younger son to become a juren in the imperial examination. Although she is now a fourth-rank expatriate official in Daozhou, she defeated the other couples of the Zheng family with her two juren sons and successfully allowed her eldest son to fight for the position of the head of the Zheng family, which shows how deep her mind and strategy are.

Bai Yanshi and Mrs. Zheng were talking about things in the study. Both of them were like human spirits, so they stopped going around in circles and went straight to the point.

"The emperor and the queen are not good at coming. Old lady, if you don't want to end up as a slaughter, I'll be better off coming up with a solution as soon as possible. After all, the prefect of Yizhou is the lesson of our predecessor." Bai Yanshi directly expressed his purpose, but he didn't want to end up being ruined and having nothing.

Mrs. Zheng naturally smelled an unusual danger. She smiled, but there was a murderous aura in her smile. "I guess the emperor and the queen have had enough of the thorns in the eyes of the prefect and the old son. Lord Bai was the minister who was deeply influenced by the late emperor, and Lao Zhen was the concubine sister who deposed the empress dowager. The emperor and the queen must have known the fact that the tax silver was secretly leaked away two years ago. This time, they finally attacked the problem of the floods in the south. "

Her wise and deep eyes fell on Bai Yanshi's face, and she saw through people like a thorn. "Mr. Bai, we are in trouble. If we don't take action first, we will have to bury it on this rich and fertile land. It's a pity that we have saved so much money and will not fall into our hands in the end."

Bai Yanshi's heart was tightened a little again. He thought of the sensation that the invincible emperor and empress had caused, and his scalp was numb. "Old lady, please stop talking about the harm and consequences. I can already think of these things. What I am asking you for now is how to make them die quietly in Daozhou City and never go back. And it is not us, but natural disasters. God can't stand the bloody and cruel means of seeing the emperor and empress, so he personally took action to deal with them."

Of course he didn't want to die. Now he had food, drink and play, and had a good time. He was doing well in his tenure as the prefect. He didn't want to return to the capital and be stared at by the emperor, nor did he want to be pulled down from the position of real power and had nothing.

What happened to Mrs. Zheng, like an old witch, dipped in water and wrote a few words on the table, "It's better for us to do this, first ask you to get into the trap, and then create an accident and let them be buried here completely. As long as the emperor and the queen die, we will be safe and no one will threaten our lives. As for who will be the emperor in the future, no matter who he is, as long as we take root in Daozhou and live a good life, we will not be afraid of the new emperor ascending the throne."

Bai Yanshi was also murderous about Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing. He glanced at the words written by Mrs. Zheng and said skeptically, "Can this really work? You must know that the little prince and the little princess are their weaknesses. If these two children are found out, we may not die before we get what we want."

Mrs. Zheng was not afraid at all, and a strong madness surged in her eyes, "As long as they are all buried here, who knows who made it in the end? Lord Bai, think about the fate of the prefect of Yizhou and the gentry and tyrants in Yizhou, and then decide to see what to do. Should you let others die or let yourself die, choose yourself."

Bai Yanshi naturally doesn’t want to die. If he wants to die, wouldn’t he be fine?

But he was still constantly pounding his heart when Mrs. Zheng’s proposal, "The emperor and the queen are all human spirits. It is really difficult to hold them. What if we fail? The couple is like Shura who crawled out of hell, which is scary. You should also see how many people died at their hands."

Bai Yan is really a very cunning and cautious man. This time, Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing came to Daozhou. When he thought of the fierce things the emperor and empress had done, he subconsciously became timid, which made him subconsciously feel scared.

Mrs. Zheng sneered, "Or why are you sitting here waiting to die? Aren't you just two small green snakes? Daozhou is wet, there are many snakes and scorpion insects. Even if they suspect it, we will just refuse to admit it. There must be a reason for them to punish them. If you wait until they take the lead in attacking, then we will not be able to live."

Bai Yanshi thought about it and actually felt that what Mrs. Zheng said was very reasonable. "At this point, I can only give up. I hope we can accomplish it."

"Then do what we have planned. I don't believe it without anyone noticing it. Are Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing so lucky? The God of Luck will always favor them." Old Mrs. Zheng hummed out of her nostrils and said angrily.

That is, the idiot who deposed the empress dowager, spoiled his children too much, and allowed the woman Huang Pingting to give birth to the evil seeds. If it were her, before Huang Pingting married the late emperor, she would just pour a bowl of supreme soup, so that Huang Pingting would never give birth to a child in her life. She would be completely over, so what else would Xiao Linye have to do now?

Bai Yan really covered his pounding heart, which was so scared that he was about to fly. He might have expected the result. However, he had made so much money as he was in charge of the prefect of Daozhou, and he really couldn't bear to be confiscated and exterminated. The huge amount of wealth he had finally saved would fall into the hands of the emperor and the queen.

Mrs. Zheng looked at Bai Yanshi's compromised eyes and couldn't help but curl up the corner of her mouth, "Sir, have we reached a consensus? If so, then we will start preparing. This matter should be done sooner rather than later. We should start first and then suffer. I have been used to enjoying the delicacies of mountains and seas in my life, but I don't want to be tortured by Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing's dark-hearted couple. Lord Bai, don't forget that we are grasshoppers on the same rope. We all know what the Zheng family did and what the adults did."

The woman in front of her is indeed a tough person. Some things don’t need to be explained too clearly and are already clear.

What I mean is that if you, Bai Yan, dare to betray me and not let the Zheng family live a better life, then the Zheng family will not let Bai Yan, either.

Bai Yan was threatened and hated her teeth so much that she gritted her back teeth. "The same way, I will give it to the old lady. Our interests are tied together, and no one can do it alone. The old lady should go back and think of some perfect plans and find a way to prepare."

Mrs. Zheng did not see any unusual meaning on Bai Yanshi's face. She was sure that Bai Yanshi would not dare to make any mistakes in her back and left with satisfaction.

However, not long after she left, the son of the prefect Bai Qiuhua walked out from behind a relatively obvious bouquet. Looking at the worried Bai Yanshi, he suddenly called out, "Dad."

"Why did you run home if you don't work in the government office at this time?" Bai Yanshi looked at his eldest son. The sorrow between his eyebrows had not yet dissipated, but he was a kind father.

Bai Qiuhua is a very smart and honest young man. He is majestic and has a clear distinction between love and hate. When he saw the old lady who was calculating in the Zheng family, his anger surged up. In recent years, the Zheng family has controlled the salt collection in Daozhou and sold food. He also has two sons in the court as an official. In addition, the Zheng family has many, and the illusion of the relationship, in Daozhou, many times even his father has to obey the words of the old lady who looks gloomy and extremely vicious.

Just because his father made a very serious mistake when he was young, he was caught by Mrs. Zheng. Until now, his father has been in front of Mrs. Zheng, and he has been caught in the weakness of his wife. He dared not act recklessly, and turned a blind eye to many things.

Bai Qiuhua thought of the sensational news coming from Yizhou City, and immediately felt a big alarm in his heart. He pulled Bai Yanshi into the study and said worriedly, "Dad, which old witch shouldn't force you to do something reluctant again, right? And it's those ruthless things, are they related to the arrival of the emperor and the queen?"

Bai Yanshi was shocked, but there was no strangeness on his face. He said in a tone that was too calm to be calm, "Nothing is there? Don't think about it anymore. Dad and Mrs. Zheng are discussing the matter of salt administration. When the emperor and the queen arrive, we just need to do a good job of welcoming, and treat the rest with a normal mind."

Bai Qiuhua stared at his father with sharp eyes and spoke calmly, "Dad, do you know? Whenever you lie and feel guilty, your eyes are wandering and dodging, and your tone is calmer than usual. Your right thumb subconsciously strokes your index finger. Dad, you must be conspiring for something very important, which may be related to the life and death of all the Bai family. Is it right?"

The magistrate of Daozhou immediately lowered his head and glanced at his thumb and index finger vigilantly. The next moment, he realized that his eldest son was constantly looking at him.

"Dad, since it's about the Bai family, don't hide it from me. If you encounter any problems, tell us, can't the whole family solve it together? The old lady of the Zheng family is full of bad water. Can you have a good end to cooperate with her? You didn't see her doing things selfishly and viciously, and the other branches are full of complaints about her. If she uses you to deal with the emperor and the queen, she herself hides behind and reaps the benefits of the fisherman. The unlucky one is our Bai family, and they will choose themselves completely."

Bai Qiuhua saw the conspiracy of Mrs. Zheng. He didn't want his father to wade into the muddy waters. He had only made some small mistakes, but he just had to kneel in front of the emperor and the queen and plead for mercy, and make up for the past mistakes. Everything was over.

If you are obsessed with it and use a larger hole to fill the previous hole, wouldn’t you go to death?

Bai Yanshi was very big at this time. He thought about how he couldn't resist the temptation in the past. He took the money from the Zheng family and even caused a life. The Zheng family took the most important handle. It was not so easy to get off after getting on the pirate ship.

"You don't understand. There are many illusory interests in this, which can affect the whole body. Dad doesn't want to do something ruthless, but Dad doesn't want the whole family to die. Your mother, your brother, and your sister are used to enjoying it and living a life of luxury. If the emperor attacks, the whole family will suffer. Dad doesn't want to be a irresponsible man, and he doesn't want to be a sinner of the Bai family. Do you understand?"

His eyes were red when facing his eldest son, the forty-year-old man who was doing a great job in the prefecture. The Zheng family was in Daozhou and knew a lot of secret matters. He was really afraid that he would not cooperate with the Zheng family. Not only did he die miserably, but his wife and children would die without a place to die.

The previous prefect did not cooperate with the Zheng family. The Zheng family, supported by the deposed empress dowager, was directly designed to rebel. It was the charge of the remnant of the prince. The whole family was executed. The cruel and bloody scene was so cruel that he couldn't help but have nightmares when he saw the execution in the capital.

"Dad, don't be confused. In the past, with the deposed empress dowager and the emperor, the Zheng family is naturally powerful. It is normal for us to fight the Zheng family. But now the emperor and the queen have nothing to do with the Zheng family. As long as they make mistakes, they will never escape the punishment. I think the emperor wants to deal with the Zheng family more than us and make them unlucky. So Dad, now is the best time for us to leave the Zheng family. If we miss it, we will really suffer with Mrs. Zheng. My younger brothers and sisters and I have a great future. Now the wisest choice is to abandon the darkness and turn to the light."

Bai Qiuhua patiently explained and analyzed the current situation to his father. Some of the reasons his father did not understand. However, the authorities were confused and the bystanders were clear. His father cared too much about the glory and wealth he had now, and was reluctant to abandon everything, so he was caught by Mrs. Zheng.

But why didn't his father understand? If he didn't even have his life, what's the use of having to take the power of this huge amount of wealth? When a person dies, everything will turn into a passing cloud.

"Dad, Mrs. Zheng is the sister of the deposed empress dowager. How many sins have you committed? You will never have good results when you follow her. It is better to show your loyalty to the emperor as soon as possible, and work diligently and loyally for the emperor in the future, and maybe you can still get a glimmer of life. My son's words are really heart-warming. Please listen to it and think about it carefully." Bai Qiuhua reminded again, as if he had sounded an alarm bell on his father's head.

Bai Yanshi's mind was in a mess and his heart was irritated. "Hua'er, please let your father think about it carefully, how should he do it? Is it okay? My father is in a mess now, and he has no idea at all."

Bai Qiuhua nodded understandingly, "I can understand my father's desire to think of the most appropriate solution, and I want the family to live well. Everything I have now cannot be lost. My father doesn't want to die by himself, so he can only let others die."

"But before dad, my son wanted to ask dad to think carefully. Will those who are against the emperor and the queen have a good end in the end? No matter the very powerful priest of the Moon Worshiping Sect, the elders with profound magic, the prince, the brave and warlike cavalry of the Northern Di, and the extremely fierce nomadic people, they were finally driven to a more bitter and cold place by the soldiers of the Liang Kingdom. Now they dare not approach the border of Youzhou anymore."

"From the time when the emperor was still the sick prince, no matter what he did, he was the one who laughed to the end. Those who always thought they would win by chance all died miserably in the end without exception. Now there is only one person in the grave grass. Dad, do you think this is worth taking the risk?"

The prefect, the very intelligent and obsessed son, took out a piece of paper from his arms, which said how many enemies the emperor and the queen had killed, and what the people had ended up.

The bloody and shocking lessons of the car were right in front of me. Even if Bai Yanshi had more courage before, when he saw the old enemy of the emperor and empress recorded on the paper, their final fate was so scared that their faces were pale. A fine and dense cold sweat oozed through his forehead and back. His fingertips were as cold as ice, without a trace of temperature.

If he and Mrs. Zheng wanted to kill the emperor and the queen, and the cute pair of Yuxue's twins, now he had no courage. He just wanted to kneel in front of the emperor to forgive his crimes and beg the emperor and the queen to spare his life and his family.

When Bai Qiuhua saw that his father was so scared that he almost lost his soul, he persuaded him earnestly, "Dad, now I repent to the emperor, and redeeming my sins is the most feasible way."

"But I was an official promoted during the late emperor's reign. I was deeply trusted by the late emperor. No matter how good I did in the prefect for the past three years, the emperor did not express anything. Hua'er, do you really think the emperor would forgive the sins I had committed? What if the emperor and the queen refused to let me go and just looked for this excuse to cure my father's crime? At that time, our Bai family will still die?" Bai Yanshi was still beating in his heart.

This man who was very prosperous in his post in Daozhou was shaken when facing the moment of life and death. On the one hand, he could not bear to give up huge wealth and the power he had now. On the other hand, he was afraid that he would be killed by the emperor without a burial place.

Bai Qiuhua saw that his father was about to be in a state of trouble. He was still attached to the situation and was afraid of death. He was so angry that he suppressed the anger in his heart and said calmly, "Dad, now is your last chance. Maybe our family still has a glimmer of life. If the emperor and the queen are really allowed to put the conclusive evidence of the crime in front of you, then our whole family will die. You have to think clearly."

"The Zheng family is so greedy that it is beyond salvation. Don't take the lives of our whole family, okay? The emperor and the queen are not those who are petty. They are so arrogant and can do anything well. As long as you admit your mistakes, express your loyalty to them, and do things for them loyally in the future, they will not make things difficult for you."

Bai Yanshi's temples jumped up, and his mind was very messy, "Hua'er, please let dad think about it again."

"Okay, but Dad can't waste too long, otherwise who knows what the Zheng family will do to frame you. Dad, remember that loyalty and surrender to the emperor and the queen are our only way to live." Bai Qiuhua once again reminded his father, who had been confused by glory and wealth.

All day, and at night, Bai Yanshi locked himself in the study, and the lights burned all night.

The next morning, Bai Yanshi said to his eldest son, "Dad thinks you are saying it makes sense, so Dad will not make mistakes again and again. No matter what Mrs. Zheng said, Dad will not compromise or trust him anymore."

Bai Qiuhua's tense heart finally relaxed, which made him breathe a sigh of relief quietly, "Dad, I am so happy that I can figure it out. No surprise, this evening or tomorrow morning, the emperor and the queen should arrive in Daozhou."

He had the worst plan in his heart. If his father was stubborn and had to collude with the Zheng family, he would have been trying hard to get the tax money, and the Zheng family had done in recent years to tell the emperor and the queen, so that they could get a glimmer of hope for the whole family.

"Old Mrs. Zheng, now my father pretends to accept it, so that they will not be suspicious, so as not to ruin our good deeds." Bai Yanshi's shrewd with courage in his shrewd and wise eyes. He turned to the emperor and the queen, either with extreme wealth or death, and there is no third way to go.

Bai Qiuhua saw a longer-term view than his father, and he had long believed that he would have a glimmer of hope to defect to the emperor and the queen.

Xiao Linye and Xu Muqing did enter Daozhou City in the evening of the first day. All the well-known officials in the city went to greet them and knelt all over the ground in darkness at the city gate.

"Sir, please see the emperor, and see the queen."

The enveloping Zheng Qingfeng and several minor officials from the Zheng family branch had a solemn and sacred atmosphere, which made people hold their breath and dare not make any sound.

The head of the prefect Bai Yanshi, who is about forty years old, looks handsome and handsome, elegant and calm, and does not look like a corrupt official.

Xu Muqing looked at the prefect calmly. The man's eyes were open and clear, and his demeanor made him wonder if he had read it wrong. Will such an official really be someone who embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of taxes?

Xiao Linye glanced at her, as if telling her that people should not behave like a person, even if they look innocent, they might be extremely greedy behind their backs.

"I'm all flat. Lord Bai, don't you know if my residence is ready? I and the queen may have to bother you for a while." Xiao Linye looked kind and said with a smile, and his feelings made people feel like spring breeze, not at all like he was looking for trouble or smashing the situation.

If the thrilling things that happened in Yizhou City had not been passed back by the spies, Bai Yanshi would have thought that the emperor and the queen had come to visit the mountains and rivers.

"It is the duty of the minister to do things for the emperor and the empress. It is the right thing to do, and I will not bother you." He said carefully.

He had already cleaned up the mansion, and the family moved to another clean courtyard nearby, which was clean and very clean. They could take care of each other at a close distance, and would not disturb each other, nor would they be annoying.

Xu Muqing and Xiao Linye came to the place where Bai Yanshi arranged for them to live. She looked at the spacious and neat room and suddenly said to her, "Your Majesty, this seems to be the residence of the magistrate. We lived rashly. Is it considered to be a love-seeking person? I don't want to live here, otherwise the magistrate's other villa will be better. The guest will follow the guests."

Xiao Linye was naturally what she said to Xu Muqing. As long as it was not involved in matters that endangered her life, it was almost always following her. At this moment, he nodded naturally, "The Queen said, Lord Bai, otherwise you will still live here, and I and the Queen live in a villa. Is there any idle villa? Daozhou is located in the wealthy Jiangnan Plain. It is said that you rich families have several villas. Is it true?"

Bai Yan was tightly tied together. The emperor asked such a question, which was obviously to check his details completely, so how dare he deny it again?

He had to answer truthfully, "In addition to the villa where Xia Guan moved out, there is also a relatively small courtyard, which is half a stick of incense from here, but it has not been packed yet. The courtyard has not been inhabited for many years and is relatively cold."

Xu Muqing said with a smile, "That's okay. Now let the maids and servants go over and clean up briefly. It just so happens that the emperor and I still have a lot of things to know about Lord Bai."

Bai Yanshi had no choice but to accept his fate and ask someone to clean it.

Xiao Linye asked the officials to leave, and in the end, there were only some servants left in the entire mansion, including Bai Yanshi and Bai Qiuhua and his son.

"Mr. Bai, let's go to the study. In addition to asking you some questions, I also want to read some books. In the past few years, the entire Daozhou paid a lot of taxes. This time the court exempted farmers from taxes. You have done much better than Yizhou. The people of Daozhou live and work in peace and contentment. Although they have suffered from floods, plagues, cholera, etc., as the food harvests, the smiles on the people's faces are sincere, and I and the queen can see them."

Xiao Linye paused, thinking of Yue Lingzheng's life and death look, snorting from his nostrils, and said with great momentum, "The prefect of Yizhou actually colluded with the gentry and rich people to play some hypocritical actions with me, and he deserved to die. He really thought that the private tax collection was very secretive. As long as I checked, I could find everything. It was so naive and stupid."

This sentence means something, and Bai Yanshi was already in his heart. At this moment, he was so scared that his legs and feet were weak. He almost knelt down in front of many maids and servants, and cried and confessed to the emperor and the queen.

It seems that Hua'er's analysis is correct. The emperor and the queen are as ubiquitous as ghosts. No matter what they are, they are hidden. Fortunately, he figured it out and decided to confess his fault to the emperor and repent. The emperor and the queen should have spared his life and his family.

When he arrived in the study, Xiao Linye still maintained the situation of a smile on his face and said calmly, "Mr. Bai, show me the account book of the tax bank in the past three years. There are also the food and subsidies distributed to the people since the disaster, and wherever the various silver expenses for post-disaster reconstruction are spent, I will take out the account book."
Chapter completed!