The next day, the imperial convoy entered Jiangzhou and headed straight to the prefecture. The guards blocked the door and asked, "Who dares to trespass the prefecture?"

Although he was a small guard, he could not hide his arrogance between the lines.

Zhou Mingli's face turned dark. He said that he was a dog who relied on his power, and even a watchdog dared to be so arrogant. It is not difficult to see that the magistrate in Jiangzhou is just a hand covering the sky.

Look at the appearance of the prefecture's palace, which is magnificent and magnificent, with a copper ring inlaid with gold. There are two stone lions in the house standing in front of the door of the ordinary mansion, but there are two golden lions squatting in front of the prefecture's palace, which is even more grand than the royal palace.

Zhou Mingli's impression of Jiangzhou's prefecture was not high and even more so. He was honest and fair, and hated corrupt officials the most, so His Majesty promoted him to the position of court magistrate and handed over the task of imperial envoy to him.

Ji Yue reigned for twelve years, and eliminated relatives from foreign countries, developed military affairs, encouraged trade, recruited wise men, and governed the Qin State with prosperity. However, when the water was clear, there were no fish, and the king could not stretch his hands too long. The entire Yongping was under the control of Ji Yue. Under the feet of the emperor, the officials with real high positions and power were more poor than the other. On the contrary, these local officials who relied on the sky and the emperor were far away, always had a few borers.

The amount of disaster relief official silver is huge. If it is exploited and deducted by others, it will probably be a layer of skin left after the disaster victims, and all the meat inside is eaten up by the worms. Zhou Mingli personally escorted all the way to ensure that all the supplies are delivered to the people.

This shows how deeply Zhou Mingli hated corrupt officials.

"The imperial envoy of the court came to do business under the order of the king." Zhou Mingli showed his token and said coldly, "Send it quickly to Liu Rengui out!"

Liu Rengui is the name of Jiangzhou magistrate.

Although the guard had never seen the noble man from Yongping before, he was not sure about the authenticity of the token, but he was scared to see the token with a black background and silver pattern. The black color is the supreme in Qin State. Apart from the king, who dares to use this background token?

There are two kinds of tokens given by the King of Qin. The black-backed silver pattern means that they are doing things for the king. The black-backed golden pattern means that they are like the king’s arrival.

The guard had never seen such a scene before, and was so scared that he was trembling: "You guys, let me report it now!"

...

After a while, a middle-aged official with a big belly hurriedly put on his clothes, a black hat, and came out to greet him. When he saw the full range of cars and horses outside, he immediately sweated coldly behind his back.

He looked around and saw that Zhou Mingli had the highest status, so he accepted his body and bowed: "The emperor welcomes the imperial envoy."

Zhou Mingli sideways and avoids this gift: "Young Master is still standing here with a blind eye."

Although he didn't think that Young Master Lian could be useful, he was loyal to Your Majesty. Young Master Lian held the golden order and must have the decentness he should have.

However, one code will be one code. If the young master is constrained to issue orders randomly during the epidemic, he will not obey. At worst, he will be able to apologize to His Majesty after returning to Yongping.

Liu Rengui choked. In fact, the first thing he noticed was Wei Lian at first sight. The young man wearing a straw hat was really elegant and noticed in the crowd, but he was dressed in white and was a little plain. He thought he was an ordinary guest, but he never thought that this was the real leader.

He was so sophisticated and smooth, and immediately turned his direction: "Greetings to the young master."

But I was wondering which young master it is, does Your Majesty have such a big son now?

He was his local emperor in Jiangzhou, and the news of Yongping could not be heard here. In fact, Liu Rengui was almost scared to death now. He had a ghost in his heart and knew that he had something hidden recently. The boss suddenly conducted a surprise inspection and didn't even say hello in advance. Did he find something?

Wei Lian said lightly: "Let's talk about it when you go in."

Liu Rengui was worried: "No."

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Liu Rengui brought his group into the mansion and was entertained happily. This was a noble man from Yongping. He was so energetic that he did not dare to neglect at all.

He followed him and asked diligently: "The imperial envoy was exhausted all the way, probably because he was tired. The senior official ordered the people to hold a banquet to welcome the two adults."

Wei Lian didn't speak, and his eyes under his hat swept across the small and exquisite rockery flowing water in the mansion.

Suddenly his eyes paused slightly, and he could hear a faint shout in his ears, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Wei Lian curled his lips in a mocking manner, and whispered a few words to a guard beside him.

Zhou Mingli didn't answer either. He also saw the layout in his mansion. A fifth-rank magistrate lived like a fairyland. I don't know how much money and ointment he had plundered.

Both of them ignored him. Liu Rengui was a little embarrassed, and he winked at the servant and ordered someone to prepare for the banquet.

In the past, there were no people from the court who sent them to supervise, but they would notify them in advance. At that time, he would collect the valuable items in the mansion, offer a few plates of porridge and side dishes during the reception, and order those people who complained about him not to go out and lock them up at home, and then buy a few people to praise the magistrate Qingtian when asking about people's livelihood. His political achievements in the past year would be a clean and conscientious contribution.

As for the people sent by the superiors, they are as smooth as Liu Rengui, and naturally know how to observe their words and expressions. If the other party looks like a clean official, he will pretend to be poor for a while and send the person away before returning to his original state. If the other party is also a greedy person, it will be even better. They can provide delicious food and drink, and give them a few gold bars, there is nothing that cannot be done.

It's just a formality.

This time, he didn't know what was going on... he didn't inform him first. If he hadn't thought too much in the past, but at this critical moment, he had concealed the plague...

If you don’t do bad things, you won’t be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Liu Rengui is now as if he has seen a ghost.

The imperial envoy came suddenly, and there was no time to prepare anything, and there was no time to pack up the ornaments and pretend to be poor. Liu Rengui carefully observed the expressions of the two, and found that one was facial paralysis, while the other was wearing a hat and couldn't see the expression clearly, so he could not see anything.

It looks hard to fool.

He felt upset.

Wei Lian suddenly chuckled and said, "Mr. Liu's mansion is beautiful, I like it very much. The painting I saw on the gallery just now is good. Can you give it to me?"

Liu Rengui's heart moved and his eyes rolled.

This tone doesn’t seem to care about it…it doesn’t seem to be ironic. The other party is also greedy?

After all, those honest officials didn’t take a single stitch and thread, which was simply stupid.

It's easy to deal with as a fellow disciple.

Liu Rengui suddenly felt relaxed and a little despised. What a young man, looking like a god, thought he was so noble, but he still hinted that he wanted to give a gift!

"If the young master likes it, ten or hundreds of them will not be a problem!" Liu Rengui made a bold statement and ordered someone to take down the painting.

Zhou Mingli looked at Wei Lian in surprise and didn't say anything.

Until everyone was introduced to the hall for meals. The hall was furnished in exquisite places and expensive. The ones made were the best tea and the most delicious delicacies were served.

Zhou Ming couldn't swallow his food, and he almost wanted to overturn the table without moving. What has Jiangzhou become like? Liu Rengui is still holding a banquet here and has been quiet here!

Zhou Mingli was patient and was about to get to the point, Wei Lian said, "This fish is good."

He was enjoying the food calmly.

Zhou Mingli: “…”

The moment Wei Lian took off his hat, he really amazed the people in the room. Including the dining movements at this moment, the royal elegance from his bones was exuding from his bones. It was really pleasing to the eye and made people unable to stop them.

...But they didn't come here for dinner!

Wei Lian seemed to have not felt Zhou Mingli's anger at all, and continued, "The vase on the shelf is a white porcelain burned by Baiyun Town? The color is clear, can I touch it?"

Liu Rengui didn't care: "If you want it, take it!"

"And this incense burner..."

Liu Rengui twitched his lips and said that the incense burner was bought by a merchant from Liang Guo. It was of great value.

"If you like it, I'll give it to you."

"Hey, this is not bad."

Liu Rengui was bleeding: "Give it to you..."

"And this-"

Liu Rengui's eyes were bloodshot: "...Okay."

What kind of Taotie is here! He is even more greedy than him!

This is to empty his entire house!

Zhou Mingli: “…”

It is naturally not a stubborn person who can achieve the position of Tingwei. He probably knows that Gongzi Lian has a purpose, but he doesn't know what it is.

After almost the entire hall was empty, Wei Lianfang smiled and said, "Mr. Liu is such a good official."

Liu Rengui: "..."

Wei Lian said, "I'll go to Master Liu's study later."

Liu Rengui: "..." Get out!

He kept taking deep breaths and told himself that it was nothing big. Didn’t it just spend some money? This also shows that these people just checked casually and didn’t know about the plague at all, and he would not be able to lose his life...

After Wei Lian took out Liu Rengui's family background, he asked casually: "How has Jiangzhou developed recently? Is the people doing well? As a parent official in Jiangzhou, Lord Liu must have been deeply involved in the people and is very popular?"

It was a completely careless routine question, almost saying, "You make up quickly, I'll leave early."

Liu Rengui immediately claimed that he was: "Don't worry, young master, Jiangzhou is developing rapidly and the people live and work in peace and contentment. These are the results of the personal visits and investigations of the officials!"

Wei Lian nodded to show that he knew.

He swept the last piece of fish on the table and slowly wiped the corners of his lips: "The fish is good."

Liu Rengui was about to smile, but Wei Lian said lightly: "What a pity, the taste of fish and meat is not very good."

Liu Rengui's body stiffened.

Wei Lian raised his chin slightly: "Sir Liu, let me explain, what's going on with this person?"

Liu Rengui turned his head stiffly, and when he saw the person brought by the guard, his soul was almost scared away.

Didn’t this guy be locked in the woodshed by him?

Liu Rengui immediately said: "Young Master, this must be a thief who entered the mansion to steal. The subordinates don't know him at all..."

"Shut up." He only said one word Wei Lian and didn't want to listen to his explanation, "You say."

The ragged man suddenly kowtowed repeatedly as if he had seen a savior: "Sir, Imperial Commander! Don't believe the nonsense of this dog official! There has been a plague in our Jiangzhou! Caomin, Caomin Zhou Yushan, from Qingping County, his mother contracted a strange disease half a month ago. Many people in the county have contracted this disease and died suddenly within seven days. Caomin carried his mother and wanted to go to the city to find a doctor, but he was stopped at the gate of the city, saying that the incident was not allowed to be spread to cause panic. Caomin went to the yamen to beat drums and complain about his grievances.

The magistrate said that this matter was not under his jurisdiction. He wanted to report to the magistrate, but the magistrate stayed in the door again! He dragged it again and again, and his mother died of illness! Now the younger sister has also contracted a strange disease, and Caomin can no longer lose her younger sister! Caomin is desperate and sits outside the magistrate's prefecture every day, wanting to stop the sedan chair and seek justice when the dog official goes out... Today, when he heard the imperial envoy visit, he dared to sue, and followed the imperial envoy's team to sneak into the magistrate's prefecture... But the dog official ordered people to arrest Caomin and lock them in the woodshed!"
To be continued...