He sorted the items carefully, looked at the tea box over and over again, and opened the wine jar, hoping to find some special spiritual objects or treasures inside, but found nothing, nothing at all.

What Xue Cheng gave him was truly what the top masters of wealthy families used to decorate their homes. The fragrance of this tea could be smelled for ten miles.

Drinking tea can make people intoxicated, just like comprehending the way of heaven, and it greatly increases their understanding.

When a great figure in Confucianism gives a grand lecture, he usually serves one or two pots of tea.

The atmosphere is as good as ever, but can it really be said to have a strong spiritual effect?

Zhang Mingtu can only say - it has no effect.

At least that's the case for Zhang Mingtu. For many people, the overall improvement of their understanding is something they can only come across by chance. For a master-level figure, it is quite impressive to have a pot of tea when giving lectures and discussing with others.

To Zhang Mingtu, it was a complete burden and a waste of time. It was tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.

After taking a closer look, Zhang Mingtu discovered that the gift box was the most valuable and the most useful to him, even though it was only a storage bag of one cubic meter.

But it was very useful to Zhang Mingtu.

After all, the first generations were both Buddhists and Taoists, and the masters of the two families used special blessings and luck, which took a long time to open up, and the items stored inside were usually not very large.

For the upper class, this was their standard luxury item, just like mobile phones in later generations.

However, subsequent mobile phones were mass-produced industrially, while this type of storage bag required precise manual operation, and was produced in very small quantities, usually in the hands of the upper class.

In terms of value alone, this storage bag is the least valuable among this batch of gifts, but it is the most useful to Zhang Mingtu.

"Next time I must not maintain such a high standard. Otherwise, it would be a shame to exchange such a small amount for such a great achievement."

Zhang Mingtu felt that he should not show up directly next time. After all, he is a master-level figure. Well, a fake master is still a master.

Moreover, the character he created in Xue Cheng's eyes was that of a master of the Jinyiwei, a member of the upper echelons of the Jinyiwei.

Wouldn't it be reasonable to send one of your "subordinates" to handle these matters next time?

By that time, Xue would have become a "subordinate" of the mysterious Grandmaster, so the gift he gave would probably be appropriate.

There was still no movement from the chief clerk. It was as if he could not communicate with other people at all. He completed his work every day, and then went to the vicinity of Ruihai's house every seven days to instill a certain amount of talent into the talent Gu.

With Ruihai's relevant orders, although Zhang Mingtu knew that the chief clerk was the one who secretly did the dark work, he did not find out the real mastermind, so Zhang Mingtu did not intervene.

After many days of observation, Zhang Mingtu was able to judge that the chief clerk's main method was not to help the poisonous insect to breed, but a special sealing method.

Keep sealing the poisonous insect so that it will come out later.

Combined with the future explored by Zhang Mingtu’s previous brothers, it can be known that Ruihai’s son died after birth, so there is no need to be so anxious for the time being and we can wait.

Zhang Mingtu also told Ruihai part of the investigation results. After thinking about it, Ruihai decided to postpone the action, as he did not want to just catch a chief clerk.

"Now the enemy is in the open, and we are in the dark. If we capture the organization, but fail to catch the real mastermind, then the situation will become that we are in the open, and they are in the dark. Instead of that, we should wait and see."

"To prevent them from sending out new people we are completely unfamiliar with after the chief clerk is arrested."

Ruihai was very calm, too calm.

Zhang Mingtu didn’t have much to say in this regard. After all, this matter concerned Ruihai’s family, and the real decision had to be made by Ruihai.

All he could do was try his best to protect Ruihai and his wife and children.

Time passed steadily, and Ruihai had already submitted a report on the situation in Jianyi.

There has been a response from above, and Ruihai has also hinted to Zhang Mingtu. It was not very obvious, but it should be certain that Ruihai is going to be promoted.

Ruihai was optimistic about this. He thought that he had eliminated harm for the people, was upright and honest, and was appreciated by his superiors, so he would be promoted. He did not feel bad about wasting many years.

In this regard, Zhang Mingtu is quite pessimistic.

Ruihai’s abilities have been seen above. What we need to see next is whether Ruihai is sensible and whether he can side with his own faction.

As for Ruihai's integrity, uprightness, and ability to eliminate harm for the people, these are insignificant to many people in higher positions.

At least it is insignificant to the inspector who is about to come here.

Every year, countless people boast about their own integrity and honesty. When a county magistrate leaves office, if he has a good relationship with the local gentry and tyrants, he will basically be given an umbrella of the people.

That is already the basic operation of being an official. If they can help to divide some benefits together, for example, that is quite classic.

"The gentry will return the full amount, and the common people will split it 30% to 70%."

This is no longer a secret, and everyone in the entire circle knows it. Therefore, most people don’t care much about Ruihai’s integrity, or most people feel that the integrity of Ruihai’s audience doesn’t matter, as there are too many counterfeit goods here.

Perhaps only the Prime Minister who received Ruihai's memorial truly had a favorable impression of Ruihai and placed high hopes on him.

But looking at the overall situation, Ruihai is actually insignificant. In the final analysis, he is just a poor candidate who barely passed the imperial examination and has not even passed the imperial examination to become a Jinshi.

In the eyes of the real Inspector General and even higher-level figures, he is nothing more than a poor beggar from the countryside.

The conflicts that follow are truly intense and terrifying.

Judging from Zhang Mingtu's contact with Ruihai during this period, Ruihai was still quite naive during this period. Even though he had seen the sufferings of the people, he had never seen the real upper class.

He still believed in many of the theories in the book, and thought that as long as he was honest and upright and eliminated harm for the people, he would be appreciated by his superiors.

Even though most of his colleagues are corrupt, he believes that those in higher positions will still set an example.

He believed that there was still hope for Daxia, and he still believed in the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and serving the country.

Zhang Mingtu couldn't say Ruihai was naive, because before he had many future brothers to help him, he was more naive and pure than Ruihai.

But now, he is quite pessimistic.

If nothing changes, Ruihai will soon experience another serious blow.