What is coming will come. You can avoid it on the first day, but you can’t avoid it on the fifteenth day.

It is said that on this day, Han Daozhou, the censor, arrived in Ningbo Prefecture City. Ningbo Prefect Zhao Ruohai and civil and military officials from the prefecture and county cities greeted him outside the city gate.

Han Daozhou was a new official, young and energetic, and still resentful of old events, so naturally he was unwilling to give Zhao Ruohai face.

Even though the other party was three ranks higher than him, Han Daozhou still gave him a sour face.

Zhao Ruohai didn't care and still welcomed Han Yushi into the city with a smile.

Both sides kept silent about those trivial matters, and they were in tacit understanding.

When the inspector arrived at a place, he naturally had to stay in the Censorate.

Fortunately, Zhao Ruohai had already ordered people to clean up the house and invited Han Daozhou to live in the Censorate.

After settling Han Daozhou, Zhao Ruohai returned to the government office.

When he saw Xu Yan in the backyard, he dropped his disguise and shook his head, saying, "Xiansheng, you didn't see that Han Daozhou's nose was almost pointed to the sky. In my opinion, he has made up his mind to impeach me this time."

Xu Yan said with a smile, "Don't worry, Your Excellency. As long as you follow my advice, Censor Han will not only not make things difficult for you, but will even reconcile with you."

Zhao Ruohai sighed and said, "This is the only solution for now."

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After settling down in the Censorate, Han Daozhou did not rush to the government office to copy documents.

On the one hand, he wanted to leave Zhao Ruohai out in the cold and let him experience the feeling of sitting on pins and needles.

Secondly, he had already fabricated enough charges against Zhao Ruohai, and when the time came, he would only need to go to the government office and go through the procedures to submit a letter of impeachment.

The evidence is not important at all.

The censor can act based on hearsay!

Han Daozhou felt very proud when he thought that he could get Zhao Ruohai fired with just his mouth and pen.

It’s not far from Hangzhou to Ningbo, but it’s not close either.

Han Daozhou was exhausted from the long journey and felt a little tired.

He quickly ate some food and wine, thinking that it would not be too late to teach Zhao Ruohai a lesson early the next morning, so he undressed, washed up and prepared to rest.

No words were spoken that night.

It was already noon the next day when Han Daozhou opened his eyes.

He slept very soundly last night and didn't remember anything that happened. He just felt very sleepy.

He frowned and was about to turn over and get up, but found a young woman lying next to him.

Han Daozhou was immediately startled and asked quickly, "Who are you and why are you here?"

The woman rubbed her sleepy eyes and leaned towards Han Daozhou.

"Master Han is such a joker. Didn't you ask me to come here last night? We enjoyed the pleasure of love, and were overwhelmed by the red waves... This night is like a hundred days of love between husband and wife. Although we are not husband and wife in name, we are already husband and wife in reality."

Han Daozhou was so angry that he was shaking all over. He shouted, "Nonsense! When did I ask you to come here? Do you know this is the Procuratorate?"

The woman covered her mouth with her hands and laughed, "Master Han, what are you afraid of? This matter is known to heaven and earth, and you and I know it. As long as I don't say it, who else can know? The censor is also a human being. Master Han, please don't hold it in."

Han Daozhou was so angry that he almost vomited blood and couldn't even speak.

At this moment, someone outside the door suddenly reported: "Your Excellency the Censor, Prefect Zhao wants to see you, we can't stop him...he has already come in."

Han Daozhou was furious. If Zhao Ruohai saw this, it would be like yellow mud falling into his crotch, which he would never be able to wash off.

Put on clothes immediately.

Unexpectedly, the woman held him tightly around the waist and he couldn't move at all.

"Get out of here, you bitch!"

Han Daozhou was so angry that he pushed the woman with all his might. But he was just a weak scholar with very limited strength, and even if he tried his best, he still couldn't break free.

"Why are you so unkind, sir? Could it be that I didn't serve you satisfactorily last night?"

At this time, Zhao Ruohai had arrived in front of the main house. He knocked on the door symbolically and pushed it open.

The scene was very awkward for a moment.

I saw Han Daozhou entangled with a young woman who was only wearing small clothes. The scene was ambiguous and it was really disgusting to watch.

"Ah, I came at the wrong time and disturbed Censor Han's good deeds."

Zhao Ruohai was about to step back after saying this. Han Daozhou snorted coldly, "Stop pretending here. Mr. Zhao, you're so cruel!"

At this point, Han Daozhou understood everything.

This was actually a trap set by Zhao Ruohai.

Otherwise, the Censorate was heavily guarded, so why would there be a young woman in his bed when he woke up?

How could Zhao Ruohai arrive at this time by such a coincidence?

He was tricked!

"What are you talking about, Han Yushi?"

Zhao Ruohai smiled very proudly and said, "I came to the Censorate to invite Censor Han to inspect the government office. But now it seems that is not necessary."

After saying this, he clapped his hands, and immediately two people carried in a plaque.

"Censor Han has come from afar, and this government has specially presented him with a plaque."

Han Daozhou took a glance and saw a line of poetry engraved on the plaque.

"Sing and drink in the daytime, and return home with youth as your companion."

This poem was originally written by the great poet Du Fu, but when put here it has a more ironic meaning.

The Ming Dynasty strictly prohibited officials from visiting prostitutes, stipulating that officials who stayed with prostitutes were guilty of a crime second only to murder. Even if they were pardoned, they would not be reinstated for life.

In other words, once an official was found to have visited a prostitute, he would be dismissed from office and never re-employed.

In fact, Ming officials also engaged in private prostitution and so on, and everyone knew about it. But they were all done secretly and never dared to do it openly.

People like Han Yushi who were caught in the act were basically finished and had no hope of being saved.

Moreover, Han Yushi's identity is extremely special. He is a touring censor and is in charge of the judiciary.

As an imperial censor, not only did he fail to set a good example, he also broke the law knowing it.

Being so rampant, he will be dealt with seriously if impeached.

Even Han Daozhou was criticized as an example by the Ministry of Personnel to warn future generations.

The plaque given by Zhao Ruohai is even more interesting.

The implication is self-evident.

You want to impeach me? Fine, I'll impeach you too.

If you want to take off my official hat, I will take off your official robe.

Let's fight to the death and resign from office and return home together.

Fighting fiercely? Who is afraid of who?

Think you're the only one who's a troll?

Come on, let’s hurt each other!

It just so happened that both of them were from Wu County, Suzhou, so this line of Du Fu's poem is very appropriate here.

Han Daozhou was so angry that his teeth were itching, and he wished he could eat Zhao Ruohai alive.

But reason told him that impeaching Zhao Ruohai would be a lose-lose situation.

Zhao Ruohai would certainly lose his job, and it would be impossible for him to stay in office.

Finally, it’s just like what the poem says, “It’s nice to return home with youth as my companion.”

Han Daozhou studied hard for many years before he passed the imperial examination and was appointed an official by the court.

How could he be willing to have his official robe stripped off before he even had time to warm up?

Now Zhao Ruohai has made things clear and forced Han Daozhou to express his position.

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