No wonder Shen Zhiyi was so sneaky all day today. It turned out that she was eating secretly here.
The governor of Xuzhou looked at the attendant who was very satisfied, and he was also satisfied.
If a woman disguised as a man appears by the old emperor's side and nothing happens to her, it can only mean that she is very favored by the old emperor.
He has to establish a good relationship with the other party and clear his name in front of the old emperor.
"My dear, I want to ask a question."
Under the temptation of delicious food, Shen Zhiyi was defenseless and nodded, "You say it, you say it."
"I would like to ask that gentleman, what do you think of me?"
Shen Zhiyi said without stopping: "Of course it's good."
The corners of Xuzhou governor's mouth were just about to rise.
【What a ghost. 】
The corner of Xuzhou governor's mouth, which was raised, suddenly fell.
[Such a large flower boat, such a large house, so many wives, so many children, it is obvious that it would cost a lot of money. It would be a miracle if the governor could support so many people with just his monthly salary.]
The governor of Xuzhou was sweating profusely.
[It's so funny. After the governor of Xuzhou knew that the old emperor was coming, he actually prepared a small house long ago, and planned to live there with his wife and concubine. He didn't plan to bring many servants, and even changed his expensive clothes into ordinary ones. He prepared everything, but he didn't expect the old emperor to step over the servants and come straight to him.]
The governor of Xuzhou nodded vigorously.
That's right, he had made all the preparations and spent a lot of money, but it was all in vain!
[So, the old emperor is now determined to believe that the governor of Xuzhou is corrupt, and I don’t know what the Dragon Scale Guards have found out.]
The governor of Xuzhou held his forehead and suddenly felt that he would not live long.
[I feel that the Dragon Scale Guards may not be able to find anything. This Xuzhou governor is honest. There are no shoddy projects in the area under his jurisdiction. All the materials used are the best. However, when he applied for funds, he liked to exaggerate.]
[For example, when the wooden bridge broke down this time, he insisted on saying that it was the big bridge that broke down, taking the opportunity to get more money.]
The governor of Xuzhou was screaming wildly in his heart.
That's because he wanted to replace the wooden bridge with a stone bridge!
By the way, build more bridges for people living near the river so they don’t have to go around in circles.
[Eh?]
Shen Zhiyi was eating pastries in his mouth while watching the surveillance camera.
[It seems like this guy really won't be greedy for the money allocated from above. ]
Old Emperor: How is that possible!
Governor of Xuzhou: Yes, yes, yes, that’s right!
[This guy really is just cheating money from those rich businessmen to support his family, what a guy. ]
Shen Zhiyi hurriedly took a sip of tea, a burst of floral fragrance.
The governor of Xuzhou said attentively: "This is flower tea, it has a fragrant aroma and is also good for beauty. The girls in my backyard all drink this, and their skin has become extremely rosy."
Shen Zhiyi was shamelessly moved and drank a few more glasses.
[This Xuzhou governor is very much in my heart, but it's a pity that he doesn't win the heart of the old emperor.]
The governor of Xuzhou became anxious.
Then you better work harder, sister, he doesn’t eat all these things for nothing!
[Tsk tsk tsk, this Xuzhou governor deliberately makes things difficult for those wealthy businessmen. In order to run their business smoothly, the wealthy businessmen had no choice but to give him a lot of benefits.]
[This guy even...]
Shen Zhiyi continued to drink some scented tea to calm herself down.
[For the sake of the rich businessman's money, the governor of Xuzhou really... has lost all his dignity.]
[He actually asked the sons who looked more like women to dress up as women and seduce the children of wealthy merchants, and then asked another son to seduce the children of the same wealthy merchant. In this way, the governor of Xuzhou found an opportunity and began to attack the wealthy merchant.]
[Wealthy merchants, who wanted to avoid offending the governor, usually paid a lot of money, even those in shops.]
After reading it, Shen Zhiyi was filled with emotion.
This governor of Xuzhou really specializes in fleecing wealthy businessmen.
The old emperor, who originally had a lot of complaints about the governor of Xuzhou: …
"I don't know why, but I suddenly like him a little bit."
In his life, the first thing he hated was the unscrupulous rich businessmen, and the second thing he hated was the corrupt officials.
"Chen Decai, ask the governor of Xuzhou to come and see me."
"I obey your order."
The old emperor paused for a moment and said, "Don't let Shen Zhiyi come over. Take her somewhere else to play when the time comes."
“Yes.”
Shen Zhiyi, who was enjoying his meal, discovered that the governor of Xuzhou had been called away.
The governor of Xuzhou walked with heavy steps.
"Chen Lang, continue eating, I'll be back later."
He turned around and wiped the tears from his eyes.
I don't know if he can come back.
The Dragon Scale Guards investigated the case extremely quickly, and everything he had done in Xuzhou over the years must have been placed in front of the old emperor.
The old emperor called him over this time, and he...
He turned around and wanted to take Shen Zhiyi with him.
I've eaten so much of his food, it can't be wasted.
Who would have thought that as soon as he turned around, he saw the eunuch staring at him with a fake smile on his face.
"Governor, hurry up and go."
"Okay, okay."
The governor of Xuzhou nodded and went to see the old emperor.
"master?"
The governor of Xuzhou shouted tentatively.
The old emperor went straight to the point.
"In the memorial you submitted some time ago, you said you needed 500 taels of silver to repair a bridge? But I don't think any bridge has collapsed under the weight of the snow."
The governor of Xuzhou's legs went weak and he knelt down.
"Your Majesty, I am your humble subject, your humble subject."
"Just tell the truth. I don't like to hear lies."
The governor of Xuzhou spoke nervously, "It's not the bridge. The thing is, there is a son of a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou who loves to use firecrackers to blow things up during the New Year. He once hurt someone, so I thought I should teach him a lesson."
"So I sent someone to tamper with the wooden bridge that the rich merchant's son often visited overnight."
The old emperor raised his eyebrows: Haha, there are actually some places that Shen Zhiyi missed.
He said, what kind of firecracker is so powerful that it can blow up a wooden bridge.
"When the wooden bridge was blown up, I went to find the rich businessman and locked up his son in jail for a whole month!"
During this period, he did not forget to frantically accept the silver handed over by the rich businessman. Although it was not much, it was at least a hundred taels of silver.
"In order to prevent this matter from getting out of hand, the rich businessman said he was willing to pay compensation and asked me to keep the matter secret and not report it."
The old emperor understood.
So the five thousand taels of silver given by the rich businessman was actually used to keep the man silent.
He looked at the table with an intimidating look and said in a deep voice, "If that's the case, why do you want to apply for 500 taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue?!"
If this matter is not explained clearly to him, he will not be able to get over the hurdle in his heart.
How dare you cheat him of his money? This is unacceptable!
The governor of Xuzhou wiped the sweat from his forehead. He knew that if he didn't say this to satisfy the old emperor, he would be dead soon.
"Reply, reply to Your Majesty, it is like this..."
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