Lord Yan called the roll 2.0

Suddenly, Wu Jijiu started crying.

Liang Youwu covered his bloody wrist, stepped back a few steps, and looked at Wu Jijiu warily. He just felt that this man was inexplicable.

He brought the account book that could threaten his life and property, why was he crying?

And he suddenly attacked people.

——Isn’t it that being an examiner is too tiring and he has gone crazy?

Liang Youwu squatted down with a bad face, stretched out his arm and put the account book next to Wu Jijiu, saying: "The original account book is here, and I will not use it to threaten you again, so let's just leave it alone. From now on, we will just be in a relationship of appreciation and appreciation, and just maintain normal exchanges, how about that?"

In the eyes of outsiders, it was Wu Jijiu who appreciated him. If he did not interact at all, others would only say that he was ungrateful.

After saying that, Liang Youwu turned around and walked a few steps to open the door. While stepping over the threshold, he rubbed his clothes with his hands. The sun was shining outside.

Then, a group of Jinyiwei rushed out from the dark and pressed the man to the ground directly: "Be honest!"

【!!! 】

【The old emperor really put Jinyiwei around the ministers! 】

【He was caught too quickly, I haven't even made an anonymous report yet! 】

Wu Jijiu stood up from the ground, smoothed his clothes, and had a blank expression on his face.

From the moment he was discovered by Xu Yanmiao, he didn't expect to escape. He just held on to a glimmer of hope, just in case, just in case Liang Youwu was more cautious and didn't leave any handle.

Now it seems...

"Heh." Wu Jijiu stared at Liang Youwu with hatred: "You are so frivolous, you are not worth plotting! You deserve to be punished!"

You want to die yourself, why do you want to implicate him!

Outside the door.

The Imperial Guard tilted his head to look at Liang Youwu's face being pressed against the wet blue stone slab, and snorted coldly: "Your Majesty knew that there would be fish that slipped through the net, so we brothers were asked to guard outside the official residence, and we really caught you, a big fish!"

[Oh! So that's how it is! The old emperor is really smart, I thought it was smart to search the candidates again before leaving the Gongyuan to see if they have any belts! I didn't expect there was such a method as squatting in wait for the examiner and waiting for the rabbit! ]

[Indeed, after the exam is over, most people will relax their vigilance, feel that everything is worry-free, and immediately come to express their gratitude. Who would have thought that the Imperial Guards were lurking around? 】

Outside the bathhouse, the old emperor, who had gulped down the last mouthful of glutinous rice porridge and walked out slowly to listen to his inner voice, raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Although his original intention was to find a reason to deceive Xu Yanmiao, and those Jinyiwei also deliberately said so much nonsense, but he was still very happy to hear Xu Yanmiao praising him.

After hearing so many sweet words, Xiao Bai Ze's praise was still the best——

"Let's go and have a bowl of old duck soup! Shengxian, how about you?"

Princess Xiangyang followed beside him, blinking her big eyes, as obedient as a sheep.

"I eat whatever Daddy eats."

The old emperor nodded with satisfaction: "Then you also have a bowl of duck soup."

"Well..." Princess Xiangyang cautiously tested: "Dad, I heard that you are going to choose a husband for me in this marriage?"

The emperor laughed: "You and your husband have been living in the palace since you divorced. If you don't get married, you will make your father poor, right? But a husband can't be your husband. If you marry a princess, you can't enter the officialdom, and it's easy for him to blame you."

Princess Xiangyang: "Then..."

The emperor smiled and said, "You can go and see the brothers of those husbands. I think they are not too bad. What's more, there are already people in the family who are officials. One person can't be an official, but he has honor. I don't think they will become enemies."

Princess Xiangyang rolled her eyes and smiled obediently: "I will listen to Daddy."

Oh! My daughter is so gentle and lovely!

If the concubine hadn't grown up, the old emperor really wanted to pick her up and spin her around like he did when the child was little, and let her call him daddy.

Princess Xiangyang said with great interest: "Dad, let's continue to listen to what Xu Yanmiao has to say! I'm really curious about how the Imperial College Jijiu fooled around with the accounts. And how did that life-threatening account book get into Liang Youwu's hands!"

The old emperor was also very curious.

Then he heard Xu Yanmiao muttering in his heart: [How did he fool around with the accounts? If it works, it would be a great honor for the old emperor's ancestors if Jijiu Wu didn't work in the Ministry of Revenue.]

The old emperor: "..."

Actually, it seems to be true to say so...?

Apart from anything else, this method of settling the accounts is really amazing.

【Oh, there is nothing wrong with his brain. He knows that he can't settle the account, so he goes straight to his superior who asked him to settle the account - the prefect of Anhui! 】

Walking into the wine shop next to the bathhouse, the old duck soup was served. The old emperor took a sip and said calmly: "Remember it."

The commander of the Jinyiwei immediately remembered it in his heart, and prepared to check who was the prefect of Anhui when Wu Jijiu was the county magistrate of Tongcheng.

【The prefect was not stupid either, and went to find the governor of the grain transport who asked him for help. 】

【Tsk tsk! 】

Tsk tsk.

The commander of the Jinyiwei lowered his head and wrote down the governor of the grain transport as well.

This was all named by Prince Yan!

Although many people are no longer in that position, it is not difficult to find out. Just follow the time when Wu Jijiu was the county magistrate of Tongcheng.

[Looking up, I found the then Minister of Revenue - oh, he has already retired and returned home. ]

[Before returning home, he was loyal and helped his younger brother to balance the account. ]

[666! It turned out to be so balanced! Taking advantage of his position, he secretly spread the balance to the ledgers of counties across the country. I learned a lesson! ]

[Although it is useless for me to learn this. ]

In the bathhouse, everything seemed very quiet, except for my heart beating fast.

The officials who came to watch the excitement looked at each other, and suddenly felt very cold, as if they could feel someone sharpening a knife, and every pore felt the cold wind of the knife light.

"Hiss--"

They also sank into the water silently. They

just came to watch the excitement of cheating in the examination, why did it involve such a thing as falsifying accounts!

And he dragged it all the way up, from the prefect to the governor of the grain transport, and even the vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue who had already retired? !

There are probably other officials who have not been mentioned - are they going to get new colleagues again?

In the two years since Xiao Bai Ze came to Da Xia, their colleagues have almost been replaced! Is this really Bai Ze? Could it be Po Junxing? !

The Minister of Personnel sighed - he has to work overtime again.

He came out of the water with a "whoosh". A servant from the bathhouse came over to help him and asked softly: "Do you want a drink?"

The Minister of Personnel smiled and said, "No, you go and do your work." He walked to Liang Rui and asked him, "Want to go out for something to eat? The pepper and salt flower rolls at the door of this bathhouse are really delicious."

Liang Rui nodded silently.

The two men dried themselves, put on their clothes and walked out. The pepper and salt rolls at the entrance of the bathhouse were indeed delicious. The two grown men bought twenty of them and squatted under the big tree at the corner to eat.

As they ate, Liang Rui slowly spoke: "I have never been a saint. Many times, I have some bad thoughts."

The Minister of Personnel looked at the life on this street with relish.

There were people walking their children, walking their dogs, rushing to the market, selling grain, and selling homespun cloth. They came and went in a hurry, but there were also rich people drinking and playing cards on the street. When someone drove chickens, ducks and geese past, they covered their mouths and noses in disgust.

"What kind of thoughts?" he asked.

Liang Rui didn't care to see who was on the street. He just held the salt and pepper roll in his hand and silently fell into memories: "When I first became the county magistrate, the people didn't trust me. The petty officials deceived the superiors and lied to the subordinates. The powerful were rampant in the countryside. The bandits were arrogant and ugly. It was really difficult to move forward."

"At that time, I was the magistrate of Tianmen County. I was only 21 years old,"

he said, and the Minister of Personnel immediately remembered it. After remembering it, he suddenly had a toothache.

Guanyin Lake in Tianmen County was a den of bandits who could get muskets. It was a geographical advantage. The imperial court had sent people to encircle and suppress the bandits several times but failed to do so. At that time, no one wanted to be the magistrate of Tianmen County. However, this young man, who had completed his three-year term as a Hanlin Academy scholar, could have gone to a good place to be the magistrate. However, he chose to go to the Ministry of Personnel to apply for the position of magistrate of Tianmen County.

Within three years, he had wiped out all the bandits in Guanyin Lake.

Liang Rui: "At that time, I really needed money to make the county better. I was so poor that I stared at the king's tomb in Tianmen County several times at night, and my eyes turned green. But in the end, I still didn't disturb the dead. I'm ashamed that I did have such a thought."

The Minister of Personnel suddenly wanted to drink Tieguanyin.

Liang Rui, in his current situation, feels that he should not squat on the roadside, eating salt and pepper rolls while saying that he should go home, or find a quiet place, take out a set of blue and white porcelain tea sets, brew two cups of Tieguanyin, and slowly savor the sweetness.

Liang Rui took a bite of the salt and pepper roll, swallowed it, and continued in a calm tone: "There are three or five pieces of armor missing from the warehouse, and it is not usually noticeable."

"I made deals with the bandits in Guanyin Lake, colluded with officials and bandits, and guarded the intersections everywhere, and no one could report me."

"I lied that the local bandits were overbearing and robbed food, but in fact I secretly reduced taxes and exempted taxes for local tyrants, and the annual harvest from the fields was 28 cents."

Liang Rui rubbed his dark face like a stove king.

——He used to be very white, but he was rotated to be the county magistrate in several places. He walked on the road between two mountains and a ditch, experienced the frost and dust of the north, and was exposed to the wind and sun every day, so he naturally couldn't be white.

The Minister of Personnel felt sympathetic: "I understand. You want to say that everyone says to lead by example and teach by words and deeds. You don't like to beat children, so you think that maybe if you are a good official, they will follow your example..."

Liang Rui choked up: "Yes! There were so many temptations back then, but I never dared to reach out."