Prefect Cao pushed all the responsibility onto Magistrate Ni, and politely explained the situation to the Zhao father and son.

He said that he had only invited Zhao Xiaolian to the yamen to ask a few questions, and it was the crooked-mouthed monk below who made a fuss and caused this misunderstanding.

Then, Wu Shilai smiled at Li Chengen and said, "Young Lord, if you don't believe me, ask these two people, did I say that I would say hello to the governor and send them home?"

"Oh? Is that so?" Li Chengen winked at the dandy father and son, indicating that they could take the opportunity to blackmail them.

"Yes, Young Master Wu and my father have agreed to go search the house together." Zhao Hao said to the young marquis.

Before he could finish his words, he heard Cao, Wu and Ni coughing together.

Wu Shilai was still standing behind Li Chengen, secretly waving his hands at Zhao Hao, signaling him not to say any more...

If the young master knew, his mother would know; if his mother knew, Emperor Longqing would know...

"Ah, not searching anymore?" Zhao Hao blinked and looked at Cao Fuyin.

"What are you searching for? Your family and I are close friends." Cao Sanyang waved his hands and said with a smile, "I can trust you. I can trust you."

But how could he let Zhao Hao fool him with just a few words? He looked at Wu Shilai and said:

"Wuzhai, I think you should represent Shuntian Prefecture to send the brothers back, and also explain it to the candidates outside. How about that?"

"Yes, sir." Wu Shilai responded respectfully.

He said that he should send the Zhao father and son back. Wasn't it because he was worried and wanted me to go to his house to look for them again?

Zhao Hao also needed a witness to prove his innocence. Anyway, everything had been destroyed, so if he could find any trace of it, he would lose.

Then he said no more.

"Can we go now?" The young lord listened with boredom.

"Okay, please." Cao Sanyang personally escorted the three people out of the ceremonial gate. As Li Chengen represented the eldest princess, he should escort them out of the gate to show respect.

But outside the government gate, there were still two or three hundred candidates waiting, and the prefect didn't want to show his face.

When Cao Sanyang turned back, Li Chengen hooked his arm around Zhao Hao's neck and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you ask him for money? Shuntian Prefecture Governor doesn't have too many good things in his hands."

Zhao Hao looked at him silently and thought to himself, your mother is not my mother, I am afraid of retaliation from her.

If your mother becomes my mother someday, I will knock out all his bone marrow...

~~

On the streets of Shuntianfu, two or three hundred candidates were making a lot of noise.

Most of them came from Southern Zhili.

Although Nanzhili was not a province, the various prefectures despised and sabotaged each other.

But when they arrived in Beijing, these candidates from Yingtianfu, Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenhui and other places began to consider themselves as fellow villagers and shamelessly huddled together for warmth.

What's more, Zhao Shouzheng's timely help has already benefited many fellow villagers.

Not only those candidates from Yingtian whose money was robbed, but also many candidates whose money was not robbed, spent money lavishly after arriving in Beijing, and soon squandered all their money.

Usually at this time, there will be moneylenders who will lend them money, but it is high-interest loan. Many people have been officials for several years and are overwhelmed by the pressure...

But they only asked Zhao Shouzheng, and brother Zhao Nian, the timely rain, would certainly be generous and would take out dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver without blinking an eye.

Whenever the candidates said they would return it later, Brother Zhao Nian would wave his hand and say with great pride: "Why should we care so much about these little possessions? If you spend them, you spend them. If you don't have them, you can just come back for more."

Otherwise, how would you spend the fifty thousand taels?

It feels so good to give money to others and then have the lingering smell on your hands.

At that moment, Mr. Zhao couldn't tell whether it was his true nature or he was acting...

As more and more candidates came to ask for help, Mr. Zhao's reputation as a timely rain grew. Even though most candidates had never received his favor, they all admired Zhao Shouzheng's generosity, so when they heard that he was in trouble, Tang Hezheng, Shi Jinchen and others took the lead and everyone came immediately.

Seeing him coming out of the yamen safely, the candidates cheered excitedly.

"Brother, are you okay?" Tang Hezheng, Shi Jinchen and others lay on the gate, tears of excitement streaming down their faces.

"Brother, we are here to pick you up!" More candidates, known and unknown, also joined in the shouting.

Zhao Shouzheng was so moved that tears started to flow. It turned out that there was only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname. This timely rain fell as soon as it was said...

Zhao Shouzheng bowed to everyone repeatedly, so excited that he was speechless.

The candidates looked at him and wondered why Brother Jishiyu was crying. Was he being bullied by the government?

There was another round of clamor, demanding an explanation for him.

"The old man is quite evil..." Li Chengen said to Zhao Hao in a low voice after seeing this: "My father was like this originally, very evil and mean."

Zhao Hao rolled his eyes and thought to himself, my father is an honest man.

Wu Shilai looked helplessly at Zhao Shouzheng who was crying, thinking, you did it on purpose, didn't you? He had no choice but to explain loudly to the candidates, saying that he just invited Zhao Xiaolian to be his guest and didn't criticize him at all.

After he finished speaking, he tugged at the corner of Zhao Shouzheng's clothes and asked loudly, "Zhao Xiaolian, am I right?"

"That's right, that's right..." Zhao Shouzheng wiped his tears with his sleeves, nodded and choked up, "I'm not sad, I'm happy..."

Then he helped to persuade the candidates, and they dispersed one after another.

~~

After struggling until dark, the group finally returned to Chunsong Hutong.

It happened that Zhao Shixi was on duty at the door. When he saw Zhao Hao getting off the carriage, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Uncle, you are back. Is the old man okay?"

Zhao Shixi knew that he had no hope now and would have to rely on his uncle for support in the next few years. How could he still hope that something bad would happen to Zhao Hao like he did last time?

Please be sure to enjoy peace, health and prosperity for at least three years.

Seeing that he started to speak human language, Zhao Hao nodded with satisfaction and said to Gao Wu: "Give him a chicken drumstick tonight."

"Thank you, uncle." Zhao Shixi was immediately delighted, with his little chest puffed up high.

"Your doorman is really stealing the show." Li Chengen actually came along, looking at the snotty boy, and said with a smile: "He's just like a little chicken, he still needs practice."

He is indeed qualified to say this.

They were obviously of the same age, but Li Chengen was tall and had long arms, ape arms, wasp waist and mantis legs. She was obviously a slutty bitch who had good innate conditions and was diligent in fitness.

Fortunately, this style was not popular in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise Zhao Hao would have been outdone.

"Who are you?" Zhao Shixi glared at Li Chengen unhappily.

"Oh, you're quite arrogant." Li Chengen couldn't help but become interested in this strange guard. "Who are you?"

"Do you know that my father is the governor of Guizhou?" Zhao Shixi glared and threatened: "Be careful, I will send you to Guizhou to serve as a soldier in one letter!"

"Do you know that my mother is the eldest princess?" Li Chengen showed a smile of a superior, patted Zhao Shixi's head and said, "I don't have the ability to send you so far, but I can send you to the palace."

Zhao Shixi felt a chill in his lower body and quickly tightened his crotch.

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