Chapter 285 New Inspector
Since he showed up, he had to go back to work as a silence, but there was nothing to do after he returned because Zhao Zhenji was already in a dilemma... His Majesty has issued an imperial edict to denounce him, strictly prohibiting him from disturbing the anti-Japanese war in Zhejiang under the name of investigating the case.
Zhao Butang, who was wearing a tight-knit curse, was even more restrained. His silence could even show his intention to retreat. Well, since he had this idea, it would sooner or later, but he just didn't know when it would be.
But he knew it wouldn't be too early, because with Zhao Zhenji's stubborn personality, it was really difficult to make him admit defeat.
Silence had to continue waiting, hoping that the old Master's stubbornness would be exhausted as soon as possible and everyone would be relieved.
However, before Zhao Zhenji retreated, he waited for another imperial envoy, and the one whom he was silent and reluctant to see...
He got up a little late that day, and he didn't sit in his office room until midnight. He was worried that Lao Zhao would take the opportunity to have an attack and vent his depression with him, so he heard Zhao Zhenji's housekeeper come out and say, "My Lord Shen, my department is invited."
After silentness, he came to the main hall and saluted Zhao Zhenji and said, "Sir..."
Zhao Zhenji was in a bad mood and smiled and said, "Come on, I will meet our new colleague and the new co-organizer Lord Lu."
Chen Si smiled and looked up, and saw a middle-aged official sitting on the left seat. The moment the two of them had eyes intertwined, Chen Si was full of surprise, but the new co-organizer minister had a gloomy face... If his eyes could kill people, he must have killed Chen Si a hundred times, a hundred times.
Because he was Lu Douyin, the former magistrate of Shanyin County, he almost became the silent father-in-law. More importantly, he was a mung bean fly who was humiliated in public by Chen He and could not survive in Shaoxing!
Seeing that they had different expressions, Zhao Zhenji smiled and said, "What, do you know each other?"
"I don't know." Lu Douyin said first: "The new official Su Song inspector Lu Douyin has been revered to the name of the inspector for a long time. Please give me some advice in the future."
Seeing that he did not want to reveal it, he was naturally happy and relaxed in silence, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Lu has been awarded too much, so please give me more advice."
The two of them were polite and polite, which made Zhao Zhenji happy: "Although Lu Xun came later, he had been a regular seal official for many years. I still have to humbly ask him for advice."
Silent nodded and smiled, "That's natural."
After the ceremony, the three of them sat down again. Zhao Zhenji asked Chen Mo to tell the case to Lu Xun. In front of the peak, Chen Mo had to take the order obediently and use the most concise sentence to tell Lu Douyin about a series of things that happened a few days ago...
After finishing silently, Zhao Zhenji said with a sad expression: "My words are right. Our errand has encountered difficulties. Now only by finding Hu Zongxian's account book or catching the Japanese pirates behind him can we have a way to settle the case. However, what is uncomfortable is that both of these things are difficult to achieve," he said, "There is still the last seven days before the deadline given by Your Majesty. I hope Lord Lu will join us and bring good luck to those who can do it."
Lu Dou Yin Surong said: "The subordinates must share the worries of the adults!" So he asked Zhao Zhenji for all the files and said that he would go back and study them carefully to determine the breakthrough in handling the case.
Although Zhao Zhenji felt that it was useless, he admired his serious and responsible attitude very much, so he ordered silently to bring all the documents since the case handling and let him go back and read them slowly.
Lu Douyin took the thick stack and said, "Then, I will go back and read these first before talking about it."
"Go." Zhao Zhenji nodded in approval and said, "I hope you can make new discoveries."
"The officials do their best." After looking at Chen Si deeply, Lu Douyin said goodbye. He looked at his departure coldly. Chen Si didn't believe that he could find any flaws, and he also sued the Lord of the Tribe and turned around and left.
Because it was the first day that Lu Douyin did not have his own office space, he simply came out of the imperial envoy and returned to his home to work.
He didn't need to stay in the inn like Chen Si, because when Mrs. Lu got married, she once married a three-entry courtyard outside the Wulin Gate. Although it was not too big, it was quite exquisite. Now the family of four lives here.
After leaving Shaoxing in shame that day, Lu Douyin came to Hangzhou City with half of his life savings. He first went to Yue's house to beg for his wife for forgiveness. Although Mrs. Lu was angry that he was arrogant and shameless, he said that "marrying chickens and following chickens, and marrying dogs and following dogs and dogs," but there was no reason to divorce him because of this. He scolded him for several days before he could barely go home with him after my mother's persuasion.
After returning, County Magistrate Lu seemed to be refreshed. He asked his wife about her well-being, traveling around the mountains and rivers every day, and was extremely gentle and considerate. Finally, Mrs. Lu was relieved and asked him: "You are also a parent official in the country. Is it appropriate to leave Shanyin for so long? Shouldn't it be time to go back?"
County Magistrate Lu's eyes turned red, as if he was unbearable to look back: "I was confused for a moment and threw everyone to my grandma's house. Even if I go back, what prestige can I say? Who is willing to listen to the rewards and punishments?"
Mrs. Lu advised him a few more times, saying, "It's been good for this period of time." Unexpectedly, County Magistrate Lu was a turtle and was determined not to go back. He said, "Even if he does nothing for the rest of his life, he can't go back again." Then he expressed his ultimate goal - asking his wife for help, begging her father-in-law, and asking them to help mobilize her, so that she can leave Shaoxing, and of course she can leave Zhejiang better.
After all, it was a "mandarin duck with the same fate". She couldn't ignore her husband. Mrs. Lu had to go back to her parents' home with shame and talked about this with her mother. The old lady didn't want to care about it, but she couldn't stand her daughter and she burst into tears. She responded when she felt soft.
When he told the old man at night, Mrs. Lu's father didn't want to care, but the old lady advised that the son-in-law was less than forty years old and would die all day long. If something goes wrong with depression, and die in a few years, wouldn't he let his daughter become a widow?
When Mrs. Lu's father thought about it, he agreed. After a while, the request came to an end. Because this man had served as a school official in various provinces, countless disciples and old friends, and the eldest son was also the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel in the current dynasty, it was no problem to do such a small matter.
The next day, he wrote a letter to the capital. Mrs. Lu's elder brother saw the letter in the morning, and in the afternoon, Li Mo, the Minister of Personnel, ordered him to select suitable officials to report it to replace Su Song, who was injured in an accident. When Mrs. Lu's elder brother saw that the position was not from Zhejiang, and it was not far from Hangzhou, which happened to meet the requirements of his father, so he reported his brother-in-law's name.
Li Mo couldn't find a suitable candidate, so he agreed to the appointment. So, Lu Douyin finally completed the gorgeous turn from the county magistrate to the censor, and as soon as he received the appointment, he was sent back to Hangzhou. It can be said that he was extremely lucky.
But almost at the same time, a secret force targeted him, and in just one sentence, he pulled Lu Xunzhang onto the pirate ship - Do you want to take revenge?
Of course I thought too much. In the eyes of Lu Douyin, who never reflected on himself, his life was almost destroyed by the father and son, and he still had no status at home... Not only did he sell all his concubines, but he also had to wash his wife's feet at night. Even his son did not respect him as much as before. In his opinion, this was all thanks to the father and son, so he agreed to the cooperation conditions for those people.
Those people sent a middle-aged scholar named Zheng Tang to pretend to be his Mr. Xishi, but in fact they served as contacts between the two sides, passing the orders from Lu Xunzhang to the other side, and also passing the information collected by Lu Xunzhang there, and agreed to continue to benefit each other for a long time, rather than just this time.
The first order Zheng Tang gave him was to take back all the files of the case handled by the imperial envoy. Although he didn't know what he was going to do, Lu Douyin still did it. Zheng Tang carefully looked through it all night, and the next morning, he finally felt relieved and said to Lu Douyin: "It seems that no dangerous thing was found."
Lu Douyin said a little dissatisfied: "It turns out it's just for yourself. I said Mr. Zheng, are you fooling me?" Since Shen He was severely slapped in his face, he has now become extremely sensitive and unconfident, and always feels that others will fool themselves.
Zheng Tang smiled and said, "Dong Weng doesn't have to do this. I will give you the most desired news now. I will guarantee you to take the lead in this imperial case and get promoted!"
County Magistrate Lu then became interested and said, "Sir, please tell me, don't keep it a secret."
Zheng Tang smiled and said, "I found the whereabouts of Hu Zongxian's account book."
"Oh, where?" County Magistrate Lu asked nervously.
"The Xixi Villa in the Governor's Yamen," Zheng Tang didn't like to keep it indifferent, and said bluntly: "In the study on the second floor of the backyard..." As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a slight sound outside. Zheng Tang immediately changed his face and stood up suddenly and said, "Who?!"
The door creaked open. Miss Lu, who was obviously much thinner, hugged her head in with a tray and said softly: "Dad, you have been busy and forgot to have breakfast. Mother asked me to bring it to you." As he said that, he saw another person and said apologized: "I don't know that the sir is here, so my female apprentice will bring you another one."
Zheng Tang looked at her with a flash of expression for a while and said, "Forget it, I won't eat it."
Miss Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Will it work without breakfast? It's not good for health."
"Sir, it's just not to eat. Why are you so naughty?" Lu Douyin waved his hand impatiently and said, "Go out! Also, remember to knock on the door when you come to the study in the future."
Chapter completed!