Master Luo Cao

The emperor got up and drove back to Beijing the next day, and Fu Zheng also wanted to go back together.Reluctantly, Fu Yunshu accompanied his father to send him far away. It was not until he was about to leave Jiangbei Mansion that Fu Zheng patted him on the head and said, "Go back, you are already such an adult, don't act like a child. If you really miss home Now, I will take some time to come back to visit your parents with your Brother Ah Tim."

"En." Fu Yunshu nodded, but still lingered and refused to leave.

How well did Fu Zheng know his son, waved back the guards who followed him, and said in a low voice, "Is there anything else you want to say to Dad?"

Fu Yunshu smiled shyly, "You can't hide anything from your eyes." He hesitated for a moment, and asked cautiously: "I... I have been in Jiuhe County for almost a year. The term of office of an ordinary local official But three years, after another two years, I...what should I do?"

Fu Zheng pretended not to understand what he meant, and said, "Once the three-year term comes to an end, the Ministry of Officials will re-arrange it. Just wait for the decree. You don't need to worry about this."

"But, father... I..." Fu Yunshu's heart thumped, and he said bravely, "I don't think I'm very suitable to be an official."

After finishing speaking, he hardly dared to look at his father's face, and lowered his head hastily.

Fu Zheng was speechless for a while, and after a long time, he said quietly: "Do you think it's inappropriate, or do you not want to?"

After a moment of silence, Fu Yunshu said: "Because I don't want to, I feel it's inappropriate."

Fu Zheng nodded calmly, "I see."

Fu Yunshu raised his head in astonishment, and looked at his father in surprise, "...Dad, don't you scold me?"

Fu Zheng laughed dumbfounded, "Why should I scold you?"

Fu Yunshu scratched his face, and said falteringly: "Because you urged me to study hard since I was a child, I thought you wanted me to show my talents in official career in the future."

Fu Zheng smiled and said: "The purpose of letting you study is to let you understand the principles of life from the book, not just to hope that you will hold great power in the future. A person can only grow for a hundred years, and you have spent twenty years. After that, the journey is long. It's up to you to decide, I won't force you."

Fu Yunshu's eyes turned red, and he almost burst into tears. He sniffled and nodded, "Thank you, Daddy."

"I still say the same thing," Fu Zheng raised his hand and rubbed his head, "I'm homesick, so I'll come back with your Brother Ah Tim to have a look."

Fu Yunshu nodded, "Yes, Dad."

"Let's send it here." Fu Zheng said, "Father is gone."

The royal guard of honor slowly receded, and Fu Yunshu followed Fu Zheng's figure gradually shrinking, and finally disappeared from sight.He led the horse back in a sense of loss, when a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ear——

"Dust."

Fu Yunshu looked up, and saw a young man in green shirt standing quietly not far away, holding a 28-bone paper umbrella painted with orchid grass.

Fu Yunshu asked with a smile, "Why are you here?"

Kou Luoche smiled and replied, "It's going to rain."

As soon as the voice fell, a thunderbolt flashed by, and there was a rumbling thunder in the clear sky, and the torrential rain poured down.

"If you want to say that this world is really unpredictable, Tang Ji Tang Taishi, the great marshal of the world at that time, the veteran of the two dynasties, was a powerful minister half a year ago, and now the building is falling down, and the people under him are dismissed. Exiled exiled, he himself was demoted from the ranks of the three lords to a commoner, and his wealth and glory really turned away."

Since the sudden death of the bandit leader Hai Dongqing in Qunying Village, the gangsters in Qunying Village fell down and scattered the monkeys, the road to Jindiao Mountain became smooth again, and Jiuhe County, which had been lonely for a long time, gradually became lively again. A lot of people gathered around to talk and talk.

"Your news is too backward!" Another person said: "If it was just demoted to a commoner, at least one life was saved, but Tang Ji was dug up with many criminal evidences, such as forming a party for personal gain, buying and selling official positions, it is said, Fu The prime minister also found conclusive evidence that he colluded with Caishengmen!"

One person said: "Your information is not accurate, what is collusion? He is the master of Caishengmen!"

"What... what is Caishengmen?"

"You don't know Caishengmen? It's spread on the street. Most of the children we see with missing arms and legs are mostly bought from other people's homes, cut off their limbs and sold them as beggars! Yunjian Temple You still have an impression, it is said that so many orphans who were exiled to Jiangbei were given by them..."

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a sinful crime."

……

Kou Luoche knocked on the door of Fu Yunshu's study with an urgent letter. Now all businesses in Jiuhe County are waiting for prosperity. ?”

Kou Luoche said, "I have two pieces of news here."

Fu Yunshu paused his pen, raised his head to look at him, raised his eyebrows, and said, "There is good news and bad news, which one should I listen to first?"

"No and no," Kou Luoche said unhurriedly: "One piece of good news, the other piece of news is neither good nor bad."

Fu Yunshu grinned, "Then tell the good news first."

Kou Luoche said: "The good news is that after the verdict, Tang Ji confiscated his family, beheaded all the men over fifteen years old, exiled to southern Xinjiang under the age of fourteen, demoted all the women's family members to official slaves, and Tang Ji himself was executed Ling Chi. Jin Yunlong, the former magistrate of Jiangbei, was executed together as an accomplice, and that Marquis of Jinyang pretended to be Lu Tian..."

Fu Yunshu asked, "What happened to him?"

Kou Luoche said: "The Marquis of Jinyang suddenly contracted an emergency and died. The emperor has buried him in a grand manner."

Fu Yunshu frowned, and muttered, "Why does it sound so strange? He died so inexplicably at the time of liquidation?"

Kou Luoche smiled and said: "Without this identity, there is no difference between death and immortality to him."

"That's right." Fu Yunshu nodded, and asked again: "What about the other good or bad news?"

Kou Luoche suppressed his smile, and said seriously: "Just now someone came to report, saying that a faceless male corpse was found in a mass grave."

When the two arrived at the mass grave, the government servants had already dispersed the onlookers and surrounded the place where the crime occurred.Wang Xiaozhu saw Fu Yunshu from a distance, hurriedly ran all the way over, and said, "My lord, that faceless corpse is right there!"

Fu Yunshu looked in the direction of his finger, only to feel that the place was very familiar, he couldn't help but feel a "click" in his heart, looked at Kou Luoche, and said: "I'll go and have a look."

The corpse was lying in front of a solitary grave, and a stone tablet was erected in front of the solitary grave, with the writing on it illegible.For unknown reasons, the face of the corpse had become bloody and bloody, but the coagulated purple-black blood flowing from the seven orifices could still be seen. The death appearance was basically the same as that of Zhao Xuanfu and He Changfa at that time.

Fu Yunshu muttered to himself: "Could it be that this person died of poisoning too?" While speaking, his gaze fell on the corpse's clenched right hand.

Kou Luoche reminded at the right time: "Master, he seems to be holding something in his hand."

Fu Yunshu immediately said: "Extend his right hand!"

Several yamen servants tried their best to spread the hands of the dead body. Kou Luoqi put on the gloves, and unfolded the thing in his hand, it turned out to be the face of a blood-stained person!

When the sky was bright and the sun was shining, several yamen servants were also startled when they saw this thing, and took a few steps away.

Kou Luoche held the face and looked at it over and over for a long time, and said: "This is not a real human/skin, it's just a human/skin mask that can be used for disguise. Because it has been worn for a long time, when it is peeled off, you will be The original face was also torn, so it looked bloody."

Fu Yunshu was startled, "Then...then this person is... Zhao..."

Kou Luoche nodded and said, "It's Xue Zheng."

After further inspection, it was basically concluded that Xue Zheng committed suicide by taking poison. He finally took off the mask he had worn for 13 years, and went to see his wife with his original face.

Fu Yunshu ordered the yamen servants to bury the corpse on the spot next to the solitary grave. Kou Luoche hesitated for a long time, but still picked up a pen and wrote four characters on the tombstone - Xue Zhengzhi's Tomb.

After finishing this matter, the two of them rode back to the county office. Passing by the lively long street, they heard children frolicking on the street singing nursery rhymes, babbling about right and wrong, success or failure, and turning their heads empty. The teacher will be imprisoned tomorrow, and the prosperity and wealth will eventually become a pile of loess.

Kou Luoche said with a smile: "Now even the songs sung by children are so vicissitudes."

But Fu Yunshu replied without thinking, "There is still one and a half years."

Kou Luoche was taken aback, "What?"

"In one and a half years, I will resign as the magistrate of Jiuhe County." Fu Yunshu turned his head, looked into Kou Luoqi's eyes, and said seriously.

Kou Luoche had a smile in his eyes, and said softly: "Then what is the plan of the county lord from now on?"

Fu Yunshu lowered his head and said softly, "I had a dream."

"In my dream, I came to a secluded valley, where there were wind, flowers, snow, moon, mountains and rivers. I lived in the valley and built two huts with fences around the huts. I worked during the day, admired the moon at night, and occasionally took a boat. Go down the river and go for a stroll in the town. I also bought chickens and ducklings and raised them up little by little... That's right!" Fu Yunshu couldn't help laughing out loud at this point, "There is also a pig .”

Kou Luoche asked with a smile: "What else?"

Fu Yunshu looked back, and smiled lightly, and the sky was full of brilliance in this smile.

He said, "And you."

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Thank you for seeing everyone here, you and I will meet again by fate.