Rebirth of the prosperous male concubine

"What is the so-called matter, you can tell me in detail." Feng Ye said.

"My lord, this is revenge!" the magistrate said tremblingly.

"Oh? Retaliation for what?"

"Last year, Xiaguan helped the prefect of Zhihu clear up a few gangsters near Zhihu. I think these people must have a grudge, and now they are here for revenge."

Feng Qin sneered disdainfully - the prefect was not telling the truth.

Feng Ye continued his words: "So, how do you treat?"

"Xiaguan... Xiaguan..." The magistrate stammered for a while, as if he had made up his mind, he said: "Xiaguan is willing to go through fire and water for the two princes, and is willing to ask the two princes to protect the officials."

"Hehe..." Feng Ye felt that if they used such a person, they would be out of their minds, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he said directly: "People in the Jianghu, whether it's out of revenge or revenge, kill the person who deserves to be killed , will not hurt the innocent, and will not do unnecessary things. If it is really revenge, killing the prefect of Zhihu is understandable, but why set fire to the government office? It doesn't make sense. You should also set fire to their stockade and residence Burned?"

"This..." The magistrate was at a loss for words for a moment.

It is true that they wiped out some little-known small gangs around, but they did not set fire to the village.Moreover, it was not mentioned in the booklet at that time, and it was not even mentioned in the records of the government office.Dasheng stipulates that fires must be recorded in the register, including some fires caused by special reasons.If he said he was negligent and forgot to remember, then he might lose his official position.Besides, the last time he and the prefect of Zhihu wiped out those small sects, it was also for merit, so that the emperor felt that they were protecting the peace of the people, and their intention of showing merit was obvious. of.

Feng Qin was too lazy to listen to the prefect's reasoning here, and said indifferently: "Let me tell you the truth, you colluded with Zhihu prefect to use Zhihu prefect to help you present a gift to the second prince. Your letters are evidence. You don’t care how this letter came from. You have been arrogant in Shifeng for so many years, and there are many people who dislike you. Naturally, you will try your best to collect evidence. I hope that one day, you will be removed from this place. Get rid of your seat. If you know the current affairs, you can say what you should say, and if you play tricks on me here, get out of here immediately!"

The magistrate was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that he would be caught for evidence.

Feng Qin's words have reached this point, and Feng Ye is too lazy to deal with the prefect, so he said: "You know very well how the prefect of Zhihu died, and we also know. So there is no need to pretend to me here. Now it's up to you There are two paths in front of you. Either tell the truth clearly, if you can’t keep your official position, at least you can keep your life. After all, your misdeeds are not as unforgivable as the prefect of Zhihu Lake. Or I will treat you as if you haven’t been here today, and you can go back. Whether it is life or death, it has nothing to do with us."

Having reached this point, the magistrate naturally knew how to choose which would be beneficial to him, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "I also ask the two princes to save the official's life, save the official's life..."

Feng Qin and Feng Ye looked at each other.

Feng Ye said: "Get up. Since you are willing to cooperate, we will protect your life."

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord..."

Feng Ye put down his chopsticks, "Okay, let's start from the beginning."

Feng Qin didn't seem to be interested in this process, and concentrated on serving Jiang Yi with food.

The magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said truthfully: "Return to the two princes. When Xiaguan came to Shifeng as the magistrate, Zhihu Zhifu had been in office for more than three years. Xiaguan was born in a poor family, and finally became an official, but nothing happened. In the name of celebrating the entry of the official, he sent a lot of things here, the official was excited for a while, and felt that the prefect of Zhihu Lake was a good person, and he wanted to make friends with the official, so he regarded him as a friend."

"The prefect of Zhihu Lake will give me things from time to time. I...was too embarrassed to accept them at first, but after getting along with each other, I accepted them. Of course, I will also send him some things. He will also Teach me how to be an official, and slowly, I also feel that it is a good life to have money, and now... I can't go back."

Later, when the magistrate went to sit at the prefect of Zhihu Lake, he overheard someone mentioning the second prince.Only then did he realize that the prefect of Zhihu and the second prince's grandfather had a teacher-student relationship, and that's why he was able to talk to the second prince.

At that time, it was not as obvious as it is now, but with this relationship, for a magistrate who has no relationship with the prince at all, it is simply an opportunity given by heaven.Since then, he has really become an online person with the prefect of Zhihu Lake, and he has not reported the various actions of the prefect of Zhihu Lake.Gradually, Shifeng and Zhihu area also formed a fixed range of strength, everyone worked together, protected and helped each other, formed a party wing, and loyal to the second prince.

Although it is very infuriating that the local officials are in a row, but now that they have been pulled out, they can still bring out a lot of mud, which is considered comforting.

"The second prince didn't take any action until now, why did he suddenly want to kill someone to silence him, do you know?" Feng Ye asked this, because he wanted to see if the news that they got the letter from the prefect of Zhihu was passed on by the prefect.

The magistrate kowtowed and said: "Damn the lower official, it was the lower official... who revealed the fact that the two princes got the letter from the Zhihu prefect to contact the second prince. This post..."

"Understood." Feng Ye waved his hand.The magistrate has been entrenched in Shifeng for many years, so it is normal to have his own influence.It was precisely because of his disclosure that the prefect of Zhihu Lake was wiped out, so he panicked and came to ask for help in a hurry, "Okay, you should stay in the post for a few days, it will be safer here, when the time comes Come back to Beijing with us. I will also send some people to protect you. But you have to remember, if the second prince does not fall, your life will be lost sooner or later."

"Yes, yes. I understand, I understand!"

After settling down with the prefect, Feng Ye asked Feng Qin, "The next step should continue as originally planned. I didn't expect this prefect to be so afraid of death, so it saves us trouble."

"Well, at the prefect's side, I will let people keep an eye on it."

"it is good."

A few days later, the imperial decree came, asking them to return to Beijing immediately.

Qi Guanhan heard the news somewhere, so he came to see him off early in the morning.

"This is the loquat wine that I cellared a few years ago, take it home and drink it, it's not very intoxicating." Qi Guanhan said with a smile.

The men he brought moved the wine to the car.

With so much wine, Jiang Yi already understood in his heart, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will let my brother taste it."

Qi Guanhan smiled a little embarrassedly, but didn't say anything.

Feng Ye came over and said, "If you have time, stay in Beijing for a few days, and let Song Qi and Jiang Yi accompany you around."

"Definitely." Qi Guanhan had a good impression of these two lords, and with Jiang Yi's relationship, he naturally didn't know much about them.

"Take care, there will be a date later." Jiang Yi said.

"There will be a period later." Qi Guanhan clasped his fists and said.

A group of people set off on the road and went straight to Zhihu Lake.

It was already evening when we arrived at Zhihu Lake.

The post house has also prepared food and drinks, just waiting for them.

As soon as he sat down to eat, the master of the Zhihu Mansion came to see him.

This master doesn't know how much he knows about the prefect of Zhihu Lake, but since he came to ask for an interview, he has to call someone in.

"See Prince Xiang and Prince Lu."

"Get up." Feng Ye asked, "But what's the matter?"

"Back to the lord, after Zhihu Zhifu passed away, the new prefect has not yet taken office, the government office has also been burned down, and it is being rebuilt, and it is in chaos. I wonder if the two princes can stay for a few more days to help with some yamen affairs." The master bowed. road.

"Father didn't appoint a temporary replacement?" Feng Ye asked.

"No. Zhihu Lake is not a big place, and there are few officials. There is no one who can take the place of the magistrate's temporary management. The small ones also have no masters. I heard that the prince was passing by on his way back to Beijing, so I had to come here to beg."

The master has a low official position and is not qualified to act on behalf of the magistrate.Now there are only two princes who can help, and there is really no way.

Feng Ye didn't agree, nor did he refuse, he just asked, "What happened to the government office? How long will it take to rebuild?"

The master replied: "The front of the government office is alright, the fire was put out in time, and it only needs to be repaired. But the inner courtyard was seriously damaged, especially the study and the prefect's bedroom. There are no tiles left. This level needs to be restored to the original level, at least three times." month, half a year at most."

"Did you do an autopsy? Zhifu Zhihu was burned to death?" Feng Ye asked.

Master: "The prefect's body has been scorched, the fire is so big, and the prefect has not escaped, he must be burned to death."

Feng Ye nodded and said: "Understood. You go back first. Father has not authorized it, so we are not allowed to overstep. But we can go to the yamen tomorrow, and some small matters can be handled easily."

"So, thank you, my lord."

After the master left, Feng Qin immediately went to the secret guard who had sent him the letter before, and asked about the location of the secret room.

The secret guard said: "The secret room is behind the stone wall of the guest room, and the mechanism is a book on the bookshelf. The place is very secret. We have explored it before, but we didn't find anything."

"Understood, let's go down."

After the hidden guard left, Feng Qin said to Feng Ye: "Brother, let's go and have a look tomorrow, maybe we will gain something."

"it is good."

So after breakfast the next day, Feng Ye and Feng Qin strolled to the government office.

The main entrance of the government office looks okay, but when you enter inside, you can still see the charred ground and dead wood, and the smell of burnt has not dissipated.

Master hurriedly led the crowd to salute.

"Get up." Feng Ye asked: "Have you snatched out your usual office stuff?"

"Yes, yes, they are all in the guest room." The master said.

It didn't take much effort, Feng Ye smiled and said: "Then you guys continue to build, I'll go and have a look, I will call you again if there is any arrangement."

"Yes." The master led them the way and served tea before leaving.

Feng Qin turned around and said, "It shouldn't be this guest room, the walls are all solid."

"There should be two or three guest rooms here, go and have a look at the others," Feng Ye said.

The yard was full of people, and the two of them just went to the guest room without finding a suitable reason, and that was not the case.So the two chose to turn over the window.

There are not many rooms left in the inner courtyard, so it is convenient for them to find them.

When entering the third place, there is a huge bookcase in sight.The bookcase is full of books, those who don't know think Zhihu Zhifu is so eager to learn.

"It's well-preserved here." Feng Qin looked it over, except that the doors and windows were a little blackened, but there was no trace of fire.

"This place should be coated with fireproof material." Feng Ye said.

In Dasheng, fireproof coatings are very expensive, and they are relatively rare. Generally, they cannot be used at home, and they are only found in the emperor's bedroom and the master bedroom of the prince who left the palace to build a mansion.In general, large families paint on the place where valuables are stored at most.As for ordinary government offices, don't even think about it.Unexpectedly, the prefect of Zhihu Lake would be so stupid.

The corner of Feng Qin's mouth twitched, "It seems that the magistrate is quite greedy. He can even afford fire-resistant paint."

"Well. I guess this should be the most important place he thinks, so he worked hard here."

Feng Qin rummaged through the books on the bookshelf as a mechanism, and when he took out one of them, the "book" that was too light to be a book couldn't be taken out. After a sound, the door on the wall opened. automatically opened.

The passage behind this door seems to lead to the underground, and the sound of the door opening is relatively soft, and you shouldn't hear it if you don't listen close to the door.

"Brother, I'll go down and have a look. You can watch for me from above." Feng Qin said.

Feng Ye originally wanted to go down to help Feng Qin, but considering Feng Qin's safety, he decided to stay there.

Feng Qin walked deep down the short and narrow corridor.After walking a certain distance, it suddenly became clear.

At the end of the corridor is an open cave.The layout inside is very simple, only a desk and a bookcase.And every place is intact, it has not been burned by fire, and no one has entered it.

Feng Qin lit the candle on the table, and quickly flipped through the things on the table and the cabinet.Many letters were found in it, as well as an account book.

Feng Qin looked through it briefly, and it recorded in detail the items, amount, and the name of each embezzlement and bribe.This has become the most favorable evidence.

Feng Qin packed all his things and took them out - he had to show his brother and Jiang Yi to see them before deciding how to use them.Anyway, no matter what, the second prince has had enough this time.