Shen Zhuo summoned the local officials early the next morning, or in other words, the local officials heard the news that the emperor personally dug the river last night, knew that he would be summoned, and guarded outside the painting boat early.

After being drowsy for many days, he finally had a peaceful night's sleep. At this time, Yin Wei realized that the imperial boat was currently parked in Linzhou, the richest place in the south of the Yangtze River.

After waking up early, he went to the deck to breathe. Yin Wei saw the magistrate who was boarding the boat.

That's all.It's like this now, if I really saw Shen Zhuo, I would probably lose half of my life.

Yin Wei stood on the deck to blow the wind, and when he looked far away, he could vaguely see the "Wei Bridge" that he boarded last night.Except for the radiant decorations at night, the arch bridge looks stable and stable at this moment, and it really looks like it can stand for a thousand years.

Millennium is too long.

What name is worth passing down for thousands of years?

This gift is too expensive, just like Shen Zhuo's heart, Yin Wei can't afford it.

But Yin Wei couldn't help thinking about what Shen Zhuo said last night——

"Who else could kill me but you?"

"I only want you."

"Tomorrow, I will take you to meet an old friend."

——That's right, when Shen Zhuo was in his arms, Yin Wei was still asleep, and heard his whispers.

Where is there an old friend?

All Yin Wei's memories of Chu are in the capital, in the royal family.

After the battle for the heir apparent, the royal heirs also fell apart. Although Yin Wei didn't see it with his own eyes, he heard that the deposed prince murdered his siblings wantonly in front of the late emperor's spirit, but he was suppressed by Shen Zhuo and ended up being pierced by thousands of arrows.As for the other princes attached to the prince, they were either imprisoned or sent to remote fiefdoms.In short, Shen Zhuo won a complete victory.

Yin Weizheng was thinking, Quanxi put a cloak on him from behind, "Are you still seasick today, sir?"

Yin Wei shook his head: "It's much better."

Maybe I really don't have a life of enjoying life. I will get dizzy when riding a painting boat, and I will vomit after eating delicacies. If I go to carry two baskets of earth and rocks, everything will be cured.

"That's good. Your Majesty said it's cool outside, please go back to the cabin." Quan Xi said.

"Have you finished talking about government affairs?" Yin Wei tightened his cloak, "Didn't someone go in just now?"

For this trip, there are more than ten cruise ships, large and small, except for Quan Xi and the guards, there are only two Shen Zhuo and Yin Wei on the main ship, and there are only two sleeping couch in the main cabin.A screen was set up, and Shen Zhuo usually worked outside.

Quan Xi: "No. Your Majesty, please come in and listen together, and we will see how to deal with it."

Yin Wei's heart skipped a beat.

In the past, Shen Zhuo used Quanxi's mouth to inform him about the government affairs, but now he is even more required to participate directly.

Silly boy, don't be prepared at all, what if he is plotted to usurp the throne.

Yin Wei suddenly thought of the fairy concubine in the legend, lying on the knee of the faint king, pressing the peeled grapes into the emperor's mouth one by one, and pointing at a certain unlucky minister with his wet index finger, "Your Majesty, gouged out the grapes!" Can his heart be used as medicine for his concubines?"

……

Yin Wei's whole body trembled, and when he came back to his senses, Quanxi had pushed him into the cabin.

After Shen Zhuo sat on the desk, the "shuoshu" in front of him kowtowed and trembled on the ground, repeatedly shouting "he deserves death".

Although it might be biased to judge people by their appearance, this time Yin Wei was right.

Strolling to Shen Zhuo's side, he heard his majesty in his slow voice: "You really deserve to die! The imperial court allocated 500 million silver as a special fund for Linzhou water conservancy, and repeated orders to give preferential treatment to river workers, guaranteeing food, lodging and more salary. How did you do it? Chu In the country, there is still a place where my imperial order does not move, Wu Baicheng, where did the river workers you recruit come from, how do you treat them, and where did the money withheld go!"

After several sharp questions, Wu Baicheng was startled and sweating coldly, and tremblingly explained: "I dare not resist the order...it is...the minister, the minister lost his head and wanted to save money for the court...so the prisoners were transferred. I didn’t dare to spend any of the money saved by repairing rivers and river courses, it’s all in the treasury!”

"I'll check the treasury tomorrow. It's best that all the money is in the treasury as you said." Shen Zhuo wrote the verdict, and Yin Wei saw a big word "roll" on the rice paper.

puff-

Along with the scarlet letter, Yin Wei couldn't help laughing as he flew towards Wu Baicheng.

Wu Baicheng hastily picked up the imperial treasure and held it in his hands. He raised his head, his mung bean eyes quickly glanced at the two of them, remembering the rumors that His Majesty only obeys the national teacher and will do anything to please the national teacher.

Now that the national teacher laughed, probably his own life could be saved.

"Thank you Your Majesty, National Teacher, please forgive me!" Wu Baicheng kowtowed to the two of them like pounding garlic, holding the "roll" sign, and rolled smoothly.

Yin Wei looked at the plump back, remembered that he even thanked himself just now, and asked Shen Zhuo later, "Why did you let him go?"

Shen Zhuo wrote the word "guess".

How can I guess.

Yin Wei changed the question: "How do you know that Wu Baicheng withheld the project payment?"

"Guess again."

Hypocritical.

Talked so much last night, just now I was yelling at corrupt officials, but now I'm pretending to be dumb.

There are not many tables and chairs in the cabin, Yin Wei sits on the desk, not giving Shen Zhuo room to write.

Shen Zhuo looked up at him.

"You have only been in the state for a few days, and you were on the boat before. You only went ashore last night, and you didn't disturb the local officials. You must have known the local officials well... You worked with the river workers. That's when you asked them?"

After listening to Yin's analysis, Shen Zhuo finally said: "It's obvious. You were there at the time, didn't you hear what I asked them?"

Yin Wei: "I don't pay attention to that..."

"Then what are you paying attention to?"

"I……"

—Of course I was thinking back to those nasty things you said.Yin Wei felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he retreated from the desk in a huff, but Shen Zhuo grabbed his wrist, leaned over, and his back was on the red sandalwood desk.

The overturned cinnabar dyed the corners of the plain white clothes, making people's heart tremble with red.

"Let, let go of me, you...can't be white, white...Xuan..." The gesture was subtle, as if the tip of Yin Wei's tongue was knotted.

"What are you announcing?" Shen Zhuo leaned close to his ear, and squeezed out the words from his lips and teeth, "Not in the daytime, but in the night?"

Yin Wei's legs were weak, and he tried his best to raise his knees to push Shen Zhuo away, but he was crushed to death by the opponent's strong legs.

"I'm always suspicious. You never listened to what I told you...Since you have so many doubts, I will explain it to you clearly and carefully." Shen Zhuo whispered in a low voice, too close The distance magnifies all senses, and Yin Wei feels that every word of his has penetrated into the pores of his body, which is extremely clear.

"Wu Baicheng was let go because he didn't deserve to die. Linzhou Mu is a fat man. I've been on the throne not long ago. Instead of replacing someone with no background to make a fortune, it's better to let him stay on the job for two more years."

"I...I understand...you get up and say..." Yin Wei was almost out of breath, or in other words, maintaining such a close and passive posture, he didn't dare to breathe freely.

Shen Zhuo pressed Yin Wei's hands with his left elbow, freed his right hand, dipped the brush into cinnabar, blew away Yin Wei's loose neckline, and wrote on his collarbone.

Even though the neat wolf hair is soaked in vermilion ink, it is still itchy when it touches the skin, Yin Wei almost cried out.

"As for the river workers, the people in my dynasty are rich, and labor always rests at sunset, and ordinary people will not rush to work all night even if they want to pay. What's more, projects such as river dredging can neither guarantee quality nor meet the quantity. The most important thing is, Those workers all have tattoos on their foreheads, what are they not prisoners?"

Shen Zhuo speaks very slowly, writes pen even more slowly, obviously he didn't write a few strokes, but Yin Wei feels that the flesh and blood of his whole body is being torn apart and sewn up by him.

The last one to pick up the pen and finally finish writing.The shackles were also loosened accordingly.

Yin Wei hurriedly turned over and pinched his collar to see what he had written, but Shen Zhuo wrote it in his neck, Yin Wei bowed his head and couldn't see it.Annoyed, he used his palms to rub again, dawdling back and forth for a long time, but the palms were clean.

"This is a special product of Qianzhou. I have no regrets when I write it. It can't be wiped off or washed off." Shen Zhuo said.

Yin Wei's heart skipped a beat.Go find a mirror quickly - it won't wash off, it's not like a tattoo.What if Shen Zhuo draws a pig on his body?

Of course Shen Zhuo knew what he wanted to do, he fished him back with his long arms, and adjusted Yin Wei's collar slowly.

"Don't look at it. I thought about it all night and felt that you have committed too many crimes of deceiving the emperor, and you must be punished. Other criminals have tattoos on your face, and everyone who sees them will know. Only I know the crimes you committed."

Only he knows...Only he can see... Yin Wei's heart jumped out of his chest, feeling that he could not escape, and a sentence popped out of his messy mind: "Aren't you going to see an old friend?"

Shen Zhuo sneered, "It's what makes me happy to see you like this."

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The author has something to say:

Weiwei's worry: he won't draw me a pig, will he?

Shen Zhuo: Guess (¬_¬)

(Food and lodging included, high salary, a boss like His Majesty is a rare species, unfortunately there are middlemen making the difference)

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