Rui Hegui

Chapter 34

Zhao Liangyue got up and walked outside the pavilion, looked up at the light blue sky above his head, and said with a smile: "It seems that senior brother can't be called today."

Bandit Chu sighed softly, threw away the stone in his hand, patted the ashes on his hands, and said: "I heard Mr. Tang go around showing off your superb chess skills. If you want to ask for advice, it seems that there is no way today. But it will be a matter of time before you call me brother." , when the time comes, Xi Lin, don't forget today's promise."

Zhao Liangyue said indifferently: "Of course." Anyway, you won't win.

Chu Bandit came over and stood side by side with Zhao Liangyue, looking at the scenery after a rainy season between heaven and earth, and happened to have a refreshing breeze blowing on his face, he felt his mind relaxed a lot, and it was rare that he didn't have a mouthful of illness. Let's get up.

"My lord, Master Chu!"

Not long after, Youbai's call sounded not far away, Zhao Liangyue looked up sideways, and saw him and Jing Mo driving the carriage of Chu's mansion to the outside of the Begonia forest.

Jing Mo ran over first, and said to Chu Bandit: "After the rain, there is a lot of mud and water on the road. I'm afraid I won't be able to see my clothes if I walk on it. Mr. Zhao has to rush to the household department in the afternoon. The subordinates will Thinking about bringing the carriage here."

"It's done well." Bandit Chu nodded, then turned to Zhao Liangyue and said, "Xilin, let Youbai take you back to the household department in a carriage, I have other things to do."

Zhao Liangyue glanced at the jar of wine in Chu Bandit's hand, he knew it in his heart, so he nodded at him, got into the carriage with Youbai and left.

Jing Mo waited for the carriage to go far away, stepped forward and whispered a few words, Chu Bandit frowned slightly, and said: "Don't ask how to deal with it, I have always treated the people in the house well, and this time I have to eat things like this, directly Tied up in the backyard and left to die in the wind and sun, it is also a warning to others."

Jing Mo nodded, and couldn't help taking a breath, remembering that Bandit Chu had personally chiseled off the ribs one by one during the trial.

A few days later, the court returned to the old situation, and the Sanju was temporarily idle, but the Ministry of Industry was extremely busy.

The reason is also very simple. In some projects in the east of the city in previous years, officials of all sizes from the Ministry of Industry stuffed something into their own pockets. The quality is naturally difficult to guarantee. It also coincides with the heavy rain in spring this year. First, the moat The banks of the river collapsed in several places, and then during the rainy season, the drainage of several housing areas in the city became a big problem. The water in some streets did not reach the thighs, and the residents were dissatisfied. He went to the Ministry of Industry, but he was prevaricated every time, forcing him to hand over the documents one by one, and the Ministry of Industry had to take care of them.

Naturally, it was not Yang Shao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and himself who were so busy, but several low-level officials who worked under him.

On this day, Zhao Liangyue was again surrounded by several officials from the Ministry of Industry.

Zhao Liangyue looked at the earnest old faces in front of him, smiled faintly, and said, "Zhao really can't approve the money that the adults want, so let's wait for Lord Xiang to come back."

Mr. Xiang refers to Xiang Mian, who is currently a member of the Ministry of Finance, Wailang, because the people from the Ministry of Industry want to squat at the door to watch him sooner or later. He has not come to the government office for several days. Later, he simply handed over the paper and said he was sick, and he didn't even go to court.And Jinbu Langzhong is an old fox, who always puts out his left ear over his right ear, and pretends to be deaf and dumb. This group of people dare not look for him, so they arrest Zhao Liangyue and ask for money.

After all, everyone saw that Zhao Liangyue always had a pleasant and talkative appearance on weekdays, and he was hanging out with Bandit Chu, so he must have allocated a few extra sums of money, and the household department would not do anything to him.

But obviously their calculations were wrong, Zhao Liangyue not only refused once, but also directly turned over all the vague accounts from the Ministry of Industry today, insisting on the people from the Ministry of Industry to explain them one by one.

God knows where those old accounts are taken advantage of, and where they should quibble!

Wait, how did Zhao Liangyue find out these hidden accounts in such a short time?He has only been in the household department for less than three months.

This time, a head of the Ministry of Households passed by, seeing the ugly face of the official of the Ministry of Industry, he kindly reminded: "Master Zhao is amazing, you don't need an abacus to calculate things, just glance at it, just pick up a pen and write down the result, which is better than others who use an abacus It’s almost a hundred times faster, and I’ve never missed a single point.”

Well, it turned out to be a difficult smiling tiger.

The people from the Ministry of Industry had no choice but to leave angrily.Zhao Liangyue felt that going on like this was not a problem, so he planned to go to Xiang's mansion to "see a doctor", so after dealing with the matter at hand, Zhao Liangyue left the government office early and went to Xiang's mansion.

"My lord, Mr. Zhao, a member of the household branch, is here to visit you."

Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Xiang Ming happened to be at home today, and just finished tasting a new cup of tea with his wife, a servant came to report.

Xiang Ming and his wife looked at each other, then frowned, and asked in doubt: "Zhao Liangyue, what is he doing at my house?"

Mrs. Xiang smiled and said: "I heard from my son that he has a good relationship with Mr. Zhao in private, so he probably came to visit him."

Xiang Ming nodded, and told the servant: "Then say I'm not at home, and take Mr. Zhao to see Mianzhi."

The servant led the order to retreat, and Mrs. Xiang couldn't help but glance twice.

Xiang Ming smiled and said, "Madam seems to be interested in Zhao Liangyue?"

"No, I gathered with other wives and ladies. I heard that this year's No. [-] in the new division is a very handsome man with a brilliant literary talent. I still want to marry my sister's daughter to him."

Xiang Ming snorted, and said: "As a woman, do you know that Zhao Liangyue is from Chu Bandit's side? Chu Bandit is a lunatic who bites anyone he sees, what good will come of being with him."

Mrs. Xiang stopped talking when she heard the words, and just nodded.

Zhao Liangyue followed the servant, walked around the front hall to the backyard, but before he stepped in, he heard laughter and laughter from inside—as expected of a "patient" who was too sick to go to court.

"My lord, Master Zhao Liangyue is here to visit." The young servant bowed to the courtyard as a salute.

"Hey, Brother Zhao is here!" It was Han Ting who spoke, holding a half-made kite in his hand, and when he turned his head to see Zhao Liangyue, he still waved it to attract his attention.

Xiang Mian raised his head from a pile of bamboo and asked the boy to show Zhao Liangyue some tea.

Zhao Liangyue waved his hand, walked over and said, "I don't need to drink tea. People from the Ministry of Industry take turns pouring tea at the household department. I'm already full."

Han Ting chuckled, raised his chin at Xiang Mian, and said, "Yuanting, what about you, don't fight those old men by yourself, leave Brother Zhao alone, I think it will make Brother Zhao tired."

Xiang Mian didn't take it seriously, and said to Zhao Liangyue: "Brother Zhao, don't be so busy, you can stay at home if you are sick."

Zhao Liangyue shook his head helplessly, sat down on the stone steps next to the two of them, looked at the pile of ugly paper kites on the ground that can only be described as strange, and asked: "The season for flying paper kites is already past, you are tossing this out?" What are you doing?"

"Just for fun." Xiang Mian carefully cut out bamboo slices with a machete, and said, "Yuanting said he hasn't let a kite go for more than ten years."

Han Ting giggled twice and said, "Actually, I'm just talking."

Zhao Liangyue felt that these two were just like children, one still wanted to eat candied haws when they were young, and the other took him to buy them, and the two of them would be happy about this for several days.

"Brother Zhao, do you want to make one?"

Zhao Liangyue originally didn't want to be as naive as them, but seeing that they were busy for a long time, there was nothing to see, so he sighed lightly, and took the bamboo piece handed over by Han Ting.

The two saw that Zhao Liangyue's hands and feet were deft and skillful, and after a while a swallow-shaped paper kite was ready, Han Ting took it over and looked at it, only to feel that it looked good.

Seeing Han Ting's bright eyes, Xiang Mian couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear. He also smiled, then turned to Zhao Liangyue and said, "I didn't expect that Brother Zhao not only knows astronomy but also geography, he even makes paper kites better than us." powerful."

"When I was young, I also made paper kites to sell." Zhao Liangyue made another kite and handed it to Xiang Mian, saying, "Master Xiang, now you both have a paper kite, can you follow me to the household department tomorrow?"

Hearing the words, Xiang Mian suddenly supported his forehead, and said with an ouch, "This head still hurts. It seems that I have to rely on Brother Zhao to help me. I will take the seal. Whoever Brother Zhao thinks can transfer the money, I will do it." Dial it."

Zhao Liangyue: "..." Your father asked you to be an idle official, which is not the idle way.

So, in the next half month, Zhao Liangyue got the seal of Xiang Mian, and temporarily acted as the cashier of the treasury under him. There were two jobs for one person, but he only received one salary. idle life.

However, who would publicly impeach Uiro, a seventh-rank Jinbu member?

Zhao Liangyue didn't need to think about it, he knew it was Bandit Chu.

The reason is also very simple. Ever since Haitang Lin came back last time, Bandit Chu has been playing chess with him.Before Xiang Mian put on airs, Zhao Liangyue and Chu Bandit could play five or six games a day. After Xiang Mian put on airs, sometimes the household department got busy, not only couldn't play a game of chess, but Zhao Liangyue was often too busy to eat. It was useless for Bandit Chu to force him to eat. Even if the meal was delivered to him, he would not rest until he had finished processing the paperwork.

Therefore, Bandit Chu was quite dissatisfied, so he vented his anger on Xiang Mian, ordered someone to impeach Xiang Mian, and forced Xiang Shangshu to take his son to court by himself.

Zhao Liangyue only felt a little childish about this, but he was also grateful for capturing Xiang Mian, so that he could go back earlier every day, and he could tease Ah Bai more, rub his soft belly, and feed him dried fish. Rare leisure time.

At the end of the month, Wang Hanxian made a move. A Ningzhou disaster relief and ink corruption case was put on the court meeting. The court was in an uproar. I don’t know if Han Wenyun did it on purpose. Take it in one bite.

The Sanfa Division got busy again, and the Household Department also followed behind to assist, and the two government offices were brightly lit.

"This time, Prime Minister Han is obviously trying to cover up the real situation in Ningzhou with a simple disaster relief case." Zhao Liangyue looked at the continuous rain outside the teahouse and couldn't help sighing, "The 11 people from Ningzhou who went to Beijing have already waited. It's been half a month, but still no chance to face the Holy Spirit?"

Bandit Chu twirled the teacup that was already empty in his hand, frowned slightly and said, "It's hard, Zhizhou of Ningzhou and King Han of Jingzhong are obviously on the same boat, and they can take the opportunity to drive the refugees to mine iron ore after the flood. It's not something that ordinary animals can do, and Han Zhou's Zhennan Army is also there, even if the case of Ningzhou is brought to light, it would be impossible to investigate the case."

"But we have to go, for Ningzhou, and for the teacher's old case." Zhao Liangyue looked back at Chu Bandit, "You must have been planning it long ago."

Bandit Chu nodded, and said, "Over there in Ningzhou, there will be someone to keep us safe all the way. But to bring the real situation in Ningzhou to the light, it needs an opportunity, such as an accident."

Zhao Liangyue lightly tapped on the window lattice with his fingers, lowered his head in thought for a while, then raised his head suddenly, and said, "Yes, let's start with the Ministry of Industry."

Bandit Chu looked at Zhao Liangyue upon hearing this, and said, "You want to start with Yang Shaohe? But it's true, the Ministry of Industry has had a lot of problems since the beginning of the new year."

"Moreover, they are all serious and old diseases. I have been dealing with the Ministry of Industry these days, and I have probably touched them all. As long as there is a will to investigate thoroughly, what to investigate and how to investigate, there will be a predetermined direction."

"Okay, if you start with him, then let's start with his son."

As Chu bandit said, he half-closed his peach blossom eyes, revealing his usual cunning and sharpness when dealing with Liubu.