Rebirth of the Prime Minister's Wife

After Zhou Li was appointed as the local supervisory censor, he knew that what he wanted to supervise was a remote place - Chaisang.

A few months ago, when we were deciding which jurisdictions to send officials to, the civil service was in chaos. No one wanted to get to the most troublesome places. They not only wanted to stay away from areas where party disputes were fought, but they also didn’t want to go to extremely remote places. , after one operation, two places were left unclaimed——

One is Huainan and the other is Chaisang.

Huainan is the fiefdom of the Huainan King, who is relatively powerful in the current dynasty. One is at the extreme end of Beiyan, which is far away and is a well-known poor place, Chaisang.

No one wants to offend the Huainan King, but even less wants to go to Chaisang.

After all, something happened to Chai Sang that shocked the whole country. Even though three years have passed, no one still wants to touch the taboo involved.

Everyone seemed to have never heard of it, and even that place was gradually forgotten by everyone.

This "hard job" undoubtedly fell on the most unpopular person in the official department, Zhou Li, the doctor in the official department.

This person was too upright and did not know how to be diplomatic, so he offended many colleagues. No one reminded him of the connection, and the hot potato naturally fell on him.

Knowing that the road to Chaisang was long, Zhou Li set out two months earlier than his colleagues.It was still midsummer when I left Shengjing, but now it is covered with snow.

Compared with his high-spirited appearance half a year ago, his face looked a bit more vicissitudes of life and haggard.

Originally, like the officials, he didn't know much about Chai Sang, so he kept it secret following the incident three years ago.

Until he was sent here, he made secret visits to every town and learned about the lives of the people here, as if he had been struck by lightning.

Everything that happened here overturned his cognition that he had studied hard for eighteen years in Hanchuang, and extinguished his great ambition to benefit the people of Beiyan.

There is a place in this world that is filled with all the darkness. Along the way, he has seen collusion between officials and businessmen, and has also seen bandits entrenched and the people living in dire straits.

This place has experienced decline and prosperity.

The prosperity seemed to be just a passing cloud. With the passing of the person who was once exiled to Chaisang to support everything, everything was brought back to its original point.

Zhou Li shook his head. A sense of absurdity even arose in his heart - was the Qin family, which was destroyed overnight, really guilty of collaborating with the enemy and treason?

If he was truly a traitor to his country and seeking glory, why did he end up in this remote place? The first thing he did was not to collect money lavishly, but to use his own efforts to eliminate a nest of officials and bandits, improve farm tools and build roads to benefit the people?

Even the three children under his knees who were once pampered and raised in Shengjing have left behind their past identities and integrated into the common people like ordinary people.

During his unannounced visit, all the people in Chaisang had the same angry reaction when they mentioned what happened three years ago -

It is absolutely impossible for the Qin family to do such a thing!

Zhou Li pondered secretly. The more he dug into this clue, the more shocking the truth behind it became.His palms clenched tightly and began to sweat slightly.

No wonder no one dares to come here. The long distance is just an excuse, but in fact no one dares to touch this place.

He, Zhou Li, might have been targeted before he left Shengjing.

Zhou Li breathed a long sigh of relief. The hot air turned into a substantial mist in the cold air, and the worries and depression that could not be separated from his brows passed by.

As the ox cart gradually approached the last place of visit, Zhou Li saw the people compactly packed together not far away.

"Are there any festivals held here recently?" Zhou Li asked the coachman. The coachman raised his eyes and said quickly, "It has been snowing heavily in Xinxiang for three months. I don't know how many people are starving to death. How can they think about celebrating the festival."

"It's always money." The coachman stretched out his hand towards Zhou Li. He looked at the sky frequently, "I advise you to enter the town quickly. If there is another layer of snow, you won't even be able to enter the town entrance."

Zhou Li took out a lot of money from his sleeve. The coachman accepted it with satisfaction, raised his whip and hurried back.

Zhou Li dusted off his sleeves, walked to the crowd, and randomly pulled a young boy over, "This little brother, may I ask why you are gathered here?"

The young man glanced at him and understood immediately, "A foreigner, right?"

Zhou Lixiao, as long as he doesn't have a straight face, he is almost friendly and friendly, "I heard that there was a snowstorm here, so I took leave and rushed back to visit my family."

"Where did it come from?" the boy asked.

Zhou Li smiled, "Where else could it be, Chaisang City."

The young man narrowed his eyes and suddenly spoke a few words quickly in dialect. Seeing that Zhou Li didn't react at all, he just looked at him blankly and suddenly changed the topic.

"You are really filial when you risk your life to come back." Before he could ask, the young man poured out the beans, "Here, look at what's posted on this sign."

Zhou Lisheng was tall, so he stood on tiptoe a little and looked beyond the crowd to see what was posted on the notice board - it was actually a poem praising the merits of the Xinxiang County Magistrate.

He read the whole article and found that this person explained from the perspective of a county magistrate that he had no merit and no virtue, and he felt deeply guilty for being able to have enough food and clothing without doing any work.

Zhou Li had seen countless dark bitterness and fatigue in the past months, and at this moment, he showed light of joy.

"What merit do I have now? I did not work in farming and mulberry trees."

"I feel ashamed when I read this, and I will never forget it."

"What a poem!" He praised with emotion, "It seems that there is a good official in Xinxiang."

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, the people in the front row all turned around, with the same indifferent expression on their faces of different appearances.

Zhou Li's heart trembled. Wasn't it what he thought?

He quickly asked the man just now, "Little brother, what is going on here?"

The young man hugged him and held him in front of his chest, his face full of ridicule, "Good official? Since that dog official Liu Qu took office two years ago, the people have all complained."

Zhou Li was stunned, "But this poem is clearly..."

"Since you can read, you must have read a book." The man pursed his lips and said, "Take a closer look."

Zhou Li calmed down and read line by line. After reading it, his heart was pounding.

At first glance, it seems to be describing a good harvest, but isn't this poem extremely weird when placed in Xinxiang, a city that has been hit by many disasters?

This is clearly an allegorical poem!

Breaking down the words, you can see that what is hidden throughout this poem is the extreme hard work of the people due to poverty, and it also reveals the heavy taxes.

The poet took great pains to euphemistically write what he wanted to express between the lines, which can be said to be ingenious and well-intentioned.

He thought, "Little brother, can you recommend a poet for me?"

This person has a quick mind and must have outstanding literary talent. More importantly, he rarely has a kind heart that cares about the people.

"That's okay." The young man tilted his head, "Now?"

"No rush, little brother, please wait for me here at this time in three days." Zhou Li handed over his hand and added, "Don't worry, this trip for you is not in vain."

He gave the young man a few copper coins, "This is the reward for leading the way. If you come here on time, you will still get it."

The young man put the copper plate in the palm of his hand, threw it in the air, and finally grabbed it neatly. He smiled with a row of white teeth and said meaningfully, "Okay."

Zhou Li nodded, turned around and left.

The young man watched him leave quietly, and suddenly a smiling man came up behind him. He looked like a man who was not stingy. He turned out to be Wang Qi from the bank. He glanced at Zhou Li and said, "Brother Changqing, he is the one Miss Qin wants." The person you are looking for?"

Qin Changqing withdrew his eyes and said, "That's him."

"I used the method taught by my sister to test this person's origin. Although he said he came from Chaisang, he couldn't understand even the simplest Chaisang words."

As he spoke, he imitated Zhou Li's gesture of handing over his hand just now, and raised his eyebrows at Wang Qiyi, "What kind of person do you think would subconsciously make this move?"

Wang Qi is a clever man, he said, "Be an official!"

Then he sighed, "Everything is just as Miss Qin expected. She is so smart and terrifying."

He always felt that he was 'resigning himself to fate' and whatever happened was determined by fate.Nowadays, it makes people tremble to see that the development of things can actually proceed as one expects.

Qin Changqing raised his head proudly and hummed, "It doesn't matter who the sister is."

Wang scolded him angrily and patted his shoulder, "Okay, I'll take the lead next."

"I have to follow the gentleman from the capital, and I must let him hear things he 'must' know along the way."

He waved his hand and followed quickly.

Qin Changqing nodded and turned to look at the other end of the long street, his eyes heavy under his sword-shaped brows.

He remembered Qin Zhaozhao saying that if he wanted to completely bring Liu Qu down, he needed someone to help him——

The master from the county magistrate's office.