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"Your Highness!"

Another day later, Xu Lai trotted all the way from the entrance of the village to Xie Qiao, panting, "Your Highness, I'm back! Lord Li has arrived, and now I'm waiting for you and Lord Lu in Tai County."

Xie Qiao nodded.Something happened here, Lu Jue naturally handed over the zip, once the zhang was handed over, the emperor sent Li Mingbei.Now the plague in the village has all been cleared up, but there are still things to be cleared up in Tai County.Li Mingbei is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, in charge of the administration of officials, so it is natural for him to handle the rest of the affairs.

Zhang Xing took the army to Tai County early this morning, so there are only three of them left here.

It was night at this time, a waning moon hung high, the moonlight faded, and the stars in the sky naturally shone brightly.Xie Qiao glanced at the sky, then at Lu Jue, and said, "Brother Huaiyu, let's go."

Lu Jue nodded, and the old doctor opened the curtain of the tent and came out, only to see that he had already carried the burden and the medical kit, and said with a smile: "Go, go, stay here for these days, after all, I am homesick."

It has been more than two months since the first lunar month, and the peach blossoms in Jinling should also be in bloom. It is a good time and a beautiful scenery.

They left without disturbing anyone. After leaving the village, Xie Qiao looked back at the smoke rising from the kitchen in the night, and at the shadowy bamboo forest. He landed on his horse conveniently—because the old doctor was happy to go home, so he insisted. Asked to ride back with Xie Qiao and the others.

Riding a horse is naturally fast, and they arrived in Tai County as soon as the sun was shining the next day.

"Your Highness, Master Lu, long time no see." Li Mingbei greeted people with a smile at the gate of the city, and saluted Xie Qiao and the others in a dignified manner.He was still dressed in white, with the same three-pointed smile on his face, and a pair of peach blossom eyes flaunting in the morning light, so eager to be punched.

Xie Qiao didn't talk nonsense with him, raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you seen Zhang Xing?"

Li Mingbei nodded: "Yes, I see."

Xie Qiao: "How to deal with it?"

Li Ming smiled sadly, and said, "Isn't this waiting for His Highness and Master Lu to come? You can deal with him when you come."

Li Zhonglian was a fish and meat man in Tai County, he was so rampant and blatant, it was impossible for Zhang Xing, as the prefect of Luzhou, not to know.Now that you know it, but you don't deal with it and don't report it, you will be guilty of dereliction of duty.But Zhang Xing has a clear reputation as an official, and has always had a good reputation among the people of Luzhou, so the reason why he let Li Zhonglian go is naturally worth investigating.

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"Your Majesty, you are guilty! Your Highness, please punish him!" Zhang Xing knelt at Xie Qiao's feet, his eyes were red, and there were two lines of tears on his face.

It's not that I don't want to be a good official, it's not that I don't know the county magistrates here, but, as a human being, there will always be times of timidity.

Xie Qiao pointed it out directly, and said: "Tell me, what is Li Zhonglian's background that makes it so difficult for you as the governor of a state."

Zhang Xing sighed deeply, and said: "Li Zhonglian's younger sister is the concubine of His Royal Highness King An." King An is a member of the royal family, and most things that involve officials into the royal family do not end well. Li Zhonglian and the royal family are married. It's not that I can't move, it's just that I cowardly dare not move.

Hearing the word "An Wang", Xie Qiao shook his hands behind his back, Li Ming narrowed his eyes sadly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Xie Qiao had a sneer on his face: he and his elder brother's good uncle seemed to be living very well on the surface, but they could reach a small county town under the rule of Luzhou as far away as Bingzhou.

An Wang Xiehong, the youngest brother of the late emperor, and the only living brother under the late emperor, his fief is far away in Bingzhou.The first emperor was not that stupid at the beginning. He could be called a wise master in his early years, but he was born as a royal man with cold blood and cruel hands, so he did not escape the fate of his brothers.

However, Xie Hong survived, not only survived, but also had his own fiefdom. The late emperor had such a sinister and suspicious temperament before his death that he even wanted to take back the fiefdom of his parent and son Xie Zheng, but he never touched Xie Hong.

Li Mingbei looked at the people on the ground and said slowly, "Master Zhang, who is your lord? What do you think of the people under your rule?"

Zhang Xing trembled, kowtowed, and said with a sob: "Minister, I am guilty! Please forgive me, Your Highness and Your Excellency!"