Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

In the early morning of the next day, under the east wall of Xiaoguo County, the morning market opened early.As the sun rose gradually, there were more and more people. Suddenly, a fast horse went straight through the city gate and roared away.

"Hey, who's horse is so unruly!" The pedestrian hurriedly avoided and complained.

"I don't know." Their county magistrate would not be so ostentatious, I don't know who is so big.

This was just a small episode, and was soon forgotten, and the vendors continued to work hard.

About half an hour later, a group of yamen servants trotted over, and someone recognized the leader as Gao Zhuo.

"Master Gao is here." The stall owner still couldn't help feeling guilty when he saw Gao Zhuo.

"Small sample, what are you afraid of, now is not the time when you can't set up a stall." The person next to him laughed.

Gao Zhuo's team stopped in front of them, Gao Zhuorang said: "All the stalls are closed, and the East City Gate is not allowed to enter or leave from now on!"

He gave an order, and all the yamen servants moved separately, and the two went to the gate of the city, and sealed the way out together with the guards, while the rest urged the small vendors to close their stalls.

"My lord, what's going on?" a vendor asked cautiously.

"Someone from above is here, clear the way." The yamen servant said.

The accident at the east gate spread like wildfire, and after a while, everyone in Xiaoguo County heard about it.

"Who is up there, do you know?"

"Could it be the magistrate above? Or the governor may also be possible."

"Yes, yes, we built such a good road in Xiaoguo County, the governor must have personally come to praise our county magistrate!"

Tong Ran received the news early in the morning that Su Jin, the head of the imperial court, personally took Sheng Zhi on the way to Xiaoguo County.They sent a fast horse to report, but Tong Ran didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly changed into his official uniform and went to the county government, and ordered people to clear the east gate of Daodong City, ready to meet him.

"My lord, the time has come, we should go." Sang Le's voice came from outside the study.

"Here we come." Tong Ran said, pressing the little tiger on the desk, "Brother has a big event today, you can't follow, just wait here obediently."

"Wow!" the little tiger roared.

"My lord." Sang Le urged again, the imperial team might be arriving soon, if Tong Ran didn't show up, it would make people unhappy.

"Good boy." Tong Ran gave it a piece of jerky.

The little tiger pounced on it, pouted its buttocks and gnawed on the dried meat. Tong Ran took the opportunity to push the door open and slipped out. "Finally we've dealt with the brat, let's go." Tong Ran said.

Inside the door, the little tiger slapped the jerky away and finally tricked the kid away.

It's just close to Su, why can't it go there?The little tiger jumped onto the window sill, and the window was locked. It summoned a burst of righteousness, and slapped the window bolt, which snapped off.

Tong Ran hurried on, and finally arrived at the East Gate before Su Jin arrived.

The road was cleared at the city gate, and the common people were stopped on both sides. The city gate had already been surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. The window seats of nearby restaurants were also sold out in less than a quarter of an hour.

"The county magistrate welcomes you in person, he must be a senior official."

"I heard it's the governor."

"But I heard people in the booth above saying that the man riding the fast horse looks like a palace guard."

"Listen to their nonsense, which one of those on the second floor is an official? But it's just hearsay, it can't be true!"

"I'm coming."

With the sound of horseshoes and wheels, Tong Ran led the way and stood outside the city. This end was the road leading to Zhuoyang Mansion. It was not cemented, and the smoke and dust from the convoy could already be seen from a distance.

"My lord, my lord." Sang Le called Tong Ran.

"Don't talk." Gao Zhuo stopped him in a low voice.

Sang Le still said: "My lord, your little tiger is here, behind you."

Tong Ran hurriedly turned her head back, only to see his cub coming out of the cleared city gate swaggeringly, looking left and right, shaking his furry head, and opening his mouth when he saw him, showing two short fangs at him .

Tong Ran didn't know whether to cry or laugh, so he clapped his hands and said, "Cai Zai, come here." The little tiger moved his ears, turned his head, and walked around to the right, as if he was shopping.

Tong Ran wanted to call again, Su Jin's car had arrived.

"It's coming, I saw it." The crowd in the city gate shouted behind him.They were all blocked on both sides of the road, and it was not easy to stand obliquely and pull out the angle to see the scene outside the city.

"Who is who?"

"I can't see clearly, it's a man."

"nonsense!"

"Tong Ran met Mr. Su." Tong Ran stepped forward to salute, and behind him, Gao Zhuo and the county yamen servants also saluted neatly.

Tong Ran's county magistrate was conferred by His Majesty himself. Su Jin knew about him, but he didn't expect him to look so young.But Su Jin is an old fritter in the palace, the surprise in his heart was half gone, and he smiled kindly and said: "Your Majesty Tong is polite."

"Wow!" The little tiger walked up to Tong Ran and shouted.

It ran all the way from the county government office, and just now made a big circle. This cub's body can't bear the fatigue, and it doesn't want to take a step at the moment.

"This is..." Su Jin's eyebrows twitched, not because he saw a tiger, but because this tiger also had a pair of green eyes.

"My father-in-law laughed," Tong Ran said, picking up the little tiger, "This is a pet kept by a subordinate official. He was originally locked in the room and not allowed to come, but he didn't want it to escape by itself."

The little tiger found a comfortable position in Tong Ran's arms, and took a look at Su Jin.

Seeing those green eyes, Su Jin subconsciously swelled. Although this little tiger was still a cub, it had already shown its status as a king. Coupled with those green eyes, he unconsciously associated it with His Majesty.

But Tong Ran was still in front of him, so it was inconvenient for Su Jin to express all these emotions, so he forced a smile on his face and said to Tong Ran: "Master Tong, why don't we go in first?"

"Eunuch, please."

"Sir, please."

Tong Ran let Su Jin go first, and he gave way half a step, and walked into the city gate with him.

"Wow!" The little tiger kicked his hind legs, looking dissatisfied.

"Zai Zai," Tong Ran pinched the back of its neck, "Be quiet."

"How old is Master Tong's little tiger?" Su Jin heard the movement behind him, and took the initiative to chat with Tong Ran.

"Grandpa Su's question confuses me. When I first picked it up, it was such a size. After raising it for almost a year, it is still the same size. I really don't know how big it is." Tong Ran said.When he first saw the little tiger, he thought it was only two or three months old, but later found that the little tiger would not grow up, and he was not sure how old it was when he picked it up.Besides, which little milk tiger is fierce and picky like it.

"That's interesting, your tiger's eyes are very beautiful." Su Jin said.

"Thank you for your compliment." Tong Ran rubbed the tiger's head, his cub's green eyes were really special.

Su Jin was very kind, and Tong Ran didn't expect that the head of the imperial court would show no airs at all, so he was a little surprised, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Here we come." The people surrounding the city gate said.

"Master Tong calls him father-in-law?"

"It's the eunuch in the palace. It looks like a big one, even bigger than the imperial envoys who came last time!"

"Keep your voice down, do you want to kill yourself?"

Su Jin pretended not to hear those discussions, and after entering the city gate, he said to Tong Ran: "Our family has brought His Majesty's imperial edict this time, and we need Lord Tong to kneel down to receive the imperial edict." When Su Jin was speaking, the servant he brought They have set up an incense case, and respectfully invite the imperial decree.

Su Jin cleared his throat, mobilized some righteousness, and said loudly: "Xiaoguo County Magistrate Tong Ran accepts the order."

Because of the blessing of righteousness, his voice was loud and majestic, and the people on both sides knelt down one after another.Tong Ran led Gao Zhuo and others to kneel down in the middle, Tong Ran also mobilized a little bit of righteousness, and said loudly: "Minister, Tong Ran accepts the order."

Because of the order, the little tiger was put on the ground.

With its furry paws, it passed Su Jin with its head held high.Su Jin was the same as Ruan Zheng before, he couldn't care less about the tiger cub, so he pretended he didn't see it, and read out: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's Edict: Tong Ran, magistrate of Xuanxiaoguo County, enters the palace to have an audience."

After reading the imperial edict, Tong Ran took the lead in thanking him and took the imperial edict.

The people on both sides also shouted after him ignorantly, but when they came back to their senses, they looked at each other again.

"This decree is so short."

"I was too nervous just now, what did the father-in-law say?"

"What father-in-law, the imperial decree is the emperor's intention, how can the content of the imperial edict be said by the eunuch? It was read out on behalf of the emperor."

"I don't care whether you say it or read it out, anyway, it came out of his mouth, so tell me what he said?"

"Announce our county magistrate to go to Beijing, the emperor wants to see him."

"The emperor wants to see Lord Tong?"

"It's the emperor, Lord Tong is so powerful, the emperor wants to see him."

"What's the matter, not everyone who is an official can see the emperor."

"Then take it for me and see if the emperor will send someone to invite you!"

"cut."

Everything was as Tong Ran expected, the only surprise was that Su Jin came so quickly.

After Su Jin finished reading the imperial edict, Tong Ran invited him to eat in the county government office, and then he left in a hurry.Tong Ran also wanted to go on the road as soon as possible. He arranged some affairs in the county and took Sang Le, Yuan San and the little tiger on the road.

All the people in the county knew that Tong Ran was going to see the emperor, so they all came out to see him off.

Tong Ran was taken aback by the situation, until more than 20 miles out of the city, the people who followed him stopped one after another, and Tong Ran's carriage drove eastward all the way.

Xiaoguo County is not far from the capital, and it will take two or three days to get there.

The little tiger slept more and more on the road, and Tong Ran took the opportunity to take it into his arms as a pillow. The little tiger slept very well, and no matter how much Tongran rubbed its fur and paws, it would not wake up.But sometimes Tong Ran was too engrossed in playing, and kept playing until the little tiger woke up by himself, so that he would be rewarded with two paws.

After arriving in Beijing, Tong Ran lived in the post station, waiting for summons.

Sang Le went to the kitchen at the back and used money to find someone to cook meat for the little tiger alone without seasoning.In the evening, four people and one tiger sit down to eat. The stools here are a bit short. Tong Ran and the others are fine sitting. If the little tiger wants to stand on the stool with its hind legs as usual, and grab the food on the table with its front paws, it will be fine. It's a bit difficult.

"Here, cub, let's eat at the table." Tong Ran put the little tiger directly on the table, intending to let it eat on the table.

"Wow——" the little tiger threw it away, jumped back to the stool stubbornly, and stretched out its front paws to grab its flesh.The little tiger was not big enough, so he didn't catch it, but he was not discouraged, so he tried a few more times, but he still couldn't catch it.

"Wow!" the little tiger called Tong Ran.

Tong Ran Yuguang has been paying attention to it all the time, and ignored it on purpose before, until the little cub couldn't resist asking him for help, then he turned his head slowly: "Why, are you willing to serve?" Although his tiger cub is fierce, he will obey it. There are some weird rules, such as using a bucket for eating and drinking, and not being able to climb on the table when eating. It is natural for people to abide by these rules, but they don’t know that it is a tiger. How did it learn so many rules? .

Tong Ran put down his chopsticks, intending to carry the little tiger back to the table, but the little cub moved faster than him, jumped onto him in the blink of an eye, and looked up at him: "Wow!"

Tong Ran: ...

Does this mean to feed him?

Sang Le and Yuan San sat at the same table with them, and the two of them kept their eyes on each other, resisting the urge to eat rice and pretending that they didn't see it.

"Wow." Tong Ran didn't move, and the little tiger urged him by scratching his arm.

When he was able to eat by himself, the little tiger never asked Tong Ran to feed him. Tong Ran would be disgusted if he wanted to feed him. Now that he has difficulty eating, he is very good at reusing waste.Resigned to his fate, Tong Ran pulled a chicken leg from the whole chicken and fed it to the little tiger.

A table full of food and drink, Sang Le and Yuan San lived in the room for followers at the back, while Tong Ran took the little tiger to the room on the second floor for officials.

The little tiger was picky, and Tong Ran specially brought the quilt that it often used. Sang Le had already made the bed for them. As soon as the little tiger came in, he got into the quilt and fell asleep.

In the Xuanzheng Palace, Chu Jun got up, and Su Jin, who had already returned to the palace, stepped forward to serve him.

While serving Chu Jun to get dressed, Su Jin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the magistrate of Xiaoguo County is really a wonderful person."

Chu Jun: "Oh? Let's hear it."

Su Jin said: "This county magistrate Tong has a tiger as a pet. That tiger is miraculous. You have to eat cooked meat, and you only need a pint of Dahongpao to drink tea. When you are tired from walking, you will ask magistrate Tong to hug it." Of course, the most interesting thing is that the tiger also has a pair of green eyes, which are exactly the same as His Majesty's, but Su Jin dare not talk nonsense, just think about it in his stomach.

"And then?" Chu Jun asked.

"Then... County Magistrate Tong dotes on that tiger quite a bit, it can be said that he is obedient to everything." Su Jin said.

"Hmph." Chu Jun hummed lightly.

Su Jin suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right, but looking at Chu Jun, his expression was as usual, and he didn't seem to be angry.

"Your Majesty, are you going to the study or the main hall now?" Although Su Jin didn't know where Ni Lin was touched, he reacted quickly and immediately changed the subject.

Chu Jun glanced at him: "You are getting more and more lenient. Not only do you want to care about what the county magistrate Tong gives to the tiger, but also where I go?"

Su shrank his head, His Majesty was really angry.

"This... the little one is also thinking that the weather is cold. If His Majesty wants to leave the palace, you have to prepare early?" Su Jin smiled flatteringly.It seemed that His Majesty didn't like tigers, so he had to remind County Magistrate Tong not to bring tigers into the palace.

Chu Jun was approving the memorial in the study for a while, and then Ruan Zheng came.

"Why are you so happy?" Chu Jun raised his head from the memorial and asked Su Jin to give him a seat.

"Your Majesty, when Deng Qi, the former county magistrate of Xiaoguo County, was arrested, he found a jar of tribute Dahongpao in his house, do you still remember?" Ruan Zheng asked.

"Of course I remember." Chu Jun said, the tea originally belonged to him, but Tong Ran gave it to Deng Qi, and he asked Ruan Zheng to take it back, and ordered him to investigate why the tribute flowed out, "But there is a result? "

Ruan Zheng shook his head: "There is no such case yet, but I just happened to discover another matter."

Chu Jun signaled him to say.

Ruan Zhengdao: "The minister found out that Lu Yong went to Jiangnan 16 years ago and had an affair with a local woman. It seems that he had an illegitimate child. Your Majesty, you have always asked the minister to pay attention to Lu Yong secretly, but he acted cautiously. I haven't caught anything wrong in the past few years, please go to Jiangliu to investigate this matter, if this matter is confirmed, Lu Yong can't escape the crime of being ashamed of his virtue, and His Majesty will be able to deal with him justifiably."

Chu Jun put down the memorial and subconsciously fiddled with the quill on the table.

His mother and queen came from the Fu family and gave birth to him and his elder brother successively.Lu Yong has an elder sister who was once the emperor's favorite concubine.Concubine Lu entered the palace early and gave birth to the eldest brother of the emperor before his mother's queen, so although his elder brother was the eldest son, he was not the eldest son.

When Chu Jun was more than ten years old, the imperial brothers were already close to the weak crown.His elder brother, Wen Tao and Wu Lue, was better than the elder brother in everything, and he was already a top-ranking son at a young age, so he was established as the crown prince logically.Chu Jun was still young at the time, and only wanted to help the prince's elder brother conquer the world when he grows up, and be a prince with peace of mind. Ended up depressed.

Later, Fu Lin made a move to ensure that the 14-year-old Chu Jun ascended the throne, and Concubine Lu and her son also died one after another.

According to Fu Lin, the five great noble families ebbed and flowed one after the other. Although they fought constantly, they could not be wiped out. It was only because from the founding of the country, the five great noble families and the Chu family ruled the country together, and their forces were intertwined during the period.With Fu Lin's obstruction, Chu Jun wanted to kill Lu Yong but couldn't find a reason, which allowed him to live for many years.

Chu Jun put down the quill, and chuckled softly: "Good job, you go to Jiangliu quickly, make sure to investigate the matter of Lu Yong's illegitimate son, and bring back witness evidence."

"Yes." Ruan Zheng cupped his hands.

After Ruan Zheng withdrew, Chu Jun reviewed the papers for a while and planned to sleep, but Su Jin received another message from Fan Heng.

"It's not a good day today, there is news about one or two." Chu Jun said, he was playing with the quill pen, and he was in a good mood.

"Your Majesty, Fan Heng has already found out Tong Ran's life experience. He was originally from Jiangliu and was a doctor. According to the local people, he learned his medical skills from his mother, who was also surnamed Tong. It is a pity that the famous doctor died early."

"Did you die early?" Chu Jun frowned, "How did you die?"

"I heard it was jumping into the river." Su Jin said, "In addition, Fan Heng also found out one thing."

Chu Jun signaled him to say.

Su Jin thought about it and said, "Fan Heng said he found out that Lu Yong had an illegitimate child."

Chu Jun narrowed his eyes: "I asked him to check Tong Ran, what is he checking Lu Yong for?"

Su Jin immediately felt a weight on his body, knelt down and said, "Lu Yong's illegitimate son is now fifteen years old, and his mother is a Jiangliu Taoist, who is the same as Tong Ran, and Fan Heng found out that Tong Ran appeared in front of Zhuoyang Mansion because he went to Longyou. Lu's house. At that time, Lu Yong was in the old house in Longyou. No one knew what happened to them. They only knew that Tong Ran's righteousness was broken and he was driven out of the old house. Lu Yong said he was sick at home 16 years ago and hadn't left for a year. , this time Fan Heng found out that he was not sick, but that his righteousness level had been severely damaged, presumably it was because of the illegitimate child."

Lu Yong's illegitimate son turned out to be Tong Ran.

Chu Jun was stunned for a long time.

Su Jin knelt on the ground, not daring to get up, the other people serving in the hall were sent out, and the inside was empty.

"Go and call Ruan Zheng back," Chu Jun said.

Everything suddenly became clear.

Tong Ran is Lu Yong's illegitimate son, and he is the evidence that Lu Yong's virtue is ashamed. If he is just a doctor in the market, this will not threaten Lu Yong. As far as Lu Yong is concerned, he is a huge threat.As long as Tong Ran said a word, Lu Yong's official career would come to an end.

But Tong Ran can't say that.

Not only Tong Ran can't tell it, but he can't tell it either. This secret must be brought into the coffin by Lu Yong.Otherwise, the reputation of an illegitimate child will hinder Tong Ran's official career.

Ruan Zheng walked halfway and was called back by someone led by Su Jin. He thought that Chu Jun had something important to tell him, but he didn't want to tell him not to investigate Lu Yong's matter again.

"Your Majesty, I promise that the matter of Lu Yong will be found out soon, and the matter of the tribute will not be delayed." Ruan Zheng said.

"That matter is not allowed to be investigated again, you go to investigate the matter of the tribute." Chu Jun said.

"But..." Ruan Zheng was unwilling.

Chu Jun glanced at him: "This is an imperial decree."

Ruan Zheng pursed his lips and did not speak.

Chu Jun asked: "What? Want to resist the order?"

Ruan Zheng was perfunctory: "I dare not."

"Since you don't dare, let's investigate the matter of the tribute." Chu Jun said, "No but. Go."

Ruan Zheng refused to accept, but couldn't say anything more, so he saluted and resigned.

Chu Jun took the quill and thought about Tong Ran's posture holding the pen.Holding the pen, dipped it in the ink, and wrote a few random strokes. The board written with this hard pen is boring and has no charm at all.

The ink of the word "Li" on the paper was still wet, Chu Jun rubbed it casually, put down the pen and went back to the bedroom to sleep.