The General and His Enemy Your Highness

It was raining heavily outside the door, and the huge raindrops hit the window frame, making a muffled sound like the sound of drumming from afar.

Qin Gui and Fang Ren brought County Magistrate Feng over and faced the gloomy King Xiping.

Mei Geng said in a deep voice, "Magistrate Feng, this king has come all the way and saw that the people are impoverished. Where did the money allocated by the court go every year?"

County magistrate Feng was so frightened that he almost fainted, knelt on the ground and shouted: "My lord is a lesson! The money given by the imperial court is very little left when it reaches the lower officials, and it has all been used to build dams and gates. If you don't believe me , you can go and look at the account book!"

It's that sense of incongruity again.

Mei Geng squinted his eyes, pondering in his heart.

Since they arrived in Linzhang, this person began to imply vaguely——I am an honest official, and I have never been greedy for money.

Even if he said so decisively about being greedy for ink, if it was someone else, even if he really suffered such grievances, he would only want to protect himself, and would not speak like this straightforwardly, wouldn't he bring disaster on himself?

He seems to be guiding on purpose.

Mei Geng was unmoved, and let him cry and cry for grievances. He looked very cold, but in fact he was only thinking about the information about the Linzhang County Magistrate in his heart.

Before he came, he had already found out that Feng Yucai had an only son who had joined the army instead of participating in the scientific examination and died in the two-year Northwest War.

And this county magistrate Feng has been in office for five years, which can be regarded as quite satisfactory, but Mei Geng has another reason for staring at him - it is clear that even if it is embezzled money for disaster relief, there is still a lot in Linzhang.

However, those silver coins were never used to help the people, nor did they build fortifications as Feng Yucai said, but... disappeared.

He also wondered if County Magistrate Feng hid it in his pocket, but now he found out that it was not the case. This Feng Yu was as embarrassed as an old farmer, and even with such a thin body, he would definitely not be able to starve out overnight.

Why did those 10 taels of silver disappear?

While Mei Geng was deep in thought, County Magistrate Feng had thoroughly demonstrated what a literary eloquence was. He spoke eloquently for a long while without repeating a single sentence, but in the end it was still one sentence—the lower official was wronged.

Mei Geng couldn't be sure for a moment whether County Magistrate Feng was a corrupt official or a treacherous minister, so he said mercifully, "Magistrate Feng, get up, the ground is very damp."

County magistrate Feng stood up unsteadily, as if he could fall down at any time, and sighed bitterly: "I don't know when the rain will stop. If it continues like this, the embankment will burst."

"Has there never been such a heavy rain before?" Mei Geng glanced out the window.

County Magistrate Feng showed bitterness, "I have been in office for five years, and there has never been one. These years, Zhanghe River is still calm, but Yuzhou is more serious."

For a moment no one spoke.

Mei Geng also felt that he was extremely unlucky, his expression was like a pure black and extremely cold pool, and he asked coldly: "Someone withheld funds for disaster relief, why didn't they report it to the court?"

Feng Yucai faltered for a long while, then smiled wryly: "The scriptures written by the officials may not be able to be sent to Yong'an City."

However, when asked further, Feng Yucai kept secret and refused to reveal anything.

Mei Geng knew that Feng Yucai still had something to hide, and his hands were not necessarily clean, but he hadn't investigated thoroughly, and it was not easy to make false accusations, so after asking a few random questions, Mei Geng let him go down.

As soon as he left, Fang Ren sighed deeply: "For an upright official like Mr. Feng, the court should reward him more!"

"..."

The response was infinite silence.

A picture-perfect young man stepped out from behind the screen, wearing a blue brocade robe vainly over his body, making him look even more frail and frail.

As soon as Mei Geng raised his eyes, he saw the little guy who was supposed to be obediently running out of the quilt in disheveled clothes. He immediately lowered his face and reprimanded lightly, "What are you doing here?"

Saying that, he stretched out his hand to put on the messy outer shirt of the little highness, and even tied the belt, which was extremely delicate and gentle.

Chu Ce lowered his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes, with a faint smile on his lips, like a lotus, and said in a warm voice, "It's not a problem."

He took Mei Geng's wrist with his back, stretched out his foot and hooked a stool, and sat beside him, his movements were incomparable natural, and he smiled at Yan Yan, "There are too many dirty things in Linzhang, just check them one by one, but The heavy rain in front of me is really troublesome.”

Mei Geng just liked his gentle and peaceful appearance, even though he knew it was a disguise, he couldn't help reaching out and pinching the tip of His Highness's nose, "Okay, leave these to me, you go back and rest."

Fang Ren doubted what he saw, he turned his head and winked at Qin Gui in a numb manner: How good is the relationship between the prince and His Highness the Fifth Prince?

Qin Gui understood his doubt miraculously.

Seeing that the two were kissing and loving again, Qin Gui stretched out his hand to pull away the wide-eyed Fang Ren, but before the two of them went out, someone reported outside the door: "Your Majesty, someone is asking to see you outside the inn. "

Both Qin Gui and Fang Ren paused, and then King Xiping's soft voice sounded like a cold spring: "Let him in."

In the torrential rain, it was a man who was begging to see him. He was wearing a bamboo hat. When he entered the door, his body was covered with damp and cold water vapor and a slight smell of blood. He was tall and strong. He took off his bamboo hat, revealing a tough and handsome face. Su, like an unsheathed iron sword.

This face was somewhat familiar, Mei Geng pondered for a moment, and remembered who this person was - his father's old department.

It's just that the two of them had no old friends and were not very familiar with each other. Mei Geng remembered that he had met once in his previous life, so he couldn't help but wonder at the moment, what did he want to do when he came here?

At the same time, the man was also looking at him, and their eyes collided, but neither of them retreated.

Mei Geng half-closed his eyes, was he being provoked?

Originally a rebellious person, Mei Geng never wanted to wrong him when there was no need to bear it, his lips curled into a smile, but his eyes were cold, like frost flowers in the cold winter, seemingly calm, but dormant and ruthless cruel.

The man seemed surprised by Mei Geng's gloomy eyes, he was stunned for a moment, then he bent down and saluted, "Last General Luo Fu, see King Xiping."

Mei Geng didn't respond, and let him maintain a bowed posture in salute.

The atmosphere was frozen, the sound of rain outside the window was clear, but the room was dead silent.

"Get up."

The melodious young man's voice sounded, it was not Mei Geng who spoke, but the frail young man who was always sitting beside him.

Luo Fu was stunned for a moment, looked at the noble young man, then turned his eyes to Mei Geng.

Mei Geng glanced at him condescendingly, then lowered his eyelids, and said calmly: "Your Highness the Fifth Highness asked you to get up, so get up."

"Thank you Fifth Highness, King Xiping." Luo Fu breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up, and when he looked at Mei Geng again, his eyes became more subtle.

He had heard that King Xiping was a young general, and he had been fighting in the Northwest with the old prince. However, the reputation of this prince has not been good recently. Only then did he intend to test and confront, but he was almost suffocated by his pressure.

Mei Geng was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, he just said: "Tell me, what's the matter."

"The last general came here rashly, and I really want to ask for something." Luo Fu's face was serious, and after a while, he sighed again, "It's a secret in the army, and the last general will pursue it for a long time. At this place, only the prince can entrust it."

Mei Geng couldn't help being surprised, and looked at Luo Fu a few more times, seeing that his eyes were black and blue, and his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, it could be seen that he had not slept peacefully for a long time.

There were too many people who died in the previous life, so he didn't remember what happened to this Rover, but hearing what he said, he was afraid that he had discovered something terrible and would be silenced.

Mei Geng said, "Let's listen."

Rover smiled wryly, and then slowly opened his mouth.

Soldiers in the army often disappeared without any reason, without any warning, or even without any rules to follow, they disappeared out of thin air.In order to avoid being held accountable, the generals in the army only announced that those soldiers died in the line of duty, and gave their families a sum of money as pensions, and that was it.

But this kind of thing often happens in the army, which makes people panic. As the lieutenant general, Luo Fu pursued it secretly, but he still has no clue.

Until two days ago, a missing soldier came back from nowhere and asked him where he went and what happened.

The general in charge decided to execute him secretly, but Luo Fu quietly sent him out. Since then, he has been ambushed and assassinated consecutively within two days. Hearing that King Xiping has been investigating corrupt officials all the way, he has no other choice. See you in the rain.

After he finished speaking, Qin Gui asked with a strange expression: "The person you saved was Li Zhong?"

Rover was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

Qin Gui then turned his head to Mei Geng and said: "The person who almost ran into His Highness the Fifth Highness today is Li Zhong. When sending him back, he took advantage of the opportunity to inquire about some news."

Mei Geng laughed out loud, looked at Luo Fu with a half-smile, he was a proud young man again, and said slowly with interest: "You are following Li Zhong, trying to find out who is behind the scenes. I saw Ben on the street yesterday. The king and the fifth prince bumped into him, so they took the risk to seek an audience today, right?"

Luo Fu suddenly raised his head, pursed his lips, and said with a wry smile: "My lord knows everything, that's exactly it."

"En." Mei Geng nodded, his clear eyes filled with an invisible coldness, "Do other officials in Linzhang know about this?"

Rover pondered for a moment, then shook his head lightly, "I don't know, the generals disappeared four years ago, and the generals were transferred for less than half a year. After searching for a long time, nearly a hundred soldiers disappeared in the past four years, but most of them were nowhere to be found. , only Li Zhong, who has been missing for nearly four months, has returned, so it can be seen that those so-called soldiers who died in the line of duty were not as simple as 'died in line of duty'."

Mei Geng's brain hurts when he heard this.

He knew that Linzhang was not peaceful, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, he pondered for a moment, before he said: "Take Lieutenant General Luo down to rest, I want to see who dares to take someone's life from me. "

This is for Paul Fu.

Luo Fu immediately thanked him: "Thank you, my lord!"

After retreating from the crowd, when Mei Geng was feeling melancholy, he touched his temple with a warm, soft and cool fingertip and gently rubbed it, next to his ear was the sweet voice of His Highness, "Are you tired?"

King Xiping immediately sighed exaggeratedly: "Naturally—Look, Your Highness, I have devoted myself to His Highness and the Great Chu all day long, and I will die. Do you want to give me some rewards?"

For a moment, the little highness withdrew his hand in silence, expressing with actions——My lord, you think too much.