Mrs. Rebirth

"Grandpa Lu is here..." With a shout, all the officials in the magistrate's yamen went out to greet him.

Lu Zheng carried Zuo Shaoqing off the horse, his gentle and careful movements almost blinded everyone.

Zuo Shaoqing couldn't help but give him a blank look. This man has been acting like a good husband in front of outsiders recently, wishing that all the people in Crane City could see their intimacy.

After Lu Zheng hugged Zuo Shaoqing off the horse, he didn't let him go immediately, but walked forward with his arms around his waist. Zuo Shaoqing elbowed him on the lower abdomen, "Let go! How many people are watching!"

"You don't like it?" Lu Zheng looked sideways at his reddish ears, and joked, "Every time you see that person, don't you want to hide me?"

"I didn't!" Zuo Shaoqing became angry with embarrassment, her little thoughts were exposed by Lu Zheng, is there anything else he doesn't know?

Lu Zheng chuckled twice, and stopped smiling when he got in front of the crowd, and nodded to the leader Jiang Hengzhou and the servant of the Ministry of Punishment with a stern face.

Jiang Hengzhou's eyes fell on Zuo Shaoqing's waist intentionally or unintentionally, looking at the indescribably dazzling picture of the harmony between the husband and wife, he quietly looked around, and found that the people of Crane City had no resistance to the behavior of the two of them The expression of disgust, is it only me who has such a narrow mind?

"Master Jiang, let's meet again." Zuo Shaoqing bowed his hands to Jiang Hengzhou, smiling naturally, but actually separated the relationship between the two.

It's not that he didn't notice the strange look in Jiang Hengzhou's eyes every time he saw him standing with Lu Zheng. Although it was short and secretive, Zuo Shaoqing paid too much attention to him, so it was not difficult to find out.

But these are not important, anyway, no matter what his thoughts are, he will never be his love rival in this life.

He had never had contact with Jiang Hengzhou in his previous life, so he would have no doubts about the rumors, but in this life, after several investigations, he discovered that Jiang Hengzhou is a self-disciplined man who is almost harsh on himself, as long as it violates the rules of etiquette and moral bottom line He will never do it.

In other words, even if he really had a crush on Lu Zheng, he would never admit to this relationship because of the secular world.

"Grandpa Lu, Sir Zuo!" All the officials saluted first, and then Jiang Hengzhou smiled at Zuo Shaoqing, "Shaoqing, long time no see, I have heard a lot about you along the way."

"Oh? Are there any new rumors?" Zuo Shaoqing blinked, looking heartless.

Seizing the opportunity, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment at the side answered first: "People are spreading the word that Mr. Zuo has a clever plan. He not only predicted that Mr. Lu would be in trouble, but also made a perfect rescue plan, and even found Lu in the vast sea. The whereabouts of Grandpa helped Grandpa Lu to catch all the pirates, he is really a god!"

Zuo Shaoqing knew that he intended to flatter, so naturally he would not refuse to accept the offer, and after a few words of modesty, he also praised the other party, and the two people who had never met at all immediately became brothers.

Lu Zheng frowned and looked at the mouths of these civil servants who were like knives. It was a simple sentence, but it was extremely cryptic and involved a lot of sage classics, which made people's stomach hurt.

"Go ahead!" Lu Zheng pushed Zuo Shaoqing two steps forward, and entered the magistrate's yamen first.

After Lin Zhihao was detained, all the subordinate officials of the magistrate's yamen were panic-stricken, for fear of being involved, so they worked extremely hard one by one, drove away all those who came to give gifts, never entered the brothels and Chu halls, stopped drinking and socializing, went to bed early and woke up early every day, Most of the time is spent on business.

After learning that the imperial envoy was coming, they worked together to reorganize the entire Crane City. All the beggars in ragged clothes were settled properly, and all the petty thieves on the street were invited to eat in prison. Where did the fights happen? The incident was definitely taken away by the patrolling police at the first time. For a while, the law and order in Crane City was better than when Lin Zhihao was there.

At this time, in the magistrate's yamen, the blue brick floor is shining, the flowers and trees are lush and fragrant, and the servants of the yamen guards are full of energy, which is a majestic and peaceful scene.

Zuo Shaoqing nodded as he walked, yes, yes, this new magistrate's yamen can fool people, it seems that in order to receive the imperial envoy, the yamen has spent a lot of money.

When all the people arrived, the decree should be announced, and the decree should be received. Although Zuo Shaoqing knew in advance that there would be a reward of his own, he did not expect that the first decree from the Holy Majesty was passed on to himself.

After a long paragraph of praise, Zuo Shaoqing heard this sentence: "I only knew that Zuo Langzhong was quick-witted and intelligent, but I never thought that Aiqing was still a courageous and resourceful person who was not afraid of life and death. , I am very pleased to promote Aiqing to be the magistrate of Hecheng, with a fourth-rank title..."

Zuo Shaoqing suddenly felt like the pie was falling from the sky, and he was still dizzy from being smashed. After receiving the order to thank him, he asked Jiang Hengzhou with more than a dozen unclear eyes: "Brother Jiang, do you know why the emperor did this?" meaning?"

Jiang Hengzhou obviously just learned the content of the imperial decree, looked at him with complicated eyes, and then congratulated, "Shao Qing not only saved hundreds of lives, but also exposed the heroes of the former magistrate who colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. Such a talent, the emperor knows the truth." , will definitely not miss it."

Zuo Shaoqing raised his eyebrows. He is only fourteen years old, but he has reached a height that many officials have never achieved in their lifetime. When the news spreads, there may be more doubts than praises.

Next, Jiang Hengzhou read out several imperial decrees. The prefect Lin ransacked his home and investigated it. He temporarily detained him in a prison until the Ministry of Criminal Justice closed the case for trial. Liang Shilang was awarded the third-class Viscount for his meritorious service in suppressing bandits, rewarding him with a thousand taels of gold, a hundred acres of fertile land, and Hecheng for his meritorious deeds. Excellence, temporarily acting as a colleague...

After receiving the imperial decree, Zuo Shaoqing pulled Lu Zheng to withdraw early on the grounds that he was on official business. As soon as he returned to Caobang, Zuo Shaoqing threw the imperial decree on the table, frowning, and there was no joy of promotion on his face .

Lu Zheng took a box and packed the imperial decree, then walked to Zuo Shaoqing and sat down, "What's the matter? Getting promoted and getting rich are the two great joys in life, why are you unhappy?"

Zuo Shaoqing leaned on Ji and sighed, "Did the emperor put your credit on me again?"

"You think so?" Lu Zheng straightened his face, staring at his bright eyes.

"Isn't it?" Zuo Shaoqing stretched out five fingers, listed the reasons one by one, and finally said that he was extremely bored.

With his merits, promotion is nothing, but as long as his age and qualifications are considered, the emperor should not allow him to be the magistrate. The most likely thing is to give him a false title and reward some property like Liang Qi did.

The magistrate of a county holds much more real power than the young doctor of the Ministry of Industry. How generous is the emperor?

Obviously, it was very reluctant to be an official for him at the beginning, but it has only been half a year, and the changes have been too great.

Lu Zheng pulled the man on his lap and explained to him carefully: "Although the emperor's move is a bit unexpected, it is not without trace. He promoted you as the magistrate of Crane City because he admired you. Talent, secondly, I can take this opportunity to test you, thirdly, with you as an official in Crane City, the navy can grow at the fastest speed, as for the fourth..."

"And the fourth?" Lu Zheng looked at Zuo Shaoqing's staring and speechless expression, and said with a smile: "Fourth, the tax revenue of Crane City is an important source of national treasury. A magistrate who is clean on the surface but secretly greedy?"

When it came to money, Zuo Shaoqing's heart was visibly moved. The Lin family had already been patronized by them once, and the property they found at that time made him understand that the phrase "one hundred thousand snowflake silver from the magistrate in three years" was not a joke.

He only took a few things that were really coveted, and the rest of the belongings were left untouched, waiting for Jiang Hengzhou to raid the house.

Zuo Shaoqing was relieved to understand the key point, but secretly slandered Zhan Yuanfeng, who thought he would be a good official with integrity, how could he know that he had a problem of love of money?

"The magistrate has been in office for three years. Doesn't that mean that he will be separated from you?" Zuo Shaoqing put his arm around Lu Zheng's neck and rubbed his cheek against his shoulder.

"You have to practice so much as a navy? In three years, it would be good to let them stand alone." His goal is to form a navy of [-], and the five naval battalions along the coast will have [-] each. Large-scale naval battles, these people stomped to protect the coastal safety.

Zuo Shaoqing narrowed his eyes with a smile, "In other words, you will stay in Crane City for the next three years?" Although it is not sure whether Lu Zheng stayed here on purpose for him, this news is really heartwarming to him.

Lu Zheng raised his chin, "As long as Zuo Zhifu obediently cooperates with me, I will definitely make no pirates dare to visit Crane City for thousands of miles!"

Zuo Shaoqing turned his head away and muttered, "Maybe there are no pirates within this thousand miles?"

"Then, how about I keep the prefect of Zuo safe for three years?"

"Stay safe and protect?" Zuo Shaoqing raised his eyebrows.

"Hmm... It's still close protection!" Lu Zheng leaned over and replied softly.

Zuo Shaoqing imagined the scene of going to the yamen every day with the famous Zhen Guogong behind him. I am afraid that no one would dare to make trouble, right?

He grinned silently, and it wasn't until Lu Zheng bit his neck that he realized that the so-called personal protection might not be as beautiful as he imagined.