I dare not

Gu Qiao didn't expect that he would be so busy on the first day he dragged his sick body to work.

Huang Zhengxian is dead, the new governor has not yet been appointed, and the entire Lianzhou government is in chaos.

Chang Shi Wei and Wu Shuang saw Gu Qiao coming, as if he was seeing a relative, he pulled him in to work without even reading the papers and titles.

"Gu Sima, I'm looking forward to you! You don't know, I haven't had a day off in the past half a year. The third prince inspected the flood just after he left, and the imperial army came! The imperial army here has not left yet. It’s coming again! There’s a lot of things going on, and now that Lord Inspector is gone, I’m really overwhelmed right now!”

Wei Wushuang is a native of Lianzhou, and his family lives in Shuiyue County.He is on business in Ningcheng and usually goes back twice a month.Things have come one after another this year, and I haven't been home for seven or eight months.

Before Gu Qiao left Beijing, he heard that the third prince had come to Lianzhou to inspect the flood. When he was about to arrive in Lianzhou, he heard that the third prince had returned to Beijing.He regretted for a long time that he just missed seeing the honor of His Highness the Third.Because this Third Highness is really a figure in the legend of Hao Kingdom.

Although the third prince's mother, Empress Shangguan, has passed away, the Shangguan family holds a large army and is in charge of the most important northwest frontier defense. It can be said that they hold the lifeline of Hao country.The third prince learned the art of war from his grandfather, General Shangguan, since he was a child. It is said that he is a rare genius, brave and good at fighting, and won the three armies.However, it is precisely because he has been training troops in the frontier all year round that not many ministers in the DPRK and China have seen him.

This time His Majesty the Emperor summoned His Royal Highness the Third Prince to return to Beijing. The ostensible reason was to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday, but everyone in the court knew that this was the Emperor's selection of the heir apparent.

Inspecting the flood in Lianzhou was the first political task entrusted to him by the emperor after he returned to the court.

Speaking of this character, Gu Qiao was also full of curiosity, he asked quietly: "It is said that His Royal Highness is unparalleled in bravery, does he look like Zhong Kui?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it."

"Didn't he come?"

Wei Wushuang waved his hands, "Inspector Huang personally received him, how could we be so lucky."

Gu Qiao understood that although the visit was officially sent out, the whereabouts of the royal family are all confidential, and only the highest officials in Lianzhou are qualified to receive them. "Then the three highnesses have left, why are the imperial guards here?"

"They said that His Highness the Third Highness lost something, and all of them were devastated, as if they dared not go back to Beijing until they found it. They asked them what they lost, but they didn't say anything, they just said it was the most important thing." Wei Wushuang Looking around, he lowered his voice and said, "But seeing what they're doing, they seem to be looking for someone."

Gu Qiao had a flash of inspiration, "I see. It must be that His Highness the Third Highness fell in love with a girl in Lianzhou. After returning to Beijing, she thought about it day and night, and must find it."

Wei Wushuang gave a thumbs up, "As expected of being the number one scholar, it makes sense."

While talking, two officials came in from the outside with a large stack of paperwork each, and piled up a table.

"Lord Changshi, Lord Sima, these are the household registration files of twenty counties under the jurisdiction of Lianzhou Prefecture." The man who spoke was a man with a square face, wearing the gray cloth robes of the lowest-ranking officials, and he was an eight-rank recorder.

Wei Wushuang said: "Oh, you have worked hard. I also ask Zhou Lushi to take the lead in sorting out the list, and when the two censors, Liu and Zhang, come, I can give them a look."

Zhou Lushi glanced at Gu Qiao, and said with a straight face, "I can't sort out the list of hundreds of people. No one has the ability to find these hundreds of people in twenty counties within two days."

This list is the hundreds of hungry people registered by Gu Qiao himself, and the innocent people who Huang Zhengxian burned to Shaocheng Temple and died tragically.

This Huang Zhengxian was also unlucky. Originally, Lianzhou was poor and bad, and no one would have thought of checking it. He said it was a bandit, and it was a bandit.However, the news of the success of the bandit suppression and the report of the people's situation in Lianzhou were sent to the imperial study. One said that there were more than a hundred bandits in Shaocheng Temple, and the other said that hundreds of innocent and hungry people in Shaocheng Temple were homeless. The key point is that Gu Qiao has a name and a surname. background.

This is simply slapping the lie on the emperor's face, how can he bear it?

I heard that His Majesty was so angry that he threw the table over on the spot, and now he must investigate thoroughly. Everyone must check the names of the bandits burned to death one by one.

The people in Lianzhou Mansion didn't know that it was Gu Qiao's public opinion report that ignited the fire, but they just put the blame on Governor Huang.

Zhou Lushi is a distant relative of the governor Huang who has served in five uniforms. Ever since Huang Zhengxian committed suicide in fear of crime, he knew that his official career had come to an end.Now he just dawdles around, packs up and leaves when the new governor arrives, and doesn't want to take any troublesome jobs at all.

Isn't that newcomer Gu Sima the champion?These troublesome things should be done by the champion!

Although Wei Wushuang is the second-largest official here except the governor, he has never had official authority, and his official rank is not high, so other small officials are not afraid of him.At this moment, I had no choice but to smile embarrassingly, "Then...then... find a few more people to do it together."

Gu Qiao said: "Although there are 20 counties in Lianzhou, those who died in Shaocheng Temple are almost all from the east, so only four counties, Chachang County, Yashan County, Wushui County and Shuiyue County, are needed. The county’s archives will do.”

"How do you know?" Wei Wushuang asked.

"In the four counties in the east, to the west is Ningcheng, to the south is Chenjinshan, and to the east is Huaijiang. Chenjinshan is the site of the gold mine and they dare not go; the Huaijiang River is fierce and the terrain is complicated, and they dare not go. As for Ningcheng, you all know. Where else can they go besides Luoxian Mountain? Or they can cross Luoxian Mountain to Huizhou, but if they can make it through, they will not be burned to death as bandits in Shaocheng Temple. "

Zhou Lushi still looked lazy, "Even if there are only these four counties, there are more than 2 people in those four counties. Isn't this looking for a needle in a haystack?"

Gu Qiao shook her head, "Shaocheng Temple has become a well-known den of bandits since last winter, and people who fled famine later on will not go there. Those who live in Shaocheng Temple went there before last winter , At that time, there was no flood, and the food was still sufficient, so they would not flee famine. Only those who sold their land to landlords early and could not pay the rent ran away.”

As he spoke, he flipped through a household registration book of Chang County and said, "The land was sold at least three years ago. You only need to check this area."

Wei Wushuang clapped his fists and said: "Gu Sima is right. Just check these four counties. They sold the land to landlords three years ago. There are only a few landlords in a county, and it doesn't take much effort."

Zhou Lushi had nothing to say now, so he had to look up the household registration with the little official who came with him.

At this time, Wei Wushuang looked at Gu Qiao's eyes completely changed. Before, he thought that Gu Qiao was the embroidered pillow and the number one scholar who won by face, but he actually looked down on him in his heart.Moreover, Gu Qiao came to the yamen to report so late, and he was also quite critical.Now seeing that Sima, who has just taken office, knows so much about the situation in Lianzhou and arranges his work so well, his impression of him has improved several times in an instant, and he has been classified as a good official like himself.

Right now Lianzhou's troublesome things are one after another, and no one has made up his mind. Wei Changshi was at a time when he was not sure. Now seeing Gu Qiao's ease of use, he was relieved.

"Brother Gu," he took Gu Qiao's hand and said affectionately, "There are still a few government orders here, please discuss them with Brother Gu."

Gu Qiao was escorted by Wei Wushuang to work overtime until the sun was about to set before leaving.

He is currently living in a small courtyard in the south of Ningcheng, according to his grade, there are only four rooms.

But it was enough for him, he and the little fool lived in one room, and there was a rich room for the four of Fazhang, master and apprentice.

Fazhang had been taking them to live in a lay disciple's house before. The family had a large population and the house was crowded. Although the owner didn't say anything, it was really inconvenient to live in.

The four of Fazhang kept their cars light and simple, and Gu Qiao and the little fool didn't even have any luggage.Fortunately, the previous owner left some quilts and so on, and a few people could barely live there.

When Gu Qiao came home, she was startled. The little fool had shaved his head and was wearing monk robes, sitting on the doorstep and waiting for him.

"What's the matter? You were fooled into becoming a monk by Fazhang?!"

The little fool didn't speak, and Chang Ling came out to explain, "We have to go out during the day to beg for alms and have a free clinic. The master said that he would take him to avoid being discovered by Duke Du's people, so he simply shaved his head and put on a monk's robe to avoid trouble. "

"Fazhang is an eminent monk after all, so it's really okay to just casually bring a fake monk with you?"

Chang Ling clasped his hands together and said seriously, "Master said, all appearances are false, don't pay attention to these details, Amitabha."

Gu Qiao: "..."

But it's true that people are handsome even if they have hair or not!The little fool has a good head shape and a perfect face shape, coupled with the overly sharp facial features, his shaved hair makes him look a bit ruffian, and he looks amorous when he raises his eyes and lowers his eyebrows.

The more Gu Qiao thought about it, the more crooked she became, and she couldn't help but cast aside in her heart what she was thinking about. It seems that it is not good to share the bed with this person every day. If this continues, the aesthetics will be biased.

When Chang Ling was talking to Gu Qiao, the little fool sat beside him and looked outside, then looked up at the sky after a while, but he didn't look at Gu Qiao.

"What's the matter today?" Gu Qiao asked strangely, usually this fool would want to take off his eyes and stick them on him when he saw him, but today he didn't even look at him.

Reaching out to pull, the fool stood up, turned and ran away.

Chang Ling chuckled, "He was angry with you, what did you say when you went out this morning?"

"This morning?" Gu Qiao recalled, "I said I'll be back in a while, coax him, or he will have to go to the Yamen with me."

"Yes, you coaxed him to wait for you obediently. From the afternoon to now, he has asked you eight hundred times when you will come back."

Gu Qiao felt a little guilty, "I really didn't expect to be so busy on the first day."

Thinking that it was almost Xu time, Gu Qiao hurried to the room to find someone.

The little fool lay on the bed, with his back to Gu Qiao, holding his own arm, waiting for the sharp pain brought by the snail fruit to come.