The Golden County Magistrate

Xueyan was also stunned. She didn't expect him to say that.

Bribery is what civilians do to officials, or what subordinates do to superiors.

After all, bribery is for something.

However, Zhao Changhe is the prefect, a high-ranking official of the third rank. What can a superior ask for from a subordinate official? Naturally, gifts cannot be bribes.

However, this boat is obviously Chen Yan's own. If he says that, isn't he afraid that Jin Ze will really verify it?

Jin Ze came back to his senses and snorted, "Hmph, you are quite good at finding people. Now that we can't confront each other face to face, it's impossible to verify your words."

Chen Yan shrugged casually, "If you don't believe it, we can turn around and go back immediately. Lord Zhao will explain everything."

This action made Xueyan stunned.

Unlike the fierceness before, at this moment, he exuded a fearless and casual attitude, which made her heart beat.

Jin Ze said angrily: "How can such a small matter affect the schedule of the court's major events?"

Chen Yan turned around and said: "That's your problem. If nothing else, I'm going to rest. Miss Xueyan, let's go in!"

Jin Ze was unwilling to accept this and shouted: "Wait! I want to go on your boat to take a look!"

He is very experienced in this regard. Even if he can't use this boat to convict him of bribery for the time being, since the other party has prepared a boat alone, he must not be frugal in his life. If there is any extravagance that exceeds his salary, it can be used as evidence!

And the best way to find this evidence is to go on that boat!

Chen Yan walked towards the ship without looking back: "This is a private ship. Even if you are a superior, it is against the law to trespass privately. I advise you not to take risks."

Jin Ze sneered: "I want to go on board today to take a look. What can you do to me? Get out of the way!"

Seeing that the sailor couldn't fix the gangplank for a long time, he became impatient, pushed the sailor away, and walked up tremblingly with his robe.

Chen Yan gestured to the dark without making a sound.

Jin Ze had just walked halfway cautiously when the building ship in front suddenly accelerated, and the distance between the two ships suddenly widened.

The gangplank immediately fell to the water surface. Jin Ze was on the board, so how could he avoid it? He immediately fell into the river as well!

"Ah! Help!"

Plop!

Jin Ze screamed, splashed a wave, and disappeared.

"The master has fallen into the water! Quick! Hurry up and rescue the master!" The sailors on the deck were shocked and shouted in panic.

Xueyan was the only one who saw Chen Yan's secret gestures. She knew that he must be playing tricks, and she was surprised and amused.

I didn't expect him to be so bold that he dared to play tricks on the court officials.

Seeing Chen Yan enter the cabin, she turned to the Fengling Guard on the cargo ship and shouted: "Why don't you help rescue Master Jin!"

The Fengling Guard on the other side quickly agreed.

Xueyan then turned around and followed Chen Yan into the cabin. Seeing that he had returned to his usual relaxed and leisurely state, she couldn't help but say, "Sir, if you offend Lord Jin like this, what if he..."

Chen Yan stretched and said lazily, "I've offended him, what else can I do? To be honest, I'm tired of acting with him, it's better to expose him, so I don't have to worry about it in the future. If he dares to provoke me again, it won't be just a matter of falling into the water next time!"

Xueyan was anxious: "If you do this, he will definitely not give up. What if he finds out that this boat was not given by Lord Zhao, then..."

Chen Yan interrupted her: "Then wait until he finds out! I'm hungry, how did you cook dinner? Let me see if you have improved."

So he went straight to the kitchen.

Xueyan had no choice but to follow him.

Of course, she didn't know that Chen Yan didn't come up with the words Zhao Changhe gave him at the last minute.

As early as when he knew that Jin Ze would go with him, he had prepared a plan in mind, ready to use this as an excuse if he was exposed.

Anyway, Zhao Changhe dared not not cooperate with him, so why should he be afraid of Jin Ze?

Jin Ze was finally salvaged.

When he fell, he was rubbed on the back by the bottom of the cargo ship, which hurt him terribly.

Fortunately, the speed of the ship was not fast, the river was not fast, and he was quite good at swimming, so he was not seriously injured, but just choked on a few mouthfuls of river water.

The officials of his Water Affairs Department did not know about this until he came up, and they were all scared and rushed to his cabin to greet him.

Although Jin Ze vomited all the water he drank, he was choked and uncomfortable. He changed into dry clothes and lay listlessly on the bed.

"Sir, this guy is too hateful! Why don't we stop the ship immediately and go back to report him!" Zeng Hong said angrily.

"Without evidence, what's the point of reporting him?" Jin said weakly, "What's more, ahem, breaking the mountain to divert water to alleviate drought is the top priority now. If we turn back for this matter, the emperor might blame us..."

"Then what should we do?" another person asked.

"His boat must... cough cough... must have a problem. Find an opportunity to go... go aboard and investigate. With evidence in hand, we won't be afraid of not being able to deal with him!" Jin Ze said a little anxiously, and kept coughing.

"Tomorrow, we will go to Qinghe Ferry and find a reason to stop the fleet and delay it. Then, we can secretly ask people to go aboard to investigate the situation. What do you think?" Zeng Hong rolled his eyes and came up with a plan.

"I'll do as you say." Jin Ze nodded slightly.

He didn't think that the other party was responsible for the fall into the water.

But now the other party's boat deliberately pulled away, and the gangplank was not long enough, so it was no longer feasible to use that trick to get over.

But there are thousands of ways, and he will definitely find a way to get on the other party's boat and get the evidence of that guy's bribery!

Late at night, on the small building boat, Chen Yan finished washing and went to bed, humming a song while waiting for Xueyan to clean up the bathroom and come to read him a story.

This is a must-see program every night these days, so naturally, she has to wear the clothes he specifies.

Moreover, he specially prepared a "little surprise" for her today.

As a result, after waiting for a long time, Xueyan did not come in.

He changed his mind, got off the bed, walked to the bathroom and took a look, and couldn't help but smile.

As he expected, this girl was twisting the Rubik's Cube again!

She was completely obsessed with that three-order Rubik's Cube these days. Whenever she had some time, she would take it out to study. After cleaning the bathroom, she couldn't help but sit on the edge of the bathtub and twist it again.

Chen Yan walked over and took a look, and said with emotion: "Yes! One side has been completed!"

Xue Yan was concentrating on the Rubik's Cube and didn't notice him coming. She was startled and turned around to see him, and then she breathed a sigh of relief: "Master Chen, you scared me to death!"

Chen Yan said casually: "The progress is good. If you can complete one side, you can complete two sides and three sides. It seems that it will be just around the corner to restore it to six sides."

Hearing his encouraging words, Xue Yan was not as happy as he expected, but said frustratedly: "I completed one side the next day, but the other sides could not be completed no matter what."

Chen Yan laughed: "Haha, if you want to inherit my mantle, patience is also an extremely important ability. If you give up so easily, it will definitely not work."

Xue Yan couldn't help but said: "Master, you are not deliberately teasing me, are you? This can only complete one side, right?"