Soon, Hai Rui entered Gao Hanwen's residence under the leadership of the guards.
"Your Majesty Hai Rui, I have met Mr. Gao."
As soon as he entered, Hai Rui saluted Gao Hanwen respectfully.
"It's okay, Hai Rui, do you have anything to do with me?"
After Gao Hanwen finished speaking, he motioned for Hai Rui to sit down on a chair nearby. After a moment, a servant came forward and brought a bowl of hot tea to Hai Rui.
After Hai Rui took the tea cup and took a sip, he began to describe the purpose of his trip to Gao Hanwen.
"Master Gao, the thing is like this..."
After listening to what Hai Rui said, Gao Hanwen shook his head subconsciously and said helplessly.
"I advise you to stop here and stop investigating! To tell you the truth, I discovered this situation when I was measuring the land in Zhejiang."
"and after?"
Hai Rui saw this and asked quickly.
"Later, I wrote a letter to my teacher, telling him everything about the situation here! And the teacher also wrote in his reply to me that the court would send someone to investigate, but later, there was no news. .”
"At that time, I understood that this matter must involve many things, and it is a topic that must never be touched! You should just leave here. I can pretend that I have never met you."
When Gao Hanwen said this, he paused for a moment and added another sentence.
"Can you bear to watch the people here working all day long, but they can't even fill their stomachs? I checked and found that the court has issued notices on tax reductions and exemptions for the people more than once, but they have never been implemented!"
"What kind of sage book are you reading? You don't even care about the life and death of the people!"
Hai Rui couldn't help but get angry when he saw Gao Hanwen looking like he couldn't get enough of it, and scolded him angrily.
Gao Hanwen couldn't help but be touched by Hai Rui's words and slowly stood up from his seat, looking as if he was lost.
At this moment, in Gao Hanwen's mind, the previous teachings given to him by his teacher Yan Shifan kept reappearing in his mind.
"Do you know what is most important about being an official?"
"Teacher, students don't know."
"Listen carefully, serve as an official for one term and benefit the country, but the most important thing is not to lose your true heart!"
Gao Hanwen seemed to be lost in memories, and kept muttering the word "original heart" in his mouth.
"Yes, the teacher taught me before, don't lose your true heart!"
"Gao Hanwen, how come you are like this? Didn't you say you wanted to benefit the people before? Why are you only thinking about how to protect yourself now?"
Gao Hanwen questioned himself in his heart, and gradually his eyes became firm.
"I have the original records here. If you need them, feel free to take them!"
Gao Hanwen turned around, faced Hai Rui and said in a deep voice.
"Thank you so much, Master Gao!"
Seeing that Gao Hanwen agreed to help, Hai Rui couldn't help but feel happy, he cupped his hands and said happily.
"Let's go and get those files with me."
Gao Hanwen glanced at Hai Rui and took him into the room where he kept the files.
After hearing a "squeak", Gao Hanwen pushed the door open and began to rummage through the mountains of files.
"Phew~ I finally found it!"
I saw Gao Hanwen taking out a file, blowing the dust on it, and said happily.
"Here is the file that I compiled earlier. I originally planned to hand it over to the officials sent by the imperial court to investigate the matter! But later, there was no news, and I also forgot about this matter. "
After Gao Hanwen finished speaking, he thrust the file into Hai Rui's arms.
Hai Rui opened the file and browsed the contents carefully. The further down the page, the more Hai Rui frowned, because the contents in the file were too shocking, and it also confirmed his previous conjecture.
For a long time, the court's policy of reducing taxes for the people has never been implemented!
"Master Gao is so kind and kind that I will never forget it! Please accept my bow!"
After Hai Rui finished speaking, he was about to kneel down when Gao Hanwen helped him up and spoke.
"No need, you should still think about how to report this matter to the court! At the moment, the official way is definitely not possible."
"Yes, we can't go through the official route. How should we report this matter to the court next?"
Upon seeing this, Hai Rui fell into deep thought and began to think about possible ways.
At this moment, the guard at the door came to report.
"Sir...Sir, there is a man outside. He said he is..."
"What are you afraid of? Who is coming?"
Gao Hanwen frowned when he saw this, his face full of displeasure.
"He said he was a royal guard!"
Finally, the guard plucked up the courage and revealed the identity of the visitor.
"What? Jinyiwei!"
Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui looked at each other with shock on their faces.
"Why did Jin Yiwei come to my residence?"
Gao Hanwen then asked the guard who came to report, wanting to get more information.
"Master Gao, don't be nervous, I'm not here for you."
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the door, and a man wearing coarse linen clothes and an ordinary face appeared.
Upon seeing this, the guard on the side was about to pull out his knife to protect Gao Hanwen, but was stopped by the latter's eyes.
"Oh, then who are you here for?"
Gao Hanwen raised his eyebrows, already having some guesses in his heart.
"Of course it's the one next to you, County Magistrate Hai Rui of Chun'an!"
The visitor said this, and then he directly found a chair and sat down.
"You said you are a royal guard, do you have proof?"
Hai Rui on the side asked in a deep voice when he saw that the person coming was for him.
"Look, what is this?"
As the visitor spoke, he took off an ivory waistband from his waist and showed it to Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui each.
I saw the words "No. 12, Jinyiweidong Sifang" engraved on it!
And Gao Hanwen was also a well-informed person. He could tell at a glance that the workmanship of this waistband was extraordinary, and he believed 70% to 80% of the identity of the visitor.
"Since you said you are a royal guard, do you have anything to do with me?"
Hai Rui suppressed the tension in his heart, looked directly into the visitor's eyes, and said in a deep voice.
"To be honest, I followed His Majesty's order to go to Zhejiang to investigate this matter! By chance, I followed the clues and found you here."
The visitor glanced at Hai Rui and responded.
"What? Your Majesty! Your Majesty asked you to investigate this matter!"
Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui looked at each other, their faces full of shock.
They never imagined that His Majesty had already noticed the matter and sent Jin Yiwei to investigate.
And since the royal guards in front of them were sent by His Majesty, it proves that this matter is not simple. At this moment, both Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui felt that they had been involved in a huge whirlpool!
"May I ask your Majesty how..."
When Hai Rui saw this and wanted to ask for specific details, the visitor put his index finger on his lips and spoke in a low voice.
"Shh, there are some things you shouldn't know! Now, give me the file."
"I will hand him over to His Majesty in person."
As the visitor spoke, he extended his right hand to Hai Rui, making a gesture to take the file from his hand.
"You swear that you will deliver this file into His Majesty's hands!"
But Hai Rui did not immediately hand over the file to such a guard, but said this.
"Why?"
The Jin Yiwei was puzzled by Hai Rui's behavior and said doubtfully.
"Because this file is related to the livelihood of countless people in Zhejiang!"
Hai Rui looked directly at the visitor and spoke word by word.
"Haha, interesting. I promise you that I will deliver the dossier. How about it?"
After saying this, the visitor took the file from Hai Rui's hand and put it away.
"Two, farewell!"
After the visitor finished speaking, he walked out of the room. When Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui hurriedly chased him out, they found that the visitor had disappeared.
Everything that happened before was like a dream to the two of them, and Hai Rui looked at his empty hands blankly and said slowly.
"Is there a person here just now?"
"um, yes."
(End of chapter)
