In a dark room, a man wearing a flying fish suit knelt down on one knee, handed out the file in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, everything goes well!"
"Well, you did a good job on this matter, and I will state your credit in the report."
Opposite the man, I saw a thin old man sitting. The old man was not wearing a flying fish suit like other Jinyiwei, but a very ordinary robe. He was the person in charge of this operation, Jinyiwei. Liu Mi, the governor of Zhenfu.
"Thank you, sir!"
When the man saw this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and thanked him profusely.
"Okay, let's go quickly, the horses are ready, no delay!"
Liu Mi turned his gaze to the visitor and gave the order.
"yes!"
After the man responded, he turned around and left the room. A fast horse had been prepared outside the room, and there was enough dry food and water to carry him to the next station.
"drive!"
The man got on his horse and swung his riding whip. The horse underneath him felt pain and ran away in an instant.
In the room, the governor Liu Mi stood up, poured himself a cup of tea, and said silently to himself: "Now, there will be a big earthquake in Zhejiang, cough cough."
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After Zheng Michang came out of the restaurant, he rushed to the Governor's Mansion as quickly as possible and wanted to inform Hu Zongxian of the matter.
"Excuse me, please go in and inform the Governor that I have something extremely urgent that needs to be reported!"
Zheng Michang paced anxiously at the door of the Governor's Mansion, urging the guards at the door.
"Mr. Governor, it's not that we don't want to go in and report, but the Governor has already given instructions before. No one is allowed to disturb him until he has finished handling his official duties!"
"If you rush in to report and disturb the Governor, we won't be able to eat and walk away!"
The guard at the gate of the Governor's Palace looked apologetic and refused to go in to report.
"Okay, you won't report it for me, right? Then I will go in by myself!"
Zheng Michang said, and wanted to forcefully enter the Governor's Mansion.
Zheng Michang's behavior also made the guards at the gate of the Governor's Mansion quite nervous. He subconsciously pulled out the long knife from his waist and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Chief Envoy, please don't embarrass us!"
"伱, you guys!"
When Zheng Michang saw that the guards at the Governor's Mansion dared to draw their swords at him, he subconsciously took two steps back, then reacted and pointed at the guards with his index finger.
"My lord, Chief Envoy, I'm sorry. The Governor's Mansion has regulations. Anyone who breaks into the Governor's Mansion without permission will be killed without mercy!"
"You'd better wait a little longer. Maybe the Governor will finish handling his official duties soon?"
Upon seeing this, the guard at the gate of the Governor's Mansion took back the unsheathed knife and softened his tone.
"Okay, I will continue to wait here! If you delay things by then, I will definitely not let you go lightly!"
Zheng Michang looked at the guards in the Governor's Mansion up and down, and then threatened them.
In the study room, Hu Zongxian put down the brush in his hand and breathed a long sigh of relief.
After spending such a long time, Hu Zongxian finally finished handling all the official affairs in the Governor's Mansion. Just as he got up from his seat and came to the yard to stretch his muscles, he heard a burst of noise from outside.
These officials in the Governor's Mansion would never make a sound when Hu Zongxian was concentrating on official duties!
Therefore, the noise coming from outside became more obvious.
Hu Zongxian couldn't help but frown, called his subordinates, and asked: "What happened outside? Why is it so noisy?"
Upon seeing this, the subordinates summoned by Hu Zongxian had no choice but to respond: "My Lord Governor, please wait a moment while I go down to check on the situation."
"Well, go and come back quickly."
After Hu Zongxian's instructions, he began to stretch his body in the yard.
After a while, the previous subordinate came back and reported respectfully to Hu Zongxian: "Reporting to the Governor, the Chief Envoy is outside. He said that he has extremely urgent matters that he wants to report to you!"
"But you ordered before that no one is allowed to disturb you before you finish handling your official duties!"
"Well, I know, let him come in! I am very curious as to what he means by "extremely urgent".
After listening to the report from his subordinates, Hu Zongxian nodded and gave the order.
"Yes, Lord Governor, please let the Chief Envoy come in now!"
After receiving Hu Zongxian's instructions, the subordinates left quickly.
A moment later, Zheng Michang followed in the footsteps of such a subordinate and entered the Governor's Mansion.
Zheng Mi Chang's face was full of panic. The moment he saw Hu Zongxian, he couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty Governor, it's bad, something big has happened!"
"What happened? Don't be impatient. Speak slowly."
Hu Zongxian saw Zheng Michang so panicked and quickly comforted him.
"Mr. Governor, this is what happened..."
Zheng Michang didn't care that there were other people present and told Hu Zongxian exactly what happened.
"What, you say that again? Hai Rui wants to report to the court that the tax reductions and exemptions that the court has been offering have not been implemented!"
After listening to Zheng Michang's story, Hu Zongxian couldn't help but frown, as if he didn't want to believe it, he repeated it again.
"Yes, Lord Governor, that's what Hai Rui thinks. What should we do next?"
Zheng Michang's face was full of anxiety and he kept pacing in place.
"Hai Rui, does he know what he is doing? If this matter is brought to light, all officials in Zhejiang, no, most of the country, will not be able to escape!"
After thinking for a moment, Hu Zongxian quickly understood the seriousness of the matter and then gave instructions.
"Go and take a team of people to the Chun'an County Government Office to see if Hai Rui has returned."
"In addition, mobilize all the available personnel in the city! See if we can find any trace of Hai Rui."
"My Lord Governor, I have sent a team of troops to the Chun'an County Government before this! There will be news soon."
After listening to Hu Zongxian's deployment, Zheng Michang responded in a deep voice.
"Well, you did a good job. Now, hurry up and mobilize the manpower."
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
After Zheng Michang finished speaking, he quickly left, leaving Hu Zongxian standing alone.
Then Hu Zongxian briefly imagined in his mind the possible consequences of this matter being reported to His Majesty. After a long time, Hu Zongxian sighed helplessly and said to himself silently.
"Oh, what a troubled time it has been!"
In fact, deep down in his heart, Hu Zongxian hopes that this matter will be known to His Majesty! But this matter involves too much.
Hu Zongxian had a calm personality and was mature and prudent. He could not predict the emperor's reaction after learning about the matter. For the sake of the overall situation of the southeast area, he kept the matter on hold.
If His Majesty learns of this and really pursues the case, not to mention a mere Zhejiang, officials from two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty will be beheaded according to Ming law!
While Hu Zongxian's thoughts were racing, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Zheng Michang, who had left earlier, returning again.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Hu Zongxian turned his gaze to Zheng Michang and asked.
"Report...report to the Governor. Hai Rui is waiting at the door of the Governor's Mansion."
The expression on Zheng Michang's face was very complicated, and he responded to Hu Zongxian.
"Oh, let him in!"
Hu Zongxian sighed and ordered helplessly.
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
After receiving the order, the guards on the side let Hai Rui in who was waiting at the door of the Governor's Mansion.
(End of chapter)
