Su Ling's generosity gave Yu Zhi enough face, and also exposed the stingy attitudes of Su Rongsheng and his son.
"Okay, okay." Yu Zhi clapped his hands and praised, "The second roommate of the Su family is really brave."
Su Ling took advantage of the situation and said: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. This is what I should do."
Su Rongsheng said hurriedly: "Master Yu, we are also willing to contribute to the imperial court."
Yu Zhi glanced at the father and son and said disdainfully: "You'd better send the thousand taels of silver you agreed upon. The silver taels donated by each family in Su City will be recorded in the book and reported to Kyoto. Wait until the people have settled down. After that, I believe His Majesty will be rewarded."
Yu Zhi stopped talking to Su Rongsheng and his son, and then said to Su Ling: "Mr. Su, Mr. Zhang Zhongmin, the magistrate of Xiangcheng County, will be responsible for this matter. When the time comes, he will come to the Su Mansion to find you."
Su Ling didn't understand why this matter was handed over to Zhang Zhongmin, but he still said: "I understand."
Because of Su Ling's generous help, Yu Zhi didn't have to go door to door asking for money.
Yu Zhi knew that Su Ling was not willing to pay for the money. But Su Ling also knew that if the money was not given, the Su family's business would become increasingly difficult.
In recent years, the Su family's business has been prosperous and prosperous, and many business transactions have a certain gray color.
But big or small things naturally require spending money to eliminate disasters.
The days passed day by day, and soon ten days passed.
Wuhua had already arrived in Suzhou and helped people build houses every day. When a monk enters the mortal world, every step is practice, and every little thing is practice.
Yu Zhi lived in the post house and lived leisurely.
There is no need to hide your tracks during this time. Yu Zhi wanted to let the officials of Sucheng County know his whereabouts to avoid trouble.
In ten days, Yu Zhi began to practice the meridians of his right arm. After connecting the meridians of his left arm recorded in the little figure, Yu Zhi clearly felt that the strength of his left arm was far greater than that of his right arm.
Qi flows through the thirteenth meridian again and again.
In just half an hour, Yu Zhi's face and body were covered with sweat.
The practice of "Little Man Picture" requires the most energy. After all the energy is released, the recovery speed of the energy gradually increases.
As time passed, Yu Zhi also noticed these small changes.
After Zhang Zhongmin took over the matter of resettling the people, he would report the progress to Yu Zhi every once in a while.
The villages near Su City have quickly returned to their original appearance. The villages in the six counties under its jurisdiction are slower and are being gradually rebuilt. Everything is developing in a good direction.
But today Su Ji brought bad news.
"The child is missing?" Yu Zhi frowned, feeling unusual just by listening to Su Ji's story.
Su Ji said with shame: "The soldiers of the Su City Army were guarding the people's temporary residence. But in recent days, several children have been missing. At first, the soldiers thought it was children playing for fun, but these children have not returned home. The soldiers searched everywhere. I couldn’t find it nearby.”
Li Jun was also standing aside, not daring to look directly at Yu Zhi. Ever since Su Jiguan was reinstated, Li Jun felt a faint sense of threat in his heart.
He knew that in terms of military merit and reputation in the army, he could not compare to Su Ji. If you want to compete for the position of coach, I am afraid it will not be easy.
Li Jun took over the conversation and said: "I guess this is not just a simple case of a missing child. I'm afraid someone is causing trouble."
Yu Zhi thought carefully and said after a moment: "Take me to see the situation. Maybe we can find something."
Yu Zhi brought back two to three hundred children from the mountain city. Some of them had found their parents, or some of their family members were still alive. But many days have passed, and there are still more than 30 children here who are helpless, as if they have no relatives anymore.
These more than 30 children became orphans and stayed in the temporary residence compound.
Walking into the yard, Su Ji said: "There were originally thirty-four children here. Six have gone missing in the past few days, and there are still twenty-eight children in the yard. After what happened, I asked the soldiers to step up patrols. At present, No clues found yet.”
Yu Zhi glanced at the yard and said, "Could he have been kidnapped by traffickers?"
Su Ji shook his head and said: "It's impossible. If it's really a human trafficker, we won't be able to find any clues."
Yu Zhi circulated his true energy, his eyes full of wind, trying to see something from it. It's a pity that Yu Zhi didn't see anything. These investigation matters will eventually be left to the government.
"Where is Zu Anbang? After these things happened, where did they go?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zu Anbang appeared in front of Yu Zhi.
"Master Yu, the official is here." Zu Anbang rushed over.
Without taking a few breaths, Zu Anbang said hurriedly: "Xiaoguan... As soon as he heard about this, he said that brothels and gambling houses were closed down, and the water transport terminals and city gates were also ordered to be strictly inspected. If it is really the work of human traffickers, Because, you will definitely not be able to escape from the dragnet.”
Yu Zhi smiled lightly and said, "You were just in time."
Zu Anbang was annoyed. If this happened on a weekday, it would be calm. It would be a shame if a few orphans got lost, so what's the pity?
But these things happened when the censor was on inspection. Is someone trying to mess with me?
Zu Anbang was most worried about not being able to keep his official position.
Zu Anbang vowed: "Please rest assured, Mr. Yu, my subordinate will definitely supervise this matter personally and catch the culprit behind the scenes."
Yu Zhi glanced at Zu Anbang and said nothing more.
Walking on the streets of Sucheng County, Yu Zhi's thoughts were racing and his eyes were filled with doubts.
Children were trafficked in the mountain city. Could the same group of people be responsible for the missing children now?
If they were really human traffickers, where would these children be sold?
Where are these human traffickers hiding?
Yu Zhi originally planned to leave Sucheng County after the banditry incident was over, and go to Jianlu to ask for a sword.
But now it seems that it will be delayed again.
Investigating cases is not Yu Zhi's strong point, but conspiracy is Yu Zhi's specialty.
Yu Zhi returned to the small courtyard and wanted to hide himself again. Maybe the upright figure is not enough to deter Xiao Xiao, so he will go into the darkness to punish rape and eliminate evil.
.......
In Kyoto, the Chengming Palace in the early morning was full of all kinds of quarrels.
This may be the most "lively" morning court since Xiao Yuande ascended the throne.
Xiao Yuande watched the quarrels among the ministers in the palace indifferently, but there was a bit of a smile in his heart. As an emperor, what Xiao Yuande fears most is the peace and tranquility in the court.
Tranquility in the court also means concealing the superiors and bullying the inferiors, and blinding the saints.
At that time, it may be the beginning of the country's subjugation.
Fight, fight. It's fun to make trouble... The presence of old god Xiao Yuande has never stopped these courtiers from attacking each other.
The so-called quarrel with words is just like this.
Li Xiuyuan and other important officials in the court were also old gods standing aside "watching the battle". It was not the time for them to speak out yet.
"Your Majesty, that Yu Zhi is doing whatever is wrong in Su City, openly trying to accept money from officials in Su City County. This is totally lawless! Your Majesty, please punish this person to revitalize the government!"
"Master Bai, this is wrong. Master Yu went to Su City and calmed down the banditry in just a few days. He also found out about You Yuanju's collusion with the bandits. As far as I know, Master Yu transferred thirty thousand taels All the money was used for the resettlement of the people."
"But he still openly visits brothels and acts as a royal censor. His behavior is so wild and rebellious, which is really unworthy of the country. Please punish Yu Zhi to stop this lewd behavior."
"Hey, Mr. Bai is a man of few desires. I heard that Mr. Bai spent a lot of money in Yihong Mansion a few days ago, and there were three waiters waiting on him at midnight. Mr. Bai is really getting stronger with age."
"Slander is pure slander."
"Slander? Your Majesty, the humble ministers in the Chengming Palace did not dare to speak nonsense. Many people saw it that night. Did Mr. Bai really ask three girls to talk all night long? It can be said that the humble ministers slandered Mr. Bai."
For a moment, a burst of uncontrollable laughter filled the Chengming Hall.
There is also a lot of lightness in the usually serious hall.
Xiao Yuande, who was on top, couldn't help but smile. Speaking of this, Xiao Yuande knew that he should speak up to stop this farce.
"Although Yu Zhi's actions are unusual, they are all within reason. Except for some inappropriate behaviors, the important thing is that in just a few days, Yu Zhi calmed down the banditry and resettled the homeless people. This is why I sent Yu Zhi to the south. The purpose of the state capital.”
"What you said reminded me. Yu Zhichao accepted 30,000 taels from a county official. Don't you know how these officials came up with these 30,000 taels?"
Xiao Yuande's question made the atmosphere in the entire Chengming Hall become colder.
"Jiang Qing!"
Jiang Qing immediately stood up and said, "I'm here."
"Is this how the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises all officials on my behalf?"
"I am aware of my guilt." Jiang Qing knelt down and said.
"It seems that I have found the right person when I asked Yu Zhi to patrol Nanzhou. Nanzhou is rich, and the officials in Nanzhou are also rich. Let Yu Zhi check out these rich officials for me."
"Wei Chen takes orders!"
After Xiao Yuande "taught" Jiang Qing, he looked at Han Yang again. Many things happened in the court, and Xiao Yuande was worried about everything.
But what worries Xiao Yuande the most cannot be discussed in Chengming Hall.
In the imperial study room after the morning session, Qiu Jinfeng had been waiting here for a long time. After Yu Zhuyue's treatment, Qiu Jinfeng's mental state was much better than before.
Only Qiu Jinfeng knew that no medicine could defeat time.
Xiao Yuande said: "Yu Zhi's memorial said that traces of Night Ghost were found in the mountain city, and the King of Chu even colluded with Night Ghost. Do you think this matter is somewhat true or false?"
The night ghost incident in the mountain city was reported separately by Yu Zhi, and only Xiao Yuande and Qiu Jinfeng knew about it.
Qiu Jinfeng said: "Your Majesty is afraid that Yu Zhi will lie, so he insists on getting the King of Chu and Ye Gui involved in order to get your Majesty to send troops?"
Speculating on the emperor's heart is a big taboo for a minister, but it is nothing here for Qiu Jinfeng.
Xiao Yuande sighed, thinking of what Yu Zhi did in Su City, and suddenly smiled helplessly.
"I really didn't expect that Yu Zhi would put down the banditry so quickly. Yu Zhi's ability is obvious to all. But if he knows his life experience, if he is eager for revenge, he will inevitably use me as a knife. And although Xiang Ji is greedy for power and ambitious , but not to the point of colluding with night ghosts.”
Qiu Jinfeng muttered: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true."
