When Mr. Shen dusted himself off and had time to go ashore, a man from the inner guard was already waiting on the shore. He bowed his head respectfully and saluted Mr. Shen: "Tang Lian, the captain of the inner guard, pays homage to Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi glanced at him and said with a smile: "This eldest brother is quite unfamiliar. Didn't Captain Qi come?"
Tang Xiaowei lowered his head and said: "Back to Mr. Shen, Qi Xiaowei stayed in Jiankang and has another appointment. From now on, he will be responsible for protecting Mr. Shen in a humble position."
Shen Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Did Captain Qi come back with me when I went back to Jiankang last time?"
Colonel Tang nodded and said nothing more.
Shen Yi thought for a while, then looked at the cruise ship in the West Lake and asked, "What's going on?"
Tang Lian hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head slightly and said, "There was an official who acted willfully and bumped into the young master, but there was a prostitute next to this official, so..."
"Something's not right."
"Preliminary investigation shows that the prostitute was the instigator of what happened today. However, the low-level officials still need to know the specific situation in detail."
"Well."
Mr. Shen touched his chin and thought for a moment: "People sent from the north?"
"possible."
Tang Lian lowered his head slightly and said: "But even if it was sent by the Qi people, it was a bit too rough. But Mr. Shen's visit to the lake today was also on a whim. I guess these people think it is a rare opportunity. Even if the opportunity is reluctant, they will Still taking action."
"If the Qi people really took action, then these Qi people should be trying to knock Mr. Shen into the lake. You..."
Come and try it quickly. 】
Colonel Tang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can you swim?"
"Won't."
Shen Yi shook his head and said helplessly: "I come from a scholar's family. The elders in my family have not allowed me to go into the water since I was a child, for fear of danger."
"That's possible."
Tang Lian lowered his head and said, "The internal guards will verify the specific situation as soon as possible and report it to Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi squinted his eyes, nodded, and asked, "Whose family does that idiot belong to?"
"It has not been verified yet, but he claims his surname is Zhou, and he says he is... the son of the governor of Zhejiang."
Hearing this, the smile on Shen Yi's face became thicker.
He turned back to look at Jiang Sheng behind him, and said with a smile: "The arrow must be put away, but you can't throw it away."
Jiang Sheng quickly lowered his head and said, "I understand."
Shen Yi then turned back to look at Tang Lian and asked, "Brother Tang, can your internal guards...withstand the pressure from the Zhejiang government?"
A smile appeared on Tang Lian's face.
"Mr. Shen, Zhejiang is too close to the capital."
"It's not as if the sky is high and the emperor is far away."
This sentence is equivalent to answering Shen Yi's question.
Mr. Shen nodded and said, "Then you will detain all these people. No matter who comes to your place to ask for someone, you will say that they are plotting to assassinate the imperial envoy and ask for detailed interrogation. Are there any questions?"
"That's how it should be."
Tang Lian squinted his eyes and said: "This official is lawless. He dares to draw a bow against anyone in broad daylight, or against an imperial envoy. If you look closely, this alone is already a capital crime!"
"If someone takes advantage of you, you won't die."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "It's me, I'm afraid I have to work hard to do it."
Mr. Shen turned back and glanced at Jiang Sheng. Jiang Sheng immediately took out a wallet from his arms and handed it to Shen Yi. Shen Yi took out a few gold leaves from it, put them in Tang Lian's hands, and said with a smile: "Brothers, follow me. It’s been a hard journey, so take it for a sip of tea.”
Tang Lian raised his head and glanced at Shen Yi. Seeing Shen Yi's sincere expression, he hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it, bowed his head respectfully and said, "Thank you, Mr. Shen, for the reward."
"You're welcome."
Shen Yi patted the inner guard captain on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Colonel Tang, let's go do some business now. For official matters, let them come to me. I have been in Lin'an for a day or two. One of those officials They even pretended to be dead and didn't see me, and now they can't hide away."
Although Shen Yi came to Lin'an secretly and did not inform the Zhejiang and Hangzhou officials, he did not deliberately conceal his itinerary. Logically speaking, those well-informed officials should have known about it.
But they ignored Shen Yi.
In other words, they more or less looked down on Mr. Shen, the "lucky" imperial envoy. As long as Shen Yi didn't write for them, they would pretend not to know.
Tang Lian nodded, clasped his fists, turned and left.
After the captain of the inner guard left, Shen Yi stretched, yawned and said, "Let's go back to the inn to sleep."
Jiang Sheng scratched his head and said, "Sir, why don't you go find the bastard who shot you to vent your anger?"
Master Shen rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: "He is not of the same generation as me. What should I do with him? Just let the inner guards lock him up. He will certainly suffer from it later."
As he said that, Shen Yi glanced at the arrow in his hand and said with a smile: "You must put this arrow away. With this arrow, our affairs in Zhejiang may be much easier to handle."
Having said this, Shen Yi laughed, left the edge of the West Lake with his hands behind his back, and took Jiang Sheng back to the inn to sleep.
This sleep lasted from afternoon to evening. Master Shen was sleeping soundly when a cautious knock came from the door of the room: "Shen...Master Shen..."
Jiang Sheng opened the door and saw an old man in his forties standing outside the door.
He is the manager of this inn.
The shopkeeper lowered his head to Jiang Sheng with a smile on his face: "Master, your Master Shen...is he awake?"
"No."
Jiang Sheng raised his head and said, "My young master has been running outside for a long time. Now he is tired and is taking a rest. What can I do for you, shopkeeper?"
The shopkeeper made a sad face, lowered his head and said: "Sir, our Lin'an magistrate is here. He is waiting outside. He said he came to ask for an audience with Master Shen. Can you please wake up Master Shen and give him... a meeting?" one side?"
Jiang Sheng curled his lips: "The prefect of Lin'an..."
"Go and report to the government official that my young master was frightened in the afternoon. I'm afraid he won't be able to get up for a while. Let him go back to the government office first. Maybe tomorrow my son will go to the government office to pay homage to his old man. .”
The shopkeeper sighed and could only go down to report to the Lin'an prefect tremblingly. After hearing this, the prefect below knew that Shen Yi was very assertive and it was unlikely that a shopkeeper would touch him.
So, Master Fu Zun sighed and asked the shopkeeper to lead the way. He came to Shen Yi's room in person. After arriving at the door of the room, Master Fu Zun coughed and cleared his throat.
"Chang Mingyuan, the prefect of Lin'an, would like to see the imperial envoy!"
His voice was quite clear, but the words he spoke made the shopkeeper behind him tremble.
Chang Fuzun spoke politely, but the expression on his face was not pretty.
He is the prefect of the provincial government and a fourth-grade civil servant. He is only half a step away from being promoted to the provincial official as a frontier official.
Now, in order to wipe the leader's butt, he had to come to the door of Shen Yi, a fifth-grade official, which naturally made him feel uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Shen Yi didn't criticize his face too much. Not long after, Shen Yi, dressed in plain clothes, pushed open the door and glanced at Magistrate Chang at the door in surprise.
Mr. Shen's face was full of astonishment.
"Why are Master Chang here?"
Magistrate Chang suppressed his emotions and forced out a smile that was as professional as possible.
"Xia...Xiaguan, on behalf of the officials of Lin'an Prefecture, is here to welcome the imperial envoy."
