Li Zheng bowed his head respectfully and said in a crisp voice: "The people are still suffering from illness. I am unworthy of your majesty's trust. I only hope to find a way to rescue and make this disaster pass as soon as possible, so as to live up to the emperor's favor."
For a moment, Nangong Hao pursed his lips and chuckled, looking at Li Zheng deeply, "The medicine has been delivered, the prefect will arrange for people to take care of it."
Li Zheng chuckled lightly and bowed his hands: "Everyone has been tired from traveling and traveling. I have arranged a place to rest and stay. Everyone, please, I have something to do, so I won't accompany you."
The fourth prince and Prime Minister Lin arrived in Jincheng a few days ago, and they just took advantage of the medicine that had just been delivered today to show their faces in front of everyone.
However, Li Zheng did not exchange too many greetings at this moment. Instead, he personally arranged the handover of the medicine delivery team.
The last time, Nangong Hao and Prime Minister Lin personally went to the epidemic area to "visit", Li Zheng did not show up, and the tone of the greetings that were said in one breath today was really unpleasant.
Not long after Li Zheng arrived in Jincheng, such a big event happened. In fact, it was a bad start. If he did it well, the emperor would reward him. If he didn't do it well, it would probably not be as simple as losing his hat. Maybe the whole family would die. They will all die in Jincheng.
Although Jincheng was a fertile land, the disease was spreading all over the city at this time. Many officials were secretly grateful for it. Regardless of whether it was successful or not, at least they had saved their heads. Besides, there were also rumors that the ghost of the former prefect was causing trouble. The family's hundreds of years of foundation in Jincheng were just uprooted, and Xu Wei was not convinced even after his death, so whoever takes the position of prefect will not have an easy life.
However, since Li Zheng came to Jincheng, he has been fulfilling his duties and no matter what rumors are spread by the outside world, they have not posed any threat to him. He did not hold banquets or form cliques. His qualifications for the position of governor were actually promoted to him by people from a certain faction in the court. Therefore, some people secretly rumored that Grandmaster Li was well-founded in his behavior.
Some people also said that the disease in Jincheng was really strange, and Li Zheng was very polite to the wise men who came from all over the world to diagnose and treat the disease in order to save his head. I hope someone can come up with a solution and save the whole family of Li Mansion. Some people even regard this as a joke for Taishou Li to save himself, because everyone thinks that Taishou Li is unlucky, and such a big thing happened not long after he was appointed.
Looking at the backs of Li Zheng and others leaving, some of the attendants were dissatisfied and angry at Prime Minister Lin's ears: "This Li Zheng is too ignorant of current affairs. When the fourth prince and his lords came to Jincheng, they didn't personally entertain them..."
Prime Minister Lin glanced at the entourage indifferently, and the entourage was so frightened that he immediately fell silent and did not dare to say another word.
Prime Minister Lin looked at the indifferent expression on the fourth prince's face, smiled rather enigmatically, and said, "What do you think of Li Zheng, Your Highness?"
Nangong Hao shook the jade fan in his hand, and his silver-white clothes fluttered in the wind. He looked very noble. After a moment of meditation, he said: "How can a small county magistrate be recommended by someone who knows how to judge the situation?" The position of governor is really not easy, but it is a pity that he is standing on the opposite side of this prince."
Prime Minister Lin shook his head and smiled meaningfully, "I don't think so, either."
Since Lin Ji's martial arts was abolished, he has been very low-key outside. Losing one of the things he values most is more uncomfortable than having him die. He is equivalent to a waste at this time. If the fourth prince doesn't despise him, he will be killed. If you take him by your side, he will only wait to die and mourn in the family.
At this moment, his only goal is to seek revenge against An Xiyue and Nangong Yuanyi.
Lin Ji said angrily with gloomy eyes: "Since Li Zheng is not one of ours, we will find a way to get rid of him. I think he is a little arrogant."
Prime Minister Lin looked at his grandson and shook his head secretly. If his martial arts skills were still intact, he could still support him to become a famous military general in the future, but at this time, he was neither good at literature nor martial arts. In his opinion, Li Zheng was only a few years older than Lin Ji. , to be able to sit on the position of prefect at such a young age, is it really just the push from that side?
Prime Minister Lin looked at Lin Ji and couldn't help but worry about the future of the Lin Mansion. Lin Ji was the future head of the Lin Mansion, but if it really didn't work out, he could replace him at any time.
When Nangong Hao saw Lin Ji's temper, he just smiled silently. Most of the Lin family members were in high positions. If the Lin family was really handed over to Lin Ji, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to help him much.
"As far as I know, the appointment of Li Zheng to Jincheng was personally ordered by His Majesty. When the appointment edict was announced, everyone in the court was shocked. He was just promoted by a magistrate. He had no ability, and His Majesty looked down upon him. It’s above, so in my opinion, we can win over Li Zheng.”
When Lin Ji saw his grandfather saying this, he was very confused, but this time was different from the past. He did not dare to interrupt casually, and only said: "Are we going to win over the eldest prince's people?"
Nangong Hao was very smart and understood what Prime Minister Lin meant, but he didn't want Lin Ji to be reprimanded again, so he said loudly: "The Prime Minister means that he may not be the eldest prince. Since Li Zheng has taken the position of Jincheng Prefect, At this point he is just a piece of cake."
Lin Ji was a little unconvinced. Even a small Jincheng prefect dared not take them seriously, but he did not dare to say it for fear of making his grandfather angry.
Lin Ji only knew that the former prefect Xu Wei had embezzled huge sums of money and had his entire family ransacked. Even many officials in Jincheng were involved in the case, and no one was spared. But so what, no matter how prosperous Jincheng was, it could not compare with Kyoto. Besides, he had lived in a military camp since he was a child. Living a worry-free life and having endless money, Xu Wei didn't know what evil he had committed. He embezzled a little money and his house was confiscated.
