Chen Xiaomu really stopped when he heard this. To be honest, he could only stay in his position as the official judge of Xinjing Prefecture for only five days. At this moment, he was brewing a grand plan in his mind to win the position within five days. The entire Xinjing Mansion has undergone earth-shaking changes. Now one day has passed and there are only four short days left, so he must race against time to do things now!
Su Xingran held Zhao Yiqiu's hand and was walking forward. As if telepathically, she felt that Chen Xiaomu was no longer following them. When she looked back, sure enough, in addition to the two palace guards and Zhuge Cheng, she was still following them. Not even a trace of Chen Xiaomu can be seen! Su Xingran stomped her foot slightly, turned to Zhao Yiqiu and smiled: "Miss Yiqiu, your little idiot brother is too playful. Look, he disappeared in the blink of an eye!"
Zhao Yiqiu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it is strange to say that when brother Xiaodai was in Chen State, he was dull all day long and did not like to talk to others. Sometimes he would sit alone in the yard, except for eating. At this time, he could sit in the yard for a whole day without moving, and no one knew what was going on in his mind! Later, my father asked someone to invite Master Zhong, a famous scholar in our Chen country, to teach us how to read. It's funny to think about it. Master Zhong almost got mad at him back then. He just taught him a calligraphy, but when he turned around, he didn't recognize it again. No matter how hard Master Zhong tried his best, he didn't know it anymore. As a result, after one year, my little stupid brother couldn't recognize ten characters, which made Master Zhong shake his head and sigh when he saw him, and there was nothing he could do!" Zhao Yiqiu mentioned these embarrassing things about Chen Xiaomu back then, and said to himself They couldn't help but giggle at first.
"Oh!" Su Xingran said softly, but instead of laughing along with Zhao Yiqiu, she suddenly stopped, looked at Zhao Yiqiu who was laughing so hard, and asked coldly: "Miss Yiqiu, as you say, This Chen Xiaomu is not the sixth prince of the Chen Kingdom at all? Otherwise, how could he be studying in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
"Ah! This...!" Zhao Yiqiu's laughter suddenly stopped when Su Xingran asked her abruptly, and she was speechless for a moment. She even looked at Su Xingran like a frightened deer, terrified. She knew that she I spilled the beans, but the words I spilled were like water that was thrown out and I couldn’t take it back! "
However, to her surprise, Su Xingran not only did not get angry out of shame, nor did he intend to continue to ask questions, but he was even more affectionate to her than before. He stretched out his hands and hugged her arms tightly, like a bird. From Yiren's appearance, it can be seen that she is the emperor of Zheng! Zhao Yiqiu was so flattered that she wanted to take her arm out of Su Xingran's arms and tried quietly. However, the arm was held tightly by Su Xingran and he couldn't pull it out at all. He had no choice but to stay stiff and accompany her forward!
In fact, what Zhao Yiqiu didn't expect was that Su Xingran felt so happy at this moment. Ever since she came back from Chen Kingdom, she had begun to suspect that Chen Xiaomu's identity as the sixth prince was fake. Her mood had also changed from when she first suspected it. The anger gradually turned into fear that Chen Xiaomu will be recalled by the emperor of Chen State at any time. Chen Xiaomu's outstanding performance outside will definitely be known to the Chen State court. It is said that there is no one in the Chen State court who can fight, and he is about to be killed. The country was on the verge of annihilation. In this way, no matter how unwelcome Chen Xiaomu was in the Chen Kingdom before, when facing the disaster of annihilation, the Emperor of Chen Kingdom would try to recall Chen Xiaomu, a prince who was good at fighting, no matter what!
It's fine now. Su Xingran unintentionally confirmed the suspicion that had been lingering in her mind from Zhao Yiqiu. She was so happy. You know, as long as Chen Xiaomu is not the prince of Chen State, there is no way to help Chen State. Even if the emperor of Chen State issued an order to call him back to his country, he could not accept the call. Su Xingran knew very well that now only Chen Xiaomu was his true backbone. If he left, given the current situation of Zheng State, I simply can’t sustain it!
"Let's go, Miss Yiqiu, follow me back to the palace. I'll ask the palace chef to make some special dishes for you to try!" Su Xingran was in extreme excitement and didn't realize Zhao Yiqiu's embarrassed look. However, if she knew The purpose of Zhao Yiqiu's trip was to call Chen Xiaomu back, but he didn't know what he had in mind.
Chen Xiaomu slipped back to the Xinjing government office. He originally wanted to talk to Su Xingchen first, because she still had the title of prefect and was nominally the leader of the government office. But when he inquired about it, he found that she had already returned to the palace. and left a note with Ye Duzheng, to the effect that she felt suddenly unwell and needed to go back to rest for a few days. During her absence, all matters in the government office, large and small, were entrusted to Chen Tongpan.
After reading the note left by Su Xingchen, Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but smile bitterly and thought to himself: "It seems that Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't even want to pretend anymore, so she might as well give up her job now!"
Chen Xiaomu was in a daze holding the note left by Su Lichen. Ye Duzheng came up to him at this time and asked tremblingly: "Sir, my subordinate just saw the emperor and did not salute. I wonder if the emperor will blame me?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him and saying, "Master Ye, don't worry if you don't know. Don't worry, the emperor will not remember such a trivial matter about you."
"Hey, hey!" Ye Duzheng agreed repeatedly, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
Chen Xiaomu changed his words and asked Ye Duzheng with a smile: "Master Ye, do you want to become an official?"
"Transform into an official?" Ye Duzheng was stunned when he heard this. This was his dream, why didn't he want to! He was dreaming that last time, Li Jiange was awarded the post of chief arrester of the eighth rank of the new Jingfu Yamen because he captured Wang Lianshan, the imperial prisoner appointed by the emperor. He almost didn't make him jealous to death. At that time, he found Jia Jia Gui insisted on joining the police force. Jia Gui looked him up and down and persuaded him nicely: "Master Ye, I think you should forget it. Li Jiange's hands and feet are not weak. You, a scholar, go catch him." Robbery, isn’t that the same as getting it for free?”
But Ye Duzheng, relying on the fact that he and Jia Gui were from the same hometown and had some relatives, and the two of them got along very well, still stubbornly said: "Master Jia, you know that my subordinate failed to pass the national examination three times. Even my father scolded me." I brought shame on my family, so I left home in my final rage and came to join you. I wanted to take a shortcut and have a better future, but I know that after working with you for so many years, in the end I was still a master who couldn't enter the official career. Now I don't want to make a fortune anymore. One handful, I’m afraid this subordinate’s whole life will pass like this!”
Hearing this, Jia Gui spread his hands with a wry smile and said helplessly: "Master Ye, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm really a soft-spoken person. I recommended you to the Ministry of Civil Affairs twice but was rejected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. You again What should I do?"
No matter how Jia Gui tried to persuade him, Ye Duzheng just wanted to be a catcher. He didn't care whether he was the piece of material or not. Jia Gui was stared at by him and had no choice but to come up with a plan and bring him to the place where the government officials usually practice martial arts. He pointed at the rows of swords and guns on the wooden stand and said to him: "Go up and pick out a handy weapon, practice it twice and show it to me. If it really works, I'll let you go as a catcher!"
Ye Duzheng heard the sound and walked to the wooden frame, choosing from left to right, and finally selected a short and light security knife. As a result, he danced in front of Jia Gui without any order, and by the way, he made a cut on his arm. No need for Jia Gui's further persuasion, Ye Duzheng immediately gave up on being a policeman!
At first, Ye Duzheng thought that he had heard wrong. It was unreal to think that he had only been with this new judge for just one day, and he had to help him change his status from a temporary worker to an official of the imperial court. This was too unreal, not to mention that he was He didn't do anything earth-shattering. On the contrary, he even scolded him twice for trying to persuade him!
Ye Duzheng was in shock and had not yet reacted. He did not expect that Chen Xiaomu would have shocking words waiting for him next. When he saw Ye Duzheng, he did not react for a long time, as if he was expecting it. He then smiled slightly and said: "Master Ye, I The official recommends you to an official position starting from the seventh rank in front of the emperor. You will work first, and after you have achieved results in the future, you can continue to rise! What do you think?"
This time, because Ye Duzheng was mentally prepared for this, he could hear every word Chen Xiaomu said clearly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Master Tongpan is such a generous person! This is the same treatment as the imperial court's new top scholar. I thought back then that I had failed the exam three times, but now I was able to be like the number one scholar. As soon as I entered the official career, I was awarded a seventh-rank official position. All of this was thanks to this new general judge who only spent one day with me. !”
With a "plop", Ye Duzheng knelt down in front of Chen Xiaomu and said with great excitement: "Master Tongpan's support to his subordinates this time is like a favor to his subordinates for reincarnation. From now on, my subordinates should follow Master Tongpan's lead. Even if I have to go through fire and water for this, I won’t hesitate!”
Chen Xiaomu quickly stretched out his hand to pull him up from the ground, and said with a smile: "Master Ye, there is no need to be polite. In fact, I really have something to entrust you with!"
Ye Duzheng lowered his head and clasped his fists: "Please give me your instructions, Lord Judge."
Chen Xiaomu said: "Master Ye, I am going to report to the emperor tomorrow morning to establish an anti-corruption department in the Xinjing government office, and recommend you to be the head of the anti-corruption department. Are you willing?"
"Sir, what does this Anti-corruption Department do?" Ye Duzheng heard that he couldn't help but asked curiously, because he had never heard of a yamen with this name, let alone what kind of affairs this yamen was responsible for.
Chen Xiaomu said with a serious look: "The main responsibility of the Integrity Department is to investigate and deal with all the extortion, corruption and perversion of the law by all government officials, including the chief arrest officer. Once it is verified, those who should be arrested and those who should be sentenced will never be punished." Please be kind to me!"
Hearing this, Ye Duzheng smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, if this subordinate really does this, I'm afraid there won't be a single errand left in our government office!"
Chen Xiaomu sneered and said: "If there are no left, there will be no left! Just recruit again. There are so many people who want to eat this bowl of official rice. Tomorrow, I will allocate some people from the palace guard and the garrison outside the city to help. You, recruit as you go, give priority to those who have served in the army!"
"But, but!" Ye Duzheng stammered: "Sir, although I know that this gang of government officials have done a lot of extortion, but that's just what I heard, and I'm afraid if I really want to catch them and prove it, It’s not an easy thing, and besides, of those who have been extorted by them, very few of them dare to come forward and sue these officials!”
"This is easy to handle!" Chen Xiaomu thought in a hurry: "Tomorrow, you can find someone to make a few report boxes and hang them outside the government office, so that those who have been extorted can submit reports. They can report with real names or anonymously. Once If it is verified, the government will give a reward to the whistleblower!"
