After hearing this, Chen Shushuang felt a little happy. Looking at the appearance of Zuodu Yushi, he could tell that he was a good official.
Of course, only he knows whether he is a good official or not.
In this way, Chen Shushuang followed a government official and looked for the official Chen Shushuang had seen that day in the government office.
Seeing that no one had come yet, Yushi Guo spoke to Magistrate Zuo Cen.
"Prefect Cen, look at this, why are you so confused? You and I are wearing scarlet official robes. You are supposed to be serving the country. How can you do such a small thing?"
Facing Censor Guo's question, Magistrate Cen said nervously: "This...this...this is the mistake of those officials. This...this is not the fault of the lower officials. This sea ban order I don't know about the cancellation, and I haven't even read the notice."
"You really haven't seen it?" Guo Yushi asked.
Magistrate Cen shook his head guiltily: "I haven't seen it."
"As a parent official of Yu'an Mansion and even Nanyu Province, you said that you haven't read the letter sent by the imperial court. This... shouldn't be the case."
Seeing that Guo Yushi suspected himself, Magistrate Cen made up a reason: "Guo...Guo Yushi. This...this...this dissatisfaction. You said, this...this" may be too much. I was so nervous that I even said these words.
The anxious Censor Guo asked: "This, this, this, what is this?"
"This...this...this official rarely does anything, and mostly leaves it to them. This...this official doesn't know, so...just... He was sentenced for violating the maritime order on that day." Magistrate Cen replied nervously.
Hearing this, Yushi Guo didn't know what to say. He just wanted to wait for the man named Chen Shushuang to identify the official and wait for the case to be solved.
Chen Shushuang followed the yamen officials and walked around the yamen, but still could not find the official who said harsh words at the yamen gate that day.
Although many of the official uniforms were similar to his, no one looked similar to him in appearance.
"Official, I looked around in the government office, but I didn't see that official." Chen Shushuang said, with a look of worry on his face.
"No?" Guo Yushi didn't believe it.
Chen Shushuang nodded: "Indeed not. I looked carefully, but no one has the same face as him."
Seeing that the grievances had been heard for a long time, Guo Yushi stood up and looked at Magistrate Cen beside him: "Call all the officials in this government office to the front yard of the government office. Don't let any official pass by." , otherwise this court will question you."
"Yes, yes, yes." Magistrate Cen left in a hurry and did as he asked.
Looking at the people kneeling on the ground, Guo Yushi said: "You follow me, and later you will find the official who said harsh words at the yamen gate that day. This court will give you a justice."
After hearing this, the people all nodded, feeling very sad.
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Happy.
Not long after, all the officials from the Yamen had gathered in front of the Yamen, and the prefect Cen Yongchang was counting people nervously.
After a while, I saw that Magistrate Cen's face was red with nervousness, which may be partly caused by the hot weather.
After doing the counting back and forth several times, Magistrate Cen realized that there were already very few people.
Guo Yushi was on the side and he had to report truthfully.
"Guo...Guo...Guo Yushi, this...this person...is missing." Magistrate Cen stammered.
"Less?" Guo Yushi asked.
Magistrate Cen was like a child who had done something wrong. He was very nervous and did not dare to say a word. Guo Yushi answered whatever he asked.
"Who is missing?" Guo Yushi asked.
The informed official replied: "Li Tongpan and Shen Tongzhi are missing!"
After hearing this, Yushi Guo asked Magistrate Cen: "Why are there so few people? How do you do things?"
Ever since the people started making trouble until now, Magistrate Cen has never been in a panic.
Seeing that Magistrate Cen had not said anything, Yushi Guo continued to question: "Did those two people run away?"
Magistrate Cen, who didn't know anything, was so nervous that he couldn't say a word.
At this time, one of the officials in front of him who had not participated in the use of the sea ban to make profits said bluntly: "Guo Yushi! The two of them have run away long ago!"
"Run away?" Guo Yushi asked.
Several of the officials standing among them nodded.
"When did you run away?" Guo Yushi asked again.
An official with knowledge of the incident said: "They ran away long ago when the people were making trouble at the government office."
Hearing this, Yushi Guo glanced sideways at Magistrate Cen, looked at the government officials, and ordered: "Hurry up and chase them. In addition, we have temporarily closed several gates in the city. We must bring them back!"
"yes!"
After giving the order, he looked at the rows of officials standing in front of him, and then looked at the group of common people beside him, and said: "Fellows, look among these officials to see who put the money at the gate of the government office that day. Find the one who talks harshly!"
After saying this, the common people walked over cautiously and walked around these officials several times, but they still could not find the official who said the cruel words.
"How?! Did you find it?!" Guo Yushi asked.
The people all shook their heads.
Seeing this, Guo Yushi thought to himself that the official who made the harsh words must be one of the two officials who ran away.
"Let's do this, folks. As for everyone, go back first. When we find those two officials, we will question them and give the folks an explanation!" Guo Yushi shouted, looking at the few officials. What about the common people who are imprisoned?
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Dao Lai: "You guys should go back too."
After hearing this, the villagers turned around and went back one after another.
At this time, large beads of sweat could clearly be seen on Magistrate Cen's forehead.
"Zhifu Cen, what do you think?" Guo Yushi looked at Zhifu Cen.
Seeing Censor Guo's look, Magistrate Cen failed to understand what he meant and said nothing.
"My officer, let's discuss this matter after we find those two officials. Do you think it's okay?" Guo Yushi asked.
Magistrate Cen nodded: "Okay, okay."
Looking at the officials in front of him, Guo Yushi said: "You just go and do your work first."
Guo Yushi walked out of the government office, followed by the housekeeper Yin Xing. Seeing this, the tension in Magistrate Cen's heart dropped a little.
He knew that he couldn't hide this matter, so he walked towards the office, but at this time, he no longer had any energy to deal with official duties. He sat in this room for a long time without touching his brush.
And those officials who were involved in the profit-making of the maritime ban were coming this way.
Looking at Magistrate Cen who had done nothing, his colleague Sun Yang asked: "Prefect, do you think... Guo Yushi is on our side?"
Magistrate Cen, who was sitting on the official hat chair, shook his head and looked at the officials in front of him with confused eyes.
"Censor Guo seems to have known that we were involved in this case. Why didn't he expose us immediately and pretend not to know?" an official asked.
Magistrate Cen said nothing, looking at the officials in front of him with bewildered eyes.
Seeing that Magistrate Cen didn't say anything, Sun Tongzhi became anxious: "Prefect Cen, you should say something."
"What did I say?" Magistrate Cen asked.
Sun Tongzhi didn't know what to say, but the panic was clearly visible on his face.
Seeing that Magistrate Cen was unable to do anything, an official asked: "Prefect Cen, are the gifts prepared by the subordinates still useful?"
Regarding this gift, it seems that only Magistrate Cen himself has given it away, and other officials have not yet given it away.
Magistrate Cen shook his head.
Seeing the appearance of Magistrate Cen, these officials left with disappointed faces. Magistrate Cen's appearance could be said to be that he didn't know anything about it.
On the other side, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, was walking slowly on the street of Yu'an Mansion.
"Master, you clearly know that Magistrate Cen is the mastermind of this case, why don't you just have him arrested?" Yin Xing, the steward on the side, asked curiously.
Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, sighed: "Just arresting him, wouldn't it be too cheap for those government officials? If he were arrested, he wouldn't be able to produce many officials. It would be better to give them more time to think about it. Let them know how powerful I, the censor of Zuodu, am. Rather, I will try to catch all the officials involved in using the sea ban to make profits."
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