Quanzhou prefect?
Zhao Yihui fell into a sluggish state and his brain was a little insufficient.
Gu Zhengchen walked out of the cell door, looked back at Zhao Yihui, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, let's say goodbye. When we meet again one day, we won't be here."
Zhao Yihui came back to his senses and bowed with difficulty: "Then Zhao is here to wish Magistrate Gu a safe road ahead."
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly, looked at Li Yan and Liu Weiqian, and said pointedly: "The shackles of the Criminal Department are not light, and the chains are also a bit heavy."
Li Yan and Liu Weiqian were both mature men and they were used to being driven by the wind. Seeing Gu Zhengchen say this, they didn't understand what he meant. They quickly called to the jailer: "Untie him, so he won't need to wear it again in the future."
Gu Zhengchen said with a straight face: "That's not necessary, he is on death row..."
Li Yanzhi wanted to greet Gu Zhengchen's family. You are the one who offers to be released, and you are the one who is refusing to be released. What are you pretending to do? But this person is in power and cannot be offended, so he can only compliment: "It's okay for prisoners on death row. There are rules in the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment. I'm sick." He who takes off his yoke and fetters.”
Gu Zhengchen suddenly understood and nodded, and then said: "Look at him, he seems to be terminally ill. This meal..."
Li Yan's face changed slightly, you're trying too hard.
Liu Weiqian said quickly: "Of course I still need to take more care of this meal."
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly and bowed his hands to Li Yan and Liu Weiqian: "Every month, the Gu family will send a stone of grain to the Ministry of Punishment, which Quan will use for his food."
Li Yan and Liu Weiqian did not refuse. After all, many prisoners were provided with food by their families, and the dungeons could not support people in vain.
A yamen servant ran over quickly and said to Li Yan and Liu Weiqian: "Mu Ying, the governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, handed over a document saying that the lost imperial gift from the Mu Mansion has been found. It was a complete injustice to Wu Rong, so it is revoked." The crime..."
Li Yan nodded bitterly, Mu Ying's move was slippery.
Wu Rong stood up, patted the hay and dust on his body, nodded to Zhao Yihui, and followed Gu Zhengchen out of the dungeon. When he exited the gate of the Criminal Department, he saw Gu's mother, Zhang Xiwan, Gu Qingqing, and Liu Qian'er greeting him. Beside them were Mu Chun and Mu Sheng.
Before Zhang Xiwan and others could come forward, Mu Chun and Mu Sheng ran over first, one by one.
After Gu Zhengchen comforted the two guys, he looked at his mother with a smile, stepped forward and saluted, "It's really unfilial for my son to let his mother worry."
Mother Gu lifted Gu Zhengchen up with a smile, looked at her carefully, and saw that there were no injuries, she nodded repeatedly: "You were harmed by the traitor, which means that you did things that the traitor didn't like, and you have a grudge against him. Mother is worried about you." , I am even more proud of you. My child, if you do good things for the people and the court, you will inevitably suffer, but don’t act recklessly in the future."
Gu Zhengchen nodded in agreement.
The mother understands justice well, but the wife is not so generous. When no one else is paying attention, she pinches herself twice as a price for worrying.
Zhang Xiwan's resentment was justified. She was originally going back to Jinling to enjoy a peaceful life with her family, but as a result, Gu Zhengchen spent his days in the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment. His thin shoulders could not bear the huge pressure. Very tired and scared.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Gu Qingqing. She finally had the consciousness of a big girl. She used to wipe her tears with her clothes when she cried, but now she knows how to keep her distance.
Liu Qian'er wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said to Gu's mother, "Mom, it's better to take Brother Zhengchen back to the house to talk."
Gu's mother blamed herself again and again. This was outside the gate of the Criminal Department, not a place to reminisce about the past.
When they arrived outside the gate of Quanzhou County Nanfu, Mu Chun and Mu Sheng took five soldiers back to pay their respects. The whole Quanzhou County Nanfu could not help but be filled with joy and celebration. Gu Cheng is back, Hu Dashan and Hu Hengcai also came to say hello, Zhang and Xiu took a break, and Liang Jiajun also took the time to come and see...
At night, candlelight flickers.
Zhang Xiwan packed her bags and said to Gu Zhengchen: "I don't know what your majesty thinks. Jurong has finally improved, but he actually transferred you to Quanzhou. I heard from my father that the road to Quanzhou is more than two thousand miles, and you still need to climb mountains." Ridge is extremely difficult."
When Gu Zhengchen saw Zhang Xiwan packing his clothes into the box, he frowned and said, "This time I go to Quanzhou, you stay in Jinling."
"What?"
Zhang Xiwan thought she heard wrongly.
Gu Zhengchen was afraid that Zhang Xiwan would be worried, so he stepped forward and took Zhang Xiwan's hand, and said softly: "I went to Quanzhou to be the prefect, but I was entrusted by your majesty to investigate the murder case of Zhao Yihui, the director of shipbuilding in Quanzhou. Once the investigation is clear, I will Come back. My husband doesn’t want his wife to suffer along with such a long journey.”
Zhang Xiwan shook her head: "I am your wife. Wherever you go to take office, I should follow you. Wherever the two places can be separated, I will not agree, and neither mother nor father will agree."
Gu Zhengchen knew that Zhang Xiwan was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. Once he had an idea, it was difficult to persuade him, so he said: "You think, with my husband's talent, he could not solve the case in Quanzhou in a matter of minutes, and he could not come back after stopping for half a month. If you Then, I’ll be bumpy on the road for a month, and I’ll have to return before I’ve rested, will my body be able to handle it?”
"Minutes, what?"
Zhang Xiwan tilted her head slightly.
Gu Zhengchen was a little depressed. You still picked on your words when you were talking about business.
"In short, my husband will not stay in Quanzhou for a long time. It may be three months at the earliest and half a year at the latest. It is close to the sea and it is very wet and cold in winter."
"I'm going."
"There are mosquitoes there, they are so big, one bite hurts for half a month, and the swelling on the face will not go away for a long time."
"Go."
"You go and follow. We don't care about the Jurong Tailoring Courtyard and the Weaving Courtyard. Let those women do their own thing. Sun Niang can't even calculate the accounts clearly. She will suffer a loss for the county government one day." It has nothing to do with us.”
"How can it be okay? There are thousands of women, all hoping to live a good life with the tailoring compound and the weaving compound."
"No matter, you want to go to Quanzhou with me anyway, so just stop at the tailoring compound and the weaving compound. There is no one to take care of them anyway, so you can just go home and plow the fields."
"Well, otherwise, husband, I won't go to Quanzhou..."
"Seriously? Well, I mean, how could you not follow your husband? Quanzhou is so nice."
"That's right. Then close the tailoring compound and the weaving compound."
"ah--"
Gu Zhengchen was completely defeated.
Zhang Xiwan laughed out loud, took out her clothes from the box, and said softly: "My husband's trip may be a bit dangerous, so I don't want Xiwan to follow me, right?"
Gu Zhengchen looked at Zhang Xiwan in surprise, but he didn't say anything.
Zhang Xiwan glanced at Gu Zhengchen, lowered her head and packed the box: "The emperor has so many capable ministers, why did he choose his husband? The Jurong war is at a critical time. The Yuanhuo Bureau obviously cannot do without her husband, but they still want to do something like this The transfer order can only show that things in Quanzhou are very difficult. The Guo family's case is a case within a case, one case after another, interlocking, complicated, and the husband solved it, and his reputation is outstanding. This time, your majesty used the husband to illustrate the difficulty of the case. The case of the Guo family should not be dismissed."
"In the final analysis, the Guo family is just a big family in a county, so it means nothing. But there are many big families in Quanzhou Prefecture, and even more are deeply rooted. It is also a place where pirates often invade, and it is even more dangerous when you think about it. My husband will not let Xiwan go with him. , it must be for safety reasons. Xiwan did not go with her because she did not want to drag her husband down and distract him. The husband should not hide it from Xiwan..."
Gu Zhengchen underestimated Zhang Xiwan's intelligence. Although she was a woman, she was also beautiful and smart. Seeing her expose him, Gu Zhengchen had no choice but to step forward, hugged Zhang Xiwan in his arms, and comforted in a low voice: "I'm sorry, husband, you shouldn't hide it." You, I don’t want you to worry. There are risks in this trip, but you also know that this time your husband is not the county magistrate, but the magistrate. He has a high position of power. It is not easy for anyone to touch my husband. "
What Zhang Xiwan wanted to say finally turned into a strong hug.
It is difficult to change what your husband decides. It is rare that he is willing to discuss it with himself in this way.
"You stay in Jinling and take a few days a month to go to Jurong, or ask Gu Cheng to bring the account books. You still need to keep an eye on the tailoring compound and the weaving compound."
Gu Zhengchen arranged it.
Zhang Xiwan nodded and agreed. Since Gu Zhengchen no longer stayed at the Jurong County Magistrate's residence, it was not convenient for him to live there permanently. It would be okay to stay for a few days occasionally. After all, Gu Zhengchen was still the Jurong County Magistrate.
The next day.
Gu Zhengchen was woken up before he could wake up.
Zhang Xiwan looked at Gu Zhengchen, who was yawning and could hardly open his eyes, with a smile on his lips: "Just now Xiaohe sent a message, saying that someone from the palace has announced that her husband will enter the palace before dusk."
Gu Zhengchen pulled Zhang Xiwan and brought her into his arms: "Since we are entering the palace before dusk, why are we delivering the letter so early? We don't know we are very busy."
Zhang Xiwan broke away from Gu Zhengchen and said quickly: "Your Majesty wants my husband to enter the palace before dusk, but the East Palace wants my husband to go there early."
"This family of two is really tormenting people..."
Gu Zhengchen complained endlessly.
Lao Zhu has a bunch of children. Zhu Biao, your child is also in your belly. Don’t you know that I don’t have a child yet?
For the sake of her children and the impending separation, Zhang Xiwan is very clingy now. She has been working hard every day and night, and Lao Zhu's family doesn't let anyone sleep more.
There is no way, Zhu Biao has invited him, so he can't go.
Gu Zhengchen got up reluctantly, and after packing everything, he took Zhang Pei to the East Palace.
Don't worry, Gu Zhengchen has been to the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment, but the waist badge of the Qinjun Duwei Mansion was not confiscated. You can go in first when entering the palace or the East Palace, and you don't have to wait for the notification person to run back and forth.
Seeing Gu Zhengchen yawning repeatedly with a reluctant look on his face, Zhou Zong, the man with the sword, smiled and said: "You will never go to see the prince with such a face. It will be easy for you to - well, get beaten."
"Who beat me?"
Gu Zhengchen was stunned for a moment.
Zhu Biao is famous for being gentle and the kind of person who doesn't hit anyone.
Zhou Zong coughed: "Didn't anyone tell you that Duke Xu Da of Wei, Duke Li Wenzhong of Cao, Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, and Wu Zhen, Marquis of Jinghai, are all waiting for you?"
Gu Zhengchen was stunned for a moment. I went and these fierce people came back. The person who informed Mao didn't mention it, so he was not mentally prepared at all.
"Get me a wet handkerchief."
Gu Zhengchen decided to sober up. Xu Da and Wu Zhen had met them themselves. This was the first time for Li Wenzhong and Feng Shengke to meet. These big guys gathered in the East Palace, and it was probably not a big deal.
