"Oh? There's another thing. People give you money, why don't you accept it?" He Shengbai asked with a puzzled look.
Lei Zhengming said righteously,
"My lord has been in a high position for many years, why do you ask this question? Corruption and bribery are taboos for officials. You must not have any exchanges of profit and money with these wealthy businessmen, otherwise you will definitely be corrupted and eventually become A complete corrupt official."
"Haha. I guessed you would say that." He Shengbai smiled and said,
"In you, I see what I looked like before, so full of energy and high-spirited!" Lei Zhengming was a little puzzled.
He Shengbai said again,
"Then do you think that the law is above all else?" Lei Zhengming was about to answer, but then he seemed to think of something and hesitated and fell silent.
He Shengbai smiled and said,
"I believe that if it were in the past, you would naturally tell me yes with confidence. But now, you have been in the officialdom for a long time, and you may have gradually realized the difficulty of choosing between legal principles and human feelings." Lei Zhengming remained silent. , which can be regarded as acquiescing to He Shengbai's words.
He Shengbai said,
"On the one hand, for legal reasons, you really want to suppress these rich locals who don't care about the lives of the tenants. After all, you have also been the minister of Dali Temple, and you still have the ability to deal with a few rogue rich people. The reason why you haven't taken action yet is On the other hand, because of their kindness in taking care of your mother, you are unwilling to deal with them." Lei Zhengming closed his eyes, his expression a little stiff,
"It is true. I once felt that there was no mercy before the law. Everyone should abide by the law, and no one should violate the law. But later I discovered that in this chaotic world, people who abide by the law, Those people will only use the law to exclude and suppress me. Just because I investigated an imperial doctor who was suspected of reselling medicinal materials and forced him to commit suicide. As a result, the Queen Empress dismissed me from the official position of Minister of Dali Temple, just because she trusted this doctor very much. Imperial Physician. I was dissatisfied with this result and asked the Emperor about why he allowed people in the harem to interfere in the government affairs of the court. However, the Emperor ignored these matters at all. So in the end, I could only come here... That's why I came here. I have doubts about the law. Shouldn't the law be selfless, fair and just? Could it be that the laws I have always insisted on enforcing are all wrong? Otherwise, why would the Emperor treat me like this?" Photographed by He Shengbai He patted Lei Zhengming on the shoulder and said,
"I have thought like you before, and I have thought about it for a long, long time..." Lei Zhengming said,
"So...your final opinion is the same as mine?"
"Haha, if you have different Tao, you will not conspire against each other. If you had a different Tao from mine, I'm afraid I would have left by now." He Shengbai said with a smile.
"Well... what do you want me to do?" Lei Zhengming asked.
"I'm not asking you to do anything, I just think you are very similar to me." Lei Zhengming frowned, as if he didn't understand He Shengbai's words.
He Shengbai couldn't help laughing when he saw Lei Zhengming's appearance.
"You are really stubborn, and you can't think about all the twists and turns in your mind. Let's put it this way, do you want to become my teacher?" Lei Zhengming hesitated for a while. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't know what He Sheng was. When Bai De asked him to become a disciple, he didn't want to do so in a daze. After all, in his opinion, once a teacher is a lifelong father, the word "master" is of great significance.
But he also thought about He Shengbai's care for him for so long, and He Shengbai's glorious deeds in the past. If he worshiped under He Shengbai's sect, then with his connections, even if he could not support Lei Zhengming back If you go to the Chang'an court, you can also live a prosperous life on this side of the border. Even with this troubled background, it is not a bad idea to establish your own branch, and then your full ambitions can be put to use.
You know, there are already several armies stationed around Chenglong County, all of which came to He Shengbai in the name of consolidating the border.
And He Shengbai lost his wife in his early years, and his only daughter disappeared a long time ago. However, when he came out of Chang'an City, he seemed to have adopted a goddaughter.
If Lei Zhengming becomes He Shengbai's apprentice, then everything about He Shengbai will probably fall into Lei Zhengming's hands.
Even if a Dali Temple minister who has been in charge of Dali Temple for many years is released, the power in his hands cannot be underestimated.
It is conceivable that if it were anyone here now, it would be difficult to resist such temptation.
He Shengbai acted very calmly, and did not urge Lei Zhengming to make an immediate decision, but kept quiet.
Not long after, Lei Zhengming slowly stood up and bowed deeply towards He Shengbai.
"Thank you for your great love, Lord He. However, I am very talented and have little knowledge. I am really embarrassed to be your disciple." He Shengbai laughed when he heard this, and his admiration for Lei Zhengming became even stronger in his eyes.
"Okay! I really saw the right person. You and your mother are both very wise people. If you had agreed just now, I would have felt a little disappointed. After all, it was just out of some kindness and admiration. To worship me as your master would be to belittle the dignity of this profession. In this case, you are willing to stay with me. If one day you feel that I am qualified to be your master, how about mentioning this matter at that time? "Lei Zhengming bowed deeply again,
"Thank you, Mr. He." At this moment, shouts came from outside the government office.
"My lord! My lord! Something bad has happened..." A government servant stumbled in. Lei Zhengming shouted and asked,
"Why are you so panicked?" The Yamen servant was shocked when he saw the guards standing in the yard. When he saw He Shengbai sitting in the hall, he suppressed his panic and hurriedly knelt down and said,
"I have met Mr. He and Mr. Lei." He Shengbai said nothing and turned to look at Lei Zhengming. He deliberately asked Lei Zhengming to deal with it, which would give him a long prestige. After all, even a small government servant with For all important matters, you have to ask your superior at the door for instructions first, instead of just letting the yamen come in yelling and screaming without being stopped by the doorman.
Of course, this is indeed related to the fact that Lei Zhengming does not care about these red tapes, but it also shows that Lei Zhengming has not yet fully established his prestige, so that these subordinates can respect and respect him from the bottom of their hearts.
Lei Zhengming asked,
"Tell me, what happened?" the Yamen servant said tremblingly,
"Early this morning, a farmer who came from the countryside for the market found three corpses outside the city!" Lei Zhengming's expression suddenly changed, and He Shengbai also looked shocked, as if he had thought of something.
Fengyun Town is just a border town with simple folk customs. The people have always lived a self-sufficient life and rarely interact with outsiders. On weekdays, there are few thefts, let alone murders like this.
Lei Zhengming asked quickly,
"Where is the body now? Take me there quickly to see it!" the officer said,
"The body is in the southern suburbs of the city. I will take you there now!" Lei Zhengming said apologetically.
"Master He, I'm so sorry for being so entangled in trivial matters and poor hospitality." He Shengbai frowned and said,
"I don't know why I suddenly remembered that there were some very strange cases in the territory under my jurisdiction some time ago. In just a few days, several warriors disappeared inexplicably. At first, I just thought it was a feud between the martial arts warriors. After all, those warriors disappeared inexplicably. The warriors themselves are not good people. They get together, often rob homes and do some shady things. These people deserve to die, so I handed it over to a few police officers to investigate casually and closed the case hastily. And those people The dead warriors were all third- and fourth-level masters, and the person who could make them disappear silently was by no means an easy person. Since he handled it so well, I didn't bother to waste time and energy trying to be serious about these people. But later on The police suddenly received information that in a remote village, all the chickens and ducks raised in a farmer's home died overnight. According to the reporter, he suddenly heard the screams of chickens and ducks outside the door in the middle of the night. He originally wanted to He got up to check, but he suddenly smelled a strange fragrance and fell asleep again. According to his recollection, before falling asleep, he vaguely saw a woman's figure in the chicken coop through the window, and he also heard a burst of sound. The sound of a man coughing. However, the detectives did not find many useful clues in the chicken and duck carcasses. Although the chickens and ducks were only sucked for blood and could not be the work of wild animals, the detectives still gave It concludes with a wild beast attack." Lei Zhengming thought,
"Do you think the murder of the chicken and duck is related to the disappearance of the warrior?"
"I think it's possible that the evil martial arts cultivators have come out to make trouble again. After all, they have been silent for a long, long time." He Shengbai sighed,
"It is said that chivalrous men use force to break the law. This is indeed true. After these people have power beyond ordinary people, it will be difficult to use ordinary people's laws to restrain them. Without further ado, I will go with you. Come on, I suspect that the case that happened here has something to do with it."... At the same time, in a dark forest, an almost ghostly figure shuttled quickly among the leaves of the forest. Look carefully. It can be found that there are traces of blood remaining where the figure passed.
Cough, cough, cough. Behind the ghostly figure, I suddenly remembered a cough. This heavy cough was enough to make the listener wonder if this person was going to cough out all his internal organs.
"Huh--" A man's figure slowly emerged. The black robe that covered his whole body was airtight, revealing only a haggard face with almost no blood on it.
The two tightly furrowed brows were full of sorrow and exhaustion. The man was breathing heavily, and a little blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.
His eyes were fixed on the ghostly figure gradually disappearing in the forest in the distance. He seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes full of worry and exhaustion suddenly softened and became firmer.
…………Fengyun Town, the southern suburbs of the city. He Shengbai and Lei Zhengming stood side by side. He Shengbai asked,
"Have you discovered anything?" Lei Zhengming thought for a moment and replied,
"These people are all common people living nearby. The fatal injuries are all on the neck and throat. The cause of death is that the essence and blood from all over the body were sucked..." He Shengbai raised his hand to interrupt Lei Zhengming's rambling words and said,
"Tell me your conclusion." Lei Zhengming said,
"I heard that the zombie clan, which disappeared since the war between humans and monsters, made another noise in Fenghuang Ancient City in Jizhou some time ago." He Shengbai said curiously,
"Don't you think about what I said before about the evil cultivators?" Lei Zhengming said seriously,
"Are you going to test me? Then I will tell you my immature conjecture. First, the actions of evil cultivators have always been either silent or with great fanfare. It is impossible to say that they are silent sometimes like this. They killed a few warriors randomly, and sometimes killed ordinary people outside the city with great fanfare. Secondly, based on the few cases that your Excellency told me before, I boldly guessed that these cases were committed by the same group of people, starting from the killing It is speculated that there is at least one man and one woman in the chicken case, both for the purpose of sucking sperm and blood. I have researched information about zombies, and there are indeed records of several special cases of zombies sucking animal sperm and blood. If they are evil cultivators, they are It is impossible to let that farmer go. Of course, because there are too few clues, it is difficult for me to judge what is going on." He Shengbai said with a smile, stroking his palms.
"Yes, yes. Well-founded, very good! But if I were to make a guess, this case should be about someone secretly raising zombies, and this person is a person with some conscience, but maybe something went wrong during the feeding process. It makes the zombies lose control. I wonder what you think?" Lei Zhengming frowned at first when he heard this, and then showed a look of realization. He looked at He Shengbai with a little more reverence in his eyes.
"What you said is absolutely true! I remembered that there were several cases of zombies going crazy after sucking animal blood." At this moment, a guard handed over a letter to He Shengbai.
After He Shengbai took out the letter and looked at it for a few times, he couldn't help but smile a little and murmured,
"This guy came to me when something happened. He refused to come and see me so many times before. But now that he's here, it means he really has to let go of what happened at the beginning!" Lei Zhengming was curious. road,
"Sir, what's wrong with you?" He Shengbai came back to his senses and said with a smile,
"It's nothing. I just have a friend coming to see me. You should know this person. His name is Qi Zixian." Lei Zhengming said in surprise,
"Qi Zixian, isn't he the last young minister of Dali Temple!" Regarding Qi Zixian, Lei Zhengming has also heard of his deeds. Qi Zixian was promoted by He Shengbai and inherited He Shengbai's impartiality. Selfless, brave and resourceful, he followed He Shengbai to solve numerous major cases and had a great record. However, after handling a special case, he seemed to be mentally damaged and fell silent for a long time. After Bai resigned as Minister of Dali Temple, he also left Chang'an City.
He Shengbai nodded and said,
"It's him. What do you think? Are you interested in meeting him with me? He's coming to Chenglong Town soon." Lei Zhengming hesitated,
"But I still have cases to deal with here. I'm afraid it's hard to escape from official duties." He Shengbai said with a smile.
"Don't worry, he won't be here for long, and I'm also planning to go back and arrange for manpower to be stationed in Fengyun Town to help prevent another case from happening." After hearing this, Lei Zhengming felt relieved and said sincerely,
"Thank you, sir!"
