Chapter 42
The damaged city wall had long been repaired. A small temple had been built on the side of the city wall. A clay puppet sat in the middle. It was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor. Its face was as white as snow. It held a rifle in its hand, looking majestic and murderous!
It was just that this appearance was actually somewhat similar to his!
On both sides of the statue, there was a couplet. The first couplet read," A virtuous king of a generation, with clean sleeves, three months to quell chaos and stabilize heaven and earth..."
The second half of the couplet read,"The mighty army wiped out the crafty sycophants, and the people of Qi and Lu felt the grace of the emperor..."
The horizontal words were actually 'Prince Xin Qiangu!'
Zhu Youjian was shocked. Oh my god, this is a shrine for me!
Zhu Youjian turned his head and looked at Li Yan. Li Yan shrugged helplessly," Your Highness saved the people of the city, so when the city gate was being repaired, the people used the remaining bricks and wood materials to repair this temple overnight. By the time I discovered it, it had already been repaired..."
Zhu Youjian turned his head and looked at his statue sitting in the shrine. Although he knew that it was another " him " sitting on it, he still felt a cold breeze behind his head.
Was this something a human could do?
" I've already obtained the document from the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs. The county magistrate, Hu Yihai, will temporarily replace you as the county magistrate. Pack your luggage immediately and follow me to Jiangsu and Zhejiang…"
When Zhu You checked out of the city gate, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the shrine that stood at the foot of the city wall. He shivered and hurriedly turned his head. It was too scary!
"A few days ago, His Highness flew over to report, and this lowly official has already made preparations. " These are the materials that His Highness asked me to collect..." Li Yan took out a thick stack of life books from his sleeve and handed them to Zhu Youjian." Your Excellency is right. In recent days, many people with Beijing accents have been passing by on fast horses. They were all sent by the ministers in the court to report to Jiangnan. I followed the instructions of His Highness and arrested them. I found a lot of useful things from their mouths..."
"Brother Youcheng (Li Yan) really knows my heart!”Zhu Youjian flipped through these confessions and was full of joy. With these things in hand, the chances of winning in Jiangnan increased.
Without further ado, the convoy traveled day and night and arrived at Bianjing after a dozen days. At this time, the governor of Bianjing, Wang Qia, was already waiting at the city gate with his officials.
At the welcoming pavilion three miles outside Hangzhou, clean water splashed on the streets and yellow soil lined the roads. Countless government laborers dressed in new official uniforms lined up on both sides of the road to welcome the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang from the capital, Prince Xin.
"Greetings, Prince Xin Qiansui!" Wang Qia knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Zhu Youjian.
"Lord Wang, please rise!" Zhu Youjian smiled and helped him up. Wang Qia led him straight to Hang City.
Suddenly, a woman wearing a white mourning cloth rushed out from the crowd by the roadside. She broke through the obstruction of the bailiffs and rushed to Zhu Youjian. She knelt on the ground and raised a brownish-red blood letter high with both hands." Your Highness, I'm a thousand years old. I've suffered a great injustice. Please seek justice for me, Your Highness!"”
"What a bold shrew, she actually dares to block his highness 'carriage…Men, drag her away!”
Wang Qia was startled by this commoner woman's actions. He waved his hand, and a few wolf-like government runners walked over from both sides. They grabbed the woman's hair and forcefully dragged her back.
"Stop!" Zhu Youjian's expression changed and he took a step forward. Seeing this, the bailiffs hurriedly let go and retreated to the side.
Zhu Youjian squatted down and took the complaint written in blood from the woman's hand. He read it carefully.
It was actually a complaint against Bianjing Prefecture Magistrate Wang Qia for forcefully occupying land and ordering the bailiffs to beat the woman's father and brother to death. This little girl had no way to seek justice, so she took advantage of his arrival in Hangzhou to intercept the carriage and cry blood to avenge her father and brother!
"What's your name?" Zhu Youjian finished reading the blood letter and raised his head. Only then did he realize that the " little girl " in front of him was only 16 or 17 years old. She had almond-shaped eyes, smooth skin, and an unparalleled beauty!
As her eyebrows turned, there was a kind of spiritual and graceful aura unique to Jiangnan women, which made his heart involuntarily move.
Even though he was born in the palace and had seen countless beauties, none of them could compare to one-tenth of this woman's appearance!
What a beautiful girl…Could she be a banished immortal?
"I am Zhou Wanqing…"
What, Zhou Wanqing?
When Zhu Youjian heard this name, his head buzzed! It was as if he had been struck by lightning as he stood rooted to the ground!
If he remembered correctly, in the original timeline of history, the Empress of Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, was called Zhou Wanqing!
Could she be my future empress?
"Miss Zhou, please rise. This king will accept this case!”Zhu Youjian suppressed his excitement and stood up. He folded the blood letter and stuffed it into Li Yan's hands. He then gestured to the East Chamber's people behind him." Men, arrest the suspect, Wang Qia!"”
" You….." Wang Qia would never have thought that Prince Xin, who was still smiling just now, would disregard the friendship of his colleagues and bring him to justice after reading this little slut's blood letter!
"Your Highness, Your Highness, which law did I break? Just because of a few words from this little slut, you want to arrest me…"
"The evidence is irrefutable. Wang Qia, you can argue in the hall of the government office later.”
When Chen Liu, the head of Bianjing Prefecture, saw that the chief officer had been captured, his eyes turned red. He pulled out his shiny waist knife and said," Brothers, protect the lord!”
The bailiffs behind him rushed over with a bang and blocked Prince Xin's path. They held their saber hilts and glared at him angrily.
"Go!" Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers of the Capital Prefecture immediately rushed forward. Their black muzzles were aimed at the heads of the bailiffs, and they shouted in unison to retreat!
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