"Oh, the emperor is far away, and next to the border, and is under the jurisdiction of Ningzhou Prefecture. The prefect of Ningzhou Prefecture was also fascinated by a beautiful concubine, so he had no energy to take care of Lancheng's affairs.

These officials acted unreasonably, and the only one who suffered was the people. Fortunately, Lord Wei only harmed the rich. As long as he did not increase taxes, his wealth would not be related to our ordinary people's business."

"This is true. Besides, it is the court's business that he doesn't have the power to increase taxes."

Bai Heran felt thoughtful as he listened to these words.

What kind of beauty can confuse two prefects like this?

In short, it seems that the two adults took concubines about the same time. They both took concubines more than three months ago. After taking concubines, one opened the country's door and the other made a lot of money. Is it a coincidence?

Will there be any connection between the two?

She subconsciously looked into the cabin. The wife of the Unified Man was the sister of the prefect of Lancheng. She was said to be visiting relatives in Lancheng. So would she know about this?

People were still talking and asked Moyu: "Mr. Wei used the etiquette of taking a concubine, is the right wife still there?

How can you swallow this breath?"

Someone who knew about this sighed again after hearing this, "The wife was already angry to death, and the wife died before the concubine entered the door.

It is said that Lord Wei also wanted to straighten his concubine, but the old lady in their family disagreed, that's all."

Bai Heran remembered that he had heard about Lancheng before and also read it from classics.

There is no Hall of Hell in Lancheng, not only does it have it, but also does it have it in Ningzhou Prefecture.

In fact, Lancheng is divided according to administrative areas, it does not fall under the jurisdiction of Ningzhou Prefecture, it belongs to Shuzhou Prefecture.

But because of this long river, Lancheng was the last place to enter the sea, a large wharf was set up. Because this large wharf became a harbor, it prospered Lancheng's economy and trade and broadened Lancheng people's horizons.

Lancheng's status has improved day by day, and finally it left its original jurisdiction decades ago.

Previous local officials had proposed to promote Lanzhou Prefecture to stand together with Shuzhou Prefecture, but the court did not agree.

However, although he did not agree, he also established a prefect for Lancheng, which means that he is already at the same level as Shuzhou Prefecture in actual status.

After Emperor Tianhe came to power, he did not want to make Lancheng too special, but he could not take back what the late emperor gave.

So he came up with a countermeasure. He asked Lancheng to be independent from Shuzhou Prefecture, and the prefecture was the prefecture. Everything in the government office was established according to the prefecture, but it had to be managed by Ningzhou Prefecture.

Regardless of whether you agree or not, this is the decision of the court.

This matter is complicated to put, but to put it bluntly, Lancheng does not belong to any prefecture in its administrative region. It is independent, but it has to be heard by the prefect of Ningzhou.

Do you want to ask Lancheng can agree?

It also has to agree, because the arm cannot twist the thigh, Ningzhou Prefecture is like a giant.

Lancheng used to dare to disobey Shuzhou Prefecture, and the local officials in Lancheng dared to challenge the prefect of Shuzhou, but he never dared to offend the prefect of Ningzhou Prefecture.

Because he is a ruthless person and never gets used to illness, I will slap you if you talk nonsense to me.

It is precisely because it is under the jurisdiction of Ningzhou Prefecture that Lancheng did not set up the Hall of Hell. Of course, this is not because Ningzhou Prefecture already has the Hall of Hell. On the contrary, Ningzhou Prefecture does not have it, and the Hall of Hell is extinct in this place.

This is not a normal phenomenon. Since the ninth prince founded the Hall of Hell, the hall of Hell has been spread all over the East Qin, but it has not been established in Ningzhou Prefecture.

Even though Ningzhou Prefecture is next to Gebu and Luoye, the Hall of Hell has never intervened.

It sounds strange, of course, there must be a reason for this.

The reason is that the prefect of Ningzhou Prefecture, Lord Kang Xuewenkang, is the brother-in-law of a brother-in-law who died young.

When the prince fought for the throne, Emperor Tianhe was framed several times. Fortunately, the emperor was helped by the emperor and saved his life.

His elder brother was sick in his fetus and had a weak body since he was born, so he had an absolute fate with the throne, so he did not fall into disputes.

He loved Jun Li very much, so he would help as much as possible. In that crisis, Emperor Tianhe got his brother to help him avoid death. The elder's wife, the current magistrate of Ningzhou Kang Xuewen, lost her life and the child she finally got pregnant in that incident.

The emperor's brother is weak and it takes more than ten years to get pregnant. The baby is tight.

She was about to be born in four months, but she didn't expect that because she helped Jun Li block a disaster, she would be stabbed to death, and she would have a corpse and two lives.

Emperor Tianhe was full of guilt about this, and his emperor brother died of depression in less than a year because of this incident.

There was nowhere to repay his kindness. Until the Emperor's sister-in-law's younger brother Jinbang High School, he was so happy that he pointed out Ningzhou Prefecture to Kang Xuewen at that time, making Kang Xuewen a rank-in-law official.

In the years when the Hall of Hell was established and expanded, he also warned the Ninth Prince not to extend his hand to Ningzhou Prefecture and to give Kang Xuewen absolute trust.

After so many years, Kang Xuewen has actually been doing a good job. Not only has he managed Ningzhou Prefecture safely and orderly, but he has never had a major dispute with Gebu and Luoye.

Moreover, he paid taxes on time every year and strictly abide by the laws of the Dong Qin Dynasty. Not to mention Emperor Tianhe, even the secret investigation of the King of Hell, no matter Kang Xuewen was found to be too bad.

At most, I just drink some flower wine occasionally and get some money occasionally.

But this is also harmless. He is not greedy for money and is not as good as the amount worth paying attention to in the Palace of Hell.

For border officials, this is good. You cannot force it too much, so as not to reverse the situation if everything is extreme.

After many years, Ningzhou Prefecture has never produced a demon Ezi. Emperor Tianhe sometimes sighs, saying that choosing this method to repay kindness was the right choice, and Kang Xuewen is trustworthy.

But unexpectedly, something like this happened now. Kang Xuewen actually opened the Tongcheng without telling the court, and had such a close relationship with Gebu.

What exactly is this going to do?

Could it be that Kang Xuewen also wants to rebel?

Bai Heran thought to have to tell Jun Mulin about these things he heard. The guy was pretending to be a lame man, sleeping all day long, sleeping during the day and at night, but he made up for all the sleep he had owed to lead troops to the war in the past few years.

It was darker, the river breeze became cooler, and the wind and waves were stronger.

After a while, a boatman came over and asked them to go back to the house quickly. It was windy at night and no one could stand on the deck.

People were still happy to chat, but they had to go back to their houses.

Bai Heran was supported by Moyu and walked into the cabin. While walking, someone told her: "Big girl, if you don't rush to go home when you get off the boat from Lancheng, you can stay in Lancheng for a few days, and maybe you can catch up with Lord Wei to hold another banquet.

At that time, the rich people will go to the Wei Mansion in a busy manner, but it will be very lively!"

Bai Heran responded vaguely, and his steps kept moving inside.

Because except Mrs. Yuanwai, her room was the most intimate, so when she walked to the door, there was no one behind her.

It was the boatman Hirako who was standing in front of the door of Mrs. Inspector, he kept raising his hand to knock on the door, and muttering wonderingly: "Where have people been gone?

Didn't see it on the deck?

Why no one responded?

You can't go to bed so early!"

When he turned around, he saw Bai Heran and Mo Yu coming back, he smiled and said hello: "Madam, you are back! You are almost here in Lancheng. The waves will be very big when the river is about to enter the sea, so Madam should go early and late! If the boat shakes hard at night, don't worry. Our boss has been sailing for more than 20 years, and has a lot of experience and is foolproof."

Bai Heran also smiled at him, then pointed at the wife of the official room and asked him: "What, is there no one?"

Pingzi nodded, "It seems that no one is there. I knocked for a long time but no one opened the door.

But I just went to the plate armor and looked at it, and the people in this room didn’t go to the deck either! I don’t know where they all went."

Bai Heran said: "Maybe he went to someone else's house to talk, or maybe the boat was shaking violently and was falling asleep. It's possible.

Is this a helping fire for charcoal?”

She looked at the silver charcoal in Pingzi's hand and said, "If it's just a helping charcoal, don't open the door if it doesn't open it. Anyway, if they need to add charcoal, they will definitely call you on their own initiative.

After all, no one is stupid, and I don’t know if I want charcoal when I’m cold.

I also kindly said, "If there is nothing important, you don't have to keep knocking you, otherwise the people in the room will scold you when they hear the news. It's not worth it."

She was sincere and Pingzi felt it was reasonable, so she nodded at her, thanked her, and looked at the room that Bai Heran had opened. She couldn't bear it and wanted to hand over the silver charcoal in her hand, but she still couldn't bear it.

"Madam is very sensible. Pingzi knows that the house must be very cold. Pingzi knows that the charcoal is silver charcoal. It is too expensive and I can't make the decision, so..." He looked embarrassed, "If Madam doesn't dislike it, I'll ask you some charcoal in a while!"

Bai Heran smiled and waved his hand, "No need, I am not a very charming person, and my family is not as wealthy as Mrs. In the family, it is common to suffer from cold or something. I have long been used to it.

You don't have to worry about me, I'm going to do your own thing. I'm a little dizzy now and want to rest early.

I'll ask the guy to send us some hot water tomorrow morning, and I have to buy breakfast on the boat tomorrow. We really have no dry food."

As she said, she took out a few chunks of silver from her sleeve bag, counted it, and left a small piece of it herself, and stuffed the rest to Pingzi, "Let's see if you can buy as much as you can eat. I really have no money."

Pingzi nodded, "Madam, don't worry, these silver is enough to get off the boat in Lancheng. The youngest will pick it up for you tomorrow morning, and you don't have to worry about the evening or the later meals. You will send them all."

Pingzi left happily. Bai Heran half turned around and looked at him for a while until he disappeared. Then he frowned his beautiful eyebrows.

Something was wrong with Mrs. Yuanwai’s room. She smelled bloody smell along the crack of the door, and there was a smell of poison...
Chapter completed!