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Chapter 22 Bao Zheng is chasing

Milk clouds and rain are a kind of morbidity. The dark clouds have appeared since last night, but they just cover the sky above Chengdu City. When they woke up in the morning, the couple lay on the windowsill and looked at the sky sadly. It was very unfavorable for the Yun family. They were originally scheduled to collect silkworm cocoons today. In this weather, how could silkworm farmers transport the silkworm cocoons over?

At this time, silkworm farmers, just like the people in Guanzhong, have to grab the farming season, but the people in Guanzhong are grabbing wheat, and silkworm farmers in Shu are grabbing silkworm cocoons. At this time, silkworms are dormant. Once they wake up, they will bite the silkworm cocoon and turn into a butterfly.

This word sounds beautiful, but it is the enemy of silkworm farmers. The bitten cocoons are of no use. Once summer silkworms form cocoons, they must be sent to the silk reeling site to pick up the cocoons with salt, and use salt water to kill the silkworms in the cocoons before they can boil the cocoons and reel them.

The sky is gloomy, and the air is filled with water vapor. There is a blue mist in the mountains slowly overflowing, just like a monster coming out of the mountains to harm the world.

"Where did the monsters come from? Didn't they say that monsters were killed by Zhang Daoling in the early years? Now monsters are coming, and I'm joking." Yun Zheng comforted Lu Qingying, who was anxious. In fact, his worries were all pretended to be. Letting his mood follow the pace of his pregnant wife is a must for any good husband.

Lu Qingying pointed at the sky and scolded. Yun Zheng had to use his strength to drag her away. If God got angry and started to thunder, his child would suffer. At this time, Yun Zheng cared very much about these things.

However, he soon accompanied Lu Qingying to curse. Lao Liao came to report that the prefect of the government office sent a letter to ask the head of the family to go to Shiliting to pick up the officials. Yun Zheng didn't care. He smiled and said that he was unwell and that these false rituals would not be enough. However, the official in the prefect of the government office said that the man appointed the Du Yuhou to pick up the officials because Bao Zheng came.

"Husband, you still have to go. The people from Kaifeng Mansion cannot offend them." Lu Qingying comforted her angry husband.

"That black-faced old thief, I thought he would return to Kaifeng directly, but who knew he had come directly to Shuzhong. You don't know, I scolded him on Qinfeng Road. Now I am here to find fault, but I am the creditor. What can he do to me? He took five thousand guan and bought my two thousand five hundred war horses. This is clearly a robbery. Finally, he took out a golden phoenix hairpin from the queen as a plush. I can make one with one or two gold. Can my wife need to take someone else's old hairpin?"

Lu Qingying, who was originally smiling and listening to her husband's complaint, changed her face slightly when she heard the 5,000-ton sword. When she heard a queen's golden phoenix hairpin, she immediately forgot the gloomy sky outside. Yun Zheng was standing on the other side and asked him to pick up the official. By the way, she took the hairpin back and was waiting to wear it.

Yun Zheng, who was worried about internal and external troubles, had to wear a cloak made of oil cloth and ride a horse with Hanniu and monkey to Shili Pavilion to pick up officials. The war horse ran wildly in the morning breeze without whipping. The war horse also knew that the weather was not good, and no one ran on the road was unscrupulous.

In a blink of an eye, we arrived at Shili Pavilion. Zhang Fangping was already waiting there. When he saw Yun Zheng coming, he waved to him to come. Zhang Fangping was very satisfied with Yun Zheng now.

Some young people may be smart, but they do not have the perseverance of others and cannot endure hardship. This is a common problem for most smart people, but he did not see this problem in Yun Zheng. When he went to investigate Jiaziying, he often saw Yun Zheng running in the army covered in mud, whether it was running, carrying weights, or practicing strength, and doing a meticulous job of swinging the knife. As long as he was in Jiaziying, he could not see the difference between Yun Zheng and ordinary soldiers.

Sharing joys and sorrows is the easiest and most difficult way to integrate into a collective. Just to address this point, Zhang Fangping firmly believes that the young army he initiated will definitely become a strong army.

"Since your wife is pregnant and has her first child, I will stay in Chengdu for more time to take care of her. It is very difficult for you brothers to come out of the wilderness. Now the Guangda family liner is equally important as the inheritance of the clan."

When Zhang Fangping saw that Yun Zheng was not happy, he naturally knew the reason and deliberately avoided talking about it, just kept comforting her.

"Ming Gong, my subordinates don't want to see the Longtu Bachelor. You are making things difficult for me."

"Nothing nonsense, how can official business be confused with personal relationships? Bao Longtu is honest and has the most open mind. I have also heard of your actions on Qinfeng Road. Fortunately, Bao Longtu is open-minded, so you can try another person.

Boy, remember it for me. Although there are many political opinions in the court, they also talk about personal relationships. If people question your morality, you will not be able to gain a foothold in the court.

I was suffering from the loss back then. When I was the Chief Censor, I offended too many people, so I was so far away from the poor. Now, when I think about it, I have also made mistakes. At that time, I could not offend people by just changing some things, but I didn’t do it well, and I forced my opponent into the corner and had no room for improvement. So when I was in trouble, no one would speak for me.

Since you have a discussion with the meaning of discussion, it means that everything is discussed. Being forced to do things will only hurt others and yourself, and it will be of no use to your own political views. Remember, you must not speak badly in the future."

Zhang Fangping is educating Yun Zheng, and this is not something you can hear often. Yun Zheng quickly leaned over to thank him. Zhang Fangping is clearly teaching himself like a student. No matter whether it is correct or not, he must thank others.

Seeing that Yun Zheng had listened to his words, Zhang Fangping nodded with satisfaction and said, "As long as you are not proud and walk step by step, your future will be brighter than that of me."

Speaking of this, Zhang Fangping, the old-fashioned man, blinked and said in a low voice: "The rain has fallen. Bao Longtu is five miles away. You know what kind of power the heavy rain in Shu has. You must not laugh at Bao Longtu's unlucky look in a while. I heard that his broken carriage is leaking everywhere. Such rain probably cannot be stopped."

Yun Zheng laughed gurgled and hurried behind Zhang Fangping and continued to listen to him telling Bao Longtu's various poor and sad stories. His colleagues around him also laughed. This year, the commercial and agricultural taxes and agricultural taxes in Shuzhong have been paid, and at least 40% of the remaining autumn tax will fall into Chengdu's own pockets. Therefore, everyone is full of expectations for a fat year this year, and naturally flattering Zhang's family.

Without thunder, the heavy rain fell without warning. The raindrops as big as beans hit the tiles of Changting like dense war drums. The cool breeze gathered water vapor and rushed into Changting and the heat disappeared.

The horse studded out of the rain curtain and kept reporting to Zhang Fangping the location of Bao Longtu to Zhang Fangping. Yun Zheng wanted to ask about Lao Bao's embarrassing appearance. Zhang Fangping glared at him, and then stood beside him and shook his fan desperately.

Lao Bao's ceremonial war has arrived, but it is actually no longer a ceremonial war. The signs, shouting, and guarding are in a mess, and they are tightly surrounded by a worn-out carriage. The carriage is covered with tarpaulin and it is impossible to tell that it is an official car. The flags representing the emperor's travel are tangled on the flagpole by rain.

Just as Zhang Fangping got up and was about to walk to the rain to greet Lao Bao, he heard Lao Bao laugh in the carriage and said, "Brother An Dao, please wait. Anyway, Brother Yu has been completely poured, so don't come over and suffer this."

Zhang Fangping smiled and still crawled into the rain, saying, "Brother Xiren has traveled thousands of miles to come to Shu, Fang Ping'an dared to be negligent." Seeing Yun Zheng not moving, he frowned and kicked Yun Zheng's calves, and then he got into the heavy rain without hesitation, and the officials behind him also walked into the rain.

Yun Zheng rubbed his knees, looked at a group of idiots who had not even hit an umbrella and got into the heavy rain. He sighed and followed him into the heavy rain. He didn't know why. Lao Bao said he didn't want others to suffer, but he didn't come down quickly. This was waiting for others to greet him. There was no way, he was an angel and had this power.

Following Zhang Fangping, staring at a group of people in the heavy rain like a fool, Yun Zheng looked up at the sky and wiped the rain on his face. In a moment, his clothes were soaked. The rain that seeped in was flowing down the spine of light and finally poured into his boots from his calves. After walking a step, he made a gangster sound, which was very powerful and embarrassing.

Lao Bao screamed in surprise and jumped out of the carriage. His bearded man was stuck together by the rain. He could not see any of his former dignity, but he still had to hold Zhang Fangping's hand in the rain to greet him. It was so awesome. He could greet his master while taking care of his colleagues who were in the rain with warm eyes. This was a skill, and Yun Zheng believed that he did not.

The warm eyes turned as sharp as a blade when they came to him. This was the difference. Yun Zheng felt that he would be very proud of his face when he stood in the heavy rain to greet Lao Bao. If his wife hadn't wanted to show off with the queen's golden phoenix hairpin, he wouldn't have come to him even if he had beaten to death.

Lao Bao may not be willing to talk to a low-level official like Yun Zheng, and instead comforted the emperor, he greeted several high-ranking officials from Chengdu Prefecture, and then invited Zhang Fangping to pick up the official pavilion to change his clothes.

I have no experience. When others come, they bring changed clothes. Only he doesn’t have the right clothes. Hanniu’s clothes are too big and he wants to take them off to the head of the family. Yun Zheng dislikes this guy’s smell and is unwilling to wear them. The monkey’s clothes are too small, so they will be watched by monkey shows when they are worn, so they are even more reluctant.

After changing clothes, these people sat down as the guest and host. The servant presented hot tea. After drinking two cups of hot tea, Lao Bao bowed to Kaifeng and said, "I visited Shuzhong on behalf of the heavens. There are three tasks here. First, Your Majesty wants to know the national economy and people's livelihood in Shuzhong. I need to witness it with my own eyes and then compile it into a book.

Secondly, Your Majesty has agreed to the motion of the Young Army, but the resistance is not small. Your Majesty believes that the scope can only be carried out in the Wusheng Army, and should not be expanded or promoted. Only when you have achieved achievements can you decide whether to implement it in one go.

Third, when suppressing bandits in Bazhong, Your Majesty attaches great importance to it. Whether the Maitreya Cult in Shu can be captured in one form is a standard that reflects the ability of officials in Shu. I am the inspector and cannot relax.
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