Shang Zhi took the letter and found that someone had touched him.

His eyes moved slightly, and it seemed that his situation was not good.

All the things handled will be investigated.

I wrote it on the third day of Mrs. Qin’s funeral, and it should have arrived early in the morning.

Chen Qiu slowly explained: "I received it two days ago. The lady was guarding the Qin Mansion, so I did not send the letter to you."

Shang Zhi couldn't wait to dismantle it, and he didn't know if the news of Mrs. Qin's death had reached Anyang Prefecture City. He then shook his head and denied that if Xue Shenzhi knew, he would definitely come back.

Pull out a piece of plum blossom paper from the envelope, with only one sentence on it.

Wait for me to come back.

Shang Zhi was stunned and couldn't figure out why Xue Shenzhi suddenly sent her such a letter.

In the past, I used letter paper, but this time I rarely used flower paper.

"Twigs, branches!"

Gong Xingchen's voice rang in the yard, and he rushed into the room with a panic look.

"I'm impatient and dry, is it burning your butt?" Shang Zhi glanced at Gong Xingchen and put the flower note back into the letter.

When Gong Xingchen saw Shang Zhi's expression calm, he obviously had not received the news yet.

Yes, it was just reported to Beijing.

If he hadn't been with King Xiang, he wouldn't have received the news so soon.

Gong Xingchen clenched his fists tightly, took a deep breath, kept himself calm, and sat next to Shang Zhi.

"Zhizhi, my second brother has something to tell you, you must be calm." Gong Xingchen looked at Shangzhi rolling his eyes at him, and there was a moment of impulse, hoping that this news was fake, just a joke made by King Xiang to him. But this matter had spread all over the court. His throat was dry, and Gong Xingchen struggled to squeeze out a sentence from the depths of his throat, "Safety him... is gone."

It was like a thunderclap on the ground, exploding in Shang Zhi's ears, buzzing in his mind, and deafness for a moment. She couldn't hear clearly what Gong Xingchen was saying, just staring at him dumbly, looking at him with a burning look and his lips opened and closed.

"Shenzhi came to the capital to attend the funeral. He met a water bandit on the way and was assassinated and fell into the river." Gong Xingchen was frightened by Shang Zhi's muted expression. He said helplessly: "Zhizhi, it may be fake. The second brother has asked someone to investigate. The second brother will help you bring Shenzhi back, and you will bring all the best. Don't worry, King Xiang's people have already gone to find them."

Shang Zhi's hand, which was shaking slightly, opened her eyes that were blank and without focal length, and looked at Gong Xingchen emptyly. The words in her mouth were erratic and trembling, "Second brother, what are you talking about? I can't hear it."

All Gong Xingchen's words were stuck in his throat.

"One day before he left, he promised me that no matter what happened, the most important thing was to save his life. He said to me three times and told me to wait for him to come back." Her breath was rapid, but her voice became lighter and lighter, and her eyes were as if it was stagnant, but it scared Gong Xingchen. He felt despair and sadness from it. Shang Zhi moved, and she raised her hand and wrinkled letter, "Look, he wrote to me a few days ago, asking me to wait for him to come back. He never broke his promise in front of me, and he would fulfill his promises. He said he would come back and would definitely come back!"

"Yes! You have to believe Shenzhi, he will definitely come back."

Shang Zhi's empty eyes were filled with warm liquid. She raised her hand to cover her face, wiping the tears that were about to fall into her palm.

It seemed as if tears would not fall, and the hard armor that was worn on her would not crack.

"Second brother, I haven't had a good sleep for six or seven days. I'm so tired. If you want to have a sleep, you can go back first." Shang Zhi said as she lay on the wide couch. She must be too tired to have auditory hallucinations. When she gets asleep, everything will be fine once she gets asleep.

Gong Xingchen watched her curled up on the couch, her simple face full of fatigue and uncontrollable sorrow.

How can Gong Xingchen leave?

The more calm she was, the more worried he was.

Gong Xingchen punched the wall hard, blaming himself for being powerless, and wishing he could cut the murderer into pieces!

Chen Qiu was also shocked. The moment before, Shang Zhi received a letter from Xue Shenzhi, and the next moment he heard bad news.

Shang Zhi is very strong, she will not easily defeat her. Chen Qiu feels that the high walls of her heart have collapsed.

The autumn wind outside the window was desolate and bleak. Shangzhi looked blankly at the bare branches, immersed in a picture on the eve of that day's departure.

She turned her back to him, not wanting to watch him get on the carriage and leave, she wouldn't help but rush up and hug him and keep him. But in the end she couldn't help but turn around, leaning against the door, watching him get on the carriage without looking back, and the carriage drove away. She watched Xue Shenzhi lift the curtain, and the light of the morning light shone on his elegant and beautiful face, and those clear eyes were filled with gentleness.

Shang Zhi pinched his fingers holding the envelope, and his joints were white.

She closed her eyes, and two lines of tears finally slid from the end of her eyes.

"I will wait for you to come back."

——

Local officials are not allowed to return to Beijing without authorization.

The prefect Chen originally planned to assign the memorials and silver to his confidants and send them to the capital.

After thinking for the last time, the imperial envoy had an accident during his appointment, and the matter of clearing the land was not settled. If the emperor sent another minister with a wealthy background to Anyang Prefecture City, they could not suppress it as much as Xue Shenzhi. The important officials in the court all had foundations, had connections, and had far-reaching influence.

He decided to send the memorial back to the capital in person and ask about taking over Qingzhang's land by the way.

Emperor Jin of Yuan Dynasty urgently summoned the prefect Chen to the palace. When he heard the news from the prefect Chen, Emperor Jin of Yuan Dynasty looked at the prefect Chen in surprise.

Prefect Chen quickly handed the memorial in his hand to Eunuch Liu.

Eunuch Liu handed the memorial to Emperor Jin of Yuan Dynasty.

Emperor Jin of Yuan Dynasty looked at the memorial in his hand, which recorded that Xue Shenzhi died on his way back to Beijing to attend the funeral. He was attacked by water bandits and died in Jian'an Prefecture and left Anyang Prefecture City. He had already had this prediction for Xue Shenzhi's death. He planned to take this opportunity to clean up and investigate the officials of Anyang Prefecture City, but the only thing that had no budget was that Xue Shenzhi died in Jian'an Prefecture, and it was the hands of water bandits.

Even if he is about to have an attack, he will not find any chance.

"Emperor, Xue Qin sent a delegation to clear the land. He reported that there were 10,000 mu of land, but in fact there were only 3,000 mu of unowned land. The other 7,000 mu were exploited and seized. The people complained, but they were suppressed by his powerful power. There was no place to extend their grievances and miserable suffering. Now that he was killed, the Wei Memorial Officer asked the people to collect the land with land deeds. The remaining 3,000 mu of land had been auctioned in the tea garden and received more than 30,000 taels of silver." Chen Gong knelt deeply on the ground, "Emperor, the land investigation has been investigated, and there are eight counties that have not been completed. Xue Qin's envoy is now killed. Wei Memorial Officer has been involved and asked to replace Xue Qin and complete the follow-up."

Emperor Jin of Yuan Dynasty's eyes fell on three large boxes containing 30,000 taels of silver.

It's just a city, and it has not been thoroughly investigated.

Emperor Jin of Yuan Dynasty opened the memorial written by Xue Shen, which contained 10,137 acres of land, land concealed by officials and wealthy gentry, and some of the farmlands that the poor abandoned and fled to famine.

In such a huge city, only 3,000 acres of land were found, and Emperor Jin of Yuan did not believe it.

"Your Majesty, this is the land registration booklet built by Xue Qin." Prefect Chen submitted the fake booklet.

Emperor Jin of Yuan opened a few pages and jumped directly to the end. As the prefect Chen said, the land without a master was three thousand acres. Xue Shenzhi's forced land was distributed to the people, with names and a few acres of land, which were very detailed.

The prefect Chen knelt on the ground with his forehead against the ground. After a long time of not seeing Emperor Jin in Yuan reply, he felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, "Emperor..."

"Emperor, King Xiang is asking for a visit." At this moment, the eunuch guarding outside the hall came in and communicated.

Emperor Jin of Yuan Dynasty said: "Biography."

The prefect Chen felt a little stumbled. King Xiang knew what was going on in Anyang Prefecture City where King Xiang and Xue Shen went to.

He was really worried that King Xiang would come up with evidence!

After thinking about it, the information was all that Xue Shenzhi wanted to use, and King Xiang could not take it away, and Gu Mian had destroyed the things, so how could there be evidence in King Xiang's hands?

Thinking of this, the prefect Chen calmed down.

After a while, King Xiang came in calmly, and a large box was lifted behind him.

Prefect Chen's eyelids twitched.

King Xiang bowed to Emperor Jin of Yuan and said, "Father, my son and minister have important news."

Emperor Jin of Yuan looked at King Xiang, "What's the matter?"

King Xiang said: "Father, my son and I went to Anyang Prefecture City with Shenzhi. A few days before his accident, I knew very well about the land of Qingzhang. If my son had not remembered it correctly, when I returned to the capital, there were nine thousand acres of land without a master. My son was the governor, so Shenzhi would have the land found and the main book and the copy. The main book was in his hands, and the copy was in his hands. It would be difficult for the heavens to dry things and the water was burned. My son and I would have a copy in his hands, so as not to have another investigation at that time."

"Oh? It's not the land that Xue Shenzhi seized?" Emperor Jin of Yuan looked at Prison Chen in an unknown meaning.

Prefect Chen's heart sank.

"The people put their handprints on every piece of unowned land to confirm that they are correct. If the father does not believe it, you can check it according to the registered land." King Xiang opened the box, took out a copy at will, and handed it to Eunuch Liu.

Eunuch Liu presented it to the case of Emperor Long of Yuan and Jin.

Emperor Jin of Yuan Dynasty opened the land and found that there were detailed records of which county, town, village, location, and acres of land that had no owner. Just check it and you can find it out.

The prefect Chen gave the booklet, which only records the names and numbers of the people.

Emperor Jin of Yuan suddenly pointed at a seal, "What is this?"

"This is the word Shenzhi." King Xiang stepped forward and glanced at it. "The word "Zeng Bingyan" was not spread out, and very few people knew it."

When the prefect Chen saw Emperor Yuan Jin change his face, his heart trembled, his head hurts sharply, and an inkstone hit his head.

The ink mixed with blood flowed down.

Emperor Jin of Yuan Dynasty looked drowned and stared at the two booklets. The booklets provided by King Xiang had three seals on them, one was the seal of King Xiang, the other two were Xue Shenzhi, one was printed with "Xue Shenzhi" and the other was printed with "Jun Xia".

It means that a gentleman has no time.

Xue Shenzhi stamped a private seal to prevent counterfeiting.

"emperor……"

"Shut up!" Emperor Jin of Yuan threw all the two booklets at the feet of the prefect Chen.

The prefect Chen opened the booklet in panic, his eyes fell on it, and his pupils shrank.

The booklets that Gu Mian searched were only covered with the words "Xue Shen's Seal", and there was clearly no "Jun Xia".

Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind, and Prefect Chen felt a little cold.

Xue Shenzhi, did you expect it? He was worried that they would destroy the booklet, so he deliberately put the fake booklet in the house. Has he really transferred it to him long ago?

However, what shocked him even more was that Prince Jia took Zhang Yiwen into the hall.

Zhang Yiwen knelt on the ground and said, "Emperor, Caomin wants to report that the Prime Minister Chen is planning to murder the imperial court, embezzle and accept bribes, and occupy the land of the people." Then, he opened a box, and the booklet inside was exactly the same as that of King Xiang's book, but there was a word "main book" on the cover. "Caomin is a servant appointed by Lord Xue. Most of his affairs were made by Jing Caomin. When Lord Xue returned to Beijing, he told Caomin that if something happened, he would bring these back to Beijing and ask the prince to lead the little Caomin to present these to you."
To be continued...