In the Sanhuang Temple in Heyin County, Fan Zhongyan was shaking his palm-leaf fan under the big ginkgo tree. Listening to the cicadas in the distance, looking at Sun Fengnian and his son who were walking out of the door, and said to Sima Chi beside him: "Hanzhong, the matter is up to date, right?"

Sima Chi at the table straightened up and frowned and said, "Everyone who should ask has asked, and he understands the matter, it's time to settle. However, when we go back and pay so much, we are not doing this job well."

"We will give back to you truthfully, just do the errands. Do we still have to make up stories?"

Seeing Fan Zhongyan's open-minded look, Sima Chi shook his head helplessly. He had a different identity, and of course Fan Zhongyan could think that this was to do things well, but Sima Chi could not.

The Censorate came out to investigate the people, but the consequences were not found out. It was easy to deal with it! If you change to an ordinary official who has no way to go, you can still get a straight name for yourself in this way. What should others think of a close minister like Xu Ping?

Since it's nothing, who will take the responsibility for this? Wang Yan has been demoted to Chunzhou by Lu Yijian at once. What else can you do to him? I can't find someone to come to the forefront, and Sima Chi has nothing to say when he goes back.

Sima Chi didn't insist on giving Xu Ping'an any charge, but at least he should have some small handles. When he went back to report it, he just said that Wang Yan exaggerated it and Xu Ping would not be punished, so the matter was over. After checking it, Xu Ping was here for nearly a month and had no harm to the local area. Even when he usually had dinner, he would go out to buy meat and vegetables and cook it by himself. At other times, he had no contact with the local area at all. The only time was that Lu Fang took people to buy the two Mengzhou pigs.

As for catching gambling, letting local people set up clubs to fill the gap in the arrest of two large households, these are specific governance measures. If there is any mistake, it is not the Censorate's management, otherwise local officials will not be able to do anything.

After drinking a sip of tea, Sima Chi sighed, not knowing what to say to the Chief Secretary Han Yi when he went back. Because Han Zong was also related to Xu Ping, Han Yi didn't want to have such a result, so as not to provoke suspicion for himself.

An old Taoist priest from the temple came to the two of them and said, "Two officials, some people from the county just now came, saying that the magistrate set up a banquet in the county government office and asked when the two officials would go."

Sima Chi looked at Fan Zhongyan and replied to the old Taoist: "You go and reply, we will go when the sun sets."

The old Taoist agreed and turned around and was about to leave.

"Let's go!" Sima Chi called the old Taoist, "A few days ago, there was a deputy envoy Xu living here. I wonder what you think he is? Have you caused any trouble to the temple?"

The old Taoist shook his head: "To be honest, when the official is in the small temple, the official Xu occupied the backyard and asked the official Taoist to wait for a few people to live in the front hall. There was no daily contact. Those people live here, and the incense money is enough, and life in the temple is easier to live with this. Moreover, after the official Xu left, the incense in my small temple became much more prosperous."

Fan Zhongyan waved his hand and asked the old Taoist to leave.

Seeing the old Taoist go out, Fan Zhongyan shook his fan for a while and said to Sima Chi: "Hezhong, there are some things that may not be suitable for me to say, but I have to say. The censors' duties in doing things are naturally to discover and criticize the shortcomings of officials. But what they do is not to punish people, nor to send people to prison. They should still make the officials awake and fear them. Therefore, they have never concealed their mistakes and do not praise others' beauty. This is the right thing to do. But first of all, we must report them truthfully and must not do so.

If he had been happy for a moment and his words were not true, he would lose his foundation as an official. Xu was in the Lingwai for six years. Although he had great achievements, he was promoted too quickly after the court. This is a fact. He also had a family friendship with governor Li and suspected of relying on foreign relatives. But this time in Heyin County, his mission was blameless, which is even more fact. When we return to the court, we just report what we heard and saw here, and how to deal with it, the prime minister naturally knew what we had done."

"If you make a decision, that's it." Sima Chi smiled bitterly, "Don't I know this truth? It's just that when I'm in Taiwan Province, there will always be gossip among my colleagues."

Fan Zhongyan nodded, indicating that he understood Sima Chi's meaning.

Xu Ping had a very unhappy relationship with the Censorate and the Censorate. At that time, Sima Chi was not there. Now he is the second person in the Censorate. Officials who had had conflicts with Xu Ping were watching. This is the position of asking for trouble. As a result, if you go back and say good things to the person being investigated, your colleagues will naturally look at Sima Chi differently.

This time they went to Heyin, the most important thing was to investigate Xu Ping's daily life here, because Wang Yan said that Xu Ping was poisoning the place. After searching, he didn't even have the matter of eating a chicken like Wang Yan, and accidentally cracked a major gambling case.

The most important thing is that ordinary people who were called to ask questions said Xu Ping's good words, looking grateful. Not to mention the tenants of the Jiang family, who had the capital to settle down for a long time, the people who burned the cellars gained great benefits. Although Tong Qilang was investigated for evading taxes and the tax paid was distributed to these people now, they had their own share of the profits in the cellars since then, and after deducting the monthly taxes deducted, they still had a lot more income.

As an official, he will benefit the people. Xu Ping has brought earth-shaking changes to this remote county for a month. What can be criticized for someone?

At this moment, Sima Guang came out of the room, bowed to Fan Zhongyan, turned to Sima Chi and said, "My father, the child has completed today's schoolwork, please check it out."

Fan Zhongyan stood up and said, "At a young age, I will never forget my homework when I go out for a long journey. If you have a son like this, you will definitely become a great man in the future! Well, it's not too early, let's prepare to go to the county government for a banquet. The county magistrate and chief clerk in Heyin County are not in charge. The transfer department of Jingxi Road reported it, but no one came to take over. Judge Li Tong is busy with affairs."

Sima Chi agreed, took Sima Guang's hand and entered the room, not knowing what kind of subject he was doing.

The sun set on the top of Guangwu Mountain in a depressed manner, sprinkling golden light and smearing all things in the world. The wind blowing from the Yellow River finally cooled down, blowing on the body, gently brushing away the irritable and uneasy heat of the day.

Fan Zhongyan and Sima Chi took Sima Guang out of the gate of the Three Emperors Temple, and the followers took Malay.

There are not many people who go out of Beijing, and people who need to be transferred from the local area. Heyin County is sparsely populated, and the county government is short of staff, so there is no trouble for the two of them.

When they arrived at the horse-mounted stone, Fan Zhongyan and Sima Chi turned over the horse, and Sima Guang served on the side.

Shaking the reins of the horse, Fan Zhongyan turned around and looked at the white wall standing not far away. There was a poem written by Xu Ping when he left. The old Taoist in the Three Emperors Temple specially covered it with a gauze.

"There are idle wine selling in thatched huts outside the city, and the chanting suddenly reported to the Daming Palace. A maid and a horse rode for eight thousand miles, crossing the rivers and lakes, and there are many tigers and leopards in the forests under the rule. When they are idle, they play swords and draw bows at night. When they are silent, they face the Yellow River water. Who did the horses for that time? "

When Xu Ping left, it was Li Yonghe who served as the deputy envoy of the group pastor to the former Wushu Supervisor, and then many disputes with Wang Yan in Sishui County occurred. At that time, Wang Yan's memorial accused Xu Ping of being blocked. Combined with this poem, what Li Yonghe said to Xu Ping was very obvious at that time.

But whether Li Yonghe said it according to his own words or reposted Zhao Zhen's meaning, Fan Zhongyan and Sima Chi did not dare to guess randomly. Xu Ping's biggest handle was that after knowing that Wang Yan was saying bad things about him, he adopted an attitude of not cooperating with him, and eventually forced Wang Yan to a dead end step by step.
Chapter completed!