"Nothing!"

Xu Ting scolded, "I heard from Li Mo that Captain Fan almost lost his life for your sake, but you are talking nonsense here."

"I don't care, you're going to dismiss him!"

Xu Ting was very troubled. His daughter was very well-behaved before, but why did she become so unreasonable now? He said, "I have always been clear about public and private affairs. Besides, the six doors are directly managed by the court. I don't have this power!"

Xu Miaozi snorted, "You are still the governor, and you don't even have this little power!"

Fan Xiaodao was also angry, but for Xu Ting's sake, he still endured it and said, "Governor, I think there are some misunderstandings."

Xu Ting said: "Let's go back to the city first!"

The group returned to the Governor's Office.

The Governor's Office is separated by a street from the Jinling Government Office, but in comparison, the former is more grand. After all, it is the No. 1 Governor's Office in Jiangnan and is also a number of provinces in the world.

Fan Xiaodao wanted to go back, but Xu Ting called him to the yamen together.

Zhao Xing asked, "Sir, it's a bit strange that the daughter was robbed. I haven't come back in the past few days. I wonder if Lynch can interrogate him?"

Xu Ting sighed, "After Lynch was arrested and committed suicide in prison that night."

Death of suicide?

Although Zhao Xing had never dealt with Lynch, he was sure that the other party was not the kind of person who looked at him as if he was ready to die.

He was a garrison lieutenant. On the night of the accident, he cooperated with his opponent to escort the carriage outside the city. When he was caught, something happened. It can only explain one problem, and there are also problems in the garrison corps.

Fan Xiaodao also said, "I'm afraid I'm committed suicide?"

Xu Ting said: "I asked you and the other two to come here today, just to entrust you to investigate this matter."

"Sir, what's going on in the military...we're afraid it's not convenient for us to interfere."

"This Jinling City is a prosperous place in the world. Xu Ting is deeply loved by the holy family. He comes here to guard the herds. Such a large piece of fat will definitely be stared at by major forces in the court. It seems calm, but this seat is not

I can’t trust the matter of Anwen. I can’t trust outsiders. I will tell you about Prefect Xie. You just need to report this matter to me.”

Before the two of them could express their opinions, the mission had been sent.

Fan Xiaodao asked: "Civilian Peng, have you ever come to see you?"

Xu Ting snorted coldly, "When that guy returned to the city, he hid at home and said he couldn't get out of illness. He is a Beijing official, so it's not convenient for me to ask questions."

That night at the lakeside, Fan Xiaodao eavesdropped on Canglong's conversation. It seemed that someone kidnapped Xu Miaozi and wanted to force Xu Ting to do something he didn't want to. But since they asked them to investigate the case, he was threatened by himself.

No words to mention.

It's really puzzling.

But since he didn't speak, he couldn't ask.

After coming out of the Governor's Office, Fan Xiaodao complained, "I just came back and got this case again. I didn't give any authority. How can I investigate it?"

Zhao Xing suddenly asked: "Has the deadline been set?"

Fan Xiaodao suddenly realized, "You mean, Governor Xu asked us to investigate this matter, just to act like this?"

Although his daughter was kidnapped and rescued, how could she give up as the head of a province? Besides, who is Xu Ting, who can be a rank of a chief official, how could he have no means to do it?

Why did he hand over this case to two outsiders who were unfamiliar with the place?

"Is it just a show?"

Zhao Xingdao, "I didn't say that. However, when the Governor arranged this matter, he was a little irritated, and obviously something was upset."

Fan Xiaodao said: "Since that's the case, let's check it slowly!"

...

Xu Ting is indeed upset.

After Xu Miaozi was rescued, he did not return to the mansion, but instead locked himself in the office room, drank three cups of tea, and breathed a sigh of relief before taking out a letter from a secret compartment.

A letter to the capital.

This letter appeared on Xu Ting's desk on the day after Xu Miaozi was kidnapped.

The content of the letter is very simple, with only one sentence.

"Did you remember the oath under the lotus pond of the Zhuangyuan Building?"

The signature is not a name, but a heart-shaped leaf.

This letter evoked Xu Ting's memories. At that time, he went to Beijing to take the exam. He was successful and full of energy. He once and several students were at the bottom of the top scholar in the capital, discussing the world's major events and expressing the way of governing the country with several students.

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It was also in the Zhuangyuan Building that he met a person who changed his destiny in life.

The man asked him, "Since the court has accumulated a lot of corruption for a long time, if you take power, can you solve it?"

Xu Ting replied: "From the top down, you will not be broken or established!"

"What is destruction and how to establish it?"

Xu Ting said: "Reform the old system and establish new classics. Put the people first and the law as the rope."

The man said, "I have read your article. With your talent, it is difficult to get a Jinshi, but I can help you, but there are conditions."

“What conditions?”

"Enter my Godly Church."

"What is the Divine Church?"

The man said, "If you care about the world and have awe, you will be the one in my God's religion."

"What do I need to do?"

The man waved his hand, "Nothing is necessary, no ritual is needed, and no need for you to worship." He pointed to the lotus pond in front of the Zhuangzi Building, "As long as you swear under the lotus pond, you will protect my God Cult. Perhaps there is

One day, maybe there isn't that day, when God's Church needs you, you have to do something for God's Church."

Xu Ting thought the other party was just a liar who was traveling around the world, so he did not agree, so the man did not force himself to hand a letter to Xu Ting and said, "Three days later, you will come to me now and here!"

Xu Ting read the letter, but it was just a very simple sentence.

"Rite is the great master of the king, so don't bother with wise and subtle, obey ghosts and gods, examine the system, and distinguish benevolence and righteousness, so you can govern and maintain peace with the king."

This sentence comes from the ritual fortune chapter in "The Book of Rites". At that time, His Majesty had just ascended the throne, and a grand ceremony was underway in the court. When Xu Ting saw this sentence, he thought he was talking about it, and he didn't

Be attentive.

However, in the imperial examination two days later, when the test paper was opened, he saw this familiar passage.

The shocking heart is hard to hide.

But he was not ready at that time, so he naturally had no way to start performing. Xu Ting was completely confused, but at night, the tribute court suddenly caught fire and more than ten candidates were burned to death on the spot. The spring examination was interrupted as a result.

, take the exam after one month.

Xu Ting escaped by luck and saved his life.

On the third day, he came to the Zhuangyuan Building, under the lotus pond, and made an oath to the moon. One month later, the spring examination was reopened, and Xu Ting got his wish and won the sixth place in the second place and became a Jinshi.

From then on, he compiled books in the Hanlin Academy, won the favor of His Majesty in the grand ceremony, and sent him to the magistrate and the prefecture. He rose all the way and his career was smooth. In less than twenty years, he became a vassal official in the territory of the herd.

He had also thought about how he would fulfill his oath if the other party came to the door, but since the first place of the throne, there has been no news about that man, as if he had disappeared from the world, had never been exposed or asked him to do it.

Anything.

Gradually, Xu Ting let go of this matter.

However, a few days ago, Xie Zhihua, the Jiangnan Transport Author, found him and asked him to write a memorial to impeach the prince to plot rebellion. He refused. Later, Xu Miaozi was kidnapped, and the letter appeared in front of his case again.

The Governor's Office is strictly guarded, not to mention humans, even flies are difficult to fly in.

But he asked the guards that there was nothing unusual that night.

The other party can put the letter in without knowing it and kidnap Xu Miaozi. It is possible to imagine how much energy this person who claims to be the messenger of the Divine Cult has behind it.

He even suspected that the fire in the Gongyuan Court that year was also related to this force. Since that person could find him, how many people would receive his "benefit" among the Jinshi in that year?

Now, those people have already occupied half of the country. And they are also one of the "they".

The other party kidnapped his daughter to warn himself and remind him.

As the two of them guessed, they were just pretending, and the real problem was still with him.

His daughter didn't know this, nor did his wife.

Xu Ting took out his pen and ink and wrote a memorial at his desk.

He held it in his hand and felt extremely heavy. He understood that if this memorial was really handed over to the court, it would cause a storm in the court.

But if it doesn't come forward, my future is uncertain.

The battle between heaven and man.

Finally, Xu Ting sighed, took the fire and burned the memorial to ashes.

...
To be continued...