A month later, officials dispatched from the capital, in addition to the prefect, arrived in Yangjiang Province one after another, and took over the affairs in the hands of Xiao Zimo.

As for why the prefect did not send someone, it was because after all, it was the prefect of a province, and it was also a position that many officials competed for. The court was arguing about this position, but it could not delay the government affairs of Yangjiang Province because of this position. So there was a scene where all the other officials were in place, but no one in the prefect took over.

But after all, a lot of people came, and Xiao Zimo finally got some free time, but this also means that his mission in Yangjiang Province this time has been completed, and he has to return to Beijing to recover his life.

The day before his departure, Xiao Zimo invited Father Wu and the others to have dinner in the restaurant as a thank you for taking care of him during this time. At the same time, he also promised Father Wu and the others that they would definitely come back to marry Wu Bai after returning to Beijing.

.After hearing Xiao Zimo's promise, Father Wu and Brother Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

When Xiao Zimo returned to Beijing, he brought Tang Maode and the officials in Yangjiang Province who were also arrested by him. He knew that he still had a tough battle to fight after returning to Beijing, and it was not enough to simply arrest these people.

Along the way, Xiao Zimo took the 5,000 men he selected from the navy, and a mighty group of people headed towards the capital. He thought that with so many people, he would not encounter anyone on the way. Prisoner van, the backers behind these officials should wait until they arrive in the capital. I didn't expect that he would encounter dozens of people robbing the prisoner van along the way, but fortunately, he didn't let his guard down because of the crowd. So it didn't let those people succeed.

.Along the way, apart from the fact that people often came to hijack the prison car at the beginning, the closer he got to the capital, but no one came to hijack the prison car. At first, he was a little worried that he was about to arrive in the capital. Logically speaking, it should not be the case. The offense should be more severe. Later, he suddenly realized that these people gave up robbing prison cars, but when he brought people to the capital, after these people's home court, the other party will definitely become more active.

Sure enough, when he successfully arrived in the capital, put Tang Maode and others in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and the emperor asked him to try the case in person, he received invitations from all parties.

.Xiao Zimo knew very well the purpose of these invitations, and of course he would not go to the appointment. At the same time, he also knew that he would offend many people, but he had no choice. From the time he became the emperor's confidant, he had already It is a knife in the hands of the emperor. Judging from what the emperor revealed to him this time, he understands that the other party does not intend to let Tang Maode and others go, so he must not be influenced by all parties in this trial. This is also the emperor. test for him.

If he can withstand this test, then his official career will be smooth in the future, and it is not impossible for him to be an extremely talented minister.

However, after such a trip to Yangjiang Province, Xiao Zimo's mood has long been different. He no longer regards this trial as a task or a test, but wants to do what he thinks in his heart, for those innocents who died tragically The common people avenge their grievances, and let Tang Maode and others get the punishment they deserve.

.Although Xiao Zimo is a son of a big family in Beijing, his mother and father died early. Now the family is headed by his stepmother and father. His father has many children, and his stepmother and father have three outstanding sons. He has been with him since he was a child. The relationship between the father was cold, and the relationship between the father and son did not ease when he grew up.

On this day, he just returned home from the Punishment Department, but he was notified by the servants of the mansion that his father was looking for him. Xiao Zimo didn't think much, changed his official uniform and went to his father's study.

"I heard that the emperor gave you full authority to interrogate the criminal officials in Yangjiang Province?" Father Xiao asked.

As soon as Father Xiao spoke, Xiao Zimo understood what the other party would say next, so he directly refused: "This matter has nothing to do with you, father! Please don't interfere!"

"you.......Forget it, you have only been in the officialdom for a few years. You are young and you don’t understand the morals here. This time, you can listen to me and just betray a few irrelevant people. " Father Xiao ordered.

Then Father Xiao took out a piece of paper from the drawer, handed it to Xiao Zimo, and said, "Well, this is the list, you just need to sentence these people according to what is written on it."

Hearing this, Xiao Zimo froze in his heart. After a while, he took the piece of paper and looked at the names on it. Sure enough, there were no powerful officials like Tang Maode or the prefect, and almost all of them were marginal figures.

After reading this list, Xiao Zimo sneered in his heart, without saying a word, put the paper in his arms, and exited Father Xiao's study.

.Father Xiao was very satisfied when he saw his son's appearance. He thought that the other party had agreed to what he had just ordered. He was overjoyed.

But obviously, Xiao's father, who had never cared about Xiao Zimo since he was a child, did not understand Xiao Zimo's temperament.

The next day, he just took a rest, so he rested at home, and by the way, the following good sons were tested for teaching, and asked them to learn from the eldest son Xiao Zimo and give him a long face.

Father Xiao is enjoying this rare leisure time in the mansion. He just feels that his life is very pleasant. He will become a dragon and phoenix in the big day without much effort. He has entered the court and can still help him now. It can be said that he is a father and son. Together, the profit breaks gold.

.Thinking of this, Father Xiao took a few more glances at the sons in front of him. All of them were tall and straight, in good spirits, with admiration in their eyes. Thinking that he would add some good help to the court in the future, Father Xiao was satisfied. It was unstoppable.

He was in a happy mood and was happy with everything he saw, so much so that Father Xiao didn't even notice that the eyes of the children under his knees flashed with admiration when he looked at him, and when he wasn't paying attention, everyone made eye contact. spark.

Father Xiao sat in a chair, sipping tea leisurely, and after having tested his sons except Xiao Zimo, he planned to let them go down.

At this moment, the housekeeper of Xiao's house suddenly came to their ears and whispered something, Father Xiao hurriedly said, "Quickly invite him in."

.It was rare for the brothers who were about to leave to see their father so impatient, but they stood there and didn't move for a while, everyone, look at me, I look at you, but no one left here.

After the butler left for a while, he led a man in fancy clothes in.

As soon as the man saw Father Xiao, he said with a strange yin and yang, "Master Xiao really gave birth to a good son!"

Father Xiao had just finished the exam and taught his sons, and he was very content with himself. He didn't respond to the other party's intentions for a while, so he hurriedly said modestly: "Your Highness is polite, the dog is still young, how can you be like a Highness? like a compliment."

Seeing a faint smugness on Father Xiao's face, the man's face darkened, and he slapped the table next to him with force, causing the tea cup on the table to shake, and a few drops of tea stains splashed onto the ground.

"Xiao Changzhong, you are so bold that you dare to deceive this king!The prince looked straight at Father Xiao and said angrily.

This prince is the brother of his mother’s compatriots today, and his title is Ping. He is highly valued by the emperor on weekdays. Naturally, Xiao Changzhong did not dare to offend the other party, so when he saw the other party’s anger, he immediately took the initiative to accuse him: “Your Majesty calms your anger, your lord calms down, I don’t know. What did Xiaguan do wrong and made the prince so angry, I hope the prince will tell me, I will definitely change it, I will definitely change it..."

"Change? Humph! What do you want to change? You really raised a good son!" King Ping glanced at Xiao Changzhong, and then said with a strange look: "I didn't expect you, Xiao Changzhong, to hide so deeply that even this king You've been deceived by you."

The more Xiao Changzhong listened, the more confused he became, and he hurriedly asked, "What are you talking about, my lord? Please ask my lord to make it clear!"

.But I saw King Ping snorted coldly and said, "Forget it, I don't have the spare time to continue to waste time with you here, but you must remember, don't let this king grab your handle, otherwise..."

Otherwise, King Ping left without finishing speaking, but Xiao Changzhong is not a fool, of course he knows that there must be no good words behind this.

As soon as King Ping left, Xiao Changzhong immediately realized who the good son mentioned by King Ping was referring to, and what he was thinking. His expression changed in an instant, and he ordered loudly, "Get ready for the carriage and horses!"

Father Xiao walked out of the hall while giving instructions, leaving only his few good sons looking at each other in the hall, wondering what happened.

At the entrance of the penal department, as soon as Father Xiao got off the carriage, he saw Xiao Zimo walking out of the carriage. He immediately accused him with a face full of accusations: "What the hell did you do?"

.Seeing Father Xiao's appearance like this, Xiao Zimo sighed in his heart, but he didn't expect the other party's news to be known so quickly.

As Xiao Zimo got into the carriage, he said, "Since father already knows, why do you ask me what to do?"

Seeing that Xiao Zimo did not answer his own question directly, Father Xiao stepped forward to stop the other party, but unfortunately the other party had already instructed the coachman to take a step forward on the horse, and the angry Father Xiao could only jump.

Father Xiao originally wanted to get on the carriage when he came to follow, and find the villain to ask clearly, but after thinking about it, he still did not follow, but turned around and entered the gate of the Ministry of Punishment.

After Father Xiao found out what Xiao Zimo had done from the Ministry of Punishment, he wished that he would rush to kill the evil son.

.It turned out that Xiao Zimo did not try only those people on the list that was handed over to the other party at all according to his instructions, but instead sentenced Tang Maode and other important officials to death and executed them immediately, because those people committed a crime. The piles of crimes were all carefully investigated by Xiao Zimo when he was in Yangjiang Province. Most of the cases committed by everyone were death sentences, but it was the people on the list that Xiao’s father handed over to Xiao Zimo. Can be sentenced to a post-autumn execution.

Hearing that Xiao Zimo stabbed Tang Maode and others directly in the Punishment Department, and thinking of what King Ping said before he left his mansion, Father Xiao only felt that the world was spinning, but luckily the driver supported him in time. .

When Father Xiao returned to Xiao Mansion, he had gradually calmed down, and even figured out how to solve this problem, he must not let the entire Xiao Mansion be buried with that rebel son.

.In the evening, after dinner, Xiao Zimo didn't leave directly, he just sat on the chair without moving, but he wanted to see what Father Xiao would do with him.

Usually Xiao Zimo would be the first to get up and leave the dining room after eating, but today he was not the first to leave, which made the rest of the Xiao family realize something unusual. Any accident, because he had already learned of Xiao Changzhong's plan from his husband Xiao Changzhong.

The people present at this moment are very happy in the heart of Lord Xiao.

He has long been unhappy with Xiao Zimo. After all, Xiao Zimo is not his own, and he has not been close to him since he was a child, and he has several sons under his knees. Doesn't it mean that in the future, Xiao Zimo's property will have nothing to do with Xiao Zimo, and it will all belong to his son?

.Sure enough, after a while, I heard Father Xiao speak: "Zimo, this time you have offended someone you shouldn't have offended, and my father can't save you. As the head of the Xiao family, I cannot let the Xiao family be destroyed. In your hands, I read that you are the only child of your mother and father, I will not personally send you to others to make amends, but you will no longer be my son from now on... In the end, I still I want to persuade you, if you have self-knowledge, you should take the initiative to ask for mercy from the other party, and maybe you can save your life."

Xiao Zimo hadn't spoken yet, but the rest of the Xiao family were surprised, especially the young masters of the Xiao family who were still listening to their father's instruction this morning and asked them to learn from the elder brother Xiao Zimo. Shocked, as if his father had just told a ghost story.

.Seeing the performance of everyone in the Xiao family, no one felt sorry for him, and even a trace of excitement flashed in the eyes of his stepmother and father, Xiao Zimo's heart was not disturbed, he stood up and was ready to leave.

Anyway, the Xiao family has ceased to be his home since his mother and father died.

Thinking of the figure in Haining Village, Yangjiang Province, Xiao Zimo felt his heart warm. Now that he has found a home that belongs to him for the rest of his life, he will leave the Xiao family.

Seeing that Xiao Zimo didn't say a word, he got up to leave. He originally hoped to drive Xiao Zimo out of the Xiao mansion, lest he would involve his own father Xiao who felt uneasy for no reason, and subconsciously shouted: "Stop!"

"Is there anything else?" Xiao Zimo paused.

Seeing that Xiao Zimo did not turn around to answer, Father Xiao said angrily, "Is that how you talk to me!"

.Xiao Zimo turned to look at Father Xiao and chuckled, "Then how do you think I should talk to you?"

"I'm your father..." Father Xiao was about to make a big accusation, but was interrupted by Xiao Zimo.

"Heh... Master Xiao may be suffering from the disorder of lost soul. You said just now that I will not be your son from now on, so how can you be my father?" Xiao Zimo paused after saying this, Glancing at his younger brothers, he said again: "Master Xiao doesn't look like someone who lacks a son, why did he have the problem of recognizing his son for no reason? Healing, this is also my last piece of advice to Sir Xiao."

"You... Nizi, get out!" Father Xiao was so angry that he pointed at the door.

Xiao Zimo took a deep look at Father Xiao for the last time, then turned and left.

.As soon as he walked out of the dining room, Father Xiao lifted the dining table angrily and shouted, "Get out, get out of here!"

I have never seen such a big fire from Father Xiao. The children of Xiao's family were frightened and dared not move. Fortunately, their mother and father were clever and knew that they couldn't touch Father Xiao's bad head here with a pestle, so they took it away decisively. Several sons slipped away.

After Xiao Zimo left the Xiao residence, he did not go anywhere else, but went directly to the palace, handed the other confession he had left in his hand to the emperor, and also expressed his resignation to the emperor.

He only hoped that after this matter was over, he would return to Haining Village and be the idle fisherman with the person he longed for.

.This confession is a secret confession made by Tang Maode and others. In fact, Tang Maode and others do not know this confession. One of Xiao Zimo's men went to southern Xinjiang in his early years and knew that there is a medicine there that can confuse people's minds. , he recommended this medicine to Xiao Zimo when he was in Yangjiang Province.

Tang Maode and others were given this drug, and they easily confessed who was behind the scenes, and they forgot this memory after the drug had worn off.

After the emperor read the confession, his face was heavy, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Then he picked up the resignation letter on the side and opened it. His face was dark again. "I already understand your purpose, you go down first!"

In this regard, Xiao Zimo was not too surprised. He had noticed before that the emperor would not let him go so easily, so he was not too surprised if the emperor asked him to retire first.

.After leaving the palace, Xiao Zimo found an inn at random and stayed in.

The next day, he just got up and packed himself up, and was about to go to the dental office and ask the dental office to recommend a house for him.

Yes, he felt that the resignation he submitted to the emperor would not be approved immediately. He planned to buy a house to live in first. If the emperor still disagreed after a month, then he would pretend to be sick, but he couldn't stay for a month. Living in an inn, as for why they bought a house instead of renting a house, Xiao Zimo said that if Brother Bai suddenly became interested in the capital, and they happened to have a house in the capital, they could come and live here for a while!

Who knew that as soon as he stepped out of the inn, he was forced to receive an imperial decree, and he was transferred to Yangjiang Province as a prefect.

Regarding this imperial edict, Xiao Zimo thought about it and accepted it.

.After receiving this imperial decree, Xiao Zimo didn't want to go to the Yaxing to buy a house in person, he just told his subordinates to do it.

After sending off the eunuch who came to pass the decree from the palace, Xiao Zimo couldn't wait to pack his bags, and took some of his men directly to the wharf in a carriage, heading straight for Yangjiang Province.

Many people who had been staring at Xiao Zimo saw that the other party had received the imperial decree and became the prefect of Yangjiang Province. These people went back to report the situation to the master.

They also didn't expect that Xiao Zimo would not enter the palace to thank him, so he ran directly to the pier and left the capital by boat, which made it too late for their master to take action on Xiao Zimo before Xiao Zimo left the capital.

But when they knew that Xiao Zimo left by boat and wanted to send someone to catch up again, it was too late, and their mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers.