I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 372
As night fell, Hai Rui boarded a sedan chair and went to Pan Xian's residence for a banquet as scheduled.

On both sides of the sedan chair, a large number of armed guards followed closely, responsible for guarding Hai Rui's safety.

The common people along the way have long been accustomed to this, and can only curse in their hearts: "Another dog official!"

As the governor of Henan, Pan Xian built his own mansion in the city. The decoration style of the mansion is quite simple, and the surrounding environment is quite quiet, so it is not easy to be disturbed.

From the outside, Pan Xian's mansion looks like an ordinary rich man's. It has vermilion gates, and there are two majestic stone lions at the gates. Character.

It's just strange that the wall on Pan Xian's mansion is twice as high as that of ordinary houses.

Hai Rui's sedan chair stopped at the door, and the guard at the door saw the distinguished visitor, and after confirming his identity, he quickly entered the mansion to report.

Not long after, Pan Xian came to greet him with Yang Yinglin, the chief envoy, Liu Yuan, the inspector envoy, and other officials.

Pan Xian had a spring-like smile on his face, and then bowed to Hai Rui with a respectful expression.

"The imperial envoy is coming, and the lower officials are far away to welcome you, and I hope you will forgive me!"

Hai Rui glanced over the many officials around Pan Xian one by one, and immediately responded with a smile.

"Where is it, I take the liberty to disturb you, I hope you don't blame me!"

Next, Pan Xian introduced the officials around him to Hai Rui one by one, and Hai Rui also behaved very approachable, nodding and smiling frequently.

Immediately afterwards, everyone exchanged a few more pleasantries, and under the deliberate promotion of both parties, the atmosphere quickly became harmonious.

Immediately afterwards, Pan Xian put on a belated look, and turned his gaze to Hai Rui, with a little self-blame on his face.

"I'm just busy talking, the banquet has already been prepared, let's go in first!"

After Pan Xian's words fell, the housekeeper who had been waiting for a long time stepped forward and guided the way for everyone.

And Pan Xian walked with Hai Rui, and the two exchanged a few insignificant words from time to time.

It wasn't until entering it that Hai Rui suddenly discovered that there was something hidden in it.

As soon as he entered the door, the first thing that caught his eye was a huge locust tree. Judging from the cracks in the bark and the space occupied by the tree, the age of this tree was no less than that of Hai Rui's previous experience in Shiqiao Village. At the entrance of the village, the big banyan tree you saw.

It wasn't until now that Hai Rui understood why the walls of Pan's residence were more than twice as high as ordinary houses. It turned out to be to hide the big locust tree.

Naturally, Pan Xian sensed the amazement in Hai Rui's eyes, and saw that he came to the big locust tree in three steps at a time. He gently stroked the bark on the surface of the big locust tree, and immediately introduced it to Hai Rui. .

"Your Imperial Envoy doesn't know that this tree was already here long before the official came to work!"

"To be exact, the mansion of the lower official was built around this big locust tree."

After listening to Pan Xian's introduction, Hai Rui understood it in his heart, and immediately looked away and gave his evaluation.

"Well, yes, when I return to the capital, I will plant a few trees at home!"

Hearing these words, Pan Xian suddenly regained his energy, and began to eloquently teach Hai Rui the key points. From the selection of saplings to the suitable locations for planting trees, Pan Xian knew everything, as if he had found A confidant is average.

In this way, after everyone passed through a long corridor, the maid who had been waiting here greeted her and took over the job of the housekeeper. Under the leadership of the maid, everyone entered the room.

In the room, everyone took their seats one after another according to the order they had already arranged. Hai Rui, as the most honored guest, should sit on Pan Xian's right seat.

Immediately afterwards, a series of delicacies were served on the table by the maids in cool clothes.

Soon, Pan Xian stood up and suggested to the crowd: "The imperial envoy is exhausted, today's meal should be a cleansing for the imperial envoy!"

"I think, why don't we all come together and have a toast to the imperial envoy?"

"it is good!"

After the words were finished, many officials present followed Ying Hedao, got up from their seats one after another, picked up the wine glasses placed on the table, and toasted Hai Rui.

Seeing this situation, Hai Rui had no choice but to pick up his wine glass and clink glasses with these officials one by one.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere at the scene quickly became lively, and everyone became less restrained.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, many officials present here began to talk about some interesting things they had experienced or heard in order to enliven the atmosphere.

Hai Rui was also very happy to support this, and put on a look of great interest.

Afterwards, seeing that the atmosphere was getting better, Pan Xian picked up the jug on the table, poured a full glass of wine into his glass, turned his gaze to Hai Rui, and poured bitter water.

"Master Imperial Envoy, you don't know. It has been almost five years since I became the governor of Henan Province."

"In the past five years, Xiaguan has never forgotten the oath he made when he first entered the official career, to let the common people have clothes to wear, food to eat, and houses to live in!"

"It is also because of this that the lower officials have offended many people. To tell you the truth, there are many people secretly expecting bad luck for the lower officials!"

"Presumably, the imperial envoy, you came to Henan to investigate the case this time because you received this impeachment memorial submitted by someone with ulterior motives?"

Since Hai Rui took office in the Inspectorate, he thought he had seen countless despicable and shameless officials, but the level of shamelessness of the Henan governor far exceeded Hai Rui's expectations.

"If I went to Shiqiao Village to check the situation not long ago, I might have believed your nonsense!"

Thinking so in his heart, Hai Rui raised his eyebrows, and responded without any disturbance in his tone.

"Oh, really, it seems that the governor really loves the people like a son!"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he changed the subject and spoke slowly.

"However, I have some definite news about the impeachment memorial mentioned by the governor earlier. Do you want to know the governor?"

Hearing Hai Rui's words, Liu Yuan, the inspector at the side, couldn't help showing a look of nervousness on his face, and even the hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.

When Pan Xian heard this, he couldn't help but become interested, and then asked.

"Oh, please let the imperial envoy speak clearly!"

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Hai Rui looked Pan Xian up and down, then turned to speak.

"Governor, let me tell you the truth. Your Majesty personally supervised this matter. Do you understand what I mean?"

After Hai Rui's words fell, the room fell into a deathly silence, and no one spoke.

After a long time, I saw Pan Xian forced a smile out of his stiff face and smoothed things over.

"Haha, the imperial envoy is really good at joking!"

"Let's not talk about this, come, drink!"

After all, Pan Xian raised his wine glass. Seeing this situation, other officials at the table also wanted to expose this matter, so they all raised their glasses.

"Come, come, let's drink together, cheers!"

Unexpectedly, Hai Rui didn't plan to raise his glass, so he picked up the wine glass, spilled the wine on the ground, looked around with a smile on his face, and said slowly.

"Everyone, you can drink this wine anytime, but before that, I want to make a bet with you. Believe it or not, someone will come in and knock on the door later, saying that the granary is on fire!"

After Hai Rui's words fell, Pan Xian and Yang Yinglin looked at each other, and they both saw a deep look of shock in each other's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Pan Xian turned gloomy and turned his gaze to Hai Rui, with a hint of threat in his words.

"My lord, do you know what you are talking about?"

Hai Rui was not afraid of this at all, and met Pan Xian's gaze directly, and responded with a smile.

"Of course, I always knew what I was talking about!"

"The glass of wine just now should be regarded as my respect to you."

(End of this chapter)