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Walking on the street, Xia Yun heard countless discussions, most of which were about the massacre that shocked the capital last night.

But no one could recognize his identity.

In the evening, Xia Yun finally arrived at the mansion given to him by the Ninth Prince.

Surprisingly, the mansion is located on a quiet street and its construction style is majestic. Even the gate alone occupies a width of more than ten meters.

What surprised Xia Yun even more was that there were two large characters clearly engraved on the plaque on the gate of the mansion.

Xiafu.

"The Ninth Prince is really thoughtful. Wan'er, please prepare a gift later. I will personally visit the Ninth Prince to thank him."

Xia Yun nodded with satisfaction.

On the surface, he was grateful to the Ninth Prince for his help yesterday and for giving him this mansion.

But in fact, perhaps only Xiao Yan could give him the answers to some of the doubts in his heart.

"Yes, my lord."

In a joyous atmosphere, Xia Yun and his group moved into the Xia Mansion. Hundreds of guards began to clean the courtyard and kitchen, and the mansion was filled with a cheerful atmosphere for a while.

However, at the same time, on the other side of the capital, in the Inspectorate, there was a rather strange atmosphere.

In the lobby of the Inspectorate.

Chen Ming, who had just sobered up and came back from outside, sat on a chair in the middle of the lobby with a trembling look on his face.

Around him and in front of him, dozens of censors dressed in bright red official robes were staring at him with puzzled expressions.

"Chen Ming, do you really not know what happened at Fenglai Inn last night?"

The strange atmosphere in the lobby continued for a long time, and then an old man with white hair and beard suddenly stared at Chen Ming and asked.

"Master Li, I was drunk last night and I really don't know what happened in the outside world. I beg you to tell me the truth."

Chen Ming's face was full of confusion.

Just half an hour ago, he, who had just sobered up, was sent back to the Inspectorate by Xia Yun.

Then he was brought directly here.

Upon hearing this, the censors in the hall looked at each other, with different expressions on their faces.

"Master Chen, Xia Yun massacred thousands of soldiers under the command of King Zhao and King Mu outside Fenglai Inn last night. Now the news has spread throughout the capital."

Someone at the scene finally spoke up and answered Chen Ming's doubts.

"what?"

"Thousands were massacred!"

Chen Ming, who was still confused a moment ago, now had an expression of extreme shock on his face.

"It's absolutely true, Master Chen, don't you know anything about it?"

Someone else said at the scene.

In fact, this is also the voice of the vast majority of people in the hall at this moment.

"I drank too much yesterday. I was drunk and fell asleep before it got dark."

Chen Ming explained immediately.

"It doesn't matter whether you know it or not. It is a fact that Xia Yun massacred thousands of people."

"Now I have something to ask you."

At this time, the old man with white hair and beard spoke again.

"Master Li, please feel free to ask me anything you want to ask. I will tell you everything I know."

Chen Ming nodded repeatedly immediately.

The old man sitting in the middle of the lobby is named Li Chunfang. He is the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, and his power and status are second only to the Grand Censor.

"Okay, Mr. Chen, you and Xia Yun have the most interactions with each other. What kind of person do you think he is?"

Li Chunfang focused his eyes on Chen Ming, with an extremely deep light in his eyes.

In fact, if Xia Yun hadn't killed thousands of people yesterday, he wouldn't be here today.

As everyone knows, the Inspectorate's attitude at the beginning was to protect Xia Yun, otherwise they would not have let Chen Ming visit Xia Yun on behalf of the Inspectorate yesterday.

As for the Inspectorate, they hope that some good officials who can serve the people will emerge at the local level.

But now it seems that Xia Yun's methods are too cruel. You have to know that those are thousands of lives!

Even slaughtering thousands of pigs is not an easy task.

After hearing the question, Chen Ming immediately understood that the Inspectorate had decided to re-examine its attitude towards Xia Yun.

If his answer was slightly off, others would think Xia Yun was a bloodthirsty and murderous person.

Then by tomorrow morning, a pile of impeachment memorials will appear on Your Majesty's desk.

"My Lords, today I can only say this: Xia Yun may be a little cruel in his work style, but if you go to Hangzhou and take a look, you will understand."

"Xia Yun is definitely not a corrupt person. In just over a month, he fed all the disaster victims in Hangzhou and arranged jobs and accommodation for them."

"As far as I know, Xia Yun even set up a special academy in Hangzhou for the children of all the people in Hangzhou to study for free. During this period, Xia Yun did not kill any ordinary people."

"I am willing to guarantee for Xia Yun that everyone who died at his hands was a corrupt official!"

Every word Chen Ming spoke was sonorous and powerful, and was clearly heard by every censor present.

Upon hearing this, the censors showed expressions of shock or confusion, and at the same time, they all became extremely curious about Hangzhou.

They also wanted to see what Hangzhou looked like under Xia Yun's governance.

Li Chunfang, who was sitting at the first seat in the lobby, had a very solemn expression on his face.

Officials like Xia Yun are truly rare. Looking at the entire Daliang Dynasty, it seems that there is only one such person.

Therefore, the Inspectorate must keep its eyes open.

After pondering for dozens of breaths, Li Chunfang spoke again.

"Send an order to the Left Censor-in-Chief to immediately send spies to Zhejiang to thoroughly investigate everything Xia Yun did, and then report back to the Inspectorate as soon as possible!"

In the end, he still didn't make a direct decision.

Although the famine in Hangzhou has been lifted for now, it is still rampant throughout the Jiangnan region.

If Xia Yun is the one who can save the country from the disaster, they will spare no effort to protect Xia Yun.

As soon as these words were spoken, all the censors present showed incredible expressions on their faces.

This is the first time in the history of the Inspectorate that it has made such a cautious decision on its attitude towards an official!

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Capital city, Ninth Prince’s Palace.

"Master Xia, you are too polite. Next time you come to my mansion, I will never allow you to bring so many gifts."

In the courtyard, Xiao Yan and Xia Yun sat on two armchairs.

Looking at the gifts that were constantly being carried in from outside the door, even though Xiao Yan was knowledgeable, he couldn't help but feel surprised.

"Yesterday, under extremely critical circumstances, Your Highness personally led the troops to rescue Xia. Xia is truly grateful."

"These gifts are just thank you gifts."

Xia Yun smiled and shook his head.