Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 1080 Single Cell

The palace soldiers were wearing short armor made of coarse cloth inlaid with iron, and had wide-bladed ring-handled swords on their waists. They ran towards Shen Zheng in an orderly manner.

The people had different expressions on their faces. They all said that Shen Zheng was stupid. Not only did he keep private soldiers, but he even dared to bring them to the dock.

Isn’t this a naked provocation to imperial power?

"But Lord Shen is a good official..." someone said.

The next moment, a sixty-year-old woman suddenly rushed out of the crowd, bowed and shouted to the palace guards: "Sir! Even if Lady Shen committed a crime and was sent to prison, you must give her a separate cell! You can't... lock her up with those vicious criminals!"

The Jingzhao soldiers stopped and looked complicated.

The people woke up as if from a dream and shouted in unison: "Master Shen, put him in a solitary room! Master Shen, put him in a solitary room! Master Shen! Solitary! Put him in a solitary room!"

The shouts were so powerful that they attracted many onlookers.

"What day is it today? Prince Cheng'an and Earl Jiade have been stripped of their titles, and Lord Shen is also going to be imprisoned?"

"The world is becoming more and more corrupt, and people's hearts are no longer as they used to be..."

On the platform, Yu Shizhang laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back.

Tears glistened in the corners of his eyes. He patted Shen Zheng's shoulder and said, "The people really care about you. Even if you go to prison, you have to live in a single room."

Shen Zheng: “…”

Seeing the soldiers getting closer and closer to the platform, the people's hearts were in their throats.

In just a moment, they arrived in front of Shen Zheng.

The leader cleared his throat, his greeting addressed to Shen Zhengxing, but his words were directed to the common people: "I, Zhang Zhengchong, the judicial officer of Jingzhao Prefecture, have been ordered by the prefect to escort you out of the capital!"

The people suddenly understood and admired Shen Zheng even more.

It’s okay to raise private soldiers, and you can even be personally escorted to the capital by the Jingzhao Prefecture soldiers.

As expected, he is Lord Shen!

Watching the rumors spread, Shen Zheng sighed and looked at Zhang Zhengchong, "General Zhang? We've met before."

"Sir, do you still remember me?" Zhang Zhengchong's eyes lit up slightly.

For low-level officials like them, being remembered by senior officials is a great honor.

Shen Zheng smiled and nodded. "On the day the reading building opened, Young Master Lan caused trouble in front of the gate. Fortunately, Military Officer Zhang came and took him back to Jingzhao Prefecture for trial."

"I was only doing my duty, thank you for remembering me, sir." Zhang Zhengchong was very happy and looked out at the dock with a smile. "By the way, sir Shen, the lords just came back from the morning court and are on their way to the dock. Lord Ji asked me to pass on a message to you, asking you to wait for them. They want to come and see you off in person."

"Master Ji... and all the other masters?" Shen Zheng was stunned for a moment before nodding, "Then I will wait for them here."

Zhang Zhengchong led the government soldiers to maintain order. Shen Zheng called Su Yan and Xiang He, and asked them to each take ten county soldiers onto the tower ship, and the rest of the county soldiers boarded the Fu ship.

Mrs. Bo also took Yu Nanshu and others on board, leaving only Shen Zheng, Yu Shizhang and Shen Xingjian at the dock.

Looking at the shimmering river, Yu Shizhang smiled and said, "If they want to come and see us off, we can't stop them. We'll just have to wait for a while, so it won't delay anything."

Shen Zheng sighed lightly and said helplessly: "I wanted to take advantage of the morning court to leave the capital so that they wouldn't come to see me off, but I didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect the court to end so early today?" Yu Shizhang looked towards the Imperial City and said with a smile, "Whether to end the court early or late is just a matter of a word from His Majesty."

Yes.

Shen Zheng smiled.

Without the emperor's tacit approval, Ji Benchang and his men would never have been able to get here.

Just as he was thinking about it, the people outside suddenly became agitated.

Shen Zheng looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of people walking quickly towards the platform at the end of the bluestone road in the distance.

As the robe fluttered, the purple, red and green colors spread out in the morning light, like a flowing colorful ribbon.

The people were so shocked that their jaws dropped. "So many officials?!"

"One, two, three, four, five, six... Purple-purple-robed officials, exactly six! What does this mean? Are all the six ministers gathered together?"

"You can't say that. Doesn't the Prime Minister also wear a purple robe? Hiss—but...it seems the Prime Minister is not here?"

"Wow—there are quite a few people in red clothes! Oh my god, I've lived for decades, and thanks to Lord Shen, this is the first time I've seen so many officials in person..."

"I'm afraid half of the people in the Great Zhou Dynasty have come here? Lord Shen is so proud that the others didn't even go home after the court session, but came all the way to see her off..."

"Half of the country? I think 80% of the country is here! No wonder Lord Shen can afford to keep his own private army!"

While the people were talking, the officials had already boarded the platform. Xu Zhijie nodded to Shen Zheng and went on board the boat to look for Cui Jinyin.

"Little Shen!" General Lin was supported by Lin Fanyun. He twisted his left hand to push Ji Benchang away, twisted his right hand to push Yue Zhenchuan away, and stood in front of Shen Zheng first.

"Have you been waiting for a long time? The streets are very busy today. Even our carriage was stuck in traffic. It was really frustrating. Fortunately, you haven't boarded the ship yet."

Shen Zheng walked forward with a smile and was about to speak when Ji Benchang came over again.

"Xiao Shen! You don't know, at this morning's court, Prime Minister Cui was up to no good. He kept asking his people to submit memorials and refusing to let us leave! Fortunately, His Majesty was wise and allowed them to stay and write memorials, and let us go first!"

Yue Zhenchuan nodded, "That's right. Speaking of which, I have to thank Lord Li, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, for sending the palace soldiers ahead after the court session. Xiao Shen, I still want to say something about you. You knew we were going to the morning court session, but you still chose to set off in the morning..."

They didn't even give them a chance to say goodbye. How cruel!

"If we don't leave in the morning, then when?" General Lin stood in front of Shen Zheng, looking protective. "We have to get things done early! Since Xiao Shen chose to leave in the morning, it must have been a deliberate decision! If we don't make it, it's our own fault. How can we blame Xiao Shen?"

Lu Botang touched the steel sword hanging on his waist and stepped forward to agree: "Master is right! Only those who are incompetent will blame Lord Shen! Master and I are different. We only blame our own poor legs and feet for almost missing the big thing."

Lin Fanyun was pinched by General Lin and immediately followed up: "This humble official feels the same way, Minister Yue, Lord Shen is no longer working in the Ministry of Works. Please don't be mean to Lord Shen."

Yue Zhenchuan: “…”

Is he fierce?

He gritted his teeth and gave Zeng Tongshi a wink.

Zeng Tongshi had been waiting for a long time. Seeing this, he immediately used all his strength to squeeze in.

"Sir Shen, this is a gift from the Ministry of Works. Please don't despise it."

Before Shen Zheng could react, a scroll was stuffed into her arms.

Zeng Tongshi's action was like a flare, exploding among the officials.

All of a sudden, all the officials dug into their sleeves, dug into their pockets, and called for people.

Luo Bizhi, who had been silent for a long time, finally moved.

He gently pushed Yue Zhenchuan and Ji Benchang aside and took out an ebony box from his sleeve.