After receiving the order from the king, Li Gongfu took two thousand palace guards and began to handle the case.

The first place he went to was Nanyang County. When he heard that Li Gongfu was about to arrive in Nanyang, officials at all levels in Nanyang who received the news began to check the official documents and books, fearing that something would happen here.

In fact, after Lu Chen ordered a strict investigation of the case of corruption of martyrs' military pay, various places had already received news that many local officials either conducted self-inspection or quickly remedy, especially in Nanyang, where officials were facing a great enemy! Who is Li Gongfu? That's an inhuman guy! If he found something out, would there be good results?

A few days later, Li Gongfu arrived in Nanyang. With the ceremonial guards of the imperial envoy, two thousand palace guards guarded both sides of Li Gongfu's carriage. This was not a way to clear the road, but the team was walking normally on the street. The people on the street were not driven away, but they were involuntarily standing on both sides of the road to watch and pointing fingers.

"This is not our Nanyang official, right? Look at this scene..."

"Have you heard of it? A case of embezzling martyrs' military pay in Pingyang County in the previous period. The king was furious and threw the king's orders to strictly investigate all counties and counties. Now it seems that this should be the high-ranking official who came to inspect our Nanyang..."

"Oh! Then this is the imperial envoy..."

"Isn't that true? Isn't this guard team different from other troops?"

The palace guards were all the elite among the elites, with bright armor and red tassels on their heads. Everyone had a red cloak behind them, and each of them had a battle knife on their waists, which was extremely majestic.

Li Gongfu's first stop was naturally Nanyang County Government. Here, a group of officials had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Li Gongfu getting off the carriage in an official's obedience, Gong Cheng, the leader of Nanyang County, hurriedly brought a group of officials to greet him, bowed with both hands, bent down slightly and bowed:

"Gong Cheng, the leader of Nanyang County, has met Lord Li."

Li Gongfu had worked as a county magistrate in Nanyang before. Although he had not been a long time, he was disagreeing with many officials in the county. He had different political views and different ideas from Gong Cheng, and there were always frictions between them.

Although both of them are now the head of the county, Li Gongfu was ordered by the king, so Gong Cheng could only call himself the official. Li Gongfu's arrival was the least willing to see.

But now that the person has arrived, and it is the imperial envoy who was personally ordered by the king. Gong Cheng had no choice but to lead the county officials out to greet him. The other officials also smiled and bowed to Li Gongfu.

Li Gongfu also raised his hands and bowed to everyone one by one, saying, "You are so polite, let's go into the mansion to speak."

As soon as he came, he acted like he was doing things first, which made people feel disgusted. Gong Cheng laughed dryly and reached out and said, "Please..."

Li Gongfu led a group of palace guards, accompanied by the county leader Gong Cheng, and behind him were officials at all levels in Nanyang.

After entering the county government, he said straight to the point: "Mr. Gong, don't know where the martyrs in the county government are registered?"

Hearing this, Gong Cheng hurriedly said to the people in the mansion: "Hurry up! Go and move all the books and check them out for Lord Li."

These books are not just one or two bamboo slips, but two whole baskets. After people brought them over, Li Gongfu opened the book casually, then put it in the basket and said, "Mr. Gong, the official will temporarily move these books away. After the review is completed, he will be returned to the county government. I wonder if Mr. Gong can do this convenient?"

"Hehe, this is natural, this is natural." Gong Cheng could only say with a dry smile again.

Seeing that he agreed, Li Gongfu did not say anything in detail, but said loudly: "Come here, move all these books to the inn. Remember, don't miss a volume, otherwise you will ask me!"

"No!" Several palace guards responded, and then formed two people, stepped forward and raised the bamboo slips and left.

Seeing this, Gong Cheng couldn't help asking, "What? Lord Li is not staying in the county government?"

"Hey?" Li Gongfu waved his hand and said, "I won't disturb Lord Gong anymore. It's the same for working in the inn."

That night, Gong Cheng held a banquet at the county government to entertain Li Gongfu. The latter was unwilling to go, but he could not resist Gong Cheng's kind invitation and finally had to attend the banquet.

At the banquet, the officials in Nanyang were flattering on the surface and said some compliments from time to time, but in fact, they wanted him to get out quickly!

It can be said that Li Gongfu visited Nanyang for inspection and was not favored by officials. Everyone wanted to avoid him, but he had to receive the imperial envoy. Fortunately, Lu Chen assigned him two thousand palace guards, which made it much easier to act.

At the banquet, in order to avoid embarrassment, Gong Cheng deliberately left the main seat, Li Gongfu, the first seat on the right, Gong Cheng, and officials at all levels below, each person had several cases in front of him.

After the wine and food were served, Gong Cheng was the first to pick up the wine glass and said to Li Gongfu: "Come on, Lord Li, the boat is exhausted. Xiaguan and colleagues at all levels in Nanyang, I would like to pay a drink to Lord Li."

"Respect Lord Li——" the officials said together.

Even if a person is not human, he may have to pick up the wine glass at this time, but Li Gongfu is an exception. He is definitely a person who is easily disappointed. He looked at the wine and food in front of him and said:

"Mr. Gong, this banquet, including me, is filled with delicious food on the tables of everyone. They are flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water. They are all complete. Such delicacies in the mountains and seas require a lot of money, right?"

"And this wine, if that's right, it's also a top-quality wine, right?"

"This banquet is enough to be worth the expenses of ordinary people for several years. Master Gong is so extravagant and wasteful."

This...

When people heard this, they couldn't help looking at each other. Gong Cheng even stopped in the air with a look of embarrassment.

This person is so ignorant! He shouldn't have invited him to eat this wine!

After a while, people reacted and placed the wine glass on the table with dissatisfaction. Gong Cheng also put down the wine glass and kept laughing dryly: "Haha... Lord Li is so serious, so serious..."

Although he was an imperial envoy, many people could not help but snorted slightly.

This is how Li Gongfu is. He is honest and can't stand other officials' extravagance and waste. That's all, but he says anything else, never caring about other people's feelings and not knowing how to be slick.
Chapter completed!