Zhu Ying insisted on refusing to close the case according to the existing evidence, and the master's persuasion was ineffective.

In desperation, the master could only say: "My lord, the students follow the adults and still admire the adults as people, but the adults have to think clearly, even if this case is traced clearly, it is meaningless, and the uncle of the Shao family is not a good person, but he also covets the wealth of General Shao's family, but he has no chance to do it." ”

"Whoever hasn't had some radical thoughts in his heart, thinking about it is a sin, then everyone in the world should be killed." Zhu Ying was angry at his master, "You are still a scholar, don't you understand this truth?" ”

"My lord, there are many unjust cases in the world, since they are all human lives, it is different for you to save it? Why bother staring at this? The master persuaded, "In the past, it was not unheard of in our yamen to have such a case. ”

"It wasn't that serious before, it didn't kill people." Zhu Ying said and sighed, "This is also mine, just because I used to always think, so many cases, breaking that one is not broken, rather than getting involved in the affairs of the powerful, it is better to make more decisions for the common people, but I recently suddenly found that this idea is wrong, the way to be an official is to be fair and strict, the word justice should be treated equally, and there can be no prejudice against the powerful, my previous mentality is no different from the mentality of the common people who hate the rich, and so on, In the end, it is no different from those foolish officials and corrupt officials who disregard people's lives. “

"But my lord, you can't help it, so why bother with your own future?" The master still wanted to stop Zhu Ying from hitting the stone with an egg.

"Future, what's the use of such a future?" Zhu Yingzhen didn't want such a future that he had gained with a clear conscience. He has been an official for half his life, and what he hopes is to ask for his life for the people, not to be prosperous and rich.

"Your Excellency...... If you really don't want to, you might as well ask for an assignment. "The master made a suggestion, with Zhu Ying's position, it should not be difficult to transfer out, the position should be slightly reduced, and there are officials outside who want to desperately squeeze into the feet of the Son of Heaven.

"If you are such an official, what can you do outside, where is there no power?" Zhu Ying sneered. He has seen through this world thoroughly. He made up his mind and said, "This time, I want to see what those people can do to me." It's a big deal, I'm going to see if it's wrong. What the hell is going on here? It's not for Uncle Shao. I just want to try to insist on what the truth will be, and these people cover it up in every possible way. What the hell is it for. ”

"My lord, don't be rash, where can you find out? The Shao family will not tell the truth. The master was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Even if the officials below go to investigate, and the Shao family doesn't say anything, we have no way to make it difficult for the brothers below." ”

The master knew that Zhu Ying would not easily change his mind, and he could not persuade him with his own future, so he could only use his brothers to persuade him, Zhu Ying wanted to take care of the people below, hoping that he could have some scruples, although the official position of Yin in Yancheng Mansion was not big, but in the end it was an official at the feet of the Son of Heaven, even if those people were dissatisfied, they did not dare to know what to do to Zhu Ying, but it was different for ordinary officials, they could easily become a tool for the powerful to kill chickens and monkeys, and it will be wiped out.

"I'll think about this again, you've been with me for many years, if you're really scared, you can avoid it for the time being." Zhu Ying is not reluctant to the master, the master is also a family and a well-known person, so there is no need to take risks.

"No, my lord, students have followed adults for many years, and if adults insist, students must also insist." The master didn't want to think about it, the scholar died for his confidant, he came to Yancheng several times to catch the exam, and returned to his hometown to see his parents without shame, and when he was desperate, he was fortunate to be taken in by Zhu Ying, otherwise he didn't know where he was now, Zhu should have the grace of knowing him, and he must repay him.

Zhu Ying smiled with relief and patted his master's shoulder, "By the way, people always have something to do when they know the danger, and so do you." ”

"So where do you plan to start next?" The master asked a more practical question.

"Just from what is known, from the first clue we got after the disappearance of General Shao's wife......" Zhu Ying pondered for a moment and said the final decision.

Master's heart jumped, and the first clue was not the beginning of the jokes of the soldiers defending the city? There is a woman who is suspected to be General Shao's wife out of the city, and the person who sent her out of the city is a woman named Xue Niang, this Xue Niang is not a stranger to everyone, she is a good sister to Zhang Zhutou's wife Liu'er.

But this case indirectly involves the Dingwang Mansion, and it is enough trouble to provoke a Shao family, if it is provoked to the Dingwang Mansion again, it is really hard to imagine what the consequences will be.

When Zhu Ying insisted on his own opinion, it was difficult to change, he said that he would investigate, starting with the soldiers guarding the city gate that day, and calling those soldiers to inquire.

Although a long time has passed, but for the situation of that day, the soldiers who defended the city still remember clearly, after all, they made a joke with their colleagues, and the most important thing is that the snow lady said it well, so that the soldier named San'er was full of hope, but afterwards, Xue Niang shirked in every possible way, making San'er depressed for a long time.

The feelings of being soldiers together are very good, and when they asked the reason, everyone was upset for San'er, thinking that the woman was just a little bit of a posture and looked down on them who defended the city.

Zhu Ying didn't bother to pay attention to these things, and even more determined that something was wrong, but if he couldn't get through to it, he would go and ask, after all, behind Xue Niang was Dingwangfu.

Speaking of which is even more suspicious, when General Shao's wife and a pair of children disappeared and suspected of being killed, there were also some rumors that it was caused by General Shao's political enemies, and General Shao's biggest enemy in the court was King Ding, a few days ago, General Shao was ordered to guard the border pass, and people with discerning eyes could see that they were on guard against King Ding, although there was no news of the conflict between the two, but they knew it with their toes, and it was certainly not pleasant.

There is also the singer named Begonia, who was involved in the origin of General Shao's wife before, and when she asked, this singer obviously concealed something, but there was no evidence. I can't force me to ask, and a lot of things happened after that, so I put this matter on hold for the time being.

Now if you track it down, you have to start with this begonia, and in this group of people, this begonia may be easier to break through.

Just when Yancheng was in turmoil, many shops around were taken advantage of the opportunity to loot, Zhu Ying didn't want to startle the snake, so he asked the tea house about Begonia in the name of investigating these looters.

When Haitang saw Master Yamen. Some surprises.

She knew this master. is the person next to Zhu Fuyin, she is also in and out of the prince's mansion, she has seen big scenes, and knows that some gangsters are fighting and grabbing something. There is no need to bother people in such a position as the master. More important things. It was the surrounding shops that were looted, but their tea house escaped the catastrophe and had no loss. They didn't report the crime, so why should they be questioned?

The master saw Begonia's question, and said with a smile on his face: "Miss Begonia, we can be regarded as having a relationship, let's not say polite words, what do you know about these robberies?" ”

"Official, what can I know about a little girl?" Haitang felt even more inexplicable, she was not in the shop at all during the chaos.

The master said: "Miss Begonia, if you say something offended, don't mind, I'm just asking routinely, according to the surrounding shop owners, other shops have more or less losses, but your tea house has nothing to do, this is ...... Inevitably, there are some doubts. ”

"Official, forgive the little girl for being ignorant and not understanding what you mean." Begonia actually tasted some flavor, but pretending not to know, it's not difficult to guess, the people around have suffered losses, only they are unscathed, which naturally makes people feel uncomfortable, some narrow-minded people, can't help but suspect something, not to mention this master and the surrounding shop owners, even Mrs. Quan Si has also knocked on the side twice, Mrs. Quansi's other shops have suffered heavy losses, but the tea house is fine, she has some doubts, whether someone is sheltering her.

"Miss Begonia, don't get me wrong, I'm just asking." The master sighed lightly and said, "Now that business is difficult to do, the neighbors have suffered losses, and our adults are also very anxious, trying our best to solve the case and recover the losses for everyone, so I asked a few more words, have you shops also paid protection money to some ruffians and hooligans." ”

"Lord Zhu is indeed a good official who loves the people like a son, but I am in charge of tasting tea and making tea in the tea house, and the outside affairs are the responsibility of the shopkeeper, and you can ask the shopkeeper if you have something." Haitang followed the master's words, praised two sentences, but in fact, he didn't think so, no matter how heavy the losses of these shops were, they were also some things outside the body, when the city was in turmoil, there were still many people who lost their population, so many homicide cases don't care, pay attention to these robbery cases, the government is really for the rich.

"Speaking of which, Miss Begonia, when there was a big chaos, your girl's house was also very dangerous, did you pinch a cold sweat at that time?" The master didn't seem to hear what Haitang said to ask the shopkeeper, but estimated that he was up.

Haitang frowned slightly, and her heart became vigilant, she had a lot of secrets, and people with secrets had an urgent word, saying that there were many mistakes, and it was not bad to say, so she said simply: "I'm quite scared." ”

"A girl's house, alone, this time is the most dangerous." The master sighed sympathetically, and then said as if embarrassed, "It's me who is presumptuous, I'll tell you the truth, Huang San is a distant nephew of mine, he has been in a bad mood recently, and the family is very worried, if it is a weekday, he shouldn't bother the girl for this matter, but since I have seen it, I can't help but want to ask." ”

Haitang couldn't help but say: "Master, I don't understand a little, who is Huang San?" ”

"You don't know?" Master's eyes narrowed slightly, and a light flashed in his eyes.

"Do I know? I'm sorry, I don't remember much. Haitang said apologetically, and did not say goodbye, leaving a lot of leeway.

The master said: "Oh, Huang San's name is a bit ordinary, no wonder the girl can't remember it for a while, he is guarding the city gate, and the girl should have seen him a few times when she went out of the city a few days ago." ”

As soon as the city gate was mentioned, Haitang immediately became nervous, and thought about it seriously, it seems that there is a person named San, who knows Xue Niang, and it is precisely because of this that they can make those soldiers guarding the city relax their vigilance and get through the pass.

"Miss Begonia, what's wrong with you?" The master took advantage of the begonia's distraction and suddenly asked.

Haitang came back to his senses and said: "It's nothing, my memory is a little poor, and the people I have seen have forgotten in a blink of an eye, master, please don't mind, but I still don't understand, even if I meet twice, what?" ”

The master seemed to be surprised: "Didn't Xue Niang tell the girl?" ”

"What do you mean?" Begonia asked cautiously.

The master said: "This Huang Sanmaotou boy is indeed love at first sight with the girl, and he entrusted Xue Niang to be the matchmaker." ”

"Oh, this matter, Xue Niang is a warm-hearted person, and when she saw that I was alone, she mentioned it twice." Haitang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't ask about General Shao's wife, and after relaxing, he said honestly, "Don't hide it from the master, Haitang's past master also knows, and the past is unbearable...... Now that she has a place to live and no longer serves people with sex, Begonia doesn't want to look for it for the time being...... As soon as Xue Niang mentioned the beginning, I clearly refused, and she didn't say anything more after that, but it wasn't Xue Niang's negligence. ”

"Miss Begonia, you are a girl's family, alone, you should find a good home." The master also said the same words as Xue Niang persuaded before.

Begonia was a little displeased, didn't want to continue the topic, gently picked up the teacup, and had the meaning of serving tea to the guests, I thought that this master was a scholar, and naturally knew how to give etiquette, since she saw that she had the meaning of sending guests, she should be more interesting, now she is a free body, not for official business, she has no need to entertain some people who don't like it.

The master still couldn't understand the meaning of Begonia's send-off, and continued: "Then I'm just asking one more question, what happened to Miss Begonia's sister?" Oh! I have a lot of relatives, and many of the guys guarding the city gate are not married, my fair lady and gentleman are good, don't mind the girl. ”

"That sister of mine?" Haitang frowned slightly, this master is still endless, and if he asks again, he is even more scoundrel than the lowliest matchmaker on the street.

"It's the girl who went out of the city with Xue Niang on the day the girl was sick, isn't that the sister of the Begonia girl?" The master seemed to be careless, and asked the key point, before he said so much, in fact, he wanted Begonia to relax his vigilance, so he asked the truth.

"This ...... It was indeed my sister, she ...... I don't want to get married. Haitang was asked rashly, and became a little flustered. (To be continued.) )