"Cao Jian, what kind of person I am, you should know, if you really abuse your power, I would have dealt with you a long time ago when you followed Chen Guang to strike the market, why delay it until today? You have done something that hurts the heavens and reason, haven't you thought that Skynet will be restored, negligent but not leaky? ”

He picked up a few letters on the case, handed them to Hou Kaishan and said, "Show him." ”

Hou Kaishan handed over the letter, Cao Jian spread the letter impatiently, his face slowly turned gray, and muttered:

"Although the old man heard that the eleventh village was exterminated this morning, he also said that it was a rumor that you deliberately put out, Lord Lu, the old man can't fight you, you can dispose of it, I just ask you to leave a little blood for my Cao family!"

"You don't have to beg me, I just ask you, are there any innocent among your children and grandchildren?"

Cao Jian was stunned, and then said excitedly: "Except for me and my eldest son Cao An involved in this matter, the other two sons don't know, and the five grandsons don't know either!" ”

"I'll investigate it in detail, and as long as what you say is true, they can go home!" Lu Yuan said.

"The old man believes in you." Cao Jian nodded and sighed: "The old man has been harmed by this greedy word in his life, Lord Lu, as long as you can let them go, I am willing to dedicate all my family property to the official family." ”

"If you have repentance, the official is very pleased, and the official will use your family property to build the county, which will be regarded as your family's compensation to the people of the county." Lu Yuan did not refuse.

"But you still have children and family members, and I allow you to set aside part of your property to give them an inheritance, and you can decide how much, but I suggest that if you think about them, you should not leave more." Lu Yuan added.

Cao Jian was stunned and looked at Lu Yuan for a long time.

After a while, he sighed: "Lord Lu, if you can come to this county earlier, the old man may not make the wrong step." ”

"Old man Cao, you are confused, he is obviously plotting to rob your family property, didn't you hear him threaten you not to stay longer?" Li Yuan was in disbelief.

"The surname is Li, it is because there are too many dog officials like you that the old man who made a mistake and fell to this point, the old man can't wait to kick you to death!" Cao Jian glared at him fiercely.

After speaking, he turned to the official and said, "Take me to the prison!" ”

When one of the officials saw him like this, he thought to himself that it was not too bad for this old man to repent and donate money to develop the county, and decided to ask one of his brothers in the prison to take care of him.

Li Yuan was scolded by him, stunned, and felt a little remorse in his heart, but he soon thought that people don't kill the heavens and the earth for themselves, and he stayed up for more than ten years to become a county lieutenant, isn't it just to get more silver?

"Idiot, idiot, he's lying to you!" Li Yuan scolded even more poignantly.

Lu Yuan didn't bother to look at him, waved his hand and said, "Take it away!" ”

When one of the officials caught him, he hit his nose when he was struggling, and secretly gave him a cruel blow, and secretly scolded in his heart, you are a handful of birds, and you have today!

After hurriedly trying the case, Lu Yuan got up and said, "Let's go, go to Chen's house to have a look." ”

When he arrived at Chen's Mansion, the officials had surrounded Chen's Mansion, and there were many people around, Lu Yuan entered the house accompanied by Hou Kaishan and Zhanyuan, and along the way, he did not see a single corpse, nor did he have any blood.

Entering the lobby, Jin Yuanwu was talking to Qin Quan, Qin Youyu was also in the house, and was checking in the corners of the surroundings, and when they saw Lu Yuan, the three of them came forward to salute.

"Brother Lu, the Chen family was killed, and all the family property was missing." Qin Youyu's tone was a little solemn.

"How did they die?"

"There were no wounds on all of them, and the deceased had a serene expression, so it is certain that he was poisoned!" It was Kim Won-mu who answered.

"What kind of person is it that has such a deep hatred with them, and the whole family doesn't let anyone go?" Lu Yuan's brows furrowed deeply.

Qin Youyu whispered: "Brother Lu, abduct and sell women, letters." ”

Lu Yuan's whole body trembled after hearing this, and the meaning of Qin Youyu's message couldn't be clearer, this was someone killing people.

At this moment, he seemed to feel a huge black hand, which was hanging over the top of the county's head.

He had a hunch that the Chen family's case of destroying the door was a swampy abyss, and if he stepped into it, he would fall into it and it would be difficult to get out.

"Zhanyuan, seal the Chen family, no one is allowed to step in, and all the bodies will be cremated!" He made a quick decision.

"Yes." Zhanyuan gave up.

In a company, the Chen family was destroyed, the Cao family and the Li county lieutenant were imprisoned, and the other was placed under house arrest in the county office.

……

A few days later, Ningguo Houfu

In the back garden, Feng Yanting was lying on the lap of his concubine taking a nap, and a person walked in quickly from outside the garden, it was the judge Liu Ang, he saw that Ning Guohou was sleeping, so he stood quietly and waited.

After half an hour, Ning Guohou woke up slowly, saw Liu Ang standing aside, and said with a smile: "If Zicai had come to me, I'm afraid he would have woken me up long ago." ”

"Zicai's brain is fast, his temperament is more anxious, not as stupid as me." Liu Ang laughed.

Ning Guohou drank a glass of water and rinsed his mouth, spit it back into the cup, and said, "You are not stupid, but you are a little cautious, but this is not a bad thing, what do you have to do with me, say it." ”

"Master Hou, Lu Yuan wants to dismiss his subordinate county lieutenants, the relevant official documents have been sent, do you want to agree?"

"He's my person, of course I won't refuse, but I want to know what he wants to do, isn't it for him to deal with Jiang Huai? Even if the county lieutenant is Jiang Huai's person, how can he damage Jiang Huai in the slightest if he comes so clearly? ”

"That county lieutenant is not Jiang Huai's person, he should have offended Lu Yuan, so I want to kill people." Liu Ang said softly.

"Okay, okay, you can decide this kind of yourself in the future, and don't use it to report me." Ning Guohou was a little impatient.

"And how do you reply to this incident?" Liu Ang asked.

"Answered him." Ning Guohou didn't have a good airway.

"Yes!"

……

Shen family on the outskirts of the city

In the lobby, Old Lady Shen sat on the top, closing her eyes and recuperating.

In addition to Shen Yuan, Yuan Chi was also sitting on the two chairs next to him, and he looked at the old lady with an anxious face, waiting for him to speak.

After a long time, Old Lady Shen spoke: "You don't have to worry too much, in my opinion, Lu Yuan will not do anything to you." ”

"But the Chen family has been wiped out, Cao Jian and Li County Lieutenant have also been arrested, and Lin Zhao also went in yesterday, and even Old Man Wang asked him to be the nephew who supervised the imperial history to use resources and transfer himself to other counties.

Li Wencheng also went to the Yamen of the Assassin two days ago to do business, and he never returned after that. Among the people who opposed Lu Yuan at the beginning, I was the only one who remained in the county, do you think I can not worry? Yuan Chi's tone was full of panic.

Old lady Shen's eyes were half-open and half-closed, and she said slowly:

"You have kept your distance from Li Wencheng and them for a long time, I believe he knows in his heart, you are the son-in-law of the old man, as long as you don't go against him again, for the sake of the old man, I believe he will not touch you again."

Yuan Chi was annoyed for a while, Lao Taishan obviously didn't understand Lu Yuan as a person, he listened to him during this time, kept his distance from Li Wencheng, and at the same time did not take the initiative to contact Lu Yuan.

But Lu Yuan didn't win himself over as Old Taishan expected. If you continue to listen to him, I am afraid that the future will not be good, so he arched his hand and replied in vain, and withdrew.

Out of the Shen family, Yuan Chi rode towards the county seat, and he was extremely worried along the way, he remembered that Zhan Yuan had said to himself that if he wanted to gain the trust of the county commander, he must be honest with him.

But he was worried that after he voluntarily confessed his guilt, Lu Yuan directly suspended himself.

When he returned to the county office, he had just entered the gate when he suddenly saw two officials escorting Li Yuan towards the prison.

"Master Li, where are you going?" He hurriedly asked one of the officials standing guard.

"I heard that the official document reported to the Assassin Shi Yamen and the Jiedu Envoy Yamen has been returned, and both sides have passed, and the Assassin Shi Yamen side is Lord Li who personally came back with the official document, and the county magistrate has just been promoted to convict him, exiled to Jianzhou, and will be taken away after a few days." The official said casually, not very respectful to Yuan Chi.

Yuan Chi was frightened in his heart, and without hesitation, he walked quickly towards the second hall, but saw that the door of the second hall was closed.

He was about to push the door in, but was stopped by the official at the door:

"Lord Yuan, Lord Yuan is discussing important matters with Hou Bantou and them in the study, and no one is allowed to enter."

"It's okay, I'll just wait a moment." Yuan Chi smiled reluctantly.

In the study, Lu Yuan was having a meeting again, and even Dong Yuan, Zhanyuan, and Jin Yuanwu did not participate in this meeting, only Hou Kaishan, Qin's sisters and brothers, and Sun Shaoqing.

What everyone discussed was the property of the Cao family.

Since the old man of the Cao family made an appointment with Lu Yuan that day, he has been very cooperative, not only confessing to all the crimes, but also taking the initiative to inform the property hidden everywhere.

He donated a total of 210,000 taels of silver to the yamen, including the house, leaving only a small courtyard, 100 taels of silver, and a five-paper letter for his family.

Sun Shaoqing sighed secretly, the Cao family had accumulated wealth for many years, but she didn't expect it to come to naught in an instant, and at this moment she somewhat understood her father's worries.

"Brother Lu, what are you going to do with this money?" Qin Quan asked with burning eyes.

"This money can't be kept." Before Lu Yuan could speak, Qin Youyu suddenly spoke.