Li Bohan is 23 years old and a student in Qiantang County.

At the age of fifteen, he was a student, and he is still a student, and he has never won the deputy list of the township test. Judging by his talents, unless he suddenly opens his mind, it will be difficult to pass the examination in this life.

Li Bohan's grandfather is the champion, the eldest uncle is a shadow supervisor, the second uncle is admitted to the exam, and his father is also a lifter, and now they are all officials in other places.

After the separation, the uncle's house was prosperous, and the number of sons and daughters reached double digits. Three of the cousins were selected for the examination and are working hard to get the Jinshi examination.

Although the second uncle's room has not been lifted again, the two cousins are both talented, and one cousin is very good at business.

Only Li Bohan's room is very bad, and his father only gave birth to him. And he himself has been married for six years, and he still has no heirs - what a lot of pressure!

"Late born Li Bohan, meet President Wang." Li Bohan led his family to the door to greet him.

Wang Yuan didn't have the slightest domineering appearance, and said with a kind smile: "I have long heard that the Li family in Qiantang is a scholarly family, and I came to visit you today, Friend Li will not refuse to leave the door, right?" ”

"How dare you, Mr. Wang, please come in."

Li Bohan bent down to greet him, accompanied Wang Yuan to enter through the main gate, and stopped halfway through and said: "There are many female dependents in the cold house, and these soldiers under the command of the general system of the king ......"

Wang Yuan interrupted with a smile: "Except for Yuan Er, everyone else is waiting outside!" ”

This move gave him enough face, and Li Bohan breathed a sigh of relief. He was idle all the way, and when he walked to the meeting room, he suddenly climbed and said: "Speaking of which, my Qiantang Li family also has a bit of a relationship with the general system of Wang. ”

"I don't know what the origins are?" Wang Yuan asked.

Li Bohan said: "The late-born grandfather Dongya Gong was the champion of Chenghua for 20 years. Mr. Yang Ming's father, Shi'an Gong, was a seventeen-year jinshi in Chenghua. Both of them are from Zhejiang, and they have two consecutive high school scholars, which shows that Zhejiang is a place of splendid articles. Not only that, when the eunuch Liu Jin was in charge, both of them risked their lives to admonish directly, and at the same time, they were secretly demoted to Nanjing as officials. Shi'an Gong served as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing, and my ancestor Dongya Gong served as the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing. ”

Li Bohan's grandfather, Wang Yangming's father, the relationship between the two is simply ironclad.

Not to mention the fellow villagers, they were next to the champion, and they were thrown to Nanjing by Liu Jin together, and the position belonged to the relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Wang Yuan, as a disciple of Wang Yangming, does not look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, and he has to raise his hand when he meets the Li family.

Wang Yuan sighed with emotion: "I am so willing, it seems that I should have come to visit a long time ago." ”

Li Bohan felt stable, and said with a smile: "President Wang has a lot of opportunities, and it is not easy to take time out of his busy schedule, so what does it matter if he is a few days earlier or a few days later?" ”

Wang Yuan was invited to sit down in the living room, and the servant immediately brought good tea. Wang Yuan skimmed the tea leaves with the lid of the bowl and said: "I heard that Brother Li Shige is happy with a daughter, I like children the most, I don't know if I can bring them to meet me?" ”

Li Bohan's heart tightened instantly, and his face was abnormal: "Alas, he died less than a day after he was born. ”

With a sad expression, Wang Yuan comforted: "Brother Li is mourning. ”

Li Bohan was also racing his acting skills, and said with a sad face: "Everything is God's will, I should have no such woman in my life, what can I do?" ”

Wang Yuan asked again: "Has Ling Yan been buried?" ”

Li Bohan was even more frightened, and his fingers trembled slightly: "Why did President Wang ask this? ”

Wang Yuan's face turned cold: "Brother Li, you just need to answer my question." ”

Li Bohan sweated on his forehead: "He has been buried." ”

"Where are you buried?" Wang Yuan asked.

Li Bohan said: "In the bamboo forest behind the house. ”

Wang Yuan said, "Take me to take a look." ”

Li Bohan was chilled: "This ...... There's no need for it. ”

Wang Yuan stared at the other party: "It's necessary!" If the body of the infant girl is not found, the Governor shall be punished as drowning. Brother Li, lead the way. ”

Of course, it was impossible for Li Bohan to bury the dead baby himself, and even he and his wife did not participate in the drowning of the baby, after all, they had read the books of the sages. The gentleman is far away from cooking, and he can't bear to kill, let alone kill his own daughter.

The person in charge of burying the baby was an old servant of the Li family, who took Wang Yuan to the bamboo forest near the manor.

There are no tombstones, not even graves, digging pits and burying them, and filling them up.

Wang Yuan did not go to supervise the exhumation of the body, he wanted to stay in the field of Lijia Town. While sipping tea slowly, he chatted with Li Bohan, and the two chatted about some nonsense that was not nutritious.

Not long after, Yuan Da came back with the body of the baby girl, and it was buried with the swaddling clothes, and the swaddling clothes were still standing with a lot of wet soil.

"Invite Zheng Chengzuo in." Wang Yuan continued to drink tea.

The servants and the soldiers were all outside the gate of the Li family, and they were soon invited in.

Zheng Chengzuo examined the body on the spot, pressed it around with his hands, and then pried open the mouth of the dead baby. Nodding slightly to Wang Yuan, he said, "Lord Governor, you need to disembowel for confirmation." ”

This implies that the child has been able to be judged to have drowned.

Wang Yuan said to Yuan Da: "Yuan Er, let the soldiers surround the Li family, and no one is allowed to go." Then send someone to call Chang Lun, the magistrate of Qiantang County, and Zhou Minglun, the chief bookkeeper, this is their matter of Qiantang County. Zheng Yanzuo, when the magistrate arrives, you will immediately open the autopsy! ”

Li Bohan was already weak in his legs, and said in a pleading tone: "Chief Wang, why is this here, why is this here!" ”

Yuan Da immediately went out to do errands, Chang Lun had not yet arrived, and Wang Tang, the eunuch of Zhejiang, Wang Shao, the political envoy of Zuobu in Zhejiang, Yuan Xuan, the envoy of Zhejiang, and Xu Fan, the prefect of Hangzhou, came one after another. In addition, there were also the heads of the other two rooms of the Li family in Qiantang, as well as the heads of several other big families in Hangzhou.

"Sit, don't talk!"

When one came, Wang Yuan asked them to sit down, and they were not allowed to speak casually, and after a while, more than ten people sat down.

Only Wang Tang, the eunuch guarding the town of Zhejiang, opened his mouth to persuade without authorization: "General Wang, there must be some misunderstanding in this, it is better for our family to be a peacemaker, and today's matter will be turned over like this." ”

Wang Yuan didn't give face at all, and asked in front of everyone, "Who are you?" Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, or Zhang Xiong? ”

These three great eunuchs, if they take out any one, can confront the cabinet and the six ministries, which makes the Chinese military officials of the dynasty change their color.

But Wang Yuan not only called him by his name, but also had no fear.

Wang Tang smiled awkwardly: "President Wang, I am His Majesty's person." ”

"That's a coincidence, this governor is also His Majesty's person," Wang Yuan stared at Wang Tang, "Your Majesty has an order, and I am fully responsible for the affairs of Zhejiang, do you want to disobey Your Majesty's edict?" Or, are you afraid that the Governor is too idle and want to find some cases for the Inspector to investigate? ”

Wang Tang instantly shortened his body a few inches, and said with a smile: "President Wang said that he was laughing, I just came to persuade him." ”

"Then you can go, Ben Du will not listen to persuasion." Wang Yuan didn't give a good face.

Wang Tang estimated the benefits of the Li family, but he still didn't leave, and said with a short body: "President Wang's ......"

"Get out!"

Wang Yuan shouted angrily.

Wang Tang trembled with fright, and arched his hand: "President Wang, what ...... Then I'll go first. ”

The officials present were dumbfounded, Wang Tang, as the eunuch guarding the town of Zhejiang, was usually arrogant and arrogant, making the local officials in Zhejiang anxious. Who would have thought that he would be scolded by the governor as a grandson, and he didn't dare to let go of a fart and really left.

Yuan Xuan, Xu Fan and other officials who originally wanted to intercede for the Li family suddenly looked at their noses and hearts, and closed their mouths and meditated quietly like monks who practiced dry Zen.

Zuo Bu's political envoy Wang Shao had to speak, because he had an old relationship with Li Bohan's grandfather, and his friendship was not shallow, so he couldn't say anything if he didn't help. Wang Shao arched his hand and said: "Mr. Wang, the Li family in Qiantang is a scholarly family......"

"A scholarly family?" Wang Yuan interrupted directly, "Drowning the baby girl, killing the flesh and bones, reading to the belly of the dog!" If this is a reader, then I am ashamed to be a reader! ”

Wang Shao said: "Most of the baby girls died of illness, not by the Li family. ”

At this time, Chang Lun, the magistrate of the county, and Zhou Minglun, the chief bookkeeper, had arrived, and Wang Yuan said expressionlessly: "What is the fact, let's talk about it after the autopsy." Zheng Chengzuo, let's start! ”

Zheng Yanzuo put down the wooden box and took out a few professional equipment. He cut the dead baby's belly with a knife, pounded it, and said, "Lord Governor, this baby is indeed drowned." ”

"You talk nonsense!" Li Bohan jumped up and scolded.

Wang Yuan stood over to watch first, and the others also approached with their noses covered.

Zheng Baizuo pointed to the cavity and said: "The surface of the two lungs is moist, and the color is light and gray, mixed with light red blood spots. This blood spot, called a 'drowning spot' by the puppeteers, is a spot unique to the lungs of a drowning person. ”

Wang Yuan ordered: "Zheng Yanzuo, if you take me, sign the autopsy paper." Changzhi County, you are in charge of hearing this case. There is a decree in the imperial court, those who drown infants are exiled to the army, and those who do not report it are guilty of the same crime, and no one who knows can be let go! ”

"Yes!" Chang Lun and Zheng Chengzuo led the order in unison.

Wang Shao looked at Li Bohan in surprise: "It's really drowned, you nephew...... You're so confused! ”

Li Bohan sat directly on the ground, suddenly jumped up again, pointed at Wang Yuan and shouted: "My grandfather is the champion, my Li family has countless protégés and former officials in the court, and the Hangzhou Wang family is my Li family's in-laws, you can't just exile me!" ”

Wang Yuan looked at everyone: "Do you want to intercede for him?" ”

No one answered, and even the long and second rooms of the Li family in Qiantang were silent. Even the eunuchs guarding the town of Zhejiang have rolled out, who dares to jump out to take care of things, isn't he looking for death?

Seeing that no one was helping him speak, Li Bohan said hysterically: "I am a student, I have a meritorious name, I have a meritorious ......."

Wang Yuan kicked him down: "The imperial decree only says that officials who drown babies should be reported to the imperial court for processing. You only have fame, no official status, and you will be exiled and charged to the army according to the system. ”

"I'm ...... I don't accept it, Zhejiang is not the only one who drowns babies, why only come to my Li family to arrest people! Li Bohan had completely lost his mind, and he spat out everything, and the people present wanted to strangle him to death.

Wang Yuan sneered: "I know that I am strictly investigating the vulgarity of drowning babies, and the monks and Taoists have made such a big move, you still dare to commit crimes against the wind." You will not live! ”

Li Bohan climbed in front of Wang Yuan, hugged Wang Yuan's legs, and cried and shouted: "President Wang, spare my life, I will definitely not dare next time." Please, spare my life, my father is an official in Guizhou, and he will definitely take care of the Wang family in Guizhou......"

When they heard this, they all shook their heads.

Chang Lun took the county officials and dragged Li Bohan out for interrogation, and Wang Yuan also started the real performance.

I saw Wang Yuan looking at the corpse of the baby girl, suddenly knelt on his knees, kowtowed and bowed: "Concubine Tianniang is above, this governor is one step late, and I hope that Niangniang will forgive her sins!" ”