When Han Yunong returned to the Governor's Mansion, he summoned the two classes of catchers who were still on duty.

Most people don't know what happened, some people have just been summoned, and they only think that there is a big case and that they need to mobilize people to arrest the criminals.

Torches were lit at all four corners of the courtyard, illuminating the courtyard as bright as day.

"Bring it out!"

Seeing that almost all the catchers had gathered, Han Yunong said in a deep voice.

Meng Zimo and two officials escorted Lu Hong, Qin Xiao and Niu Zhi out of the house, and everyone was shocked when they saw Lu Hong with his hands tied behind his back.

"Yesterday, Lu Hong led people to escort the prisoner Wen Budao to Fenggan Mansion, and the prisoner was robbed by horse thieves halfway through." Han Yunong got straight to the point and said: "Lu Hong himself confessed that he secretly colluded with Qiao Leshan of the Golden Hook Gambling House, trying to coerce Wen Budao to take out the silver, although their plan was disrupted by the appearance of the horse thief, but the guilt is like a mountain, since Benduwei is in charge of the Duwei's mansion, he must give everyone a satisfactory explanation." Glancing at Lu Hong, he said, "Lu Hong, what do you have to say." ”

Lu Hong knelt on the ground, glanced at the crowd in the courtyard, smiled bitterly, and said: "Lord Duwei, and all the brothers, the ghost surnamed Lu has lived up to the trust of Lord Duwei and everyone's expectations, and I have nothing to say about doing such a despicable thing." No matter how the adults deal with it, they are willing to be punished for their humble duties, and there is no other thing to say. ”

The crowd was taken aback, they never thought that Lu Hong would do such a thing, if it wasn't for Lu Hong admitting it in public, most people would never have believed it.

"Lu Zhutou has been in the Governor's Mansion for many years, and he has always been conscientious and dedicated to the imperial court." Han Yunong said slowly: "But no matter how much credit he had in the past, this time he committed such a big crime, the crime is unforgivable, this Governor's Mansion naturally can't tolerate him, from today on, Lu Hong is no longer a person from the Governor's Mansion, and he will be sentenced to thirty canes and imprisoned for three years, Lu Hong, can you be convinced?" ”

Expelled from the Governor's Mansion, the crowd had already thought of it, after all, Han Yunong was extremely strict, and Lu Hong, as a fast arrester, knew the law and broke the law, colluding with outsiders to coerce the prisoners, of course, this Governor's Mansion could no longer tolerate him.

If the rod is punished for thirty, then it is naturally not light.

However, if Lu Hong is to be imprisoned for three years, many people feel that this punishment is really too severe.

If Lu Hong and Qiao Leshan's plan was successfully implemented, and the money was forced out from Wen Budao's hands, but Han Yunong was found out and captured, then it would be reasonable to sentence him to three years.

It's just that Wen Budao was robbed by horse thieves, and Lu Hong failed to succeed, and many arresters only felt that although the sentence was inevitable, it could not be so heavy.

The capture of the Duwei Mansion, except for some of them from the Guannei, most of them are born and raised in Xiling, Lu Hong is also a native of Zhen County, everyone has a good relationship on weekdays, although the salary is very low, but which brother has difficulties, Lu Hong has always been the first to help, because everyone is also in awe of Lu Hong.

And everyone also knows in their hearts that Lu Hong's family has an old mother, wife and children, and the family lives on Lu Hong's salary, and driving Lu Hong out of the Duwei Mansion has put Lu Hong's family in a predicament, if he is imprisoned for three years, it is equivalent to cutting off the life of Lu Hong's family.

Immediately, someone knelt down and said: "Lord Duwei, although Lu Zhutou has been convicted, I beg your Excellency to see that he has made a lot of contributions in the past, and the family still has to be raised, please be lenient." Seeing this, the others also knelt down to intercede for Lu Hong.

Lu Hong said loudly: "I am grateful to the brothers for Lu to intercede, but Wang Fa is like a mountain, and Lord Duwei will deal with it impartially, and I am willing to accept the punishment." Xiang Han Yunong said: "My lord, I am willing to accept the punishment, but the old and young in the family still ask the adults to take care of them on weekdays, if they can do this, they will die blindly." ”

Han Yunong said lightly: "Your family has someone to take care of, so you don't need to say much." Looking at Qin Xiao, he said coldly: "Qin Xiao, are you guilty?" ”

Qin Xiao immediately said: "No matter how Lord Duwei disposes of it, I am willing to accept it." ”

"My lord, Qin Xiao just wanted to send the detained documents to Lu Hong, this is a good heart." Meng Zimo took a step forward, stared at Han Yunong and said, "He just thought that Lu Hong didn't have the documents to take charge, and he couldn't make a deal when he arrived at Fenggan Mansion." ”

Han Yunong said coldly: "Since you just sent the documents of the bail over, why did you follow them out of the city for dozens of miles?" Your duty is to guard the first word prison, if something happens, report it directly to the top, why do you advocate to go and deliver the documents alone? No matter what the excuse, he will not escape the crime of leaving his post without permission, and he will be fined three months' salary and reprimanded with a cane..... Twenty! ”

"My lord, with a body like him, he can still get up with a cane of twenty strokes?" Meng Zimo's face sank: "Also, Lu Hong has been imprisoned for three years, and the punishment is too heavy, the prisoner was robbed, and the culprit is the gang of horse thieves. ”

Han Yunong frowned, stared at Meng Zimo and said, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Meng Zimo also looked at Han Yunong and did not flinch: "I just think that it is the right time to employ people, and it is not appropriate to be too harsh on my own brothers." Lu Hong is quick to catch his head, so he will be expelled from the Governor's Mansion and put him in prison, for fear that he will be laughed at by outsiders. There is also Qin Xiao, although he left his post without permission, but with good intentions, Lord Du Wei should remember his original intention and not be too harsh on him. ”

Everyone in the courtyard was surprised, secretly thinking that Meng Zhutou had really eaten the bear's heart and leopard's gall.

After the new governor took office, he acted vigorously and resolutely, strictly rectified the governor's mansion, and continuously arrested the thieves who harmed Zhen County, and was famous, so the entire governor's mansion regarded Han Yunong as a god.

Han Yunong is in the Duwei Mansion, and he does have the power of his word.

In the past, Han Yunong's rectification of the Duwei Mansion was fully supported by Meng Zimo and never said anything, but today Meng Zimo is unusual, refuting Han Yunong's decision in front of everyone, which really surprised everyone.

"The decisions I make have never changed." Han Yunong stared at Meng Zimo's eyes: "Do you want me to take back my words?" ”

Meng Zimo glanced at everyone in the courtyard, saw that everyone's eyes fell on him, took a deep breath, his gaze fell on Han Yunong's face again, and arched his hand: "Lord Duwei, it's not that you are humble and have nothing to do. Lu Hong is at fault, and Qin Xiao is also at fault, but they don't deserve the heavy punishment that adults say. All the brothers worked day and night, conscientiously and conscientiously, from more than ten years ago to today, everyone's salary has never risen, but the silver needed for food and clothing is more and more ...... year by year! Raised his hand to the south: "Just this salary, some people are deliberately in arrears, Lu Hong colluded with Qiao Leshan is indeed a ghost, but if their family has enough food and clothing, can he still walk on this road?" ”

The corners of Lu Hong's eyes jumped slightly, and his lips moved, but he couldn't make a sound.

"The Zhen family is in charge of Zhen County's wealth, and in the past ten years, taxes have been increased many times, but our salaries have not risen once, and even the expenses in the yamen have been reduced for various reasons. Mencius Mo said angrily: "Let's protect the order of Turtle City, arrest thieves and robbers, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and you can't even raise officials and horses, what can you do to catch thieves?" ”

Qin Xiao looked at Meng Zimo blankly, and was also surprised.

He has known Meng Zimo for more than three years, and knows that Meng Zimo has an upright temperament and is jealous and hateful, compared to Han Yunong's calmness, Meng Zimo's temperament is a little impulsive and hot.

But he understands better that Meng Zimo is in awe of Han Yunong, which is respect in his bones, and Han Yunong also treats Meng Zimo as a real brother, if Han Yunong has only one trusted person in the Duwei Mansion, it must be Meng Zimo.

When Han Yunong came to Guicheng to take up his post, only a few months later, he transferred Meng Zimo from Guannei, and for many years, Meng Zimo firmly followed behind Han Yunong, and every decision of Han Yunong, Meng Zimo will fully support.

He, like everyone else present, didn't expect that Meng Zimo would suddenly confront Han Yunong today.

Han Yunong was obviously a little surprised, but he still remained calm, stared at Meng Zimo, and finally said: "What you said, let's discuss it later, the decision I made will not change." ”

Everyone knew that Han Yunong said this, obviously to save face for Mencius, and he didn't want to have a dispute in front of everyone.

"My lord, the reason why Lu Hong and Qin Xiao are involved in this case is because their salaries are too low." Meng Zimo was unrelenting: "If it weren't for thinking about his family, Lu Hong would naturally not collude with Qiao Leshan in private, so Qiao Leshan would not follow Lu Hong when he left the city, and Qin Xiao could directly hand over the custody documents to Lu Hong, without having to follow him all the way to the post station." He bowed his hand and said: "I beg my lord to be lenient, and I also ask my lord to take the brothers to take care of the county guard, and let the county guard give the court a fold, and I must let the Xiling Gate Valve allocate money to increase everyone's salary." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion in the crowd, and many people thought deeply of Mencius Mo's words.

Han Yunong's eyes were like knives, sweeping over everyone, not angry and arrogant, and the commotion in the courtyard fell silent in an instant.

"You're going to take the lead?" Han Yunong said coldly: "Meng Zimo, you seem to have forgotten your identity. ”

Meng Zimo sneered and said, "Lord Duwei, I was willing to come to Turtle City on an errand at the beginning, I just thought it was some future, but after so many years, I still guard this city, and my future is bleak. I've been holding back these words for a long time today, and I don't want to hold them anymore. It just so happened that Lu Hong was going to be imprisoned, and the head of Bu Kuai was going to be replaced, and he didn't want to do his humble position, so the adults and Ma Kuai were changed together. In front of everyone, he untied his saber from his waist and threw it on the ground.

Qin Xiao saw it in his eyes, thinking that although Mencius Zimo's relationship with Lu Hong was not bad on weekdays, it was not to the point of intimacy, let alone to the point of ignoring his future in order to ask for Lu Hong.

Could it be that Meng Zhutou really didn't want to stay in Turtle City and was tired of life here?

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