The second quality is deaf, and 0M/Danran no longer believes in Shen Mosquito State at all... Words. Seeing this situation, Li Mu was frightened, and shouted anxiously: "Adults don't go, villains really have something important to tell you" Seeing that Chu Zhen still didn't react, his footsteps didn't stop, and it was difficult to protect himself, Li Mu couldn't take care of it anymore, and the frightened man shouted: "Li Mingda's play is not good for adults"

Hearing this, the faces of several officials changed abruptly, and Chu Zhen also stopped, turned around slowly, a little surprise flashed on his face, and said lightly: "Li Mu." I didn't expect that in this case, you still haven't forgotten to slander County Lieutenant Li, because he has a grudge against you. ”

There is no villain, there is absolutely no lie, Li Mu is afraid that Chu will not believe it, so he secretly gritted his teeth. Beside him, he said loudly: "Besides, the villain is still related to Li Mingda, how can he have an enmity with him, the adults don't believe it, just ask them." ”

Even Li Mu revealed that others had nothing to hide, and they all nodded and admitted.

"In this way, you are killing your relatives in righteousness." Chu Zhen sneered, shook his head and said: "This official has no grievances with County Lieutenant Li, and he is friendly with each other on weekdays, how can he listen to your slander." ”

"Come on, escort this villain back to the county government first. It was handed over to Li Xianwei for disposal. Chu Zhen gave an order. The official next to him immediately took action, and one of them lifted the side, grabbed Li Mu and was about to leave.

Chu Zhen's trick is hateful enough, if Li Mu doesn't come up with evidence to show that what he said is true, and falls into the hands of Li Mingda, the end will definitely not be much better, and he will definitely have to shed his skin if he doesn't die.

Li Mu's face turned pale, without the slightest trace of blood, he naturally understood that in this. At that time, there was no way back, and I struggled twice. Avoiding Tina, who was a servant, Li Mu hurriedly said: "Don't you think it's strange to adults, why did Li Mingda let a few people go to various villages to collect taxes and cheat money." ”

"That's because you are greedy for profit, don't get involved with others." Chu Zhen said.

"My lord, if it weren't for Li Mingda's orders, how could the villain have the audacity to dare to deceive." Li Mu complained a few words, and then said with a sneer: "Besides, what kind of person is someone, how can you put dozens of dollars in your eyes."

Chu Zhen was silent, and quietly listened to Li Mu continue: "Since the dismissal of the adult, because the villain has no livelihood, he has been living in the market, and some time ago, Li Mingda found someone. said that it was to give the villain a chance to make a fortune. The villain naturally asked, and then learned that he was letting people do this kind of business, and the villain was obsessed with money, so he agreed in a daze, if he woke up early, he would not have accepted it anyway

Li Mu cried and remorseful, as if he was not lying, Chu Zhen frowned slightly, and said, "Don't talk about uselessness, let's talk about the point." ”

Wiping away his tears, Li Mu hurriedly said: "He also promised that after the matter is completed, all the money and food obtained will belong to the villain."

Hearing this, Chu Zhen interrupted and asked, "What evidence is there to prove that what you said is true?" ”

Lowering his head and recalling carefully, Li Mu shook his head in confusion, knowing that this would definitely not be able to win people's trust, he hurriedly said: "But adults might as well think about it." Why did Li Mingda instruct the villain to do this, this is to ruin the reputation of the adult

What is the benefit of ruining the reputation of the official Chu Zhen shook his head with a smile, sighed and said: "Li Mu, it seems that you really deserve to be a villain, and when you are dying, you don't forget to pull a cushion." ”

"It's true, if there is a lie, so that the villain can't die Li Mu was sweating profusely, with an oath on his face, and at the same time, without waiting for Chu to question, he preemptively whispered: "Don't think that you are talking nonsense, your adult can know why the magistrate of the county ended up being dismissed and investigated." ”

Not to mention, when I first arrived in Qiantang County. Chu Zhen really didn't know that he was dismissed and questioned for corruption and bribery, so he vacated the position of Qiantang County, and thought that he was promoted or transferred until he stayed for a few days. I vaguely heard some rumors before I understood what was going on.

The matter is decided, Chu Zhen didn't bother to investigate the cause and effect, but took this as a typical example, secretly guarded him, and reminded himself not to plant on the same reason, now listening to Li Mu say this, is there another hidden reason in this matter.

Seeing that Chu Qianyi was moved, Li Mu said in a low voice with a little pride: "My lord must not know, just a few days before the former magistrate was imprisoned, the county lieutenant Li once asked the villain to do something. ”

"What's the matter?". Chu asked, his expression was very indifferent.

He took a letter and asked the villain to copy it. Then he was cast into the official office that supervised the imperial history. Li Sheng said: "Originally, the villain didn't know why he did this, but within a few days, Shangfeng sent someone to take down the former magistrate, and the villain vaguely understood it at that time." ”

After a pause, Chu Zhen asked again, "What did the letter say?" ”

"The villain doesn't know Zhuo, otherwise he wouldn't have asked the villain to copy the letter." In retrospect, Li Mu seems to have a little palpitation: the villain smeared it all night before he traced the words on the letter."

"Hearing you say this, County Lieutenant Li is really well-intentioned." Chu Zhi seemed to point out: "If you bother so much, then the original letter will definitely not stay." ”

"The adults are clever, wait until the villain finishes copying the letter. He immediately asked the villain to burn the letter. Li Mu patted his ass, but a sly smile appeared on his face: "Fortunately, the villain had a lot of eyes at that time, and knew that he must have ulterior motives in doing this, so he secretly hid the letter paper and burned only the envelope."

Saying that, Li Mu said with a shy face: "The villain is willing to dedicate that letter to the adult, and only asks the adult to spare the villain's life."

Regarding Li Mu's bargaining behavior, Chu Zhen was noncommittal, and did not say anything at all, but his face was full of thought, and the servants of others saw this. The atmosphere didn't dare to make a sound, lest it disturb it.

Is there a connection between the two things, or maybe not. But it doesn't hinder everyone's association, even if there is no conclusive evidence, but since Li Mingda can secretly write a letter to report the former magistrate, there is nothing strange about him being framed now, as for why he did this, everyone does not know.

Of course, there may be some people who vaguely know the answer in their hearts, but dare not say it explicitly.

The afternoon sun is no longer as scorching as it was earlier. On the contrary, with a little warmth, the autumn wind is blowing, the sparse branches and leaves of the only few technical trees in the village are rattling, the entrance of the village is very quiet, and several officials are full of solemnity, looking ahead, dutifully guarding the safety of Chu Qian, but from their occasional flashing eyes, they know that their hearts are not very calm, and Li Mu and a few people, with five flowers tied all over their bodies, squatting beside them dejectedly, looking at Chu Zhi with their eyes full of pleading.

After a while, only a slight sound of footsteps was heard, and Chu Zhi did not look back, just whispered

"Well, all the land occupied by the villagers has been recorded." Liu Renzhi said, his eyes looked at Li Mu and the others slightly, and he secretly speculated in his heart.

"Okay, let's go back." Chu Zhen said, and took the lead to go down the mountain, and several officials did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly escorted Li Mu and the four people to follow. On the way down the mountain, I noticed that the situation was a little delicate. Liu Renzhi had the heart to ask, but seeing that Chu Zhi was silent, he didn't inquire.

Half an hour later, the group returned to Hangzhou. Li Mu and the others looked a little embarrassed, after all, it was more difficult to go down the mountain than to go up, and they were tied up, so they naturally bumped and fell down a few times, but the future was uncertain. I don't know what Chu Zhen will do with himself, how can they have the heart to pay attention to the surprised eyes of the people next to him.

"Master Liu, you go back to the county government first. I'm going to the state government to report this to Taishou. Chu Zhi said, stretched out his hand to Li Mu and the others, and said to the officials: "A few of you escort them to the state government with the official, and the rest of the people will go back to the government with the main book." ”

Of course, no one had any objections to Chu Qian's arrangement, and Li Mu and the others were even more relieved, and when Chu Zhi walked away, Liu Renzhi's face was slightly gloomy, and he immediately asked: "You didn't wait for him to finish asking, so I heard a government official whisper: "Supervisor, the big thing is not good, the county government may be about to come to trouble; nbsp; ”

Listening to the official account, Liu Renzhi's face changed unpredictably, and after a long time, he warned out loud: "Listen to it, you guys, don't leak this matter indiscriminately after returning to the Ya, and wait until Chu Zhixian returns to the Yaya." ”

"The little one understands." Several officials naturally agreed.

The sun sets, at dusk, a few red glows floating in the sky are like blood, and a group of flying insects are flying wildly, which makes people feel a little depressed, like the weather before the rainstorm.

In front of the county yamen, Liu Ren looked up at the sky, and sometimes looked at the street in front of him and walked back and forth, sighing a few times from time to time, everyone knew that he must be in a very depressed mood, and the officials next to him obviously knew a little about the situation, so they didn't dare to come forward to comfort.

This situation lasted for a long time, until the sedan chair of Chu quality appeared in front of the street, Liu Renzhi breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly stepped forward, and without waiting for Chu quality to get off the sedan chair, he said: "My lord, Li County, Mingda has run away." ”

Chu Zhi, who stepped out of the sedan chair in half a step, heard this, his face changed slightly, and then he regained a little indifference, and asked softly: "Maybe people have something urgent to do." It's not in the ya, don't make a fuss. ”

"If that's the case, I wouldn't be in such a hurry." Liu Renzhi said with a wry smile: "The adults will understand when they go to his house and see it. It was messy, and some gold and silver that were too late to take away hesitated, Liu Renzhi continued: "I deliberately went to Li Mu's house and found that there were obvious traces of rummaging there. ”

"Confirmed?" Chu asked.

Liu Renzhi sighed in his heart and nodded heavily. He said softly: "My lord, do you want to send someone to search and arrest him?" ”

"Don't worry, you can go with me to meet Taishou first." Chu Zhen said, and sat back in the sedan chair.

The state office, the council hall, hearing the report of the officer, Gu Kezhi was a little strange, and sighed with a smile: "I just left for a while, why did I come to the door again, could it be that there are other things I forgot to say, I am young, but my memory is worse than that of the old man." ”

Fan Zhongyan smiled lightly and said, "Please let him in." ”

Chu Zhen and Liu Ren walked in and saluted neatly: "I've seen Taishou and Tongju." ”

"Chu Zhixian, just left and came, did you forget anything unfinished and didn't say.

Gu Kezhi said with a smile, not gloating, but joking, falling into the eyes of others, that is proof that the relationship between the two is extraordinary.

Chu Zhen shook his head slowly, and said softly: "The lower official has something important to report." ”

Seeing that Chu Zhen was serious, Fan Zhongyan immediately waved away the miscellaneous servants on the side and listened quietly.

"In this way, Li Mingda is obviously absconding in fear of crime." Gu Kezhi frowned and said, it seemed to be an ordinary sentence, but it defined this matter.

After thinking about it, Fan Zhongyan instructed the officials who came to hear the news to go to the county government to understand the situation, and then asked: "Since there is such a thing, why didn't you say it just now?" ”

didn't say anything, Liu Renzhi, who was only sitting on half of the chair, almost jumped up in surprise, and looked at Chu Zhen dumbfounded, he didn't see Li Mu and a few people just now, he thought that Chu Zhen had told Fan Zhongyan about it.

"That's right, didn't you say that this is just a private act of Li Mu and a few people who are hungry for profit, and they should be publicly and severely punished to show the people and return the reputation of the county government." Gu Kezhi also said strangely: "Why did you deliberately omit Li Mingda's matter." ”

Under the gaze of several people, Chu Zhen looked very calm, pondered for a while, and said: "Li Mu villain, his words are not credible, and the subordinate officials can't categorically suspect that County Lieutenant Li wants to defile this official just by relying on some things to catch wind and shadows." ”

"Isn't there another letter?" Gu Kezhi said a little disappreciatively

"So what." Chu Zhen shook his head lightly: "Since it has been ascertained, the former magistrate did have it." So what's wrong with County Lieutenant Li reporting it? ”

Although it is indeed a bit disgusting, Chu Zhen did not lie completely, after all, anonymous letters became popular in later generations, true and false, for a while. Before verifying it clearly, Chu Zhen was not ready to move Li Mingda.

"If it is upright, why do you need to do such villain behavior, it can be seen that his mind is not right." Fan Zhongyan commented lightly.

No one refuted it, after all, in the world's perception, an upright official only needs to see that the other party has made mistakes, regardless of his status and power. No one cares whether the impeachment is successful in the end, but only praises the officials for their devotion to their duties, fearless of the powerful, and non-existent; nbsp; ，

However, Li Mingshi's anonymous report to Shangguan should be correct in terms of the behavior itself, but the behavior is shameful, especially after Fan Zhongyan's evaluation, everyone knows that he bears the infamy of being unscrupulous. Since then, Li Mingda has never turned over.

"Xia Guan just doesn't understand why I have no grudge against him, why do you want to trap me in injustice." Chu Zhen sighed.

"Something's not clear." Gu Kezhi chuckled and explained: "This person still has ability, he is shrewd and capable, and he is quite prestigious in the local area. After the vacancy of the Qiantang magistrate, the state officials planned to recommend him to take over,"

"No wonder, it turned out to be a lower official," Chu Zhen muttered.

"Talent without virtue is a greater evil." Fan Zhongyan said: "Unscrupulous means to achieve the end. If this person is allowed to occupy a high position, it will not be a blessing for the court and the people. ”

"It's too reasonable."

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