Sure enough, as Song Zheng expected, after drinking the wind wine, Li Denian arranged for Liu Mao and others to rest, and invited Song Zheng to talk about the underworld blood shadow alone in the name of drinking tea.

On the east side of the courtyard, there is a pavilion, named Zhucui Pavilion. In the middle of summer, the grass and trees are lush, the insects are singing, and the streams are murmuring, and the ensemble plays a beautiful pastoral song. There was no wind, but it was very cool. The maid brought two cups of tea and lit a few sticks of mugwort incense for mosquitoes, and then stayed away.

"Xiaolang, say, which governor or county of our Jiangnan Road do you like?" Li Denian is very straightforward and straight to the point.

Song Zheng said with a smile, "Denian said this, but it made me spend a lot less brains. I was thinking about how I should open my mouth to you. ”

Li Denian also smiled, "You and my brother, how can you be so polite!" Actually, you sent someone to tell me that you were coming, and I guessed the purpose of your trip. ”

"Oh? The year of virtue can be described as an unpredictable prophet! ”

Li Denian waved his hand, "This is not my unpredictable prophet. It was I who told my father the news, and my father guessed that you might have to take the magistrate of Jiangnan Road under the knife. ”

"Ling Zun can also see it through." Song Zheng said helplessly, "If my guess is right, Ling Zun is not in Duchang City now?" ”

Li Denian was stunned for a moment, and then gave a thumbs up, "Xiaolang is really Xiaolang, yes, my father went to Xuanzhou." Xuanzhou ......" Li Denian smiled and didn't say any more.

"Ling Zun is really smart, really powerful!" Song Zheng couldn't help but admire. Xuanju is close to Gyeonggi Province and belongs to a state at the northwest corner of Gangnam Road, bordering Taiping State in the north and Danju in the east. When Song Zheng returned to Jiangning from Yuanzhou, he borrowed a carriage from Xuanzhou, and also borrowed twenty officials.

In fact, the Right Division has retained the vast majority of the materials on the lawlessness of the state. On the way back to Jiangning from Yuanzhou, Song Zheng used these materials to coerce the governors of various states to escort him. This will be hated, but it will be very effective. Of course, if these materials are not released, Song Zheng is equivalent to owing these governors a favor. Since he owes favors, Song Zheng will not arrest them easily.

Whether it is Hongzhou, Raozhou or Xuanzhou, they are all in the territory of Jiangnan Road. Li Fengchang must have known about this matter, so he can deduce that the people Song Zheng wants to arrest this time will definitely not be these governors. Song Zheng didn't go to these states, so naturally he wouldn't have met Li Fengchang. Therefore, Li Fengchang deliberately hid in Xuanzhou, far away from Duchang.

Lee Bong often did this to leave room for each other. If Song Zheng insists on going to Xuanzhou to find Li Fengchang again, it will be a bit of a tearing face, and Li Fengchang will never act according to Song Zheng's wishes.

Song Zheng quickly thought about the joints, and although he was a little disappointed, he also understood. A feudal official like Li Fengchang must be very concerned about the situation in Jiangning City. In particular, Gangnam Road is close to Gyeonggi Province, so it is definitely well-informed, and it is also a good insight into the political situation. At present, the Right Division is a fresh force, obviously for the purpose of supervising the upper and lower levels, and objectively dividing part of the power of the Prime Minister's Office to command hundreds of officials. In the case of weak imperial power, it will be attacked from top to bottom.

In this case, Li Fengchang also had to follow the crowd. You don't see, on the desk of the little emperor, there is a recital of Li Fengchang's impeachment of the right division. Of course, Li Fengchang will not be like the pacification envoy on Jinghu South Road, using fierce words, but only talking about history, and criticizing the right division a few words without pain. First, Yuan Zhou was not under the rule of Jiangnan Road, and Li Feng often did not jump like thunder. The second is that Li Fengchang's move is just to show a gesture. Song Zheng himself would not have listed Li Fengchang as an enemy because of this recital. On the contrary, it was precisely because of this understatement by Li Fengchang that Song Zheng analyzed the possibility of doing it on Jiangnan Road.

Li Denian is quite realistic to Song Zheng. Presumably, his father Li Fengchang must have thought of an excuse before going to Xuanzhou. However, Li Denian knew that this excuse could not be hidden from Song Zheng, so he didn't even say it.

Knowing the situation in front of him, Song Zheng would not embarrass his brother, he changed his words and said, "Ling Zun has something to bring to me before leaving?" ”

Li Denian shook his head and deliberately stared at Song Zheng's face for a while. To his disappointment, Song Zheng still kept his face unchanged, and looked at the green tea in the cup seriously. Li Denian secretly admired that Song Xiaolang was really good, even if he was disappointed in his heart, his face was like a flat lake. This kind of cultivation is like what a seventeen-year-old boy should have.

Li Denian looked at it for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "Although my father didn't leave a word for Xiaolang, he told me an ancient saying, does Xiaolang know what it is?" ”

Song Zheng chuckled, "Brother Denian also sold me Guanzi." Just say it! ”

Li Denian's face became solemn, and he said word by word, "Friends, so there is a relationship." ”

Song Zheng was moved for a moment, and said two words softly, "Thank you!" ”

This sentence in "Xunzi Da Luo" means that friends should communicate with each other and help each other. Although Li Fengchang avoided it, he hinted at his son to help Song Zheng as much as possible. With Song Zheng's current situation, Li Fengchang can say this, and he can be regarded as worthy of Song Zheng.

Li Denian did not stay in the manor that night, but returned to the latest chapter of Duchang City's God Death and Demon Slayer. The next day, Li Denian came to the courtyard again and brought two food boxes.

"Xiaolang, here's this." Due to the hurry, Li Denian's forehead was sweating and his breath was panting.

Song Zheng opened the box, and inside it was a file of a brawl death case in Jianchang County, which was ten years of Zhengyuan. Looking further down, they are all records of several large cases under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou in the past three years. These are different from the materials that Song Zheng has in his possession, these files are very detailed, witnesses, confessions, causes and consequences, etc., which are systematic and regular official documents.

"Denian, how did you take these things out?" Song Zheng was very surprised.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about it for now. You should hurry up and read it first, and before the time comes, you must return these files. Li Denian wiped his forehead, "I guess you can find a clue from it." ”

Yesterday, Song Zheng met with Li Denian and revealed the destination of the trip. Li Denian was very familiar with Fuzhou, and immediately gave Song Zheng a detailed introduction to the situation in Fuzhou. Before Song Zheng came to Duchang, he had done some homework in Fuzhou, however, Li Denian, as the son of the pacification envoy, mastered a lot of things that Song Zheng did not know, which was of great benefit to Song Zheng.

Since Li Fengchang was not in Duchang, Song Zheng's original plan could no longer be counted on. Yesterday, after Li Denian left, Song Zheng and Liu Mao had to discuss a backup plan. In the end, he still decided to raid Fuzhou, borrow Liu Mao's identity, take down Zhizhou Lin Han, and make a quick decision. In order to prevent accidents, Song Zheng decided to appear as Liu Mao's scholar first, and then show the sign of the right division after being arrested.

Even so, it is dangerous.

To arrest a governor, if the criminal department comes forward, there must be an order signed by the criminal department secretary and the prime minister. Although the right division has this power, the right division is now in the whirlpool, and many places criticize this matter. It is not denied that Lin Han has the possibility of taking risks, and he can even inform Song Zheng in a grand manner that he has not received the relevant report.

Like many dynasties before the Great Qi Dynasty, the edicts, edicts, and speeches of the emperors of the Great Qi Dynasty were transmitted from Jiangning City to all the following roads in the form of Di Bao. Then the governors of each road will send a copy to the states and counties within their jurisdiction. However, due to the decline of imperial power, the governors of various provinces would deliberately delay, sometimes even for months or even half a year. Even some remote county governments, apart from the edicts against their own roads or prefectures, did not care about or understand the edicts of the imperial court at all.

Song Zheng arrested Lu Bingxuan before, and he had to put the holy decree on it, which is the reason.

Now, Li Denian used his identity to transfer these files out, giving Song Zheng and others another possibility. That is to use the name of reviewing the case to find a breakthrough. In particular, these backlogged files that have not yet been finalized are the easiest to find the truth.

Immediately, Song Zheng found Liu Mao and the two officials of the Criminal Department brought by Liu Mao and began to look through these files. The dossier filled two large food boxes and covered a wide variety of contents. It can range from a neighborhood conflict to a barter dispute of more than 1,000 taels of silver. From the perspective of criminal names, homicides and large-scale trade disputes are both major cases. However, Liu Mao is a veteran criminal name, has a lot of experience, and knows what kind of cases are most likely to involve government bribery.

The materials that Song Zheng brought from the right division had already been shown to Liu Mao. The two contrasted and chose a breakthrough. By noon, three files involving Chongren, Jianchang, and Linchuan (the state city of Fuzhou and the seat of the prefecture of Zhizhou) were quickly singled out. At the same time, two relatively simple ones were selected for the purpose of confusing the opponent in advance. Two servants immediately transcribed the five files. Due to the urgency of time, Song Zheng and Liu Mao also took matters into their own hands.

By the end of the unitary period, the dossier had been roughly copied. Li Denian hurriedly took the food box and rode away.

Before Li Denian left, Song Zheng cautiously asked if taking the dossier of Fuzhou alone would reveal the purpose of Song Zheng and his party. Li Denian patted Song Zheng on the shoulder and told Song Zheng that he had given laxatives to appease the two treasurers of the embassy and the treasury, so he had the opportunity to steal these files.

Although Li Denian said it simply, Song Zheng knew that this brother didn't know how much effort he had took, how could he start casually with the dignified governor's mansion? Even if Li Denian is the son of the pacification envoy, he does not have the right to come and go at will.

That night, after Song Zheng and Liu Mao had a hurried meal, they immediately discussed the plan for a trip to Fuzhou. One of the two files selected in Jianchang County was a land dispute between a poor family and a wealthy family in the Bian family. Judging from the dossier, there is the ancestral tomb of the Bian family on the edge of the ten acres of fertile land of the Zhang family. When the Zhang family cultivated the fields, they dug up half of the ancestral grave of the Bian family. This is a big crime, so the Bian family did not forgive, beat the head of the Zhang family to death, and occupied the ten acres of fertile land as compensation. What is suspicious is that Zhang's wife argues that the cemetery is ten zhang away from the fertile land, and it is impossible for the Zhang family to cultivate the place where they cannot be cultivated.

If there are no fatalities in this case, perhaps the local county order will be able to deal with it. But there was a homicide, and it had to be reported to the pacification embassy. Of course, the appeasement along the way made it impossible to deal with such a case. Under normal circumstances, the local governor can decide the case. Sent to the pacification embassy, it is just a record.

The second case was a water fight, in which more than 20 people were killed and injured in two villages. Among them, four or five people were injured in Dafang Village, and as many as seven people were killed in another Gangshang Village, and more than ten people were injured. Judging from the case files, villages with many dead people are at a loss. The judgment of the local magistrate is very favorable to Dafang Village.

In such a large case, there are also relevant records in Dark Eagle's materials. A wealthy family in Dafang Village, whose daughter turned out to be the daughter-in-law of the magistrate. Among them, it is greasy, it can be imagined.

As for the two cases in Chongren County, this is also the case. Although the dossier records seem to be conclusively evidenced, it is easy to find the loopholes in what kind of person Liu Mao is.

As for the case of Linchuan, it is really a big case, so much so that Liu Mao has heard about it in the Criminal Department.