Chapter 180: Prison Visit
Mrs. Jin and Jin Xiaomei finally lived in Li Zhang's house, and Li Zhang also learned from them about Jin Shan's arrest, in fact, as early as when Lei Yungong was arrested, Jin Shan knew that the situation was not good, so he also hurriedly sent his wife to her mother's house, originally he also wanted Mrs. Jin and her mother and daughter to go, but the two of them insisted on staying, but in the end, when the Jin family was sealed, their mother and daughter were also driven out, and Jin Shan was also arrested by the Kaifeng Mansion.
"Little Brother Li, I wonder if you can inquire about my son's situation?" As soon as she came to Li Zhang's house, Mrs. Jin said to Li Zhang with a worried face, she didn't care about the family property or anything, all she cared about was whether Jinshan's only son was in danger?
"Mrs. Jin, don't worry, I will definitely help you inquire, and don't always call me "Little Brother Li", I am friends with Jinshan, you can just call me by my name. Li Zhang immediately spoke.
"Okay, then I'll call you Li Zhang, now my son is in prison, and only two of us weak women are left outside, so I'll leave the matter of Jinshan to you!" When Mrs. Kim said at the end, tears almost welled up.
"Li Zhang, please save my eldest brother!" At this time, Jin Xiaomei also asked Li Zhang with tears in her eyes, she cried all the way just now, and it was difficult to stop crying just now, but now she is crying again.
"Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to deal with Jinshan's affairs, and as far as I know, Jinshan's life should not be in danger, and I have also entrusted an elder to help take care of Jinshan, so that he will not suffer in prison!" Li Zhang immediately spoke again.
Hearing Li Zhang's comfort, Mrs. Jin and Jin Xiaomei finally relaxed a little, and then Li Zhang chatted with them for a while, and then got up to say goodbye, he also wanted to inquire about the news again, and Mrs. Jin personally sent him out.
After leaving home, Li Zhang thought about it and finally decided to go into the palace to inquire about the situation, although Zhao Zhen is unlikely to pay attention to a small person like Jin Shan, but maybe he can hear some useful news through Zhao Zhen, it would be better if he could visit Jin Shan, but Jin Shan is now arrested in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, Li Zhang can't enter at all, so he can only ask Lu Wu's relationship to let people take care of Jin Shan.
At that moment, Li Zhang came to the palace again, but before he could see Zhao Zhen, he was intercepted by the people sent by Liu E, and then he was taken to the Vertical Arch Palace, and Liu E also said with a blank face when he saw him: "Why did you come back, what about the potatoes in Huangzhuang?" ”
"Don't worry, the growth of potatoes is very good, just watch over there, I don't need to watch it every day." Li Zhang stepped forward with a smile and said, he saw that Liu E was a little unhappy that he left Huangzhuang without permission, but there was no way, and now he could only rely on his own cheekiness to hope that he could get through.
"Don't think I don't know, you came back this time for Lei Yungong's nephew!" Liu E glanced at Li Zhang at this time and said, with her identity, it couldn't be easier to find out the relationship between Li Zhang and Jin Shan, not to mention anything else, as long as she sent someone to ask Lu Wu, she would know.
"Niangniang is aware of everything, Jinshan is my friend, and now that he has an accident, I can't just watch it." Li Zhang saw that Liu E already knew, and immediately admitted that he didn't do anything illegal anyway.
"Hmph, Lei Yungong committed such a big thing, it was an unforgivable crime, and his nephew is not a good person, otherwise he would not have opened a casino for a living, and this casino also has Lei Yungong's share, and a lot of money is sent to Lei Yungong's name every year." Liu E said angrily again at this time.
In fact, the fall of Lei Yungong is also a good thing for her, but she originally wanted to use Lei Yungong's incident to burn the fire on Ding Wei, but she didn't expect that no one in the court dared to participate in Ding Wei, which made her only secretly angry.
"Big Niangniang, there is more than one Jinshan who opens a casino, in fact, there are so many casinos in Tokyo City, each casino has its own big backer behind it, Jinshan is just one of them, and compared to others, Jinshan is actually not bad, and he often does some good deeds of repairing bridges and paving roads after making money, many people call him Jin Dashan, and he has never relied on Lei Yungong's power to bully the people, so please deal with it as appropriate!" Li Zhang didn't dare to intercede for Jinshan directly in front of Liu E, but since the other party said it first, he could only gamble.
"Hmph, do some little favors and little wisdom outside, and I've seen a lot of big evils inside!" Liu E snorted coldly at this time, but when she said this, she didn't embarrass Li Zhang anymore, but pondered for a moment and spoke again, "Tomorrow you should go back to Huangzhuang, as for that Jinshan, I won't kill him, but don't want to keep the family property, and with his relationship with Lei Yungong, a punishment of exile must be indispensable!" ”
Hearing Liu E personally say that Jin Shan would not die, Li Zhang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but when he heard that Jin Shan was going to be exiled, he also sank in his heart again, because for this era of poor transportation conditions in ancient times, exile is almost equivalent to a punishment second only to the death penalty, of course, if the conditions in the exile are better, it is okay, but if the conditions are bad, I am afraid it will be worse than directly beheading.
"Big lady, Jin Shan didn't do any big evil, isn't the exile a bit too heavy?" At this time, Li Zhang also wanted Liu E to reduce the punishment a little more.
"Where can I bargain for this kind of thing, you will go back to Huangzhuang for me tomorrow!" Liu E reprimanded unhappily again, in fact, she was also for Li Zhang's good, because a case like Lei Yungong was not something that Li Zhang could touch at all, even if it was implicated, so she urged Li Zhang to go to Huangzhuang several times, so as not to stay in the capital and accidentally fall into it.
"Yes!" Li Zhang didn't dare to say anything when he heard this, and agreed honestly at the moment, but then he suddenly thought of one more thing, so he looked at Liu E carefully, and finally said with courage, "Big Lady, I have a friend with Jinshan, and I want to visit ...... prison."
"This kind of trivial matter also bothers me, go find Xiao Wu by yourself!" Before Li Zhang finished speaking, he was kicked out by Liu E, and Li Zhang suddenly realized that such a trivial matter as visiting the prison should indeed not trouble Liu E, but Liu E has already said that let him find Lu Wu, maybe Lu Wu was not able to arrange for Li Zhang to enter the prison of Kaifeng Mansion before, but with Liu E's words, it must be no problem.
Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but show a relaxed smile, this trip to the palace was not in vain, although he was trained by Liu E, but at least he got things done, but he must also leave the capital tomorrow, otherwise with Liu E's temper, he will really not be able to eat and go around.
Time is urgent, Li Zhang must see Jinshan today, otherwise there will be no time tomorrow, so Li Zhang also hurried out of the palace and went directly to the Criminal Division to find Lu Wu, the Yamen of the Criminal Division is in the southwest corner of the imperial city, Li Zhang was worried that Lu Wu was not there, but he didn't expect that when he came here, Lu Wu happened to go out to do something, and the two went to meet.
"Why are you here?" Lu Wu couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Li Zhang.
"The eldest lady called me to give me a lecture." Li Zhang said with a wry smile at the moment.
"You deserve it, I said a long time ago that I wouldn't let you get involved in Jinshan's affairs, and now I'm scolded!" Lu Wu was not surprised, but such a small thing can also alarm Liu E, which is enough to show that Liu E attaches great importance to Li Zhang, after all, ordinary people can't find a chance even if they want Liu E to scold.
"Hehe, the eldest lady scolded and scolded, but she also promised to let me go to the prison to visit Jinshan, and also let me come to you, so you can see ......" Li Zhang suddenly smiled cheekily at this time.
When Lu Wu heard that Liu E actually agreed to let Li Zhang go to visit the prison, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression at the moment, but then he said helplessly: "Okay, it just so happens that I am also going to Kaifeng Mansion, you can go with me!" ”
"Thank you, Uncle Wu!" Li Zhang immediately shouted happily, and then rode out of the imperial city with Lu Wu, but while walking, Li Zhang was also thinking that it was time for him to learn to ride a horse, so that it would be more convenient to come back from the imperial village, after all, the speed of the carriage was not as good as riding a horse.
Kaifeng Mansion is not far from Li Zhang's house, he has passed by here more than once, but he has never entered, of course, this is not the ordinary people can enter, and as the first mansion in the world, the scale of Kaifeng Mansion is quite large, and the position of Kaifeng Mansion Yin is also extremely important, when Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng father and son were not emperors, they all used to be Kaifeng Mansion Yin, that is, Zhao Zhen is too young, otherwise he is likely to work part-time in this position.
Lv Wu took Li Zhang into the mansion, although he was not a person from the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, but the Criminal Division often handled cases jointly with Kaifeng Mansion, plus Lv Wu was shrewd and capable, and he was also bold and generous, so there were his acquaintances everywhere in the Yamen, and he was also very familiar with the Yamen, and soon took Li Zhang to the west side of the Yamen, which was the heavily guarded Kaifeng Mansion Prison.
This Kaifeng Mansion prison is actually an independent building, from the outside it looks like a sturdy small castle, the city wall is built high and big, and there are high corner towers at the four corners, with soldiers patrolling on it, when Li Zhang and the two of them entered, even if Lu Wu took it, they were also searched, and even the waist knife that Lu Wu never left his hand was temporarily stored at the door of the cell.
After Lu Wu entered the prison, he immediately found the prison keeper who managed the prison, and then explained his intention, the prison man did not dare to let outsiders visit the prisoner easily, but Lu Wu had a tough attitude, and said that he would bear any responsibility, anyway, with Liu E's words, Lu Wu was not afraid of blaming the prisoner.
Faced with this situation, the prison Cheng did not dare to offend Lu Wu, in fact, although the prison Cheng was in charge of such a large cell, his grade was very low, he was just a petty official from the ninth grade, Lu Wu's grade was much higher than him, and Li Zhang saw that the other party agreed, and he was also excited at the moment, and he could finally see Jin Shan.