Fan Rongkuan mentioned the master-apprentice relationship between Li Mi and Wu Weizhong, and originally wanted to use the principle of avoiding suspicion to exclude Li Mi, so that even if Song Zhiwei had an official document, Li Mi could not participate in the investigation of the case.

However, what I didn't expect was that Li Mi was involved in such a scandal!

Although Fan Rongkuan was furious and refuted Li Mi, he knew that his son was Mo Ruo's father, how could he not know that his son was two catties, and Wu Baizhi followed all the way in disguise as a man, and he had already made a plan to die, and he also saw it in his eyes.

It is said that he should not have had a bad relationship with Wu Weizhong, but Wu Weizhong's performance in this crackdown on bandits was too eye-catching, although Zhou Yu was the main plotter, but he did not have the identity of officialdom, and in the end, all the credit must fall on Wu Weizhong's head.

Earlier, Wu Weizhong was just a commander, and he couldn't sit on an equal footing with him as a political envoy when he thought about it seriously, but after Qi Jiguang's death, the Ming Dynasty no longer had a decent military victory, and Wu Weizhong inherited the glory of the Qi family's army.

And he didn't target Wu Weizhong, this case is indeed understandable, it is not that he intended to frame Wu Weizhong, maybe from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't believe that Wu Weizhong will send someone to poison Lu Wutai.

If he really wants to find a suspect, he even thinks that Zhou Yu's suspicion is even greater than that of Wu Weizhong!

Because of this journey, they have seen Zhou Yu's powerful ability to calculate, but at the same time, they were also pinched by this Zhou Yu, how could he not notice it?

In any case, if there is a chance to pull Wu Weizhong, for the sake of the children's marriage contract, he may also be willing to lend a hand, but in the same way, if there is a chance to beat Wu Weizhong to death, it is to destroy the marriage contract, and he must also take the opportunity to kill Wu Weizhong, this is the way to survive in officialdom!

As for the marriage contract between the children, it was originally a political game, if you say that you will unite, you will break up, and if you say that you will break up, you will break up, even if she will not break up, and marry Wu Baizhi home, she can't make any waves, and she is not at the mercy of others?

But the scandal was so vicious that many underestimated the importance of reputation to an official, especially a civilian.

Many people are in officialdom and serve the court, but it is just a disguise, and to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than the word fame and fortune, and for civil officials, fame is more attractive than profit.

Don't you see that those officials would rather risk being beaten to death, but also knock on the court to die, and even be proud of encountering the court staff, whoever is the court staff because of their uprightness and daring to speak out, can gain great prestige, and even be famous in history!

The court staff system has existed since ancient times, but the Ming Dynasty is the worst, Chenghua, Jiajing and even the Wanli Emperor of the National Dynasty are very fond of the court staff, because the relationship with the ministers is very discordant, the ministers oppose the emperor's decision-making, the emperor is angry, and he wants to beat these stubborn civil officials.

This cane is not a joke, the beating rod is supported by chestnut wood, one end is wrapped with iron sheet, there are barbs on it, the executioner is usually served by the factory guard, if there is a heart to beat strongly, a stick down, a drag, the skin and flesh will tear a large piece.

This is also why the maximum number of court rods is only one hundred, because if you hit seventy or eighty times, people will lose their breath, and if you are serious and ruthless, you will die if you hit it hard.

In the process of the dispute between the Wanli Emperor and the courtiers, the Wanli Emperor had a dispute with the courtiers, and the officials who died because of the court rod could not be counted on four feet!

However, even if it is such a terrible punishment, there are always civil officials who rush to use it to leave a name in history, that is, Hai Jui, doesn't he also carry the coffin to do things?

The reason why I am so wordy is to tell everyone how important reputation is to civil officials, so you can imagine how uneasy and angry Fan Rongkuan was when Li Mi exposed the scandal between Fan Chongxian and Wu Baizhi!

"You talk nonsense, blood spews people! You say that bumping into is bumping? The maid of Autumn and Winter is a lowly man, who is adulterous and unfaithful, and unfaithful to the proprietor, and is in the same place with you, a lowly catcher, how can you be trusted! ”

When Li Mi heard this, he was not annoyed, but smiled and said: "Master Fan, you are also an upright political envoy, and it is really insulting to Sven to export such a rude outlet, but what you said is not unreasonable, and the words of lowly people like me are not credible." ”

Li Mi said that Fan Rongkuan was insulting Sven, and the latter was still a little annoyed, but he could hear the second half of Li Mi's sentence, but he was a little puzzled, which sounded like Li Mi wanted to admit defeat.

However, Zhou Yu frowned, because he already knew Li Mi's strategy, and he was about to open his mouth to interrupt Li Mi, but after all, Li Mi was not fast enough.

Li Mi seemed to show weakness, but then said: "But then again, no matter how humble I am, I am also a fast catcher, no matter how humble I am in autumn and winter, I am also a slave and maid in General Wu's mansion, which is more noble than a cook, right?" ”

As soon as Li Mi said this, Fan Rongkuan also suddenly realized that he had fallen into Li Mi's trap!

Sure enough, Li Mi continued: "That being the case, even the words of me and Qiu Dong are not credible, how can the words of a mere ant-like cook be trusted?" How can it be used as a confession! ”

Li Mi put Fan Rong in a dilemma, if he insisted that the words of the cook were credible, then Li Mi's words were equally credible, which means that his family ugliness was implemented.

And if he refutes the scandal uncovered by Li Mi and insists that Li Mi and Qiu Dong's identity is humble and untrustworthy, then the chef's confession is even more untrustworthy, no matter what, Li Mi is invincible!

This kind of battle of words and tongues is irrelevant, but it has already involved the reputation of the Fan family, and it is a fierce debate in front of the public, and everyone can't do it even if they want to turn a deaf ear.

It is difficult to imagine that such a thing as a debate can become a testimony in court, but in ancient times, confession was king, otherwise there would not be so many unjust cases where confessions were tortured and tortured into confessions.

As long as the suspect confesses his guilt in person, the case can be decided, and the battle of words and tongues is no longer a vain thing, not to mention that it is still in full view, and everyone present is a witness!

Fan Rongkuan looked around and found that everyone was staring at him with strange eyes, staring at his son Fan Chongxian behind him, and Wu Baizhi beside his son, and his face was suddenly extremely palpable!

Because these people seem to have believed in Li Mi, even if they don't believe it, but when this matter is revealed, he is already a little embarrassed!

Don't underestimate the power of public opinion, in ancient times, how many people were killed by scandals, and some widows threw themselves into the river because they couldn't stand the rumors of others, and this kind of thing is endless, not to mention an official like Fan Rongkuan!

Wu Weizhong's case may really just be slandered, but it will also have a bad impact on Wu Weizhong, and this influence is naturally effective for Fan Rongkuan, and even more harmful to Fan Rongkuan, because Wu Weizhong is a civil official, and he pays more attention to his innocence!

Fan Rongkuan is also self-conscious at this time, but he is above the chief, if he wants to go, he will admit defeat, but there are no steps to go down, he wants to argue, but he is speechless, he is really embarrassed to the extreme!

It can be said that since he stepped into his official career, this political envoy has never suffered such a huge humiliation!

At this time, Zhou Yu finally stood up, walked up to Li Mi, and said to Li Mi.

"Mr. Li is really powerful, he can even bump into this kind of thing, as far as I know, Mr. Li was not a disciple of Wu Weizhong at that time, and he did not formally meet him, and he broke into the command of the yamen, is this charge...... The governor of Pontus is also not familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and Lord Fan has been in the place for a long time, so he must be clear, and he doesn't know what crime to be guilty of? ”

Fan Rongkuan didn't expect Zhou Yu to turn the situation around in just three or two sentences, turn passive into active, and even pick up Li Misuo based on this!

Li Mi's heart tightened, he didn't expect Zhou Yu to know about this!

He did infiltrate the commanding envoy's yamen at that time, and only then did he break through the adultery between Fan Chongxian and Wu Baizhi, but the problem was that Li Mi was alone at that time, how could Zhou Yu know!

Li Mi thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but turn his eyes to Qingque'er!

Yes, at that time, Qingqueer followed him to Jiaxing Mansion, I thought that Qingqueer had taken personal measures by herself, and she was nowhere to be seen, but now it seems that Qingqueer is following herself!

At first, Li Mi didn't know the purpose of Qingque'er's visit to Jiaxing Mansion, but after knowing Qingque'er's true identity, Li Mi could also guess that he must be looking for Wu Weizhong's trouble.

With such an association, Qingque'er is very likely to follow him into Wu Weizhong's mansion, and what Li Mi saw, Qingque'er naturally saw it!

It's just that Li Mi hadn't met Zhou Yu at that time, but Zhou Yu didn't even know about it, either Zhou Yu decided to take Li Mi for his own use and let Qingque'er tell everything in detail, or Zhou Yu had actually designed it a long time ago, and Qingque'er's purpose in sneaking into Wu's mansion was not to trouble Wu Weizhong at all, but to simply follow Li Mi!

If it is the former, it is not a coincidence, and there is nothing strange, but if it is the possibility later, it is even more certain that Zhou Yu has already set his eyes on Li Mi, which is why Qingque'er monitors his every move!

Li Mi wanted to refute, but just like the trap he dug, he had just let Qi Chu and Qingque'er recognize each other, although Qi Changkong did not admit this relationship, but everyone already knew that Qi Changkong was Qi Yin's grandson, and he was the sword servant of Zhou Yu's governor, how could Li Mi say that Qi Changkong's words were not credible?

Fan Rongkuan is naturally familiar with the law of Daming, and he is also ecstatic at the moment, because Daming's punishment for trespassing into private houses and destroying other things is extremely heavy, not to mention that Li Mi is a fast arrester, but he trespasses into the official office, which is a great crime!

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty, and after becoming the emperor, in order to popularize the law, he used the method of "explaining the law with cases", combined with some actual cases, to compile the legal provisions in simple terms, and compile them in an easy-to-understand manner, and compiled a "Great Message", which is a law book for almost every family, and even if there is no "Great Message" at home, it is a crime!

So everyone present, whether it was officials or slaves, knew that Li Mi was going to suffer this time!