The people of Jinyi Wei searched carefully in the courtyards of the Confucian Mansion, and a few even entered the house and went straight into the residence of the clan to search, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of the Confucian family, and no less than five clansmen came to protest and complain after only one meal, bluntly saying that this was a great insult to their own family.

Seeing the clansmen coming one after another, Kong Yanjin's expression became a little unpleasant: "Governor Lu, have you gone too far?" My Kong family is the Holy Duke of Yan who was enshrined by the imperial court, and even though his status is not prominent, it is not something you can bully at will. ”

Facing the old man's dissatisfaction, Lu Zhen just smiled: "Yan Shenggong, please be calm and don't be impatient, this official will let them not be implicated too much." However, the official also believes in their vision, and can always find some clues. ”

"Hmph, what you said is simple, if this matter spreads, where will my Kong family's face go? And are you so sure that last night's fire must have something to do with someone in my house? If you can't find out the reason in the end, what should you Governor Lu say? Kong Chengqing immediately said loudly.

"Your mansion is no better than other places, the walls are high and the house is deep, how can ordinary thieves get in? If this fire hadn't been done by someone within the Kong family, it would have been blamed on the will of heaven. Yan Shenggong, do you think it will be a fire from God, or is it the work of an unscrupulous son? Lu Jinhe laughed, looked at Kong Yanjin and asked.

Kong Yanjin snorted and did not answer. If he admits that it is Tianhuo, he will be caught and say that the Kong family has done something unjust, and as for the latter, he will not admit it, and he does not believe that these people of his own dare to do such a rebellious thing.

The two sides were fighting, and Kong Xun, who had been following those brocade guards around, rushed over with a nervous and indignant expression: "Master......" Although his name was Kong Yanjin, his eyes looked at Kong Chengqing.

"What's wrong?" Somehow, Kong Chengqing felt nervous, and he couldn't care about his father's side, so he asked first.

In front of outsiders, Kong Yanjin did not scold his son, but also looked at Kong Xun to see how he replied. And the latter glared at Lu Zhen before he replied: "Those guys actually broke into the eldest prince's house directly, and searched there, the little ones are incompetent, and they really can't stop it!" ”

"What did you say?" Kong Chengqing's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he bounced up from his seat, pointed at Lu Zhen and shouted: "Governor Lu, your people are too presumptuous, you actually found out about my son's head!" ”

"It's just a routine, after all, no doubt can be missed." Lu Zhen sat there peacefully, not moved by the other party's anger at all: "Why did Kong Gongzi react so violently, could it be that his heart was empty?" ”

"I think you are deliberately trying to ruin the reputation of my Kong family. As the eldest son of the Kong family, how could I do something bad to the family? It's ridiculous to suspect me! The green tendons on Kong Chengqing's forehead jumped suddenly, and he said loudly: "Father, this person must harbor evil intentions, it is only right to drive them away quickly!" ”

"Gongzi Kong, why are you so nervous all of a sudden, did you really make me unfortunate enough to be right?" Lu Zhen looked at the other party indifferently: "Or is there any secret hidden in your mansion, for fear of being turned out by my Jinyi guard?" ”

"You...... It's just nonsense! Kong Chengqing's heart tightened violently with his implicit words, and an extremely ominous premonition had taken over his heart.

Kong Yanjin also obviously felt this, and also sank his face: "Governor Lu, what you did was really inappropriate. Do you have to go to the old man's residence to search before you give up? Are you really the place where you can let you do whatever you want? Kong Run......"

Kong Run, who had been guarding the side, immediately responded yes and stepped forward. Kong Yanjin picked up the teacup and said, "Send them out on behalf of the old man." As for the troublemakers outside, the old man still has a way to get them to retreat. "But the order to evict the guest was issued.

When Kong Run heard the order, he came to Lu Jin, and stretched his hand outside the hall: "Governor Lu, please." ”

Lu Zhen didn't get up because of this, but picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly: "Good tea." However, does Yan Shenggong suddenly ask us to leave at this time seem a little too anxious, or is it a little bit of a thief? ”

"What do you mean?"

"Why don't you wait here for a moment and see what conclusions can be drawn from the Confucian Academy?" Lu Zhen said, glancing at Kong Chengqing meaningfully, which made the latter feel even more nervous, and his body trembled slightly, but he didn't know whether he was shocked or angry.

Just when the father and son of the Kong family were a little unsure of how to deal with Lu Jin's words, a brocade guard ran over with excitement on his face: "My lord, there is a discovery!" ”

Hearing this, Kong Yanjin chuckled even more in his heart: "What did you find?" ”

After seeing Lu Zhen nodding, the man reported: "We found a cellar from a wing room in the courtyard of a certain place we just entered, but when we went down, we saw several women imprisoned inside, and many other things. ”

Hearing him report this, Kong Chengqing's body was weak, and as soon as he leaned back, he almost collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, Kong Run, who was on the side, reacted quickly enough, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support him. And Kong Yanjin, at this time, looked even more incredulous, the old body began to tremble, looked at his son, and then looked at Lu Jin, an extremely terrible guess came out of his heart.

"Is there such a thing? Did you make a mistake? Lu Zhen frowned, and asked with a serious expression: "This is the Confucian Mansion of the Holy Prince, how can there be such a violation of law and discipline?" ”

"It's true, if you don't believe it, you can go over and see it." The man hurried back.

Lu Jin's face showed hesitation and helplessness, and he turned his head to look at Kong Yanjin: "Yan Shenggong, you look at this matter, ......" Seeing the other party looking at him with a pleading face, he continued: "In this way, for the sake of justice, please ask Yan Shenggong and this official to go over and have a look." Grandpa, please! ”

At this time, Kong Yanjin had nowhere to avoid, so he could only stand up from his seat tremblingly, and his eyes fell on his eldest son, who was already bloodless. Judging from his son's reaction, he knew that Jin Yiwei had indeed found deadly clues and evidence.

"Master......" Kong Run and Kong Xun, the two stewards, looked at each other with an uneasy and apprehensive expression, but they didn't know what to say.

And Lu Zhen spoke again: "Two housekeepers, please also help Yan Shenggong, let's go over and have a look." As he spoke, he gave the guards who stayed outside a look, and asked him to keep an eye on Kong Chengqing, so that this key person suddenly fled.

With the support of the two housekeepers, Kong Yanjin, who was much older, finally came to the courtyard where Kong Chengqing lived with Lu Jin. At this time, this place has been surrounded by the Jinyi Guards, blocking all the people in this mansion from the outside, and it has also caused many people to complain and protest.

It wasn't until they saw the head of the house coming over that everyone came over as if they had the backbone: "Master, they ......" But after seeing the hesitant old face of their master, they couldn't say anything anymore. At this time, even the dullest person senses that something is wrong.

Feeling the extremely uneasy reaction of the clansmen, Kong Yanjin knew that he had to say a few words, otherwise people's hearts would be even more flustered: "Don't worry, it's just a small thing." The old man and Governor Lu will handle the matter properly. As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Zhen again.

Lu Zhen smiled and nodded, "What Yan Shenggong said is that anything can be properly solved. But before that, let's go and see first. ”

Only then did a few people separate from the crowd gathered outside, entered this elegantly laid out courtyard, and under the leadership of a brocade guard, they directly entered the west wing.

After walking into it, everyone's faces, including Lu Jin, changed, because they saw a few women with scarred faces and only black coats huddled in the corner of the room, and at a glance they knew what a terrible encounter they had experienced before being discovered.

"My lord, these women were found in the cellar. At that time, they were chained to the wall, and they could barely move, and it took a lot of effort for their subordinates to finally save them. When the brocade guard who stepped forward to report said this, his face was also full of unbearable color.

Lu Zhen nodded, glanced at the women again, and then walked towards the entrance of the dark cellar: "Yan Shenggong, do you want to go down and have a look?" ”

Kong Yanjin took a breath, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.

They followed the narrow wooden staircase to the bottom, and after walking through the corridor several feet long, they finally came to a dark room three feet square, and then they saw an even more shocking scene. I saw that the floor and wall of this room were splashed with blackened blood stains, and on the other side against the wall, there were all kinds of large and small torture instruments.

Anyone who enters here and sees these things can judge with certainty that this place is not something that can be created overnight, and that over the years, there must have been many innocent poor women who have been tortured here, or even died.

It was Lu Jin, who was used to seeing life and death, and felt miserable when he saw this scene, while Kong Yanjin was even more trembling and couldn't say anything. He knew very well that this could not be Jinyiwei's method of marrying the enemy, but that his seemingly obedient son had really done such a thing!

At the same time, the remaining sanity also made him finally convinced that Lu Zhen should have come for this matter, and the Kong family was really facing a big crisis this time!