"Lu Tongju, what you said is a bit alarmist!" Huang Qinru suddenly realized that he was a little too impatient, and seemed to have the intention of being turned against Lu Jin, so he quickly collected his mind and said.

Lu Zhen was unmoved, but said with a smile: "Let's not talk about the possible changes in Hangzhou City, if you hand me over, Lord Huang, do you know how the DPRK and China will react?" You and I are both civil officials, but you handed me over to Jinyiwei to be tortured, I'm afraid that once the matter spreads, everyone in the world will regard you as a traitor, right? ”

Huang Qinru gasped, this was really a very likely thing to happen, so that he couldn't refute it. But Lu Jin's words are not over: "Of course, Lord Huang is tough enough to disdain such discussions. However, the next point to be said is that the current official Shangshu Hu Hu is my mentor, if his old man knows this, it is difficult to say what he will do in the future. At this time, Lu Zhen had to take out all his hole cards.

Huang Qinru's body couldn't help but tremble, how could he not have imagined that Lu Jin, an inconspicuous government official, had such a big backer behind him, the official department, that was a high-ranking official in the DPRK who had enough ability to decide whether to stay in his official position!

Seeing the hesitation in the other party's heart, Lu Zhen turned the topic back again: "Lord Huang, can you now tell me what has happened in Hangzhou City in the past few days?" ”

"Lu Tong's judgment is really a ...... of some means" Huang Qinru sighed, and finally nodded: "Yes, there has indeed been a public opinion in Hangzhou City in the past two days that has been loud for you. That's not all, they still keep saying that you were convicted because I, the political envoy, wanted to harm you......"

It turned out that in the past two days, somehow, some people among the people spread the word that the government wanted to wrongfully fight with Shangguan in order to protect the people, and fought to the death with the Japanese and did not retreat, and finally almost died under the sword of the Japanese and sentenced Lu Jin.

In these rumors, Lu Zhen was portrayed as an upright hero who could not hesitate to offend his boss for the sake of principles and the people, and even risked himself to go out of the city to rescue the people, and finally almost killed the hero under the city.

As for Huang Qinru and other officials, they were accused of cold-blooded politicians who ignored the people only for their own official positions, and even turned them away even when the people went to the city. Subsequently, in order to cover up his mistakes, he also wronged Lu Jin, a great hero, and imposed the charge of chaos in the city on Lu Jin's head, and was greedy for his merits......

These statements are half-true, but they have become more true and credible under the admission of some well-intentioned people and the people who entered Hangzhou from outside the city alive.

In this way, Huang Qinru and other officials are really difficult to distinguish. Yes, they did not send troops to rescue at a critical moment, but that was also for the sake of the overall situation, and the reason why Lu Zhen would leave the city was also the result of everyone's discussion, but it was not rumored that he disobeyed the orders and forcibly left the city. As for saying that they wronged Lu Zhen and colluded with the eunuchs and Jinyi guards to frame Zhongliang, it is even more wronged.

But this statement is the easiest to accept by the people, loyal to the people, treacherous and cruel, isn't it the story that has always been depicted in the drama and the script?

So in just a few days, this public opinion was completely spread, and it had already spread outside Hangzhou. It is precisely because of this concern that Huang Qinru did not dare to hand over Lu Jin at will, and wanted to persuade Lu Jin to admit the crime at this time.

After listening to this explanation, Lu Zhen was not stunned. He obviously guessed that someone must be behind this matter, so he naturally wanted to use it to protect himself. This made him unconsciously start to speculate about who would be the person behind all this? Obviously, it can't be Lin Lie and Qinggele, although they may have this mind, but they don't have this power in Hangzhou.

Could it be that Yang Zhen did it? In this regard, Lu Zhen was not sure, not to mention that Yang Zhen was also in the Jedi that day, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Just because he was just a hundred households in Jinyi, and the local thousand households were obviously all the way with Wu Miao, it was difficult for him to hide this matter for too long.

In this way, Lu Jinke really can't think of anyone who will help him like this. In terms of ability, the three families of Su Chang and Zhao can easily do it, but they don't have a deep friendship with themselves, how can they risk offending the government to help themselves?

After thinking about it for a while and having no clue, Lu Jin had no choice but to put this question aside for the time being, and looked at Huang Qinru who was frowning in front of him again: "This time you have indeed been wronged, Lord Huang, but the clear person will clear himself, as long as you can help me clear the suspicion, the suspicion on your body will not be cleared." ”

"Hmph, that's easier said than done. Lord He's death has become an iron case, and there are relevant human and material evidence, Mo said that the initiative is in their hands now, even if the imperial court sent a messenger to investigate, I am afraid it will be difficult to overturn the case for you. ”

This is the truth, if it weren't for the fact that these charges were difficult to clear, Huang Qinru would not have wanted to convict Lu Zhen under so much pressure from outside. After all, he is also a civilian, how can he speak for outsiders?

Lu Zhen also frowned, this is indeed a big problem. Although I can say that everything was planted by someone, if I can't produce the corresponding evidence, there is almost no possibility of overturning the case.

"And you don't know how much pressure this official has been under in the past few days, Wu Miao and Jin Yiwei have sent no less than ten groups of people to rush over and ask for people, the only thing I can do is drag. But their tone has become more and more forceful, and their words have become more threatening to me, and if I don't make friends, they will also be classified as accomplices. Huang Qinru was a little aggrieved.

The dignified provincial political secretary was actually forced to look like this by a town guard eunuch and brocade guard, which is enough to see how lacking this Lord Huang is.

Lu Zhen couldn't help but shake his head, but after all, he didn't say anything sarcastic about the other party. just said: "So it seems that they are also very anxious to take me over, so as to force me to confess?" When he said this, his heart moved, as if he had caught something.

"Not bad." Huang Qinru nodded: "Now this official is really in a dilemma, what do you say I should do?" ”

Lu Zhen fell into deep thought, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at the other party: "Lord Huang, do you really want to hand me over, and then let yourself become the target of everyone?" ”

"Of course I don't want to, but I have to do the lesser of two evils. Otherwise, you will only be accused of being your accomplice, and that is a head-off deed......"

After getting the answer he wanted, Lu Jin's heart was wide, and he knew that the other party could still cooperate, so he continued to ask: "Then do you feel something strange, my lord?" Do they seem to be too eager? If the case is ironclad, why are they forcing you to hand me over? ”

Huang Qinru really didn't think about this in detail, and when Lu Zhen reminded him like this, he also had doubts: "This matter is really strange, could it be that they are worried that Hu Butang will excuse you in the court?" ”

"The only explanation, maybe there is another flaw in this case, they are afraid of long nights and dreams!" Lu Zhen gave his own judgment.

This inference is indeed reasonable, but Huang Qinru smiled bitterly: "Even if this is the case, so what? According to the procurator, Master He has been victimized by them, and the people of the Criminal Division have also been placed under house arrest by them under various names, and it is not easy to investigate these cases. ”

"Yes, even if the imperial court really sent a messenger for this, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be complicit with them." Lu Zhen frowned and said, it seems that this is still a dead end.

The little hope that had just arisen was extinguished again, which made Lu Zhen very discouraged: "This Wu Miao is doing evil things this time, in order to help Wang Zhen get rid of me, but he doesn't leave any room for it...... Get rid of me......" Suddenly, Lu Jin's heart suddenly moved, and a thought flashed out.

"What did Lu Tongju think?" Seeing Lu Jin's sudden change of color, Huang Qinru was also excited, and hurriedly asked.

Lu Zhen slowly exhaled: "Although I don't know if this is right, but at this time we only have to gamble." ”

"Bet on what?" Huang Qinru was stunned for a moment and hurriedly asked.

"Bet on his determination that Wu Miao wants my life! It was because he was instructed by Wang Zhen and Ma Shun that he wanted to kill me several times, and now this mind will definitely not change. So as long as everyone in the world knows that he wants to kill me quickly, and will do whatever it takes to do so, then these charges of mine will be self-defeating. Because all these incriminating evidence were found by his Wu Miao's people, and he wanted to kill me......"

Huang Qinru nodded again and again, but then said in confusion: "But how can this layer be confirmed?" ”

"Well...... Lu Zhen smiled slightly, then lowered his voice and said his plan.

After hearing this, Huang Qinru's face was full of apprehension and surprise: "Are you really going to do this?" It's quite risky, and if there's a mistake, I'm just afraid ......"

"Now, I have no choice, unless you can let me out and hand over everything related to these cases to the lower officials to investigate, then maybe there will be a chance."

Huang Qinru smiled awkwardly, this is obviously impossible. Seeing this, Lu Jin said: "So, this is the best way." But before I do that, I'd like to ask you to help me with something. ”

"But what?" Huang Qinru had become Lu Jin's accomplice at this time, which was the final choice he made as a civil official.

"It's going to drag on for a while." Lu Zhen said: "Only by dragging them and letting Wu Miao's patience run out can they make it easier for them to misjudge the situation and fall into our trap." In addition, please also ask the adults to contact my two subordinates, Lin Lie and Qinggrad, and there is a hundred households named Yang Zhen in the Jinyi Guard, it was he who led people outside the city that day to stop the Japanese for a while, if he is still there, he can also be trusted. ”

Huang Qinru hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded solemnly: "Okay!" This official will accompany you to bet on this! He knew it was the best option.

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The New Year's holiday is finally over today (although passers-by hardly have much time off...... Passers-by wish all the best in their work and study in the coming year。。。。。