"This ......" After hearing Lu Jin's meaning, several officials suddenly showed embarrassment on their faces, and they unconsciously glanced at each other a few times. Seeing this, Lu Zhen asked again: "What, is there any difficulty in this?" Or is there something else you're hiding? ”

"My lord, forgive me, the lower officials naturally don't dare to deceive you, just because Li Tiezhu has been crazy since he was brought back, we are worried that he will disturb the adults...... Xiao Wentong hurriedly explained.

In this regard, Lu Zhen just smiled: "What is this, this official is not such an incompetent scholar who has no power to restrain the chicken, what kind of wind and waves have not been seen, and he will be scared by a madman?" Go and call someone. ”

Seeing that he said this, Xiao Wentong and the others couldn't insist anymore, so they hurriedly agreed, and ordered the people below to bring that Li Tiezhu to the flower hall for interrogation.

Not long after, several servants brought a somewhat demented man into the flower hall. After seeing several officials, this person did not react much, just sat on the ground, muttering words in his mouth, but he couldn't hear what he was talking about, and he had the demeanor of being like no one else.

"My lord, he is usually like this, although the lower officials and others invited the doctors in the city to treat him, they can't see why." Tao Yong explained helplessly.

Lu Zhen nodded, and then came to Li Tiezhu and looked at the other party carefully. It was found that his skin was dark and rough, and the muscles of his arms were knotted, and he looked like a body that had been trained by years of wind and sun and hard work, but it was consistent with his identity as a boatman who went to sea. So he nodded, leaned in front of the other party and shouted: "Li Tiezhu!" ”

Li Tiezhu, who was talking to himself, reacted slightly when he heard someone calling his name, frowned slightly, and then looked up, as if he was a little puzzled. At this time, Tao Yong explained: "Sometimes he can still know his name, but sometimes he has no impression of it." ”

"Li Tiezhu, do you know why you're here?" Lu Zhen continued to ask the other party tentatively. But this time, Li Tiezhu's response was only a blank look, I don't know if he couldn't answer, or he simply couldn't understand his words.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen knew that it was completely useless for him to knock on the side or something, so he simply went straight in: "Let me ask you, what happened at sea?" Why are all the merchant ships missing, and why are you washed ashore by the waves? ”

Hearing this, Li Tiezhu was stunned for a moment, and then the demented look on his face was replaced by panic, and he suddenly shouted: "Don't come here...... Monster...... Skeleton...... Don't come here...... Yes! As he spoke, he waved his hands and feet as if he were resisting something, and then he held his head in his hands, shrunk into a ball, and shook like chaff, and muttered only in his mouth: "Don't come, don't come." ”

This is clearly a sign of delirium after being frightened, and it is clear that he has been greatly intimidated at sea before. Lu Jin couldn't help frowning, and after a little hesitation, he still reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said softly: "Li Tiezhu, don't be afraid, as long as you tell the truth about the matter, the government will definitely make decisions for you and help you avenge you!" ”

It seems that his words have had a certain effect, and Li Tiezhu's body, which was originally shaking, calmed down a little, and his head was raised again. Just when everyone was overjoyed and thought that Lu Zhen was about to succeed, he suddenly screamed: "You guys go away!" Yikes——! He suddenly bounced up from the ground with a force, and directly hit Lu Jin's lower abdomen, and his hands quickly stretched out and pinched Lu Jin's neck.

This change came a little suddenly, even Lu Zhen himself was caught off guard, and subconsciously flashed, but after all, he couldn't avoid it, and the two dark and powerful big hands were about to touch his neck. This made all the officials present let out an exclamation, and their hearts were lifted, if Wei Chengbo made any mistakes here, their guilt would be great. But they are still some distance away from Lu Jin, and they can't reach the whip at all, so they can only exclaim, but they can't save people.

Fortunately, there were several subordinates such as Yao Gan who had been accompanying him, and when Li Tiezhu was suddenly in trouble, Yao Gan had already stepped forward with an arrow, and as soon as he raised his hand, he put it between the two of them before the other party's hand touched Lu Jin's neck, and with a bang, he blocked Li Tiezhu who pounced. Then, he pulled Lu Zhen and quickly pulled him behind him to prevent him from attacking again.

At the same time, several other brocade guards also flew over, and a few hands quickly reached out, and grabbed Li Tiezhu's shoulders and elbows and other joints, and with a single force, they directly unloaded his joints and pressed him to the ground, no matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free from their control.

It was only at this time that all the officials came to their senses, and hurriedly got up and ran to Lu Zhen to apologize: "The adults are not injured, it is the lower officials and others who are not thoughtful, and they actually frightened the adults, and they are almost injured in the hands of this madman......"

Lu Zhen himself was quite calm, and even his face remained the same, and he only waved his hand and said: "It's no wonder you, it's because the official himself is not careful enough." Let him go, he probably doesn't mean to hurt me. The latter sentence is naturally said to his subordinates.

Several brocade guards hurriedly agreed, and then let go of Li Tiezhu and stood behind Lu Jin. However, the joints on the latter's body had been removed, and at this time, even if no one pressed him, he could not get up from the ground by his own strength, and could only scream and roll on the ground at the same time, which frightened the officials to avoid for fear that he would hurt himself.

Lu Zhen shook his head with some disappointment: "It seems that this person really can't ask any clues." The fright he was so frightened was so great that it completely disturbed his mind. ”

"yes!" Tao Yong hesitated slightly, and then added: "My lord, if it is not for the officials to be alarmist, this matter is too strange. How dare that murderer attack the merchant ships of our government, and he has succeeded repeatedly. and killed all the guards who accompanied the ship, and in the end only such a living mouth was left. And he has become like this again-Xia Guan really can't understand how he can scare an adult man like this, and the only explanation seems to be ...... Only ......"

"Can we blame all this on ghosts and gods?" Lu Zhen helped him complete the words.

Tao Yong nodded a little helplessly: "Besides, Xia Guan really can't think of any other reason to explain all this." ”

"Is that really all there is left?" Lu Jin's face was slightly cold, and he glanced at them with some dissatisfaction: "Presumably everyone thinks so recently, right?" ”

Several people could see that Lu Zhen was very dissatisfied with this statement, but they still bowed their heads and said nothing, giving him a tacit acquiescence. This made Lu Zhen sneer: "All of you are all court officials who have only been in the cold window for ten years, and they are all sages who have learned, how can you be convinced of this nonsense today?" There really is a ghost, why would he attack my merchant ship that went to sea, and what could be said about it? ”

It was naturally impossible for a few people to answer, and they only muttered in their hearts, even the saints did not deny that there were indeed ghosts and gods in the world. As for why the ghost god would do such a thing, it is not for mortals such as himself to know.

Lu Zhen swept around them, and after all, he could only sigh: "There must be something else going on in this matter, since this official is here, he will definitely find out about it." It's not early today, so let's put this matter aside for now, and tomorrow, the official will see if there is any way to find out the truth. ”

"Yes, my lord, Xia Guan has already asked people to prepare a place for you to live in the pavilion, do you want to go now? In addition, in the swallow building in the city, the lower officials have also prepared a wine banquet for the adults, and I hope that the adults will enjoy it. Seeing that Lu Zhen had let go of this matter for the time being, Xiao Wentong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said.

I didn't want Lu Jin, but waved his hand and refused: "No need, this official has his own place to go, I'm afraid I won't have time to go to this banquet today." ”

"Ah...... My lord, this is all a little bit of the intention of the lower officials...... The officials couldn't help but panic, thinking that their opinions had made them angry.

Lu Zhen explained: "It's not that this official refuses to give you face, it's really because there are other elders who want to see it." My Yue's family is in this Suzhou city, since I'm here, I can't be late, right? ”

Hearing such a reason, everyone finally understood: "What the adults said is true, then let's pick up the wind for the adults another day." ”

Subsequently, Lu Zhen and the others, accompanied by the officials, went out of the Yamen of the City Shipping Division, and after re-boarding the car, they slowly drove forward under their respect. It wasn't until he distanced himself from them that Lu Zhen said to Yao Gan, who was accompanying him: "What do you think about this matter?" ”

"This ...... This matter is indeed full of strangeness, do you really think that it is man-made rather than ghosts and gods? Yao Gan asked with some uncertainty.

"Hehe, although it looks a little weird, but the more this is the case, the more likely someone is pretending to be a ghost." Lu Zhen sneered: "Don't you think this time is very similar to the one a few years ago?" ”

"My lord is talking ......" After his reminder, Yao Gan came back to his senses: "What kind of case did the White Lotus Sect in the capital pretend to use the Five Elements and Seven Stars to cut the dragon array?" ”

"It's this case, it didn't look more like a ghost than it does now, but it turned out that someone wasn't making trouble?" Lu Zhen snorted.

"Then, why did these officials insist that this matter was a strange force?" Yao Gan was still a little puzzled.

This is better explained, because only by blaming all this on the ethereal ghosts and gods can their guilt be the lightest. And if they can't find out, they don't have to bear any responsibility. Lu Zhen explained the problem in one sentence.