In the face of such evidence, coupled with the fact that there were officials and soldiers guarding outside, even if Wang Shu was unwilling in his heart, he could only hand over his nephew Wang Bao to Lu Zhen and take him to the state government for interrogation.

But before Lu Zhen led the people away, Wang Shu stared at him with a serious expression, and said as if threatening: "Lu Zhizhou, although my Wang family has always acted without scruples, it is not enough to kill people for just one horse. I also know my nephew's temperament, and although he has always been presumptuous, he is not enough to do such a bold thing. Therefore, if Lord Lu insists on planting the crime on my nephew, I, who is an uncle, will not give up. Not only me, but my eldest brother will not sit idly by. ”

This is a very serious statement, and even moved Wang Zhen out. But at least on the surface, Lu Zhen didn't see any fear, just looked back at the other party and said: "The Qing is self-purifying, as long as Wang Bao has really not done it, then the official will not wronged him." But if he is really the murderer in this case, then whoever he is, I will definitely bring him to justice! ”

After saying this, Lu Zhen turned around and ordered someone to take Wang Bao, who was already pale, away, and he himself had no interest in even looking back at Wang Shu again.

It wasn't until they took people away that Wang Bao's father, Wang Yang, looked at his brother with a disgruntled face: "Second brother, our Wang family actually let him take Bao away like this?" That will ...... future"

"In the future, there will be no official who can do what Lu Zhen looks like, except for him, no one can mobilize the defenders in the city to support him." Wang Shu immediately interrupted his brother's complaint, and then said with a gloomy expression: "In addition, as long as Bao'er is really innocent, this may not be a good thing. ”

"You...... What does this mean? Wang Yang was stunned for a while.

Wang Shu's face was still so gloomy, but his words were very clear: "My brother actually wanted to get rid of Lu Zhen a long time ago, but it was only because of the public opinion of the government and the opposition that we would make three concessions to him." But once we get hold of him, things are completely different. This is a great opportunity. ”

Only then did Wang Yang understand: "Yes, Bao'er assured me that the person from the Huang family was indeed not his hand." Once Lu Zhen ignores the truth in order to attack us, we just take this opportunity to drive him out of this position in Zhizhou! ”

"Exactly. He thought he had the upper hand this time, but in fact he was on a path of no return. So the next thing we have to do is to keep an eye on the movements of the state government, and at the same time let people investigate around to find out the real murderer. Hmph, dare to plant such a crime on the head of my Wang family, I think he is tired and crooked! Wang Shu had already made a plan, and his expression looked much more normal than just now.

With this strategy in place, this power, which has a greater influence in the city of Ulju than the government, finally shows its terrifying side.

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It is certainly majestic to bring Wang Bao out of the Wang family, but Lu Zhen also knows what kind of consequences this will cause, so he is also quite stressed in his heart. Fortunately, what he is best at is turning pressure into motivation, so after returning to the yamen, he immediately showed his attitude with actions.

The talent was sent to the state government, and before he went to the prison for a turn, Wang Bao had already been taken to Lu Zhen in the second hall. Although there was no shouting like a formal trial, all the three classes of officials were present, but there were still more than a dozen serious-looking officials standing on both sides, and Lu Zhen was even wearing an official uniform and sitting on his head, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

This kind of posture, how can a young man like Wang Bao be able to withstand it? What's more, this is the first time he has been arrested as a suspect from home, and his heart is naturally even more empty. At this moment, he has long lost the domineering and flamboyant style of the street bully in the past, and after being brought to the court, he also stood with his head bowed, and he didn't even have the courage to take a look at Lu Jin.

"Smack!" Lu Zhen was shocked first, and then he opened his mouth and asked: "Wang Bao, so far, can you confess?" ”

Wang Bao, who was frightened by this sudden sound, hesitated for a moment before raising his head and replied, "My lord, the student has been wronged." I didn't kill anyone from the Huang family......"

"This official naturally knows that it is impossible for you to kill people, and you don't have that ability. But as a child of the Wang family, you are surrounded by outlaws who are willing to kill for you, I'm afraid that the Huang family will be killed by your order, right? Lu Zhen immediately made his own speculation.

This point, he did not mention when he was in the Wang family just now, but only insisted that the murderer was Wang Bao. Because he knows that once he says this, the other party will definitely push the boat down the river and casually throw out someone to take the blame. But now that man is in his own hands, there are some things that can be asked.

Wang Bao was a little stunned for a moment, and then quickly shook his head: "No, I didn't let anyone kill anyone, and I don't have much enmity with the Huang family, why would I do such a thing?" ”

"Didn't you? Then why did the official hear that you had an argument with Huang Si on the street before the crime? Also, the horse raised by Huang Si was also found in your stable, do you dare to say that this horse ran away by yourself? Lu Zhen immediately took out the evidence he had already mastered and asked: "Finally, on the night of the crime, someone else had seen your prince go to the alley where Huang Si's house was located. The official has to ask, how can you, a rich boy, go to such a poor alley late at night for no reason? ”

A series of questions were thrown, so that Wang Bao didn't know how to deal with it for a while. After a long time, Ai Ai said, "I...... I did go to Huang's house that night, but I didn't go to him to settle accounts, but to buy horses with him. ”

"Huh?" Lu Jin's brows suddenly furrowed, and he faintly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, did he have a preconceived idea of this case because of his prejudice against the Wang family?

Subsequently, in Wang Bao's somewhat scattered confession, his whereabouts were truly revealed.

It turned out that on the day of the crime, when he took someone to wander outside, he happened to see Huang Si leading a horse on the side of the street. The son of the Wang family, who has always been a good horse, fell in love with this unusually good horse at that time, so he stepped forward to inquire about the price.

But who expected that Huang Si had no intention of selling horses, and he looked a little unhappy, and after some negotiations with Wang Gongzi, the two actually argued a few words. However, as Wang Bao's companions rolled up their sleeves and wanted to come forward to teach him a lesson, Huang Si softened again, and hurriedly said a lot of words of apology before leaving.

In fact, if it had been before, Wang Gongzi would have turned his face a long time ago. Not to mention beating the other party out of anger, even his horse had to be snatched away. But who told Wang Shuqian to tell them not to cause trouble these days, so in the end, they could only let the other party go.

But after returning home, thinking of the horse, Wang Bao couldn't let it go. Finally, after some hesitation, he still called two companions, took some silver, and left home again to find Huang Si's house.

After making it clear that he was the son of the Wang family, and then he was threatened and offered a high price, Huang Sicai finally gave in and was willing to sell the horse at a high price of three hundred taels.

"So...... This horse was really bought by me and Huang Si. And when I left his house, his whole family was fine...... I've bought all the horses, so how can I kill people again? After saying that, Wang Bao called Qu Lai again.

"Three hundred taels of silver is to buy a horse, Wang Gongzi is really a big deal." Lu Jin couldn't help but sigh. Indeed, with today's horse prices, even the price of military horses is only about fifty or sixty taels, and three hundred taels is enough to buy five or six good horses.

Wang Bao just smiled casually: "Three hundred taels of silver, it's nothing at all." As long as the horse is good enough to make a name for me in the future, this money will only come back a hundred and tenfold. ”

"Huh?" Lu Jin was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the other party was talking about horse racing and gambling competitions that some rich children here in Shanxi often engage in, and it was obvious that this prince was also a veteran in this area.

Wang Bao saw that Lu Zhen seemed to believe his words, and he was a little bolder, so he continued: "And according to what Huang Si said, there were still people who were willing to offer him a high price of more than two hundred taels that day. But because the other party was a Tartar, he didn't pay attention to the other party, so he almost got into a fight with someone......"

"That's it, who's going to listen to you talk nonsense." Lu Zhen quickly interrupted the other party with a remark, and continued to stare at Wang Bao with a condescending gaze: "Although what you said has some truth, but this is only one side of the story after all, and this official can't assume that you are innocent because of this." So Wang Gongzi, please be wronged now, and go to prison for a while. When the official finds the murderer, as long as it's not you, he will let you go. ”

"You ......" I didn't expect that I had said so much in vain, and the other party still had to lock him up as a prisoner, which made Wang Bao very annoyed, and he couldn't help but want to have a seizure.

It's just that as soon as he raised his head, he met Lu Jin's domineering eyes, which made him shudder in his heart, swallowed the scolding that came to his mouth, and had to be taken down obediently.

After he was taken away, Xu Wentao, who stayed aside as a scribe to record everything, said with a worried face: "My lord, it seems that there is something else in this case. After all, he has many years of experience in judging cases, so after listening to this interrogation, he can see that Wang Bao really does not have the weakness of an ordinary prisoner.

Lu Zhen also nodded in agreement: "You are right, it seems that I did misjudge the situation." Although this Wang Bao was involved in this case, the person must not have been killed by him or by his order. ”

"This ...... How good is that? When Xu Wentao heard this, he was really a little anxious. Now that they have offended the Wang family, they have found out that they have really wronged Wang Bao, so how should they deal with themselves next?

But Lu Zhen just smiled: "Don't panic, in fact, things are not so bad." At the very least, we have more helpers to investigate the case together, don't we? ”