Chapter 153: All living beings are chess pieces
Early in the morning, the news of the arrest of Liu Lang, the eunuch of the town, spread. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Subsequently, Governor Sun Xu came to the Yamen of the Inspectorate, and wanted to give a strict order to Han Tai and order him to quickly track down the real culprit behind the case, but he didn't want the other party to excuse himself and refuse to see each other.
Previously, Hankook had already investigated privately, and after learning some information from Zhu Zhendong's mouth, he found Wang Chaoli through clues.
From the mouth of the gambler who had his hands cut off, the description of the appearance of the "son" was consistent with the confession of the butcher. In other words, the confessions of the two witnesses are enough to prove that Wang Chaoli is the murderer who hired the murderer to kill Lu Cheng in this case!
And Wang Qiong's sudden appearance, after meeting Lu Cheng in Fucheng, confirmed this.
But Han Tai did not dare to start the trial of this case hastily, because Wang Qiong's appearance was undoubtedly warning himself not to be troubled. Therefore, he took a wait-and-see attitude towards the case and delayed it under the pretext of illness.
Now that the situation is unknown, Han Tai does not dare to easily meet this upright Futai adult, for fear that he will be implicated in this case.
Sun Xuke didn't care about him, regardless of the obstruction of the errand officer, and rushed straight into the backyard of the Inspectorate.
"Master, master, Lord Futai has broken in!"
The old butler exclaimed, rushed to Han Tae's bedroom, and hurriedly reported the current situation.
At this moment, Han Tae was lying on the bed, his body was tightly covered with several layers of thick cotton cloth, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, I don't know if it was really because of illness or if he was too hot------
As soon as the words fell, Sun Xu had already appeared at the door, looking at Han Tai on the sickbed with a smile. Behind him, there was the disciple who followed closely, and explained to Han Tai in a low voice with an apologetic face: "Master, Lord Futai broke in bluntly, and the little one can't stop ------."
"Okay, I see, you go down."
Han Tai only smiled bitterly in his heart, waved his hand and sent the door away, and then said to the steward: "You can go down first." ”
"Yes."
The old steward answered, and quietly withdrew.
"Alas------"
Seeing Sun Xu turn around and close the door in person, Han Tai couldn't help but sigh, got up from the bed and said, "Brother Fuji, have you really thought about it?" ”
What he is calling now is not Sun Xu's official title, but the other party's cousin!
In fact, everyone in Kaifeng Mansion didn't know that Sun Xu and Hankook had a very good relationship, and the relationship was not simple.
On weekdays, they rarely interact with each other. On the bright side, the two are limited to general friendships, which are better than ordinary colleagues, but they don't have too deep friendships.
Admittedly, this is mainly due to the fact that Han Tai has been appointed as the envoy to Henan for a short time, and he is not well-known.
Since Han Tai arrived, he has not shown that he is too close to Sun Xu in front of others, at most, he just said lightly that he and Lord Futai are old acquaintances.
Sun Xu is the same, as early as after learning that Hankook was going to be transferred here, he thought about it and finally decided to let the other party be a secret move to clean up the officialdom in Henan!
At the beginning of Hankook's arrival, the two secretly discussed the matter and reached a consensus.
"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!"
Sun Xu smiled indifferently, looked at him and asked, "If you don't do it at this time, when will you wait?" ”
Han Tai sighed lightly again, shook his head and said, "It's not sure enough------"
Sun Xu was a little unimpressed, went straight to the table and sat down on the pestle, took a cup and poured himself a glass of water, drank a sip of moistened his somewhat thirsty throat, and then said: "How can there be anything in the world that is completely certain?" Wang Qiong's son is rampant in the township, and it is not a matter of one or two days, the Yellow River broke the year before last, and it has nothing to do with him and Liu Lang! ”
When Sun Xu said this, he was already gritting his teeth.
In recent years, the Yellow River has experienced frequent floods, and Kaifeng has been particularly affected, which has a lot to do with the ineffective management of the river by local officials. As soon as Sun Xu took office, he began to investigate the matter.
After investigation, it was discovered that several officials were involved in the incident.
In the past, the local officials withheld the money allocated by the imperial court and collected by various prefectures and counties to enrich their private pockets, and colluded with each other to swallow a lot of money. This is naturally related to the inaction of several governors, and even several governors have openly participated in the distribution of spoils------
Now that the previous governor has died of illness in office, and many other officials have also been transferred, it is difficult for Sun Xu to verify these things one by one. After all, no official is willing to dig over the old accounts of his predecessor, which is a big taboo in officialdom.
The officials of the Ming Dynasty were too low, and the officials and lords dragged their families to take office, in addition to supporting their own families, they also had to raise a large group of people under their hands. These people are naturally the subordinates of the family and the hired masters, and most of the officials will also take three or two concubines, so the expenses are naturally small.
In this way, it is difficult to achieve a real breeze on both sleeves and not take a penny.
Every official's ass is not very clean, and there will be some stains ------ as for those officials who are used to making money, it is not as simple as being greedy.
Sun Xu has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows these things, in fact, many of his subordinates in the governor's yamen also have to rely on some unspoken rules in the officialdom to get some money and money, although he himself is not involved in these things, his subordinates know his temperament, and they will not be too out of line in this kind of thing.
Although he doesn't like to listen to this theory of "corruption is justified", he has to admit this fact.
In other words, officials will not commit such a taboo and turn over the old background of their predecessors. Because once you really do this lack of morality, it is difficult to guarantee that after you leave office, the officials who take over will not turn over your old ways.
No one is willing to help, and no matter how powerful Sun Xu is, it is difficult to find out something useful.
In fact, Sun Xu is not a pedantic person, and he still understands the difficulties of his colleagues. Since the previous matter is difficult to verify, let's start to clean up the atmosphere from now on and seek the well-being of the people on this side.
But since he became the governor of Henan, the rest of the people have been restrained, but Wang Chaoli didn't know how to stop, and still used his father's official position as a political envoy to collude with Liu Lang to do whatever he wanted.
But the two of them were also very cautious, and never left him any fatal handles, which made him want to punish severely, but he felt a little "rat pulling a turtle and having no way to start".
It is also a fact that the dynasty is rampant in the countryside and lawless, but it really hasn't made much noise, so Sun Xu naturally can't use those things to make trouble.
However, this Lu Cheng case is a big murder case!
From this case, Sun Xu saw an opportunity for his own action. That's why, after some deliberation, he decided to investigate the real cause of the case.
"Brother Fuji, how many times have I persuaded you------"
Han Tai shook his head slightly, and also came to sit down beside him, and sighed: "If you don't change your upright temperament, it will be unfavorable for your career!" ”
"Hmph, although I can't do it with a clean breeze, I can't tolerate such people who don't care about the lives of the people continue to get away with it, and they will bring disaster to the people in the township!" Sun Xu snorted coldly.
Han Tai understood the other party's temperament, so he didn't persuade again, but just asked, "Do you really think that we can beat Wang Qiong this time?" ”
"Why not?"
Sun Xu squinted his eyes and smiled coldly: "I dare to arrest a Liu Lang, are you still afraid that he will be a mere Wang Qiong?" ”
"Why is Brother Fu Ji so determined, because of Lu Cheng?"
"Exactly!"
Sun Xu smiled confidently and said: "I think this son is a talent that can be created, and he has the favor of the current saint, but recently he has been assassinated by gangsters repeatedly------ once this case is in trouble with the Jingshi, let the saint know, he will definitely not condone the murderer!" ”
"But you arrested Liu Lang------"
Hankook is still a little hesitant. He knew very well that this eunuch was also very favored, and the emperor would definitely be angry with Sun Su because of this.
Sun Xu didn't care, and said with a smile: "You can rest assured, Liu Lang's matter has nothing to do with you, and if the Holy Lord wants to blame, it will definitely not involve you------"
"What did Brother Fuji say?"
Han Tae frowned, and interrupted unhappily: "You and I have been friends for many years, is it possible that in your eyes, I, Han Tae, am such a person who is afraid of things?" ”
"Haha------"
Sun Xu smiled heartily, reached out and patted him lightly on the shoulder, and then said with a straight face: "It has nothing to do with you, why do you need to take this matter to yourself?" You can rest assured, Liu Lang took bribes is a fact, and the saint is a rare Ming monarch today------ although he also favors his relatives and eunuchs, he will not openly favor him, nor will he be harsh on me for this matter. ”
Han Tai thought about it carefully, and the other party was not wrong in what he said, so he had no choice but to nod. Immediately, he turned the conversation and said: "This case about Lu Cheng has actually been raised for a long time, and I have also found some useful clues, so let's talk to Brother Fuji in detail------
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Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall, main hall.
Zhang He's face was full of anger and he sat on the official hat chair at the top. There was a man kneeling tremblingly below, it was Zhang Chengyu's henchman, the one who ran to report to Lu Cheng yesterday.
At this moment, Zhang He really wanted to kill someone. He never expected that his side had just opened up the relationship with Liu Zhenshou, and when he was about to rescue his son, the Zhang family had an internal ghost.
Most of the Zhang family's property was spent, but Liu Lang let Lord Futai arrest him. Maybe soon, it will be implicated in himself, the briber, how can he not be angry?
Because the amount of bribes offered this time was too huge, even Zhang He had no bottom in his heart. Once Governor Sun is more serious, he will not be able to run away as a briber, and the sentence will be death if it is heavier!
Of course, at that time, it is completely possible to put the responsibility on Liu Lang, and insist that the Zhang family was blackmailed by the other party and was forced to bribe------ but it is not easy to do this matter, it mainly depends on whether Lord Futai intends to investigate deeply, and whether Liu Lang will bite him back.
In fact, the best way is to let one of Zhang's disciples come out to apologize, but Zhang He can't bear to use such a means------ right now, Zhang Chengyu, the bastard, can give up, but the other party will definitely not be willing to cooperate, and this matter will naturally be difficult to work.
Zhang Chengyu, Zhang Chengyu------ as soon as he thought of this name, Zhang He felt very sad, his "good nephew" would do such a thing!
Thinking about it this way, it is likely that the murder of Lu Cheng was also led by him behind the scenes.
It's just that Zhang He can't figure it out, how could he collude with Lu Cheng, doesn't Lu Cheng know the inside story? Or, the so-called "murder" is actually just a scene directed and acted by Lu Cheng?
If this is the case, then this person is too terrifying------ and his scheming city is by no means comparable to ordinary people!
But looking back and thinking about it carefully, it shouldn't be right, because Lu Cheng had no motive to kill Zhang Chengzhi. Zhang Chengzhi was only assigned to the army in the end, which was also the result of the mercy of his subordinates.
Looking at the man kneeling below, Zhang He was also extremely remorseful in his heart. When I met him yesterday, I should have thought of this, why didn't I let people check the origin of this suspicious person------
This subordinate is different from the servant of the Zhang family, after all, he is not a slave, and he will pay for his life if he kills him directly. Although the Zhang family secretly killed many people, at this juncture, killing them would only cause trouble for themselves.
Moreover, Zhang He's hands have not been stained with blood for many years, and the anger in his early years has also been worn away a lot. He thought about it for a while, and ordered a few henchmen waiting on the side: "Waste his arms and throw them to East Yulin Lane!" ”
"Yes!"
Several henchmen and subordinates responded in unison, and dragged the man who was begging for mercy out. If you want to do it, of course, it will not be to choose this daylight time to do it in your own martial arts hall.
As for whether this person can survive in the future, Zhang He doesn't care too much. What he needs most urgently now is how to resolve the current crisis and get out of Liu Lang's bribery case.
Just as he was thinking about it, a subordinate hurried over and hurriedly reported: "Old hall owner, there is news from the village, saying that it is ------ that the eldest lady is missing!" ”
Zhang He was shocked when he heard this, Huo Ran got up and said, "Quick, let someone go and find her back------"
After a pause, he waved his hand again and changed his words: "Forget it, this matter is not in a hurry, let people go out to find out her whereabouts, follow quietly, don't alarm others." ”
"Yes------"
Though he was a little puzzled by such a strange order, the man answered, and then retreated.
"Alas, I just hope that the Lu family kid can save some face for your sake------"
Zhang He looked at the door thoughtfully for a long time, and finally just sighed lightly and sat down. I don't want him to sit down, and someone comes into the house to report, saying that someone is from the governor's yamen.
What should have come has come after all, and there is no way to avoid it------
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(PS: It's late, I'm really sorry, Kavinka is amazing.) I saw the book review area complaining.,It's too much branch line.,I modified the plot a little bit.,This small plot will end soon.,Thank you for the friends who have been watching and put forward valuable opinions for this! )