The second hall of the county government, in the living room. The three parties are clearly distinguished, and each has a corner.

On the top of the throne are naturally a cadre of officials in the county government, on their left hand side are several stewards of Zhu Xuan's family, and on the right hand side are Lu Zhen and Yin Xiang and a few others, the two sides are staring at each other in the air, and the air is still filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

After a dry cough broke the solemn atmosphere in the hall, Wang Ningxian opened his mouth and said, "Several, in the opinion of this official, what happened in my Xingze County this time must have been caused by some misunderstanding, and I hope that everyone can explain the matter clearly calmly, so as not to cause greater damage." ”

"What a misunderstanding, this is clearly that they saw that they couldn't get food, so they hit our Zhu family with their ideas. And because my lord refused to trade grain, he simply used Qiang. Otherwise, why did someone steal into my house at night to steal food not long after this person surnamed Zheng came to my house, and why did someone from the so-called theirs come with food not long after they got their hands on it? These grains are my Zhu family's! The Zhu family steward immediately spoke out angrily and accused, "Wang Xiancheng, as my official in Xingze County, you still don't want to take these thieves to justice, do you still want to shield them?" ”

"You fart!" Hearing him say this, the people on Lu Jin's side were immediately annoyed, and immediately retorted, "Your Zhu family has lost all their conscience, and the hoarding has already offended everyone in this county, so naturally there are chivalrous people who come to rob the rich and help the poor." Now my lord finally bought some food from Kaifeng, and you actually slandered it as robbing, and dared to rob it, it was really lawless! ”

As soon as the two of them opened their mouths to refute each other, they made it impossible for the rest of the people in the hall to sit idly by, and suddenly, the noise became louder, and you said a few words on both sides, I said a few words, and some people began to roll up their arms and sleeves because they were getting more and more excited the more they talked, and it seemed that they might start to move again at any time.

In the face of such a scene, Wang Ningxian and other county officials were hesitant, and they could only keep persuading this and appeasing that.

Although Lu Jin's face was gloomy, he was not in a hurry to express his opinion, but spoke to Han Wutong in a low voice, "Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Explain all the details you know. Of course, he refused to believe the words of the Zhu family, and only the cronies around him could give him a clear understanding of the ins and outs of the whole matter.

Han Wutong hurriedly responded, and then whispered in Lu Jin's ear about the cause of this incident in detail: "Just two days after you took people to leave the local area, one night, a fire suddenly broke out in the Zhu family's house, and then there was a commotion. It was only after the fact that the little one found out that someone first set fire to his house that night and attracted people in his house to wait for the fire, and then someone suddenly attacked and opened the granary in his house and took away a batch of grain. As for how many, it's hard to say.

Subsequently, the Zhu family went to the county government to make trouble, and bluntly said that we used such a method because we could not buy food from them. At first, they just talked about it, but then when he returned with food from the Lu side, these people insisted that the grain was snatched from his Zhu family, because the county government still wanted to make peace with the mud

and as a result their men set their hands into action. Not only did they injure our people, but they also snatched food, and even broke and demolished our porridge shacks. In this way, those victims naturally stopped doing it, and they started with those evil slaves of the Zhu family. If it weren't for the help of the victims, I'm afraid that even if the little ones were not injured by the Zhu family, they would have to be directly convicted and arrested and imprisoned by the government......" As he spoke, he also stared at the county officials in front of him who were a little anxious and dazed.

The corners of Lu Jin's mouth curled, and he already understood the truth. As Zhu Xuan himself said before, during these days, the county government was completely raised by him and Gong Chen, so once something happened, these people in the government would naturally favor him.

Fortunately, the victims in the city were also involved in this conflict because the porridge shed was destroyed by the Zhu family's slaves and could not eat, because they were worried that things would get out of control completely, the government regained its neutrality at the last moment, and even pretended to protect Han Wutong and others for this reason, so there is today's stalemate situation.

But although the Zhu family used strength to snatch the grain again, they obviously couldn't swallow this breath because they had always been rampant and domineering in Xingze County, and now the situation in the city is becoming more and more chaotic, so they are so unwilling to take a break, and continue to run to the county government to make noise, and they will definitely take down the relevant people for questioning.

Knowing this, Lu Jin already knew where to start to break the game. So he stopped drinking, "Shut up for me!" This voice was quite majestic, and the voice was not small, and it actually suppressed the people on both sides who were arguing at once, and everyone's eyes fell on him.

"Let me ask you, how dare you say that the grain was robbed of your family? Just because your house has been robbed, can't you get any more food in this city? Lu Zhen stared at the Zhu family steward and said coldly.

"I ......" I don't know if it's because of being pressed by others in terms of momentum, or because it's difficult to justify in reason, the steward obviously hesitated for a moment, and then snorted, "Of course, this is only one of the reasons, as for the other, it's because those sacks containing grain still have the marks of my Zhu family on them." You thieves are really stupid, you don't even move your hands and feet, are we really easy to deceive? ”

"Huh?" Lu Zhen was also stunned, and then his eyes narrowed, "Are you saying that the grain bags we shipped from Kaifeng are the same as your family?" ”

"Yes, that's my family's grain, my family's stolen food. And the grain in Kaifeng is very strict, so where can you get the grain? This kind of rhetoric will deceive the ignorant people, but don't try to hide it from us. The steward was confident in his heart, and spoke much more fluently.

He didn't realize that after hearing this, Lu Jin's eyes had flashed with clarity, "Sure enough, everything is really as I expected before, the grain merchants here have a close connection with the Zhou Palace." It's no wonder......"

As early as Kaifeng, Lu Zhen had already seen that the strange reaction of the Zhou Wangfu was very unusual, and he would actually use various means to prohibit people from transporting grain out, especially not allowing people to transport grain to Xingze County, so he even did not hesitate to use violent means to forcibly detain people and detain grain, and then planted a trumped-up charge.

However, due to the lack of necessary evidence at that time, this conjecture could not be fully established. But now it's different, because the Zhu family steward has already said the biggest connection between the two, that is, those grain bags that he has mistaken!

It was precisely because those grain bags were exactly the same that the Zhu Xuan family would insist that the grain transported by the land side was stolen from their homes. But Lu Jin knew that this batch of grain was indeed forced from the Zhou Palace, and he also fought with the palace guards for this reason.

However, he didn't plan to break it now. Although once this matter spreads, it will inevitably be a great blow to King Zhou, but in this way, his situation will become more and more dangerous. Just such a businessman as Zhu Xuan can already make the people in the county government worry about them, if these people know that Zhu Xuan has such a big backer as Zhou Wangfu behind him, he believes that with the weakness of these officials, they will not hesitate to target their own family and directly order someone to take down and punish themselves. No matter how many people protest outside, it is impossible to change their decision.

Seeing Lu Jin's face embarrassed and fell into silence again, the steward became arrogant again, "You have nothing to say now, right?" Wang Xiancheng, don't you still understand the matter? Quickly took down this thief and interrogated him severely. Maybe they didn't even know where they stole the food they brought before! ”

"This ......" The officials suddenly fell into hesitation, looking at this performance, it seems that the truth is really like this, should they really take someone to take it?

"Brother Zheng, I believe in you." Yin Xiang, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly whispered to Lu Jin, "If it's really unclear, why don't we join forces and restrain these unscrupulous people first?" Since they must wronged us for robbing them of their food, we will simply rob them! Those people under your command are absolutely capable of doing this, and together with the people around me, and the people in the city who are waiting to be fed, they will definitely be able to take control of this Xingze County. At that time, it will not only help you get out of this evil breath, but also give you a clean slate, and even get rid of these rich and unkind guys and eliminate harm for the people! ”

Lu Jin, who was thinking about countermeasures and the inside story, was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Yin Xiang with doubts, just like looking at a complete stranger. After a while, he said, "You want to rebel?" ”

"Isn't there really no way around? Brother Zheng, you won't be willing to suffer this injustice and be accused of such a crime, right? Yin Xiang hurriedly persuaded again.

"Yes, how can I be willing?". Lu Zhen said this thoughtfully, and only then did he stand up, so frightened that the body of the Zhu family steward over there suddenly shook, "You...... What are you doing? ”

"Let me ask you, how much grain has been robbed of your Zhu family? Is there a discrepancy with the food that my men have brought back? Also, if it is true that we took this grain from you, as you say, how could I have taken my men out of the city with my guards and give you such a chance to get the food back? Do you think I, Zheng Lu, would be so stupid? ”

This is clearly the steward who asked, but in fact he said it to the county government, and the contradiction in this is really difficult to explain.

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