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After finding out the truth of the murder and taking down the real murderer, Lu Zhen and the others escorted Kong Lian and walked out of the gate in the eyes of the teachers and students of Fuxue.

After this incident, the perception of Governor Lu has changed greatly, and their bad feelings towards him have disappeared, but they have more respect for him. This is not only because he was able to find out this seemingly complicated murder case in just half a day, but also because of his words that taught them a lesson. Taught by the words of the saints, they could still understand the weight of those words, and the governor who could say such righteous and awe-inspiring words could not really be a traitor.

At the same time, some people still secretly thought in their hearts, Kong Lian, as a member of the Kong family, actually did such a bad deed, does this illustrate a certain truth that makes people not think about it?

Lu Jin didn't know that this case could play such a positive role, and he was still thinking about what to do next. Kong Lian's matter is likely to be instructed by Qufu's side, at least by acquiescence, otherwise he would not have such courage as a house slave. And in this case, should I fight back?

"My lord......" Just as he was pondering, a voice suddenly sounded beside him, and Lu Zhen turned his head to see the prefect He Yuan standing there with a tangled face.

Looking at his appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Lu Zhen quickly understood what he was embarrassed about: "In this way, the offender will be brought back first, I still have some things to ask in detail, and after everything is clarified, I will hand it over to the government for disposal." What does the prefect think? ”

Hearing such an arrangement, He Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly replied: "What Lord Futai said is that the lower officials obey orders. He really didn't want to take Kong Lian, a prisoner, to his mansion, because this was clearly a hot potato for him.

Don't look at Kong Lian now that he has been convicted and become a prisoner, but he is still a member of the Kong family after all. As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog, let alone such a domestic slave with status. I'm afraid that if I haven't interrogated much, there will be the Kong family, or people close to the Kong family, who will come to intercede openly and secretly. But this case was cracked by the governor, and it was closely related to himself, even to give He Yuan a few more courage, he didn't dare to really let people go, so he didn't dare to take Kong Lian into his hands.

Now that Lu Zhen has taken over the burden, He Yuan is naturally relaxed. This also gave him a little more respect for the governor. It is a good thing that the boss is capable, but in comparison, a responsible boss can win the hearts of his subordinates.

Lu Zhen greeted the other party with a smile, and ordered a few guards to escort Kong Lian, who had already lost his soul, and went home. By the time he returned to Xingyuan, it was already an undeclared turn, and the sun was already a little westward.

Seeing that the governor had taken someone back after a trip, many of the subordinates who stayed here were full of questions. However, Lu Zhen was not busy talking about the matter, but directly instructed Han Wutong who came up: "Let the kitchen prepare some food, we haven't eaten yet." "I patronized the case before, but I forgot the time. On the way back, both Lu Zhen and those guards were hungry, and from time to time there were people rumbling in their stomachs.

Han Wutong hurriedly agreed, and went to the back kitchen to make arrangements. And Lu Zhen ordered someone to temporarily take Kong Lian into custody, and then went back to the backyard to change his clothes, and waited for him to interrogate the other party after he was full.

After such a delay, it was more than half an hour, and when he brought Kong Lian up again, the sky was already a little dark, and a row of candles was lit in the hall, illuminating the latter's face a little whiter.

After carefully examining this scheming murderer for a long time, Lu Zhen spoke: "Your name is Kong Lian, I don't know what it has to do with that Kong Che?" ”

I thought that Lu Jin would interrogate himself violently about the case or the Kong family, but he didn't expect that it was such a sentence at the beginning, which suddenly made Kong Lian stunned, and the words he had prepared to deal with it were useless. It wasn't until a few soldiers beside him whispered that he came back to his senses and replied honestly: "The villain naturally can't be compared with him, he is the second steward of the house, and the villain is just an ordinary house slave......"

"Ordinary house slaves?" Lu Zhen shook his head disapprovingly: "Have you ever seen a master who would send an ordinary house slave to study in the school?" If you want me to tell me, your master is also very important to you, and even intends to train you to become a leader, right? ”

Kong Lian bowed his head and didn't say a word, but he acquiesced. Seeing this, Lu Zhen shook his head again: "Because of this, you are grateful to the Kong family, and you really want to make a few contributions to it, firstly, you can repay your kindness, and secondly, you can also increase your status and weight in the house, what the official said is good, right?" ”

This is exactly what Kong Lian thought in his heart, and he subconsciously nodded and admitted. As soon as Lu Zhen saw it, he quickly followed this train of thought and said: "So this time you hit the idea on the official, not only instigating those students to come to the door of my governor's office, but also killing people after the matter was revealed, and wanting to blame the official, yes or no?" ”

Kong Lian heard his sudden change in tone and said such a speculation, and his heart suddenly became nervous, but he didn't know what to say for a while, after all, his murder charge was irrefutable. But Lu Zhen didn't have any intention of pausing, and continued: "Do you know that this matter of opening the sea is determined by His Majesty's holy decree, and it is my Ming national policy, even the officials of this Manchurian province can only obey orders to do errands, and you Xiaoxiao Cai actually dares to obstruct and incite those students who don't know the inside story, and the crime is so great that it can destroy your three clans!" Not only you, but also your parents and brothers, this time they will not escape death! ”

This sudden thunderous masterpiece made Kong Lian tremble again, and when he subconsciously protected himself, he shouted: "What is the wronged adult...... The villain did instigate Su Mu to come out and make trouble in front of the governor's yamen, and indeed killed him by mistake for the sake of secrecy, but ...... But this time, the person who provoked the life was not a villain, but a ...... Rather, ......" At the end of the words, he seemed to hesitate a little.

Lu Zhen didn't give him a chance to think about it, and shouted as soon as he slapped the table: "Who did all this, if you don't recruit it, then the official can only identify it as you." The two crimes are punished together, you should know that the king's law is strict! ”

"It's Kong Che! It was he who instructed me and asked me to use the name of the Confucian family to persuade the students of the prefecture to do this! Under heavy pressure, Kong Lian finally told the truth. And after telling the truth, he understood something, and the whole person was like being pulled out of his bones, and he suddenly collapsed to the ground like mud.

Asked about the key to this matter from his mouth, Lu Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief, and while ordering the scribe in charge of recording next to him to take the confession and sign it for Kong Lian, he fell into deep thought.

For this incident, what he values most is yesterday's farce. Although it doesn't seem to have much impact on him on the surface, if you can't reveal the people behind the scenes, it will always be a big hidden danger.

Even if he had guessed that it was the people of the Kong family who were making trouble behind it, it was not good to blame them for this without conclusive evidence. After all, it is the heir of a saint who has been inherited for thousands of years, canonized by the imperial court, and has a great reputation and excellent reputation.

In order to dig out the answer he wanted from Kong Lian's mouth, he took a lot of thought this time. first stabilized him with small talk, then suddenly attacked, forced him into a desperate situation, and finally forced him to confide the truth of the matter under the pressure step by step.

Although they are both slaves of the Kong family, this matter was planned by Kong Lian or Kong Che, but there is a huge difference. If it is identified as the former, the Kong family can push it all and blame everything on his own opinions. But if he is determined to be the mastermind of Kong Che, his identity as the head of the Kong family is enough to make it difficult for the entire Kong family to get rid of the involvement.

"Take him down, take him into custody, don't let him make any mistakes, and don't starve him." After coming back to his senses again, Lu Zhen made such an order.

Only then did the subordinates in the hall come back to their senses from the shock, and with a promise, they took Kong Lian, who was weak, down. Even these ordinary soldiers were also frightened by the truth of this matter, because they also knew how powerful and famous the Confucian family was in Shandong, and it was conceivable how difficult it would be for the governor to be an enemy of him.

After he was the only one left in the hall, a wry smile appeared on Lu Jin's face. At this time, he also understood that even if there was irrefutable evidence for the other party, it was still not a very realistic thing to use this matter to deal with the Kong family.

As long as I really dare to make a move, I am afraid that it will not take a few days to participate in the impeachment of his own bullet seal to drown out the General Political Secretary. At that time, not only those who are officials, but also those who read in the world may regard themselves as enemies, so even if the emperor defends himself, he is afraid that he will not be able to do anything.

This is the most embarrassing truth in front of Lu Zhen - if you want to succeed in opening the sea, you must suppress the Kong family, otherwise they will definitely come up with more ways to restrain them in the future. At that time, I am afraid that I will not have the heart to deal with serious things when I patronize them.

But the Kong family was such a behemoth, it was a much more powerful existence than any powerful enemy he had encountered before. Relying on the name of the Confucian saints, relying on the accumulation of thousands of years, they are completely invincible, if they try to challenge it, it is a deviation from the scriptures, and they will stand on the opposite side of all scholars, which is not something that he can deal with as a military squire or the governor of Shandong.

It wasn't until this moment that Lu Zhen finally understood what a huge pit those courtiers had dug for themselves, and how difficult it was to open the sea in Shandong......

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