(Ask for support, the grades are a little poor, a little discouraged)

Huguang Governor Yamen.

In the conference hall, Governor Li Yu, Zuobu Political Envoy Yang Xuenian, Right Cloth Political Envoy Shen Youlun, Tixue Official Yan Yan, Inspector Lu Chongde and Du Commander Cui Dahai gathered together to discuss the two cases of Mingyue Pavilion and Linjiang Tower.

Because Zhu Shengchang and Zhang Quan were involved, the atmosphere at the scene was a little dignified and depressing, and no one was willing to speak first, and they all tasted tea there quietly.

Although the Chu Wangfu is the uncrowned king of Wuchang City, the Wuwei Houfu is not easy to provoke, and once it is mishandled, it will inevitably cause a lot of unnecessary trouble, so it is better to talk less and listen more now.

Among all the people on the scene, Li Yu's mood was undoubtedly the worst, in just one day, two major cases related to the candidates in the Moon Pavilion and Linjiang Building made him quite annoyed but helpless, he never expected that this kind of thing would happen near the township examination.

Not only that, the students of the state capitals such as Xiangyang Mansion and Changsha Prefecture not only surrounded the governor's yamen and the inspection envoy yamen yesterday, but also gathered in front of Wuchangwei today to support Li Hongyu, which made the matter even more complicated and tricky, and the slightest carelessness would cause a commotion that no one wanted to see, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, Li Yu was in a dilemma in the face of Li Hongyu and Zhang Quan's case, and he was in a dilemma, and the Chu Wangfu, the Wuwei Marquis Mansion and the students who took the exam gave him huge psychological pressure.

"Lord Governor, the students involved in the two cases of Mingyue Pavilion and Linjiang Tower are all famous, and according to the law, their fame should be removed before the trial can be held."

In silence, Lu Chongde took the lead in breaking the calm of the scene, and after a deep groan, he put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Li Yu with a serious expression.

Lu Chongde had to do this, as the chief officer in charge of the Huguang Prison, he had to give his opinion in the Mingyue Pavilion and Linjiang Lou cases, anyway, Li Yu would be the first to ask his opinion at that time, so it was better to take the initiative to open his mouth and find the first opportunity.

"Yan Tixue, it has now been ascertained that Li Hongyi and Li Hongyu are indeed involved in the two cases of Mingyue Pavilion and Linjiang Building, and I hope that Yan Tixue can regain the reputation of the two of them, so that the Yamen can try these two cases."

Li Yu bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and said to Yan Yan, who was sitting at the lower hand sipping tea, that the removal of the merit of the student was the prerogative of the school official, and even he, the governor, could not interfere.

"Your Excellency the Governor, this official has read the case report sent by Wuchang Mansion and Wuchangwei, Li Hongyi's involvement in the murder and bloody case of Mingyue Pavilion should be removed from the merits and tried by the Yamen."

Yan Yan put down the teacup in his hand when he heard this, and after a deep groan, he said solemnly to Li Yu, "But it is still unknown whether Li Hongyu is a witness or the murderer who stabbed the little marquis in the Linjianglou case, and neither Wuchang Mansion nor Wuchangwei has given a clear conclusion, so this official feels that whether to remove Li Hongyu's reputation is still to be discussed!" ”

"Lord Governor, this official was ordered by the emperor to learn from Huguang and select talents for the country, and he dare not slack off with great responsibility."

As he spoke, Yan Yan tilted his hand upwards and said in a deep voice, "Li Hongyu is the head of the Xiangyang Mansion Tong Trial, his article has been read by the official, not only full of enthusiasm, but also reveals the intention of serving the country with loyalty, it is indeed a material that can be made, the official does not want to delay his heart to serve the country when the situation is unclear, otherwise he will lose the emperor's favor!" ”

Hearing this, the corners of Li Yu's mouth couldn't help but reveal a wry smile, it seems that Yan Yan is loving talents, and he is planning to protect Li Hongyu, otherwise he won't even move out of the Wanli Emperor.

Lu Chongde and the others present couldn't help but glance at each other, everyone had been up and down in the officialdom for decades, and naturally heard Yan Yan's intention to protect Li Hongyu, so they seized the loopholes in the case reported by Wuchang Mansion and Wuchangwei to ensure that Li Hongyu's reputation was not removed.

Speaking of which, it is no wonder that Wuchang Mansion and Wuchangwei are not guilty, Wuchang Mansion is good to say, the pressure is those students who take the exam, and Wuchangwei is more miserable, and the pressure is not only from Wuchangwei but also from Chu Wangfu.

Therefore, in order to protect themselves, the people of Wuchangfu and Wuchangwei had to write the Linjianglou case vaguely, unable to determine Li Hongyu's role in the case of injuring Zhang Quan, and at the same time did not say that Zhang Quan intended to rape Qin Yue, only mentioning that Zhang Quan and Li Hongyu had a dispute.

In this way, Wuchangfu and Wuchangwei would not offend Li Hongyu and Zhang Quan, and as for how the case would be tried, it would be left to Li Yu and other high-ranking officials in the Huguang region to decide.

However, this gave Yan Yan the opportunity to protect Li Hongyu, since neither Wuchang Mansion nor Wuchangwei said whether Li Hongyu was Zhang Quan who deliberately injured him, there was naturally no way to hold Li Hongyu responsible.

If Li Hongyu was to stop Qin Yue, who was drugged in order to stop Zhang Quan's rape, then Li Hongyu is undoubtedly a witness to Zhang Quan's intention to **** Qin Yue, so naturally there is no need to dismiss his reputation.

And if Li Hongyu injured Zhang Quan, who was alone with Qin Yue at the time, in order to be jealous, then Li Hongyu is an out-and-out abuser and should be dismissed.

As for the fact that Qin Yue was drugged, although the facts have been confirmed, it cannot be proved to be related to Zhang Quan.

After all, this kind of drugging is not at all a good thing, Zhang Quan, the little marquis, will do it, and naturally someone will do it for him, so how to determine that Qin Yue was drugged is the key to the Linjianglou case.

It's a pity that both Wuchang Mansion and Wuchangwei avoided this, and only said that Qin Yue was drugged, without mentioning that the person in charge was Zhang Quan.

The second key to the Linjianglou case is whether Zhang Quan wanted to rape Qin Yue in the suite at that time, because the only person who witnessed the preparation of cutting Qin Yue's clothes at that time was Li Hongyu, including Zhao Xin and others, only saw Zhang Quan standing by the bedside when they came in, so how to define this matter determined the nature of the Linjianglou case.

Of course, everyone knows what Zhang Quan wants to do to Qin Yue, but after all, there is no conclusive evidence, if Zhang Quan denies it, no one will take him, in the face of a powerful person of Zhang Quan's level, it is obvious that evidence is very important, otherwise the Wuwei Marquis Mansion will definitely not give up.

In fact, Yan Yan's efforts to protect Li Hongyu this time are not only because he admires him, but also because he hates Zhang Quan, a powerful child who relies on the power of his family to do evil.

It is worth mentioning that Yan Yanhu will be transferred back to the capital to continue to serve as an engineering official after his three-year term of office, so although he is now a scholar, he is essentially a speech official.

Maybe Li Yu and other local officials in Huguang should be afraid of the Wuwei Hou Mansion, but Yan Yan is not afraid that the Wuwei Hou Mansion will trouble him, you must know that the Yanguan group above the court is the most difficult to provoke.

During the time of Emperor Xuande, in view of the fact that there were many deserters from the local guards, Emperor Xuande sent the Beijing officials, mainly the officials, to clean up the military affairs in the guards.

The degree of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies made the officials deeply disgusted but helpless, after all, the emperor favored the governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Besides, Yan Yan is the school official of Huguang, and he can be said to be the "parent official" of the seventeen state capitals in the Huguang area, so he naturally has to protect Li Hongyu, who provokes Zhang Quan, the son of a nobleman, otherwise how will others think of him?

Moreover, Li Hongyu is the head of the Xiangyang Mansion trial personally selected by Yan Yan, and there is a friendship between teachers and students between the two, since he can't protect Li Hongyi, who has "conclusive evidence of the crime", then of course he must protect Li Hongyu, otherwise wouldn't it make the rest of the students chill?

Therefore, taking into account various factors, even if the case report of Wuchang Mansion and Wuchangwei is unfavorable to Li Hongyu, then Yan Yan will try his best to protect Li Hongyu.

This may be the so-called factional power, when the people in the faction are in trouble, the people in the faction will definitely try their best to protect them, as for the truth and facts, it is simply not worth mentioning in the face of power and interests.

Li Yu looked at Yan Yan with a little headache, he naturally knew the reason why Yan Yan did this, now that the township test was approaching, if Yan Yan did not remove Li Hongyu's fame, then Li Hongyu could participate in the township test even if he was in prison, this was not a scene he wanted to see.

Li Yu, the feudal official of Huguang, has his own considerations and calculations, because Li Hongyu has been locked up in Wuchangwei's prison at this time, so in order to appease the injured Zhang Quan, it is better to get rid of Li Hongyu's reputation first, which can be regarded as giving Wuweihou an explanation.

If Li Hongyu is found not guilty, then Yan Yan can restore his fame, so as to save the face of the Chu Palace.

But now Yan Yan has made it clear that he wants to support Li Hongyu, which makes things a little tricky, in case Li Hongyu is named in the Guibang when he tries to do so, then this case will become a joke, and then the local yamen in Huguang will really be difficult to ride a tiger.

"Your Excellency, the commander of Wuchang Weiwei sent someone to send a joint letter from the candidates of the township examination in the fifteen prefectures and two prefectures, if the case of Li Hongyu, the head of the Xiangyang Prefecture children's examination before the township examination, has not been concluded, they will boycott the township examination!"

Just when Li Yu was struggling with how to persuade Yan Yan, a clerk hurriedly walked in, bowed down to report, and was followed by several errand officers holding joint letters in their hands.

"What?" Hearing this, Li Yu couldn't help but be taken aback, he never thought that those students would make such a crazy decision, didn't they want their own future?

Including Yan Yan, everyone at the scene couldn't help but be stunned, no one expected the students to make such an extreme move.

In addition to being shocked, Li Yu's brows furrowed tightly, although the students clearly wanted the government to close the case as soon as possible, but they actually forced the government to release Li Hongyu.

"What a group of stunned young people who are not afraid of the sky and the earth!" After glancing at the joint book held by the officers, the corners of Li Yu's mouth couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

The so-called newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, those students who take the exam do not know what kind of consequences they will bring if they do this, once the incident not only their future will be affected, the Wanli Emperor will be furious, I don't know how many people will be implicated, and I don't know how many people will fall to the ground because of this.

I have to say that those radical students gave Li Yu a thorny problem, which made Li Hongyu's case even more complicated.

In fact, Li Yu is not worried about those students boycotting the examination, due to the intervention of the Chu Palace, he will definitely release Li Hongyu before the township examination, but this matter can only be understood and not spoken, otherwise where is the prestige of the local yamen in Huguang?

What worries Li Yu is that some students are hot-headed for a while before the township examination, or they are instigated by others to do something excessive, which will be troublesome.