Chapter 129: Persuasion (1st Update)
(A big chapter for the bubbling fish, three more today)
One morning in late August, a horse-drawn carriage stopped in front of a grand house.
As the curtain was lifted, Li Hongyu got out of the carriage, glanced at the "Shen Mansion" plaque hanging above the gate, and walked towards the courtyard gate.
"May I ask what this son is up to?" When he arrived at the door, two doormen who guarded the door blocked Li Hongyu's way, perhaps because he saw that Li Hongyu was wearing a blue shirt and was famous, so his attitude was very polite.
"This is my son-in-law, the head of the Li case of the Xiangyang Mansion Jinke Tong Test, and I came to visit the head of the Shen case." Seeing this, Rou'er, who was following Li Hongyu, hurriedly stepped forward and handed over Li Hongyu's name post.
At this time, the difference in the fame obtained in the imperial examination was revealed, although the fame of the head of the child examination and the child examination students were both talents, there was no doubt that the status of the head of the case was better than that of ordinary students.
"Li's case, please, the little one is to inform my eldest young master."
The two doormen couldn't help but glance at Li Hongyu in surprise when they heard this, the matter of Linjiang Tower could make Li Hongyu famous in Wuchang City, and then a doorman took the name card and welcomed Li Hongyu in with a smile on his face, Shen Bocheng is the eldest son and grandson of the Shen family.
Li Hongyu was led to the living room in the front yard to wait, and soon a maid brought steaming tea, and some subordinates looked into the living room, all wanting to see where Li Hongyu, who injured Zhang Quan in Linjiang Tower, was sacred.
In the face of those curious subordinates, Li Hongyu didn't care, and sat there slowly and methodically sipping tea, he came this time to ask Shen Bocheng for help, and wanted Shen Bocheng to maneuver around in order to see Li Hongyi.
Since Li Hongyi was a prisoner sentenced to death, and the life of Xu Tao, a student of Changsha Prefecture, the government would not let anyone from the Li family visit Li Hongyi before the results of the township test came out.
Therefore, at this time, it is necessary to dredge up the relationship between the government and the government, and then meet Li Hongyi in private.
The Shen family where Shen Bocheng is located is a famous family in the Wuchang realm, and it must have a close relationship with the government, so if you want to see Li Hongyi, it is best to ask him for help, after all, he and Shen Bocheng also have some friendship.
After receiving Li Hongyu's name card sent by his subordinates, Shen Bocheng felt quite surprised, he didn't know why Li Hongyu would come to visit, he naturally wanted to see Li Hongyu, no matter how they also had the friendship of the same department, maybe it would be the same year of the township test in the future.
Therefore, he hurriedly asked the maids to wait for him to change into formal clothes, and hurried to the living room in the front yard.
"Brother Li, you're a rare guest." Entering the living room, Shen Bocheng smiled and said to Li Hongyu, "Come here, it's shining!" ”
"Brother Shen's words are serious, the younger brother has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and I hope Brother Shen can help if there is something." Li Hongyu put down the teacup in his hand and got up with a smile to return the salute.
"I don't know what I can do to help Brother Li?" Hearing this, Shen Bocheng was slightly stunned, and asked with a smile after taking a seat on the side.
"Brother Li also knows that the younger brother's cousin is in prison because of the Mingyue Pavilion case, and the younger brother's uncle is running around in order to see his cousin, and he hopes that Brother Li can help so that the younger brother's uncle can meet his cousin." Li Hongyu bowed his hand to Shen Bocheng and said solemnly.
"I see."
Shen Bocheng suddenly bowed his head slightly when he heard this, no wonder Li Hongyu was coming to him, he could really help Li Hongyu in this matter, the Shen family had a good relationship with various yamen in Wuchang City, so it was not difficult to see Li Hongyi.
"Brother Li, this matter also has a certain relationship with the students of our Wuchang Mansion, so this matter is wrapped up in the body."
Subsequently, Shen Bocheng agreed with a smile after pondering for a while, the case of Mingyue Pavilion was triggered by Li Hongyi's banquet in the final analysis, so he couldn't ignore it, otherwise it would inevitably attract criticism.
"Thank you, Brother Shen." Li Hongyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him loudly, with Shen Bocheng's words, he would be able to see Li Hongyi.
Due to Shen Bocheng's warm invitation, Li Hongyu did not leave until after lunch, he is not only the head of the Xiangyang Mansion Tong Test, but also the grandson of Zhao Guangfeng, the great Confucian of Huguang Shilin, can be said to be from a famous family, so he will naturally be treated differently by Shen Bocheng, so Shen Bocheng naturally wants to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.
In Shen Bocheng's eyes, although Fang Yun is the rising star of Huguang Shilin with the same name as him, because Fang Yun was born in a poor family, he despised Fang Yun a little in his heart, and paid more attention to Li Hongyu, who had a family history.
When Li Hongyu returned to Li's mansion, Li Renhe was drinking Chinese medicine at his residence, and he had not only lost a lot of weight these days, but also looked more haggard, as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden.
"Hongyu, you're here, sit down." Seeing Li Hongyu enter the door, Li Renhe drank the medicine in the bowl in one go, smiled and motioned for him to sit down, and then said apologetically, "During this time, the uncle was so busy because of your second brother that he was dizzy, and he couldn't go to the Gongyuan to pick you up." ”
"Uncle is serious, now the second brother's matter is the most important." Li Hongyu smiled disappreciatively when he heard this, he naturally didn't care about this matter.
"Hongyu, how did you do in the township exam?" Li Renhe asked his subordinates to bring hot tea, and after taking a sip, he asked, Now all the hopes of the Li family can be said to be on Li Hongyu.
"Uncle, Yu'er has done her best, and now she is resigned to fate." Li Hongyu smiled, although he was full of confidence in the results of the township test, he still had to keep a low profile until the results came out.
"You're still young, even if you don't get in this course, you still have to take the exam next year." Li Renhe also laughed when he heard this, but his smile seemed a little lonely, and it could be seen that he was forcibly squeezed out, after all, where could he still laugh at this time.
In fact, Li Renhe is full of confidence in Li Hongyu's township examination this time, Li Hongyu is a small three yuan in the Xiangyang Mansion Children's Examination, and his strength is there, even if he is unlucky and fails to win, then there will be many opportunities in the future, and he will be admitted to the examination after all.
"Uncle, how happened to going to see the second brother in prison?" Li Hongyu knew that Li Renhe was comforting himself, so he asked with a smile.
"Ugh." Li Renhe's face suddenly darkened when he heard this, and he sighed and said, "Uncle has broken his leg for this matter these days, and he has spent a lot of silver, but those people are some villains who collect money and don't do practical things, and Uncle doesn't know when he will be able to meet your second brother." ”
"Uncle, today I went to see the head of the Wuchang Mansion Tong Test, and he said that he could help arrange to see the second brother." Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, and told Li Renhe a good news.
"Really?" Li Renhe was stunned for a moment, and looked at Li Hongyu in disbelief, he never expected Li Hongyu to help him so much, you must know that Li Hongyi had bullied Li Hongyu a lot before, and it stands to reason that Li Hongyu should be jealous of Li Hongyi in his heart.
"Uncle can rest assured, there should be news in the next two days." Li Hongyu knew Li Renhe's complicated mood now, so he replied with a smile.
"Hongyu, uncle, thank you." Li Renhe came back to his senses and realized that Li Hongyu was not joking, so he thanked Li Hongyu in a complicated mood, and his expression was quite ashamed.
"Uncle, what are you going to do after meeting the second brother?" Li Hongyu didn't want to worry about the past anymore, so he smiled and asked seemingly casually.
"Your second brother is wronged, I must wash away his grievances." Li Renhe's face sank when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and said, "There must be someone in the Mingyue Pavilion who knows something, I want to find out about it!" ”
"Uncle, if you can trust me, hand over the second brother's affairs to me, and I will definitely meet the prefect at that time and wash away the grievances of the second brother!" Hearing this, Li Hongyu pondered for a moment and looked at Li Renhe with a serious expression.
"What?" Li Renhe didn't react for a while when he heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu in amazement, he suspected that he had heard it wrong just now.
"Uncle, since the case of Mingyue Pavilion happened, I felt that something was wrong, but because the township examination was close to the government at that time, it was necessary to appease the students who were taking the examination in Changsha Mansion, so it would not allow the case to make another wave, so I could only wait until after the township examination to investigate this case."
Li Hongyu looked at Li Renhe seriously, and said in an orderly manner, "Since then, I have arranged for someone to secretly go to Mingyue Pavilion to investigate, since they want to frame the second brother, they will eventually show their feet, as long as they catch the flaws, they can wash away the grievances of the second brother." ”
"Uncle, only when those who framed the second brother think that the second brother's case has been decided, then they will make mistakes, so I hope that the uncle can hand over this matter to me, so as not to startle the snake."
Saying that, Li Hongyu's face turned pale, and he said with a serious expression, "Uncle, I promise you that I will definitely catch the real culprit and return the second brother's innocence." ”
Li Hongyu is not just comforting Li Renhe, he now has some clues about the case of Mingyue Pavilion, so as long as he is given some time, he believes that he can find out the real culprit behind the scenes.
Li Renhe finally came back to his senses, his face was full of unbelievable looks, Li Hongyu's words and deeds today were completely unexpected by him, which made him take aback.
"Hongyu, then I'll leave your second brother's affairs to you!" After pondering for a while, Li Renhe made up his mind, looked at Li Hongyu intently and said, his eyes looked extremely complicated.
He felt that Li Hongyu in front of him suddenly became very unfamiliar, as if he had changed a different person, and became calm and calm, which made him confused for a while.
Now Li Renhe can only choose to believe in Li Hongyu, because Li Hongyu has more resources and connections in Wuchang City than him, and the effect of investigating the case is also better, not to mention anything else, he wants to go to the prison to see Li Hongyi, it is difficult to ascend to the sky, but Li Hongyu just visited Shen Bocheng to achieve this goal.
In addition, Li Hongyu can meet the chief officials of the various yamen in Wuchang City, but Li Renhe does not have this ability, so it is not easy to overturn the case for Li Renhe!
Li Hongyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this, as long as Li Renhe didn't get involved, then he wouldn't startle the snake, he was now waiting for the other party to make a mistake.