On the third day after the arrival of the customs department and the sailors in Ningbo Mansion, the governor of Zhejiang, the governor of Zhejiang, the political envoy of Zuobu in Zhejiang, and the envoy of Zhejiang arrived one after another.

When Li Hongyu sent people to Shanghai County to transfer troops, he also sent official documents to all the important officials of Zhejiang in Hangzhou, asking the four major officials, led by the governor of Zhejiang, to participate in the interrogation of the assassination.

The officials in Hangzhou did not have the slightest clue about the assassination of Li Hongyu's stand-in, and when they were in a hurry, they did not realize that Li Hongyu had found the instigator behind the scenes, and the instigator behind the scenes came from Ningbo, which was under the jurisdiction of the Zhejiang Political Envoy Department, so they naturally did not dare to slack off, and rushed to Ningbo City without stopping.

The dignified Ming auxiliary ministers were assassinated by the people of Zhejiang on the ground in Zhejiang, and this responsibility is not something that the governor of Zhejiang and other officials can bear.

The prefect of Ningbo is also dumb and can't say that he can't say that he has suffered from Coptis chinensis, and he never imagined that those smugglers would be so bold and reckless, and even the auxiliary ministers of the imperial court would dare to murder him.

After the governor of Zhejiang arrived in Ningbo, the governor of Zhejiang, the political envoy of Zuobu, and the envoy of the inspector successively called the prefect of Ningbo to reprimand him, because his unfavorable governance led to the birth of this assassination incident, if it were not for the need for him to call for investigation, he would have been suspended from his post and awaiting investigation.

Perhaps fearing that they would be implicated in the case, several middle-level businessmen of the smuggling syndicate packed up their gold and silver and were about to flee overseas when they were intercepted by the sailors' at the dock.

However, the sailors' people did not arrest the merchants who wanted to escape in the name of conspiracy to assassinate Li Hongyu, but handed them over to the Ningbo Prefecture Yamenluo on the grounds that they had violated the imperial court's ban on the sea and attempted to go to sea without permission.

Li Hongyu did not think that the middle-level and lower-level businessmen of those smuggling groups were involved in the plot of assassination, and this kind of thing was naturally known to as few people as possible, so he was not ready to attack those middle- and lower-level businessmen, and in his opinion, it did not make much sense to do so.

After the governor of Zhejiang and others arrived in Ningbo, the officials of the Customs Department in charge of the case posted a notice announcing that the assassination case would be tried in three days, and that the people of Ningbo City would be able to come to the government office to hear the trial, which aroused the interest of many people in Ningbo.

At this moment, the homes of the arrested businessmen have been raided by the Customs Department and the sailors, but their families and subordinates have not been put in prison, but have been detained in a courtyard of the luxury mansion of the merchants, and the outside world is forbidden to contact them.

When they learned that the arrested businessmen were still intact and had not been tortured to extract confessions in prison, the governor of Zhejiang and others could not help but be surprised.

It stands to reason that in such a major case, torture must be used against those who do not confess, otherwise how could the other party open up? Therefore, they were puzzled by the Customs Department's approach to investigating the case, and they would not think that those businessmen would honestly confess their crimes, in which case they would only reduce their crimes, and they would inevitably become prisoners.

Therefore, those arrested businessmen will definitely bear the burden of death and not confess, even if they don't think about themselves, they have to leave a way for their families to live, and once they confess, everything will be over.

Under the arrangement of the officials in charge of investigating the case of the Customs Department, the governor of Zhejiang and others interrogated the arrested businessmen, who looked haggard and depressed but had no injuries on their bodies, and they were not punished.

In fact, this was the first time that the businessmen had been in prison by officials of the Customs Department, which was a torment for those people, who were in a reverie because they did not know what was going on in the outside world.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Mingzhi's in-laws, the middle-aged man with a Chinese character face is also among the businessmen who were escorted, and this is naturally done to hide people's eyes and ears and avoid the middle-aged man with a national character face from becoming the target of public criticism, after all, he will have to live in Ningbo in the future and cannot let people know that he is the leaker.

The night before the trial, a young officer from the Customs Department led two of his entourage into the jail, which was guarded by jailers and sailor soldiers, who were in charge of the arrest of the smugglers.

When the young officer arrived at a cell, the sailor soldiers guarding the door immediately opened the door and put it inside, then closed the door.

In the cell, a middle-aged man with bloodshot eyes was sitting on a haystack with a blank gaze and starry outside the window.

"You are Lu Hai?" The young official glanced the middle-aged man up and down, and asked quietly.

"It's under that you're ......"

The middle-aged man came back to his senses when he heard this, glanced at the young official and quickly stood up, not knowing why this official wearing the uniform of the Customs Department came this time.

"This officer is the attendant officer beside Scholar Li."

The young official glanced at the middle-aged man and asked quietly, "Lu Hai, do you know why you haven't been passed by the Customs Department?" ”

Lu Hai subconsciously shook his head when he heard this, and his eyes couldn't help but show a look of doubt, this was what had been bothering him, making him sleepless and exhausted.

"Don't you think it's strange why Scholar Li knew so quickly that you were the one who carried out the assassination?" The young official stared at Lu Hai and continued to ask, his tone indifferent.

"This official is wronged below, how can he do such a rebellious thing if he has always been impartial and law-abiding, someone must have framed him, and I hope that the official can see clearly, and he will be innocent and fair in the next one."

Lu Hai's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly bowed his hand to the official and said, Now that the assassination of Li Hongyu has become a big problem, it is not possible that Li Hongyu has died of his injuries, so how dare he admit it now.

In addition, the word "official" has two mouths, Lu Hai knows that those people in the government turn their faces faster than books, and they dare to say anything in order to get a confession, and when they get what they want, they immediately cross the river and tear down the bridge, turning their faces ruthlessly.

It was precisely because he knew the style of the people in the government that Lu Hai was full of vigilance against the arrival of this young official, and insisted that the assassination had nothing to do with him.

"Do you want to know how many people the scholar ordered to arrest this time?" The young official knew that Lu Hai had some scruples in his heart, so he looked at him quietly and asked.

Lu Hai hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded, since he was arrested by the Customs Department and the sailors, he had cut off all contact with the outside world, and he didn't know what was going on outside, and he didn't know how many people were arrested.

"Then you have to listen well, and see if the scholar has caught the wrong person!" The young official sneered when he saw this, and then announced a few names in a deep voice.

With the report of those names, Lu Hai's face gradually turned pale, and his heartbeat involuntarily increased, the names reported by the young official were the bosses of the Ningbo merchant gang who were plotting together at that time, and none of them were bad.

"Well, none of them escaped!"

Seeing that Lu Hai's face was extremely ugly, the young official looked at Lu Hai with a cold expression, "It's ridiculous, you are still carrying it here, but someone has truthfully confessed to the crime, and assassinating the auxiliary ministers of the court is like a rebellion, you just wait for the whole house to be beheaded!" ”

"Who...... Who confessed? Lu Hai's body couldn't help but tremble when he heard this, cold sweat flowed down his cheeks, and he asked the young official in a panic, and he already believed the young official's words with those names.

"Are you sure you want to know? Once the official tells you the answer, then you won't even have a chance to make meritorious contributions. The young official was keenly aware of the change in Lu Hai's mood, and looked at him with a sneer and asked.

"Official, I was wronged in the lower ranks, maybe those people participated in the assassination of the scholars, but they definitely didn't, please check the officials."

Lu Hai's face changed again, and then he gritted his teeth and said to the young official, he didn't believe that anyone would confess, because even if he confessed, he would not be able to escape the guilt, it was better to bite to death and not participate in the case, maybe there was a glimmer of life.

As for the young official's ability to accurately report the names of the people involved in the matter at that time, Lu Hai believes that it is just speculation, because there are only a few businessmen who are qualified to be involved, and it is easy to guess.

"Do you think this official is cheating on you?"

Seeing the look of alarm in Lu Hai's eyes, the young official couldn't help but sneer, and told the time and place of Lu Hai and the others' plot, including the proposal of the round-faced middle-aged man.

"Absolutely...... There is no such thing, it is slander, and someone is framing it. ”

When Lu Hai heard this, his whole person froze there suddenly, his face was bloodless, and the young official could guess the people involved in the case, but he should not know the details, which made him confused, and he denied it in a panic.

"Look, is the signature on this sign yours?"

The young official knew from the change in Lu Hai's expression that he was in a state of mind now, so he was ready to give him the final fatal blow, took out a piece of paper from his arms and showed it to Lu Hai, and said in a deep voice, "In black and white, how can you deny it!" ”

"You......... How did you have it, who ...... Who gave it to you? ”

Lu Hai looked at it subconsciously, and then his expression changed greatly, sweat was pouring down on his forehead, and he looked at the young official with a frightened face, and stammered and asked.

This piece of paper is naturally the alliance contract signed by Lu Hai and others at that time, Lu Hai also has a copy in his hand, hidden in a friend's house, Lu Hai can see his signature at a glance, and his heart is naturally extremely shocked, I don't know whose alliance contract was obtained by the government.

When the news of Li Hongyu's assassination of his stand-in reached Ningbo City, Lu Hai and others put the letter of alliance in a safe place outside, so as not to search them out when the government sealed their residences.

Originally, Lu Hai and several others made it clear that they would advance and retreat together, and they would not take out the contract for the sake of their families, but now the scene that appeared made Lu Hai doubly shocked, and he never imagined that someone would betray everyone and choose to surrender to the Customs Department, wouldn't this be about taking the lives of other people who kept their mouths?

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