Soon, under the concerned gaze of everyone, a naval attache walked into the lobby with a stick-like object wrapped in yellow silk in his arms, and solemnly handed the object to Ma Xianglin.

Ma Xianglin opened the yellow silk and revealed a sword with a gorgeous scabbard, this is the Shang Fang Ming Dragon Sword given to Li Hongyu by Emperor Wanli, Li Hongyu has never used it to kill anyone.

"After the investigation of this official, Tian Gaofeng conspired to kill important ministers of the court for his own selfish interests, and the crime is unforgivable, but God has the virtue of a good life, since he has repented, then this official will reduce his crime according to the explanation of the scholar, and sentence him to death by hanging after three days, confiscate all his property, and his family will be transferred to Xiaoliuqiu Island."

Subsequently, Ma Xianglin raised the Shang Fangming Dragon Sword in his hand and announced the verdict loudly, "As for the coercion who confesses the case, he will be beaten with 30 boards and fined a few silvers to see the after-effects." ”

The scholar said that this case is only one case, and there is no such thing as an example, and if there is a repeat offender, the punishment will not be forgiven! As he spoke, Ma Xianglin glanced around at the scene and said loudly.

Tian Gaofeng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, although he had to die, at least he saved the lives of his family, and he could still keep a whole corpse, what else did he have to ask for?

Lu Hai and the others showed a relaxed look on their faces, the thirty boards must be out of shape, as for the fine? They have money, and they don't care how much they are fined.

After listening to Ma Xianglin's verdict, the jury officials in the hall glanced at each other, and secretly admired Li Hongyu's clever methods, and even made Tian Gaofeng confess his guilt in court, which was really unexpected to them.

However, the people who came to see the excitement were very satisfied with the verdict, in the final analysis, the people are accustomed to sympathizing with the weak, and the Tian family's ability to escape meets their expectations.

Among all the people at the scene, the most reassuring was the Ningbo prefect, Ma Xianglin only pointed out Tian Gaofeng's motive for the murder on the grounds that his business was affected, and did not track down the smuggling, and he undoubtedly benefited the most from it.

With the end of this case, Lu Hai and other bigwigs of the Ningbo Business Gang all worked for Li Hongyu, and Ma Xianglin made it very clear in his judgment that it was "to see the after-effects" for them, which means that Li Hongyu grabbed their handles, and they naturally wanted to see Li Hongyu, otherwise they would be looking for death.

Moreover, Lu Hai and others also hope to take refuge in Li Hongyu, and now Li Hongyu is in the limelight in the officialdom, and is in charge of the affairs of Daming's overseas trade, they naturally hope to rely on the big tree to enjoy the shade and take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie.

Chen Mingzhi, who has always kept a low profile, established the Ningbo branch of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce shortly after the end of the case, and served as the president of the Ningbo branch.

In this way, Li Hongyu sold the first step of expanding his power through the assassination case.

Two days later, Yangzhou, Baihua Opera Society.

"Mr. repays grievances with virtue, and the businessmen in Ningbo must be convinced, and they are all used by Mr." In the study, Youlan smiled and brought a cup of hot tea to Li Hongyu, who was checking the case file of the assassination case sent by Ma Xianglin in an expedited manner of 800 miles.

Originally, Youlan thought that Li Hongyu was going to kill in Ningbo City to establish his authority, so as to warn smugglers in other places to abide by the rules, but she never expected that Li Hongyu would finally rise high and fall lightly, and unexpectedly spare the lives of the bigwigs involved in the Ningbo Business Gang, and then ended up with a happy ending.

"Ningbo is one of the most important ports in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is already a perfect commercial system there, if I kill those people, then Ningbo's commerce will be hit hard, and in the end it is our Ming Dynasty who suffers."

Li Hongyu smiled bitterly when he heard this, put down the case file in his hand and said, "This case must be decided, and once it reaches the imperial court, it will be another storm." ”

"Sir, 500,000 taels of silver in exchange for their net worth and life, this is probably the most cost-effective business they have done in their lives."

Youlan couldn't help but smile when she heard this, Ma Xianglin did not announce the amount of the fine for Lu Hai and others, this is because Lu Hai has to pay a fine of up to 500,000 taels per person, so it is not appropriate to announce it to the public.

"Fines are not an end in themselves, they are just a means of punishment."

Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and then sighed to Youlan a little helplessly, "Alas, others still think that I have a lot of money, but I don't know that I have little money left now, so I have to find a way to find funds." ”

"Sir, everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as you can get through this difficult period, then you will be happy, and overseas trade will continue to bring countless wealth to Sir."

Youlan saw Li Hongyu's depressed look, so she smiled and said, "With Mr. 's intelligence, he will definitely be able to get through the current difficulties." ”

Although Youlan didn't know the funds on hand of Li Hongyu, he knew that the expenses of the Customs Department were very large, not only to be busy with overseas trade matters, but also to support sailors and new troops, all the burdens were on Li Hongyu's shoulders, I am afraid that if someone other than Li Hongyu was changed, he would not be able to bear it for a long time.

"I hope so." Li Hongyu also laughed, others can complain to him about the unhappiness in official and private affairs, but as a dignified minister, he can't confide in the bitterness in his heart, and can only occasionally show his hard work to the people close to him.

"Sir, please save Mohe Gongzi!" At this moment, a figure hurriedly entered the door, and said to Li Hongyu in a coquettish voice, his voice was extremely eager.

"Zining, what's wrong?" Seeing that the person who came looked anxious and his eyes were flustered, Li Hongyu couldn't help but ask with some surprise, could it be that something happened to Yang Yu?

"Sir, Mohe Gongzi was framed for murder after being a ** people's daughter, and he has been imprisoned, I heard that there are many auspicious people." The person who entered the door was Zi Ning, and he handed over a letter in his hand to Li Hongyu with a flustered expression, "This is a letter written by someone close to Mohe Gongzi, it seems to be involved in a dispute over family property!" ”

The son of Mohe is Yang Yu, Sichuan Xie Yuan, who participated in the township test in the same year as Li Hongyu, was born in a wealthy family in northern Sichuan, once helped Li Hongyu, and later became a confidant with Li Hongyu.

After Li Hongyu and Youlan were taken away by Liu Haiying, Yang Yu helped the drama club a lot, and secretly fell in love with Zi Ning and became a pair of lovers.

At the beginning of this year, Yang Yu, who had been traveling abroad for a long time, set off to return home to his parents, saying that he would come back soon to reunite with Zining, but Zining unexpectedly received a letter from Yang Yu's attendants, and was surprised to learn that Yang Yu was imprisoned for murder, and the situation was extremely bad.

Zi Ning didn't believe that Yang Yu would kill people after ** women, she had gotten along with Yang Yu, and knew that Yang Yu was a high-minded and arrogant gentleman, and he didn't commit any offence against her when he was with her, so how could he do such a thing as a beast with a big beast nature?

Sure enough, the attendant told Zi Ning at the end of the letter that Yang Yu's incident this time was related to the dispute over the heir of the Yang family, but there was no evidence.

Zi Ning naturally didn't want Yang Yu to suffer an injustice, once the crime was convicted, Yang Yu would be unable to escape death, but unfortunately Zi Ning was just a weak woman, and northern Sichuan was far away from Jiangnan, so she was powerless about it.

Therefore, Zi Ning could only come to Li Hongyu for help, Li Hongyu not only knew many people but was also resourceful, and was the only person she could think of to help Yang Yu get through this catastrophe in front of her, after all, Sichuan was thousands of miles away from the south of the Yangtze River, and the people she knew were beyond the reach of the whip and powerless.

"Brother Mohe is a gentleman, how could he do such an unbearable thing, there must be a hidden secret in this."

After Li Hongyu read the letter in his hand, he said to Zi Ning in a deep voice, "Zi Ning, don't worry, I'll go to the scholar and let him think of a way." ”

Like Zining, Li Hongyu didn't believe that the arrogant Yang Yu would do such a thing, Yang Yu had a very high vision, was handsome and elegant, and was a famous person in Sichuan, plus his family was very good, so how could he go to ** woman? It's almost the same to say that a woman threw a hug on him.

"Thank you, sir." Hearing this, Zi Ning hurriedly bowed to Li Hongyu, and after hearing Li Hongyu's words, her heart suddenly settled down a lot.

In Zining's opinion, it seems that there is no matter that can stump Li Hongyu, she unexpectedly won the crown at the previous Oiran Conference, and later Li Hongyu rescued Youlan from the hands of those villains without damage, everything is full of legend.

Now Li Hongyu is friendly with Ran Yuma and Li Daxue, so Zi Ning feels that Li Hongyu is the only one she can rely on now, otherwise no one will be able to save Yang Yu, if she is not forced to be helpless, Yang Yu's attendant will not write to her for help.

Li Hongyu knew that Zi Ning was very worried about Yang Yu in his heart, so in order to make Zi Ning feel at ease, he immediately led Youlan to the Customs Department to meet Ran Xingrang, thinking of countermeasures along the way.

"Sir, is it difficult to handle the affairs of Mohe Gongzi?" In the driving carriage, Youlan looked at Li Hongyu with some concern and asked, she and Zi Ning were like sisters, so they naturally cared about Yang Yu's affairs.

Although Li Hongyu is an auxiliary minister of the Ming Dynasty, he is not in his position and does not seek his own politics, Li Hongyu is in charge of overseas trade affairs, and it is probably a bit unjustifiable to meddle in Yang Yu's affairs.

Besides, there is an old saying that is good, a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and besides, Li Hongyu is not only a Ming assistant, if Li Hongyu stretches out his hand indiscriminately, it will undoubtedly break the rules of officialdom.

"It's not difficult, but we have to save Mohe's life first."

Li Hongyu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then said helplessly, "If it weren't for the imminent matter of overseas trade, I would have personally gone to northern Sichuan." ”

Youlan suddenly frowned slightly, she naturally knew Li Hongyu's worries, in case Yang Yu's opponent found an opportunity to kill him, then it would be too late to say anything at that time.

"Sir, is it convenient for you to intervene in this matter?" Subsequently, Youlan asked Li Hongyu with concern, worried that Li Hongyu's move would be criticized by the officialdom.

"Don't forget that I am the emperor's imperial order', although I can't manage the military and political affairs of Sichuan, but I control the Sichuan patrol according to the imperial history, and the Sichuan patrol is in charge of the affairs of the Sichuan prison, Mohe is the Xie Yuan of Sichuan, a famous man in northern Sichuan, and it is justified for me to intervene in this matter."

Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, and said disappreciatively, he also had to thank the Emperor of the Apocalypse for his trust and high hopes, so that he could intervene in Yang Yu's case through the Sichuan Patrol Imperial History as the "Du Patrol Press", otherwise the matter would be really tricky.

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