Chapter 114: Overcoming Rigidity with Softness (Part 1)
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Although it has passed the beginning of autumn, the weather in Wuchang is still a little sultry, Zhao Xin is not afraid of the heat, what makes her feel depressed is the mosquitoes buzzing around her, so that she has to walk back and forth in front of the courtyard gate.
Since Zhao Xin came to see Fang Yun, he naturally also had a certain understanding of Fang Yun, and knew that Fang Yun was the leader of the younger generation in Changsha Shilin, and the rising star of Changsha Shilin.
In the children's examination and scientific examination in the fifteen prefectures and two prefectures of Huguang, there are only two people who can win the first place at the same time, one is Fang Yun, and the other is Shen Bocheng, which is really not easy.
After all, during the scientific examination, their opponents were more former students in addition to the new students, and they could be described as a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, which was much more difficult than the children's examination.
It is worth mentioning that Fang Yun and Shen Bocheng are both children's little three yuan, which makes the two very optimistic about the outside world.
Compared with Fang Yun and Shen Bocheng, who have long been famous, Li Hongyu, who also took the children's test for Xiao Sanyuan, is unknown and far less famous than the two.
However, in Zhao Xin's opinion, if Li Hongyu also participates in the scientific examination, he will definitely be able to win the championship in one fell swoop, so that he will also become the favorite of the township test Xie Yuan, it is obvious that Wang Kuiju, who won the first place in the scientific examination, is not Li Hongyu's opponent.
According to the information obtained by Zhao Xin, Fang Yun was born in a poor family, but he was very popular among the children of the powerful in Changsha Mansion and Shilin, which shows that he is a very smart person, after all, not everyone has how high the social means, and his IQ and EQ are superhuman.
Therefore, Zhao Xin believed that Fang Yun could distinguish the situation in front of her and help her, but the other party would definitely give her a dismissal, so she had to wait patiently, and this kind of work was definitely not something that Yang Renxiao could do.
"Zhao Gongzi, we have the first plan." Just when Zhao Xin was there to stretch out his hand to drive away mosquitoes, a subordinate walked out of the yard and bowed to her and said.
Zhao Xin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she heard this, it seemed that she could finally avoid being accompanied by those nasty mosquitoes, so she tidied up her clothes and left with the subordinate.
"I've seen all of you." Entering the wing room where Fang Yun and the others were, Zhao Xin glanced at the dozen or so people present, knowing that these people were the most important among the Changsha students, so he bowed his hand in an orderly manner.
Then, her gaze fell on an elegant young man sitting in the first seat of the house, and it was obvious that this person was Fang Yun.
Fang Yuan and the others looked at Zhao Xin with some surprise, they never expected that the man who came in had exquisite facial features, and he was so handsome, if he changed into women's clothes, he would be even more beautiful than a woman.
"Brother Zhao, please take a seat." After the initial stunned, Fang Yuan came back to his senses and made a gesture of invitation to Zhao Xin, and after Zhao Xin sat down on the stool next to him, he asked quietly, "I don't know why Brother Zhao came late at night?" ”
"Brother Fang, I think you have also heard about the Linjiang Tower, and I am here this time to hope that all the brothers in Changsha can help our Li case leader in Xiangyang Mansion." Zhao Xin bowed to Fang Yuan when he heard this, and said in an orderly manner.
"Brother Zhao, this seems to be a little inappropriate, now that the bones of our Xu Shengren in Changsha Mansion are not cold, how can we save the enemy's brother?" Hearing this, the student who had seen Zhao Xin at the gate of the courtyard before said coldly.
This Xu Tao's sworn friend is named Wang Hongyun, Xu Tao was also in Mingyue Pavilion on the night of his death, witnessed the conflict between Xu Tao and Li Hongyi, and saw the official officials search for the murder weapon from Li Hongyi's room, so he naturally thought that Li Hongyi was the murderer, and he was naturally full of hostility towards Zhao Xin.
"This benevolent brother is wrong, the matter of the Li case is not only a private matter, but also related to the safety of the people and the law and discipline of the country."
Zhao Xin found out that Wang Hongyun had targeted her from the beginning, and realized that this person might have a lot to do with the murdered Xu Tao, so she arched her hand to him and said:
"We have been reading the books of the sages since we were children, and we take it as our responsibility to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, how can we sit back and watch the little marquis act unscrupulously and oppress the people's daughters? I know that Brother Ren is angry for a while, but this matter is related to the life and death of the head of the Li case, and I hope that Brother Ren can help. ”
"Brother Zhao, having said that, but with the current situation, we can't be nameless, and now the students in Changsha are indignant because of what happened to Xu Shengyuan, so I have to give them an explanation."
Wang Hongyun was just about to open his mouth, but Fang Yun interrupted him, and said to Zhao Xin with some embarrassment, "Besides, the case of the head of the Li case has not yet been clarified, and the news on the market is hearsay. ”
The reason why Fang Yun interrupted Wang Hongyun was because he saw that Wang Hongyun was not Zhao Xin's opponent, and he would definitely lose the upper hand in the bickering, rather than wasting time there to make Wang Hongyun humiliate himself, it was better for him to deal with Zhao Xin and try Zhao Xin's catties.
"Brother Fang misunderstood, what I mean here is not to let you brothers help the head of the case Li to put pressure on the yamen, but to hope that this case can be tried fairly and justly, and if the head of the case Li is guilty, we will not protect it."
Zhao Xin's eyebrows frowned slightly when she heard this, Fang Yun's previous words were soft and rigid, much better than Wang Hongyun, it seemed that she really deserved to be a celebrity in the eyes of the outside world who tried to solve the yuan, but she was not an idle person, so naturally she couldn't let Fang Yun's words choke, so she answered in an orderly manner.
In fact, Zhao Xin can use the testimony of Cui Gongzi and others to prove that Zhang Quan has indeed committed evil deeds, but the way those testimonies were obtained is a little inappropriate, if she brings it up, she will inevitably be caught by Fang Yun, so it is better not to be involved, she believes that Fang Yun has already decided in her heart about the matter between Li Hongyu and Zhang Quan.
Looking at Zhao Xin, who was righteous and strict, Fang Yun couldn't help frowning, his offensive just now was easily defused by Zhao Xin, and he also threw the trouble over to him, making him not know how to answer for a while.
The implication in Zhao Xin's words was obvious, if Zhang Quan was guilty, then they, as scholars of the Ming Dynasty, should naturally come forward.
To be honest, Fang Yun didn't expect Zhao Xin to be so powerful, and he choked him with a single sentence and didn't know how to deal with it, after all, justice and righteousness were on Zhao Xin's side.
Of course, he can also pretend to be stupid, but that would be nothing more than showing weakness in front of Zhao Xin, which is definitely not the scene he wants to see.
After all, this kind of occasion is more serious, and he represents the reputation of Changsha Mansion, and if he messes around, he will definitely lose the face of Changsha students, which will make Zhao Xin feel contemptible.
"It's okay for us to go, but you also have to support us and go with us to the yamen so that the government can severely punish Li Hongyi, the murderer."
Seeing that Fang Yun fell to the bottom as soon as he saw his face, Han Tai, who was sitting on the side, groaned for a while and then opened his mouth to relieve him, looked at Zhao Xin and said.
"Of course we support you, and to be honest, we want to get to the bottom of the case."
Zhao Xin couldn't help but bow his head slightly when he heard this, Han Tai's proposal seemed fair and reasonable, so that the two sides could be regarded as a courtesy exchange, and it was good to have an explanation for the students of Changsha Mansion, so after thinking about it, he said to Han Tai, "However, the case of Mingyue Pavilion has not yet been clarified, and I can only let the government solve the case as soon as possible, as for whether Li Hongyi is the real murderer, we have to wait for the government's inspection." ”
Hearing this, Han Tai's brows suddenly furrowed, and it was obvious that Zhao Xin didn't want to admit that Li Hongyi was the murderer who killed Xu Tao.
"He's the murderer!" At this time, Wang Hongyun stood up abruptly and said to Zhao Xin angrily, "Do you think that he killed himself and blamed Li Hongyi?" ”
There was a commotion in the room, and everyone present looked angrily at Zhao Xin, who exonerated Li Hongyi, in their minds Li Hongyi was the murderer who killed Xu Tao.
"Brothers, you have misunderstood." Zhao Xin had already prepared and explained in an orderly manner, "We don't know what the case of Mingyue Pavilion is, and no one has witnessed the incident, so I just feel that it is too sudden, and I don't want to preconceive that Li Hongyi is the murderer before the government decides the case." ”
"I want to punish the murderer severely, but there is one thing I can't figure out, why did Li Hongyi hide the murder weapon in his home residence after killing someone, wouldn't this set him on fire? Everyone knew that after the crime, the people in the yamen would conduct a large-scale search in Mingyue Pavilion. ”
As he spoke, Zhao Xin turned around, looked at Wang Hongyun in a deep voice and said, "This benevolent brother, do you think Li Hongyi will make such a fatal mistake after killing someone?" ”
"Maybe he was drunk and brought the murder weapon back in a daze, and he didn't have time to discard it during the period!" Wang Hongyun was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a sneer.
"Brother Ren is right, there is indeed such a possibility."
Zhao Xin didn't refute Wang Hongyun, he bowed his head slightly when he heard the words, and then his eyes flashed, and he looked at Wang Hongyun solemnly and said, "Didn't Brother Ren think that Li Hongyi might have been framed and blamed?" In this case, I believe that Brother Xu will not be blind under Jiuquan! ”
Wang Hongyun was there suddenly, Zhao Xin was right, according to Zhao Xin's previous reason, Xu Tao might really be killed by someone else, and Li Hongyi was just an unlucky scapegoat.
Han Tai's face changed slightly, and then he looked at Fang Yun on the side, and Zhao Xin went around Wang Hongyun in three or two clicks, making Wang Hongyun feel like a punch on the cotton, and he couldn't use the strength.
"Brother Zhao is reasonable, investigating the case is a matter for the government, we should put pressure on those people in the yamen so that they can solve the case quickly and give Brother Xu justice."
Fang Yun could see that Zhao Xin was even more difficult than he imagined, so he pondered for a while, and said with a serious expression, "As for whether Li Hongyi is a murderer, the government will definitely give a result, if we disturb the yamen to handle the case, we will not be able to give Brother Xu justice!" ”
Zhao Xin immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, since Fang Yun had spoken, then this matter was decided, and the students of Changsha Mansion would no longer force the students of Xiangyang Mansion to say that Li Hongyi was the murderer.
Sure enough, everyone present glanced at each other and nodded, after all, they are not scoundrels on the street, they naturally have to be reasonable, since they can't say Zhao Xin, then they can only do it according to Zhao Xin's intentions.
Han Tai's face suddenly showed a look of disappointment, and he looked at Zhao Xin with a frown, Zhao Xin was not only very good at mouth but also very lucky, and met Fang Yun, who was already suspicious of Mingyue Pavilion's case, otherwise where would it be so easy to pass.