"How can it be!" Zhang Quan was the first to recover from his shock, and couldn't help but be furious, yelling at Liu Yi, "You can't just cheap him, you must kill him, kill him!" ”

"You stand down first." Liu Yi frowned when he heard this, and then said quietly to the people in the room.

So, except for Cui Gongzi, the rest of the people bowed down and left one after another, and everyone knew that it was inconvenient for them to know what was going on.

"Little Marquis, it's not impossible to kill him, but if those civil officials are investigated, I'm afraid it will take a lot of trouble." After the people left, Liu Yi groaned for a while and whispered to Zhang Quan.

"Don't worry, it's Ben Jue who has an accident!"

Zhang Quan suddenly sneered when he heard this, and said with disdain, "Now that the township exam is approaching, as long as he dies, those nerds who have nothing to do will naturally have no reason to make trouble, and they will definitely go to take the exam, but they regard their careers as more important than their lives!" ”

"Since this is the case, then the official will let people secretly kill him, and then report him to a violent death." Hearing this, Liu Yi no longer hesitated, nodded to Zhang Quan and said.

He also thinks that Zhang Quan's words are reasonable, if Li Hongyu dies, those living people will definitely go to participate in the township test, after all, people can't be resurrected after death, and those living people can't delay their future for a dead person.

"Lord Liu, this matter should be done by experienced people, so as not to leave future troubles." Cui Gongzi groaned for a while, and reminded Liu Yi that after all, Li Hongyu is not an ordinary person, he has a meritorious reputation, and the government will definitely investigate the cause of his death.

"What if the government finds out that he was killed? Do they dare to reveal the truth to the outside world, and I don't know how many people will be implicated when the time comes! ”

Zhang Quan snorted coldly when he heard this, and said disapprerovingly, it is obvious that with the style of those people in the officialdom, it is definitely better to have more things than less things, so as not to be affected when you get it.

"Little Hou Ye, rest assured, this official will definitely do a good job, and there will definitely be no future troubles." Liu Yi laughed when he heard this, it seems that Zhang Quan knows a lot about officialdom, turning big things into small things, and turning small things into small things is the way to be an official in officialdom, after all, no one wants to cause trouble.

At the same time, the front of the Yamen of the Inspectorate was full of vigilant soldiers, and in front of the soldiers were hundreds of hundreds of students wearing blue robes, led by Zhao Xin, Yang Renxiao, Wang Kuiju and others.

This time, it was not only the students of Xiangyang Mansion who came to the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, but also some students from other state capitals, who came spontaneously after learning about Li Hongyu's incident.

Although the students in the state capital did not know Li Hongyu, they were all indignant at Zhang Quan's behavior of forcibly robbing the people's daughter in broad daylight and being the fiancée of the head of the child trial case, so they spontaneously came to support Li Hongyu according to the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division.

Zhao Xin had already handed over the petition to the Huguang Inspector Lu Chongde through the doorman, and along with the petition, he was handed over with those testimonies, and now he was waiting for Lu Chongde's reply.

The content of the petition is very simple: Zhao Xin and others asked Lu Chongde to personally try Li Hongyu's case on the grounds that Li Hongyu's case involved Zhang Quan, a young marquis.

While waiting, Zhao Xin, who was a little anxious, couldn't help but glance at Yang Renxiao, who was standing beside her expressionlessly, and then was slightly stunned, she actually saw a worried look in Yang Renxiao's eyes, which really surprised her.

In Zhao Xin's opinion, the reason why Yang Renxiao came to inspect the Yamen was to avoid criticism from the outside world, so how could he be worried? This time left her puzzled.

However, Zhao Xin is now busy with Li Hongyu's affairs, where did he have the heart to ponder Yang Renxiao's abnormal reaction, and quickly put this matter behind him.

Li Hongyu's matter did not only annoy Zhao Xin and others, but also Lu Chongde, the envoy of Huguang, also felt a great headache for this case.

At this moment, in the living room in the back hall of the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, Lu Chongde was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back and a depressed face, he never thought that this kind of thing would happen near the township test, and if those students made trouble, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In fact, what the officials of the local yamen are most afraid of is not those big families, but the students who have a reputation for showing their talents, these students are between the officials and the people, and have the privileges granted by the imperial court, so that those officials have no good way to deal with it.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it occurred frequently that students from all over the country united to collide with the yamen because they were dissatisfied with the local officials, and the local yamen had nothing to do with them.

If Zhao Xin and others attack the Yamen of the Imperial Envoy Division, then the imperial court will inevitably condemn Lu Chongde, plus it is now the eve of the township test, and the punishment of the imperial court will definitely be extremely severe, so Lu Chongde definitely doesn't want to cause this trouble, but he really has no good way now.

After all, Li Hongyu's case not only involved Zhang Quan but also the second son of the commander of the Huguang Metropolitan Division, Cui Du, and the scope of involvement was too wide, and Lu Chongde, as an envoy, could not act rashly, and he didn't want to provoke the people of the Wuwei Hou Mansion and the Huguang Metropolitan Division.

"My lord, there are more and more students gathered outside the door, and if the adults don't give a reply, the subordinates are worried that they will take drastic actions."

A Chinese-faced official walked in, bowed to Lu Chongde and said, "Your Excellency, it's better to have an idea early." ”

"There's no news from the governor and the envoy?" Lu Chongde stopped when he heard this, frowned and asked the official with a national character, as soon as Zhao Xin and the others came to the Yamen, he asked people to report to the governor of Huguang and the political envoys left and right.

"My lord, the students of Changsha Mansion are blocked in front of the governor's yamen, the governor is now worried about the murder of Mingyue Pavilion, where is the energy to take care of this matter? And the two political envoys should not have intervened until the facts of the case are known, so they will definitely let the adults decide for themselves. ”

Hearing this, the Guozi face official shook his head and said in a low voice, "Your Excellency, you must make plans in advance, so as not to be implicated in this case at that time." ”

"These old foxes!" Lu Chongde couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, he naturally knew the meaning of the national character face official, whether it was the governor or the two political envoys, they would not rashly intervene in Li Hongyu's case, and self-preservation was the eternal and unchanging wisdom in the officialdom.

"My lord, the top priority is to send those students away."

Hearing this, the Guozi face official groaned for a while, and said quietly, "According to the opinion of his subordinates, since the temple of their Jiangxia County Ya is too small, then it is better for adults to let the Wuchang Mansion Ya investigate this case. ”

"But if those people are not satisfied with such an arrangement as a little marquis, how can it be good?" Lu Chongde's brows furrowed, and he said with some concern, the reason why Zhao Xin and the others did not go to the government office but went straight to the yamen of the inspection envoy department was to want him to make a move.

"My lord, the country has national laws, the family has family rules, although the little marquis has a noble status, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the children of the noble children who commit crimes in the local area must be tried by the local yamen, but the emperor will often send a decree to pardon their crimes."

The official with the face of the national character had already been prepared, and when he heard the words, he replied in an orderly manner, "The reason why those students came to us according to the Yamen of the Inspectorate Department is nothing more than that they are worried that the people who will try the case will not be able to carry the people from the Yamen of the Guard, and the adults only need to send representatives to supervise the trial according to the Yamen of the Inspectorate Department." ”

"Will those people be satisfied?" Lu Chongde frowned, this is a good idea, but the key is whether those students outside the door will buy it.

"My lord, there are no rules, there is no circle, they must understand this truth, and the trial by the government is already the preferential treatment given by the adults to the head of the Li case."

Hearing this, the Guozi-faced official couldn't help but smile and explained, "My lord, Case Chief Li can be imprisoned in Wuchangwei's prison now, if they delay time here, I'm afraid it will be difficult to see Case Chief Li again." ”

"Are you saying that those people from the Yamen of the Wei Institute will kill the head of the Li case?" Lu Chongde's face couldn't help but show a look of surprise, you must know that Li Hongyu is not a civilian in cloth, he has a reputation, how can he die without knowing it.

"Of course the people from the Yamen of the guard don't dare, but the little marquis won't care about this, nine times out of ten they dare to do this." Hearing this, the Guozi-faced official lowered his voice, "My subordinates heard that the little marquis was injured, and it seems that it was the head of the Li case who did it, so after learning that those people surrounded us and pressed the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, the little marquis will definitely find a way to put the head of the Li case to death!" ”

"If that's the case, it's better, let the people of the Dusi Yamen have a headache." Lu Chongde bowed slightly, thinking that the words of the Guozi face official were reasonable, and in that case, the Dusi Yamen would take responsibility for Li Hongyu's death.

"My lord, now the people from the Yamen of the Weisho must already know about the matter on our side, and the adults can now send someone to the government to let them accept this case, even if something happens, it has nothing to do with the adults." A smug look flashed on the face of the national-faced official, and he said in a deep voice.

"You go, let Shen Yanshi supervise the case according to the Yamen of the Prosecutor's Office!" Hearing this, Lu Chongde nodded, and commanded expressionlessly, "Tell him, do less and see more!" ”

As long as there are three chief officials in the yamen of the inspection department, the leader is naturally the inspection envoy of the third grade, followed by the deputy envoy of the fourth grade and the inspection of the fifth grade.

Now that Lu Chongde has sent the inspector to supervise Li Hongyu's case, it is enough to represent the yamen of the inspectorate, and Lu Chongde can be regarded as giving Zhao Xin and others an explanation.

As for whether Li Hongyu was dead or alive when he arrived at Wuchangwei and commanded the envoy Yamen, it has nothing to do with him, since Li Hongyu was taken to Wuchangwei Prison, then Wuchangwei's people are naturally responsible for his safety.

Things were just as expected by the national-faced official, when Zhang Baishi appeared in front of Zhao Xin, Yang Renxiao and others with Lu Chongde's warrant, Zhao Xin, Yang Renxiao and others briefly discussed it, and then hurriedly followed Zhang Baishi to the Wuchang Mansion.

Although he failed to let Lu Chongde out, he finally sent Zhang Baishi to supervise Li Hongyu's case, so that at least Li Hongyu's life could be saved, and Li Hongyu would definitely be guarded by the government and Wuchangwei's people at that time.

On the way to the mansion, Zhao Xinliu frowned, looking worried, in case Zhang Quan killed Li Hongyu between Zhang Yi's arrival in Wuchangwei, then everything she did was in vain, and with Zhang Quan's high-flying and domineering character, she really dared to do this.

"I hope it's too late!" Zhao Xin couldn't do anything about it, all he could do was to pray to Li Hongyu in his heart, hoping that Li Hongyu's luck would not be so bad and he would avoid this catastrophe smoothly.