After nightfall, Xiangyang County, the county government prison.

"Brother Li, do you think they can find out your case?" Zhao Xin glanced at the stars twinkling in the night sky outside the window, and asked Li Hongyu with some concern.

Zhao Xin can be sure that Zhao Guangfeng will definitely go to the prefect Liu Wenxu for Li Hongyu, but after so much time, no one has come to let Li Hongyu out, and it is likely that something will go wrong.

"They'll do me justice." Li Hongyu changed his lying posture and said after smiling at Zhao Xin.

In Li Hongyu's opinion, his case is not complicated, Zhang and others are obviously lying, and the poem provided by Zhang is the biggest flaw, maybe it can deceive those laymen, but when you meet an expert, it can be seen at a glance that someone is copying his handwriting.

"Hmph, it's too late to find out the case." Zhao Xin thought that Li Hongyu was comforting herself, and couldn't help but say angrily, "They are really poisonous, they chose this time to calculate you, and they clearly wanted to ruin your government test this time." ”

"I'm afraid they are going to make a mistake, as long as they can wash away the guilt in time, then I will definitely go to the government exam tomorrow." Li Hongyu's eyes flashed with a cold light when he heard this, so that he would not let the other party's conspiracy succeed.

Besides, Li Hongyu didn't want to wait for three more years in vain, the sooner he stepped into the official career, the sooner he could make friends with the courtiers, and then gain a firm foothold in the court one day earlier.

"What? You're going to take the prefectural exam! Zhao Xin was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu with a surprised expression, Li Hongyu can't even stand up now, how can he go to the exam? You can't answer questions on your stomach!

"I just thought about it, if I put a pillow on my chest, I should be able to take the exam on my stomach." Li Hongyu lifted his body by supporting the ground with both hands, then blocked his chest with his left arm, and gestured with his free right hand to write.

"You...... Do you really want to go into the exam room on your stomach? Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, flashed her big eyes a few times and asked in amazement, as far as she knew, it seemed that there had never been a candidate for the imperial examination lying on his stomach after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and if Li Hongyu did this, it would be completely unprecedented.

"It doesn't seem like there's a law that says you can't take an exam on your stomach." Li Hongyu nodded solemnly, as long as he can afford to hold a pen, then he must take this exam, the opportunity must not be lost, and he has a deep understanding of the reason why the time will not come again.

"But will that affect your answer?" Zhao Xin came back to his senses when he heard this, and asked worriedly.

You must know that lying on the ground to answer the question is a very laborious thing, and it is even more difficult with Li Hongyu's current situation, it is not easy for Li Hongyu to persevere, and the effect of answering the question is not known.

"As long as you pass the government test, the rest will be easy to say." Li Hongyu's face suddenly showed a helpless look, the other party's choice of time this time was so ruthless that he didn't have time to catch his breath before he had to go to the examination room.

"You already have a reputation, why waste this effort!" Zhao Xin pondered for a while and then opened his mouth to persuade that Li Hongyu had already taken the first exam, so there was really no need to take the later government and hospital exams.

"If I can take the little three yuan exam, then I can glorify my ancestors and make my mother happy." Of course, Li Hongyu couldn't tell Zhao Xin that he wanted to accumulate the capital to become famous through the Tong Test, so he grinned at Zhao Xin and chose a reasonable reason.

"Little Sanyuan!" Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, he never expected Li Hongyu to be playing this idea, no wonder he insisted on participating in the government examination.

The first place in the county test, the government test and the hospital test in the children's examination is called the "case head", if someone can win three cases in the children's test, it is even the third yuan, which is often called the "small three yuan" in the world.

Of course, there is a small three-yuan ******, and the first place in the township examination, the meeting examination and the palace examination is called "******".

Because the examiners have different preferences, it is very difficult to get into the three yuan in a row, and there are very few people who can do this in the history of the imperial examination.

However, once Li Hongyu succeeds, he will be famous all over the world, and Li Hongyu will certainly not let go of such an opportunity to make a name for himself, and it will be his capital to gain a foothold in officialdom in the future.

To be honest, Zhao Xin is very much looking forward to Li Hongyu being admitted to Xiao Sanyuan, although it is difficult to do, it is not hopeless, and it is also a blessing if he can see the birth of Xiao Sanyuan with his own eyes.

However, will Li Hongyu be able to catch up with tomorrow's college exam? Zhao Xin's willow eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, now that it's so late, no one has come to let them out, God knows what happened.

Compared with Li Hongyu, Zhao Xin doesn't care about the government exam, and she doesn't have any desire for fame, after all, the purpose of her taking the exam is to prove herself to Zhao Deyi.

Just when Zhao Xin was worried, the corridor outside the cell suddenly remembered a messy footsteps, coming from far and near.

"It's finally here!" Li Hongyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seemed that he could leave this dark and damp cell.

"Case Chief Li, you have been wronged." Soon, a group of people appeared outside the cell door, and a leading officer with a national character face asked the cell boss to open the door and arch his hand.

"This poor master is ......" Li Hongyu felt that the national character face had some eyes, as if he was not from the county government, so nine times out of ten he came from the government office, so he asked suspiciously.

"This mission is the head of the government arrest class, and he came to invite the head of the Li case to come over at the order of the magistrate." The Guozi face officer smiled slightly, and said after protecting his home, "Lord Tuiguan has investigated this case, and the head of the Li case was framed, and the head of the Li case can go back after the Lord Tui Guan pronounces the verdict in court." ”

"Someone, take the head of the Li case away." As he spoke, the Guozi-faced officer turned his head and instructed the people who followed behind, "Remember, be light on your hands and feet, the head of the case Li has just been punished and is now weak." ”

Several messengers immediately carried a stretcher into the cell, carefully put Li Hongyu on it, and then lifted the stretcher and went straight to the county government hall.

Li Hongyu was lying on the stretcher expressionlessly, if it weren't for the fact that he was just a hairy boy who had just debuted and had no power in the officialdom, he would not have left the prison so easily, how could he have to ask Niu Feng and the county government of Xiangyang County for justice, this is what the saying goes, it is easy to invite God and difficult to send God.

Zhao Xin, who was following along, didn't think so much, after all, since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, even if they were wronged in the yamen, they could only knock out their teeth and swallow blood in their stomachs, thinking that Li Hongyu's ability to get out of prison was already a victory, how could he care about the people of the yamen.

Although it was already midnight, the lights inside and outside the hall of the county government in Xiangyang County were bright, and the courtyard was full of people who were hearing the trial, and they stretched out their heads one by one to look into the lobby.

In the lobby, Tang Yu sat behind the desk, looking at Zhang and the others who were lying on the ground in front of him moaning expressionlessly, and his buttocks were beaten to a bloody blur.

These people who were beaten were the same men and women who had framed Li Hongyu in the court trial, and as a result, they confessed truthfully under Tang Yu's cane punishment, and they received the money of an underworld gangster nicknamed "Ergou" in the city, and then framed Li Hongyu.

Tang Yu had already ordered Ergou to be arrested all over the city, but according to people who were familiar with Ergou, Ergou left the city shortly after Zhang's complaint, as if he was going to a relative's house to do errands, and he had absconded in fear of crime, and had been ordered by Tang Yu to be wanted.

The reason why Li Hongyu stayed in prison for so long was because Tang Yu had been trying the case of Zhang's framing of him, not only inviting Shilin Daru from Xiangyang City to evaluate the handwriting of the two poems, but also finding out who had really committed adultery with Zhang's and obtaining the testimony of neighbors.

What is particularly important is that Zhang and others explained the location where the bribes they received were hidden, and they were retrieved by the officials of the government.

The reason for the matter is very simple, Zhang's husband died two years ago, although he has not remarried, but secretly hooked up with someone to commit adultery, and under the persuasion of the adulterer and the temptation of Yinliang, he agreed to frame Li Hongyu according to what Ergou said.

Moreover, Ergou packed a ticket to her, as long as she insisted that Li Hongyu **** was happy with her, then she would be fine, and she would be acquitted by Niu Feng.

Originally, things went smoothly, and Niu Feng really protected Zhang and others during the trial, so that Li Hongyu was subjected to 30 boards.

But when Tang Yu appeared, the situation changed suddenly, Tang Yu not only tortured Tang Yu and others to make them confess, but also found many witnesses from the neighbors to prove that the adulterer was someone else.

This made the fact that Zhang and others had framed Li Hongyu to the world, and the people who were listening to the trial in the courtyard were shocked, and they exchanged words and talked in private, and no one could have imagined that Zhang and others would be so vicious and want to ruin the future of Li Hongyu, the head of the new branch case in Jiangkou County.

Tang Yu was very thoughtful in handling the case this time, he knew very well that he not only wanted to find out the case and give Li Hongyu justice, but more importantly, he wanted to protect Li Hongyu's reputation, so he asked all Zhang's neighbors to be heard and let the case be revealed to the world.

In fact, Tang Yu was not ignorant of Li Hongyu in the prison, he originally wanted to send a doctor to the prison to treat Li Hongyu's injuries, but after hearing that Zhao Xin had applied gold sore medicine to Li Hongyu's wounds, he gave up.

Tang Yu already knew the identity of Zhao Xin, who was in prison to accompany Li Hongyu, and it was obvious that Zhao Xin's gold sore medicine was definitely better than the doctor he sent, so there was no need for him to do anything more, and it was imperative to find out the facts of the case as soon as possible.

On the surface, it seems that Li Hongyu's case is very complicated, and all the evidence is against him, but in front of Tang Yu, the case is very simple.

He definitely didn't believe that Li Hongyu would do such a stupid thing, so he tortured Zhang and others, he didn't believe that he couldn't pry open the mouths of Zhang and others, and the use of heavy punishment was a common method for ancient magistrates to try cases, and it was also allowed by the law.

Zhang and the others couldn't bear it naturally, so in the end, the bamboo tube poured beans, confessed all the causes and consequences, and returned Li Hongyu's innocence.

After Li Hongyu was carried to the lobby, Tang Yu asked him a few simple questions, and then announced his acquittal.

Zhang and others sat back because of false accusations, that is, they were sentenced for the crime of "****", and they were sent 3,000 miles to the border of the Western Regions in accordance with the law, and they were duly punished.

When Li Hongyu was carried out of the county office, Rou'er and others, who were anxious outside, hurriedly hugged him, and saw that Li Hongyu's pants were covered with blood, Rou'er suddenly felt a burst of distress, and tears burst out of her eyes.

"This revenge is not revenge, it is not a gentleman!" Looking at Rou'er, who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, Li Hongyu couldn't help but secretly clench his fists, the humiliation he received today will definitely be doubled back to Niu Feng, an accomplice like Niu Feng is often more hateful than the main messenger behind the scenes.

Li Hongyu knew that there was not much time left for him to take revenge, and when the hospital exam was over, he would definitely go to the provincial capital to prepare for this year's township exam, so he had to take Niu Feng before leaving, so he would not let Niu Feng live happily!