Chapter Ninety-Three: Misfortune Doesn't Go Alone
"Young Master Yu, if you want to save Young Master Yi, Young Master Yi is about to take the township exam, how can you kill someone? He was wronged. ”
When Li Hongyu returned home, a middle-aged man was anxiously pacing back and forth in the living room in the front yard, and when he saw him, he hurriedly greeted him, knelt on the ground with his legs bent, and pleaded.
"Uncle Liu, hurry up, you can kill me." Seeing this, Li Hongyu immediately stepped forward to help the middle-aged man kneeling there.
This middle-aged man is the second housekeeper of the Li family, surnamed Liu, Li Hongyu doesn't know what his name is, people usually call him Steward Liu, and usually takes care of the third room of the Li family, otherwise the situation of the third room of the Li family will be even worse.
As far as Li Hongyu knows, Steward Liu seems to have received a lot of favors from his father Li Renhai before, and because of his loyalty to the Li family and the fact that he saved Li Renhe's life when he was young, he is deeply trusted by Li Renhe, otherwise he would not have come to Wuchang Mansion to take care of Li Hongyi.
Because of Steward Liu's previous care for the Li family's third room, Li Hongyu called him "Uncle Liu", he knew that Steward Liu would definitely come to him for help, because the Li family had no foundation in Wuchang City, so if Steward Liu wanted to deal with the government, the only one to rely on was him, the head of the Xiangyang Mansion.
It's just that Li Hongyu didn't expect Steward Liu to come so early, which means that Li Hongyi's situation is very serious, otherwise Steward Liu would definitely go to save Li Hongyi now.
"Young Master Yu, I know that Young Master Yi is sorry for you for the things he did before, but you are brothers by blood after all, and now that Young Master Yi is in prison, only Young Master Yu can save him."
Steward Liu didn't get up, knelt there with an anxious expression and said, "Now that the people in the yamen regard Young Master Yi as a murderer, if you can't invite Master Tixue to come out to administer justice, Young Master Yi will definitely be beaten into a trick to carry this black cauldron." ”
"Uncle Liu, even if I invite the scholar to come out, it won't help, the scholar can't interfere in the affairs of the local yamen, at most he will only ask about it, and it won't help Brother Yi's case much."
Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, as soon as he saw Steward Liu, he guessed his intention, he must have wanted Huguang to raise the official Yan Yan to put pressure on the local yamen, but unfortunately Steward Liu found the wrong object, Yan Yan is official can't influence the trial of Li Hongyi's case, even if he finds it, it will be useless but will cause the disgust of the trial official.
"Uncle Liu, let's not hide it, at present, Brother Yi's murder charge cannot be cleared no matter what."
Although he was reluctant to attack Steward Liu, Li Hongyu knew that Steward Liu would know that the situation was going to get worse sooner or later, so he said with a serious expression after a deep sigh, "Now there is only today until the township exam, and in order to appease the candidates, the government will definitely close the case before the township exam." ”
"Young Master Yu, are you saying that Young Master Yi will not be able to wash away his grievances this time?"
Hearing this, Steward Liu's face suddenly became very ugly, he had rich life experience, and naturally knew what Li Hongyu meant, compared with the township test, whether Li Hongyi was wronged or not was insignificant, which meant that the case would be closed before the township test.
"No, Brother Yi still has a chance to turn over."
Li Hongyu pondered for a while, and said quietly to Angliu Butler, "If you want to overturn the case with Brother Yi, the only way to do it is to wait until the township test is over, so that the yamen will not be in a hurry to close the case, and the real murderer will also relax his vigilance because of this, and then reveal clues." ”
"Young Master Yu, I'...... What should I do now? Steward Liu felt that Li Hongyu was reasonable, and he had no better way to deal with the situation in front of him now, so he hesitated for a moment and looked at Li Hongyu and asked, to be honest, he is now six gods and no master.
"Go to the yamen to shout grievances to Brother Yi, the bigger the noise, the better, to make the real murderer nervous." Li Hongyu's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he commanded in a deep voice, "In addition, use more money in the yamen, which will make Brother Yi feel better inside, and he will not appear in a violent death or something." ”
"Sudden death!" Steward Liu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then gasped, if he was the murderer, he would definitely find a way to kill Li Hongyi in prison, so that there would be no proof of death in this case.
"Young Master Yu, I'll go and dredge up the relationship between the yamen." didn't have time to think about it, Steward Liu immediately got up, bowed to Li Hongyu and left in a hurry, as long as he could save Li Hongyi's life, it didn't matter how much money it would cost.
"Young Master, is Young Master Yi still saved?" After Steward Liu left, Rou'er asked Li Hongyu with some concern, judging from the current situation, the case is extremely unfavorable to Li Hongyi.
"Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven, and see how his luck is!" Li Hongyu smiled a little helplessly, whether Li Hongyi can get away with the crime depends on whether the real murderer will make a mistake after the verdict of the case is announced, and only by finding evidence can Li Hongyi's grievances be washed away.
If Li Hongyu's prediction is correct, Li Hongyi's talent and fame will soon be removed by Yan Yan, after all, it can be said that "everyone has stolen goods" now, and Yan Yan naturally can't protect Li Hongyi.
If it were Li Hongyu's words, maybe Yan Yan would still use his talent to intervene in the trial of the case, after all, it is not so easy to get into the children's test Xiao Sanyuan, but Li Hongyi is different, Yan Yan has no need or reason to intervene in Li Hongyi's case at all.
"Send someone to the shop on the street and bring my eldest brother here." After pacing back and forth in the room a few times with his hands behind his back, Li Hongyu said to Rou'er in a deep voice that although Li Hongyi had bullied him before, as a brother of the same clan, he really couldn't see death without help.
"Hongyu, will Li Hongyi's matter affect you?" Li Hongqing quickly rushed back, he also heard about Li Hongyi's matter, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked Li Hongyu, who was sitting in the living room and deep in thought, with concern, he naturally cared more about Li Hongyu than Li Hongyi.
"Big brother, don't worry, this is a life lawsuit, and it can't involve me."
Li Hongyu came back to his senses, smiled slightly, and said, "Big brother, you let people secretly stare at the people of Mingyue Pavilion to see if they have any abnormal behaviors. ”
"Hongyu, you want to take care of this case?" Li Hongqing couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face when he heard this, and then said angrily, "Have you forgotten how Li Hongyi treated you before, his fall to today's situation is purely retribution, you can't affect the future for him." ”
"Big brother, even if Li Hongyi is not him, he is still our brother after all, let's not die without saving it."
Seeing that Li Hongqing's expression became excited, Li Hongyu smiled and comforted, "Big brother, there is no need for us to dwell on the past, now that the uncle has repented of giving us the industry, we can help Brother Yi a little bit, you don't want our Li family's reputation to be disgraced!" ”
"It's not because you've gained fame, otherwise they would be so kind?" Li Hongqing immediately sneered when he heard this, he didn't appreciate it very much, it was difficult for him to forget the two years that he was suppressed by Li Renhe.
"Big brother, Brother Yi's case will definitely alarm the governor, and maybe the governor will also intervene, so even if the uncle comes, there is nothing he can do, and the people in the yamen will not take the career for money."
Li Hongyu knew that Li Hongqing had suffered a lot of grievances before, and after smiling, he said, "Even if it is for the sake of my father, we will clear Brother Yi's crimes." ”
"You, you, like your father, are too righteous and angry." Hearing that Li Hongyu mentioned Li Renhai, Li Hongqing couldn't help but fall into silence, and then shook his head and said to Li Hongyu.
"Yes...... If you overturn Li Hongyi's case, will it affect your future? Then, Li Hongqing remembered something and looked at Li Hongyu with concern, he didn't want to compensate Li Hongyu for Li Hongyi's matter.
"Big brother, rest assured, this matter has its own measure, and he will not act rashly until he finds evidence to exonerate Brother Yi." Li Hongyu smiled when he heard the words and comforted Li Hongqing, he has always acted prudently, and he will never act easily, otherwise not only will he not be able to save Li Hongyi, but he will also put himself in, and the gains outweigh the losses.
"Oh no, the students who came to take the exam from Changsha Mansion are now gathered in front of the governor's yamen, and they want the governor to severely punish Young Master Yi."
At noon, just as Li Hongyu and Li Hongqing were talking about things in the hall and waiting for the kitchen to be served, a subordinate ran in in a panic and reported to the two of them urgently.
Li Hongqing was taken aback when he heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu with a worried expression, these students from Changsha Mansion were in a worrying situation if they made such a fuss.
"What should come always comes!" Li Hongyu shook his head helplessly, he was not surprised by this, he had long expected that those students from Changsha Mansion would not be idle.
"Hongyu, what should we do?" Li Hongqing asked with some concern, if the governor spoke, then Li Hongyi's case would definitely be concluded quickly, so as to appease the students who came to take the exam in Wuchang City.
"Wait and see." Li Hongyu didn't have much to do, and replied with a wry smile, the only thing he could do now was to wait for the progress of the case.
"Big brother, you eat first, I'll go to the governor's yamen to have a look." Then, Li Hongyu pondered for a while, got up and said to Li Hongqing.
He didn't go to join in the fun, but to meet the Changsha Mansion students who had been drinking with Xu Tao last night, and wanted to see if he could find any valuable clues from them.
Li Hongyu believes that Li Hongyi will not kill Xu Tao, then the murderer is the person who was in Mingyue Pavilion last night, Xu Tao is a foreigner and has no enemies in Wuchang City, so according to experience, those Changsha Mansion students who drank with Xu Tao last night are the most suspicious.
"Be careful." Li Hongyi didn't have much appetite now, after all, where did he still have an appetite for such a big thing, so he got up and sent Li Hongyu to the gate.
"Third son, ...... Go and save my young lady! Without waiting for Li Hongyu to get into the carriage parked in front of the door, a figure in the distance rushed over in a hurry, shouting at him.
"Xiaolan!" Li Hongyu looked up when he heard this, and looked at the figure running over panting and was slightly stunned, the other party was none other than the maid Xiaolan beside Qin Yue, could it be that something happened to Qin Yue?