"Lord Zhentai has arrived!"

Just when the people at the scene were talking, a voice sounded, and I saw a group of errand servants surrounding a middle-aged man in official uniform walking quickly through the lively crowd, with an extremely serious look on his face. Eighty-one? Chinese (8) ??.? 8 (8) 1?Z?(1) .COM

At this moment, Master Chen, who came with Zhang Shan, was hiding in the carriage waiting for news, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, he wanted to avoid being inconvenient to go to the scene with Zhang Shan, but if Zhang Shan was in charge, he believed that Chen Ergongzi would soon be free.

"Lord Zhentai." Lu Xiaoming led his subordinates to greet him and bowed to Zhang Shan.

"Governor Lu, I heard that you are turning over an old case that has already been approved?" Zhang Shan glanced at Lu Xiaoming and asked condescendingly.

This is not that Zhang Shan deliberately put on official prestige, but that the officialdom is highly hierarchical, and as a superior person, he naturally has to look like a superior person, and it is impossible to put on an approachable appearance, otherwise where is the majesty?

"Lord Huitai, the case is full of suspicions, so it will be retried." Lu Xiaoming couldn't help sneering in his heart when he heard this, he had already guessed that Zhang Shan was the backer of the Chen family, so he bowed quietly and replied.

"What's the doubt?" Zhang Shan's brows furrowed, and he asked expressionlessly.

"My lord, in just a few days, four people from the Zhang family died one after another, either violently or by drowning, and one of the bandits was tortured and died, which really makes people feel too strange." Lu Xiaoming explained to Zhang Shan and raised the doubts in his heart.

"It's just a coincidence, what's the difference? If everyone uses such a trumped-up excuse to overturn the case, then wouldn't the Ming Dynasty's yamen be in chaos! Zhang Shan sneered when he heard this, and opened his mouth to scold.

"What your lord says is very true."

Lu Xiaoming's face suddenly became a little ugly, but he couldn't collide with Zhang Shanding, otherwise he would commit the taboo of officialdom, so he bowed down with a smile and said:

"My lord, you see that this coffin has been brought out, and it is not good to put it back in front of everyone's eyes, it is better to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy to end this matter, which can be regarded as giving an explanation to the victim."

"Confess?"

Zhang Shan turned his head and glanced at the people gathered around him to watch the excitement, and after a deep sigh, he said, "Since this is the case, then carry the coffin back to the mansion, and the official will personally interrogate the case." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Shan waved his hand, and the servants behind him rushed towards the coffin, pushed away the people brought by Lu Xiaoming who were standing in front of the coffin, and lifted the coffin to leave.

"What are you going to do?" Zhang Laohan saw that a group of Cheng Yanjin wanted to take away his eldest son's coffin on the way, so he hurriedly stepped forward and stopped those people from going.

Hula, the Zhang clansmen who were digging the grave at the scene just now followed closely behind Zhang Laohan, holding hoes and shovels in their hands and confronting those errand soldiers, you must know that it is a great shame for the family to be taken away casually.

"We are the people of the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, and we will carry the coffin to the Jiujiang Mansion on the order of Lord Zhentai, and then Lord Zhentai will personally ascend to the court to question the case."

Seeing this, one of the leading officers said expressionlessly, "You should get out of the way as soon as possible, and delay the yamen's official duties, but you will have to suffer a lawsuit." ”

The people of the Zhang clan couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, their eyes revealed fear, and Old Man Zhang's face became very ugly.

They didn't know the identity of the person who came at first, but after learning that the other party was Lord Zhentai, who was in charge of a provincial prison, they didn't dare to act rashly, after all, Zhentai was a court official who was bigger than the prefect.

Moreover, if Lord Zhentai ordered the coffin to be taken away, it was part of the Yamen's investigation, and even if they didn't want to, they didn't dare to stop it, otherwise they would have to suffer a lawsuit.

"What is the promotion of the court to ask the case, it is clear that it is the helper invited by the Chen family, who wants to take the opportunity to steal the bones and confuse the public!"

Just when Zhang Laohan and the Zhang clan were at a loss, a disdainful voice suddenly came from the crowd, loudly pointing out the purpose of Zhang Shan's visit.

"It's really quite abrupt for Lord Zhentai to come, is it really the Chen family who invited him?"

"I heard that Master Chen seemed to be having a banquet yesterday."

"Lord Zhentai is busy with official business, and it is really suspicious that he was shocked by this case!"

……

With a bang, the crowd at the scene suddenly stirred, and they talked to each other about the words of the previous person.

"Come on, find out that shitty villain, dare to slander the court officials, it's really damned!"

Zhang Shan naturally heard the previous voice, so he waved his hand in the direction where the voice came, and gave an order to the messenger he brought in a little angrily, this kind of feeling of being exposed in public was not pleasant.

Following Zhang Shan's order, a group of errand officers rushed towards the crowd he was pointing at with great vigour, and soon grabbed a few young men over.

Since they could not identify the person who had just spoken, the servants brought in several suspicious young men, and the person who had just spoken was a young man.

"Say, which of you framed Lord Zhentai just now?" After bringing the young men to Zhang Shan, a stout official standing behind Zhang Shan stretched out his hand and pointed at them and asked fiercely.

Several young people glanced at each other, and then lowered their heads one after another, it was obvious that they would not betray the person who had just spoken in public, otherwise what would be the face?

"Hmph, stubborn!" Seeing this, Zhang Shan immediately sneered.

"Call me until their teacher confesses." When the stout officer heard this, he immediately stretched out his hand to the young men and shouted loudly to the servants beside him.

The servants immediately rushed up and pressed the young men to the ground, and then several of the officers picked up the water and fire sticks to make a gesture to beat, and the officers in the yamen would bring water and fire sticks when they went out on business, which was an essential tool for execution.

"Wait!" At this time, Lu Xiaoming, who had been watching coldly, suddenly opened his mouth and stopped the few servants who were going to beat people.

"My lord, it is not appropriate to be sentenced in public."

Subsequently, Lu Xiaoming said to Zhang Shan in a low voice, after all, Zhang Shan didn't even know who said that, so it would be a bit of an indiscriminate use of punishment, and the impact would not be very good.

"Hmph, daring to slander the imperial court officials is really hateful, and this official is going to let these deliberately shielded Diao people know today!"

How could Zhang Shan endure this breath, he looked at the young people with a sneer and said, "This official wants to see if their mouths are hard or the board of the yamen is hard!" ”

"Do it!" When the stout officer heard this, he immediately shouted to the executioners.

"Can't you open the coffin?"

However, in the next moment, a somewhat impatient voice sounded, and after the previous incident, everyone's attention was focused on the young men, and they forgot about the opening of the coffin.

Zhang Shan's brows suddenly frowned when he heard this, the reason why he wanted to beat those young people just now was not because he was annoyed that someone said that cool sentence, but because he wanted to divert his attention, kill chickens and monkeys, and then smoothly take away the coffin of the boss of the Zhang family.

Although Zhang Shan did not know the circumstances of the case, he knew that since Master Chen did not want to open the coffin for an autopsy, he must have any evidence on the bones of the boss of the Zhang family that was unfavorable to the second son of Chen.

Therefore, what he had to do was to take the coffin back to Jiujiang City, and then turn a blind eye and let Master Chen take the opportunity to exchange the bones.

"Who?"

Now that someone had sabotaged his actions, Zhang Shan naturally felt a little annoyed, so he angrily looked down at the voice from him, and soon saw a man in a strong suit in front of the crowd, who was the person who spoke before.

"Interrupting the official government, are you impatient, come on, ...... this" Then, Zhang Shan stretched out his hand and pointed at the man in a strong suit, and shouted loudly to the messenger on the side.

However, in the next moment, Zhang Shan's voice stopped abruptly, and the whole person stayed there, with a shocked look on his face, looking at the two elegant young men dressed as scribes behind the man in a strong suit with some disbelief.

Lu Xiaoming also noticed the two elegant scribes at this time, and his face suddenly showed a look of surprise, he naturally recognized the identities of the two people at a glance, one was Li Hongyu, and the other was Zhao Xin.

Zhang Shan never expected to meet Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin here, he thought he was wrong, so he rubbed his eyes and looked again, yes, it was indeed Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin.

"Xia Guan has seen young masters and scholars." At this moment, Zhang Shan could no longer maintain his composure, and hurriedly walked over to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, bowed and bowed.

Don't look at the Donglin Party at this time in the court, but they also have people who can't be provoked, that is, the two scholars in the Spring Fang around the Ming Dynasty, who are not only the teachers of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but also the most trusted people of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"Young master, scholar." Lu Xiaoming followed closely behind Zhang Shan, suppressed his excitement and bowed to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin.

"Lord Zhang, Lord Lu, we didn't have these two unfortunate guests and didn't disturb the two adults to try the case, right?" Li Hongyu smiled slightly and said quietly.

"No, no, it is our honor for the young master and the university scholar to come, and it is also a blessing for the people of Jiujiang." Zhang Shan hurriedly said with a smile, bowing slightly to look extremely respectful.

"Master Zhang, how are you going to try this case?" Li Hongyu glanced at the coffin being carried by the servants and asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the young master, this case is seriously implicated, and the lower officials are ready to take the coffin back to the Jiujiang Mansion for trial." Zhang Shan's face suddenly showed a look of embarrassment, and he replied respectfully.

"The deceased is the greatest, since the coffin has come, there is no need to bring the coffin back to the government, it is better to open the coffin here for an autopsy, so as to save going back and forth."

Li Hongyu groaned for a moment when he heard this, and asked Zhang Shan, "Master Zhang, what do you think?" ”

"What the young master said is very true, the lower official will let the coffin be opened for an autopsy."

Where did Zhang Shan dare to say half a "no", he nodded again and again when he heard the words, and couldn't help but ooze a trace of cold sweat on his forehead, realizing that the Chen family was finished this time, so he thought about how to get out of it, so as not to be implicated by the Chen family.

Seeing this, Lu Xiaoming suddenly felt a burst of relief in his heart, now that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are both here, then the truth of the Zhang family's case will be revealed to the world, he has successfully taken the first step to bring down the Chen family, and at the same time, it is also closer to Li Hongyu's promise to recommend him to serve in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

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