In a luxurious painting boat parked by the river, there was a lot of vocal music, and the little white face and the stout boy were enjoying the performance of the song and dance girl on the boat with great interest, chatting and laughing.

Suddenly, a subordinate walked quickly to Xiao Baimian's side, leaned over and whispered a few words in her ear, which made Xiao Baimian's face change greatly.

"Second brother, quick, follow me to save people." After the servant finished reporting, Xiao Bai stood up with a pouted face, put down the wine glass in his hand and said to the stout boy sitting on the wine table opposite, with an anxious look on his face.

As Little White Face got up, the laughter and music on the scene stopped abruptly, and everyone looked at her in surprise, not knowing what was going on.

"What's wrong?" The stout boy who was laughing with the singing and dancing girl next to him was a little confused, and he looked at the little white face with a little pale face in surprise, he had never seen the little white face so nervous.

"Second brother, I'll explain it to you on the way, let's go back to the city first, if it's too late, your life will be gone." The little white face didn't care much, so he stepped forward and pulled up the stout boy and walked out, which made the people present look at each other and be confused.

In the silence, Sun Feng and the tall thin follower beside the stout boy brother were the first to react, and quickly chased after him, wanting to see what happened to make Xiao Baimian so anxious.

On the carriage back to the city.

"You're going to save that child test case leader in Xiangyang Mansion?" The stout boy looked at the little white face sitting in front of him with some surprise, he thought it was something important, but he didn't think that the little white face was asking him to go to the prison of the guard yamen to protect Li Hongyu's life.

The little white face had just told the stout brother about Linjianglou, and in the stout brother's opinion, Li Hongyu and the little white face were not worthy of how to stir up the public, but they were just the head of the child test, and there was no need to fight Zhang Quan for him.

"Second brother, I heard that the head of the Li case has already obtained the evidence of his attempt to **** Miss Qin from Cui Laoer, so how can Cui Laoer easily write such a confession, so there is a good chance that the head of the Li case only got those confessions because he restrained Zhang Quan."

Hearing this, Xiao Baimian nodded solemnly to the stout boy, "Zhang Quan must be extremely angry in his heart, the most important thing for these noble children like them is face, because of the meritorious reputation of the Li case on trial, he can't torture him in prison, so he will definitely find a way to kill him." ”

"That's right, don't look at their noble sons and daughters, they don't know how to learn and don't have skills, they have the best face on weekdays, Zhang Quan will definitely not give up after suffering such a big loss this time."

The stout boy agreed with Xiao Bai's words, and after bowing his head slightly, he looked at Xiao Baiyan curiously and said, "Second sister, you and that surnamed Li are only one side, so there is no need to intervene in this kind of thing." ”

"Second brother, don't forget that I bet 100,000 taels of silver on him, so much money can't be wasted." Xiao Baiyan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then replied with a smile.

"You don't have to worry about money, if that kid is caught in a lawsuit and can't participate in the township test, it means that he will lose his qualification to play the gambling market, and the casino will refund the 100,000 taels of gambling silver to you." The stout boy couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, the money is easy to say, and when he says hello, the people in the casino will return the money to the little white face.

"Second brother, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this, people who know about this matter know that I was forced to get back the gambling money, and I don't know if I think I had an affair with Zhang Quan and they want to take the opportunity to get rid of the money."

A look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the little white face, he didn't expect the stout boy to react so quickly, and then looked at the stout boy with a smile and said, "People are terrible, and the girl has to take precautions early, so as not to attract criticism!" ”

"Besides, the head of the Li case is from our Xiangyang Mansion, and now that I am in Wuchang City, I can't sit idly by and ignore what happened to him!"

As he spoke, Xiao Bai's face showed a helpless look, "Second brother, you also know that we have a close relationship with the local gentry, and Case Chief Li is very favored by Xiangyang Shilin this time, if I stand by and watch, I won't be drowned by their spitting stars when the time comes!" ”

"That's right, those gentry are extremely sour and rotten, and they are the most difficult to deal with."

Brother Stout couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, thinking that Xiaobai's face was reasonable, and he didn't like to deal with those gentry in Wuchang Territory, but the situation forced him to have to contact.

"Second brother, this Zhang Quan is too arrogant, he dares to rob the people's daughters in public, and he simply regards our Ming law as infallible, which makes the people think of the court." Xiao Baimian immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and then frowned and said, you must know that this is a provincial capital, not a remote state and county.

In fact, Xiaobaiyan herself doesn't know why she wants to save Li Hongyu, this is completely a subconscious behavior of hers, she knows very well that if she doesn't help, Li Hongyu will definitely not be able to survive today, she is clear about the style of those powerful children, and she will not solve the problem through the law at all, and will definitely secretly kill the killer.

What is particularly important is that the candidates from Xiangyang Mansion have already gone to petition in front of the Yamen of the Procuratorial Envoy to ask Huguang to intervene in the case of Li Hongyu and Zhang Quan according to the Procuratorial Envoy, and this is not forcing Zhang Quan to kill Li Hongyu!

"These noble sons and daughters have relied on the emperor's grace to do these things that bully men and women, and I think their ancestors are also a generation of famous generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time, but their descendants have long been accustomed to comfortable and comfortable days, and they no longer know what a Jin Ge Iron Horse is, and if they are sent to the battlefield, they will definitely be scared to pee their pants."

The stout boy's brows furrowed, and he said with a disdainful expression, "I really don't know what the emperor is doing with these wastes who can't take care of the family." ”

"The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies still has to rely on them to support it, otherwise the cantonment system set by Grandpa Tai back then would not be able to be maintained." Seeing that the stout boy was quite dissatisfied with Zhang Quan's noble children, Xiao Bai smiled and said.

"The cantonment system has long existed in name only, and now the imperial court uses conscripted soldiers to fight wars, and the imperial court needs to spend white money to mobilize them, which is completely contrary to the expectations of the great grandfather."

The stout boy sneered and said hatefully, "If the Ming Dynasty needs to use troops on a large scale one day, how can the troops of those guards be used in a battle?" ”

"Second brother, these things have the emperor and the court to worry about, we can only be in a hurry, and if we talk too much, we will commit a taboo." Xiao Baiyan knew that the stout boy had always been dissatisfied with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and thought that he had raised so many military households for nothing, so he smiled and comforted.

"You're right, these things are not in our hands, so why should we worry about people here." The stout boy smiled self-deprecatingly when he heard this, and said to the little white face, "Sister, don't worry, the second brother of the kid surnamed Li is in charge, and I don't dare to refute the second brother's face." ”

"Thank you, second brother." Xiaobai's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly thanked him, with the words of the stout boy, Li Hongyu's life was saved.

Wu Changwei, Wei commanded the envoy to the Yamen.

"Give me a hard beating, use all the punishments in the prison, I want him to survive, he can't survive." In the living room in the backyard, Zhang Quan sat on a Taishi chair, and angrily yelled at Cui Gongzi and a few others standing in the room, and the "he" in his mouth naturally referred to Li Hongyu.

Zhang Quan never imagined that Li Hongyu would dare to do something to him, which made him not only injured but also lose face today, so he naturally wanted to avenge this revenge.

"Little Marquis, Li Hongyu has a meritorious reputation, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he cannot be punished before the scholar revokes his meritorious name, otherwise he will be severely punished by the imperial court."

Several people in the room couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, and then a middle-aged man wearing a third-grade martial arts robe stepped forward and said with a smile on his face, This middle-aged man is Liu Yi, the commander of the Wuchang guard.

"What kind of fame is not famous, Benjue must let him taste the taste of torture, otherwise it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart!" Zhang Quan sneered when he heard this, and said to Liu Yi, "If it is inconvenient for Lord Liu to do it, Benjue's people can do it for him." ”

"Little Marquis, this is absolutely impossible, now that the township examination is approaching, the main examination sent by the emperor has arrived in Wuchang City, if you know about it, it will cause a big disaster, the emperor has always attached importance to the imperial examination."

Liu Yi's face couldn't help but flash a trace of embarrassment, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade that if Li Hongyu was not dismissed from his reputation for showing his talent and was tortured, then there would undoubtedly be a suspicion of sabotaging the imperial examination, and this crime was very serious, and he couldn't bear it.

"Do you want Ben to watch him live happily in prison?" Zhang Quan looked at Liu Yi expressionlessly and asked unwillingly.

Although he couldn't wait to punish Li Hongyu immediately, he didn't dare to do anything that interfered with the imperial examination, let alone him, even the civil and military ministers of the Ming Dynasty would be severely punished by the emperor if they were involved in the imperial examination.

"Little Marquis, it's better to wait for the official to reform Li Hongyu's reputation before the execution." At this time, Cui Gongzi stepped forward and persuaded, "In this way, the little marquis will clean up as much as he wants." ”

"Will Lord Tixue redress his reputation?" Zhang Quan felt that Cui Gongzi was reasonable, so he pondered for a while and said, "If Master Tixue keeps dragging on like this, I don't have so much patience to spend here." ”

"Little Hou Ye, it is true that Li Hongyu hurt people, as long as Master Li reports this case to Lord Tixue, then Lord Tixue will redress his reputation."

Cui Gongzi bowed slightly when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Little Hou Ye can rest assured, it won't take a few days for Li Hongyu's fame to be gone." ”

"Then let him go for the time being, and then clean him up after his fame is removed." Zhang Quan frowned and bowed slightly, it seems that he has the only way to do it now.

"My lord, my subordinates have received news that the students of Xiangyang Mansion have gathered in front of the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, and asked the Inspector to come forward to try the case of the little marquis!"

At this moment, a hundred households hurriedly walked in and shouted at Liu Yiyi.

"What?" Hearing this, everyone at the scene was taken aback, and no one expected this kind of thing to happen.

If the power of a single student is insignificant, but once the students are assembled, the power becomes very strong, and in addition, it is an extraordinary period close to the township examination, so it is impossible for the adults to turn a blind eye to it, which undoubtedly complicates the case.