At night, a luxurious house in Ningbo City. Ethereal.2

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have good news for you, I received a report in the afternoon that our henchman was seriously injured this time, and even if he didn't die, he only had half a life left."

In the study, several richly dressed middle-aged people gathered together, and a round-faced middle-aged man said excitedly, "From now on, he can no longer threaten our business!" ”

"Is the news conclusive?" Hearing this, the rest of the middle-aged people first looked at each other in disbelief, and then a middle-aged man asked cautiously, this matter is not trivial.

"It's true, my men saw his carriage blown up."

A smug look appeared on the round-faced middle-aged man's face, and he said with a smile, "I can't imagine that Hongmaoyi's firearms are so powerful, no wonder the imperial court wants to ban firearms." ”

"The court won't find out about us, right?"

Several middle-aged people present did not feel happy when they heard this, but showed worried looks, and a middle-aged man asked nervously, assassinating a major minister of the imperial court is a serious crime, and once the matter is revealed, it will be beheaded all over the house.

"The person who did the work had already committed suicide by taking poison afterwards, and he would never leak half of our words, so everyone put their hearts in their stomachs."

The round-faced middle-aged man smiled and opened his mouth to comfort everyone, "After this incident, the overseas trade of the imperial court will definitely stop, and the maritime business will still be our world at that time." ”

Hearing him say this, several middle-aged people at the scene breathed a sigh of relief, their faces gradually became relaxed, and the atmosphere became relaxed.

Soon after, several middle-aged people present stood up to say goodbye to the round-faced middle-aged man, they had already gotten the news they wanted, so there was no need to stay here any longer.

A carriage stopped in front of a grand house, and a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face stepped down from the carriage with a frown, and entered the courtyard door with a heavy heart, he was one of several middle-aged people who had been told by the round-faced middle-aged man that the target was seriously injured.

"Master, Master Chen is here, waiting in the living room." As soon as the middle-aged man with a Chinese face entered the courtyard door, the housekeeper hurriedly greeted him and reported in a deep voice.

"Master Chen is here?" The middle-aged man with the national character face was slightly stunned for a moment, his expression was a little stunned, he didn't expect the other party to come here so late, could it be that something happened?

Subsequently, the middle-aged man with a Chinese character face walked into the hall quickly, very surprised by the arrival of Master Chen, thinking that something big had happened.

In the living room, Chen Mingzhi was frowning and sipping tea there, he had to come tonight, because the middle-aged man with a Chinese character face was his friend and in-law, and his eldest daughter married here and became the wife of the second young master.

"Brother Chen, why are you here late at night?" Soon, the middle-aged man with a Chinese character face walked into the door quickly, and asked Chen Mingzhi with concern.

"This is not the place to talk, go to your study." Chen Mingzhi put down the teacup in his hand when he heard this, and said in a deep voice after getting up.

The middle-aged man with a national character face felt that Chen Mingzhi looked serious and seemed to have something important to say to him, so he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and led Chen Mingzhi to the study in the backyard.

"Brother Chen, what's going on?" When he entered the study, the middle-aged man with a Chinese face closed the door and asked Chen Mingzhi suspiciously, he hadn't heard of Chen Mingzhi getting into any trouble recently.

"Did you really send someone to assassinate Scholar Li?" Chen Mingzhi groaned for a while, and then looked at the middle-aged man with a Chinese face and said.

"Brother Chen laughed, assassinating an official of the imperial court is a serious crime, how could I do such a thing!"

The middle-aged man with a national character face was stunned at first, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and then he waved his hand disapprerovingly and said, secretly vigilant in his heart, after all, Chen Mingzhi is now an imperial businessman, and their identity is already different.

"Brother Yang, don't you want to know how I learned about the assassination of the scholar?" Chen Mingzhi saw the vigilant look on the middle-aged man's face, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and asked, it seems that the assassination of Li Hongyu's substitute has nothing to do with it.

"Brother Chen, how do you know?"

The middle-aged man with the Chinese character face known as "Brother Yang" was slightly stunned when he heard this, and suddenly realized this problem, and couldn't help but look at Chen Mingzhi with some astonishment, even the round-faced middle-aged man only knew how Chen Mingzhi learned this important news soon!

"So far, I can only tell you that you have caused a big disaster, and if you want to be a young scholar and become an auxiliary minister of the imperial court at a young age, how can you be an idle person? Now that he has been robbed by this, he will definitely use thunderous means to fight back! ”

Chen Mingzhi shook his head, looked at the middle-aged man with a wry smile and said, "Brother Yang, you are confused, killing officials is a taboo in the imperial court, and it is still an important minister of the country like Li Daxue who is killed, the emperor will be furious, and hundreds of officials will denounce it, who will give you a word at that time?" ”

"What do we have to do with the attack on Scholar Li, the imperial court can't wronged good people!" The face of the middle-aged man with the national character face changed, and he said calmly.

"Usually someone reasoned with you, but now that the auxiliary ministers of the country have been attacked, there are rumors in the market that there are soldiers, who do you reason with, and who dares to intervene in this matter?"

Seeing that the middle-aged man with a national face had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation, Chen Mingzhi shook his head helplessly, and then said with a straight face, "Even if Senior Scholar Li orders you all to be arrested, I am afraid that no one in the government and the opposition will speak for you." ”

"Brother Yang, have you heard a sentence, why can't you ask for it under Miki, once you are tortured, what kind of confession can't you get in your hands?" As he spoke, Chen Mingzhi reminded the middle-aged man with a serious expression that he should know the things when the government handled the case.

"Scholar Li is a person who has read the book of sages, how can he let those dumb officials and cool officials be beaten indiscriminately?" The face of the middle-aged man with the national character face suddenly turned pale, and he looked at Chen Mingzhi calmly and said.

"Isn't this how the government handles cases?"

Seeing that the middle-aged man with a national character face is now counting on Li Hongyu to "handle the case impartially", Chen Mingzhi secretly shook his head in his heart, and asked in a deep voice, the middle-aged man with a national character face and others are going to put Li Hongyu to death, how can Li Hongyu spare them?

"If it is left on the ordinary, Scholar Li may be able to find conclusive evidence before starting, but now that the first overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty is about to start, where does Scholar Li have the energy and time to pay attention to this matter, he will definitely solve this matter in a storm to appease people's hearts."

Then, Chen Mingzhi's expression was grim, and he looked at the middle-aged man with a blank face, "Don't forget, Scholar Li has the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor in his hand, and civil officials below the fourth rank can cut it first, I'm afraid it will be bloody again." ”

"Does the imperial court just let Scholar Li kill people here?"

The middle-aged man with the Chinese character face couldn't help but ooze cold sweat on his forehead, and looked at Chen Mingzhi with a pale face.

"Can anyone in the imperial court prove that the people killed by Scholar Li were not the ones who plotted to assassinate him?" Chen Mingzhi did not answer the middle-aged man with a national character face directly, but asked in a deep voice.

The middle-aged man with a national character face was dumbfounded for a moment when he heard this, and the sweat on his forehead fell down, he knew that what Chen Mingzhi said was right, as long as the officials in the court had no evidence that Li Hongyu had killed the wrong person, then no one would stand up and say something, after all, this matter involves the killing of officials or important ministers of the court, and no one wants to wade into this muddy water.

Even if Li Hongyu killed the wrong person, then in the eyes of those officials, it was also for the sake of prestige, warning those who dared to kill officials not to do such stupid things, and to safeguard the interests of officialdom officials.

Therefore, the people in the court hope to solve this case as soon as possible, whether it is the main messenger behind the scenes who killed and shocked the people first, no one wants the case to remain unsolved, in that case, wouldn't it encourage people to kill officials? As for the real culprit, you can find it slowly.

"I heard that Scholar Li was seriously injured, or he couldn't survive this hurdle, and people went to tea and cool, and this matter will definitely be turned into a big thing and a small matter."

In silence, the middle-aged man with a national character face looked at Chen Mingzhi expectantly, and the round-faced middle-aged man had told them that Li Hongyu was seriously injured in the attack and might die.

"Brother Yang, to tell you the truth, Senior Scholar Li only suffered some minor injuries, I'm afraid he will start to fight back these days." Seeing that the middle-aged man with a national face was lucky, Chen Mingzhi couldn't help but whisper, "The situation is urgent, Brother Yang still has to make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

Li ...... Is Scholar Lee okay? The middle-aged man with the face of the national character suddenly froze there, with a shocked look on his face, Chen Mingzhi's words shattered his expectations, and Li Hongyu would definitely retaliate.

"Brother Chen, is your news true?" Immediately after, the middle-aged man with a Chinese character face wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and asked Chen Mingzhi repeatedly.

"This is true, there is not much time left for you, and you have to make a decision as soon as possible." Chen Mingzhi nodded solemnly, and reminded the middle-aged man with a national character face in a deep voice that it was naturally impossible for him to tell the matter of Youlan, let alone reveal Li Hongyu's current identity.

As a friend and in-law, Chen Mingzhi has done everything he can, and the next thing is to look at the creation of a middle-aged man with a national face.

"Brother Chen, show me a clear way, otherwise my family will die." The middle-aged man with the face of the national character was now in a state of confusion, and after the initial panic, he came back to his senses and said to Chen Mingzhi with a bloodless face.

In the eyes of the middle-aged man with a national character face, since Chen Mingzhi knew about the attack on Li Hongyu's stand-in, then what he said earlier was true, and Li Daxue had already guessed that the assassination was done by them, so he wanted to fight back, which made him feel like he didn't know what to do.

"If you want to survive this catastrophe, you can only atone for your sins, and only in this way can you get out of it!" Seeing that the middle-aged man with a national face asked him for help, Chen Mingzhi replied without thinking, otherwise how could Li Hongyu let him go?

"Atonement?" The middle-aged man with a national character face was stunned when he heard this, a thoughtful look appeared on his face, and then he smiled helplessly, as if he had no choice other than that, did he have to wait until the knife edge was on his neck to choose to save himself?

Chen Mingzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he saw this, and knew from the reaction of the middle-aged man with a national character face at this time that he had been persuaded by himself, which not only saved the lives of his family, but also helped Li Hongyu a lot, so that Li Hongyu could get clues from the middle-aged man with a national character face and end the matter as soon as possible, so as not to delay the matter of overseas trade.

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