"Master, the magistrate is here, and the carriage he is riding in has already entered the town." Li Renhe was about to ask someone to go to Baihe Academy to call the students of Class A for questioning, but he didn't expect a subordinate to come in a hurry to report.

"It's coming so fast!" Li Renhe couldn't help but show a look of surprise when he heard this, it was morning, and he thought that the county magistrate would arrive in the afternoon.

Subsequently, Li Renhe hurriedly got up and led the elders of the Li family to greet the magistrate, although he was the head snake of Jiangkou County, but since ancient times, the people did not fight with the officials, he naturally had to be respectful to the magistrate, and the etiquette should not be missing.

Li Hongyu, as a junior of the Li family, naturally did not have to go to greet the magistrate, looking at the backs of Li Renhe and the others, a subtle smile flashed on the corner of his mouth, the magistrate came so quickly means that he attaches great importance to Qin Yue's case, and in order to eliminate the local influence, this case will be closed soon.

According to the information collected by Li Hongyu, the magistrate of Jiangkou County is a native of Zhejiang, named Chen Yu, who is over thirty years old, and was born as a Jinshi in the forty-first year of Wanli.

Li Hongyu was a little surprised that Chen Yu came to Jiangkou County to serve as the magistrate, and it stands to reason that Chen Yu's condition should be that he should stay in the ministries and yamen in the capital as an official, and no matter how bad he is, he should go to the prosperous Jiangnan to take up his post, how could he come to such a small place as Jiangkou County?

Li Hongyu remembers very well that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, party strife and factions were rampant in the court, the most famous of which were the Donglin Party, the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party and the Qi Party.

It is worth mentioning that the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party and the Qi Party were all opponents of the Donglin Party, and formed an alliance to fight against the Donglin Party, among which the Zhejiang Party was the most powerful.

Among them, the main officials of the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party are all from Zhejiang, and they should have the friendship of fellow villagers to support each other, but because of different political views and interests, they are in the same situation.

Although Li Hongyu still does not know whether Chen Yu is a member of the Donglin Party or the Chu Party, one thing is certain that he must belong to one of the factions, and whether it is the Donglin Party or the Zhejiang Party, it is enough to ensure Chen Yu a prosperous future.

In this way, Chen Yu came to Jiangkou County as an official for only two reasons, one was that he was excluded from the capital and sent to Jiangkou County, and the other is that he had great ambitions and wanted to sharpen himself in the local area and make some achievements, while Jiangnan was involved in too many entanglements of interests and could not exert his strength as well as other places.

Chen Yu was welcomed into the Li family's mansion by Li Renhe, and it didn't take long for Li Hongyu to be called to the living room in the front yard by Li Renhe, and Chen Yu had something to ask him.

Li Hongyu glanced inside before entering the living room, and saw a middle-aged man wearing a seven-grade official robe sitting on the first seat, with a medium stature, a Chinese face, and a gentle and elegant look, presumably this person was Chen Yu, the county magistrate of Jiangkou County.

"Student Li Hongyu has seen the county honor." Since it was the first time they met, Li Hongyu naturally wanted to leave a good impression on Chen Yu, so after entering the door, he strode in front of Chen Yu and knelt down to salute loudly.

As a Huguang family, Li Hongyu knows very well that if he wants to step into the officialdom in the future, he will definitely be classified into the Chu party, this kind of thing can't help him, this kind of township party concept is deeply rooted in the imperial court, even if he wants to be alone, he will be regarded as a member of the Chu party, and he will definitely be attacked at that time.

Therefore, Li Hongyu wants to take advantage of this opportunity to make friends with Chen Yu, no matter whether Chen Yu is a member of the Donglin Party or the Zhejiang Party, he will have a good attitude in the officialdom in the future.

In addition to the friendship of fellow villagers, the most important relationship in the officialdom is the friendship between teachers and students and the friendship of the same subject, Chen Yu is the chief examiner of the county examination in Jiangkou County, once Li Hongyu passes the county examination, the two naturally have the relationship between teachers and students, and Li Hongyu can ask Chen Yu for help if he encounters any trouble in the officialdom in the future.

Therefore, in front of Chen Yu, Li Hongyu naturally can't pretend to be crazy and stupid, in case Chen Yu feels bad, it will be more than worth the loss.

Li Renhe saw that Li Hongyu didn't have the slightest stage fright, and a look of surprise couldn't help but appear on his face, and in his impression, Li Hongyu's cowardly and timid character should be trembling now.

"Li Hongyu, this county asks you, but you gave this drawing to Li Hongqing?"

Chen Yu didn't expect that it was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who came in, and he thought that Li Hongyu was a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, so he sighed and picked up a drawing on the table next to him and asked.

"Back to the county, it was the student who gave it to Li Hongqing." Li Hongyu recognized it at a glance, that drawing was the schematic diagram of the back house he had drawn, and it must have been searched from Li Hongqing's body, so he replied in a deep voice.

"Why did you give it to Li Hongqing?" Chen Yu's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, and he looked at Li Hongyu and asked.

"County Zun, it's not what the student wants to give him, it's what he forced the student to ask for."

Li Hongyu's face suddenly showed a gloomy look, and he explained to Chen Yu one by one, "Li Hongqing wanted the student's personal maid Rou'er to serve him, and forced the student to paint Rou'er's room to him. ”

"Are you true?" Hearing that "the drunkard doesn't mean to drink", Chen Yu's brows furrowed again, and then asked Li Hongyu with a serious expression.

"Back to the county, the student's classmates all know about it, and the county will know it as soon as he asks." Li Hongyu nodded solemnly.

He was not afraid that Chen Yu would confront the students of Baihe Academy, Li Honggan was usually arrogant and domineering, but he did not offend people, so the students of the academy would definitely not favor Li Hongqing, who had shamelessly preached that he wanted to get Rou'er, and he might fall into the ground.

"Someone, pass on the students of Class A." Chen Yu bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and gave an order to the accompanying officers in a deep voice, he naturally couldn't just listen to Li Hongyu's words.

"You get up first, and wait by the side." Then, Chen Yu raised his hand to Li Hongyu, who was kneeling there.

"Xie Xianzun." Li Hongyu bowed to Chen Yu, got up and stood on the side with a serious expression, waiting for his classmates to arrive.

After a while, there was a sound of messy footsteps in the courtyard outside the door, and I saw Li Hongyi and other students from Class A of Baihe Academy hurriedly walking over.

When Li Renhe greeted Chen Yu, he had already asked people to go to Baihe Academy to inform the people on the deck to come to the Li family compound, and it was obvious that Chen Yu would definitely summon them for questioning when he came to Baihe Town this time, so Li Hongyi and his party were in the courtyard next door just now.

"The student knocks on the county lord." After entering the living room, Li Hongyi glanced at Li Hongyu standing on the side with a complicated expression, led the students behind him to kneel down, and saluted Chen Yu.

"This county asks you, which of you has seen this picture in Li Hongqing's hand?" Chen Yu glanced around at Li Hongyi and the others who were kneeling there, picked up the schematic map of the back house on the table, and asked in a deep voice.

Li Hongyi and the others glanced at each other, and then shook their heads and said that they hadn't seen the picture, no matter how rampant Li Honggen was, he wouldn't take that picture all over the world to publicize it, after all, Li Hongyu was the son-in-law of the Li family's third room, and if he went too far, he would inevitably cause trouble.

In addition, due to the short time and the limited number of people who have access to the drawings, Li Hongqing follows Li Hongyi all day long, so the people who can see the drawings are Li Hongyi and the people around Li Hongyi.

Because Li Hongyi was ashamed of Li Hongqing's forcible occupation of Rou'er, Li Hongqing naturally did not take out the drawing to show off, which also made it impossible for others to access the schematic diagram of the back house, which invisibly helped Li Hongyu a lot.

"This county asks you again, do you know where this picture of Li Honggan came from?" Seeing that no one answered, Chen Yu asked quietly.

Li Hongyi and the others glanced at each other again when they heard this, and then fell silent, obviously no one wanted to be implicated in Li Honggen's case.

"The county reminds you that those who fail to report the same crime are guilty." Chen Yu knew that they had scruples in their hearts, so he put down the schematic diagram of the back house in his hand and said with a serious expression.

"Back to the county, that picture was given by Li Hongyu." Hearing this, several students kneeling below looked at each other, and then a tall and thin student said stubbornly.

These students are the little followers when Li Hongqing took the picture yesterday, others can pretend to be deaf and dumb in this matter, and they can't get rid of it at all because they have personally experienced this matter.

"Why did Li Hongyu give him this picture?" Chen Yu glanced at the tall and thin student and asked with a serious expression.

"Back to the county, students don't ...... I don't know. The thin and tall student's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he replied with a little stammer, he didn't want to get involved in this matter too much.

"Do you know why?" Chen Yu's brows furrowed slightly, he saw that the tall and thin student had some scruples in his heart, so he asked the few people who had looked at the tall and thin student before.

The students, like the tall and thin students, shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know about it.

"Is it unclear or unwilling to say?" Chen Yu knew from the reactions of the thin and tall students and others that they were hiding something, so he sank his face and said, "If the county finds out that you are lying at that time, then you will be punished for the same crime!" ”

Hearing this, the thin and tall student and the others were suddenly shocked, and cold sweat soon oozed from their foreheads, they were just students, where had they experienced the situation in front of them, Chen Yu was so frightened that they almost peed their pants.

"If the magistrate asks you something, you can say whatever you know." At this time, perhaps sensing that the atmosphere at the scene had become solemn, Li Renhe opened his mouth and said in a deep voice to the thin and tall student and others, now there is really no need to hide anything for Li Honggan.

"Back to the county, Li Honggen fell in love with Li Hongyu's personal maid, so he forced Li Hongyu to draw a map of the back house." After listening to Li Renhe's words, the thin and tall student no longer hesitated, and said to Chen Yu in a loud voice.

Li Hongyu heard that a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, of course Li Hongqing did not force him to draw a schematic diagram of the back house, but outsiders obviously did not think so, thinking that this was Li Hongqing's idea, so Li Hongqing jumped into the Yellow River and could not wash it away.