Li Hongyu looked at each other and smiled at Zhao Xin after learning about Zhang Laohan, it seems that Lu Xiaoming is quite quick to do things, and he actually made a move on the Chen family so quickly. Eighty-one? Chinese Network (8) ??.? ８?１?

I have to say that Lu Xiaoming's choice of this breakthrough point to deal with the Chen family is really clever, he was transferred to the Jiujiang prefect after the Zhang family's case, so he has nothing to do with the Zhang family's case, and naturally he has no scruples when he turns over the case.

In addition, Zhang Laohan, whose children died tragically, was fearless at this time, as long as Lu Xiaoming gave him a hope, he would definitely go to sue the Chen family without hesitation, and he would not give up halfway.

And with Zhang Laohan's appeal, Lu Xiaoming can justifiably detain Master Chen and his family to question the case, and as long as he puts on a posture of bringing Master Chen and other Chen family members to justice, then it is bound to attract more people to come to complain, and the Chen family has offended countless people in the local area.

Hushui Town, the old residence of the Chen family.

"Master, the prefect is giving you eye medicine!" In the study, the housekeeper said to Mr. Chen, who was sitting behind the desk and flipping through the books.

Zhang Laohan's matter reached the Chen family as soon as possible, no matter how the Chen family is also the overlord of Poyang Lake, the news is naturally better than ordinary people, so the housekeeper immediately reported to Master Chen.

"It seems that this member underestimated Governor Lu, and even came to us to trouble us when he was unable to protect himself!" Master Chen stretched his waist, put down the book in his hand and said disapprovingly, not surprised or angry at all.

After all, he has been on the rivers and lakes for decades, and he has never seen what kind of market he has seen, in his opinion, Lu Xiaoming is just a demonstration to him, as long as Lu Xiaoming is given benefits, Lu Xiaoming will naturally not target him again.

"Master, we have already given the share to the Governor of Lu's Mansion to the Inspectorate, do you want to ask the Inspector to come forward?" The butler groaned for a moment, and then asked tentatively.

More than two months ago, Jiangxi's new envoy went to take office, and Master Chen immediately went to visit him with a generous gift, and gave the "heart" to the Governor of Lu.

As the saying goes, the official level crushes people to death, as long as the inspector comes forward, then he will definitely be able to settle this case, Lu Xiaoming was originally the end of the crossbow, and the inspector is the new official who took office, as long as he said a word, Lu Xiaoming did not dare to disobey even if he was unwilling.

Moreover, as far as the housekeeper knows, the new envoy is a member of the Donglin Party, which happens to be the opposite of Lu Xiaoming, so there is no need to give Lu Xiaoming face at all.

"Such a trivial matter is also troubled to press the Inspector?" Master Chen picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip of tea, and said to the housekeeper slowly, "Isn't it just a little money, you go and prepare one to send to Governor Lu's mansion." ”

"Master, how much?" The housekeeper frowned slightly when he heard this, and then asked in a deep voice.

"How much more does he want when he's leaving?" Master Chen sneered when he heard this, and said with a disdainful face, "A mourning dog like this will wag its tail contentedly if you give a bone, you go and prepare ten thousand taels!" ”

"Ten thousand taels?" The housekeeper's brows furrowed, and then he said tentatively, "Master, this Lu Governor's appetite is not small, isn't 10,000 taels a little less." ”

"You tell him that recently, I want to invite the envoy to be a guest, the affairs are a little busy, it is difficult to mobilize silver taels from below, if he is too little, we will make up for it after the envoy leaves."

After putting down the teacup, Master Chen picked up the book again and flipped through it, and said lightly while reading, "I don't believe that he dares to live with the inspector!" ”

"What the master said is, I'll go to Fucheng." The housekeeper nodded again and again when he heard this, and he naturally heard the threat to Lu Xiaoming in Master Chen's words.

The next day, Jiujiang City, the prefect's yamen.

"My lord, the housekeeper of the Chen family has come to ask to see you." When Lu Xiaoming was leisurely practicing calligraphy in the backyard, an errand officer came to report quickly.

"Master, it seems that the people of the Chen family have come to sue for peace." Hearing this, the tall thin man who was waiting on the side couldn't help but whisper.

"You go and see how sincere they are?" Lu Xiaoming couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and said while practicing his words, he wanted to see how much weight he had in Master Chen's heart.

Obviously, Lu Xiaoming, as a dignified prefect, naturally would not go to see the Chen family's housekeeper, in that case, wouldn't he surrender his identity.

The thin and tall man bowed to Lu Xiaoming when he heard this, and left quickly, going to inquire about the intention of the Chen family's housekeeper, while Lu Xiaoming continued to practice calligraphy leisurely, this time with Li Hongyu behind his back, what else was he afraid of!

"Master, the housekeeper of the Chen family brought 10,000 taels of silver this time, saying that the Chen Mansion has been busy receiving the affairs of the envoy recently, and he will give a generous gift after he is busy with the things at hand!"

Soon after, the tall and thin man came back quickly and reported to Lu Xiaoming in a deep voice.

"Resupply?" Lu Xiaoming's face suddenly turned cold when he heard this, and he said coldly, "If you want to use 10,000 taels to beat this official, it's too deceitful!" ”

"Master, the little one will return the money." When the tall and thin man heard this, he bowed down and asked.

"Why do you want to return? Since he felt that he could beat the official with 10,000 taels, then the official weighed his mind and asked him to relax his vigilance. ”

Lu Xiaoming pondered for a moment, and then ordered the thin and tall man with an expressionless face, "Leave the money, you go to accompany the Chen family's housekeeper to eat." ”

"Don't worry, master, the little one knows what to do." When the thin and tall man heard this, he immediately understood, and knew that Lu Xiaoming was deliberately paralyzing Master Chen, so he left quickly.

"Humph! Dare to humiliate this official, this official will make you want to cry without tears when the time comes! After the tall and thin man left, Lu Xiaoming's eyes flashed coldly, and he said fiercely, this time he has to deal with Master Chen well.

Master Chen was really fooled, and after learning about Lu Xiaoming's performance, he thought that Lu Xiaoming was scared and softened as he thought, so he was quite proud of this.

At the same time, Lu Xiaoming was intensively investigating the relevant human and physical evidence in Zhang Laohan's case, and he wanted to defeat Master Chen in one fell swoop, so as not to leave any trouble.

Two days later, the drum in front of the yamen was struck, and Zhang Laohan held the shape in one hand and beat the drum with the other, beating the drum loudly and immediately attracting the attention of pedestrians passing in front of the yamen.

"Huh? Isn't that Zhang Laohan, who was broken in front of the county yamen three years ago? ”

Soon, someone recognized Zhang Laohan's identity and was very surprised by this, after all, Zhang Laohan also made a big fuss in front of the government three years ago, which made many people impressed at that time.

"I heard that Zhang Laohan was brought to the mansion by the prefect, and the prefect is about to overturn the case for the Zhang family!" Then, the clever man immediately realized the crux of the matter.

"His case involves the Chen family, will the prefect call the shots for him?" Zhang Laohan's case was known all over Jiujiang City, and someone in the crowd asked suspiciously.

"I heard that the prefect has a good relationship with the Chen family, so it shouldn't embarrass the Chen family!"

The next moment, someone immediately expressed a pessimistic attitude, after all, the Chen family is the head snake of Poyang Lake, and it is not so easy to collapse when it is entrenched in Jiujiang.

"This is not necessarily, if the prefect doesn't want to avenge Zhang Laohan, why bring Zhang Laohan to Fucheng?" Immediately afterwards, a different opinion was expressed.

In the midst of people's gossip, Zhang Laohan was led in by the servants of the yamen, and people flocked into the palace to see the excitement.

"The prefect is sitting in the hall in person, it seems that he is going to be the master of the Zhang family!" When he saw that the person sitting in the lobby was Lu Xiaoming, a surprised voice suddenly sounded in the crowd.

The prefect is the highest official of a prefecture, and he is busy with official business on weekdays, so unless there are big and important cases, the cases are tried by officials such as the governor and the magistrate.

Now that Lu Xiaoming has appeared in the court, it means that he will personally try the case of the Zhang family, which is undoubtedly a kind of support for the Zhang family, otherwise it is enough to let a petty official deal with this matter.

"The people in the hall, but you beat the drum and cry out for grievances?" Lu Xiaoming glanced at Zhang Laohan, who was kneeling in front of the hall, and asked with a hard slap of surprise.

"Back to the prefect's lord, it is the villain who beats the drum and shouts grievances, and the villain's grievances are as deep as the sea, please call the shots!" Zhang Laohan held his hands high above his head, kowtowed to Lu Xiaoming and said sadly.

Hearing this, Lu Xiaoming nodded to a servant standing in front of the hall, and the servant took the case and handed it to him.

"You said that your eldest son was injured to death by the second son of the Chen family, his daughter-in-law and daughter committed suicide after being humiliated, and the second son was framed as a water bandit and died in prison, but the facts of the case that this official knows are very different from what you said."

After reading the contents of the complaint, Lu Xiaoming put it on the table in front of him, looked at Zhang Laohan with a serious expression and said, "This official has checked the case file, your eldest son died of a violent illness, and his daughter-in-law and daughter are completely overboard. ”

"Back to the prefect's eldest master, these are all fake, they were arranged by the second son of Chen in order to get rid of the crime, and I beg the eldest lord to call the shots for the villain."

When Zhang Laohan heard this, he couldn't help but look at Lu Xiaoming with righteous indignation and said, the Chen family is the overlord of Poyang Lake, so this little thing is not easy to catch.

"The loss of four lives in just a few days is indeed very strange."

Lu Xiaoming glanced at the contents of the form again, then took out a order sign from the holder, threw it to an errand officer standing in front of the hall, and gave an order in a deep voice, "Go, bring the second son of the Chen family, and the official wants him to confront the plaintiff in court." ”

Hearing this, the people watching the excitement at the scene burst into a commotion, and no one thought that Lu Xiaoming would let Chen Ergongzi come to the lobby to confront Zhang Laohan.

This means that Lu Xiaoming really wants to retry Zhang Laohan's case, otherwise there is no need to bother the second son of the Chen family to come to the lobby, and things are becoming more and more interesting.

(End of chapter)