After the little sister of the Chen family returned home, she immediately caused a sensation on the island where she lived, and no one expected that Li Hongyu's two subordinates would really bring people back from Hushui Town, which was really unexpected by everyone. Bayi Middle School? Wenwang ? ≈≤．

After seeing her family, the frightened little sister of the Chen family immediately threw herself into her mother's arms and cried bitterly, venting all the grievances she had suffered.

"Thank you for saving your life." Chen Laohan led his family to kneel down for Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, if it wasn't for the two of them to help, it would be impossible for the little sister of the Chen family to come back without danger.

"It's just a gesture, so why worry about it."

Li Hongyu smiled and helped up Chen Laohan, to be honest, he just did his duty in this matter, as an auxiliary minister of the imperial court, he naturally couldn't sit back and watch the little sister of the Chen family be ****.

"Oh no, Chen Peel's people have come to the island, and now they are outside the courtyard gate." As soon as Li Hongyu's words fell, a young junior rushed in and said with a flustered expression.

Boom, the people at the scene suddenly panicked, it was obvious that Master Chen sent someone to keep an eye on Chen Tieniu's family.

Li Hongyu couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart, he didn't want to be troublesome here in Poyang Lake, but since Master Chen didn't give up, then don't blame him for being polite, speaking of which, both families have the surname "Chen", and they were one family five hundred years ago, so why be aggressive!

"Folks, since Li has intervened in this matter, he will not leave until the matter is completed, please rest assured." Li Hongyu knew that people were worried that Master Chen was looking for trouble, so he groaned for a while and then said loudly.

"No, son, you have already done our family a great favor, I can't let you be affected, this Chen Papi is ruthless, you better leave quickly, if it is late, he will probably be unfavorable to you."

Chen Tieniu immediately became anxious when he heard this, and said to Li Hongyu in a continuous voice, although he knew that Li Hongyu had a lot of background, but this was Poyang Lake, Master Chen's world, in case Master Chen had murderous intentions, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xinke would be in danger.

"Yes, Li Gongzi, go quickly, the people of the Chen family can't be provoked." Chen Laohan also opened his mouth to persuade that he couldn't harm the lives of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, who were kind enough to help.

"In broad daylight, Lang Lang is good, and my son doesn't believe that anyone dares to do anything wrong." Li Hongyu knew that the two of them were for the good of him and Zhao Xin, so he smiled disappreciatively and said to Chen Tieniu, "Brother Tieniu, please go to the nearby town and book a few rooms for us in the inn." ”

"Childe, are you going to stay here?" Chen Tieniu was stunned when he heard this, he heard the meaning of Li Hongyu's words, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Since some people don't want my son to live in peace, then my son wants to see what he is capable of." Li Hongyu smiled and said lightly, not taking Old Master Chen's threat in his eyes at all.

Chen Tieniu saw that Li Hongyu had made up his mind, so he no longer insisted on his opinion, took two ingots of silver from one of Li Hongyu's guards and hurriedly left by boat, one was to book an inn for Li Hongyu, and the other was to contact Liu San to meet Li Hongyu, and he also believed that Liu San would definitely be interested in Li Hongyu after hearing about Li Hongyu.

At night, an inn in a town on the shore of Poyang Lake.

"What was that Chen Yuanwai's reaction when he heard Shi Hai's name?" In a guest room, Li Hongyu asked in a deep voice about the two powerful men who went to the Chen family's old mansion today.

"My lord, Chen Yuanwai was very surprised when he said Shi Hai's name, and his expression became quite complicated." The man with a strong face in the national character face bowed to Li Hongyu when he heard this, and replied in a deep voice.

"It seems that Chen Yuanwai really knows Shi Hai."

Hearing this, Zhao Xin, who was sitting next to Li Hongyu, couldn't help but smile and said, "In this case, it must be true that he secretly smuggled salt." ”

"Illicit salt is the most lucrative business on the market, and it is a necessity for people in life, since he is the head snake of Poyang Lake, how can he let go of such a good opportunity."

Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, he had already guessed that this would be the case, so he deliberately let the big man with the national character face find an opportunity to test it, and now it is enough to prove that the Chen family secretly trafficked illicit salt.

"Xianggong, we have to fight this matter, and we will return to the capital to ask the emperor for his duties in the future."

After the two men in strong suits left, Zhao Xinliu frowned at Li Hongyu, since the two came anonymously this time, they didn't want to expose their identities in this matter.

Besides, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are both important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they are in charge of military and political affairs, so it is not the turn of the two of them to intervene in Master Chen's case at all, and he is just a local bully.

Therefore, the two of them first had to find an official with a moderate status in the official mansion at the boundary of Poyang Lake to try the case, but the local officials had close contacts with Master Chen, and they must have been held by Master Chen a lot, so they would not follow.

This made things complicated, and Zhao Xin was a little worried that she and Li Hongyu would be delayed here for a lot of time because of Master Chen's affairs. ，

"Jiujiang prefect Lu Xiaoming is a member of the Zhejiang Party, and he will definitely be impacted if the Donglin Party gains power this time, and he may be dismissed from the prefect's post by the Ministry of Officials next year and transferred to a remote and cold yamen."

Li Hongyu knew Zhao Xin's worries, so he smiled and said, "So, he is the most suitable person to try this case, the Chen family must have had a lot of evil deeds over the years, as long as Lu Xiaoming lifts the lid, then the Chen family will be finished." ”

Zhao Xin's eyes lit up when he heard this, if Lu Xiaoming handled this case well, it would be a great achievement, with this merit and Li Hongyu's secret support, he would definitely not be affected by the loss of power of the Zhejiang Party, but would be able to go further in his career, and it was obvious that Li Hongyu would not treat him badly.

"Lu Xiaoming must have benefited from Chen Yuanwai on weekdays, will he have any scruples?" However, Zhao Xin then frowned slightly, if Master Chen had Lu Xiaoming in his hand, then Lu Xiaoming would probably not take the risk.

The reason is very simple, although Lu Xiaoming will be snubbed in the officialdom because of the loss of power of the Zhejiang Party, he will not lose his official position and be dismissed, and once his dealings with Master Chen are poked out, it will not only be as simple as losing his official position and resigning, but he will lose his head.

"Lady, let's support Lu Xiaoming, and he is still afraid of the evidence in Chen Yuanwai's hands?"

Li Hongyu immediately laughed when he heard this, stretched out his hand and pulled Zhao Xin over to sit in his arms, and said helplessly, "Although Lu Xiaoming violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty by accepting bribes, but the atmosphere in the officialdom is like this, we can only come to the law and not blame the public." ”

"Xianggong, the party in the court is endless, and the atmosphere of local officialdom is declining, when will Daming be able to prosper!"

Zhao Xin couldn't help but say faintly when she heard this, she naturally knew Li Hongyu's helplessness in doing this, but even Li Hongyu was helpless and couldn't change the status quo of Daming officialdom.

"At least when the fishing tax returns to the local yamen, the fishermen of Poyang Lake can live a stable and comfortable life." Seeing that Zhao Xin's expression was a little gloomy, Li Hongyu smiled and comforted.

The next night, Jiujiang City, the backyard of Jiujiang Mansion.

"Master, the little one went to the Chen family to ask, and they said that this year's things should be slowed down first!"

A middle-aged man in civilian clothes was hunched on his desk and practiced calligraphy, when a tall, thin man with the appearance of a subordinate walked in quickly and bowed down to report.

"Slowly?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he suddenly became furious, and threw the brush in his hand on the white rice paper in front of him, so that the words that had been written on the paper were immediately stained with a lot of ink thrown out of the pen.

"Do you really think that this official is so easy to bully?"

Then, a sentence burst out of the middle-aged man's mouth coldly, and said to the tall and thin man, "Go, the Chen family's shop has been sealed, and the official wants to let them know the fate of playing with the official!" ”

"Yes." The tall and thin man bowed to the middle-aged man when he heard this, turned around and walked away quickly.

"Wait!" However, as soon as the tall thin man walked out of the room, the angry middle-aged man seemed to remember something, and hurriedly shouted to stop him.

"What do you command?" The tall and thin man stopped when he heard this, turned back into the room and bowed to the middle-aged man and asked.

"Forget it, let's stop this matter." The middle-aged man's face was cloudy for a while, and then he waved his hand to the tall and thin man unwillingly.

This middle-aged man is naturally Lu Xiaoming, the prefect of Jiujiang, and the "Chen family's shop" in his mouth is Master Chen's industry in Jiujiang City.

Today was originally the day when Lu Xiaoming received a bribe from Master Chen, but the people of the Chen family made an excuse to shirk it, making it clear that they didn't want to give this money while Lu Xiaoming's backer, the Zhejiang Party, was losing power in the court.

Lu Xiaoming is really in need of money now, and with the Donglin Party taking control of the situation, they, the local officials of the Qichu and Zhejiang parties, will definitely usher in a hard life, and they will be attacked by the Donglin Party.

If it was during the Wanli Emperor's period, Lu Xiaoming did not have this worry at all, because with the Wanli Emperor in charge, even if the Donglin Party had the upper hand in the court, the local officials of the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties would not be affected much.

But now it is different, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was supported by the Donglin Party to ascend the throne, so he was deceived by the Donglin Party, breaking the balance of power in the court, and the power of the Donglin Party continued to grow.

Moreover, those radical officials of the Donglin Party were "killing on a large scale" and wanted to exterminate all the opposition forces in the court, which made the officials of Qi, Chuzhe, and other factions panic and put themselves in danger.

As the prefect of Jiujiang Mansion, Lu Xiaoming naturally knew the situation in the court, and now that the Qichu and Zhejiang party factions were suppressed by the Donglin Party, he didn't want to make any trouble at this time, otherwise wouldn't it give the officials of the Donglin Party a reason to trouble him.

Therefore, although he was quite annoyed in his heart, Lu Xiaoming finally decided to endure this breath after careful weighing in his heart, if he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely "repair" Master Chen and make him pay a painful price for today's affairs.

(End of chapter)