"Liang Kefan must see that secret fold before he can rest assured?" Ji Xiang was a little surprised and asked, "Liang Kefan can't trust this official like this?" Is he still worried that the official will lie to him? ”

"These are the words brought by the warden surnamed Zhang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Chief of Staff Zuo Rui replied truthfully: "Listening to the surname Zhang, Liang Kefan seems to be very scared in prison, afraid that Wu Chaoyue will kill him to get angry, and said that he must see with his own eyes that can save his life before he dares to rest assured." ”

"Then did Liang Kefan talk nonsense about what the excerpt was?"

Ji Xiang was a little worried and hurriedly asked, but fortunately, Zuo Rui shook his head and said: "Liang Kefan is quite cautious, he didn't say what the excerpt was, he just told the warden surnamed Zhang that we would understand what the excerpt was." The warden surnamed Zhang also asked what the fold was, and I prevaricated. ”

Ji Xiang was relieved at this time, and after thinking about it a little, Ji Xiang asked Zuo Rui with some hesitation: "Zhong Wei, do you think you should let Liang Kefan see the secret fold and let him be completely reassured?" ”

"Dong Weng, the students don't think it's necessary, and they can't encourage this kind of atmosphere."

Zuo Rui was loyal to Jixiang, and said directly: "Dong Weng, you treat Liang Kefan, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a reinvention of Entong, without Dong Weng's support, Liang Kefan may still be a poor prisoner in the Guozi Prison, he should go to Dong Weng, you should go to the soup and fire, tie the grass and ring, and repay Dong Weng for your great kindness." ”

"So the student thinks that if Liang Kefan still has a little conscience, he must believe in Dong Weng's promise, Dong Weng, you just need to ask someone to ask him if he can trust your promise, there is no need to meet Liang Kefan's requirements. If this precedent is set, if anyone in the future will fall into Liang Kefan's situation, and make such and such unreasonable demands like Liang Kefan, can you handle it? ”

Ji Xiang nodded, but he also felt that Liang Kefan was a little excessive, and he couldn't even believe in himself, a benefactor who had been recreated with kindness. However, after careful consideration, Ji Xiang was unwilling to accept Zuo Rui's kindness, and said: "Zhong Wei, although your words are very reasonable, but this time the situation is different, because of this matter, Wu Chaoyue that little barbarian broke a bullet and impeached me, which is equivalent to stabbing the case to the emperor, the emperor will inevitably be angry, Liang Kefan should also take this into account, and say in his heart that he is not afraid that it must be false, so he must be fed a reassuring pill to let him rest assured." ”

"On the other hand, if we push him to be anxious again and don't let him take a look at the fold that can ensure his life, he may have some different intentions, giving Wu Chaoyue and Li Qinggu the two barbarians a chance to take advantage of."

Zuo Rui, who is loyal to Jixiang, is also very good at seeing the wind and making the rudder, seeing that Jixiang is determined to be cautious, Zuo Rui immediately changed his words, and said respectfully: "What Dong Weng said is very true, Liang Kefan himself is not angry and went to prison, Dong Weng, you still don't abandon him, in order for him not to be used by others to add to the crime, but also to meet his unreasonable requirements, Dong Weng's kindness to Liang Kefan's rain and dew, I am really very moved by others to see it, Liang Kefan still has a little conscience, and he will definitely be grateful to Dong Weng and swear to repay him." ”

Ji Xiang was very proud when he heard this, and he became more and more convinced that his decision was correct, so he immediately opened the secret cabinet and took out the key secret fold, handed it to Zuo Rui with his own hands, and also told him very carefully: "You personally send this secret fold and let Liang Kefan bring it back immediately after reading it." Remember, you can't let anyone see the contents of the fold, including you. ”

Zuo Rui solemnly agreed, went out immediately after taking the secret fold with both hands, and rushed directly to the Yamen prison to visit Liang Kefan, and was also very loyal to remember the auspicious advice, no matter how curious he was, he didn't open the secret fold and peeked at half a glance, but just carefully carried the secret fold into the prison, and directly asked to meet with the warden Zhang Gaonian.

After receiving the report from the jailer, Zhang Gaonian, who had secretly changed his master, first sent someone to report to Zhang Dejian, who was currently hiding nearby, and then found an excuse to deliberately delay a little time, until Zhang Dejian rushed to the prison to meet Zhang Gaonian, Zhang Gaonian went into the guest room alone to apologize to Zuo Rui, and the ghost talked about a belated reason, and then at Zuo Rui's request, he personally led Zuo Rui into the dark and foul-smelling cell, so that Zuo Rui and Liang Kefan could meet. ――Before entering the cell, Zhang Gaonian was very careful to ask the jailer to take over the food box brought by Zuo Rui's entourage, and deliberately separated Zuo Rui from his entourage.

"Zhong Wei, you came in person? Zhong Wei, tell me quickly, ...... outside? ”

When they met, Liang Kefan's eager inquiry was interrupted by Zuo Rui's eyes, and then Zuo Rui turned to Zhang Gaonian, and while stuffing a ten-tael ingots into Zhang Gaonian's hand, he said: "Zhang Dianjiao, do me a favor, I will say a few words to Liang Kefan alone." ”

Checking the silver in his hand, Zhang Gaonian was very satisfied and pouted left and right, the left and right jailers understood, put down the food box and exited the door, Zhang Gaonian also turned around and went out, and said before leaving: "Master Zuo, hurry up, don't let the little one be difficult." ”

Zuo Rui agreed with a smile, first waited for Zhang Gaonian and the others to get out of the prison door, and then closed the small door of the private room with his own hands, and then said to Liang Kefan: "Don't worry, the adults won't leave you alone, the adults let me tell you, he will save your life no matter what, and he will try his best to get rid of your guilt and protect your future." ”

Saying that, Zuo Rui opened the food box he brought, took out the wine and food and put it in front of Liang Kefan, Liang Kefan couldn't swallow it, and didn't care about the quality of the wine and food at all, but just asked tremblingly: "Zhong Wei, are you sure about this?" I heard that Wu Chaoyue's kid was forcing Li Zhentai to deal with me strictly, and Li Zhentai also agreed. ”

"As long as you bite to death is *** what can he do to you?" Zuo Rui sneered, and said: "According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the ** person has eighty rods, and you are also an official of the imperial court, so the people of Li Qinggu really dare to kill you with a rod?" Great is a meal of flesh and skin, what are you afraid of? ”

"And." Zuo Rui added: "Wu Chaoyue forced Li Qinggu to rehandle you, in fact, it is also a good thing for you, if Li Qinggu really wants to redo it, you must get your rape evidence, or get your other criminal evidence, and the case will not be closed for a while." Hua Zhitai is so sick, as long as you can delay until the new governor takes office, not only will your life definitely be saved, maybe the case will be turned over, and even the pain of flesh and skin will be spared. ”

Liang Kefan nodded suspiciously, and Zuo Rui also took out the key fold from his sleeve, handed it to Liang Kefan, and said, "What you want, look, we don't have much time." ”

"What do I want?" Liang Kefan asked suspiciously, "What do I want?" ”

"The emperor gave your lord the secret letter about Wu Chaoyue and the governor of Huguang?" Zuo Rui asked even more suspiciously: "Didn't you say that you must see this excerpt and rest assured knowing that Wu Chaoyue will definitely not be the governor of Huguang?" ”

"My ......, when am I going to see this excerpt?"

Liang Kefan held the secret fold and opened his mouth, breaking his head and couldn't think of when he asked to see this fold, Zuo Rui was dumbfounded, and after finally coming back to his senses, Zuo Rui hurriedly snatched back the secret fold, hurriedly stuffed it into his arms, and secretly screamed in his heart, "Oops!" There's something wrong with that! ”

There was indeed a problem, the cell door suddenly opened, and several jailers rushed in, and then Zhang Gaonian and several men in ordinary clothes also walked in, one of the middle-aged men with ordinary looks smiled and asked, "Master Zuo, Mr. Liang, what were you doing just now?" ”

"Who are you?" Zuo Rui asked vigilantly.

"Hold the title of prefect, the general office of the Hubei Intelligence Bureau." The man smiled and replied, "Zhang Dejian." ”

"You are Zhang Dejian?"

Zuo Rui and Liang Kefan, who had heard of Zhang Dejian's name, exclaimed at the same time, Zhang Dejian smiled and nodded, and said, "Yes, this official is Zhang Dejian." Master Zuo, Mr. Liang, I'm sorry, the official just inadvertently saw outside the window, Mr. Liang, you handed over something to your Master Zuo, Master Zuo, you quickly stuffed it into your arms, I think it's very strange, and I also know that this matter is not in line with the rules of the court, so come in and take a look, where you are disturbed, I hope to apologize. ”

After that, Zhang Dejian turned to Zhang Gaonian next to him and asked: "Brother Gao Nian, the rules of the imperial court, in order to prevent collusion, prisoners are not allowed to have any correspondence with the outside world. ”

"Of course Brother Dejian is not mistaken, how could you be mistaken?" Zhang Gaonian nodded again and again with a flattering face, then turned to Zuo Rui and smiled: "Master Zuo, I'm sorry, please take it out, the villain wants to check." ”

"You ......." Zuo Rui finally woke up, pointed at Zhang Gaonian's nose and roared: "Are you Wu Chaoyue's person? ”

"Master Zuo, you are exalting me too much." Zhang Gaonian said with a smile: "I am a little cell leader, and the blessings that come are higher than our Futai adults in Hubei?" I did it as a matter of routine. ”

After saying it with a smile, Zhang Gaonian urged again: "Master Zuo, please take it out, don't force a small one." ”

Before the words fell, several jailers had already surrounded Zuo Rui, making a gesture to rob, Zuo Rui hurriedly pressed the secret fold in his arms, and screamed: "Don't move!" You are so bold! Do you know what it is? This is the secret fold that we wrote to the emperor from the auspicious domain, and there is also the emperor's red pen and imperial approval on it! If you dare to grab this thing, do you want to have your head? ”

Not to mention, Zuo Rui's intimidation really scared Zhang Gaonian and other jailers, but unfortunately, Zhang Dejian didn't eat this, and immediately sneered and said: "That's great, Master Zuo, please explain again, how can the secret fold of the emperor's handwritten annotation be in your hands?" How did it end up here? ”

"It's our Lord Ji who asked me to bring it, you can ask him specifically." Zuo Rui replied stubbornly.

"No problem." Zhang Dejian agreed and said: "Please Master Zuo follow me to the Futai Yamen, and this official will personally visit the mansion of Ji Fantai, and invite Ji Fantai to confront the Futai Yamen together." ”

"I'm not going!" Zuo Rui screamed like a pig: "Zhang Dejian, you are a spy who only spies on the military intelligence of Changmao, what qualifications do you have to arrest me?" Am I a long-haired worker? ”

"Master Zuo, this official didn't say that you are a long-haired secret agent, but you kept saying that the things in your arms were the secret folds of the emperor's Zhu pen and imperial approval, and this official, as a court official, must maintain the emperor's dignity and investigate to the end, so I must ask you to go to Futai Yamen."

Zhang Dejian smiled and argued with Zuo Rui with strong words, and at the same time signaled that he would bring the thugs to come forward to arrest people, Zuo Rui desperately resisted and struggled, but the accident suddenly appeared, and a jailer suddenly ran in, saying that Yang Zhihan, the head of the Yamen, was ordered by Li Qinggu to escort Liang Kefan to the court for trial, and asked Zhang Gaonian to visit him immediately. Zhang Gaonian also hurriedly asked Zhang Dejian: "Brother, what should I do?" ”

The incident was too unexpected, Zhang Dejian was inevitably a little caught off guard, but Zuo Rui over there was like a savior, and quickly screamed like a pig, "Someone!" Help me! Help me! Someone is going to kidnap me! Yang Bantou, come and save me! I'm Master Zuo of the Fantai Yamen! ”

Not to mention, Zuo Rui's roar really attracted Yang Zhihan, who was waiting in front of the cell door, and led the messenger to the scene in a hurry, and saw that Liang Kefan's cell was in chaos, Yang Zhihan also hurriedly asked the reason. Zhang Dejian had no choice but to excuse himself by saying that he went to the prison to check the prisoners related to the Taiping Army's fine work, and just caught up with this incident, Zuo Rui over there roared and shouted, saying: "Yang Bantou, this is a trap, this is a trap, this is a trap deliberately set by Zhang Dejian!" ”

The matter was too big, and Yang Zhihan's small team leader didn't dare to make decisions without permission, so he could only quickly send someone back to report to Li Qinggu, Zuo Rui was triumphant, nodding and begging Yang Zhihan to report to Jixiang as well, while constantly glaring at Zhang Dejian, gritting his teeth to the extreme. Zhang Dejian was helpless, and he had no authority to take Zuo Rui away directly, so he could only send someone to report to Wu Chaoyue quickly.

Of course, it depends on Li Qinggu's reaction, but it is a pity for Ji Fantai and Master Zuo, although Li Qinggu was also dumbfounded by the changes that occurred in the cell, and was puzzled, but after hearing that Master Zuo Rui Zuo was carrying a secret fold in his arms, and Wu Chaoyue's henchmen and lackeys wanted to take Zuo Rui and Secret Folds away together, Li Qinggu immediately had such a thought......

"Is it a big credit? It is possible that the secret fold approved by the emperor Zhu Bi was taken into prison by an auspicious person and handed over to the prisoners to watch, and Wu Chaoyue's people received the news and wanted to get the stolen goods, this secret fold must be very important! Well, since God has given this official such a good opportunity, this official must not miss it! ”

With such a thought, Li Qinggu did not hesitate, and immediately ordered Zuo Rui and Liang Kefan to be escorted to the Yamen hall of the Yamen for interrogation, and ordered Zhang Gaonian to come over to confront him, and invited Zhang Dejian to interrogate him. In addition, Li Qinggu naturally had to ask for the faster the action, the better, and the time difference did not give Wu Chaoyue the opportunity to grab credit and auspiciousness to react.

Under Li Qinggu's strict order, Zuo Rui and Liang Kefan were quickly escorted to the lobby, Zhang Dejian and Zhang Gaonian also came to the lobby to confront each other, and after hurriedly asking Zhang Gaonian what happened, Li Qinggu immediately slapped the hall and shouted angrily at Zuo Rui: "Bold Zuo Rui, although you are not an official of the imperial court, you are also a person who eats Yamen Yulu!" Why do you need to secretly communicate with detainees? Are you guilty? ”

After drinking, Li Qinggu couldn't wait to pat the wood again, and shouted angrily: "Also, why do you keep saying that what you are carrying in your arms is a secret fold with the imperial approval of the current emperor's Zhu pen?" Where did you get such important court secrets? And why should they be taken to prison and given to the detainees for viewing? ”

Zuo Rui snorted coldly without fear, and replied: "Lord Zhentai's forgiveness, about this matter, it is best to wait for Ji Fantai to come, and he will give you an explanation." ”

"Bold fanatic! How dare you be rude to your own officials? Although he is auspicious from the second grade, and the official is only the third grade, but the official is the envoy of Hubei, and this case is within the scope of the official's authority, even if he is auspicious, he has no right to meddle in this case! ”

I already hated Jixiang so much that it hurt, and after hearing that such a little master as Zuo Rui dared to be presumptuous in front of him, Li Qinggu was of course even more angry, and roared angrily: "Come on, search!" ”

The left and right messengers agreed, rushed forward and held Zuo Rui to search his body, Zuo Rui struggled but his fists were invincible with four hands, and the secret fold was quickly searched, and he was held in front of Li Qinggu by the officers with both hands. Zuo Rui, who knew the key content of the secret fold, saw that his soul was scattered, and he hurriedly shouted: "Li Zhentai, I advise you, it's best not to read it!" You watch, I promise you'll regret it! ”

"Palm!"

Li Qinggu slapped the stunned wood again, first drank the order officer and slapped Zuo Rui sharply, and then opened the secret fold to watch, and snorted coldly: "Will the official regret the guarantee?" The official wants to see what kind of excerpts can make the official ...... After...... Regret............. ”

Before he finished speaking, Li Qinggu's face had changed greatly, looking at the dense fold, he couldn't believe his eyes at all, sweat was dripping on his forehead, and then his body began to tremble, shaking as if he was swinging. And Zuo Rui, who had already been beaten to the point that his mouth was red and swollen, smiled bloodily and said: "I just said that you will regret it, this time, I see how you end?!" (To be continued.) )