Of course, it depends on what age it is, and it is not uncommon at all in the decadent Qing Dynasty.

Li Weiguo's eyebrows jumped, his face was surprised, and he secretly said in his heart: I'll take it, it's really an official word, you can say whatever you want, don't ask or investigate, and directly say that the evidence is insufficient and acquittal, then won't my father go to prison for nothing? What is the sin of my mother and me? What if my daughter-in-law Fu Shanxiang is still missing?

If you are paralyzed, you will be arrested if you say that you will arrest people, without asking for any reason, without asking whether you are wronged or not, and you will be directly detained on trumped-up charges. If he said that he would release him, he would release him, and he also did not ask any reason, regardless of whether he agreed or disagreed, and he was directly acquitted, and the case was closed and withdrawn.

"Wait!" Li Weiguo suddenly became angry, and he was about to explode, his face sank, and he said: "Lord Wu is grateful for the acquittal of his father, but his father was wronged for nothing, Li Yanping falsely accused his father and still needs to be punished, there must be a mastermind behind it, please find out together, and ask the government to return the property of the Li family!" ”

"This ......" Wu Liang suddenly stumbled when he heard this, almost slipped off his seat, and reluctantly sat down again, but his face was black, he could sell Li Weiguo to punish Li Yanping for a face, but he didn't dare to investigate deeply, he also participated, and the adults behind him didn't dare to expose it, and at the same time, many of the Li family's property confiscated by him could not be returned, after all, most of them had been replaced by filial piety and "handed over", so he couldn't ask the "backstage" for money.

At this time, Lu Jianying suddenly spoke: "Counselor Li, the old man wants to talk to you alone, I don't know if I can appreciate my face?" ”

Li Weiguo frowned, at this time, Lu Jianying suddenly intervened, obviously prepared, but he wanted to see what kind of moth you made, so he nodded in agreement.

In the signing room in the side hall, Lu Jianying said with a smile: "Li Xiaoyou was only twelve years old to become the counselor of the British Legation in China, and he became famous in Jinling in just a few days, which really made the old man admire. ”

"Master Lu has something to say, just say it!" Li Weiguo said straight to the point: "I have also heard a lot about officialdom, and Governor Wu must not be a person who can be the master." ”

Lu Jianying was surprised, in his eyes, he naturally looked down on Li Weiguo, just as he was a lucky bear child, and he also prepared several sets of plans to deal with children, but when he heard the other party's mature and sophisticated words, he was impressed.

He said with a smile: "Since the counselor said so, then the old man will make it clear, the property of the Li family has been confiscated, although the old man can make the decision to return part of the real estate title deed, but some have been temporarily misappropriated and will take a while to return, Counselor Li can understand?" ”

"Misappropriated? I'm afraid it's in someone's pocket, right? I know that the officialdom is only in and out, and the geese have plucked their feathers, but the money of my Li family is all earned by my parents through hard work, and no one can be missing, otherwise I will sue the lawsuit to the emperor! Li Weiguo sneered, relying on his own young man, he could speak "excessively".

Lu Jianying's face trembled, and he was quite unhappy to be exposed to his disguise, and sneered: "Young people should leave room for doing things, don't think that you can act recklessly with the support of foreigners, if you really make trouble in front of the emperor, even if you are reasonable, the emperor and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will be angry that you conspire with foreigners, and there can only be one result, and you Li family don't want to mix in the Qing Dynasty anymore." If the emperor is unhappy and wants to fight another war with foreigners, in the end, no matter who wins or loses in the two countries, you must be the scapegoat! ”

This old fox is really powerful, worthy of being the governor of Liangjiang, Li Weiguo frowned, but he had to admit that what the other party said was reasonable, but it was impossible to want him to give in, so he said disdainfully: "If you are barefoot and are not afraid of wearing shoes, it's a big deal that I will take my family to immigrate overseas." ”

Lu Jianying's face sank, he had been in the officialdom for decades, and no one had given him face so much, but this matter had already alarmed the Military Aircraft Department, and he really didn't dare to move Li Weiguo, so he had to retreat and say: "That's it, the old man is in charge, your Li family's losses will be fully compensated by Jiangning Mansion, but don't make a big fuss anymore, Li Yanping is the perpetrator, there is no behind-the-scenes instigation, don't investigate further, how about closing the case?" ”

Is this softening? Do you want to stimulate him a little more? You can't make the enemy feel better!

Li Weiguo sneered when he thought of this: "My family was very miserable by you, and now my wife Fu Shanxiang is still missing, and I am unwilling to close the case like this." ”

Lu Jianying's face was already pale, and a few words were squeezed out between his teeth: "Do you have to make trouble until the fish dies and the net is broken?" ”

Li Weiguo didn't answer, he was also nervous in his heart, the fish died and the net was not the result he wanted, after all, he was no longer alone now, and with his parents alive, he naturally couldn't just break the net with others.

"Good! Good! Good! Lu Jianying was so angry that the flesh on his face was trembling, and he knew that it would not be possible to not bleed this time, so he compromised: "The old man heard that your appearance these days is really a model of our officialdom, I wonder if you are interested in taking the road of official career?" ”

"Career? What does Lord Lu mean by this? Li Weiguo is interested in his career, he naturally wants to step into officialdom, after all, in this upcoming chaotic era at the end of the Qing Dynasty, human life is like a mustard, and there is no way to live if he is not an official.

Lu Jianying had such an expression, and said with a smile: "The old man intends to accept you into the old man's door, with your talent, and the old man, the governor of Liangjiang, is covered, and the future marquis is just around the corner, what do you think?" ”

Won't you be killed by you when you enter your door? Who wouldn't write a bad check?

Li Weiguo sneered: "After all, I am a real person, I never want to be too far away in the future, just seize the day, if Lord Lu sincerely compensates, why don't you directly reward me as a county official?" ”

"It's too long in the future, seize the day!" Lu Jianying couldn't help but admire, his eyes showed essence, he was touched by this sentence, and at the same time surprised Li Weiguo's ability to respond, but unfortunately he was not destined to be a person all the way, and even destined to be hostile from the beginning, otherwise it would be good to sincerely accept a disciple.

It's just that since he can't take it for his own use, then this kind of talent will never allow him to grow up and become an enemy in the future, Lu Jianying's eyes were vicious, and then he said: "In this case, the old man doesn't force it, but the county official is not something that the old man can reward if he says that he can be rewarded, so you have to be on the list and appointed by the court." ”

Li Weiguo laughed and said, "I'm just talking about it casually." ”

Lu Jianying's eyes flickered, and he suddenly said: "But it's not impossible, if you are willing to spend money to donate a seven-grade supplement to the imperial court, then the old man will have a way to let you receive a real shortage, how about taking this as compensation for you?" ”

Donate a seven-product supplement?

Li Weiguo's eyes rolled, and he was calculating the gains and losses in his heart.

He had heard of the Qing Dynasty's official donation system, which was the only legal channel for the promotion of regular officials in Chinese history, and as long as he had money, he could donate an official position. Of course, this official position is a post-secondary position, and most of the time it is an honorary title, but it does not rule out the possibility of actual acceptance. However, there are too many people who donate officials, and there are dozens or even hundreds of people competing for a real shortage, and those who have more money or those who have a background will get it.

"Your Excellency, do you count? Didn't you deceive me when I was young? Li Weiguo asked rhetorically, a little moved and suspicious, I don't know what this old ghost has in mind, but if he can really get a county official, it will play a vital role in his future 'great cause', and he already has a plan in his heart.

Lu Jianying smiled schemingly, nodded and said: "You can rest assured of this, the old man is the governor of Liangjiang, as long as he says hello to the officials, it is still easy to appoint a small county order." ”

"In that case, thank you, sir!" Li Weiguo said with a smile, there is no reason not to eat the fat in his mouth, he is not afraid of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and he will suppress them all when the time comes.

"No thanks!" Lu Jianying smiled mysteriously, finally breathing a sigh of relief in his heart, secretly saying that even if you are Sun Wukong, how can you turn over the five finger mountains of his Buddha.

When the two returned to the front room, they had already reached a private deal.

Li Weiguo no longer spoke, rather than breaking the net now, it is better to accept it when it is good, since he already knows that Wu Liang and Lu Jianying are involved in the Li family's case, then as long as he follows this line, it will not be too late to find the real mastermind behind the scenes in the future.

After Lu Jianying said a few words in Wu Liang's ear, Wu Liang suddenly had an expression of his dead father, and it took a long time before he was unwilling to pronounce the verdict: "After the careful decision of this government, Li Yanming was honest and honest and was indeed falsely accused, and what Li Yanping said was purely false. Li Yanming was acquitted. As for the Li family's property, because of the recent fire in the warehouse, some losses were lost, and after accounting, Jiangning Mansion made compensation at a price of 150,000 taels of silver, so as to set the record straight and withdraw from the court. ”

Many of the Li family's antiques, calligraphy and paintings were pawned by Wu Liang or given to their superiors as gifts, and they could not be returned at all, so they could only be converted into silver to compensate.

In this regard, Li Weiguo knows in his heart, and has reached an agreement with Lu Jianying, so he will not say more.

However, Li Yanping was dumbfounded when he heard this, this was completely different from the conditions that Wu Liang secretly promised him before, and he felt completely betrayed.

"The villain is wronged, adult, you can't unload the grind... Ah......" Before Li Yanping could finish speaking, a servant flew up and kicked him in the mouth, and in an instant blood splattered his teeth, kicking his chin off, making him unable to speak.

Li Yanping was sad, knowing that Wu Liang turned his face, he suddenly looked sad and desolate, regretting that he should not have been bought by Wu Liang at the beginning, and now he will be assigned to Ningguta for 30 years of labor, this kind of end is really miserable.

Li Yanping was unwilling to fail like this, he looked at the culprit Li Weiguo viciously, and expressed his curse with his eyes: "Li Weiguo, you wait for Lao Tzu, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, when the time comes, Lao Tzu will turn into a ghost and come back to ask you for his life!" ”

"Evil has evil retribution, it's all your own fault!" Li Weiguo sneered at Li Yanping, since he had achieved the goal of revenge, he would no longer look at Li Yanping.

Wu Liang ordered someone to take 150,000 taels of silver tickets, and handed them to Li Weiguo with a painful face, this is his own pocket, how sad and sad he is, with an expression of his dead father.

Li Weiguo sneered, got up after taking the silver ticket and said to Wu Liang and Lu Jianying: "The two adults are wise, this is the matter, I still have some trivial matters to deal with in the family, so I will leave first." ”

"Don't send it!" Wu Liang said angrily, he already hated Li Weiguo in his heart, and wished that this living Hell King would get out of his hands quickly, out of sight and out of mind.

"Counselor Li go slowly, the old man is waiting for your good news!" Lu Jianying smiled, but he had a very happy expression.

If you change others, you will definitely be grateful, but Li Weiguo is different, he vaguely guessed that Lu Jianying must have a backup move to deal with him, but he is not afraid, the soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth.