Chapter 25: The Evil Lawyer
Zong Ping put his hands into his arms, "The Sprinkle family is only responsible for finding the murderer who killed Zhuang Bawa, and the death of the daughter-in-law of the Wu family is helpless." ”
The night was dark, and in Li Fengwu's study, Zong Ping, who was found, was obviously unhappy, Li Fengwu, who are you kid, and I am not the god of the six doors, do you really think that you can find out a murder case casually?
Li Fengwu also knew that this was a bit difficult for a strong man, "I know, I just want to say hello to you, and when investigating the murderer of Zhuang Bawa, I just checked it by the way." ”
Zong Ping snorted coldly, noncommittal, but secretly scolding, hit your sister's greeting, say hello and let the Sprinkle family run, the emotional Lao Tzu's feet don't grow on your legs!
Li Fengwu had already pinched Zong Ping's death hole, and said expressionlessly: "If this matter is not handled well, my Li family is very likely to be ruined, and Zhu Zhao'er's deed of sale may be transferred to others at that time, I think, Guo Bald in the east of the city will not let Zhu Zhao'er enter the Guo Mansion and leave, right?" ”
Zong Ping actually knows this that Zhu Zhao'er and the Li family are grasshoppers on the same rope now, don't look at the Li family's petty officials are very indifferent and ruthless, at least they have a conscience in the matter of Zhao'er.
Zong Ping took a sip of tea, and after a moment of aftertaste, a touch of indifference appeared on his beautiful face, and he looked like I was puzzled about whether I should bring some back, and said, "It's really good tea." ”
Li Fengwu coughed, there was really no one who could ask for tea to be so comfortable, so he had to point to the cabinet helplessly, "Well, it's all in there, if you like to drink it, take some back." ”
After Zhu Zhao'er sent Zong Ping over the wall, he quietly walked into the study and found Li Fengwu rubbing his temples and sitting at the desk, his expression was a little lonely, he couldn't hate him in his heart, but had a little more pity, and said softly: "Don't worry too much, Brother Ping will definitely help you find the murderer." ”
Li Fengwu let out a long sigh, "I hope that all the hope is in him." ”
Unexpectedly, the life and death of the Li family were tied to Zong Ping's hands, if it weren't for the fact that he was holding a Zhu Zhao'er in his hand, the ghost knew what kind of request Zong Ping would make.
Zhu Zhao'er silently cleaned up the desk, "It's night, let's rest early." ”
Li Fengwu took a sip of tea, "You go and rest, I'll review the Book of Rites for a while." ”
Zhu Zhao'er went out, glanced at the figure of reading at night through the window paper, and suddenly felt that this gentleman was not so hateful, at least he was an understanding person, and he still did not give up reading at this time.
The Great Song Dynasty is inferior in everything, only reading is high.
Before Jiankang Mansion began to hear the case, rumors were already raging in the city, one of which was the most widespread and convincing: Zhang Yousu, the third wife of the Li family, had an affair with the slave Zhuang Bawa because she had been snubbed by the big official Li Laosan for a long time, and Zhuang Bawa had an affair with the slave Zhuang Bawa because she knew the relationship between the Li family's senior officials and the Wu family's daughter-in-law, and Li Laosan killed the Wu family's daughter-in-law, and threatened the third lady Zhang Yousu to cooperate with her to kill Zhuang Bawa......
There are various other versions, and I don't know who circulated them, but they are basically the same, Zhang Yousu committed adultery with Zhuang Bawa, and Li Laosan was the ultimate murderer.
When these news came to the Li Mansion, Li Laosan was so angry that he vomited blood again, and his physical condition became more and more worrying.
Wang Tong would come to the Li Mansion every once in a while to inquire about the case, and even arranged people to keep an eye on the Li Mansion, which also directly caused Zong Ping to not be able to climb over the wall at night to enter the Li Mansion to find Li Fengwu.
The Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, and the time for the trial of the case is getting closer and closer.
However, the Li government still did not find a lawyer for Zhang Yousu - the lawyers in Jiankang City invariably rejected the Li government's commission, even if it was a fledgling lawyer.
Li Fengwu ran a lot for this, but after all, he couldn't match Liu Qingran's prestige in Jiankang Shilin, and he couldn't spend it even if he had money.
The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and the boat broke and encountered the head wave.
There is no good news, Li Fengwu also learned from the slave that the Wu family actually invited the three major lawyers of Jiankang: Tiezui Gu Qingcheng, Kuaizui Ma Yuan, and Xie Zhongcai on the banks of the Qinhuai River.
Tongue Lotus Dai Jiu was entrusted by Zhuang Bawa's family, and the Wu family invited these three major lawyers, Jiankang's five major lawyers, except for the evil lawyer Wen Qilai, the rest of them stood opposite the Li family.
Without a lawyer who was familiar with the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, once the trial began, the Li family would be in danger.
Li Fengwu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and after breakfast that day, he invited Li Bo to the West Courtyard and said, "Li Bo, there is something I want you to do." "The servant of the Li family who can still be trusted, and there is only Li Bo, who has been the housekeeper of the Li Mansion for nearly twenty years.
The wrinkles on Li Bo's face are full of the accumulation of years, he has lived a good life in the Li Mansion over the years, and his body is very tough, but in recent days, because of the affairs of the owner, the old man has not been less angry, and his complexion is not very good. ”
In the past few days, the old man has been impressed by the Li family, a small official, and never thought that the young master, who had been demented for sixteen years, has now become the pillar of the Li family.
Li Fengwu hesitated and said: "Uncle Li, I know that you are old, but there is really no way, there are too few people in the Li Mansion who can be trusted, so I have to let you travel tirelessly to Lin'an." ”
To go to Lin'an can only take a carriage, although the traffic of the Great Song Dynasty has been extremely convenient, but after all, it is not as good as the later generations, and it is extremely hurtful to run a long way, so in ancient times, high-ranking officials wanted to rectify the people who offended themselves, and there was no need to fabricate any charges at all, and directly let him continue to serve as officials in various places in Tiannan and Haibei, and he had suffered any crimes in a few years.
Moving, regardless of the dynasty, is extremely painful.
Li Bo groaned and asked, "Little official, but go to find a lawyer?" Seeing Li Fengwu nodding, Li Bo said again: "Little official, why don't we go and find the evil lawyer Wen Qilai?" ”
Li Fengwu said helplessly: "It's useless to estimate, Liu Qingran won't miss him." ”
Li Bo smiled, "I'm afraid the little officials are not clear, if you want to say that Liu Qingran in this Jiankang Forest can respond to a hundred calls, but if someone dares not to put Liu Qingran in their eyes, you are one, the professors in the east and west halls of the Fuxue Wenxuan Wang Temple are all literary Confucians, naturally there are two, and the remaining one must be Wen Qilai." ”
Li Fengwu's spirits perked up, and there was a kind of joy that the mountains and rivers were exhausted and there was no way out, "Why is this?" ”
"Wen Qilai has a daughter, who was the granddaughter-in-law of the Liu family earlier, but later she was swept out of the house by the Liu family for some reason, so Wen Qilai has not had a good face for the Liu family over the years." Li Bo thought about it for a while, "The person who wrote the letter of resignation is Liu Ziyuan's eldest brother, Liu Xiangzheng's son Liu Zicheng, this incident caused a lot of trouble in Jiankang back then, but because it has been several years in the past, I only remembered it last night." ”
How could there be such a good thing?
Li Fengwu laughed and slapped his thigh suddenly, "Uncle Li, go to the account room to withdraw some silver, let's meet this Jiankang evil lawyer!" "Lawyer, one is enough, the most important thing is the evidence, as long as Zong Ping finds the murderer of Zhuang Bawa, Sanniang will be safe, as for the death of the daughter-in-law of the Wu family, it depends on Wen Qilai's mouth, it is a matter of chasing the wind and shadows, and it is not impossible to turn the case against the sky.
"Okay!"