"Don't-!" The screams in Chen Zhenhui's throat were so sharp that Wu Mengming subconsciously covered his ears. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He shook his head and said with a smile: "Chen Gongzi, with only your voice, if you change your career to singing, you will also be a first-class famous actor!" ”

Chen Zhenhui was already in a semi-crazy state, he waved his arms frantically to prevent others from approaching, and shouted incoherently: "You can't do this to me, I am a famous scholar, my father is the imperial history of the left capital of the imperial court, I want to see Zhou Shoufu!" ”

"I can't do that to you?" Wu Mengming laughed at the other party's words, he sneered, pointed to the horizontal plaque behind him and said, "Do you see what this is?" 'Loyal to the country', this is the North Town Fusi. Don't say that you are just a mere talent, a son of the imperial history of Zuodu, even if you are a minister of the court, as long as you violate the laws of the imperial court, you can only bow your head and bow to the law when you come here! The Son of Heaven has already issued an edict, as long as it is involved in this case, one will catch one, and one will catch a pair. If Elder Zhou Ge knew that you were such a person, the first thing he would do was to choose himself! ”

Wu Mengming's words completely broke Chen Zhenhui's psychological defense, and before Fanzi stepped forward to hold him down, he shouted in despair: "Okay, I said, I'll say anything, as long as you don't want to hurt me!" ”

"Isn't that enough!" Wu Mengming saw that Chen Zhenhui softened, and said with a smile: "Son, you are a decent person, as long as you do decent things, Wu will naturally give you a decent one." Come on, record a confession for your son! ”

With Wu Mengming's order, those fans retreated, leaving only one paperwork, he sat down next to the bookcase, laid out the four treasures of the study, and recorded the confession while asking. Sure enough, Chen Zhenhui no longer shirked, and honestly got acquainted with this surnamed Xu after the Nanjing exam, and then gradually deepened her relationship with him, and she held a grudge against Wen Tiren because of the impeachment of Wen Tiren by the Restoration Society, and wanted to assassinate Wen Tiren with the help of Xu's strength, so as to achieve the purpose of seeking fame in the Restoration Society. As the inquiry deepened, Wu Mengming's face became more and more ugly, of course this Chen Zhenhui is just a small shrimp, but the Fushe behind it is a great behemoth, although there is no big man in the DPRK who is really affiliated with her, but Jiangnan Shilin and businessmen are almost all included in it, if they do it, it is tantamount to moving the southeast half of the country. If it was in the Wanli and Apocalypse years, when the prestige of the imperial court was high, it would be fine, and now there are rebellions in Liaodong, and thieves are everywhere in the northwest, the Central Plains has been plagued by famine for many years, and the wealth of the imperial court almost depends on the southeast, and it is really incapable of regenerating incidents in the rice bowl. Although Wu Mengming's official position is not too high, but the special nature of the Beizhen Fusi makes him know a lot of inside information, when Wen Tiren impeached the restoration of the society for all kinds of crimes, the imperial court finally gave up, in addition to Zhou Yanru's opposition, another reason is because of this.

"That's it, that's all for today! Take Chen Gongzi next door, rest well, don't be slow! Wu Mengming said sharply to the next hundred households.

"Yes, sir!"

When Chen Zhenhui was taken out, only Wu Mengming and Hu Kejian were left in the house. Wu Mengming coughed low and said in a low voice: "Gonggong Hu, do you think this case should be handled leniently or strictly?" ”

"Oh?" Hu Kejian looked at Wu Mengming, he also guessed the meaning of the other party six or seven points, but he has been in the palace for many years, and he is cautious by nature, lest he say the wrong word and take the wrong step, which will cause death. ”

"Old fox!" Wu Mengming scolded secretly in his stomach, but said with a smile on his face: "Father-in-law Hu, you are talking a few nonsense, please judge." This is wide, that is, Chen Zhenhui and the surname Xu were killed, and the matter ended here, so as not to cause all kinds of things to happen later; If it is strict, then you must carefully ask about it, take down the people behind it one by one, and torture them strictly to set an example! ”

Hu Kejian nodded, he already understood what Wu Mengming meant, it was naturally impossible to be strict, if a big prison was raised like the style of Dongchang and Jinyiwei in the past, with Chen Zhenhui's special identity, just the Jiangnan scholars who had befriended him in the Fushe Society would have to arrest twenty or thirty people in the past two years, not to mention his father and fellow villagers, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, even if Chongzhen stood behind them, it would not end well. But I'm afraid it's not, I heard Chen Zhenhui say that what he did this time was to hide from his father and the people in the Restoration Society. Speaking with a conscience, if it weren't for the evidence in front of them, Wu Mengming and Hu Kejian didn't believe that a rich boy who was a poet and drunk would actually assassinate the second assistant of the current dynasty for the sake of political disputes, trying to physically destroy the enemy. Don't say that the Ming Dynasty has never had it, even the previous dynasty is rare. In other words, if Wu Mengming had killed Chen Zhenhui with a knife in accordance with the lenient method, I am afraid that his father and the people in the Restoration Society would not believe it, and the world would not believe it, and it would only be regarded as another act of persecution of Zhongliang by the traitorous party. Considering the bad reputation of the eunuchs and the Fuji of Beizhen in the Jiangnan region and the appeal of the Restoration Society, doing so would only leave endless troubles.

"Master Wu, as we can see, strict and lenient will not work!" Hu Kejian's expression was grim: "There are too many people involved in the strict office, what the court wants at the moment is the overall situation, and it has annoyed the sours in Jiangnan, even the emperor has a headache, let alone you and me?" As for leniency, Chen Zhenhui's gang violated the law of the country and needed to be punished, and he was killed with a knife like you said, wouldn't it be a confession? On the contrary, it is the imperial court, isn't it? ”

"Yes, yes, that's what my father-in-law said!" Wu Mengming even claimed that it was, but he just stared at Hu Kejian with a pair of eyes but stopped talking. Hu Kejian understood that the other party was letting himself open his mouth to take the idea, so as not to bear the responsibility, he secretly scolded a sentence of "slippery" in his stomach: "From what we have seen, this matter is not big, it is not small, it is not small, it can't involve too many people, small is also the first case of the country, and the old man has discounted his arm on the way to the court, and there must be a person behind him, otherwise it can't be said!" ”

"The man behind it?" Wu Mengming was stunned when he heard this, and secretly thought that if this big hat was buttoned down, it would be a disaster to exterminate the clan, and he didn't know which one had offended this Hu Gonggong who had poured blood mold for eight lifetimes. You must be careful, don't annoy him, I don't know how he will die one day.

"Yes, here Chen Zhenhui is admitting her good name and acting recklessly, but outsiders will say that you and I are bent into a trick. You should also see that this guy is just a guts rat in front of us, but he was very rampant when he was in Chongfu Temple, and if he got the triage of the three divisions, I don't know what tricks he would come up with! ”

"That's what Grandpa Hu said!" Wu Mengming nodded, he already understood what Hu Kejian meant at this time. Indeed, as he said, Chen Zhenhui was frightened, naturally she wanted to be square, and she wanted to be round; But if you change places, it's not necessarily, maybe you'll jump up and talk nonsense, although it's unlikely to overturn the case, but if you make things out of control, you'll be embarrassed by the Son of Heaven. At this moment, a thousand households from the outside came in, kowtowed to Hu and Wu, and said respectfully: "Tell my husband and my lord, He Baihu, who arrested the prisoner surnamed Xu, is back!" ”

When Wu Mengming heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Let him come in!" ”

"Back to the adult, the thief jumped into the sewer when he ran away, and He Baihu also went in, and he was very sloppy, I'm afraid it's not very convenient!"

"Oh, good, good!" Wu Mengming heard that his subordinates were working so hard, a smile appeared on his face, and he smiled at Hu Kejian: "Gonggong Hu, since this is the case, then you stay here for a while, and I will go out and ask that kid to come back to you again?" ”

"It's good!" Hu Kejian also heard it clearly, and arched his hand slightly: "Then our family will wait for good news!" ”

Hu Kejian drank two sips of hot tea, closed his eyes and recuperated, he didn't close his eyes for a whole night, the eunuch was already weaker than ordinary people, and he was already over forty years old, so he couldn't stand it anymore. But not long after he closed his eyes, he heard Wu Mengming's scolding from outside, and then saw this Jinyi Guard Commander coming in from outside the door, with an angry face on his face.

"What's going on?"

"Tell Grandpa Hu!" The smell on Wu Mengming's body was as if he had just come out of the latrine, and his expression was as if he had just eaten a ball of feces: "That guy didn't even take Xu Thief and came back, and said that he had fallen in, didn't he know that he wanted to see people alive and corpses when he died?" ”

"Hmmm! If there is only Chen Zhenhui's confession, it is indeed a little thin! Hu Kejian stood up: "Lord Wu, since this is the case, then our family will go back to rest first, if there is any change, you can let someone notify me!" ”

Wu Mengming hurriedly turned sideways, let one go, bowed and said, "Congratulations to Grandpa Hu!" ”

Jingshi, Xuanhua shop.

This is a neighborhood close to Desheng Gate, as the city gate in the northwest of the nine city gates in Beijing, Desheng Gate is a group of military defense buildings composed of city towers, arrow towers, gate towers and urn cities, etc., which look majestic and majestic from afar. It was already the fifth watch, and a trace of fish belly white appeared on the horizon, and the guards who were waiting for the shift change were huddled in shelter, napping, waiting for the arrival of the shift changer. At this moment, a stone slab on the side of the road suddenly moved slightly, and it seemed to be an illusion, but soon the sharp grinding sound proved that it was not an illusion, and the stone slab rose upward, revealing a black hole, and crawled out of the sewage man.

Xu Wancheng lay motionless on the ground, exhausted from hours of struggle in the mud that he couldn't see his fingers, he could no longer remember how many times he had stepped into the mud pit, frightened rats crawled over his face, the sludge spilled over his neck and into his mouth, and death grabbed his feet and pulled him into the bottomless abyss. He didn't know how he escaped from the trap, pushing away the heavy stone slab above his head, and when he breathed the fresh cold air again, Xu Wanqian felt for the first time how beautiful it was to be alive.

As time passed, the numbness faded from Xu Wancheng's body, and his muscles and ligaments began to feel intense soreness, and they were taking revenge on Xu Wancheng for their previous overuse. But this is not the worst part, there is a deep wound in his right rib, he himself does not know when it was injured, he knows that he must find a place to treat it as soon as possible, otherwise even if he is not caught by Jinyiwei, the inflammation of the wound is enough to send him to the western sky. When he had accumulated a little strength, he got up from the ground, walked through two alleys with difficulty, walked to a courtyard that looked quite dilapidated, and climbed over the courtyard wall, but as soon as he landed on the ground, there was a violent dog barking behind him, Xu Wanqian looked back, and saw a yellow dog pounced on him, and he hurriedly kicked his right leg instinctively, and kicked the yellow dog away. The dog ate a heavy leg, and he knew that it was powerful, so he didn't dare to come up, but he barked wildly beside him, and Xu Wanqian didn't have the strength to get up and chase after him, and a man and a dog actually confronted each other in this yard.

At this time, the door opened, and a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties walked out, holding a wooden stick in his hand, and shouted, "Rhubarb, what are you calling nonsense?" What's wrong? The yellow dog whimpered, then ran to his master's lap and barked twice at Xu Wancheng.

The man saw Xu Wanren clearly, he became nervous, he raised the wooden stick in a threatening manner, and shouted in a low voice: "Who are you, why did you come to my yard, get out quickly, otherwise I will report to the official!" ”

Xu Wanqian grinned, trying his best to look kind, he touched it in his arms, and found five taels of silver to throw to the man: "I'm not a bad person, I met a thief last night and was forced to jump into the sewer to escape, it became like this, you help me get a bucket of hot water and clean clothes, this silver is for you!" ”

The man took the silver, put the letter into his mouth and took a bite, and after confirming that it was correct, his face became more beautiful, and he asked in a suspicious tone, "Are you telling the truth?" This is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can there be such a rampant thief, are you not a gangster wanted by the government? “

Seeing this, Xu Wanqian knew that the other party was already suspicious, if he couldn't come up with an idea, as long as the other party ran to the government to report it, he would be a dead end. He pretended to be disapproving: "There are so many capitals, how can there be peace everywhere?" If you don't believe it, you can go to the government and report it, and see what the government will say. ”

When the man heard this, he looked at Xu Wanren again suspiciously, and Xu Wanren also took this opportunity to look at the other party, this man was wearing a new silk robe of six or seven percent, but the pants on the lower body were linen, which was quite incommensurate. Xu Wanqian already had an idea in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's better like this, if you save me, I'll take five hundred taels of silver to thank you, okay?" (To be continued.) )