Zhou Fu had a straight face and stood at the bottom of the lobby of the Taishou Mansion.

After all, this Xu Taishou was a prime minister, and his rank was extremely high, and Zhou Fu had no qualifications at all in front of him.

So Xu Churen didn't give him a seat, and he could only stand obediently.

"What do you think?" Xu Churen asked slowly.

"The lower officials only burn the kiln, and the lower officials don't know about things like trying cases." Zhou Fu responded casually.

In front of them, it was Xiang An's corpse, the old man's death was very miserable, in addition to him, there were two other people, one was a sedan chair man, and the other was a family member.

"Governor Zhou, this is not the time to be angry!" Xu Churen's voice was a little harsh.

"The last time the dog was attacked by this gang of thieves, the prisoner was captured by the dog, and the lower official wanted to try the case, didn't the Taishou say it, as long as the lower official can smelt and burn the kiln, civil affairs will be handled by the Taishou!"

Xu Churen was speechless.

In the case of Zhou Quan's attack, Zhou Fu brought people to the first place, and also tried a live mouth and made a file, but the next day Xu Churen sent people over and took all the evidence, prisoners, confessions, and files. At that time, Zhou Fu complained, and Xu Churen said, "The noble officials can only smelt iron and burn the kiln, and the civil affairs are handled by the Taishou."

Now Zhou Fu used this to gag his mouth again, making him suffocate.

After a while, after calming down, Xu Churen said coldly: "Xiang Lao is a relative of the Queen Mother, this matter will definitely alarm the Jingshi, Governor Zhou, if there is any problem, you can't take care of it!" ”

If it is said that Xiang Cong was taken captive last time, Xu Churen suspected that Zhou Fu and Zhou Quan did it, but this time Xiang An's death, he did not doubt it at all.

The reason is simple, there is a living mouth.

A total of six people went out of the city with Xiang An, and in addition to two people who were killed at the same time, there were four others. These four men testified that there were eleven thieves at that time, each armed with a sword, and intercepted them. Among the thieves were the recently wanted brothers He Shun, Liu Xiaoer and Liu Xiaosan, who had a conversation with Xiang An and had an argument, and then He Shun was the first to kill Xiang An.

This group of thieves is the one who once attacked Zhou Quan, and Xu Churen also heard the rumors, and the one who instructed this group of thieves behind him was Zhao Sheng on the surface, and it was very likely to be Xiang An secretly.

"If the bachelor must ask the subordinate for his idea, the subordinate feels that the words of these slaves who betray their masters are not true!" Zhou Fu pointed to the few surviving entourage.

The faces of those attendants were as white as earth, and they kowtowed one by one: "The villain has not betrayed the Lord!" ”

"When my son was attacked, the people around him fought one by one, so more than 20 thieves were killed and scattered, if you are not betrayed, why are you not even scarred on your body, and the thieves still let you go?" Zhou Fu shouted loudly.

Xu Churen was a little annoyed, he wanted Zhou Fu to come up with an idea for him, but he didn't let Zhou Fu be powerful in his court.

He was about to scold Zhou Fu, but when he saw that among the four kneeling people, there were people with flickering eyes, and they looked a little dishonest.

Xu Churen's heart moved, and he pointed at the man: "You sedan chair man, what do you have to say?" ”

The palanquin man suddenly kowtowed and said: "Master Taishou, the villain can hear it, and he can hear that the old man has a dispute with the thief, and the thief asks the old man why...... Why betray them! ”

When Zhou Fu heard this, he grinned and laughed silently, and then before Xu Churen moved his gaze to him, he regained his seriousness.

"What else did you hear?" Xu Churen gritted his teeth and said.

"And ...... And ......"

The palanquin man hesitated for a moment and looked up at Zhou Fu. Zhou Fu coughed: "Bachelor, the lower official is temporarily avoided?" ”

"No need, you're here, I want to see what great things this dog slave has heard!"

Sure enough, it was a great thing, the sedan chair man was intimidated by Xu Churen for a while, and the words he spit out shocked Xu Churen.

This imperial relative, Xiang Lao, and those Jiangyang thieves have long colluded, which is not Xu Churen's expectation, but the palanquin man said that He Shun said a series of things, all of which Xiang An had ordered him to do.

This series of cases involved 12 lives, and two of them were officials of Xuzhou Prefecture.

At this time, everyone couldn't stop talking: it turned out that his old colleague was killed by Xiang An!

This is a case within a case, Xu Churen originally wanted to clean up the Zhou family's father and son, but now that such a big case has been exposed, how dare he suppress it.

The words of the villains are naturally not enough to be accepted, but it is still necessary to investigate.

At this moment, Xiang Cong was brought in.

The little official with Xiang Cong quietly leaned in Xu Churen's ear and said a few words.

Zhou Fu's ears were sharp, and he couldn't help but laugh again when he heard the words "supporting prostitutes day and night, and prostituting during the day".

What his son said is right, Xiang Cong is such a character, and after learning that he is leaving Xuzhou, he must have to do such things.

And Xu Churen, who prides himself on being square, definitely can't tolerate this kind of thing where Lao Tzu is cut off and his son is prostituting.

Sure enough, Xu Churen frowned, and looked at Xiang Cong's expression extremely unkindly: "Xiang Cong, you are guilty!" ”

In normal times, Xiang Cong didn't have to kneel in front of Xu Churen, but when he heard Xu Churen's scolding, and when he saw his father's corpse, his feet were weak, so he knelt down.

But when he saw Zhou Fu, he screamed, got up and pounced on Zhou Fu again.

It's just that he is used to being pampered, where can he be as flexible as Zhou Fu's back, and he was kicked back to the ground directly by Zhou Fu as a kick in the chest.

"Taishou, old parents, this is the person, this dog official killed my father, ruined my father's life, and his son kidnapped me the day before yesterday ......"

At this time, Xiang Cong was already crazy, and the death of his father made him have no scruples at all and bit Zhou Quan out.

Xu Churen heard this, and his heart was happy.

took advantage of this incident to drive away the Zhou family's father and son, and at the same time, so many smelting pits in the hands of the Xiang family would also fall into the hands of Xu Churen. Of course, he himself was an honest and honest Qing official, but he couldn't stop his sons, nephews, or even relatives such as nephews, or family members who wanted to do business.

Therefore, Xu Churen looked at Zhou Fu, and Zhou Fu sighed: "Bachelor, this matter cannot be investigated deeply, and if you dig deeper, I am afraid that the bachelor will not be able to bear it." ”

"Hehe, your official is underestimating this official too much, doesn't your official think that this official can't cure you of the crime of a little governor of the country?"

"No, it has nothing to do with the official, okay, the official told the truth, when the dog was attacked that day, Zhao Sheng was captured alive, and he confessed to Xiang Cong. The dog has always been well aware of the righteousness and knows the general situation, Xiang Jia is a relative of the country, how could he do such a collusion and conspiracy! Therefore, the dog killed Zhao Sheng so that he would not be able to bite indiscriminately. ”

After that, the dog asked this person to talk about it and asked some questions...... Please see. ”

Zhou Fu took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and scolded Xiang Cong, but as soon as he saw the paper, his eyes seemed to burst out, not only did he stop scolding, but he pounced on Zhou Fu, but Zhou Fu kicked him back again.

"Governor Zhou, Master Zhou, Uncle Zhou, I know my mistake, I know my guilt,......" Xiang Cong shouted.

He calmed down at this point and knew what a mistake he had made!

According to the agreement he reached with Zhou Quan at the beginning, he did not say anything about Zhou Quan's kidnapping of him, and similarly, the Zhou family would not hand over the charges he left behind to the officials.

But now, he was dizzy in his eagerness, and he actually bit Zhou Quan out, and the guilt he left at the beginning would naturally be handed over.

Although he can defend it, it was forced by Zhou Quan to write it, and it can't be true, but there are several of them, which only need to be reviewed in detail, and it is not difficult to find evidence!

The Xiang family has been entrenched in the Li State Prison for twenty or thirty years, and there are so many things that do treacherous crimes, how can they not involve the Xiang family's own reason. Involving the Xiang family, it means that the dispute between the imperial power and the relatives, if it is placed when the Empress Dowager Xiang is alive, it may not be important, but now, Zhao Ji has been in power for more than ten years, even if he reads the old feelings of the Empress Dowager Xiang, he must not be punished!

Zhou Fu looked at Xiang Cong and smiled, and then looked at Xu Churen: "What did Taishou say." ”

"Show me the officer."

Xu Churen took the indictment, and after seeing what was written on it, his brows suddenly tightened, and when he looked at Zhou Fu again, his eyes were extremely unkind.

There are not many accusations against Xiang An Xiangcong's father and son on this paper, most of them are recorded in the correspondence between Xiang and Xiang's family. Li Guojian is a small source of wealth for the Xiang family, and Xiang An has a large generation and is qualified to correspond with the two uncles of the county today.

There are a lot of grievances in this letter!

However, this kind of whining behind the scenes, euphemistically accusing the official family of being "mean and unkind", "ungrateful" and the like, no one will be held accountable if no one reports it. But now, this crime has fallen into the hands of Xu Churen, and it has fallen into his hands on this public occasion.

What could have been sloppy has now become something that has to be pursued. In other words, he, Xu Churen, the former prime minister who was demoted, wants to deal with Xiang Zongliang and Xiang Zonghui.

This is a thing that does not do any good if you win, and it is full of chicken feathers if you lose.

"Zhou Fu!" Xu Churen gritted his teeth and said.

"Xia Guan doesn't believe it very much, this is obviously a discord between the heavenly family, so even if he got this thing, Xia Guan just put it away. The bachelor must force the subordinate to hand it over, and the subordinate has no choice. Zhou Fu spread his hands and smiled: "The bachelor thinks that this matter does not need to be reported to the imperial court, so it will not be reported." ”

At this point, Xu Churen understood that he wanted to use this case to bring the Xiang family and the Zhou family together, but the Zhou family didn't want to use this case to sweep him and the Xiang family together!

Don't report? He dared not report it to the court, and tomorrow Zhou Fu would dare to poke this matter out to him.

Xu Churen had previously slapped Cai Jing's sycophants, but later because of the threat to Cai Jing's status, the two turned their faces and offended a powerful eunuch like Tong Guan, as long as Cai Jing and Tong Guan got the news from Zhou Fu, they would be happy to step on him.

It was originally the trouble of the Xiang family, but it will become the trouble of his Xu Churen, although Xu Churen prides himself on being square, but he is not as selfless as the Grand Duke.

stared at Zhou Fu angrily, but Zhou Fu lowered his eyes and deliberately didn't look at him, until after a long time, Xu Churen spit out a sentence from between his teeth: "Your honor...... Shape up or ship out! ”