"Do you know how much trouble you have caused to the Yandao Yamen, your brain has been gnawed by pigs, and you don't know how to verify the identity of the other party when you arrest someone?"

After listening to Judge Qin's story, Shi Chengan knew that this was his excuse, and there must be something greasy in it, but he didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he reprimanded with a straight face. It is recommended to read novels and read books quickly

"The subordinate is derelict in his duties, and he is punished by the adults!" Judge Qin hurriedly knelt on the ground and touched the ground with his head.

"It would be nice if the officials could call the shots in this matter." Shi Cheng'an glanced at Judge Qin and said quietly, "Whether you can pass this level or not depends on your luck." ”

Judge Qin's face turned a little green when he heard this, he could hear it, Shi Chengan didn't want to get involved too much in this matter, after all, this matter was wrong with the Yandao Yamen, how could Shi Chengan fight with the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion because of him? In that case, I can't even fold Shi Chengan into it.

Don't look at Shi Cheng'an's illustrious scenery now, secretly I don't know how many people are staring at his position, the two Huai salt road transfer envoys are the first fat shortage in the Ming Dynasty, and those people wish he would be rectified.

Therefore, the first thing that Judge Qin thought of now was to find someone to carry the black pot for himself, and he was quite wronged when he said it, and he didn't know about it until Zhou Yuting and the four of them were arrested and put in prison.

The relationship between Judge Qin and Wei Zhennan was average, but Wei Zhennan had a close relationship with Fang Qing, the director of the Salt Lifting Division, which was responsible for collecting salt taxes and cashing related businesses, and specialized in dealing with salt merchants.

After the officers of the Yandao Yamen arrested Zhou Yuting and the others, Fang Qing said hello to Judge Qin.

Of course, Judge Qin would not refute Fang Qing's face, so Judge Qin went through the procedures for arresting people, firstly, he was favored, and secondly, he could also make a fortune from it, so why not.

Originally, in the eyes of Judge Qin, the reason why Fang Qing would attack Zhou Yuting must have been because he knew that Zhou Yuting had no background, even if he later knew that Zhou Yuting was an official dependent, he didn't take it to heart, and he, as the judge of Yandao, needed to pay attention to a foreign magistrate?

Besides, if Li Yuntian really had a background, he would have asked someone to find a relationship to dredge up this matter, and let Wei Zhennan let him go, instead of stupidly running to the Yandao Yamen to wait, and he would be even more disdainful of Li Yuntian in his heart.

Just when Judge Qin was racking his brains to think about how to get through the difficulties in front of him, there was a sudden commotion at the gate of the prison, accompanied by a chaotic footsteps, and a group of sergeants in helmets and armor broke in violently, causing the soldiers of the Yandao Yamen and the Yanshi Yamen at the scene to retreat one after another.

"The lowly Yangzhou Wei commander Han Hu visited the county lord." The leader was a tall man with a big Chinese face, who came to Zhou Yuting, arched his hand at her, and said in a deep voice.

"General Han, farewell to Jinling, we haven't seen each other for three or four years." Zhou Yuting smiled slightly and said to Han Hu.

"The county lord has a good memory, and he followed the left-behind adults in Nanjing to visit the Hou Ye." Han Hu didn't expect Zhou Yuting to remember him, and immediately laughed.

The two then exchanged pleasantries there, and Han Hu didn't pay attention to Shi Cheng'an and Fan Ruhai's meaning at all, not only because he was a martial artist of the third grade, but also one level higher than Shi Cheng'an.

What's more important is that he is a reinforcement invited by Zhou Yuting, so he naturally has to stand on Zhou Yuting's side clearly, and how can he contact the people of Yandao before the matter is resolved, which will undoubtedly weaken his own momentum.

Han Hu was invited by Li Yuntian to send the guards of the Hou Ye Mansion, of course, not to smash the Yandao Yamen, but to put pressure on the people in the Yandao, if the Yandao Yamen could not give Zhou Yuting a satisfactory explanation, then he had to let Han Hu arrest the personnel involved in the Yandao to the barracks for torture.

If the people of the Yandao Yamen can arrest Zhou Yuting and put her in prison on the grounds that she had an affair with the salt lord, then Han Hu can naturally arrest them on the grounds that those people involved in the case in Yandao colluded with Beiyuan, and then it will be a big deal to stab the matter to the capital, Li Yuntian is now justified and evidence-based, and he is not afraid to make a big deal out of it.

"Li Zhixian, this is the Yandao Yamen, if Yangzhou Wei just broke in, it would be a little bad to spread it." Seeing those Yangzhou Wei sergeants waiting for the people on the scene of the salt road, Fan Ruhai came to Li Yuntian's side and whispered.

"Lord Patrol Salt, this matter involves the county lord of Yingrui, it is not just a matter of the Yandao Yamen, if the adults feel that Yangzhou Wei is inconvenient here, then according to this official, it is better to go to the Yangzhou Mansion, then there will be no gossip."

Li Yuntian knew that Fan Ruhai was dissatisfied with Yangzhou Wei's people coming here, to be precise, Shi Chengan was dissatisfied, and no matter how he said that this was also the territory of the Yandao Yamen, he said quietly.

Fan Ruhai suddenly smiled bitterly when he heard this, he didn't expect Li Yuntian's attitude to be so tough, and he really caused the matter to the Yangzhou Mansion, so if he wanted to control the situation, it would be troublesome.

However, Li Yuntian is right, the Yandao Yamen is in charge of salt affairs, and when they detain Zhou Yuting, who has the title of emperor, then this matter is no longer a matter of salt affairs, and Li Yuntian will certainly not let the Yandao Yamen take the lead in solving it.

In this case, Fan Ruhai could only try this case in the courtyard of the prison, and the people from the Yandao Yamen hurriedly moved tables and chairs, forming a temporary public hall, which was illuminated by many torches.

Fan Ruhai sat behind the desk, Li Yuntian, Zhou Yuting, and Han Hu sat on the left side, while Shi Chengan and other officials of the Yandao Yamen sat on the right side, and those officials of the Yandao Yamen who were not qualified to sit had to stand in the back.

Among the officials of the Yandao Yamen who were seated, a short and fat Zhengqipin official who was sitting at the end of the seat looked a little uneasy, and his face was extremely ugly, he was Fang Qing, the promoter of the Salt Lifting Division, and hoped that Judge Qin could withstand the pressure and not involve him.

"Judge Qin, this official asks you, why did you arrest the Yingrui County Lord in prison?" Judge Qin was quickly brought up, and Fan Ruhai asked quietly.

"Lord Qiqi Patrol Salt, Xiaguan received a report this morning that several women who had an affair with a salt lord appeared in a gold shop in Yangzhou City, and in order to find out the information of the salt lord, he asked people to take those women."

Judge Qin had already stabilized his mind at this time, bowed his hand to Fan Ruhai, and said in an orderly manner, "Since the county lord of Yingrui did not reveal his identity, the lower official rushed into her. ”

A sneer appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth when he heard this, just as he expected, Judge Qin was really passing the buck and looking innocent.

According to Judge Qin, then he arrested Zhou Yuting to perform official duties, and it was difficult for anyone to say anything, and who made Zhou Yuting not indicate her identity.

"Where's the whistleblower?" Fan Ruhai glanced at Li Yuntian and Zhou Yuting, and saw that the two of them had no reaction, so he continued to ask.

"My lord, the lower official has already asked someone to pass him on." Judge Qin replied in a deep voice when he heard this.

Fan Ruhai waved his hand at Judge Qin, and Judge Qin stepped aside, and two soldiers from Yandao brought up a tall, thin young man with a roe deer's head and a flow of anger.

The reason why this young man appeared here was that Fang Qing urgently found him to lie, and Wei Zhennan asked him to help at that time, where was there any whistleblower.

"The little one is rich, and I will see the old man of the salt patrol and the old masters." The thin and tall young man knew that all the officials present were officials, and when he came to Fan Ruhai, he knelt down with a bang and kowtowed to everyone.

As soon as Li Yuntian saw this person, he knew that he was definitely a ruffian and a scoundrel, and the name of Bai Decai was too unlucky, and the meaning of "getting rich" was very good, but adding the word "white" in front of him didn't mean that he had no financial luck, and in the end, the bamboo basket was empty.

"Bai Decai, this official asked you, have you reported to the Yandao Yamen today?" Fan Ruhai looked at Bai Decai and frowned slightly, his impression of Bai Decai was true, and he asked quietly.

"Master Qiyu patrolling salt, the little one passed by the gold shop today, and accidentally saw a few women in it who had dealings with a salt lord wanted by the Yandao Yamen, so he reported it to the Yandao Yamen." Bai Decai had already been instructed, nodded and said to Fan Ruhai.

"I ask you, how do you know that those women are in contact with the salt owls?" Fan Ruhai asked with a stern expression.

"Tour master, I saw the salt lord in a gambling house a year ago, but I didn't know his identity at the time, and it was those women who were with him." Bai Decai looked at Fan Ruhai with a smile on his face, "The little one is a law-abiding citizen, and I heard that there is a lot of silver reward for catching the salt owl, so I reported it to the Yandao Yamen." ”

"Can you be sure what those women look like?" Fan Ruhai glanced at Bai Decai and asked in a deep voice.

"Master Qiqi Patrol Salt, those women are similar to these girls." Bai Decai nodded when she heard this, then turned around and pointed at Zhou Yuting, who was sitting there, and Lu Cao, Chen Ningning, and Zheng Wanrou who were standing behind her, and said loudly.

"Bold!" Fan Ruhai's face sank when he heard this, and he scolded loudly, "The lord of Yingrui County is a golden branch and jade leaf, how can you be allowed to blaspheme!" ”

"The salt patrol lord forgives his sins, the little one is unintentional, they look too similar." Bai Decai hurriedly knelt on the ground, touched the ground with his head, and said loudly.

Hearing this, the scene couldn't help but buzz, it seemed that Bai Decai recognized the wrong person, and regarded the county lord Yingrui and others as the woman who had an affair with the salt lord, so the misunderstanding that followed.

Otherwise, he hadn't seen Zhou Yuting, how could he recognize them at a glance?

Of course, no one would believe that Zhou Yuting and Chen Ningning and others would accompany the salt owl to the gambling house, not to mention anything else, first of all, the time is not right, a year ago, except for Zheng Wanrou in Yangzhou City, Zhou Yuting was in the capital, and Lu Cao and Chen Ningning were in Hukou County.

As for Zheng Wanrou, her family is engaged in the medicinal herb business, and it is impossible for her to have anything to do with the salt owl.

Zhou Yuting saw that Bai Decai openly slandered a woman who looked like a salt owl, and she was so angry that her eyebrows rose up, and her face was frosty, if it wasn't for Li Yuntian gently patting the back of her hand to make her hold back, she would probably be furious on the spot.

Li Yuntian watched the scene in front of him coldly, he was sure that someone secretly pointed out Bai Decai and told him the identity of Zhou Yuting and others, so he identified Zhou Yuting and others in public. One