With Cui Hui's murderous questioning, the Gao family hall fell into silence in an instant, Qi Wanlong and Feng Kui, who were originally smiling, were stunned, and the servants also looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became depressing.

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"Lord Patrol, the subordinate officials don't know where the crime comes from?" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed, and he asked quietly, no wonder he has been a little uneasy since he came to Ruichang County, it turns out that Cui Hui has already planned to calculate him.

At this moment, Li Yuntian finally understood why Cui Hui uncharacteristically wanted Qi Wanlong to try Wang Xiucai's case, not because Cui Hui attached great importance to Wang Xiucai's case, but because he guessed that Qi Wanlong would definitely go to him for help, and then transfer himself from Hukou County.

Li Yuntian felt very strange, he didn't understand why Cui Hui treated himself like this, firstly, he had no grudges or hatred with Cui Hui, and secondly, he was conscientious and conscientious in Hukou County, and there was no violation of law and discipline.

"Li Zhixian, do you want to point out the ugly things you did yourself?" Cui Hui looked at Li Yuntian coldly, "If you don't have conclusive evidence, this patrol will ask you about your crimes?" ”

"The lower official is dull, please follow the lord to make it clear." When Li Yuntian heard this, he knew that Cui Hui was eyeing him this time, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to be good, so he looked at Cui Hui expressionlessly, he wanted to see what trick Cui Hui was playing.

Looking at Li Yuntian with sharp eyes, Cui Hui couldn't help but feel a burst of surprise in his heart, not to mention that Li Yuntian was a small seven-rank prefect, even the prefect of the fourth rank would not dare to be so provocative to him, the imperial historian, at this time, I am afraid that he was already frightened, but Li Yuntian still maintained his composure.

"Li Zhixian, this patrol asks you, do you know a silk merchant named Shi An from Nanzhili?" After confronting each other for a while, Cui Hui was a little uncomfortable by Li Yuntian's sharp eyes, so he took the lead in breaking the calm on the field and asked coldly.

"Shi An?" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and then nodded to Cui Hui, "Xia Guan remembers that he came to Baishui Town in April this year and opened a silk shop in the town. ”

Li Yuntian has a very good memory, as long as he has dealt with people, he usually remembers, this may be an innate talent of his.

Shi An is a silk merchant in Nanzhili, although it is not as good as those big silk merchants, but the business is also relatively open, and he is the first batch of people to settle in the Baishui Town trading market, so Li Yuntian has a deep impression of him.

Li Yuntian was a little puzzled, he and Shi An had only met two or three times, why did Cui Hui mention Shi An?

"You won't forget this tour. The fastest and most stable update" Cui Hui sneered, got up and walked to Qi Wanlong, who was sitting behind the first desk in the hall, and it seemed that he was going to interrogate Li Yuntian.

Qi Wanlong hurriedly got up, bowed down, sat down on the chair under the hall, and looked at the scene in front of him with a blank face, he never expected that Cui Hui would attack Li Yuntian without warning.

Li Yuntian sat there with a cold expression, with Cui Hui's character, he would definitely not be untargeted, he must have come prepared, he recalled carefully, there was nothing unspeakable between himself and Shi An.

But...... Li Yuntian frowned and looked at Cui Hui, he believed that Cui Hui would not mention Shi An for no reason, there must be some reason in it.

"Li Zhixian, tell me about you and Shi An, if you take the initiative to confess, this patrol can reduce your guilt by one degree." After sitting down behind the desk, Cui Hui looked at Li Yuntian expressionlessly.

"Lord Patrol, Xia Guan and Shi An have had a few encounters, but those are all official affairs, and they have never been in the past." Li Yuntian stood up and said in a deep voice to Cui Hui, he was ready to wait and see what "killer feature" Cui Hui held in his hand.

"Li Zhixian, the opportunity has been given to you, since you gave up, then don't blame this patrol for being impartial!" Cui Hui sneered, and shouted at the officer standing outside the hall to patrol the Imperial History Yamen, "Take Shi An!" ”

Under the gaze of everyone in the hall, a middle-aged man with a round face was brought up by two messengers, bowing his body and bowing his head, looking very nervous.

"Shi An knocked on the patrol to press the adult." Coming to the front of the hall, the round-faced middle-aged man knelt down at Cui Hui.

"Shi An, do you recognize this person?" Cui Hui stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Yuntian and asked quietly.

"I recognize, he is Li Zhi County of Hukou County." Shi An turned his head to look at Li Yuntian, and when he saw Li Yuntian looking at him with a cold expression, he trembled with fright, and quickly turned around and replied with some trepidation.

"Is this your case?" An errand officer who patrolled the Imperial History Yamen spread out a sheet in front of Shi An, and Cui Hui asked loudly.

"Back to the adult, it's the form of a villain." Shi An glanced at the shape and nodded.

"Sue sù Ben Patrol, who are you suing? So what's going on? Cui Hui stared at Shi An and asked quietly.

"Qiyu patrolled the adult, and the villain sued Li Zhixian of Hukou County, and Li Zhixian asked the villain for five thousand taels of silver tickets on the grounds that he could help the villain contact the big customer, but then there was no follow-up, and the villain listened to Li Zhixian's words and entered a large number of goods, which are now piled up in the warehouse."

Shi An looked up at Cui Hui, wiped the cold sweat oozing from his forehead and said, "The villain put all the money into the goods, seeing that the peak season of the transaction has passed, the villain has urged many times, but Li Zhixian is just dragging it, the villain really can't afford to drag it out, and wants to find Li Zhixian to get back the five thousand taels of silver tickets, but Li Zhixian flatly denied it, and the villain was also forced to be helpless and had to sue." ”

When Li Yuntian heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but reveal a sneer, he was only in charge of the direction of the development of commerce and trade in Baishui Town, and he had never intervened in the specific transactions of the merchants, so it was naturally impossible to collect Shi An's money.

"Li Zhixian, what do you say?" Cui Hui looked at Li Yuntian and looked at him expressionlessly.

"Lord Patrol, this is nonsense, the lower officials are dignified officials of the imperial court, how can they get involved in business and trade." Li Yuntian arched his hand at Cui Hui and replied in a deep voice.

"So, he wronged you?" When Cui Hui heard this, he looked at Shi An with a stern expression.

"Patrol the adult, what the villain said is true, and the villain personally handed over the silver ticket to the second lady of Li Zhixian." Shi An hurriedly defended in a loud voice, "Whether the facts are true or not, as long as the second lady of Li Zhixian asks, you will know." ”

"Shi An, it's okay for you to frame the official, but if you want to hurt the official's family, then the official will definitely not forgive you!" Li Yuntian's eyes flashed coldly when he heard this, and he warned Shi An in a sharp tone.

The second lady in Shi An's mouth naturally refers to the green calyx, Li Yuntian knows what the green calyx is, and knows that she will never accept Shi An's bribes, now that the green calyx is pregnant, how can she withstand the toss of the court trial.

"Bold!"

With a snap, Cui Hui slapped the shocked wood heavily, and looked at Li Yuntian with a sneer, "This governor sees that you are usually used to acting powerful, and you actually threaten the victim in front of this governor!" ”

"Lord Patrol, Xiaguan's concubine Lu Cao is now pregnant with Liujia, now is an important day for childbirth, Xiaguan can guarantee with her life, she definitely did not accept any money."

Li Yuntian bowed to Cui Hui and said, "What Shi An said is just a one-sided statement, please follow the inspection of the Lord to be clear." ”

"Hmph, do you think this patrol will let you pass just because of Shi An's appearance?" Cui Hui snorted coldly and looked at Li Yuntian expressionlessly, "To tell you the truth, there have already been two people who have sued the official before, accusing you of relying on your power to take the opportunity to accumulate money, and the official believes that this is definitely not groundless." ”

"Patrol your lord, the subordinate official behaves rightly, sits upright, and is not afraid of someone falsely accusing the subordinate official." When Li Yuntian heard this, he suddenly chuckled in his heart, and said to Cui Hui in a deep voice, feeling uneasy in his heart.

If it was only Shi An, then this matter might be an accidental incident, but if there were two other people who made trouble together, it would obviously be a well-planned frame-up.

"The black and white of the matter, this patrol will find out clearly." Cui Hui felt that Li Yuntian's face showed a worried look, a smug smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he said with a cold expression, "This patrol will ask you again, are you guilty enough?" Once the cause of the matter is ascertained, there is no room for a turnaround. ”

"Your Excellency, the lower officials have not accepted bribes, please be aware of them!" Li Yuntian keenly caught the cold smile that flashed at the corner of Cui Hui's mouth, his brows couldn't help frowning, and then he arched his hand at him and replied loudly.

"Since this is the case, then wait for the witnesses to come, and then open the court to question the case." Cui Hui had long expected that Li Yuntian would not admit his guilt, so he waved his hand to the errand officer who patrolled the Imperial History Yamen outside the hall, and said in a deep voice, "Before that, I wronged you." ”

Several officials standing at the gate immediately rushed in, and at the same time, Luo Ming, who was standing behind Li Yuntian's chair, led several people from the Hukou County Yamen to greet them, blocking the way of those officers.

"Stand down!" Seeing this, Li Yuntian shouted to Luo Ming, Cui Hui is patrolling the imperial history and hunting on behalf of the sky, Luo Ming's move is undoubtedly causing more trouble.

When Luo Ming heard this, he had no choice but to dodge sideways, and watched as the few servants who patrolled the Imperial History Yamen took Li Yuntian away.

Not only Li Yuntian, but also Luo Ming, who came with him, were also detained by the people who patrolled the salt imperial history yamen, and they were forbidden to contact the outside world.

"Master Feng, what's going on?" In front of Gao's house, after seeing Cui Hui's carriage leave, Qi Wanlong asked Feng Kui on the side with a shocked expression, he still has some clouds and mountains and fog, and he doesn't know why Cui Hui suddenly attacked Li Yuntian.

"We're going to have a big mess in Jiujiang Mansion." Feng Kui's brows furrowed tightly, Cui Hui came to Ruichang County this time obviously for Li Yuntian, and after a deep sigh, he sternly ordered his subordinates standing behind him, "Immediately report this matter to the prefect, there must be no mistake." ”

The subordinate arched his hand and rode away.

Feng Kui looked up at the sky, his eyes were full of worry, although the weather was sunny today, he felt that the sky was full of dark clouds, and a storm was about to sweep through Jiujiang Mansion. One