"Mr. Lin, do you say that we are doing this, is it a bit unreasonable?" The prefect arched his hand and stood beside Lin Le slightly, fine sweat broke out on his forehead, and his two eyebrows were twisted together, full of sorrow and embarrassment.

No matter what, the people in this mansion are also the emperor's father-in-law, and there is also an important minister of the imperial court, a little prince who is less than three years old, the daughter of the Xia family and Mrs. Yipin are also inside, and his small Yuncheng prefect came to the mansion early in the morning to block people, which is a bit excessive.

But he and Lin Le have been friends for many years, and the other party has supported him to sit in the prefect's seat.

Seeing that the prefect was scared, Lin Le threw a knife in his eyes and snorted coldly: "With me here, what are you afraid of!" ”

"But those two people are after all—" The prefect hunched his waist and smiled as he tried to explain.

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lin Le: "What about those two people?" They were killed by Lu Li! I have eyewitnesses here, what are you afraid of? Killing people pays for life, as the prefect of Yuncheng, don't you even understand this truth? Even if he is the grandfather of the country, the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and he is not a relative of the emperor, and now he has no real power at all, and you have killed people in the territory under your jurisdiction, and you don't even have the courage to discipline him? ”

After saying this, the prefect nodded again and again, and replied while wiping his sweat: "Yes, yes, Mr. Lin is right, I will ask someone to urge again." ”

As he spoke, the prefect waved back and motioned for the officers and soldiers to go to the door to urge.

The officers and men received the order and hurriedly ran up the steps, but before the raised hand fell on the door, the heavy wooden door "creaked" open.

Behind the door stood Xia Wanrou and Xiaoman, and the two were helped out of the door by the maid and stood still in front of the door. Both of them looked indifferent, and they were not deterred by the officers and soldiers surrounding the mansion in the slightest. Even when the two of them saw Lin Le, their faces were cold and indifferent, and they were not surprised by his appearance.

However, before Xiao Man opened his mouth to speak, he still glanced at Lin Le and let out a low voice, but this surprised appearance was very exaggerated, and a clear-eyed person knew at a glance that it was pretending, and she said, "Mr. Lin? Why are you here, are you here with the prefect? ”

Lin Le's face was expressionless, and he glanced at Xiao Man but did not speak.

Seeing this, the prefect on the side hurriedly said: "Mr. Lin's private school was robbed last night, and the two scholars who lived in the private school were also unfortunately killed. Last night, someone saw Lu... Well, Grandpa Guo went in and out of the private school, in order to seek the truth, and in order to give Mr. Lin an explanation, so he went down to the official to disturb your mansion early in the morning, and I hope to forgive me. ”

As soon as the words fell, Xia Wanrou sneered a few times, her eyes fell on Lin Le fixedly, and her tone was full of mockery: "Mr. Lin, how did those two scholars die, no one must know better than you." Now that you're here, let us give you an explanation, isn't that ridiculous? ”

Mrs. Wei laughed. Lin Lechu was not shocked, and he was not angry in the face of such a clear accusation, his face seemed to be stuck with paste, and his eyebrows never moved.

But Xia Wanrou just snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Both of them knew that the two parties had torn their faces now, so there was no need to maintain the previous illusion, especially Lin Le openly brought the prefect to arrest people, which was the same as the meaning of taking the initiative to declare war, so Xia Wanrou didn't bother to give him a good look.

Such a white-eyed wolf, it was their family who was blind back then.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to be stalemate like this, the prefect scratched his head anxiously, wanting to get things done as soon as possible, "Two ladies, the lower official just wants to ask Grandpa Guo for questioning, no-"

"Just asking?" Xiao Man interrupted, looked at the prefect coldly with a pair of eyes, and walked down the steps to the other party, although he looked shorter than the other party, but his momentum was not lost at all, "If the prefect is just asking, then why do you need to bring so many officers and soldiers over?" Just now, you kept saying that someone saw Lu Li in and out of the private school with his own eyes, what about that person? As a witness, shouldn't he come over and confront the so-called suspect? ”

The prefect retreated, and the beads of sweat the size of beans kept falling, and he was extremely panicked.

This matter was originally notified to him by Lin Le in the morning, and he didn't know the details at all, even this rhetoric was taught to him by Lin Le, and now that he was asked by Xiao Man, he was very weak-hearted, where did he want to get a strategy to deal with it.

"Also, you keep saying that Lu Li is suspected of killing the scholars, but Lord Prefect, have you ever thought about why he killed those two scholars? We have lived in Shangjing for a long time, we have never been to Yuncheng, and we have never met two scholars, how could Lu Li kill them for no reason? ”

Xiao Man continued to press step by step, his tone became more and more serious, so frightened that the prefect's calves trembled, his body swayed, and his neckline was soaked in cold sweat.

Seeing that the prefect of his house was forced by a woman to retreat and turn pale, the officers and soldiers around him were a little embarrassed, and some people wanted to persuade him, but as soon as they saw Lin Le still standing calmly and calmly, without making a sound, they also put this thought in their minds and quietly retreated.

Xia Wanrou stood on the steps, quietly watching all this in front of her, her hand hidden in her sleeve clenched hard, and her palms were full of beads of sweat.

Hopefully this will all turn out as they expected.

"Enough!"

A low roar not far away pulled Xia Wanrou's thoughts back, she hurriedly looked up, but saw that the prefect finally became hard, although it was hard, but it was just not trembling.

"You're a woman, why don't you stay in the backyard and run to the front?" The prefect straightened up and tried his best to show a majestic appearance, "This official is here to find Lu Li, it has nothing to do with you!" If you dare to obstruct official business again, be careful of your own official... The official ......"

Speaking of which, the prefect suddenly got stuck.

He is just a fourth-grade prefect, and the woman in front of him is the emperor's first-grade wife, even though the other party has no real power, but from this level, he, the prefect, has not yet disposed of the first-grade lady.

Of course, Xiao Man also thought of this, she suddenly laughed, but this smile was full of sarcasm: "Lord Prefect, let's wait for when you can get to a higher position, and then talk about whether to deal with me or not." ”

After speaking, she turned around and returned to Xia Wanrou's side, "Of course I have no opinion that you want to arrest people, and I don't dare to stop the government from handling the case, but if you talk about the rules and regulations, if you can come up with conclusive evidence, I will naturally not say a word, but if you don't have a ......."

She snorted coldly, her eyes suddenly sharpened, "Then don't blame me for not giving you face!" ”

"Sister Wanrou, let's go in!" As he spoke, Xiao Man took Xia Wanrou's hand and made a gesture to go back.

But before they could cross the threshold, Lin Le suddenly said, "Two ladies, don't you want to just mess around, right?" ”

Xiao Man and Xia Wanrou paused, and her hand on Xia Wanrou's wrist trembled.

This Lin Le, he shouldn't have discovered anything, right?

"Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Lu, the prefect is just making routine inquiries according to the statements of the witnesses, what are you panicking about? And angry at what? Lin Le stepped up the steps slowly, the hand that was originally wrapped around his chest was now behind his back, he walked to Xiao Man and stood still, looking at each other fixedly.

Xiao Man couldn't help but swallow his saliva and tried his best to keep his composure: "So what? What does Mr. Lin want to explain by this, to prove that Lu Li is indeed a murderer? ”

Lin Le smiled lightly, "As the prefect said, we are not here to arrest Grandpa Guo on this trip, but just to make routine inquiries based on the statements of the witnesses, and we have never moved the intention of arresting at all." ”

"What about these officers and soldiers?" Xia Wanrou was a little excited, her cheeks were slightly red, her eyes were staring at Lin Le, angry and unwilling, "You brought so many officers and soldiers here, is it to put on a show, to look good?" ”

As long as they agreed to let them enter the mansion, the scene behind them was far beyond the control of the two of them. Lu Li was seriously injured and is still lying on the bed, and Wei Xiuyuan doesn't know martial arts, and a few secret guards given by the emperor are dead and wounded, and there are only a few people left, how can they resist so many officers and soldiers?

They keep saying it's just a routine inquiry, but it's just a serious excuse.

Lin Le stood at the door blocking the way of the two, full of arrogance: "Two ladies, it's just a routine inquiry, if you have a clear conscience, it's okay to ask, right?" ”

As he spoke, without waiting for Xiao Man to speak again, he waved his hand, "Let me in, find Lu Li and ask me clearly!" ”

"I'll see who dares to enter today!" Xiao Man shouted angrily, turned around and glared at the prefect, and majestically glanced at the rest of the officers and soldiers under the steps, "Trespassing into the private residence of important officials of the imperial court without permission, do you know what kind of crime this is?" Even if this is not Shangjing, you shouldn't be presumptuous! ”

According to the previous plan of the three of them, all the officers and soldiers surrounding the mansion should have lowered their vigilance now, and the prefect brought so many people here, and the guards in the city were much lax, she had to buy some more time to ensure that the secret guards who asked for help could get out of the city smoothly.

Xiao Man clenched her palms, her legs under her skirt trembled slightly, she gritted her teeth, took a breath, and tried her best to pretend to be majestic, so as to shock everyone in the audience.

But this time she had to face not only the officers and soldiers and the prefect under the steps, but also Lin Le.

"Mrs. Lu, are you in Beijing, are you also playing like this?" Lin Le sneered.

Xiao Man's back trembled slightly, and he was about to hold on.

Seeing this, Xia Wanrou was extremely angry, and raised her voice and said angrily: "Mr. Lin, my Xia family was not kind to you in the past, why did you force us to this point today?" If it weren't for my father and Xiu Yuan, how could you be standing here so well? Lin Le, even if you don't know how to write the four words of Zhi'en Tubao, at least don't take the opportunity to bite us! ”