When everyone saw Cao Yong interrupting, they all looked at him, only to see Lord Cao stand up and say loudly: "Two Japanese adults, fellow fathers and fellow villagers, I am the prefect of Qingzhou, can you listen to me?" ”

Du Mingtang raised his eyes and glanced at Cao Yong, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Although he didn't know what the use of Cao Yong standing up and speaking at this time was, Li Zhong didn't intend to give him a chance to speak, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "Lord Cao, if you have something to say, you might as well wait until this case is over, right now you are waiting to take the criminal to behead the public to reassure the people, adults must not delay the execution, why are you still stunned?" Quickly escort the prisoner to the entrance of the vegetable market, and hang the head of the owl above the city gate, so as to relax the hearts of the people of Jingguo! ”

"Wait! Lord Cao is the official of Qingzhou's parents, how can he not speak if such a big case happened in his territory? Lord Li should not be in a hurry, wait to hear what Lord Cao wants to say, and it is not too late to kill the king's order. Zhang Zhongli saw Cao Yong come forward, his heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly cut off Li Zhong's words, although Li Zhong was annoyed, but he was also the organizer and it was not easy to refute, and he immediately snorted coldly and stopped stopping Cao Yong from speaking.

Wang Ling saw Zhang Zhongli's demeanor very clearly, knowing that yesterday's words must have played a role, and he was already fully sure of whether he could spend today safely, as for Li Zhong, he already had a countermeasure, just waiting for Cao Yong to finish this step, it was the beginning of his targeting of Li Zhong.

Cao Yong first made a gesture to Zhang and Li, and then turned to the people of Qingzhou who were watching, he looked solemn, and said in a high voice: "Everyone, some of you have seen me, and some of you have not, I am Cao Yong, at this moment I have something to say to you fathers and fellow villagers, please listen." ”

Once again, there was a lot of talk in the crowd.

"Is this Lord Cao? Lord Cao is a Qing official, I saw it for the first time today. ”

"Nonsense, but anyone who is a native of Qingzhou, who doesn't know that Lord Cao is diligent and loves the people."

"It's Lord Cao, I saw it when I was repairing the river embankment the year before last, and it was Lord Cao who personally took us to repair the river embankment, so that my family's crops could be preserved, otherwise it would have been flooded."

"He said he had something to say to us, I don't know what he was going to say?"

"Listen to it, Lord Cao is so solemn, it's definitely not like you, your mouth is either the little thing on your mother-in-law's belly, or you are bragging."

The people talked in a whisper, but their eyes were focused on Cao Yong, waiting for him to speak.

Cao Yong pressed it with his hand, and the people quieted down, and then he said loudly: "Fellow villagers, I know that you have complaints about the people serving the city, but please also think about what Wang Ling did to beat the prince of the world, and for what reason he killed seven guards in this tile city. ”

Hearing this, the people present were stunned for a moment, most of them were not actually present, but these days I listened to some rumors of teahouses and restaurants, only to know that the people in the city beat the Hou Shizi of Dongchuan, and later there were rumors that the mission of the capital came to Qingzhou to investigate, thinking of the people who served the city in the past, this time they finally kicked the iron plate, and they all felt very happy, but at this time they listened to Cao Yong's question, no one could answer, they just heard it, but the details were ignored in the process of transmission from person to person.

A small number of witnesses were stunned because of Cao Yong's words, and a very few of them were quick to reflect, and when they looked at Wang Ling again, there was no resentment in their eyes, but instead became sad and distressed.

Cao Yong saw everyone's reaction in his eyes, he smiled with satisfaction, and then looked at the two people who boldly came out to testify against Wang Ling: "Two, do you still remember, why did Wang Ling act that day?" ”

"Ahh It seems that it was because the prince whipped two beggars on the side of the street, and the official wanted to stop him, but the prince didn't listen, so he beat people. ”

At this time, Li Zhong couldn't guess Cao Yong's thoughts, he was about to speak, but Zhang Zhongli pressed his shoulder with his hand, Zhang Zhongli said: "Master Li, don't be too anxious, you might as well continue to listen." ”

Li Zhong gritted his teeth and had a bad attack, so he had to endure it secretly.

Cao Yong heard the answer he wanted, and then raised his voice again, shouting to the people: "Everyone has heard it, the prince of the world whipped the people first, as a city servant who manages the order in the city, how can he not stop it?" I would like to ask all the fathers and fellow villagers, if the prince fights not others, but everyone present, should the servants of the city turn a blind eye and let the prince whip you? ”

The people have just come back to their senses, what they heard before, most of them said that there was a city servant who had the audacity to beat the little marquis, and then another person killed seven guards, compared to this kind of big news, the two beaten beggars are easy to be ignored, and they only know what happened behind, but they don't know what the conflict started, and now they know the ins and outs of the matter.

"Master Li said it well, the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, not to mention the eldest son of a mere marquis's family? The imperial court gave the street division the duty and right to take care of a city, so that no one was allowed to do anything wrong in the city! Cao Yong first glanced at Li Zhong deeply, and then turned to Lu Jialei, and said sharply: "As a child of the nobles, you should set an example, the Holy Ancestor Emperor himself said, where there are nobles who do not return to the fiefdom in Beijing, they should be kind to the people and enjoy peace with the people, your ancestor Lu Ding is the founding father, and he still knows the words of generosity and benevolence, but in your generation, he does the opposite, not only works the people and hurts the people, but also regards all living beings as grass mustard. I can't control your Dongchuan Houfu, but you still dare to run to Qingzhou City to take people's lives, if it weren't for the king's order to stop it, the mother and son have now become a lonely ghost under your horsewhip, your father Lu Su, live in vain six out of forty, the dog committed an evil deed not only did not play the court wagging his tail and begging for mercy, but the wicked first sued and caused trouble, as the prince of the marquis, what face do you have to stand in this world, what face do you have to face the ancestors of your Lu family? ! ”

After speaking, the surroundings were silent, quiet and terrible, Cao Yong's tone was fierce and scolded, Lu Jialei was shocked by his monstrous momentum and retreated again and again, almost fell backwards, everyone forgot God when they heard it, Wang Ling was even more staggering, he was the closest person to Lu Jialei, Cao Yong was aggressive, how could he not feel the suffocating sense of oppression?

My good boy! It's too late! Is this still the gentle Lord Cao? I can't see it, Lao Cao usually looks like a good old man with no temper, and he still has this side, I really saw it······ Wang Ling had heard that after he disappeared, Dongchuan Houfu sent someone to find Du Mingtang and Cao Yong to ask for an explanation, Du Mingtang closed the door and disappeared, Cao Yong scolded the messenger back, he didn't take it seriously at that time, what can you do if you scold two sentences? But I didn't expect this old boy to have such a sharp mouth.

"Please judge the prince of Dongchuan and wait for the prince, and make the decision for us and the people!" I don't know who shouted such a sentence, Wang Ling seemed a little familiar when he heard the voice, he subconsciously looked at the source of the sound, and saw a ghostly shadow flashing, and immediately laughed dumbly, isn't it the young man with the sword? He reacted very quickly, as soon as Cao Yong finished scolding, he took the lead in coaxing, this kid looks honest and honest, but he is very clever.

As Fu Yang shouted, more and more people raised their fists and shouted: "Please ask Lord Qincha to judge Dongchuan Hou Shizi and make decisions for us and other people!" ”

According to Wang Ling and Cao Yong's plan, it is necessary to wait until the enemy's morale is the highest and the most complacent before counterattacking, only when Li Zhong and Lu Jialei are the most proud, they can swing a heavy punch, in order to shake the other party's mind, make them chaotic, and lay the foundation for the future, at that time Cao Yong meant that Lu Jialei handed it over to him, although Wang Ling was surprised, he didn't ask much, but he didn't expect this old man to scold, now Lu Jialei looked at the majestic and awe-inspiring Cao Yong in front of him, and then listened to the people behind him breaking through the sky and scolding, Fang Cai's calmness and smugness on his face have long since disappeared, he is used to being arrogant in Dongchuan, how could he ever experience this kind of pressure?

"You, you, you... Shut up! How can my Dongchuan Houfu be compared to an ordinary marquis? My Lu family was personally enshrined by the Holy Ancestor Emperor, but it can be hereditary and noble! But just a pariah who kills a few! Lu Jialei's heart trembled when he was stared at by Cao Yong's gaze, his expression was hideous, and he pointed at Cao Yong and shouted.

Li Zhong gritted his teeth and scolded a fool, if this is an ordinary case, forget it, but it was hand-picked by the emperor, if it weren't for the credit made by your Lu family ancestors, how could the emperor deliberately appoint a delegation for such a trivial matter? Today's saint cares most about his benevolent reputation, this Lu Jialei actually said this, is this because he didn't die fast enough?

Zhang Zhongli stroked his beard and chuckled, silent, I had heard that Cao Yong looked warm as jade on the outside, and he was actually upright in his bones, otherwise he would not have offended the powerful because of a peasant girl, and was driven out of the capital, Zhang Zhongli was one or two years older than Cao Yong, but when Cao Yong was serving in Dali Temple, he was still just a small county commander in the local area, and when he was promoted to the inspection of Jingzhao Mansion Imperial History, Cao Yong had already been transferred to Qingzhou, until today, the two had the honor to meet, and today I saw Cao Yong's move, As if he saw the high-spirited young scholar who was not afraid of power, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he was quite looking forward to seeing what would happen next.

Lu Jialei was very angry, looking like a waste who was strong on the outside and dry in the middle, Li Zhong was so angry in his heart, he gritted his teeth, and hurriedly said: "Lord Cao, this has nothing to do with this case, right?" Even if the royal order is out of his own duty, why should he kill the guards of the Hou Mansion? Seven lives are not something that can be prevaricated by maintaining law and order! ”

Wang Ling shook his head helplessly, this Li Zhong, Fang Cai still felt that there was something in his stomach, although he behaved quite passable, but his heart was already shaken, as if in order to cater to Wang Ling's thoughts, Cao Yong immediately looked at Du Mingtang and said: "Commander Du, I want to ask you a question." ”

"Ask." Du Mingtang, who was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and his arms folded at the moment, finally moved, no matter how noisy the surroundings were, he looked like he had nothing to do with himself, as if Wang Ling was not from his street division, but his response was also like gold, just opened his eyes and spit out a word.