Jin Fei said: "Then what should I do at this time?" He brought so many people and set so many fires in the city, how could he not be sentenced to death? ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "If you want to make Yang Changming lightly in this matter, it must be done with Yao Yungui's cooperation." ”

Jin Fei said: "How can Yao Yungui agree? ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "How can Yao Yungui disagree? Yang Changming was his instigator to set the fire, and now he was captured, if he finds a way to protect Yang Changming from death, the officials of Yunxi Prefecture, large and small, will be more convinced of him, and his prestige will naturally be even greater. Therefore he must be the guarantor. ”

Jin Fei said: "If he is a guarantor, what should we do?" ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Originally, according to the nature of the incident, such a bad thing needs to be reported to the Criminal Department of the Imperial Court, and the Criminal Department will personally decide, I will convene a meeting of the Yunxi Prefecture Prefecture Government Office tomorrow to call Yao Yungui and others together to discuss this matter, under the pretext that due to the urgency of the matter and the special situation, I will not report it to the Criminal Department of the Imperial Court first, but report it to the picket Jiang Chao for review and management." Yao Yungui must agree with this opinion, and when the case is in Jiang Chao's hands, he will instigate Jiang Chao, and everyone will be dealt with lightly, as for what they think, we don't need to know, as long as Yang Changming can avoid death, we will be done. And when the court came to investigate the case, I just convened the state government officials to discuss whether the case should be reported to the court's criminal department or handed over to the picket envoy Jiang Chao for trial, and I didn't personally order Yang Changming to be dealt with lightly, so the court couldn't blame me. Even if you have to blame it, you have to blame all the big people in this state, and you won't blame me alone, so naturally you won't have much criminal responsibility. If the court finds out whether the trial is fair or not, it is also his Jiang Chao's involvement, and it is only he, Jiang Chao, who has nothing to do with me, so he will save Yang Changming and not drag me into the water. ”

Jin Fei and Jiang Fugui praised together: "This plan is wonderful, so I saved Yang Changming, but I didn't show any tricks, but I just wanted Yang Changming to endure in prison for a while before I could get out." ”

The next day, Sun Zhaoyuan was promoted to the public office and convened the state government officials to discuss the matter. When everyone arrived, the clerk closed the door and left.

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Presumably you all know about what happened yesterday, and the detailed situation will not be repeated here. ”

Yao Yungui said: "What does Master Sun think? You can make it clear to the lower officials, and we will do it. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "Okay, you Yao Yungui, this is to kick the ball back to me, let me order the disposal method, presumably last night Yang Changming was in front of all the arrests in the Huating Mansion, saying that he was my life-saving benefactor, and the Huating Mansion had secretly reported to Yao Yungui, yesterday I also said in front of those arresters, if he is arrested, he will not die, I want to come here Yao Yungui also knows, if he will plan, let me take charge of this case, this situation will not be easy to break." Let's act according to the plan first, and see what tricks he Yao Yungui makes. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "How can this official be the master of such a big matter, so I summoned everyone to discuss together." All of you will say what you have in your heart and find the best way to deal with it. ”

What surprised Sun Zhaoyuan was what Jiang Sheng said.

Jiang Sheng first bowed his hand and said: "This matter is very important, the nature is bad, I think a few years ago, the officials of Yanfu were all slaughtered by bandits, at that time, all the officials of Yunxi Prefecture laughed at the incompetence of Yong'an Prefecture, and all the officials of the government were slaughtered, which is really a strange story through the ages." Unexpectedly, after a few years in our Yunxi Prefecture, we almost followed in the footsteps of Yong'an Prefecture, and the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, the blue out of the blue and better than the blue, Yong'an Prefecture was just slaughtered, I was dignified in Yunxi Prefecture, almost the state capital was slaughtered, this matter must not be let go, this gang of thieves must be all beheaded, in order to set an example. ”

Jiang Chao continued: "Yes, yes, according to the laws and regulations of the imperial court, this matter is to gather a crowd to attack the important place of the state capital, and everyone must behead the public to show the world, don't do evil, and set an example." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "Such words, that is, Yao Yungui wants me to look good, Yao Yungui, Jiang Chao, Jiang Sheng must have discussed, all words, claiming to let Yang Changming behead, if I follow, they said to other officials in Yunxi Prefecture, you see this Sun Zhaoyuan, even the life-saving benefactor can be killed, he must be a villain, I am in Yunxi Prefecture, how can anyone help me, if I don't obey, the law is gracious, and I am not sentenced to capital punishment, then I will be impeached. Run in the same groove. At that time, I dared to break the cauldron and pull Nuyd down from the horse, but I was forced into a corner, and now the situation is more relaxed than then, after all, I am a state leader, and all affairs can only be done with my approval, and I do not have to take risks. This incident made Yao Yungui and others take the initiative to take the blame, but it was already a mistake, and they had to deal with them again. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Lord Yao, Lord Tan, what are your opinions?" ”

Yao Yungui said: "The opinions of the lower officials are the same as Jiang Chao and Jiang Sheng, the nature of this matter is serious, impacting the state capital, setting fires everywhere, creating chaos, and trapping the people of this mansion in fire and water. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan looked at Yao Yungui's words, although every word was the same as Jiang Chao and Jiang Sheng, but looking at his demeanor, he was already timid. Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "Yao Yungui cares about what the brothers and officials below think of him, although they want to design to harm me, but in this game, if I really kill my relatives and kill my life-saving benefactor Yang Changming, Yao Yungui is no better, the people who worked for him, he did not protect it, but pushed into the fire pit, thinking that those brother officials below were naturally chilled, and if someone wanted to help him in the future, it would naturally be difficult to do." So Yao Yungui just wants me to protect Yang Changming so that he can play my truth, but he doesn't want me to kill Yang Changming and isolate himself from the officialdom of Yunxi Prefecture, if Yang Changming is really dead, he will kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred to me. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan thought about the joints clearly, and naturally sorted out the method of understanding chess.

Sun Zhaoyuan said to Tan Jiaxing: "Lord Tan, what is your opinion?" ”

Tan Jiaxing said: "The officials have different opinions on this matter, first, this gang of gangsters did not kill anyone, in a city, even the wounded are difficult to see, if the thousand people are all beheaded, I am afraid that the sentence is too heavy, second, this matter wants to be reported to the court criminal department, such a disaster, if I and a few other officials will be convicted, I am afraid that the court criminal department will blame us and others, so the lower officials suggested that Lord Sun should report this matter to the criminal department, and the criminal department will decide together with the Dali Temple, so that no matter how the punishment is given, our officials are in accordance with the law and follow the will of the imperial court, naturally there will be no shortcomings to be taken advantage of. ”

When Sun Zhaoyuan heard this, he said: "It's a good plan, if this matter is decided by the Criminal Department of the Imperial Court and Dali Temple, the problem will be thrown out. ”

Yao Yungui heard that Sun Zhaoyuan also advocated that this matter should be played to the court, if he acted like this, Sun Zhaoyuan would not be able to get involved in the game, he would not be in the game, he would not hurt him, he would only hurt himself.

Yao Yungui immediately arched his hand and said: "This matter must not be like this, if this matter is stabbed to the imperial court, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty do not think that the officials of Yunxi Prefecture are vegetarians, and the defense of the city is empty, so the gangsters will take advantage of the void to enter, if the imperial court blames Lord Ma Rushan and sends the garrison to Longdu Mansion without authorization, this big crime is convicted, I am afraid that Lord Ma Rushan will be dismissed and investigated." Therefore, this matter must be covered in Yunxi Prefecture and cannot go to the imperial court. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "Okay, Yao Yungui, in order to drag me into the water, even Ma Rushan's unauthorized transfer of troops can be spared, I think you must want to knock me to the ground first, and then you are willing to give up." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "What Lord Yao said is not unreasonable, if the matter is stabbed to the imperial court, you and me, these officials, will be slapped in the face and make it bad, the holy dragon is furious, and all the state government officials will be dismissed and investigated, and it is not known." If Lord Yao has any opinions, you can report them quickly. ”

Yao Yungui said: "The plan now is to rot this matter in the state capital, and for these gangsters, they will be tried quickly, whether to kill or release, and decided as soon as possible, and after the punishment, they will report to the court again, and then they can make up for the merits, so that they can escape the catastrophe." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "This is very good, if you want to try these gangsters, this matter still needs to be picketed so that Jiang Chao Jiang is in charge, because Lord Jiang's responsibility is to be in charge of a state of justice, Lord Jiang, you see that these prisoners have been handed over to you for trial recently, and they must be disposed of as soon as possible before reporting to the imperial court." ”

Jiang Chao said: "If it is an ordinary criminal case, it should have been reviewed by the lower officials, and the conviction should be reported. However, this case is a major case in a state capital, involving a wide range of people, and the people have been injured deeply, which has never happened since the founding of this dynasty, and the lower officials really dare not take this case in their hands. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Lord Jiang's words are wrong, if it is handled according to the law, this matter must be reported to the imperial court." Last time, the big land case in Tujia Village, Longdu Prefecture, was tried by the official himself, and according to the law, there was a slight violation, but I thought that the case was not as bad as this matter, and it endangered the community, and the court would not investigate it, so the official dared to take responsibility. Now we will detain this matter in the state capital to handle, if the court asks about it, I am the governor of a state, personally review the case, and it is not in compliance, then the court will definitely pursue my responsibility, but if Lord Jiang presides over the trial of this case, and uses the judicial instrument of Yunxi Prefecture to determine this major case of the state government, even if the court investigates, this matter can still be forcibly reversed to act in accordance with the practice of the state government. Several of our state government officials will work together to undertake this matter together, and it is not easy for the imperial court to beat all six of us on the board, so this matter is wanted by our six state government officials to sign and draw a charge together, and ensure that Lord Jiang will hear this case, what do you mean? ”

Jiang Chao said: "Lord Ma Rushan is still in Longdu Mansion, he didn't express his position, and we can't count the six of us together." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "It's okay, Lord Ma Rushan, I dare to make a guarantee, and I will definitely promise this." ”

Jiang Sheng arched his hand when the rest of the people were thinking about it: "Since Lord Sun has consulted us and others, it is better to do this, the five of us present will make it clear that if the four of them agree to do so, they must all sign and draw a pledge, and agree with this matter, since Ma Rushan is not present, Lord Sun will do it for him, if Lord Sun agrees, then the two of them agree, so good?" ”