As soon as Gu Yunji and Chen Xunzhou met, they first came to a polite and warm greeting and praise, you come and go, as if the two have been close friends for many years.

When talking about the matter of being afraid of guilt, Gu Yunji cooperated with Chen Xunzhou to play haha one second, and the next second he suddenly changed the topic, and asked directly with a smile: "What is the matter with Lord Chen's visit this time?" ”

The topic jumped too fast, Chen Xunzhou's smile froze on his face instantly, and then quickly returned to normal, and said, "What's that...... I heard that Yibin County ordered Xue Liu, it seems to be ...... Something wrong? ”

Xue Liu has been in prison for more than half a month, during which Gu Yunji has collected evidence everywhere, arrested the people involved in the case with great momentum, and the people of Yibin have come up to denounce Xue Liu's various crimes...... After going through so many things, now Chen Xunzhou has only heard that he "committed something", which is inevitably a little too backward.

Gu Yunji suddenly came to his senses, and his tone was affirmative: "Yes, someone came to sue a few days ago, saying that Yibin County ordered Xue Liu to encroach on people's land and disregard people's lives, and it was verified that the matter was true." Later, a series of more things were involved, such as embezzlement and bribery, and the establishment of false claims and excessive taxes...... Wait, anyway, his crime is too much to write, and he doesn't have to run away from his house and beheading! ”

A dark color flashed in Chen Xunzhou's eyes, and he tried to speak: "Then ...... him?"

Before he could speak, Gu Yunji interrupted him and sighed endlessly: "Hey, Lord Chen, don't you know that as early as the first day I took office, Xue Liu tried to bribe me!" On the surface, he wanted to give me Zigongjing salt, a specialty of Xuzhou, but as soon as the lid was opened, in addition to a thin layer of salt on the top, there were all yellow golden beans below! ”

"Fortunately, I kept an eye on it, opened the lid and checked it with my own hands, otherwise if I took the salt box back like that, wouldn't it be a bribe! If that's the case, I'm afraid I'm already in prison now......"

Gu Yunji sighed for a while, and after a while, he was afraid to rejoice, his expression was so wonderful and rich, he performed the play all over by himself. Chen Xunzhou stood aside, trying to interject several times but didn't find a chance, so he could only look at him chattering endlessly.

After a while, Gu Yunji seemed to have just discovered that there was such a person as Chen Xunzhou, so he suddenly approached him, looked at his eyes fixedly, and said with words: "Master Chen, you said that Xue Liu has been an official in Yibin County for so long and has committed so many things, why haven't you seen any signs of wind before?" ”

In the past half a month, in addition to interrogating Xue Liu's case, Gu Yunji has also investigated the forces and networks behind him, and found that his biggest "protective umbrella" is the Tongzhi Lord in front of him - Chen Xunzhou.

If you want to say how close the relationship between the two is, it is not so much, judging from the existing evidence, Gu Yunji feels that they are more like a simple exchange of money and profit. Xue Liu curryed favor with Chen Xunzhou in every possible way, sending him money and fields, while Chen Xunzhou turned a blind eye to what Xue Liu did and let him do anything outside.

Although Chen Xunzhou was not directly involved in illegal crimes, strictly speaking, with the contacts between him and Xue Liu, he could be completely involved in taking off a layer of skin. It's just that Gu Yunji didn't do that, he found the relevant evidence but didn't publish it, and he kept judging Xue Liu, just waiting for Chen Xunzhou to come to him.

Sure enough, hearing what he said, Chen Xunzhou's face was a little unnatural, and he smiled dryly: "Maybe...... Maybe Xue Liu is too well disguised on weekdays...... Of course, I am also to blame, I am busy with official duties on weekdays, and I neglect to manage the officials of the subordinate county towns......"

"This is normal, Lord Chen doesn't have to blame himself, you are a fellow intellectual, assisting the prefect in managing the affairs of money, grain and civil affairs. The supervision of officials up and down the government is mainly my responsibility as a general judge, not to mention a county order, even you and Lord Yan are also within the scope of my supervision, hahaha. ”

Gu Yunji seemed to be joking unintentionally, and the conversation changed: "I remember...... Three years ago, Xue Liu forcibly occupied the Zhang family's 20 acres of fertile land, and it seems that it was finally given to you, Lord Chen? The real title deed has always been held in Zhang Cuiying's hand, Xue Liu gave you a forged fake title deed, Lord Chen has been in charge of civil affairs for so many years, and he should be much more familiar with the document than me, and he didn't find anything wrong back then? ”

Chen Xunzhou's face changed: "About this matter...... I didn't know it back then, a housekeeper in my house received the land sent by Xue Liu without telling me, and I never handled the title deed from beginning to end. By the time I found out, the fields were being taken care of by the clansmen, and it had been too long since it was too late......"

"Oh-that's ...... so," Gu Yunji nodded in agreement, with the same expression on his face.

Gu Yunji guessed that Chen Xunzhou would definitely not admit it, and he would not forcibly break with him, seeing that his forehead was covered with fine sweat, he immediately pretended to be concerned: "Why is Lord Chen sweating so much?" It's October now, and it stands to reason that the weather isn't so hot, so if Lord Chen is weak, he should take care of it earlier. ”

"Could it be that Lord Chen is worried because of Xue Liu's ......"

Gu Yunji suddenly realized something, his face was meaningful, and without waiting for Chen Xunzhou to answer, he patted his chest confidently, "This Lord Chen can rest assured, the lower officials have checked, those rumors about you are all false, they can't stand up at all, and Xue Liu's matter will not involve you." ”

Chen Xunzhou breathed a sigh of relief silently when he heard this, a big stone in his heart finally fell, and in the blink of an eye, he returned to the comfortable posture when he first entered the door, and said seriously: "I was just about to tell you that the land under my name seems to belong to me, but in fact, most of it is handed over to the clansmen to take care of, and I can't get anything except for a name." ”

"The Zhang family's twenty acres of land were given to a widow with two children in my clan to cultivate, and I am afraid that I will not come back."

Gu Yunji's smile faded, and he said without changing his face: "What do you say?" ”

Chen Xunzhou sighed: "Hey, it's pitiful. A few years ago, when there was a flood in Xuzhou Mansion, her husband jumped into the flood and saved several people, but he was swept away by the flood, leaving orphans and widows to live hard. ”

"In the past, their mother and son basically relied on the relief of the clan, but after having these 20 acres of land, life got better all of a sudden. It's a martyr's family, and their lives are just right, if we just take back the fields, won't we want their family's life? ”

Gu Yunji stiffened his face and swallowed a breath of depression silently, without saying a word.

They have a good life, but what about the Zhang family's life? Husband with a broken leg, a young daughter, and Zhang Cuiying is supported by Zhang Cuiying alone inside and out, isn't the Zhang family difficult? It was originally the land of the Zhang family, but now they still have a reason to occupy it!

What kind of widowed martyr, the county school student, I'm afraid that Chen Xunzhou made it up to coax him. Speaking of which, don't you just want to hand over the land?