"Hey....."

Meng Yingqing sighed.

"Girl, don't worry, with Ben Gongzi and five brothers here, no one can hurt you in the slightest."

Li Yuan smiled and comforted.

Meng Yingqing was a little moved, she didn't expect this son to be so stubborn!

Li Yuan said slowly: "Don't worry, girl, although this matter has nothing to do with me, it's just that my son can't afford to bully men and women." ”

"Father-in-law Zhu, you go and knock on the door of the county governor's mansion."

"Yes, Childe."

Gonggong Zhu agreed, got up immediately, ran over and knocked on the door of the county governor's mansion.

Gonggong Zhu coughed lightly twice, and the rhythm of each knock on the door was very special.

"Squeak."

This is called 'earth-shattering', and if it's not urgent, you can't knock on it.

Sure enough, after knocking a few times, there was finally movement inside, and the door was opened.

The door opened, and a soldier came out of it, with a gloomy face, looking at Gonggong Zhu outside the door, and asked, "Who?" ”

"What are you talking about?"

The tone is rather unkind.

"What?"

Gonggong Zhu snorted coldly and tilted his head arrogantly.

The soldier said coldly: "I am a confidant of the county lieutenant of Jianzhou, and I am ordered to be on duty today. ”

"Humph!"

Gonggong Zhu snorted heavily.

Gonggong Zhu said sharply: "I came today to discuss something important with your family!" Don't hurry up and report it yet! ”

Gonggong Zhu's words made the soldiers just now startled.

The soldier thought to himself, could it be that these people are some kind of officials who are looking for trouble?

The soldier hesitated for a moment, then turned and trotted back to the county lieutenant, and after a long time turned back again.

Seeing Li Yuan standing at the door, the five and a woman respectfully opened the door.

The woman had some familiar feelings, but the county lieutenant had already agreed with them, and now that they were like honored guests, they did not dare to say more.

"Please! Adults, please come in and talk about it! ”

The soldier bent down and stretched out his hand to invite, with a smile on his face.

"Well, count you as acquaintances!"

"The villain Zhang Xiaosan is the county government's catch."

Gonggong Zhu raised the corners of his mouth proudly and followed the soldiers in.

Gonggong Zhu held his head high and led everyone into the county governor's mansion with his toes proud.

When I looked around, I saw that it was relatively empty and the decoration was relatively simple, which was completely different from ordinary mansions.

This county governor's mansion is relatively dilapidated, and it is also disorganized.

Gonggong Zhu followed Li Yuan and turned left and right, and finally came to the front of the county governor's study.

"This is the county lieutenant's study."

The soldier explained.

Li Yuan bowed slightly, expressing satisfaction, but in his heart, he thought in his heart that this Jianzhou County Lieutenant had set up his study like this, which was really shabby.

Is it so incorruptible and selfless?

It's not like that!

There were two soldiers guarding the door of the study, and one of them saw the soldiers leading Li Yuan and the five people over, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

"You're the county lieutenant's attendant?"

The soldier introduced: "This is Xiao Qi, the attendant next to the county captain, who is responsible for delivering tea to the county captain. ”

Li Yuan nodded, his gaze swept to Xiao Qi, and found that his expression was serious, he did not have any panic, and he seemed extremely calm.

Li Yuan retracted his gaze and looked at the door of the study, the door was hidden, and he could vaguely see a figure shaking inside.

"Childe, this is the county lieutenant's study."

The soldier pointed inside.

"Childe, let's go in first."

Li Yuan followed in with four junior soldiers, followed by Gonggong Zhu and Meng Yingqing.

The study is wide, the walls are made of bricks, and the floor is also paved with mud.

There are many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, the bookcases are very old, and the four treasures of the study and the teapot are placed on the table.

In front of the bookcase, a middle-aged man sat upright, with a mediocre appearance, a goatee, and bright eyes.

looks rigorous and serious, and is obviously a person who has been in a high position for a long time.

This person is the county lieutenant of Jianzhou, Lu Rende.

The moment Li Yuan came in, Lu Rende also noticed it and looked up.

At this glance, a look of surprise appeared on Lu Rende's face.

Lu Rende looked at Li Yuan, pondered for a moment, and arched his hand: "I don't know which way of people are coming to Jianzhou, can you allow the old man to salute?" ”

Lu Rende stood up and arched his hand and said, his attitude was courteous and polite.

Lu Rende is a county lieutenant, and after so many years of mixing in the officialdom, he knows exactly which mouse there is in Jianzhou City, let alone the prince of Daxu.

So Lu Rende is a very cunning old fox.

From the city gate guards, they learned that the prince of Daxu had come to Jianzhou City, and immediately hid the valuable things, gold and silver in the mansion.

In this way, you can not only avoid prison, but also get a lot of oil and water.

As for the valuable things in the county office, they had already been sold by Lu Rende for silver.

That's why Lu Rende is so calm.

Li Yuan said with a smile: "This king Li Yuan! Today's visit is really a matter that should be asked and not asked. ”

Lu Rende was stunned, he never expected that the person who came was the prince himself, so he hurriedly saluted and said in fear: "It turned out to be the prince, forgive Weichen for being rude, and the minister will visit the prince." ”

"The prince is a thousand years old!"

Li Yuan hurriedly hugged Lu Rende and said, "Lord Lu, you don't have to be polite, we are ministers of the same court, and there is no need to be restrained."

Lu Rende said bitterly: "Lord Wang, Weichen doesn't dare, Weichen is just a county lieutenant."

"It doesn't matter."

Li Yuan waved his hand and went straight to the point.

Li Yuan put away his smile and said, "I don't know who Lord Lu is, why did he become the county lieutenant of this county in Jianzhou?"

"Alas.... It's a long story! ”

Lu Rende sighed: "Weichen's ancestral home is from Donghe County. When Donghe County suffered a major drought and locust plague, Wechen's father fled with his family, and Wechen was lucky enough to defect to Lord Hu of Beijun. ”

Lu Rende made a pun, not only showing his backstage, but also replying lukewarmly.

"This king heard that Lord Lu once stayed in the army, I don't know if he is still used to it?"

"Weichen has been in the military for six years, and he is already tired of it, and he wants to fight for fame and become the lieutenant of Jianzhou County."

Lu Rende's face was solemn, and Lu Rende knew that this was Li Yuan testing him and tricking him.

After all, Lu Rende did stay in the army, but it was impossible to stay for six years, and Lu Rende couldn't endure this hardship.

Lu Rende lowered his head, as if he didn't dare to look directly at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was puzzled: "What?" Say anything. ”

Lu Rende breathed a sigh of relief and said: "There have been a lot of rumors recently...... said that Weichen was corrupt and bent the law and deceived the people, and the crime deserved death! ”

"However, Weichen is incorruptible, makes a life for the people, opens peace for the world, and is an official of the parents of this hundred miles of county governors, how can he do such a conscience thing?"

Lu Rende said angrily: "Weichen is definitely not a person who is corrupt and bribe-taking, greedy for power. If the prince doesn't believe it, he can investigate. ”

"Master Lu, you misunderstood."

Li Yuan frowned lightly and asked, "Who spread the rumors?" Can you find it out? ”

When Lu Rende saw Meng Yingqing, he suddenly realized in his heart that this cheap woman was afraid that she would not report it to Li Yuan.

is really good, Lu Rende's vicious aura soared in his heart, but he didn't attack.

"Weichen doesn't dare to do that kind of thing that loses his conscience, rapes and plunders!"

"Wechen is wronged!"

Lu Rende knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, and said, "I beg the prince to know clearly! Wechen has no half a lie! ”

Li Yuan stared at Lu Rende, saw Lu Rende's tears rippling, his acting skills were quite good, and he almost believed it, secretly wondering.

The four junior soldiers beside Li Yuan suddenly became murderous, staring at the remaining soldiers in the study, it seemed that as long as Li Yuan gave an order, the four of them would immediately kill and destroy this group of soldiers.

Li Yuan stretched out his hand to stop the soldiers and motioned to Li 1...... Li 4 don't be impatient.

Li Yuan's expression made people unable to see joy and anger, and said indifferently.

"This king believes that Lord Lu is incorruptible, but this time I came to find Lord Lu, and there is another thing, I hope Lord Lu will cooperate with this king."

Lu Rende seemed to sense the danger, and suddenly turned his head and glared at Li Yuan.

Their eyes intertwined in the air.

Li Yuan suddenly smiled and said, "Lord Lu, this king told you just now, we are here to verify the truth."

"Seeking the truth?"

Lu Rende was stunned.

"Weichen is all under the orders of the prince." Lu Rende lowered his head and said.

Lu Rende wanted to see what tricks Li Yuan planned to play.

Li Yuan's lips hooked and said with a smile.

"Lord Lu, don't panic, we have no malicious intent."

"Weichen doesn't understand what the prince means?" Lu Rende raised his head and asked blankly.

Li Yuan smiled but didn't answer, looked at the beautiful woman behind him, and said softly: "Meng Yingqing, do you recognize this county lieutenant?"

The beautiful woman nodded and said, "I naturally know!"

"Oh?"

Li Zhou said with interest: "You know County Lieutenant Lu, so what did this County Lieutenant Lu do?" You tell me more. ”

"Yes..."Meng Yingqing's delicate body trembled slightly, and she didn't dare to look directly at Li Yuan's gaze.

Meng Yingqing nodded in agreement, then pointed at Lu Rende and said with resentment.

"Lord Qiyu, this county lieutenant of Lu, he oppressed the good in Jianzhou City, occupied people's houses, and robbed people's daughters."

Anger appeared on Lu Rende's face, and he shouted in a deep voice.

"You're spewing blood! This official is a dignified county lieutenant of Jianzhou, how could he do such a dirty thing? ”

Meng Yingqing snorted coldly and said, "Dog officer, you dare to say no!"

"In this county governor's mansion, how much gold, silver and jewelry are hidden, and the good fields and public fields will all be occupied by you."

"Searching for Jianzhou women everywhere, there are groups of concubines."

"Every night, when you sleep with your concubine in your arms, do you have a trace of pity? Have you considered their feelings? ”

Lu Rende was speechless, and he knew that he was in trouble today, and this must have come to demolish herself.

"Ridiculous! It's ridiculous! ”

Lu Rende shouted loudly: "Although the county lieutenant loves money, he has never done anything that violates morality, and this official acts in an upright manner."

"How did the county lieutenant occupy the people's land, and how did he forcibly seize the women of good families?"

Lu Rende retorted righteously, then looked at Li Yuan and said, "Lord Wang, although Weichen has a lot of money, he is not so extravagant."

Meng Yingqing's words were as sonorous as a sword, piercing Lu Rende's heart.

Lu Rende's face twitched fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "Meng, you are so bloody, this official has never done these things!"