The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Perhaps it was because this incident hit Zeng Xingwu too hard, or because Zeng Xingwu felt guilty for what he did wrong, but at the same time he was unable to answer Zhang Fan's words, but Guilty is guilty, nothing is speechless, maybe at the beginning, even before Zhang Fan came here, Zeng Xingwu had already made up his mind, and he would never forget anything Zhang Fan said. No answer.

However, human patience has a limit, what's more, Zeng Xingwu is such a person who can't bear anything at all. His self-important personality is his biggest characteristic, but it is also his biggest shortcoming. In fact, what Zhang Fan did at this time could not only be described in two words as excessive, but the people on the side who were thinking about him but dared to be angry and dare not speak out also gave Zeng Xingwu a push.

At such a moment, Zeng Xingwu suddenly thought of something in his heart. He suddenly felt that he was very, very useless, even though standing in front of him was the imperial envoy of the imperial court, the imperial tutor of the imperial court, The commander of Jinyiwei is an earl conferred by the emperor, but, in the final analysis, Zhang Fan is nothing more than a first-rank official, and he Zeng Xingwu, how to say, even if he is not as high as Zhang Fan in terms of status and official position, But he has the status of a governor, and he is also a second-rank official. The difference between him and Zhang Fan is not yet three ranks.

It's just the difference between the first grade and the second grade, it's just two levels, but speaking of it, Zhang Fan is still his junior, no matter in terms of age or the relationship between the two of them and Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Fan is Zeng Shengwu's junior.

But now, a junior who just caught a little bit of the elder's mistakes, just clung to them like this, and at the same time pressed every step of the way, but still framed them like this, how should I put this kind of thing, it is tolerable What is unbearable, Zeng Xingwu doesn't know if others can bear it, but Zeng Xingwu knows he can't bear it anymore.

Therefore, at this time, even at the risk of being even more suspicious, Zeng Xingwu still spoke up: "So, what Mr. Zhang means is that this officer notified Kang Er and told him to run away quickly to prevent being caught Mr. Zhang's subordinates caught him." Moreover, when Zeng Xingwu said these words, he kept looking at Zhang Fan, without any intention of dodging. Obviously, at this time, Zeng Xingwu had already fought his way out.

"Lord Zeng, please don't misunderstand," Zhang Fan said quickly, with a smile on his face, but the tone of his words didn't seem at all because he said something he shouldn't have said before. His eyes were still sharply staring at Zeng Xingwu, "Although I am not familiar with Mr. Zeng, it is not completely ignorant. I believe Mr. Zeng would not do this," although he said such words , but the irony in Zhang Fan's words was full.

"Of course," Zeng Xingwu may have said because of what Zhang Fan said, and because he was really excited at the moment, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his tone of voice, and hurriedly said along Zhang Fan's words , "This matter is already like this. If Mr. Zhang's subordinates found Kang Er, they would be able to get to the bottom of the matter. Let's see what happened in the end and whose responsibility it is. If I did this, wouldn't it be Do you take all the blame on yourself? I once said that I acted openly and aboveboard. If I made a mistake, I should be punished. However, no one would want to put the blame on me that was not mine, "

"Master Zeng's words are serious," Zhang Fan said with a mocking look, "Speaking of which, Kang Er's disappearance may really have nothing to do with Master Zeng. Is what I am doing now too much, so I may do it myself and want to help Mr. Zeng." Even Zhang Fan said this possibility, it sounded like he was trying to excuse Zeng Xingwu, but he The irony in the discourse has not changed much.

And Zeng Xingwu was obviously still in a state of excitement, he didn't hear the sarcasm in Zhang Fan's words at all, and hurriedly said along Zhang Fan's words: "That's right, someone must have done such unnecessary things, maybe... Maybe it was some enemy of mine who offended him in the past, but now wants to take this opportunity to take revenge on me, so he came up with such a vicious plan, it must be like this, it can’t be wrong, "

"Oh," Zhang Fan said with an expression as if he had heard this kind of news for the first time, "So, Master Zeng still has any enemies."

"This..." Zhang Fan's words made Zeng Xingwu speechless for a while, and after a pause, he spoke again, "Master Zhang, there is no need to explain this kind of thing, you and I don't care what happens now. , but they are all people in the officialdom, and so are all the adults present, so how can they not be clear about these reasons? Let alone ten years as an official, even if you are an official for ten days, you will not do anything. To suffer the hatred of others, if the meeting hall is an enemy, which one in the court would not have it?"

"I don't know, Master Zeng knows who this person could be," Zhang Fan continued to ask, "After all, I am investigating this case now, and now that the key Kang Er is gone, it is not easy to continue the trial. Well, if I can find out who did it, not only will I be able to find the disappeared Kang Er, but I won’t make things difficult for Mr. Zeng at that time, and for this kind of person, if he hinders Jin Yiwei from investigating the case, hmph, I will definitely not let him He's good looking,"

Zhang Fan's implication is that you once gave me a name, so that I can't help but get Kang Er back, and you won't have to bear so many crimes, and the person who did this kind of thing is not you Zeng Xingwu's enemy, I, Zhang Fan, took care of it.

Which of these people present could not understand these words, and the reason why Zhang Fan said this was to give these people a false impression that Zhang Fan did not come here today to deliberately make things difficult for Zeng. It's Xingwu's fault, but the matter is really difficult, otherwise, with Jin Yiwei's power, no one can stop Zeng Xingwu from being taken away for inspection.

As far as Jin Yiwei is concerned, although there is no clear regulation in the imperial court, basically, if the Jin Yiwei wants to ask these people for questions, there is no need to make any fuss, just let people know. Just take them away.

But now, for Zeng Xingwu, Zhang Fan did not do this, which shows that he has given Zeng Xingwu a great deal of face.

Although the purpose of Zhang Fan's work now is to make all the officials in Sichuan hate and reject him, but this matter is not so simple. You only need to do things they don't like. Grasp a certain degree, after all, the fundamental purpose of Zhang Fan's doing this is to make these people reject him, to create a look for himself that is difficult to walk in Sichuan, so that he is also eager to know what is going on in the capital. Duan Wangfu first touched himself.

But it is precisely for this reason that if Zhang Fan behaves unforgivingly at this time and does not leave the slightest leeway, then it will be seen as weird. As a person from the capital, it is not necessary For those who made things difficult for Zeng Xingwu, they did this kind of thing, which in itself is an incredible thing.

Therefore, Zhang Fan at this time showed the appearance of a very clear judge who was influenced by the facts he saw in front of him. For Zhang Fan at this time, all favors and theories should be placed On the one hand, we must rely on the facts in front of us to speak.

Therefore, now Zhang Fan has not shown blindly intimidating Zeng Xingwu, always leaving room for him.

However, in this way, Zhang Fan will face a contradictory problem. If this matter is slightly relaxed, then these local officials will not be too repulsive to him. It's very hard to say whether the people in this group will take the initiative to approach him.

However, if it is too tight, it will make people feel too contrived, and if it shows its feet, it will be bad.

Therefore, Zhang Fan thought of a way. At this time, he didn't act too aggressively, and put all the responsibilities on Zeng Xingwu's head. Therefore, next, he needed other people to help Zhang Fan complete the task. this matter.

So, when the stalemate was reached here, there was another noise outside the door.

Everyone was stunned. Who would have imagined that someone would come to make a noise at such a time, and Zhang Fan naturally knew who it was, but now he was frowning on the surface to show that he I was very upset in my heart.

As for Zeng Xingwu, although he didn't know who the person was outside, he could guess a little.

"Come here," Zhang Fan shouted.

"My lord," Liang Chao rushed over immediately, with an anxious look on his face.

"What's going on outside, why is there so much noise?" Zhang Fan asked, "Even if you don't know I'm here, you should know that this is the governor's mansion of a province. The people arrested me, beat him thirty sticks on the spot, and dragged him back to ask him what was going on.

Zhang Fan's words made everyone present covered in cold sweat. If they encountered such a situation, they could just ask the people below to send them away. At most, they would arrest them and lock them up for a day and a half. That's fine. Now, and Jin Yiwei used [-] sticks when he made a move. If he was a little weaker, he would have killed him directly.

"My lord..." Liang Chao looked embarrassed.

"Why, my words don't work anymore?" Zhang Fan growled at Liang Chao, looking very angry at his subordinates not carrying out his orders.

"But my lord..." Liang Chao still didn't go, he said hesitantly, "The person making trouble outside... is... that Ding Guangyou,"