I am the carpenter king

Seeing Li Chang's expression, the Yangzhou magistrate's heart sank, he lowered his head and thought for a long time, then sighed softly.It seems that there is only one way for him to go, and he said helplessly: "Brother Li, I am afraid that people will despise you for acting like this. Besides, brother Li is really willing to give up the family business for so many years?"

Hearing the prefect of Yangzhou say that people are contemptible, Li Chang curled his lips in disdain. How have people like himself been liked?When taking their own money, they are all flattering themselves, and no one speaks well of themselves behind their backs.But when he talked about his family business, Li Chang's expression was deeply moved, and the muscles on his face pulled out a few times.

Gritting his teeth fiercely, Li Chang's eyes flashed with determination, and he said to the Yangzhou magistrate: "Master Zhifu, what else can we do? Although it will be shameless, although most of the family property will be lost, but the magistrate Don't forget, if you lose your life, you will lose everything! No matter what we do, we are like a mantis, and we are beyond our control. If we really kill everyone, I am afraid no one will say that we are good!"

The pupils shrank slightly, and the face of the Yangzhou magistrate was also a little moved. He turned his heart and said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, this is the only way to do it, but what should we do? We can't go to Yang Dutang right now?"

"Of course not. We must seize the right time. The time is not ripe yet. But it can't be too late. If someone else gets there first, we will be fish on the chopping board." Li Chang pondered for a moment, and said with hesitation in his tone.

After pondering for a long time, Li Chang continued: "Now the trial of Ren Bonian's case has just started, and the case of private salt will soon be involved, that's for sure. By that time, we will not be too late to start, but we must Get ahead of others."

Slowly nodded, since he has decided to do it.Naturally, it is impossible to turn back, and the prefect of Yangzhou knew it in his heart.He lowered his head and thought for a while, and the magistrate of Yangzhou said worriedly: "Brother Li, we have settled this matter like this, but what about the case of the Ren family father and son? If Li Dutang wants to try it, we have to give him an explanation." !"

Gently sighed.With a little helplessness in Li Chang's tone, he said in a deep voice: "This is for sure. In the end, I will let Bo'er go out and plead guilty. The prefect is deceived by others. As long as we do things beautifully, Bo'er's life will be saved." It should be able to keep it, but if it doesn’t work, the strong man will have to cut off his wrists!”

Looking at Li Chang again, the face of the Yangzhou magistrate was full of shock. He and Li Chang had known each other for many years.Naturally, he knew Li Chang's love for Li Bo.Now Li Bo is actually allowed to come out to convict him, his heart is really hard, it seems that he should be more careful in the future!

"Your Majesty, you don't have to look at me like this. The Li family has hundreds of people. As the head of the Li family, I cannot let the Li family be destroyed by my hands. At this time, sacrificing a son can save the lives of everyone in the Li family. , It’s worth it. If it’s for one son, the entire Li family will be buried in it, and Bo’er won’t be able to survive!” Li Chang’s body was trembling.There is deep love in the eyes, but the one who speaks is with determination.

Standing up and clasping fists at Li Chang, the magistrate of Yangzhou had a flash of admiration in his eyes, and said in a serious voice: "Today I know Brother Li's heart, it is really admirable!"

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Li Chang had a bit of self-mockery on his face.Rather helplessly said: "A strong man cuts off his wrist. At this time, there must be some losses. I hope my lord will not worry about it! If you hesitate a little, I'm afraid we will all die without a place to die!"

"Brother Li, don't worry, I know the seriousness. There will never be any mistakes! But will Ding Zhuanyun also only say a word? After all, we are all grasshoppers on the same rope!" The magistrate of Yangzhou frowned slightly, With a bit of hesitation on his face, he asked tentatively.

"No, absolutely not! Only you and I know about this matter, and there must be no leaks. One of us represents the salt merchant and the other represents the official, and that is enough. Besides, Ding Zhuanyun is different from us. He is in charge of It's the entire salt transportation, he must die." Shaking his head vigorously, Li Chang hastily stopped him.

Sighing helplessly, the magistrate of Yangzhou smiled wryly and said, "I listen to brother Li!"

The two discussed the specific matters again, and then went back separately.In the next few days, there seemed to be no abnormalities in Yangzhou City, everyone was doing their own things, and the imperial envoy never came out of Xingyuan.

Three days later, the yamen finally issued a notice that the imperial envoy would reopen the case of Ren Bonian's salt smuggling!For a while, people in Yangzhou were discussing this matter on the streets and alleys. After all, there are salt merchants here, and the word "private salt" is enough to touch everyone's nerves.

Early this morning, many people gathered at the gate of the Yamen of the prefect of Yangzhou, and everyone wanted to see how things would develop.Emperor Tianqi also brought people to the gate of the yamen, and stood at the front looking at the court.

The drum rang three times, and two teams of Jinyiwei came out from the back hall of the magistrate's yamen. They stood upright in the lobby, staring outside with piercing eyes.There were a few Jinyi guards at the door to maintain order, but when they saw Dang Han standing at the door, they were obviously taken aback, but they also knew the rules, and no one walked up when they saw Dang Han shaking his head at them!

"My lord imperial envoy is here!" With a shout, Yang He came out from behind, taking official steps leisurely.

The people around knelt down and knelt down, but Emperor Tianqi and the others were all standing, which looked a little weird.Everyone is discussing, who is this?Even the imperial envoys didn't kneel down.When Yang He came out, even Yuan Keli and Dang Han knelt down. They were imperial envoys acting on behalf of Tian Xunhun, and they were not qualified to stand.

Looking left and right, Emperor Tianqi shook the folding fan in his hand, with an indifferent smile on his face, showing no intention of kneeling down at all.Those guards in Jinyi knew Dang Han, and some even thought Emperor Tianqi looked familiar. They all pretended not to see it, and stood in the lobby without looking sideways.

Slowly reaching the lobby, Yang He glanced down, and immediately saw Emperor Tianqi standing there, Yang He stood up suddenly in shock.Lifting up his clothes, he wanted to go over to salute, but when Emperor Tianqi shook his head, Yang He remembered where this was, and sat back slowly.

At the bottom of the lobby, the magistrate of Yangzhou sat there facing Chen Sishui, and he naturally saw Emperor Tianqi.Seeing Yang He and Emperor Tianqi's performance fell into his eyes, his heart moved, and his guess was further strengthened. The young owner of Longchang Company is not easy!

"Ascension!" Yang He slapped the gavel in his hand and shouted loudly!

Although the Jin Yiwei below didn't have a wooden staff in their hands, they all shouted: "Mighty!"

Yang He sat on the chair and said loudly: "When the imperial envoy went to Yangzhou, there was a female Chen who blocked the way and called for grievances. This official is patrolling hunting on behalf of the sky. Naturally, when there are people's sufferings, I will not let them go. I will re-examine this case today. case, we will definitely investigate the case to the bottom!"

Hearing Yang He's words, the people standing outside the door immediately shouted hello. Of course, there are also emperor Tianqi's guards inside.

Some people cheered, Yang He was naturally in a good mood, and said with a serious face: "Take someone to commit crimes!"

Someone below was already ready, and when they heard Yang He's shout, they immediately shouted loudly: "Take someone as a prisoner!"

After a short time, the two criminals were brought up, luckily Ren Changle came up by himself.However, Ren Bonian was dragged up by two guards, his legs were dripping with blood, it looked like he had been severely tortured.

Seeing this scene, the people outside all exclaimed, Yang He frowned, and looked at the prefect of Yangzhou very dissatisfied.

Emperor Tianqi also knew why he couldn't see Ren Bonian, how could people see him like this?It's too obvious to beat him into a trick!

He didn't say anything, but Yang He still gave the magistrate of Yangzhou a hard look, turned his head to look at Jin Yiwei beside him, Yang He ordered: "Bring a chair, I'm looking for a doctor, let him have a look."

The people outside immediately whispered to each other, most of them were praising Yang He's character, and they all thought this official was a good person.

Not long after, the chairs were moved, and the doctor came.After diagnosing Ren Bonian, the doctor gave his own big case, and Ren Bonian's legs were fine.It's just that the injury on the buttocks is very serious and needs to be treated with medicine.

After the doctor prescribed the medicine, the case began to be asked. At this time, Emperor Tianqi walked into the hall with a smile.He clasped his fists at Yang He, and said with a smile: "My lord, Baiyu in the capital is the number one litigator in the capital. The Ren family invited me here today, and I will answer the case for the Ren family today!"

Looking at the Emperor Tianqi below, Yang He couldn't laugh or cry, why didn't he guess it a long time ago?The number one litigator in the capital, what's going on, Your Majesty?But Yang He naturally wanted to cooperate with Emperor Tianqi, nodded expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice: "In that case, the young master will wait aside!"

The pupils of the magistrate of Yangzhou sitting below suddenly shrank, and Yang He actually called this Bai Yu a son, this son is really not simple!

"Come here, bring the plaintiff!" This is not a lawsuit between the two parties, and there is no plaintiff at all. The plaintiff Yang He mentioned refers to the whistleblower.It was this person who went to the Yamen to inform, saying that Ren Bonian had private salt in his hands.

Naturally, these were prepared a long time ago, and a man walked in outside, with a thin body and a mustache, which looked a little funny.His eyes are not big, but they always move back and forth. When he walked into the hall, he knelt down to Yang He and called him Master Qingtian.

As the saying goes, faces are born from the heart, in this era, people's looks are very valued, especially in officialdom.When Yang He saw this person's appearance, he felt that he was a cunning person, so he frowned.

"People under the hall, you must not hide the slightest question from me, and you must not deceive me with sly words, otherwise, you will not be spared lightly, do you understand?" Yang He looked at this person, coughed lightly, Said loudly. (To be continued..)