scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 100
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When Kong Sizhen couldn't wait to rush to the entrance of the lobby to look around, most of the officials in the lobby also got up and flocked to the entrance of the lobby, wanting to see with their own eyes who this mysterious real imperial envoy was.Only a few high-ranking officials, such as Prince Kang Jieshu, Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou Bian Sanyuan, Governor of Yunnan Lin Tianqing, and Wu Sanmei, younger brother of Wu Sangui, held their identities and did not rush to watch, but they also pricked up their ears. , I want to know the identity of the imperial envoy from other officials.

Fatty Lu didn't move either. It wasn't that Fatty Lu wasn't curious, but that Fatty Lu didn't want to show weakness to the enemy, so he didn't bother to fight for this moment—anyway, no matter who is an imperial envoy, he has to show up, right?

Yu Chenglong's words were somewhat exaggerated. In fact, apart from a few qualified officials who often went to the capital, there were also the imperial envoy who really knew this first-rank official, except Fatty Lu, the enchanting seventh-rank sesame official. There are not many of them, and even Li Xingyuan, the inspector of Yunnan, who has been to Beijing, has never seen the face of this imperial envoy because of various chances and coincidences.So when Kong Sizhen sat on the ground with his buttocks, Li Jietai was shocked, turned to Cui Zhiying, the chief minister of Yunnan, and asked: "Master Cui, is the beggar at the head an imperial envoy? What official? What's his name?" ?”

"Wang..., Wang..., Wang Zongxian." Cui Zhiying, Cui Fantai, from the second rank, paled, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence, "Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate (equivalent to the Supreme Prosecutor General) ), Wang Xu and President Wang! When I came to Beijing the year before last, I had a chance encounter with him!"

"Zuodu Censor Wang Zongxian?!" Li Jietai almost didn't jump up, and his face became even paler: "Is that the lunatic Wang who dared to join Prince Rui (Dorgon) just after he became the censor? Wang Tiemian with one county king, three belors, and five belors? And Wang Xu Wang Zongxian who made Pingxi and Pingnan suffer a lot?"

"Besides him, who else could be?" Cui Fantai's legs were trembling, "It seems that Prince Jingnan was driven out of his original domain of Guangdong because of his impeachment! The unscrupulous officials who died in his hands, There are too many to count! ——Old Li, we two have to be careful this time..."

"Yes, you have to be careful." Li Jietai, whose buttocks were also seriously unclean, immediately trembled more violently than Cui Fantai.

"Hahahahaha." Wu Sangui's eldest son-in-law Hu Guozhu, who reacted completely opposite to Cui Fantai and Li Jietai, laughed a few times and quickly regained his senses, ran behind Fatty Lu and slapped Fatty Lu on the shoulder, and said with a big laugh: "Yifeng, you don't have to worry. You can rest assured. Guess who the imperial envoy is? Wang Xu, President Wang, you will be fine this time!"

"Wang Xu?! How could it be him?" Happiness came so quickly, Fatty Lu was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.

"Okay, okay, the sky has eyes, the sky has eyes!" Lin Tianqing, who was almost a grasshopper on the same rope as Fatty Lu, jumped three feet high, and immediately burst into laughter regardless of Prince Kang's presence, "Three good Nephew, you will be rewarded for being a good person this time! Thanks to you, the old man’s bribery charges this time can finally be cleared by someone!”

"Lin Zhongcheng, what do you mean?" Wu Sanmei, who didn't care much about government affairs next to him, was a little puzzled, and asked Lin Tianqing and Hu Guozhu: "Lin Zhongcheng, Guozhu, why are you so happy? I heard that this Wang Xu is not a good person." The person you provoked is the famous King of Hades, even my brother Wang suffered a lot from him, why are you so happy?"

"Father-in-law, my lord father-in-law." Before Lin Tianqing and Hu Guozhu could answer, Li Shizu rushed back, ran to Jieshu and cupped his hands, wiped his sweat and said, "Father-in-law, the imperial envoy is Wang Xu." Wang Zongxian, I heard that this person is very powerful and notoriously difficult, do you have friendship with him, father-in-law?"

"Li Futai, I don't know if Wang Zongxian and Lord Kang have any friendship." Hu Guozhu laughed grinningly triumphantly, "But what I know is that the friendship between Wang Zongxian and Mr. Lu is not forged - Mr. Lu not only Saved Zongxian Wang, and Zongxian Wang's family by sending charcoal in the snow! This time, I think you are still crazy?"

"What?!" Wu Sanmei and Li Shizu screamed at the same time - but Wu Sanmei screamed in surprise, but Li Shizu screamed with a pale face.Screaming, Li Shizu turned to Lord Kang, and asked with an incredulous face, "Father-in-law, is this true? Since Fatty Lu is kind to Wang Zongxian, why did the court send Wang Zongxian to investigate this matter?" case?"

"How do I know why the court sent him?! If I had known..." Lord Kang roared, and quickly turned his face away, his chest heaved violently, looking extremely nervous and angry, and he added viciously in his heart, " If he had known that the imperial envoy was him, I would have said nothing and would not come to Qujing—this old man, Shen Ren has always been desperate, and he would fight to the death with anyone! If you get involved with him, you will really get bad luck!"

"If I had known earlier? If I had known earlier, you wouldn't have come or you wouldn't have dared to come, right?" Obedient and listening, Li Shizu immediately understood the implication of his wife's godfather, Lord Kang. Dead Ash also sat down on the lobby floor.

"Is Lu Yifeng Wang Zongxian's benefactor? Does Prince Kang dare to provoke Wang Zongxian?" He pricked up his ears to hear the answers from Hu Guozhu, Lin Tianqing, Li Suzu, and Jie Shu. In the lobby, officials from Yunnan and Guizhou, big and small, Including the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou Bian Sanyuan, their hearts jumped, their eyes lit up, and subconsciously tightened up the memorial to impeach Lu Fatty, while trying to stand and sit far away from Li Suzu and Prince Kang.

Amidst the noisy crowd and their own ghosts, Wang Xu, the first-rank official, the Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the boss of Qing gossip Wang Zongxian, has led a dozen disguised as beggars to the lobby. Even Wang Xu met in Yunnan. The little Xuanwei beggar with a small vest was also brought to the front of the hall and handed over to Yu Jackie Chan's entourage Haosheng to take care of him.As soon as he went up to the hall, Wang Xu first looked around at the officials present. Wherever his icy gaze went, including Prince Kang and Bian Sanyuan, he felt a little creepy, and the other officials were even more trembling, not even daring to take a breath. , There was silence in the lobby.Only when he saw Fatty Lu did Wang Xu's icy eyes melt a little, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly, showing a little smile at Fatty Lu.

"Teacher, your official uniform and students are ready, please go to the back hall to change." Yu Chenglong stepped forward and cupped his hands.

"No hurry." Wang Xu shook his head lightly, walked up to Fatty Lu, smiled at Fatty Lu, and said, "San Hao, I'm here, you are wronged."

"Wang Zongxian..." Fatty Lu's voice trembled a little, and he bowed his hands in return.At the end, Fatty Lu asked curiously again: "Wang Zongxian, when did you reinstate your post? Is your case clear?"

"Thanks to Ming Zhongtang, at the end of the first lunar month, the principal and deputy supervisors of the Qin Tianjian, Yang Guangxian and Wu Mingxuan, confessed their crime of hiring murderers to kill Father Nan, and admitted that they did it because they were jealous of Father Nan's calculation of their calendar. "Wang Xu explained: "Later, they confessed that because they were afraid that I would find out the real culprit, they sent people to hide a lot of money on the beams of my house to plant the blame, and wanted to remove me as a stumbling block."

"Oh." Wang Xu gave a wry smile, and added: "And I heard from Ming Zhongtang that these two guys deliberately prepared a batch of bank notes issued half a year ago to frame the crime in order to frame it. I died. Later, the two of them were sentenced to death, and I was also cleared of the bribery charge. The emperor gave me a favor and let me return to my post."

"Why is Mingzhu so kind? He couldn't solve the case and took Yang Guangxian and Wu Mingxuan as scapegoats, and even cleared Wang Xu's charges? Conscience found out?" Fatty Lu murmured in his heart, he really didn't understand Mingzhu. With heart and purpose.However, seeing the old-fashioned expression on Wang Xu's thin face and the fearful attitude of the officials present towards Wang Xu, Fatty Lu suddenly understood Mingzhu and Xiao Mazi's intentions—how could he abandon such a capable sword as Wang Xu? Wouldn't it be a waste of money to use it?Leaving this old cynic in the officialdom who dares to go all out with anyone can not only deter some unscrupulous officials, but also restrain and deter Oboi's party?

(Note: In the year when the San Francisco rebellion broke out in history, Wang Xu was transferred from the Minister of the Ministry of Industry to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War. He presided over the pacification of the war in San Francisco. It was not until Kang Mazi was 17 years old that he resigned because of Ding You. His ability was comparable to that of Xiao Mazi. Trust is evident.)
"Then congratulations to Zongxian Wang." Fatty Lu scratched the back of his bald head, and said with a wry smile: "But Zongxian Wang, don't be angry if I have something to say—before this, I couldn't think of anything. The imperial envoy will be you, and the emperor has not considered the issue of avoiding suspicion?"

"When the emperor made this decree, I was also taken aback." Wang Xu also smiled wryly, and said, "There is a saying, don't be angry if you hear the three good brothers. Wang Xu was resolute at the time and didn't want to accept anything. This is an errand. But later, the emperor said that he only trusted me in this matter. I will come down to investigate. No matter what the results are, the emperor will believe that I will not deceive the emperor, and will not cover up and favor the slightest. Ming Zhongtang and Master Suo also said that I can't just watch Engong being wronged, right? He also encouraged me to investigate the truth of the case, and guaranteed in front of the emperor that the truth of the case I found would never be falsified in the slightest. That’s why I reluctantly agreed.”

"Your Majesty's kindness to you, Mingxiang and Lord Suo's kindness to you, even if you are in a humble position, it is difficult to repay." Fatty Lu suddenly felt a little dumbfounded, and said to Xiaomazi's dead ghost grandpa, grandpa, if there is someone in the spring who knows , Knowing that Xiao Mazi saved me from such a scourge of the Qing Dynasty, I wonder if he will crawl out of the grave in anger?
At this time, in front of hundreds of officials in the hall and thousands of Qu Jings outside, Wang Xu suddenly knelt down to Fatty Lu and kowtowed respectfully.Seeing this action, the people outside the hall suddenly went into an uproar, and all the officials in the hall stood up one after another in shock, wondering what the hell Wang Xu was doing.Fatty Lu was also taken aback. He quickly knelt down on his knees, kowtowed in return, and exclaimed, "Wang Zongxian, what are you doing? Are you trying to kill the subordinate?"

"Sanhao benefactor, Wang Xu is apologizing to you." Wang Xu said solemnly: "Sanhao virtuous brother is Wang Xu's benefactor, and also the benefactor of Wang Xu's family. Logically speaking, even if Wang Xu's body is broken, he must repay you. Engong's great kindness and virtue. But the law of the country is above. This time, the emperor long live ordered Wang Xu to investigate the case of Engong and Qujing prefect Li Shuizu's mutual criticism. Wang Xu dare not refuse. If Engong is wrong and guilty, Wang Xu didn't even dare to dereliction of duty to protect him, so he could only report the truth and punish him according to the law. Therefore, Wang Xu knelt down here to report to his benefactor, and made a statement in advance, please don't have any expectations of Wang Xu because of the past friendship, Wang Xu pleaded guilty gone."

After finishing speaking, Wang Xu kowtowed to Fatty Lu three more times.Fatty Lu was full of enthusiasm, returned the gift according to the law, and said loudly: "President Wang, please rest assured. As an official, Lu Yifeng is a frank and honest man, and his shadow is crooked. I only ask President Wang to be impartial. He will never take any chances. I hope that Zongxian Wang will cover up and show favoritism! Moreover, when Lu Yifeng welcomed Zongxian Wang out of prison that day, he also stated in advance that Lu Yifeng used the grace bestowed by the emperor in exchange for Zongxian Wang's release from prison. Zongxian is an upright official and a gentleman! He even stated in public that in the future, Zongxian Wang will return to his post. If the subordinate officials violate the laws and regulations of the country, Zongxian Wang, please don't be shy, and must handle the case according to the law and punish the subordinate officials severely. No loan!"

"Today, Lu Yifeng made another statement!" Fatty Lu raised his head and said impassionedly: "President Wang is investigating the case this time, and Lu Yifeng once again asks Mr. Zhongtang to make a fair decision and be serious about the laws of the country. If Lu Yifeng is guilty, please don't be partial and cover up! Dismissal from office, beheading and ransacking, please judge according to the law, even if it is the chief constitution, please ask Wang Mingqi on the spot The card cut off Lu Yifeng, and Lu Yifeng himself and Lu Yifeng's family will never complain at all!"

"Besides that, Lu Yifeng has another word to say first." Fatty Lu also got the advantage and acted obediently, and said loudly: "If the imperial envoy Wang Zongxian is partial to cover up or perverts the law during the enforcement of the law, no matter who benefits, Lu Yifeng will perform his duties as a county magistrate, submit to the constitution according to the law, and impeach President Wang for his perverted behavior! Please forgive me for your humble words and rude words!"

"Very good, Lord Lu is indeed Wang Xu's only confidant and only friend!" Hearing what Fatty Lu said about threatening the imperial envoy, not only did Wang Xu not feel angry at all, but said with a happy face: "Then it's settled If Wang Xu's law enforcement is unfair, please impeach the three good brothers according to the law, and there must be no sympathy!"

Fatty Lu’s words and demeanor are of course being good-looking when he got a cheap prize, and pretending to be poor after winning the 500 million grand prize. Word of mouth spread, and there were cheers everywhere, and thunderous applause.But it was also because of this that Prince Kang and Kong Sizhen's two unlucky faces turned livid, knowing that today's bad luck was certain.Over there, Li Shizu was sweating profusely, his whole body was trembling as if he was shaking, his crotch was also tighter and tighter, and he almost peed on the spot - no way, compared with Lu Fatty, Li Dazhi's The ass is really dirty.Although the other officials applauded desperately like the common people outside, they secretly rejoiced in their hearts, saying that fortunately, the old people did not publicly express their support for Li Suzu before, otherwise they would have to chew back what was pulled out today.

Fatty Lu and Fatty Lu expressed their positions to each other and clarified their attitude of fair law enforcement. Then Wang Xu entered the back hall to change his official uniform amidst the cheers of the people outside the hall. He came out from the back hall, ascended to the main seat, picked up the imperial decree on the incense table, and shouted: "There is a decree-." Everyone present, including Prince Kang Jieshu, did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly left the table together, and knelt down in the middle of the hall .

"By heaven's favor, the emperor's edict said:" Wang Xu read aloud: "Today, there are Li Suzu, the prefect of Qujing, and Lu Yifeng, the prefect of Qujing County, fighting each other in the same city, attacking each other and accusing each other of crimes. I am horrified. In view of the fact that both of them are reported, and which one is right and which is wrong, it is really difficult for me to distinguish, so I hereby appoint Wang Xu, the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as the Minister of Imperial Envoy, and Yu Chenglong, the Supervising Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as the Deputy Envoy of the Imperial Envoy to jointly investigate and prosecute Li Li. Zu and Lu Yifeng criticized each other's case, distinguishing the truth from the false, distinguishing right from wrong, and making a decision according to the law. I respect this."

"Long live my emperor." All the officials kowtowed together and stood up one by one.But at this moment, Cui Zhiying Cui Zhiying, recognized as Yunnan's number one grassroots official on the wall, suddenly knelt down again, took out a memorial from the sleeve of his right hand, and said respectfully: "I would like to report to the imperial envoy, regarding Li Suzu and Lu Yifeng's mutual criticism. In this case, the lower official Cui Zhiying is in Yunnan, so he also knows about it. Now the lower official Cui Zhiying has the basis to impeach the prefect of Qujing, Li Suizu, during his tenure. A total of thirteen crimes, such as exploiting the common people, extorting money, and disregarding human life, etc., are handling the case for the imperial envoy. Provide a reference, and ask the imperial envoy to act on his behalf, and punish Li Suzu according to the law, so as to rectify the law of the country!"

After all, Cui Fantai raised the memorial above his head with both hands, and Li Xingyuan and Li Jietai, the inspectors in Yunnan, were not to be outdone, and immediately took out a memorial from his right sleeve, knelt down on both knees and held it above his head with both hands, and said louder: " Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy, regarding the dispute between Li Suzu and Lu Yifeng, Li Xingyuan, the subordinate official, is also investigating. Now Li Suzu, the prefect of Qujing, is being impeached for [-] crimes of corruption, dereliction of duty, bribery, and condoning relatives to oppress the people. Please repeat Your Majesty, punish Li Suzu severely according to the law, and give justice to the people of Qujing."

"The lower official also has a playbook, impeaching Li Suizu for three major crimes and six minor crimes. Please check it out."

"The lower officials also have a memorandum. There are eight charges of impeachment against Li Suizu. Please ask the imperial envoy to investigate clearly and transfer the memorandum to the sage."

"My lord imperial envoy, the magistrate Lu was wronged for daring to take his head! This official made an open investigation and unannounced visits, and found out eleven crimes committed by Li Suzu. Please investigate clearly, my lord imperial envoy!"

"Your Imperial Envoy, Lu Yifeng, the Magistrate of Qujing County, is diligent in his mission. He governs the county well, loves the people like a son, enforces the law well, and is a bold official. On behalf of the people of Qujing, he will guarantee the innocence of Lu Yifeng, the Magistrate of Qujing County. Please pass it on to Your Majesty."

"Master Imperial Envoy, Li Suzu's crimes cannot be pardoned! There will be..."

Both Fantai and Taiwan took the lead. Of course, other civil and military officials in Yunnan did not dare to neglect, including Liu Wenjin, Di Sanpin and Xie Chun, who had a deep friendship with Li Shizu, all rushed out and jumped out. Either impeach Li Suizu, or give a guarantee to Fatty Lu, and swear that Fatty Lu is a clean official, a good official, and a good dog official!How dare you pledge your wealth and life to Fatty Lu!His emotions were so passionate and his attitude so enthusiastic that even Lin Tianqing, Fatty Lu's former ally, couldn't catch up with him - but of course Lin Tianqing was not much better, he was not the first one to jump out and throw trouble, except for his self-respect, but also from his right sleeve He took out a memorial and viciously accused Li Suzu of more than a dozen crimes that should be beheaded.

Seeing such a scene, Li Suzu himself was of course ashen-faced, his body was on the verge of falling, and he almost fainted on the spot.Prince Kang Jieshu was startled and angry, and whispered to Kong Sizhen next to him, "Sigege, I didn't expect these bastards in Yunnan to be so insidious. They talked well yesterday and the day before, and they all patted their chests and said that they would let Lu Fatty died without a place to bury him, and now all the memorials that have been brought out one by one are all about the impeachment of Li Suzu!"

"My lord, let's learn." Kong Sizhen said with a wry smile, "Your lord Kang, didn't you notice that they took out the memorabilia to impeach you as your son-in-law from the sleeve of your right hand? Except for left-handers, ordinary officials usually have The memorial is in the sleeve of the left hand, so it is easy to pick up with the right hand—why do these people pull out the memorial to impeach Li Suzu from their right sleeve? You can’t guess who the memorial in their left sleeve is for impeachment, my lord ?”

Lord Kang, who had not yet formally taken power, was dumbfounded, and after a while he cursed, "A bunch of old foxes! The grass on the wall is at its peak!"

After finally waiting for dozens of officials to hand over the memorial, the well-informed Wang Xu said calmly: "Since all the adults have submitted a petition to impeach Li Zhifu, the imperial envoy would like to thank you for your assistance in handling the case. The memorial, after the imperial envoy reads it one by one for reference, it will also be reported to the imperial court as evidence for handling the case. Yu Chenglong, you lead someone to accept the memorial of the adults."

"Cover." Yu Chenglong agreed, and first asked his entourage and yamen servants to put away the official memorials, then took out a memorial from his left sleeve, held it up in both hands, and said loudly: "My lord, the supervisory censor Yu Chenglong also has a memorial." , I would like to ask the Chief Constitutional Lord to forward it to His Majesty..."

"Damn it, this kid is also here to add insult to injury." Prince Kang and Kong Sizhen cursed inwardly together, but Yu Chenglong's next words made Prince Kang and Kong Sizhen jump up together.

"Your official impeached Prince Kang, Ye Jie wrote, Dingnan Wangfu gege Kong Sizhen." Yu Chenglong said loudly: "During the time when this official was ordered to assist the imperial envoy in handling the case, Prince Kang and Kong Sigege disregarded their identities, threatened and lured me to interfere with the lower official's handling of the case according to law. , Interfering in civil affairs, disrupting the judiciary, one is to protect his relatives Li Suizu, the prefect of Qujing, and the other is to avenge his private revenge, frame and frame Lu Yifeng, the magistrate of Qujing County. Putting it on Lu Yifeng, the magistrate of Qujing County, betrayed the grace of God, and the crime is obvious. The officials are bold and do not avoid grievances. I ask the Holy One to give me a reprimand, so as to rectify the majesty of the law of the Qing Dynasty, and shake the evil deeds of the powerful, the government, and the people!"

"Very good." Wang Xu nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Don't worry, Yu Yushi, I will definitely forward this memorial to the Holy Majesty for you. Long live the memorial and make a clear decision."

"Yu Yushi, it's true that the young is better than the blue, and even the king dares to impeach him?" Jie Shu couldn't bear it anymore, jumped up and sneered, "But you don't seem to be a good person, Mr. Yu? If you are really an upright official, If you have the guts, take out the memorial in your other sleeve and let everyone see what kind of thing you are!"

"My lord, how do you know that I have a memorial in the other sleeve?" Yu Chenglong was a little puzzled, and he really pulled out a memorial from the other sleeve, and said, "But Lord Kang, I'm very sorry. The memorial is still to impeach you."

"Impeach me?" Jie Shu was startled, then jumped up and roared, "What's wrong with this king? My lord, if you dare to make false accusations, this king will never end with you!"

"Don't worry, my lord. This memorial is not to impeach you for interfering in civil affairs or disrupting the judiciary. It has something to do with your visit to the south this time." Yu Chenglong said coldly: "My lord's visit to the south this time. In the prince's guard of honor, there are two more dragon flags. There are also two more palace lanterns, and the purple square umbrella and the red square umbrella, which should have been used for two, use four for each—this is the specification that the emperor can only use when he is on tour! There is suspicion of trespassing, and the next official, as the supervisory censor , has the responsibility of monitoring officials and princes, so of course they have to participate in impeachment according to the law!"

"What? My guard of honor is also wrong?" Jie Shu was completely dumbfounded.It can't be blamed on Jie Shu's deliberate overreach. There are more than 60 rules for the prince's guard of honor to go on tour. How can Jie Shu remember so many?In fact, not to mention the outstanding books, even Kong Sizhen and Zhou Peigong, who often travel in the rivers and lakes, can't remember so many rules, so they can't detect and correct them in time.

What made Jieshu even more depressed was that he had never used the troublesome guard of honor in the north in order to save his son-in-law when he went south this time. It is rare to enter Beijing once a year, so how can you find out and point it out? ——Only censors like Wang Xu and Yu Jackie, who are full of food and have nothing to do all day long, who like to trouble others, will work hard on this aspect and memorize it by rote. Jieshu, who is out of Beijing for the first time, can't help but stumble up.

"My lord, it is indeed wrong." Wang Xu nodded, and said in a very reasonable manner: "Regarding this point, the subordinate officials are also aware of this, and they are also preparing to write a book of impeachment, but since Mr. Yu has already written the book, then the subordinate official does not need to write it separately. If you have a copy, let’s associate a name with him.”

Touching the top son of the prince with ten big oriental pearls on his head, Lord Kang cried and muttered in his heart: "That bastard Mingzhu is really a crow's mouth. He said that it would be no good if he met this fat Lu. He made it right - this time, only two pearls were removed from my head and I became a county king, so I should shout Amitabha."

When everyone was distracted by the joint impeachment of Jieshu by Yu Jackie and Wang Xu, Kong Sizhen, who was unwilling to be defeated, gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and quietly pulled Li Shizu beside him and said in a low voice: "Li Futai, If you still want to live, use your trick quickly! Otherwise, even the gods will not be able to save you!"

"Then...the move?" Li Shizu, who had been out of his wits, came back to his senses after a while, and asked Kong Sizhen tremblingly.

"Of course it's the one-eyed man's move!" Kong Sizhen said angrily, "If you don't hurry up and use this move to re-mix the water, you'll just wait for Wang Xu to ask Wang to order the flag to be cut first and then played!"

"...Oh, thank you, Si Gege, for your guidance. If I can escape this difficulty, I will definitely repay Gege." It took Li Shizu a long time to come to his senses, and after thanking Kong Sizhen, Li Shizu quickly issued a signal to signal the dog leg They play by plan.

At this time, Lord Kang had already sat back to his original seat with a livid face, and Wang Xu also began to formally try the case of Fatty Lu defaming the monarch. First, he asked Fatty Lu according to the rules whether he had slandered and deceived the monarch. This crime is enough to kill his head Of course, Fatty Lu denied it categorically, let alone admitting it.The officials nearby did not dare to add insult to injury, and the Qujing local officials headed by Qujing Tongzhi Zhang Gaomo did not dare to interfere indiscriminately. They all denied it, saying that they had never heard such words from Fatty Lu.Only Li Shizu, in order to buy time, insisted that he had heard such words, and even threw out a few witnesses—that is, the shopkeepers of Li Shizu's brother-in-law Ren Xinglai.

There are witnesses, of course Wang Xu has to pass it on, but these shopkeepers of the Ren family business have heard and seen the situation in the lobby long ago, and saw thousands of angry Qujing people agitated, ready to wait anytime. The tendency of us to chop into meat sauce has long been frightened. We didn't say a few lies in class, but we were already sweating profusely by Wang Xu's experienced interrogation. There are so many things, even when and where Fatty Lu said such a thing, he couldn't tell clearly, and it changed every time he asked, and in the end, even they couldn't figure out what they had said before.

"Enough!" After more than half an hour of cross-examination, Wang Xu finally slapped the gavel unbearably, and shouted angrily: "Li Qing, Ren Wu, the two of you said that you heard Lu Yifeng say that In this case, both of you were present, and then you said that only you, Li Qing, were present. Ren San, you heard this from Li Qing. Then the Zuixian Tower became the Qilin Tower, and then the Ruyi Tower, Time is also a matter of days, and you, Li Qing, heard it from Luo Li again! What is the reason for being so capricious? If you don’t follow the truth, I will punish you!"

Several witnesses did not dare to make a sound, and the sweat on their heads directly wet the lobby floor. Wang Xu observed his words, and slapped the gavel again and shouted: "Come here, servants with sticks, if you don't tell the truth, who is instigating you?" If you frame an official of the imperial court, you will put a stick on me!"

"Cover!" Yu Chenglong's entourage agreed together, and threw two sets of blood-stained sticks in front of several false witnesses.Several false witnesses were even more frightened, and one of them simply pointed at Li Suzu and shouted: "Master, it's a small trick, a small trick, it's the magistrate..."

"Report--!" It was time for Li Suzu to change his luck. At this moment, a few servants from the magistrate's yamen squeezed out the crowd and rushed to the hall, shouting from a distance: "Master, master, great news! Great news! Happy event! Auspiciousness descended from heaven, auspiciousness descended from heaven!"

"What auspiciousness?" Li Suizu hurriedly asked in hypocritical surprise, and then shouted: "Why are you still in a daze? Why don't you kowtow to the imperial envoy and the prince, and report the auspiciousness to them?"

"Little Chen Er, kowtow to the imperial envoy, kowtow to the prince." The leading servant with a full face and his companion kowtowed, raised his head again, and said with joy: "My lord, the imperial envoy, auspicious! Great auspiciousness!" The little ones were patrolling outside the city just now, and suddenly saw a dragon descending from the sky and landed on the bank of the Bada River in the east of Qujing. The little ones knew that there must be auspiciousness when the dragon descended into the world, so they ran to the place where the dragon landed to watch, and found There's a beach that's glistening...."

"Huh?" The servant of the Hengrou Yamen couldn't continue talking up to this point, stared at Wang Xu dumbfounded, and said with a tongue-tied voice: "You..., are you an imperial envoy?"

"That's right, I'm the Imperial Envoy." Wang Xu said with a smile, "Chen Butou, we met again. Last time at Shengjing Pass, you hired me to beat drums and cheer for you, pretending to be a commoner and suing Lu Yifeng, the magistrate of Qujing County—but I still owe this imperial envoy five cents, do you remember?"

(End of this chapter)