This is indeed the case, whether in love or officialdom.
He lost his beloved in love. That person was obviously his wife in his previous life, but now she was in the arms of someone else. Not only her body, but also her true heart that he had never touched seemed to be given to him.
In the officialdom, although he was a latecomer to the Yunzhou Prefecture case, he intercepted Lu Zhizhang's Hu at that time, and he was just a little short of making a meritorious service. However, Lu Zhizhang still saved the overall situation.
Now that he has returned to Beijing, he is still struggling to find the governor of Yunzhou.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhizhang rode away again. This time his speed was much faster than the previous times. The boy couldn't keep up with him for a while, so the boy could only ride after Lu Zhizhang. Zhang, while shouting from behind, "Sir, please slow down! Please slow down!"
Lu Zhizhang naturally ignored it.
But it only took them a moment before Lu Zhizhang had already arrived at the Shangjing government office.
Ever since the last Yin of Shangjing Prefecture was dismissed due to the Yunzhou Prefecture case, this position is still vacant. The reason why this position is vacant is not that no one is qualified, but that several forces are there. Trying to arrange their own people into this vacancy, so at the moment no one is willing to accept or give up to anyone, so this position has always been vacant.
On weekdays, the government affairs of the governor in Beijing are only handled by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The power of security belongs to the Jinwu Guards Yamen. If there are serious cases, the Dali Temple will take over them with full authority.
Therefore, the Shangjing government office without an official became a decoration.
As soon as Lu Zhizhang came to the door, a clerk from the Shangjing government office immediately came out to greet him, "Master Lu, I wonder why Master Lu is here?"
Due to the separation of powers among the three powers, this petty official can now interfere with anyone in the government office of the capital, so he already recognizes the faces of these people.
Upon hearing what the clerk said, Lu Zhizhang only whispered, "I want to see the wife of Minister Zhou, please take me there quickly."
However, when faced with Lu Zhizhang's request, the clerk looked troubled, "Sir, I'm afraid I can't take you there."
Lu Zhizhang immediately said with a cold expression, "Why?"
The clerk only whispered, "The superiors have issued a message that no one is allowed to visit the wife of Zhou Shilang in prison."
Hearing the clerk's words, Lu Zhizhang's expression became subtle. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Above? Which one?"
Upon hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, the clerk immediately whispered, "Sir, I can't say this. The villain is also following orders. You see, you have a lot of adults, so don't embarrass the villain, okay?"
Hearing what the man said, Lu Zhizhang only said coldly, "Embarrassed? You are wrong. I am not embarrassing you, but you are embarrassing me! This officer is here to investigate the case, and I have something to say to my witnesses!" If you don't allow me to see her, aren't you embarrassing me? Even if I understand that you are in trouble and ask who is the person who gave you the order, but you are still blocking me and refusing to communicate with me, are you not embarrassing me? Who am I?"
When Lu Zhizhang said the next words, his tone also rose unconsciously. After hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, the clerk did not dare to say anything more.
He was about to speak, but at this moment, someone was getting off the official sedan behind him, and that person just walked towards the yamen door.
Naturally, the man heard what Lu Zhizhang said, so he just smiled and said, "Master Lu is really a powerful official. I am impressed by you."
Hearing the words behind him, Lu Zhizhang couldn't help but turn around and look over. Unexpectedly, he realized that the person coming was actually Qiu Chuanyun, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
As soon as he saw the person coming, Lu Zhizhang couldn't help but turn around and bend his body slightly, cupping his hands and saluting, "Mr. Qiu."
Qiu Chuanyun just nodded when he heard this. Then when he was about to walk to the yamen gate, he only said to Lu Zhizhang, "Master Lu, if you don't investigate the Yunzhou prefect case quickly, why would you want to go to the yamen here? Why?" ? Mr. Lu also wants to redress the grievances of Mrs. Zhou Shilang?"
Upon hearing Qiu Chuanyun's words, Lu Zhizhang immediately said, "My lord, I have misunderstood. I am not here to redress Mrs. Zhou's grievances. This case was not originally under my control. But now there is another important case in the capital. Someone from the suburbs of Beijing has passed on the news. I just said that this case may have something to do with Yun
It is related to the case of Zhou Taishou, so I took over the case, and after checking it, I am afraid that this matter has something to do with Mrs. Zhou, so I just want to verify some things with Mrs. Zhou, and I also ask Mr. Qiu to be noble and allow me to cooperate with Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou met once. "
After listening to Lu Zhizhang's words, Qiu Chuanyun twirled his beard. Although he was not from the same faction as Lu Zhizhang, he did not dare to delay matters related to the Yunzhou Prefect case. In addition, Lu Zhizhang was quite respectful. In addition to investigating the case, he He rarely participated in irrelevant struggles, so Qiu Chuanyun still admired this kind of marginal figure. Moreover, he was also a young minister of Dali Temple, so he was much stronger than Zhao Shuhai.
He also loves talents, so Qiu Chuanyun did not embarrass Lu Zhizhang. He only pondered for a moment and then whispered, "Since Mr. Lu said that he came here because of the Yunzhou Prefect's case, I naturally have no intention of embarrassing him."
After saying this, Qiu Chuanyun only said, "Master Lu, please."
After Qiu Chuanyun's words fell, Lu Zhizhang also understood that the other party had given him this face, so he immediately bowed his hands towards Qiu Chuanyun and said, "Thank you, Mr. Qiu."
Qiu Chuanyun only waved his hand, and then several government officials led Lu Zhizhang to the prison where Zhou was imprisoned.
Walking in the dark prison, there was an almost rotten stench everywhere, but when officials passed by, the people in the cages began to shout loudly that they were wronged. The shouts seemed to be To pierce the sky.
When several government officials saw them acting like this, they immediately shouted, "Shut up!"
After hearing the scolding, the outer prison became quieter. After passing here, they also entered the innermost prison, where all female prisoners were held.
After all, it is a prison owned by the Shangjing government, but their management is still much more humane than that of other local governments.
Men and women are locked up in different places, and even the cell leaders in the prison are divided into men and women.
After being informed of her purpose, a female prison chief in her thirties also took Lu Zhizhang to the direction of the prison where Zhou was imprisoned.
The women's prison is much quieter than the men's prison, and because they are all women, it is also much cleaner and fresher.
The female cell leader first knocked on the cell door with a scabbard, and then when the woman in a white prison uniform with messy hair raised her head, she warned the other party in a stern tone, "Master Lu is here to see you. He has something to ask you, you must cooperate with Mr. Lu later, you know?"
After hearing the words of the female cell leader, Mrs. Zhou just like an obedient child immediately replied loudly, "I understand."
It seems that even if men and women were separated into prisons, Mrs. Zhou might not have suffered as much as she should have suffered.
Seeing her like this, Lu Zhizhang could not help but feel a little compassion.
However, judging from the conversation with Qiu Chuanyun just now, it is better not to get involved in the grudges here.
After all, Mrs. Zhou’s case was not yet finalized originally. She was not originally detained in Shangjing Yamen. She was detained in the prison on Ziwei Street. Even this case was not tried in Shangjing Yamen. , this case was handled by the county lieutenant on Ziwei Street.
And this case is actually not a big one. After all, Fang Yue'er was once a maid of the Zhou family. Even if she was sold by Mrs. Zhou, it would not be a big case.
But this is such a case.
It has only been a few days, but Mrs. Zhou's case has been arranged to the Shangjing government office for trial in person. Moreover, it is extremely difficult for Mrs. Zhou to even visit her prison. This shows that her husband has really offended someone. . Moreover, this person was quite offended by him.
While Lu Zhizhang was thinking a lot, the female cell leader had already opened the door. The female cell leader only whispered, "Master Lu, please."
Lu Zhizhang nodded when he heard this, and then he bent down and walked into Mrs. Zhou's prison.
However, in just a few days, this former official lady became haggard and looked like she was about to die.
After the female prison chief left, Mrs. Zhou's eyes lit up with a glimmer of light.
"Master Lu, Master Lu! Are you here to redress my injustice?"
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Then, looking at the other party's look like he was grasping at straws, Lu Zhizhang sighed and said, "Madam, I'm actually here to tell you some bad news. I still have a few things to ask you. I hope you can Cooperate with us."
After hearing what the other party said, Mrs. Zhou didn't care to continue asking for help. She just said, "Bad news? What bad news?"
In her opinion, what news could be worse than her being imprisoned in this prison?
Or could it be that Uncle Zhou took advantage of his absence and took over his family property.
But if that's all. She was neither surprised nor sad. After all, the Zhou family's property had been transferred to her daughter and son-in-law by her long before they came, so all they could get now was an empty shell.
Lu Zhizhang sighed, and then whispered, "Someone in your house has an accident."
When she heard something happened, Mrs. Zhou's eyes almost popped out of her head. She grabbed Lu Zhizhang and said, "Master Lu, something happened? Who happened? It can't be Yaoniang, right?"
Hearing Zhou's words, Lu Zhizhang immediately shook his head, "It's not Yaoniang, it's the people in your house who are in trouble. One is your daughter's housekeeper, Butler Xu, and there are two coachmen and two maids. One of them is called Sun Xiangxiang." , and a girl named Xiao Yuniang. In addition, there is a girl named Zijuan whose whereabouts are unknown. But I guess it’s also a disaster.”
When Ms. Zhou heard that her daughter was okay, although she was not as panicked as before, it was obvious that she was still extremely distressed.
After all, the human heart has long flesh.
"Sir, how could this happen? How could this happen! Who is the murderer! Why did they do this? My Zijuan! And Butler Xu! How could they end up like this!"
