After returning from Wanghu Tower, Feng Zhixian looked unhappy.
There is no other reason, mainly because Shangguan is too slippery.
The Ganquan Academy case was obviously tacitly approved or even hinted by his immediate superior, Chen Yu, but when the matter was actually handled, the government office was not willing to take any responsibility. Just now at Wanghu Tower, Chen Yu himself clearly intervened in this matter. But I don’t want to take any ideas!
If the prefect does not give any advice, it means that the county government is handling the matter from beginning to end. If the county government handles it well, the government government will not say anything. If the matter is messed up, then when the responsibility is investigated in the future, the first person to come to arrest Feng Lu will be the Jiangdu prefect!
"It's really the first level of officialdom that can kill people!"
In fact, although Chen Yu was only one level higher than him administratively, he was three levels higher than him in terms of grade. One was a genuine seventh grade, and the other was a genuine seventh grade. There was a huge difference of three grades and six grades in between.
But this level is not that difficult to overcome. As long as the errands are done well, or there is someone in the court who can get a good rating in the civil service examination, then the promotion from county magistrate to magistrate will only take two or three terms.
But at the moment, Feng Lu was indeed suppressed by Magistrate Chen, and there was no way he could do anything about it.
Even if there is a way, Magistrate Chen still has a good teacher in the court, which is not something that a small magistrate like him can compete with.
This county gentleman had been sulking alone in his study for a long time, and he didn't even have the heart to eat dinner.
It wasn't until around Xu time that Feng Zhixian walked out of his study and paced alone in the backyard of the county government office, scratching his head from time to time.
The reason why the county magistrate is troubled is because Magistrate Chen told him that this case must be settled.
It is easy to understand that the case should be settled smoothly, and both parties will stop making noise and trouble, and do not make this matter a big deal.
But now, Master Lu has gotten involved. If the county government convicts Shen Yi, Master Lu will probably have no way to get over. But if Shen Yi is not convicted, Fan Dongcheng and others will be convicted...
Fan Dongcheng was really convicted, not to mention whether the Minister Fan in the capital would personally intervene in the matter. Even if the Minister Fan did not inquire about the matter, the Fan family in Jiangdu would not be easy to deal with.
"Damn it, there are evil officials at the top and unruly people at the bottom, and they are all blamed on me!"
Magistrate Feng cursed her mother-in-law bitterly, and then muttered in a low voice: "This magistrate of Fu Guo is really not the work of a human being..."
After worrying for a long time, Magistrate Feng looked up at the moon in the sky, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. He coughed and said, "Here comes someone."
The servants in the county government are all Feng Lu's personal servants. As a servant, the most basic rule is that servants must not sleep if the master does not sleep. As soon as Feng Lu shouted, a servant immediately walked away with small steps. He came in and said respectfully: "Master."
"Prepare the sedan, I'm going to the county jail!"
The servant looked up at the sky and said with a wry smile: "Master, it's so late. All the bearers in the county government have gone back. If you want to go out, you may have to wait a moment. I'll ask someone to call the bearers back."
The bearers are not personal servants, so they do not have to be at the county office all the time.
Hearing these words, Feng Zhixian's face darkened, and he cursed angrily, and then said in a low voice: "That's all, the Yamen is not too far from the county prison, I can walk there."
"Go and ask the bearers to wait for the master at the gate of the county jail."
The boy nodded immediately and left respectfully.
After the boy left, County Magistrate Feng, who was dressed in civilian clothes, left the county government office with two followers and walked towards the county prison. The county prison was not far from the county government office in Taiyuan, so it was less than two miles away. Soon Feng County Magistrate The master walked to the door of the county jail.
Magistrate Feng has served as Jiangdu magistrate for two terms and has been in Jiangdu for four or five years, so everyone at the Yamen Gate recognizes him. Seeing the master coming, several jailers who had been sleeping in a daze immediately woke up. , while rubbing his eyes, he opened the cell door and respectfully called the county master.
Because he had something to do, Feng Lu was too lazy to deal with these jailers who were sleeping while they were fishing. After grunting, he walked into the prison. After entering the prison, he did not go inside, but just sat at a table at the door. He came down and said in a deep voice: "Go and bring the prisoner Shen Yi to see this county."
Several jailors nodded hurriedly, and two of them hurriedly entered the prison, woke up Shen Yi who was sleeping on the straw, and then brought Shen Yi to Magistrate Feng.
At this moment, Shen Qilang was still a little sleepy.
It's not that he's arrogant, it's because he has nothing to do while locked up in the cell, and he doesn't dare to eat the food in the cell. When he's hungry, there's nothing else to do except sleep.
Seeing the fat middle-aged man in front of him wearing common people's clothes, Shen Yi finally sobered up a bit, because he had seen this face several times in court.
Shen Qilang took a deep breath and was about to salute the county gentleman.
"Shen Yi pays homage to the county magistrate."
Before he could kneel down, Magistrate Feng waved his hand, shook his head and said, "No need to be formal, just sit down and talk."
After saying this, Magistrate Feng pointed to the bench opposite him. At this time, the oil lamp burning on the table flickered, making Magistrate Feng's round face look a bit strange.
Shen Yi looked at the bench, then at Magistrate Feng, shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Master County Lord, if my butt hurts, I won't sit down anymore. I'll just stand and listen to your instructions."
Hearing Shen Yi's words, Feng Lu looked up and looked at Shen Yi's expression. He always felt that the Shen Yi in front of him was a little different from the young man in the court before.
But if you look closely, you can clearly see that it is a person.
This weird feeling was very strong, as if... it was as if the young man in front of him had been covered in something dirty, and his demeanor and expression had completely changed into a completely different person.
If the Shen Yi in the court two days ago was still a young boy, the Shen Yi in front of him, whose appearance had not changed at all, seemed to... suddenly become a mature adult.
Magistrate Feng shook his head and put this strange feeling behind him. He turned to look at the guards accompanying him and said in a deep voice: "You all should step aside. This county wants to ask him a few words alone." .”
The county magistrate is the master of the county government and the person who can decide the career fate of these jailers. After hearing these words, several jailers did not dare to neglect, and after handing over to Magistrate Feng, they turned around and left.
After the jailers left, Magistrate Feng reached for the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea from the porcelain bowl on the table.
This is his habitual action.
After taking a sip of tea, Magistrate Feng made another "poof" sound and spit it on the straw beside him. Then he frowned and cursed: "What bad tea..."
After scolding him, Magistrate Feng looked up at Shen Yi, narrowed his eyes, and whispered: "Shen Yi, after the county government's in-depth investigation, there has been some progress in Chen Qing's case. Now, this county needs you. cooperation."
"Cooperate, cooperate."
Shen Qilang smiled with a smile on his face and nodded repeatedly: "No matter what the county master wants the people to say, the people will cooperate."
Magistrate Feng looked at Shen Yi again and felt that there was something wrong with this young man.
But now is not the time to worry about this.
The county gentleman said solemnly: "First of all, Mr. Fan never beat Chen Qing."
A smile appeared on Shen Yi's face.
He quickly lowered his head, not letting Magistrate Feng see the smile, then took a deep breath and said, "Yes, the county magistrate said it is."
"Fan... Mr. Fan has never beaten Chen Qing."
