"Brother Li, what good deal are you talking about?"
"Wang Boyi, do you still remember?"
"Isn't he in prison?" Secretary Chen asked in surprise.
"That's natural. But there are a lot of valuable items in his house."
Instead, Secretary Chen shook his head: "For the past few years, Wang Boyi has been in prison. His mother and his wife are the only ones at home. I'm afraid they will no longer be able to hide their money after years of food and accommodation!"
"I thought so at first," Li Yong said, "but a few days ago I caught a corrupt prison boss. He said that Uncle Wang asked his family members to give him a malachite inkstone and asked them to help rescue him. I was thinking How could Wang Boyi have such precious things? After sending people to investigate, they found out that his father-in-law was in the jade business and sent money to his daughter and in-laws every month. Because he made a big fortune in Xihua six months ago, all of a sudden I took eighty taels and sent forty taels, and my life became rich again. I'm afraid I also saved a lot of money. I just wanted to save Uncle Wang from prison, but unfortunately I caught him... or rather You and I caught you.”
He turned to Secretary Chen and smiled: "Especially for a profit-seeking master like the Secretary!"
Although Secretary Chen knew it was a joke, he still felt ashamed on his face.
"Brother Li, what do you want to do?"
"Using Magistrate Lu's banner, Uncle Wang's family was confiscated."
"Does Magistrate Lu know about this?" Secretary Chen couldn't help but have doubts.
"Of course Magistrate Lu doesn't know. But who among us slaves doesn't make some money? So he just ignored him." Seeing that he was hesitant, Li Yong hit him on the shoulder and said, "Secretary Chen, just don't worry. !”
Secretary Chen hesitated for a while, but in the end he couldn't resist Li Yong's various persuasion. Fang readily gritted his teeth and agreed: "Then do it!"
Li Yong returned to the Yamen. Lu Deguang sat there quietly, calmly trimming his beard in front of the mirror.
He gently put the scissors aside and saw the figure behind him through the dark yellow mirror.
"Shu Li Chen copied Uncle Wang's family?" he asked, looking into the mirror.
"Yes. According to the officer who came back, his house was really turned upside down."
He saw Li Yong walk to the armchair leaning against the wall and sit down.
"He sent you a box of silver?" Lu Deguang stood up, holding the scissors.
"Don't worry, Master, everything is going as I expected."
"That's good," Lu Deguang threw the scissors into the drawer, "You go to the prison tonight and ask Uncle Wang to commit suicide."
Like a giant python, the bundle of hemp rope got in from outside the wooden railing and was thrown heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of choking dust.
"Wang Secretary, please write a complaint against Secretary Chen for stealing family property and lining his own pockets. The magistrate is of use." After Li Yong said this, he stepped forward and handed him a pen and paper. Uncle Wang hesitated and accepted it. Come here, "It's not easy to offend the people in the Governor's Office, the villain is afraid..."
"Have you not seen this hemp rope? You don't know what I'm here for?!" Li Yong's color suddenly changed, and his stern eyes urged him to write quickly; Uncle Wang knelt on the ground timidly and began to write the petition. tell.
His pen moved from time to time, even though his knees were sore and even skinned, he did not want to let this complaint be fully presented before his eyes.
But before I finished writing, the door to the room opened.
He looked at Li Yong in shock and panic. Just as he was about to ask what happened, the prison boss next to Li Yong did not allow him to say a word. He picked up the hemp rope and stepped forward to put it on Wang Boyi's neck. The prison boss's face was The light from the candlestick was frightening, and his face gradually turned red from the exertion, and his eyes were staring at Wang Boyi fiercely; Wang Boyi's eyes were mixed with a variety of emotions, but at this moment all the confusion was extinguished, and his expression was frozen. On blank fear.
"Master Li, your plan is about to come true." The cell leader said with a smile as he took the complaint.
"This shows that Yuan Lun is about to reach his death."
The news that Wang Boyi died in prison spread like wildfire, and it also benefited from two government officials' lawsuit against Chen Shuli. These two officials were the ones who were angry because of the uneven distribution of the spoils among Chen Shuli. Today, they were ordered by Magistrate Lu, and they just got what they wanted, so they sued the officials, saying that Chen Shuli "randomly looted the Wang family and swallowed up the assets, fearing that Wang Bo would He was found guilty of the crime, so he was killed privately in order to exterminate the population. Please call Chen Shuli to confront him.
Lu Deguang then sent Li Yong to call Clerk Chen to the government office, but Clerk Chen couldn't help but feel worried and hesitated. He sighed with Li Yong, "If I go to confront them, if those two people have real evidence, I’m afraid Master Lu won’t be able to spare me lightly.”
Li Yong grabbed his sleeve and reassured him: "Scribe, don't be afraid. Mr. Lu has such confidence in me. Whenever I speak, the magistrate will listen to me at least half-heartedly. Don't worry, I'll be with you, Scribe." If I take the silver and condemn you, I will be condemned. No matter what, I will protect you with my life."
Upon hearing this, Secretary Chen decisively followed him to the Yamen.
As soon as Secretary Chen entered the government office, the first thing he saw was Magistrate Lu sitting behind the wide table in the middle, and the second glance fell on the two government servants standing next to him. Their eyes were wide open and staring at him. His face seemed to want to eat him, which made Secretary Chen feel very uncomfortable. He stood under the court and saw what everyone had to say.
"Chen Shuli, have you ever used my command to disturb other families' property and plunder huge wealth?" Lu Deguang asked first.
"There is absolutely no such thing." He looked at the two government officials coldly, "They have a grudge against the villain, so they framed me with empty talk. Don't believe it, sir!"
"You fucking fart!" a yamen servant yelled.
"This is a court, be careful what you say." Lu Deguang scolded from the side.
Secretary Chen heard this and thought he had gained the upper hand, so he followed the prefect's words and said, "Did you hear that? The prefect told you to be careful what you say! If you say I'm talking nonsense, bring me evidence!"
"Li Yong," the officer turned to look at him, "Don't you have any evidence?"
Li Yong slowly raised his head and looked at Secretary Chen.
"Yes, Secretary Chen specially left a box of silver for me in order to bribe me. Fortunately, I didn't ask for it. I left it there intact."
Secretary Chen's face turned livid and he glared: "Li Yong, you..."
"What's wrong?" Li Yong looked at him pretending not to know.
Seeing that he refused to admit his fault, Secretary Chen was the first to become anxious: "Master Magistrate! It was clearly him who persuaded me to act without permission, but yet he refused to admit it! Even if Master Magistrate wants to protect his shortcomings, he cannot allow his servant to talk nonsense like this!"
The two government officials snickered.
"I only know that you sent Li Yong a box of silver, and I don't know what you are talking about. Secretary Chen, don't be anxious, just show it if you have evidence." Lu Deguang said calmly.
"Evidence?" Secretary Chen was dumbfounded. He regretted that he had not expected it at the beginning, but now he had no evidence.
"Okay, then you admit it?"
Secretary Chen looked around,
"Then...this...I accept the matter of stealing family property without authorization, but it's murder..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Deguang smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about murder."
