Li Zijie walked on the river embankment of the newly built Jinhua Mansion, admiring the beautiful scenery on both sides. He only felt that the flowers and trees were gorgeous and the scenery was countless.
Looking away, he couldn't help but sigh to the servant: "In just half a year, this place has turned from a ruin to a paradise on earth. It seems that this top scholar in the same class as me is not only good at writing articles, but also has good governance skills. A single rider is far superior to everyone."
This time he received a letter and heard that his father was seriously ill and his food intake had changed from two kilograms of venison a day to only one and a half kilograms a day. He suddenly felt worried and asked for leave from the new emperor while crying in the court. , and hurried back to his hometown.
For this, he was also commended by the emperor.
As for the truth of the matter, of course the truth cannot be told to Xinjun, after all, he is not stupid enough yet...
Just as the servant was about to flatter him, saying that the young master was no worse than the No. 1 Scholar, suddenly, a bearded chieftain led the officials over.
When he got closer, the bearded man pulled Li Zijie off his horse without saying a word, and angrily said: "You can also walk on this river embankment? Only my master can walk on this newly built river embankment!"
Li Zijie was furious when he heard this: "How can there be any sense in the world that people should be separated when they walk along a river embankment? You are only allowing the prefects to set fires and not the people to light lamps!!"
The bearded man's expression suddenly changed upon hearing this, he waved his hand and ordered: "Come here, these two people dare to slander our master, lock them both up and put them in jail!"
Li Zijie was stunned, and then said angrily: "I don't think any of you dare! My cousin is the current prime minister! And I don't even know who your master is, and I didn't name him and scold him!"
The bearded man looked ferocious: "You still dare to argue, which prefect likes to set fires, don't we, the people under our command, know about it?"
Li Zijie: "..."
Damn it, there really are prefects who like to set fires in this world! !
"Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings. I am a Hanlin conferred by the imperial court, and my cousin is the current prime minister...my cousin is the prime minister!"
Amidst Li Zijie's shouts, the bearded headman put Li Zijie's master and servant in shackles and dragged them to the government office lobby.
This bearded man is Yan Feng. A full month has passed since Zhang Xiu imitated Li Zijie's father's handwriting and sent a letter to Li Zijie.
He was here specifically waiting for Li Zijie to arrive. As for excuses, the excuse of insulting Mr. Qingtian was enough!
When he arrived at the government office, Li Zijie had been dragged disheveled, his hair was disheveled, and there were blisters on the soles of his feet. He was in a miserable state.
After waiting for another hour, Zhang Xiu came to the court with wolfberry tea. Zhang Xiu, who was originally calm, looked at Li Zijie kneeling on the ground and was shocked and said: "You... you..."
Li Zijie was about to shed tears: "Brother Zhang, you finally recognized me. The officials under you were really too reckless. They arrested me without saying a word and didn't even give me any excuse." Chance……"
Zhang Xiu suppressed his surprised expression and continued with a look of disgust: "You look really ugly."
Li Zijie: "..."
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Li Zijie was inexplicably sad and angry, but a good man doesn't suffer immediate losses. Just when he was about to say that you shot me with an arrow when you were in the west mountain of the capital!
Zhang Xiu then walked to the back of the public case and sat down, pulled out a command arrow and threw it down, and said sternly: "Hit him! Let's see if he attacks or not!"
Bang bang bang, when the 30th board went down, Li Zijie was so painful that he cried for his father and mother, his buttocks were stained with blood, and he said with tears in his face: "Brother Zhang, I really want to recruit, but you haven't said what confession you want me to extract..." …”
Zhang Xiu glanced at the miserable-looking Li Zijie and asked, "Did you send someone to poison Qiurong's father-in-law?"
Li Zijie trembled, then showed a puzzled expression: "Who is Qiurong?"
Zhang Xiu sneered and shouted: "Here, bring shopkeeper Liu of Tongxintang Pharmacy to the court!"
A mighty voice sounded, and a shopkeeper wearing silk and money clothes was brought up. He secretly glanced at Li Zijie who was lying on the ground, and knelt down sweating profusely.
"Master Qingtian, the steward of the Li family came to the store to buy the arsenic. The villain has no idea that they are going to poison people. Please ask Master Qingtian for advice!"
Li Zijie glared at Shopkeeper Liu fiercely, showing a somewhat threatening look, then raised his face with a blank look on his face, and said, "What arsenic? I don't know anything about it. Maybe the housekeeper bought it to poison rats?"
Zhang Xiu's face turned dark when he heard this: "Do you use arsenic to poison mice? Arsenic is obviously used to poison officials who I don't like... Ahem, it's obviously used to poison people!"
Zhang Xiu, who almost showed his mouth, coughed twice, looked at Li Zijie without changing his expression, and continued: "Someone, bring Zhang Mi, the magistrate of Jinhua County, to the court!"
As soon as the words fell, a fat old man who had been stripped of his official coat was put on in the lobby.
Looking at the people in the lobby, County Magistrate Zhang Mi turned a little pale. He took a deep breath, saluted, and looked at Zhang Xiu with neither humility nor arrogance.
"Sir, let's not talk about whether Mr. Li has broken the law or not. Mr. Li is a member of the Hanlin Academy. You privately torture Mr. Li. This is contrary to reason and law!"
Zhang Xiu glanced sideways at Zhang Mi and nodded slowly: "You are right, I really shouldn't torture him."
Seeing Zhang Xiu's attitude softened, Zhang Mi smiled slightly. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Zhang Xiu say: "I can't break the law knowingly. As the saying goes, listen to others and eat enough, so just do what County Magistrate Zhang wants. .
Yan Feng, please don't torture Li Zijie in the future. Just follow County Magistrate Zhang's wishes and pull Li Zijie down and kill him. "
Yan Feng cupped his hands with bright eyes: "Subordinate, take orders!!"
Zhang Mi was shocked: "!!!"
What the hell do I mean? ? ?
Li Zijie glared at Zhang Mi angrily and scolded in a low voice: "Shut up and put away your official ways. Don't you know Zhang Xiu is a lunatic?"
After saying that, he raised his face to look at Zhang Xiu, and said with an awe-inspiring look: "Master Zhang, you need evidence to arrest someone! If you, with your red mouth and white teeth, frame me up out of thin air, then the law is clear. I, Li Zijie, I would rather die than surrender!"
Zhang Xiu looked at the stubborn Li Zijie, sneered, and then looked at Zhang Mi: "Zhang Mi, Qiurong was wrongly imprisoned, why did you ignore her and beat her to death in court?"
Zhang Mi said with an upright face: "Qiurong, this unruly shrew, was so heartbroken that she poisoned her own father-in-law. The evidence is conclusive. Even if she is beaten to death in court, I still have a clear conscience!"
Zhang Xiu was shocked, looked at the two people who refused to confess with a dark face, and said: "Come here, put these two people in jail and try again tomorrow!"
Looking at the official who stepped forward, Zhang Mi said without fear: "Master Zhang, listen to my advice. In this court, you must know how to advance and retreat, so that you can know the gains and losses. You must know how to give in, otherwise, you, an official, will I’m afraid it’s about to come to an end…”
Zhang Xiu smiled slightly: "Since I was a child, I have never said the word "retreat!"
Zhang Mi was slightly startled: "..."
So what did you just say? Did I just hear it wrong? ?
Before he could say anything else, Yan Feng took off his socks and stuffed them into his mouth. Zhang Mi's face instantly turned livid, and he was dragged out of the lobby by two officials holding his nose.
