Greeting these four scholars was not torture or torture, nor was it persuasion or bribery, nor was it some kind of poison as legend suggested.

It was Wang Junlin who asked Shen Guo'er to prepare some materials and case files in advance these days, and the four scholars were told that they could only see Lord Taishou after reading the contents of these materials and case files, although they were surprised, they still looked at it seriously.

It didn't take long for the faces of the four scholars to change, with a look of surprise and disbelief, followed by gritted teeth and a look of indignation.

After the four of them saw it, when they were brought to Wang Junlin, their faces were no longer angry with Lord Taishou, but instead turned into various complicated expressions such as regret, shame, doubt, and hatred.

After the four of them had saluted, Wang Junlin sat them down, ordered hot tea and pastries, and motioned for them to eat and drink a little first, and then said, "Introduce yourself first, and then if there is anything you want to ask, ask now?" ”

Lord Taishou neither reprimanded, nor scolded, nor did he have the legendary ferocious and vicious appearance, his face was approachable, without any arrogance, the four of them had also been in contact with some officials before, although their knowledge and experience were tender, but they had their own judgment ability, they could see that Wang Junlin's attitude towards them was not pretending, let alone showmanship, this was the nature of Lord Taishou. The most commendable thing is that Lord Taishou has a very low posture, and he even asked them to ask questions with one mouth, and it was clearly to let them question Lord Taishou.

Originally, after reading those scrolls just now, the four scholars regretted it in their hearts and blamed themselves, and this time the four scholars became more and more ashamed.

Without waiting for the introduction of the four people, Wang Junlin suddenly sighed and said with pity: "You don't need to be introduced, I know that the four of them have two things in common, one is that you must all be from poor families, and the other is that you have all received the favor of the Lu family. ”

When the four of them heard this, they were confused for a moment, but then their bodies shook, and they became more and more ashamed, because they suddenly had the feeling that they had been bought by the Lu clan to do things for the Lu clan, and they were doing stupid things, or they were being used as guns by the Lu clan.

"Okay, let's talk about your origins first!" As soon as he saw the changes in the expressions of these four people, Wang Junlin knew that his guess was not wrong, because only the Lu family, a disciple of the Han family, had the opportunity to give favors. Only when the news of the poor disciples is blocked, can they not recognize the situation clearly. Only the children of the poor family have poor experience compared to the children of the nobility, so they can't see the hypocrisy of the Lu family clearly. Besides, even if a noble child wanted to run to Lord Taishou to protest, he would have his leg broken by the family.

After glancing at each other, one of them, a tall and thin scholar, took the lead and said, "The student's name is Xiang Nan, a native of Zhuo County, a student from a poor family, and a student of the Lu Academy. ”

Wang Junlin nodded, his complexion was dark, and the scholar with a resolute face then said: "The student's name is Mu Xuhong, a native of Gu'an County, from a poor family, and a student of the Lu Academy. ”

"The student's name is Zhao Shuren, a native of Changxiang County, from a poor family, and a student of Lu's College." The gentleman who spoke was the youngest, eighteen or nineteen years old, and the shame on his face was the strongest.

The last scholar was expressionless and looked very calm since he came in, Wang Junlin had a good impression of him, and he said calmly at this time: "The student's name is Sun Dongyang, a native of Rongcheng County, from a poor family, and a student of Lu's Academy. ”

After the four of them had introduced themselves, Xiang Nan, who was the first to speak, said, "My lord, where did those case files you asked people to show us just now come from?" ”

Wang Junlin seemed to have known that they would have such a question, and said calmly: "These are all the results of the investigation of the Blue Guard Mansion for several years, and it is very clear that the human and material evidence is conclusive, and this official can swear that all the incidents are true, you don't have to doubt it." I can't fool you with this kind of thing. ”

The black materials about the Lu family provided by Shen Guo'er are actually Shen Guo'er's achievements in the past two months, and the bigger things are the five thousand pirates on Snake Island, and the evil things these pirates have done over the years. Smaller things, such as Lu Jianheng killed the other party's entire family for a mother and daughter, and some landlords' fields were seized by the Lu family, and he became a tenant.

In addition, there were underground salt shops, tax evasion, buying and selling illegal salt, colluding with bandits and a thousand cavalry to assassinate Wang Junlin, etc., one by one, recorded clearly, and could not allow the four scholars not to believe it.

And what frightened the four the most was that the Lu clan secretly raised 3,000 soldiers, colluded with the former sailor Zhonglang general, and deliberately rebelled. Although Yang Guang is not very popular now, but after all, it is the orthodoxy of the imperial court, for scholars, loyalty to the monarch is the most basic thing, if there is not a reason to convince themselves, they are never willing to rebel, because they know better than ordinary people how terrible it is for a country to lose order, and would rather a corrupt court continue to exist, and must not let the world become disorderless, which will be a disaster for everyone.

Mu Xuhong hesitated for a moment and said, "But...... It shouldn't be like this. The Lu family's sect master, Huairou Fanyang County, I don't know how many poor students have been sponsored, the students have been poor since childhood, if it weren't for the Lu family's ancestral house to give me rice every month for me to study, how could I enter the Lu Academy, could it be a mistake......

Wang Junlin behaved very patiently and said: "You are not related to the Lu family, why does the Lu family want to support you, if Lu Wei has the heart of a bodhisattva, why don't you go to help those beggars in Fanyang County." ”

"You always remember one sentence, there is no gift in the world for no reason, including my current dignity as a prince and a nobleman, why I have such a good attitude towards you is because I need you to help me. In the same way, the Lu family helped you in the past, and he also needed you to help him, and it turned out that you went to the post house to do these stupid things today, which means that the Lu family's goal in you has been achieved. I persuade you with good words, in fact, I also see that the four of you have the courage to come to see me, it is a talent that can be created, and I lack some scholarly talents in my hands, to put it bluntly, I actually want you to help me, if you don't even recognize the most basic way of doing things in this world, go back and die directly on the tree. ”

Wang Junlin was not angry, and his expression was still calm when he said these words, but the four of them quickly got up, bowed down to Wang Junlin, and said in unison: "The master teaches ...... lessons"

At this moment, the anomaly protruded.

After Sun Dongyang, the scholar who had always behaved calmly, bowed down, a slight clicking sound suddenly came from his sleeve, and then a highly poisonous crossbow arrow shot out of his sleeve and shot towards Wang Junlin in front of him.

Only a foot apart, this poison-fed crossbow arrow is as fast as lightning, and the power contained in itself is also quite amazing, no one can imagine that someone can dodge such a sudden shot.