Deacon Chen didn't know why, so he hurriedly took the letters and looked at his face, and then his face changed, and the handwriting on them turned out to be exactly the same as his, but he had never written such a letter to Zhao Wenju.

"Master Hou, these letters were forged by the eldest prince, and they want to put the blame on the villain to cover up their private salt business."

After the initial consternation, Deacon Chen quickly reacted, and hurriedly said in a loud voice to Li Yuntian that it was easy for Yangzhou Humanities to find someone to imitate his and Zhao Wenju's handwriting.

"Hmph, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, how can you deny it!" Hearing this, Chen Wenren sneered and waited coldly for Deacon Chen.

"Chen Youcai, since you have nothing to do with killing Zhao Wenju, why did you flee Yangzhou City overnight?" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed deliberately, and then asked in a deep voice.

He naturally knew that those letters were forged, although the ghostwriter imitated Deacon Chen's handwriting very similarly, but a person's glyph could be imitated, but the writing style could not be copied for a while, plus Li Yuntian was also a dignified two-rank jinshi, and he had worked calligraphy, so of course he could see the flaws in those letters.

Moreover, Li Yuntian knew that Deacon Chen had nothing to do with Zhao Wenju's killing, and he knew that the affairs of private salt were arranged by the Salt Merchants Association, and it was impossible for the two of them to discuss the transportation of private salt in private.

Although Li Yuntian knew well about Deacon Chen's affairs, he had to pretend not to know, and for the sake of the aftermath in the future, he had to put on a posture of staying out of the matter and secretly promote the infighting between the salt merchants' associations.

In this way, in the eyes of the outside world, no one can blame him for the result of the infighting among the salt merchants of the Salt Merchants Association when the accident occurred in the Lianghuai Salt Road.

"Lord Hou, the private salt of the Lianghuai Salt Road has been around for a long time, and the value of the private salt handled by the villain alone has exceeded 10 million taels of silver, after Zhao Wenju was killed, the villain felt panicked in his heart, and he fled with his family because he was worried that the matter of the private salt would be revealed."

When Deacon Chen heard this, his face suddenly showed a look of grief and indignation, and after kowtowing to Li Yuntian, he said, "Who wants the eldest prince to be unforgiving, and even sent people to hunt down and kill the villain's entire family, kill all the villain's family members, and ask Master Hou to be the master of the little people!" ”

Hearing this, Pan Xingmin, Zhang Tao and Qin Ke couldn't help but glance at each other, the three of them didn't know about the murder of Deacon Chen's family, and now they finally understood why Deacon Chen betrayed the Salt Merchants Association and reported and exposed the illegal salt.

"Nonsense, as far as this official knows, you met a gangster on the road, and he robbed him of his belongings, so he lost his life." Chen Wenren had already prepared, glanced at Deacon Chen coldly, and said to Li Yuntian with a stern expression, "Master Hou, the local county government where the case occurred has already reported the official document that Chen Youcai's family was attacked and robbed of money to Yangzhou Mansion, and Lord Hou sent someone to find out. ”

"Oh? How does Lord Chen know this? Li Yuntian sneered in his heart when he heard this, and looked at Chen Wenren in surprise, he had not yet received the official document from the local county government.

"Master Hou, the official also got the news before he came, the person who came to the county government to deliver the letter to the government office and one of the official's subordinates are fellow villagers, and the two met on the street, so the official learned about it." Chen Wenren had already said something to deal with it, and replied unhurriedly.

"Come on, go to the Yangzhou Mansion and see if there is any official document that Chen Youcai's family was killed." Li Yuntian knew that this was Chen Wenren's nonsense, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, nodded and gave the order in a deep voice.

"Master Hou, the villain was hiding at the scene at the time, those people are definitely not robbers who want to get rich, they forced the villain to find out the whereabouts of the villain before killing the villain's family, let me ask those people why they asked the villain's whereabouts if they came for money?"

Deacon Chen didn't expect Chen Wenren to act so carefully, even the joints of the county government had been opened by him, and he sent an official document proving that the gangsters had robbed money so quickly, and hurriedly shouted at Li Yuntian.

"Chen Youcai, you fled with a lot of money, but you were targeted by gangsters on the road, so that you caused such a catastrophe, now that the facts are clear, how can you quibble?" At this time, Zhang Sheng, who was sitting at the head of Chen Wenren, sneered and opened his mouth to reprimand Deacon Chen.

"Master Hou, General Lei has arrested a few gangsters, Master Hou is like a god in judging the case, as long as the first instance is the case, you can know that what the villain said is true." Seeing that Chen Wenju and Zhang Sheng were menacing, Deacon Chen made it clear that he wanted to put the blame for transporting and selling smuggled salt and killing Zhao Wenju on his head.

Before Li Yuntian came to Yangzhou, perhaps the people of the Salt Merchants Association did not know him too well, but since Li Yuntian came to Yangzhou to inspect the Lianghuai Salt Road, the salt merchants of the Salt Merchants Association have been investigating and collecting information about him, and they know that Li Yuntian is a master of trial cases, and he has beautifully concluded many big cases and mysterious cases in Hukou County and the capital.

Therefore, in Deacon Chen's opinion, as long as Li Yuntian interrogated the arrested murderers, then he would definitely be able to find out their true intentions.

Chen Wenren's face suddenly changed, what he was most worried about happened, those few captured murderers can be said to be his biggest weakness, unless Li Yuntian deliberately let those murderers go, otherwise with Li Yuntian's ability, he could easily know that they were going for Deacon Chen.

"It's okay, Ben Hou will convince you." Li Yuntian keenly noticed the subtle changes in Chen Wenren's face, and a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and then ordered the captured murderers to be brought to the lobby.

Soon, several strong men in handcuffs and shackles were brought up by the Jinyi guards, and since they were all serious murderers, every two Jinyi guards carried a strong man to prevent them from disturbing Li Yuntian and the others in the lobby.

"Knock on the Hou Ye." Several strong men already knew that the young man sitting in the hall was the famous Marquis of Zhenwu, so they knelt in front of the hall with a frightened expression, looking in awe of Li Yuntian.

"Ben Hou asked you, why did you kill Chen Youcai's family?" Li Yuntian stared at the strong men and asked quietly.

"Hou Ye, the villains accidentally found that Boss Chen had a lot of money, so they were greedy for profit for a while, and did something to kill people and oversell goods, please be merciful and spare the villains a dog's life." When a round-faced strong man heard this, he first glanced up at Li Yuntian, and then said with his head touching the ground.

"Lie, if you are trying to rob money, why do you kill my whole family, and why do you ask me about my whereabouts before killing them?" The enemy was extremely red when they saw each other, and Deacon Chen gritted his teeth and glared at the round-faced strong man, eager to pounce on him and bite him to death to avenge his family.

"Master Hou, the villains are worried about being recognized by Boss Chen's family, so they are the killer." The round-faced strong man knelt there, holding his hands on the ground and bowing his head and said, "The villains didn't ask Boss Chen's family, they left directly after robbing the property, and then they didn't expect to meet Boss Chen on the way, so they decided to kill him to avoid leaving trouble." ”

"You didn't come here for money at all, and only after the forced confession was made to your family members did you start to pack up the gold and silver, if you really wanted to see the money, how would you not search for your belongings first?" Seeing that the round-faced strong man was unashamedly quibbling, Deacon Chen's eyes were red with anger, and he questioned him angrily.

"Master Hou, the villains didn't know Boss Chen's identity at first, and they didn't know until they were caught by the military master of Xiaowu Army that he was actually a big salt merchant." The round-faced strong man still lowered his head and replied, flatly denying what Deacon Chen said.

"Master Hou, this person is extremely tricky, as long as Master Hou serves them with great punishment, he will definitely tell the truth." Hearing this, Deacon Chen glared at the round-faced strong man with anger, knelt down at Li Yuntian, and said loudly.

"Hmph, do you want to bend into a move? Master Hou has always tried cases to convince people with reason, how can he obey your instructions! At this time, Chen Wenren couldn't help but say coldly, and lost no time in relieving the round-faced strong man.

"Ben Hou asked you, did you think of it or were you instructed to kill Chen Youcai's family?" Li Yuntian saw Chen Wenren jump out to defend the round-faced strong man, a disdainful smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, he pretended to groan for a while, and said to the round-faced strong man in a deep voice, "This official tells you that there is no perfect crime in the world, and if a lie is covered up with thousands of lies, there will be thousands of flaws!" ”

"Master Hou, villain......" Hearing this, the round-faced strong man couldn't help but look a little flustered, Li Yuntian is now in the limelight in Jiangnan, and he naturally knows that Li Yuntian is like a god in judging the case, so his words became slurred, and he seemed to have some concerns.

"You must be honest in front of Hou Ye, and strive for Hou Ye's lenient punishment, so as not to sin and his family!" Seeing this situation, Chen Wenren's beauty and Europe immediately frowned slightly, and they didn't expect Li Yuntian's words to give such a big psychological pressure to the round-faced strong man, so he spoke.

Intentionally or unintentionally, Chen Wenren accentuated the pronunciation of the word "family", Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, he naturally heard that Chen Wenren was threatening the round-faced strong man's family with the round-faced strong man's family, it seems that Chen Wenren is now determined to convict Deacon Chen.

"Master Hou, the villain's words are true, it is indeed the intention of seeing wealth that he moved the killing machine, the villain pleads guilty, please Lord Hou spare the villain's life." Sure enough, after listening to Chen Wenren's words, the body of the round-faced strong man trembled, and he hurriedly said to Li Yuntian.

"Master Hou, Lord Chen is the father of the eldest prince, he should avoid this case, instead of exculpating the eldest prince here, and even threaten these murderers in public above the lobby to lie."

Deacon Chen has been in the mall for many years, so he naturally saw the intention of Chen Wenren's previous words, so he said to Li Yuntian in a loud voice, expressing his dissatisfaction with Chen Wenren.

"Chen Youcai, Lord Chen is a servant of the household department in Nanjing, and he has the duty of supervising the two Huai Salt Roads, and Zhao Wenju's case involves private salt, so how can Ben Hou avoid Lord Chen based on your words alone?"

Li Yuntian ignored Deacon Chen's protests, and said to him with a stern expression, "Ben Hou has no evidence that these murderers have lied yet, so whether they are motivated by wealth or instructed by others to continue to send people to investigate, now you have to tell Ben Hou what those letters are about, and whether they have conspired with Zhao Wenju to traffic illicit salt for profit?" ”

As he spoke, Li Yuntian waved his hand to the round-faced strong man and the others, and the Jinyi guards present took them down.

Chen Wenren suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he saw this, it was obvious that Li Yuntian did not have the heart to dwell on the matter of the round-faced strong man, otherwise the lies of the round-faced strong man could easily be exposed by Li Yuntian, which made him put down a hanging heart, obviously Li Yuntian did not want to make waves again in the affairs of the Lianghuai Salt Road, and then it was up to him to convict Deacon Chen.