On a mid-September morning, a river embankment in Linyun County was filled with soldiers and civilians, and Li Yuntian, accompanied by other officials, inspected a dam built by Zhao Dezhang when he was in office.

As the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing, so Li Yuntian wanted to see for himself the quality of the embankment built by Zhao Dezhang, so as to carry out the next question.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials have already carried out an inspection, and the amount of the embankment here is of the highest quality." As Liu Yuntian stood on the shore and stared at the quietly flowing river, an official from Nanjing's Ministry of Industry bowed down to report.

According to Li Yuntian's request, the craftsmen of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry inspected the embankment, and found that the embankment was built very strong and sturdy, and it can be seen that Zhao Dezhang put a lot of effort into it at that time.

"How many embankments are good?" Li Yuntian had long known this result, and asked quietly, he had also built a dam when he was in Hukou County, so he naturally knew the quality of the embankment under his feet, and what he had to do now was to make this matter a solid one.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials have already let people check, and the embankments built by Zhao Zhixian are all of the best." The official of the Ministry of Industry bowed again and replied in a loud voice.

"How can it be!" Li Yuntian's face suddenly turned cold when he heard this, and he sneered and walked away, this time Zhao Dezhang's innocence was naturally confirmed, which was enough to show that his case was an unjust case.

Seeing this, the officials at the scene couldn't help but look at each other, and then hurriedly followed behind Li Yuntian with their heads down, all with serious expressions, especially Wu Shan, the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, who was even more pale: Li Yuntian's displeasure not only meant that a large number of people in Songjiang Mansion were going to be unlucky, but even the Nanjing Three Law Divisions could not escape involvement, after all, this was what happened under their noses.

"Lord Wang, the magistrate has been wronged."

"Lord Wang, you have to call the shots for the county master."

"Lord Wang, the county lord loves the people like a son, how can he be greedy for ink and silver for repairing the embankment?"

"Lord, the county magistrate was framed by a traitor, and the prince wants to uphold justice."

"Lord Wang, when the embankment was repaired, the villains all participated, and the county lord did it himself, without the slightest negligence and slackness."

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When Li Yuntian walked down the embankment, the people who had already gathered at the scene immediately became in a commotion, shouting loudly for Zhao Dezhang, pushing the soldiers responsible for maintaining order to stagger, and it could be seen that Zhao Dezhang had a good reputation in the local area.

Seeing that the people were angry, Li Yuntian stretched out his hand and pressed down, and the surroundings gradually quieted down, and the men, women and children present looked at Li Yuntian with a look of expectation.

Originally, when the people above came to investigate the case, the people from the local county government and government would try to "pacify" the people, so that the people did not dare to jump out and cause trouble.

However, the situation in Linyun County is relatively special, everyone knows that the dignified Zhong Wang Ye can't rub sand in his eyes, and he knows that Zhao Dezhang's case can't be covered, so no one dares to threaten the people because of this matter, otherwise his brain will be in water.

"This king will definitely investigate this case and not let go of a corrupt official, but he will not wronged a good official." After glancing around at the scene with a grim expression, Li Yuntian made a promise that he came to Yunxian County this time to find out the truth of Zhao Dezhang's case.

After speaking, Li Yuntian got into the four-wheeled carriage parked on the side, and went to the county seat of Linyun County in a majestic manner surrounded by everyone, preparing to take a look at the county government that was burned down.

Not long ago, the fire in the county government of Linyun County not only burned the treasury of the county government, but also caused the entire county government to suffer by taking advantage of the wind, which was unbearable.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king hopes that you can learn from this and keep the alarm bell ringing!" Surrounded by a large and small number of officials, Li Yuntian walked with a grim expression in the Linyun County Office, which had become a ruin and full of charred ruins, and said coldly to those officials after standing in front of the burned warehouse.

"The subordinate obeys." When the officials heard this, they bowed to Li Yuntian one after another, and replied with sincere fear, Li Yuntian was obviously issuing a warning.

I have to say that the nature of the fire in the county government of Linyun County this time is too bad, and it is an out-and-out failure, isn't this a provocation to Li Yuntian? It's just a donkey kicking in the head.

"Has the perpetrator been arrested?" Looking at those frightened officials, the corners of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a sneer that was not easy to detect, and he turned his head to look at Wang Lu who was standing aside, he just wanted to make these people panic in their hearts and give them an impressive lesson.

"Lord Yu, all of them have been escorted to the palace city." Wang Lu bowed behind him and replied in an orderly manner, although the case has not yet been tried, it is already certain that those officials involved in the case will not escape this time.

"Since this case happened in Linyun County, let's end it here, bring all the people involved here and try the case in the south of the city three days later." After hearing this, Li Yuntian groaned for a while and instructed Wang Lu that he would wash away Zhao Dezhang's grievances in Linyun County, which was the best comfort for Zhao Dezhang.

"Xiaguan will do it." Wang Lu bowed again and replied with a serious expression, Zhao Dezhang's case has now been clearly investigated, and all kinds of human and physical evidence are complete, so this unjust case can be closed only by opening a court trial.

The news that Li Yuntian was going to try Zhao Dezhang's case in the south of Linyun County immediately spread throughout Linyun County and Songjiang Prefecture, causing an uproar in the local area.

Although everyone knows that Zhao Dezhang's case will be overturned, they didn't expect it to be tried publicly, after all, it involves officials of the Ming Dynasty rather than ordinary people, and the so-called family ugliness cannot be publicized.

Therefore, the entire Songjiang Mansion was shocked by this public trial, and many outsiders set off to Linyun County after getting the news, all wanting to see the excitement of this rare century, as well as to pay tribute to the demeanor of the famous Zhong Wang Ye of Daming.

Matsue Castle.

In an inconspicuous house, Chen Guangzong, who was frowning, was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he had already received the news that Li Yuntian was going to try Zhao Dezhang in Linyun County, so there was a lot of turmoil in his heart: Compared with Songjiang City, Linyun County was easier to attack.

"My lord, the matter has been done, and they will be able to go ashore tomorrow night." A middle-aged man who looked like a peddler walked in, bowed to Chen Guangzong and replied in a low voice.

"Good!" Chen Guangzong nodded when he heard this, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the "they" in the hawker's mouth referred to the Japanese soldiers he transferred from the Japanese country.

The reason why Chen Guangzong came to Daming this time was to target Li Yuntian, because Li Yuntian was now in a high position, he could not pose the slightest threat to Li Yuntian at all, so he could only take advantage of Li Yuntian's opportunity to go south this time.

According to Chen Guangzong's plan, he originally wanted to create several incidents to lure Li Yuntian to the coastal area, and then lead the Japanese soldiers to attack him, and then kill Li Yuntian in one fell swoop.

In Chen Guangzong's view, the lecture hall is certainly powerful, but once it leaves Li Yuntian's control, it will inevitably fall apart, because no one can take over Li Yuntian's position, and the various forces in the Ming Dynasty will also attack and dismember the lecture hall, and the nobles of the martial arts hall are powerless to resist.

Even if the Ming Dynasty launched an attack on the Japanese State, without Li Yuntian's strategic planning, the subsequent offensive ability of the Ming Dynasty would be seriously affected, and if the Japanese army was in a stalemate, it would be difficult to guarantee logistics.

Moreover, even if the sailor defeated the four islands of the Wa Kingdom, it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to maintain its rule, after all, the four roads of the Wa Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty were across the sea, and no one in the Ming Dynasty could have the patience, energy and experience to govern the four islands of the Wa Kingdom like Li Yuntian.

Chen Guangzong knew very well that this was likely to be his only chance to assassinate Li Yuntian, because once the assassination failed, it would inevitably arouse Li Yuntian's vigilance, and with Li Yuntian's ability, he would definitely find out about him, and he would definitely mobilize troops to deal with him hiding in the Wa Kingdom, and he would be tired of dealing with it at that time.

Originally, Chen Guangzong could have hidden his identity and lived a leisurely and happy life in the Wa Kingdom, but his heart was full of hatred for Li Yuntian, and he had to deal with Li Yuntian quickly.

At the same time, an inn in Songjiang Province.

"Madam, the man sent by the lord to go to sea has returned, and the little one has not yet found out the purpose of his going to sea." A man in civilian clothes pushed the door open and walked into the door of a secluded room in the corner of the second floor of the inn, and whispered to Zijuan, who was sitting on the table and deep in thought.

"Probe!" Zijuan's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and she ordered in a coquettish voice, it was obvious that Chen Guangzong would not send someone to the sea for no reason, there must be something hidden that no one knows.

The man in civilian clothes answered and hurried away, Zijuan stood up and came to the window, pushed open the window and stared at the endless crowd on the street, looking preoccupied.

Because the contradiction between the two could not be alleviated, Zijuan only spent two days with Chen Guangzong after seeing him and left him, Zijuan knew that Chen Guangzong wanted to be unfavorable to Li Yuntian, so he secretly paid attention to Zijuan's every move.

Zijuan is not an ordinary woman, otherwise she would not have fought with Hongluan back then, and she would not have been treated differently by Chen Guangzong and then become Chen Guangzong's woman.

Therefore, after escaping from Jiaozhi with Chen Guangzong, Zijuan did not revolve around her husband and children all day long like the women of the Wa Kingdom, but became Chen Guangzong's assistant, with a group of loyal subordinates, otherwise she would not have been able to leave the Wa Kingdom and successfully gain a foothold in Daming.

If Chen Guangzong was targeting someone else, then Zijuan would definitely not interfere, but Li Yuntian was different, it was Zijuan who begged Li Yuntian back then, which made Chen Guangzong be mismatched to Jiaozhi, and then gave Chen Guangzong a chance to escape, for which she felt extremely guilty in her heart.

Although Zijuan and Hongluan were rivals back then, they also sympathized with each other in private, and Hongluan helped to intercede with Li Yuntian because of sympathy for Zijuan's plight, and now Chen Guangzong wants to harm Li Yuntian, how can she sit idly by.

What is particularly important is that Zijuan still regards herself as a Ming clan, Li Yuntian's achievements over the years she firmly sees in her eyes, thinking that Li Yuntian is an out-and-out good official, and has a high reputation in the eyes of the people.

Moreover, Zijuan didn't think that Chen Guangzong could kill Li Yuntian, what kind of wind and waves had Li Yuntian not seen after galloping across the field for more than ten years?

If Chen Guangzong's assassination fails, then the Ming Dynasty will definitely retaliate against the Wa Kingdom, and then Zijuan's two sons who are far away in the Wa Kingdom will be implicated and will definitely be beheaded by the imperial court, which is a scene she absolutely does not want to see.

Therefore, she had to find a way to prevent Chen Guangzong, who was blinded by hatred, from attacking Li Yuntian, not only for the sake of Daming, but also for Chen Guangzong and his two sons.