When the servants took Li Yuntian and his party away from the restaurant, no one noticed that Lin Xin bowed slightly to the crowd of people who were watching the excitement outside the door, and then a man dressed as a local in the crowd turned around and disappeared quickly into the street.

After passing through two streets, a yamen appeared in front of Li Yuntian's eyes, and the plaque on the gate read "Jiangdu County Ya" with four big characters.

In fact, when Li Yuntian was on the road, he already knew that these errand soldiers were people from the Jiangdu County Ya, and he had been to the government before, so he naturally remembered that going to the government was not the road they were taking now.

But this is fine, the people in the county government will not recognize his identity, in fact, even if he goes to the government office, his identity is difficult to expose.

Li Yuntian has not come to Yangzhou City many times, and the last time was when Xuande suppressed the Japanese in the tenth year, it has been six years since now, and the officials who have dealt with him in Yangzhou City have basically been transferred to other places, and other people may have a vague impression even if they have seen him.

Besides, even if someone thinks that Li Yuntian has eyes, then who will associate the businessman-like son-in-law in front of him with the famous Zhongwang in the capital?

Li Yuntian was originally reluctant to have many things in Yangzhou City, after all, his purpose was to see off the sailors and soldiers of the sea, but since he encountered such an accident, he naturally would not sit idly by, and take a look at the governance of Jiangnan by the way.

"Come on, beat Lao Tzu to death!" As soon as he stepped into the courtyard gate of the county office, a shout came from behind Li Yuntian, and the stout man pointed at Li Yuntian with a somewhat hideous face and gave an order.

Hula, a group of thugs carrying knives, guns and sticks rushed out of the rooms on both sides of the courtyard and surrounded Li Yuntian and the others.

At the same time, the servants who brought Li Yuntian slammed the courtyard door to prevent Li Yuntian and the others from escaping.

Seeing this situation, Li Yuntian's guards immediately protected him in the middle, including Lin Xin and Wen Du, and they all drew their weapons and confronted the surrounding gangsters.

"Bold, you dare to use a knife in the county government, do you want to rebel?" Seeing this, a sinister smile appeared at the corner of the stout man's mouth, and he shouted at Li Yuntian in a loud voice, "If you know each other, hurry up and arrest you, otherwise you don't want to leave alive." ”

"Put down the knife."

"If you don't want to die, surrender."

"If you don't surrender, don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite."

……

After listening to the stout man's words, the gangsters around him immediately waved the weapons in their hands and shouted, exerting pressure on Li Yuntian and the others.

"Listen, if anyone dares to do it, there will be no mercy!" Lin Xin saw that the situation at the scene had become complicated, so she gave an order with a cold face, if those gangsters dared to make a move against Li Yuntian in the county office, they would undoubtedly be looking for death.

"No mercy!" When the guards heard this, they immediately shouted in unison, and then stepped forward and took a posture of facing the battle with their knives.

The gangsters didn't expect Li Yuntian and the others to be so strong when they were surrounded, so they glanced at each other and looked at the stout man, they were just some ruffians on the street, it was okay to scare the common people normally, but if they really wanted to fight hard, they would wilt immediately.

The stout man couldn't help but be stunned, he originally pulled those gangsters to support the scene, and wanted to suppress Li Yuntian and the others with more bullying and less, but he didn't expect that these people in front of him would not eat this set at all, and if there was a real fight, the matter would be big.

"What for?" Just when the stout man didn't know what to do, a voice came from the direction of the lobby, and he saw a man with a national character face wearing an eight-rank official robe walking out of it with official steps, followed by a group of errand soldiers.

"Lord Xiancheng." After seeing the man with a Chinese face, the servants who brought Li Yuntian over bowed down one after another.

Li Yuntian knew that the man with the national character face was the county official of Jiangdu County, so he looked at him quietly, wanting to see how he would deal with the situation in front of him.

"Brother Zhang, these guys dare to use weapons in the yamen, where is there still the court in their eyes, it is clear that they want to rebel, and they will be arrested and tortured in prison." The stout man walked quickly towards the man with a national character face, pointed at Li Yuntian and said with a fierce face.

"Do you put down your weapons, or let this official call the people of Yangzhou Guard." Zhang Xiancheng looked at Li Yuntian quietly, and said expressionlessly, from those sturdy guards, he realized that these people in front of him were not simple, and if he really wanted to force them to be urgent, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, what Zhang Xiancheng has to do now is to stabilize Li Yuntian and the others, so as not to expand the situation, as long as Li Yuntian and the others are disarmed, it will be much easier to handle.

Li Yuntian knew that Zhang Xiancheng was really threatening him, so the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer, he wanted to see what Zhang Xiancheng wanted to do next, so he bowed slightly to Lin Xin.

"Put down the knife!" Seeing this, Lin Xin threw away the knife in his hand, and then Jiao Sheng gave an order to the guards around her, and Wen Du and the others also put down their weapons.

"Put them in jail." Zhang Xiancheng was very satisfied with the scene in front of him, his eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of disdain, and he said in a deep voice to the servants behind him, he still thought how powerful Li Yuntian was, but he was not frightened by his words and surrendered obediently.

"My lord, I wonder why you put me in prison?" Li Yuntian frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask, it was obvious that Zhang Xiancheng's approach did not conform to the government's case-handling process, and he put them in prison without even asking.

"You have been sued, you have robbed the population in public, there are all the human and material evidence, the official is going to send someone to the restaurant to collect evidence, if you have anything to say, stay in the lobby and say." Zhang Xiancheng glanced at Li Yuntian and replied expressionlessly.

"Uncle has something to do, you follow the servants in the yamen, and tomorrow the uncle will take you away." Li Yuntian groaned when he heard this, leaned over and smiled and said to Li Shan, who was protected by him.

"Uncle, can you really take me away tomorrow?" Although Li Shan was young, he also knew that Li Yuntian was in trouble at this time, so he asked with concern after flashing his big eyes a few times.

"Uncle will pull the hook for you." Li Yuntian smiled and stretched out his little finger to Li Shan.

"Uncle, I'll wait for you to pick me up tomorrow!" Li Shan hooked his finger with Li Yuntian, but he was still not at ease, and said nervously.

"Well, Uncle promised you." Li Yuntian stroked Li Shan's head with a smile, and then said to Zhang Xiancheng in a deep voice, "My lord, this child is an important witness in this case, and I hope that the adult can be well settled." ”

"This is natural." Zhang Xiancheng nodded when he heard this, and agreed in one bite, but his eyes flickered a little.

Li Yuntian noticed this, his brows frowned slightly, and he felt that Zhang Xiancheng's answer was a little wrong, but he couldn't confirm it now, so he could only wait and see.

Jiangdu County Yada Prison.

Li Yuntian was locked up in one cell with Wen Du and Lin Xin, and the rest were locked in the other two cells, because Li Yuntian and the others looked like people with backgrounds, so the cell boss didn't dare to make things difficult for Li Yuntian, after all, those who dared to use knives in the county government should not be provoked.

Although he was in prison, Li Yuntian seemed to be in a good mood, leaning against the wall and closing his eyes to take a nap, which made Wen Du very puzzled, he couldn't imagine that Li Yuntian, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, could tolerate being imprisoned by a small county magistrate, and he really couldn't think of what medicine Li Yuntian sold in his gourd.

According to Wen Du's understanding of Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian must have another deep meaning in doing this, but he couldn't guess it for a while.

Of course, Li Yuntian will not do this for no reason, he wants to take advantage of this incident to clean up the rule of officials in Jiangnan, since the orthodox emperor ascended the throne, the atmosphere of Jiangnan officialdom has deteriorated, Li Yuntian, as the imperial history of the left capital, must not turn a blind eye, and now the Ming frontier is stable, so he can free his hands to do this.

In Li Yuntian's view, Jiangnan officialdom has always been a model of officialdom in the world, as long as he purges Jiangnan officialdom, then officials in other parts of the Ming Dynasty will be honest.

Li Yuntian originally wanted to start the affairs of Jiangnan officialdom after inspecting the base of the water division, but he did not expect to meet Li Shan, and then conduct a secret investigation of the county government of Jiangdu County.

At night, a green building in Yangzhou City.

"Brother Zhang, today's matter is thanks to Brother Zhang's action, the younger brother is grateful, and he will do it first as a respect." The stout man feasted Zhang Xiancheng in a private room, raised the wine glass in his hand at him, and drank the wine inside.

"It's all my own brothers, and this little thing is just a gesture." Zhang Xiancheng smiled slightly when he heard this, and drank the wine in the wine glass in front of him.

"Brother Zhang, that kid doesn't seem to be small." The stout man poured a glass of wine for Zhang Xiancheng, and said with some concern, "Will it cause any trouble?" ”

"What trouble can you get into? It's just a stunned young man from other places, who is usually used to being powerful at home, and even wants to use a knife and a gun in the yamen, and this alone can make him unable to eat and walk around. ”

A trace of disdain appeared on Zhang Xiancheng's face, if Li Yuntian really had any big power, he would not be imprisoned by him, and he would definitely find a way to find rescuers, which meant that Li Yuntian had no acquaintances in Yangzhou City at all, otherwise who would have eaten enough and wanted to go to the dark and damp prison to suffer.

"What Brother Zhang said is very true, and the younger brother also thinks that this person is too domineering, and he is a stupid boy who doesn't understand." The stout man secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said with a smile, "But this kid looks quite rich, since he took the initiative to send it to the door, then we won't give this wealth in vain!" ”

"By the way, the witnesses have been arranged, right?" Zhang Xiancheng's eyes flashed with a bright light, and if a fat sheep like Li Yuntian who was sent to the door was not slaughtered, he asked after touching a glass of wine with a stout man.

"Don't worry, the little brother has all been arranged, and he will definitely be robbing people in public." The stout man laughed, looking confident.

"Brother, what's the origin of that little boy?" Zhang Xiancheng bowed slightly when he heard this, put the wine glass to his mouth and was just about to drink it all, when he suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but ask about Li Shan's origin, today's events were all caused by this child.

"A friend's child was temporarily entrusted to me to take care of it for a few days, but I didn't expect this child to want his parents to go to them, but he met that stunned young man in the restaurant."

The stout man smiled slightly when he heard this, and said with a smug face, "Brother Zhang, don't worry, the junior brother has already changed people, and he will definitely not cause trouble in the court." ”

"Changed?" A look of surprise flashed on Zhang Xiancheng's face, after Li Yuntian was imprisoned, he handed over Li Shan to the stout man, but he didn't expect the stout man to replace Li Shan, if Li Yuntian made trouble in the court, there might be trouble.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry, the child originally looked like him, and all the witnesses proved that he was that child, so what can that stunned young man do?"

Seeing that Zhang Xiancheng was a little worried, the stout man smiled and comforted disapprovingly, "Besides, they just met in Pingshui, so I don't believe that stunned young man is entangled in this matter." ”

"This official recently got a painting by Wu Daozi, and I want to ask the prefect to help me look long and see if it is a genuine work, and I hope that my brother will maneuver around it." Zhang Xiancheng felt that what the stout man said was reasonable, and then drank all the wine in the wine glass, and said to the stout man with a smile.

"Don't worry, this little matter is on the little brother, so I will find an opportunity to arrange for you to meet your brother-in-law." The stout man laughed, he knew that Zhang Xiancheng wanted to give gifts through him, so he agreed in one bite.

"Then there's Brother Lao." Zhang Xiancheng also laughed, there is now a vacancy for the eight-rank position in the government, if he can get it, then it can be regarded as a step forward in the officialdom, and the attitude of the prefect in this matter is very important.