Mo Qi soon appointed the position of four people, Ma Ye temporarily took over as the superintendent of the post as he wished, and then went to the archives and began to review the past cases, without even doing anything, he found Han Cheng's murder case, and before he could start the trial, Han Cheng's mother went to the government to cry out for injustice.

So Han Cheng's murder case naturally began to be retried, this case has dragged on for a long time, Han Cheng was beaten to the point that he did not admit his guilt, Mrs. Han sued several times and shouted grievances, making a storm in the city, at this moment the news of the retrial came out, Yangzhou City was a sensation, on the day of the trial, the whole door was surrounded by the people of Yangzhou, Han Cheng's classmates invited the scholars of various academies, and occupied the Mingxiang Building opposite the mansion.

Mo Qi didn't come forward, he wanted to see Ma Ye's ability, but in fact, all the context and witnesses of the entire case had already been prepared, and on the first day of the trial, Luxi led people to detain all the witnesses in Yangzhou Mansion Prison, and the guards of the entire prison were all replaced, and they were guarded by Hu Benwei.

There were no twists and turns, and all the witnesses quickly proved that Han Cheng did not have the time to commit the crime, and on the day Qiu Lu died, Han Cheng did not go to see Qiu Lu, but was in the Egret Academy.

This Egret Academy is a small academy in the north of Yangzhou, but the academy has a long history, and it is one of the first five academies in Yangzhou, but this academy has insufficient financial resources, the place is small, and it cannot be developed, and it has gradually declined over the years.

The testimony of the witnesses was implemented one by one, Ma Ye announced on the spot that Han Cheng was acquitted, and then, Han Cheng wrote a pleadings in court, countersued Lu Kang for framing, and asked Lu Kang to sit back.

Before Ma Ye could speak, the onlookers of Yangzhou and the surrounding scholars immediately clamored loudly, Lu Kang was usually too ostentatious and hated.

Ma Ye accepted Han Cheng's complaint in court, and Lu Xi took Xu Hu and other Yangzhou officials to arrest Lu Kang.

"Let's, let's!"

A carriage slowly passed through the crowd, and when the noisy crowd saw the carriage, it suddenly quieted down, and it was not a rough man who was driving, but an old man with white hair, the old man shook the reins, and the two old horses pulled the carriage slowly forward.

The carriage stopped in front of the door, and the old man got out of the car, and helped an older looking old man from the car, and when the old man got out of the car, he looked around and sighed softly.

"Come down. ”

After the old man gently commanded, Lu Kang got out of the car, and when he saw Lu Kang, everyone couldn't help but exclaim, Lu Kang was tied up, his face was pale, and he didn't have his usual arrogance at all.

Lu ..... , the ancestors are here!"

Someone exclaimed in a low voice, and there was a buzz on the street, and soon, the buzz disappeared again, and thousands of eyes focused on the two old men with white hair, and there was silence outside the palace gate.

The Lu family, the thousand-year-old family of Yangzhou, the power of the millennium, the hope of the millennium, and the accumulation of the millennium, are fully displayed at this moment.

The ancestor of the Lu family has not appeared in Yangzhou City for nearly 20 years, and every assassin in Yangzhou will come to visit, but the people of Yangzhou have not forgotten him, and no one dares to call him by his name.

The old man of the horse husband helped the ancestor of the Lu family, walked very slowly, and the government that was surrounded by water automatically moved out of the way to both sides. Two old men staggering along, like chopping waves, walked there, then there was no one.

"I'm old, I'm old, I'm tired like this in these few steps, it's really old. ”

When he arrived in the lobby, the ancestor of the Lu family sighed softly, his face was red, his beard was white, but his eyes were bright and his waist was straight.

"Sit down for the old gentleman. Ma Ye instructed the left and right officials, Xu Hu came to his senses, hurriedly brought a chair over, and wiped his sleeve a few times before inviting the ancestor of the Lu family to sit down.

The ancestor of the Lu family did not refuse, after sitting down, he looked up and looked around, and then said: "My grandson, stubborn, relying on the wealth of the Lu family, acting recklessly, doing illegal things, old and old, blinded by this unwielding son, today I know the truth, alas, he did such things, insulting the Lu family, it is the shame of my Lu family, today, I sent him here, handed it over to the adult, please punish him severely according to the laws of the court!"

After finishing speaking, the ancestor of the Lu family got up: "Lu Fu, let's go." ”

Ma Ye hurriedly came down and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, he understands the righteousness, and the officials admire him, and the old gentleman can tie his grandson to the court, which shows that Mr. Lu is noble and bright, and the Lu family is simple." ”

The ancestor of the Lu family laughed dryly, did not answer, and with the support of the old coachman, he left the mansion and got into the carriage.

Ma Ye was sent to the front of the car until the carriage disappeared, then he turned around and returned to the lobby, ordering Lu Kang to be taken into custody and tried another day.

"This ancestor of the Lu family, who is really cunning and cunning, actually came to this hand. Mo Qi sighed, he and Liu Han were both sitting in the back hall, today's trial was very important, Mo Qi wanted to come forward by himself, but Liu Han disagreed, thinking that it would be better to follow the original plan and have Ma Ye come forward to try it.

"What kind of cunning old treacher," Liu Han snorted and sneered: "This is a declaration of war against us!

Shi Kailongzheng was naturally also present, and the two of them looked solemn, no one expected that the Lu family would actually come to this hand.

"These thousand-year-old families have all become fine!" Mo Qi sighed softly, his expression a little depressed.

The trial of Han Cheng's case had one of the most important purposes, that is, to tell the Yangzhou Gate Lords the determination of the imperial court to implement the new tax system, and they were not afraid of any obstacles.

But the ancestor of the Lu family responded by tying up his grandson to the court, and the Lu family would not give in, even if the fish died and the net was broken, they would have to deal with it to the end.

Ma Ye came in, saw the scene in the house, fell silent, and hugged his fists and said, "My lord, what should I do now?"

Mo Qi was very helpless, thought for a while and said, "Take Lu Kang into custody first, and don't try him for the time being." ”

Liu Han nodded: "Master Mo is right, for the time being, this will be the case first." After speaking, he looked at everyone, smiled and said, "What's the matter, be happy, this first rendezvous has ended, and we have a slight advantage, which can be regarded as a small victory." ”

"Xiao Sheng?" Shi Kai was puzzled and looked at him suspiciously.

"Of course," Liu Han said with a smile: "After rehabilitating Han Cheng and forcing the ancestor of the Lu family to come forward in person, tie up Sun Shangtang, and kill his relatives in righteousness, isn't this a victory!"

Everyone was relieved and reluctantly smiled, Liu Han shook his head slightly: "The Lu family is very clever, and it can be explained in a variety of ways, one is to show weakness to the imperial court, don't you want to clean up my Lu family, I admit it, send Lu Kang, how guilty can this Lu Kang be? That Qiu Lu committed suicide, it wasn't Lu Kang who forced her to commit suicide, it was she who couldn't think about it, Minghui, you say, even if he framed Han Cheng and framed him, how much can he sentence?"

Ma Ye smiled bitterly, even if Lu Kangquan admitted this, he could only be sentenced to hard labor for three months, not even exile, if the Lu family could make compensation, the sentence could be shorter, and even just a board was enough.

"But..."Liu Han sighed: "It's all evil, but the Lu family's move can also be interpreted in another way, don't you want to use Lu Kang to contain my Lu family, that's good, I'll send Lu Kang, I'll not bend, I will definitely go around to the end." ”

There was silence in the room, and they were all stunned, and after half a sound, Mo Qi sighed and said, "This person's heart, let Brother Liu figure it out." ”

Liu Han shrugged: "If it were me, I would do the same, obviously, the Lu family knows, we have made all the evidence true, how long has it been since Hu Benwei took over the prison of the mansion, the old lady of the Han family suddenly disappeared, do you really think that you have concealed the Lu family? Why has the Lu family not moved, and why didn't the Assassin Mansion send someone to watch the trial today? It's very simple, Lu Kang must have confessed to his family a long time ago, his crime is not serious, otherwise, Sheng Huai will definitely send someone to watch the trial today, and even ask for the case to be transferred to the Assassin's Mansion for trial. ”

Shi Kailong Zheng and the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, they had often heard that Huan Hai was dangerous, but today, they really felt this danger, those thousand-year-old families, can be inherited for thousands of years, not without reason.

"What should we do now?" Mo Qi asked, Liu Han said lightly: "This round is our initiative, their response is not negligent, and the back hand we arranged will not be able to be used again, and this matter will be over for the time being." Next, let's stand still and see the situation on Lord Gu's side. ”

"I got a piece of news," Mo Qi said, "Sheng Huai has impeached Master Gu again." ”

"No surprise," Liu Han said calmly, "If this Sheng Huai hasn't moved yet, then it makes us strange." ”

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The carriage returned to the Lu Mansion, Lu Qiao took the whole house to wait respectfully there, the servants were cautious and did not dare to come out, for fear of touching the mold, yesterday, the ancestor suddenly came to Yangzhou, and when he arrived at the house, he killed the three companions who served the second young master Lu Kang, and the generals who were usually responsible for protecting the second young master were also transferred to Yanchun County, thunder means, so that the entire Lu Mansion trembled.

"What are you doing standing here, what are you going to do. ”

After the chief respectfully agreed, he turned around and ordered the servants to work, and after the servants saluted the ancestors, they dispersed.

Lu Qiao stepped forward to help the old ancestor in, and the old ancestor instructed as he walked: "You all disperse, if anyone comes, please invite them in." ”

"It's a nice day today, I haven't been here for a long time, so I'll go to the back with my dad to have a look. ”

"Yes, the plum blossoms and orchids in the yard are blooming, and the peonies planted by my father in the early years are also blooming. ”

Lu Qiao helped the old ancestor to slowly walk to the back garden, and the old groom and the chief steward who followed behind him stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

The back garden had already gotten the news that all the women who were originally inside had gone back, and by the time Lu Qiao and the old ancestor arrived, the garden was already empty.

The two walked slowly, silently appreciating, occasionally saying a few words, under the spring light, a father and son are filial.

Under the peach blossom tree, the old ancestor seemed to be tired, Lu Qiao helped him sit down, the old ancestor motioned for him to sit down too, and Lu Qiao sat down.

"What, you haven't figured it out yet?" the old ancestor asked lightly.

"My son hasn't figured it out yet, just send Kang'er to justice, just go with my son, and my father will go in person, which will be too much for Mo Qi," Lu Qiao said: "Also, how to explain to Sheng Huai Wang Ze." ”

Sheng Huai Wang Ze is not so easy to explain, behind Sheng Huai are Pan Lian and other high-ranking officials of the imperial court, and behind Wang Ze is the northern gate valve.

"Regardless of him," the old ancestor said coldly: "What they want is to push us to the front, but this new tax system has been almost half a year, what have they done in the imperial capital, nothing has been done, Sheng Huai said that Gu Wei will be transferred away and appointed as Jing Zhaoyin, but the result." ”

Lu Qiao was silent, some time ago, Jing Zhaoyin suddenly announced that he would be taken over by the former Yushi Tai Yushi Luowu, so that Gu Weiming's plan to ascend and descend secretly failed.

This result had a significant impact on the gate valve in Yangzhou and even Jiangnan, and the long-accumulated sense of distrust exploded, and the ancestor personally went to Yangzhou to deal with this matter, which explains everything.

"But," Lu Qiao hesitated and said: "Father, now that Yangzhou has a new tax system, Gu Wei has impeached three county orders and targeted us, can we just let them slaughter us." ”

"This is no way," the ancestor's tone was full of desolation, the Jiangnan scholars have always been weak, since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, there are not many ministers from Jiangnan, and there are very few who have entered Shangshutai, even Jingzhou is not as good, in eight hundred years, Jingzhou has also issued a Shangshu order, two prime ministers, Yangzhou has never been, not even into Shangshutai, the imperial court has long been controlled by the northern scholars, why did the imperial court choose to start implementing a new tax system in Jiangnan, look at the people who are in power now in the imperial court.

"Do you think Wang Ze has any good intentions? The old ancestor looked at him seriously, and Lu Qiao hesitated: "I have thought about this, over the years, we have suffered a lot of losses from them, but this time Wang Ze did not bring the letter of the ancestor of the Wang family, besides, this time it is not the business of our Jiangnan family, if the new tax system is successful, the oath of the Taizu will be gone, and the power of our scholar clan will be gone." ”

"The oath of the Taizu is gone, do you say that we have suffered a big loss or have they suffered a big loss?" the old ancestor asked rhetorically.

Lu Qiao was stunned for a moment, the old ancestor sighed, and looked at him with some hatred: "This game of chess is complicated, our Lu family is about to pass the test again, a thousand-year-old family, a thousand years, how many passes have the Lu family passed, you have to remember, don't rush to the stage, you have to leave room for it, you are so rough, how can I rest assured that the Lu family will be handed over to you." ”

Lu Qiao was quite excited in his heart, this was the first time that the old ancestor had shown his lips and wanted to hand over the position of the head of the family to him, he said very apologetically: "Yes, old ancestor, I am too anxious." ”

"You can't raise troops out of anger, the more anxious you are, the more cautious you must be," the old ancestor sneered: "You see, if we take a step back, they will be in a hurry." ”

Lu Qiao now understood that if they rushed to the front, those guys would hide behind, but if they didn't move, those guys would rush to the front.

Looking at his father's already somewhat sparse white hair, Lu Qiao admired it very much, his observation of things was perfect, and his handling methods were slick, so that all aspects could not make mistakes.

Lu Kang, he is a child of the Lu family, for thousands of years, how many children of the Lu family have sacrificed for the family, and now Lu Kang is just one of them.

Family interests are above all else, and personal gains and losses must be subordinated to family interests.

Lu Qiao sighed softly, looked up and saw the old groom coming in, he hurriedly got up: "Uncle Zhong, what's the matter?"

The old groom looks like a groom, but in fact he is the most trusted person of the ancestor, he has been by the ancestor's side since he was a child, and his status in the family is even higher than that of him Lu Qiao, and no one in the Lu family dares to disrespect him.

Uncle Zhong returned the salute calmly, and then reported to the old ancestor: "Master, Sheng Huai and Wang Ze are here." ”

A smile flashed in the old ancestor's eyes, Lu Qiao understood why, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, when it comes to shrewdness and wisdom, he is far from catching up with his father.

"Go and invite them in. ”