Chapter 802: dog eat dog
Chapter 802 Dog bites dog
Under the attention of everyone, Li Sanmu escorted Lu Cheng, the new governor of Langzhou, straight into the state government office.
When Lu Cheng and a group of men in black were brought into the lobby tied together, all the officials were dumbfounded.
Looking at Gu Lei who entered together, although his face was full of anger, but fortunately he was safe, Chu Nanzhi secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
She walked forward, looked at Lu Cheng lightly, then walked to Gu Lei, and politely said: "Mr. Gu, please take a seat."
Gu Lei stiffened and shook his head in shame: "The grassroots have committed a lot of crimes, so I dare not ask the queen to give me a seat."
After all, his eyes were filled with hatred, and after glancing at Lu Cheng, he immediately knelt down in front of Chu Nanzhi and replied loudly: "The queen rescued me today, and the grassroots can't repay you. The body is for the queen to send, to help the queen and her majesty complete the creation of the reform of the official system."
Chu Nanzhi was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly helped him up: "Old Gu can put aside his past suspicions and put the world's righteousness first. I am deeply grateful."
Then forced him to take a seat at the top of the front side of the hall, and then he fixed his eyes on Li Sanmu who looked calm: "Can all the perpetrators be arrested and brought to justice?"
Li Sanmu clasped his fists together: "Reporting to the queen, except for the nine swordsmen who were killed for resisting, the rest, including the governor of Lu Dadu, a total of 25 people were captured by the lower officials."
Recalling the scene when he captured the assassin, Li Sanmu also sighed with lingering fear: "Fortunately, the queen is so predictable, let me arrive in time, otherwise Gu Lao is afraid that something unexpected will happen."
Hearing Lu Cheng's assassination of Gu Lei, the hall exploded immediately.
Angrily, Tan Qing walked up to Lu Cheng and accused him loudly: "Commander Lu, you are so courageous to do such an unrighteous thing. If it weren't for Gu Lao's support for you in front of the eldest princess and son-in-law, how would you have done it?" With today's status, you ungrateful thing."
Chu Nanzhi's focus at this time was no longer on Gu Lei's assassination.
She fetched the murder weapon confiscated by Li Sanmu, inspected it carefully, and found that it was very consistent with the knives used in several serial murders, then looked at Lu Cheng, and asked sharply: "Tell me, Governor Lu, why didn't you obey the late emperor's order?" Going against the grain, assassinating Chang Lao and Princess Qian first, slaughtering six members of Qian's family, and secretly ordering county officials to persecute pregnant women?"
Lu Cheng was full of doubts in his heart at this moment, and asked unwillingly: "How can the queen be sure that the last general assassinated Chang Lao and Princess Qian, and how can she be sure that the last general will do something to Gu Lao today?"
"It's not hard to guess."
Chu Nanzhi replied indifferently: "Even though Mr. Gu didn't want to see Langzhou as a pilot for reforming the official system, he just wanted to maintain his own interests like the big clans, but this palace can see that Mr. Gu is a person with great righteousness in mind. People, after I saw the evil deeds of you cheating and hiding the people in Jichun County last time, I have long been tired of the gentry atmosphere in Langzhou who protects and protects each other.
And Mr. Gu is well aware of Bengong's determination to reform the official system. He chose to go to the city to see Bengong at this time. He has made a decision. If you want to stop Gu Lao and stop Bengong, you can only choose to do it before he sees Bengong. Because once Ben Gong met Gu Lao, he would never tolerate the recurrence of Chang Lao's tragedy. "
Focusing on the knife in his hand, Chu Nanzhi blinked deeply: "As for why I suspect that you murdered Chang Lao, I don't need to say more about the reasons."
After all, not everyone like Gu Lao and Chang Lao would dare to assassinate, unless it involves endangering their own interests and it is a last resort.
There are many guards escorting Princess Qian, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to get rid of the entire guard.
Lu Cheng knew that it was difficult to quibble, but at this moment he tightly shut his mouth and chose not to speak.
Seeing that he acquiesced in these serious crimes, everyone was furious. They all looked at Lu Cheng and scolded sharply: "Commander Lu, you are really devoid of conscience. Mr. Chang has dedicated his life to the country and the people, and the six members of the Qian family are even more innocent. , how do you have the heart to do such a cruel thing?"
Tan Qing was panting with anger: "Because of your perverse actions, countless people in this state have lost their wives and children. As the governor of the state capital, how can you be worthy of those mothers who have suffered hardships?"
"The governor's words are wrong."
Chu Nanzhi sat down slowly and generously, looked around at the officials in the hall, and explained:
"Although Lu Cheng is the new governor of the state capital, he was just promoted from Puzhuo County after all. Even though he has some prestige in the army, in my opinion, he can make all the county officials tacitly maintain the old system. I'm afraid it's not something that a general like him can do, to fight against the imperial court and disobey the last emperor's will, there must be someone else behind it."
As he spoke, he looked at Lu Cheng again: "Tell me, Governor Lu, who ordered you to act so boldly?"
"At this point, I have nothing else to say, and I am willing to subdue the law."
Lu Cheng closed his eyes tightly, and put on an air of death.
At this moment, Zhan He came back from the dusty outside, but seeing the situation in the hall, his expression couldn't help tightening, his brows frowned for some unknown reason, and he immediately suppressed the words that were about to blurt out.
"Master Zhan, what do you have to tell me?"
Chu Nanzhi asked straightforwardly.
He hurried back to the state capital at this time, presumably because he had found out some important case.
Zhan He looked around cautiously, hesitated for a long time, and then replied truthfully: "Reporting to the queen, when the officials thoroughly investigated Qi Mao, the governor of Puzhuo County, they found a sum of seventy dollars given to Qi Mao by the five wealthy families of Puzhuo County. The account books of ten thousand taels of silver, but the money was not found when the property was searched.”
After a pause, he looked at Lu Cheng meaningfully, and then continued: "What's even more incredible is that when the officials searched Qi Mao's family, they met a woman in the Qi Mansion, and this woman is Lu Da. The favored concubine of the Governor's Mansion, she wants to sue Master Chang Shi, saying that Master Chang Shi has harmed her child, and the matter is very involved, and the subordinate officials dare not do it alone, so they rushed back to ask the Queen for instructions."
"This is interesting. How could the concubine of the chief governor be in the mansion of the governor of the county?"
Chu Nanzhi looked at Lu Cheng with great interest: "Hurry up and bring the daughter of the governor's family here."
Jan He clapped his hands lightly, and then saw two yamen servants walking in with a delicate woman.
The woman ran up to Lu Cheng weeping, and began to complain endlessly: "My lord, the child of my family was killed by Mr. Chang Shi, and the eldest lady of his family gave birth to the fetus safely in Xikou Village, but she was alone. Let the slave's child lose his life."
As soon as he heard that his child was gone, Lu Cheng immediately glared at Zhang Xuan angrily, and cursed: "Lord Chang Shi, you said you would make sure that my wife and children are safe, you perfidious hypocrite."
Zhang Xuan flustered suddenly, swung his sleeves angrily, and said loudly: "Commander Lu, don't talk nonsense, what's the matter with me if your child is gone?"
"Don't think that you can get rid of all crimes if you arrange everything so that there is no leakage. I have already learned that the 700,000 taels of silver that Qi Mao collected was sent to your house."
At this time, Lu Cheng was determined not to protect him anymore, and he took the initiative to confess: "The Queen's previous guess is true. The recent events in Langzhou City are led by Mr. Changshi. If the Queen does not believe it, you can immediately send someone to Changshi. The government will definitely find out the evidence."
(end of this chapter)