Chapter 180 Visiting the Prisoner
Mrs. Jin and Jin Xiaomei finally moved into Li Zhang's house, and Li Zhang also learned from them about the arrest of Jinshan. In fact, when Lei Yungong was arrested, Jinshan knew that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly sent his wife to her parents' house. He originally wanted Mrs. Jin and her mother and daughter to leave, but they insisted on staying. In the end, when the Jin family was sealed, their mother and daughter were also driven out, and Jinshan was also captured by Kaifeng Prefecture.
"Brother Li, I wonder if you can find out about my son's situation?" As soon as she arrived at Li Zhang's house, Mrs. Jin said to Li Zhang with a nervous look on her face. She didn't care about family property or something. All she cared about was whether Jinshan's only son was in danger?
"Don't worry, Mrs. Jin, I will definitely ask for you. In addition, don't always call me "Brother Li". Jinshan and I are friends, just call my name directly." Li Zhang said immediately.
"Okay, then I'll call you Li Zhang. Now my son is in prison, and there are only two of us weak women left outside, so I'll ask you about Jinshan!" When Mrs. Jin said the last time, tears almost burst out.
"Li Zhang, please save my elder brother!" At this time, Jin Xiaomei also asked Li Zhang with tears in her eyes. She had cried all the way along the way, but she finally stopped crying, but now she was crying again.
"Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to deal with Kingsoft. As far as I know, Kingsoft should not be in danger of life. In addition, I have already asked an elder to help take care of Kingsoft so that he will not endure hardships in prison!" Li Zhang immediately spoke again.
After hearing Li Zhang's comfort, Mrs. Jin and Xiaomei Jin finally felt a little relieved. Then Li Zhang chatted with them for a while before getting up to say goodbye. He also wanted to inquire about the news again, and Mrs. Jin also sent him out in person.
After leaving home, Li Zhang thought about it and finally decided to go to the palace to inquire about the situation. Although Zhao Zhen was unlikely to pay attention to a small person like Kingsoft, he might be able to find some useful information through Zhao Zhen. It would be even better if he could visit Kingsoft. However, Kingsoft is now arrested in the Kaifeng Prefecture prison, and Li Zhang could not get in at all, so he could only ask Lu Wu's relationship to take care of Kingsoft.
Li Zhang came to the palace again, but before he could see Zhao Zhen, he was intercepted by the people sent by Liu E. Then he was taken to the Chuigong Hall. When Liu E saw him, she said with a stern expression: "Why are you back? What should you do with the potatoes in the imperial village?"
"Don't worry, the potatoes are growing very well. Just watch Huyan and keep your word there. I don't have to guard it every day." Li Zhang smiled and said, "He saw that Liu E was a little unhappy about leaving the imperial village without authorization, but there was no way. Now he could only rely on his own shamelessness to hope to get through it."
"Don't think I don't know. You came back this time for Lei Yungong's nephew!" Liu E gave Li Zhang a blank look at him. With her identity, it was simply easier to find out the relationship between Li Zhang and Jinshan. Not to mention anything else, as long as she sent someone to ask Lu Wu, she would know.
"The Empress is very clear. Jinshan is my friend. Now that something happened to him, I can't watch and ignore it." Li Zhang saw that Liu E had already known it, and immediately admitted directly that he had not done anything illegal anyway.
"Hmph, Lei Yungong has committed such a big deal, and it is unforgivable to be punished. As for his nephew, he is not a good person, otherwise he would not have opened a casino for a living. Moreover, there are also members of Lei Yungong in this casino, and a lot of money is sent to Lei Yungong's name every year." Liu E said angrily again at this time.
In fact, Lei Yungong's fall was also a good thing for her, but she originally wanted to use Lei Yungong's incident to burn the fire on Ding Wei, but she didn't expect that no one in the court would dare to participate in Ding Wei's report, which made her only secretly angry.
"Grandma, there are more than Jinshan who run casinos. In fact, there are so many casinos in Tokyo. Each casino has its own backer behind it. Jinshan is just one of them. Compared to others, Jinshan is actually not bad. After making money, he often does some good deeds of building bridges and paving roads. Many people call him Jin Dashan, and he never relies on Lei Yungong's power to bully the people, so he asked the aunt to deal with it as appropriate!" Li Zhang did not dare to plead for Jinshan directly in front of Liu E, but since the other party had opened it first, he could only take a gamble.
"Hmph, I've seen many evil people outside, and I've seen many evil people inside!" Liu E snorted coldly at this time, but when she said this, she did not make things difficult for Li Zhang anymore. Instead, she pondered for a moment and said again, "You'd better go back to the imperial village tomorrow. As for that Jinshan, I won't kill him, but I don't want to save his family property. In addition, with his relationship with Lei Yungong, a punishment of exile is definitely indispensable!"
When Li Zhang heard Liu E say that Kingsoft would not die, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, when he heard that Kingsoft was about to be exiled, he felt a little sank again, because for such an era of poor transportation conditions in ancient times, exile was almost equivalent to a second only to the death penalty. Of course, it would be fine if the conditions in the exile land were better, but if the conditions were bad, it would be even worse than beheading the head directly.
"Grandma, Jinshan did not do any serious evil. Is the exile a bit too heavy?" Li Zhang wanted Liu E to relieve her punishment at this time.
"How can I bargain in such a thing? You will go back to the imperial village tomorrow!" Liu E scolded again unhappy. In fact, she was also good for Li Zhang, because cases like Lei Yungong were not something that Li Zhang could touch at all, even if it was implicated at all, so she urged Li Zhang several times to go to the imperial village so that she would not accidentally get caught in the capital.
"Yes!" Li Zhang didn't dare to say anything after hearing this, and immediately agreed honestly, but then he suddenly thought of something again, so he looked at Liu E carefully, and finally said with courage, "Grandma, I have a chance with my friends in Jinshan, and I want to visit the prison..."
"I'll bother me like this kind of small matter. Go and find Xiaowu by myself!" Before Li Zhang finished speaking, he was driven out by Liu E. Only then did Li Zhang suddenly realize that visiting prison should not bother Liu E. However, Liu E had already said that he asked him to find Lu Wu. Perhaps Lu Wu had no ability to arrange for Li Zhang to go to the prison of Kaifeng Prefecture before, but with Liu E's words, there would be no problem.
Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but smile a little relaxed. The palace was not in vain. Although he was scolded by Liu E, he at least got the matter done. However, he must leave the capital tomorrow. Otherwise, with Liu E's temper, he would really not be able to afford it.
Time is urgent. Li Zhang must meet Jinshan today, otherwise there will be no time tomorrow. So Li Zhang hurried out of the palace and went directly to the Tizheng Department to find Lu Wu. The Tizheng Department's yamen is in the southwest corner of the imperial city. Li Zhang was worried that Lu Wu was not there, but he did not expect that when he came here, Lu Wu happened to go out to do business, and the two left and met.
"Why are you here?" Lu Wu couldn't help but say in surprise when he saw Li Zhang.
"The eldest lady called me to scold me." Li Zhang said with a wry smile.
"I deserve it. I have long said that I won't let you get involved in the Kingsoft incident. I'm scolded now!" Lu Wu said without surprise. However, such a small thing can alarm Liu E, which is enough to show Liu E's importance to Li Zhang. After all, even if ordinary people want to scold Liu E, they can't find a chance.
"Hehe, no matter how much the eldest lady scolded her, she also agreed to let me go to the prison to visit Jinshan, and asked me to come to you, so look..." Li Zhang suddenly smiled with a shameless smile.
When Lu Wu heard that Liu E actually agreed to let Li Zhang go to visit the prison, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression, but then he said helplessly: "Okay, I'm going to Kaifeng Mansion, too, you can go with me!"
"Thank you, Uncle Wu!" Li Zhang shouted happily immediately, and then rode out of the imperial city with Lu Wu. However, while walking, Li Zhang was thinking that it was time for him to learn how to ride a horse, so it would be more convenient to come back from the imperial village. After all, the speed of the carriage was not as fast as riding a horse.
Kaifeng Prefecture is not far from Li Zhang's house. He has passed by here more than once, but he has never been there. Of course, this place is not something that ordinary people can enter. Moreover, as the world's number one prefecture, the Kaifeng Prefecture Office is quite large, and the position of Kaifeng Prefecture Prefecture is extremely important. When Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng and his son were not emperors, they all worked as Kaifeng Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture, that is, Zhao Zhen was too young, otherwise he would have worked part-time on this position.
Lu Wu brought Li Zhang to the government office. Although he was not from the Kaifeng government office, the Criminal Department often handled cases with Kaifeng government office. In addition, Lu Wu was shrewd and capable, and was generous and generous, so he had his acquaintances everywhere in the government office. He was very familiar with the government office, and soon took Li Zhang to the west side of the government office, where the heavily guarded Kaifeng government office was the prison.
This Kaifeng Prefecture Prison is actually an independent building. From the outside, it looks like a sturdy small castle. The city walls are built and large. There are tall corner towers on the four corners, with soldiers patrolling them. When Li Zhang and the others entered, even if they were Lu Wu, they were searched. Even Lu Wu's never left their hands were temporarily stored at the door of the prison.
After Lu Wu entered the prison, he immediately found the prison chief who managed the prison and explained his purpose. Originally, the prison chief did not dare to let outsiders visit the prisoner easily, but Lu Wu was tough and said that he would take responsibility for it. Anyway, with Liu E's words, Lu Wu was not afraid of being blamed by the superiors.
Chapter completed!