Jiangdu Prefecture is a very wealthy prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River, so the prefect of Jiangdu is also a high-ranking errand among prefects. Generally, officials need to work in other prefectures for one or two terms, and there are people in the court before they may be transferred to Jiangdu Prefecture. Appointed magistrate.
And this Magistrate Chen, surnamed Chen Mingyu, has been appointed as the Magistrate of Jiangdu for more than two years. He is a very capable magistrate. In more than two years, he has not only been able to get around Jiangdu with ease, but also has a good official reputation. Next year, the Ministry of Personnel will hold a meeting every three years. It's the year of the Gong Gong Examination, and if nothing else goes wrong, Magistrate Chen will get an "excellent" rating.
Of course, the magistrate will probably not only serve one term. Magistrate Chen will serve one more term in Jiangdu, which is six years. After the merit examination next year, Magistrate Chen will probably stay in Jiangdu and continue to be his Jiangdu magistrate.
It is worth mentioning that the prefect Chen is not yet thirty-five years old this year, and is much younger than his subordinate Feng Lu, the magistrate of Jiangdu County. He is considered a young official in the imperial court and has a bright future.
Upon hearing Magistrate Chen's invitation, Lu Anshi turned around, glanced at Shen Yi, and said, "My child, you stay here for now. I'll go see Magistrate Chen."
Shen Yi in the cell nodded quickly, and then whispered: "Excuse me, Chief Shan."
At this moment, Shen Yi actually wanted to remind his dean that next year would be the year of the civil service examination, and Magistrate Chen's attitude was very important. But at this time, after all, he had Lu Anshi to ask for, so any further words would sound like gesticulating.
After all, the difference between elder and younger was not suitable, so he refrained from speaking.
"I am the headmaster of Ganquan Academy. If something happens in the academy, I should naturally take care of it."
Lu Anshi stood up, looked at Shen Yi, and said, "You have to eat when you have to. Since Magistrate Feng is willing to let me come to see you, I think no one will harm you in this prison."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "Chief, it was never Mr. Feng who would poison me. After all, Mr. Feng is not a native of Jiangdu. There are some things below that he cannot control."
Lu Anshi was thoughtful.
"That's all, you are mature and just do what you want."
After saying this, he turned around and left, and Shen Yi handed him goodbye.
After Lu Anshi left, Shen Yi stood alone at the door of the cell and thought for a long time.
Now, because of Lu Anshi's action, this originally almost irreversible murder case has turned around. However, Lu Anshi cannot completely reverse the situation. Whether he can be released from prison and whether he can save his life is still unclear. Hard to say.
"50% chance of survival..."
Because his back was injured, Shen Qilang lay back on the straw. He closed his eyes and thought about the whole incident in detail.
"Next, it depends on whether the Fan family will relent. For the sake of Minister Fan's official reputation, they probably won't..."
"Too much…"
Thinking of this, Shen Yi felt helpless.
He inherited all the memories of another Shen Yi. For that Shen Yi, Fan Dongcheng beat and killed his friend Chen Qing first and framed him later. He was Shen Yi's sworn enemy. Now, in order to save his life, he not only We need to help Fan Dongcheng, a big enemy, get away with his crime, and even...
Even his life depends on the final attitude of the Fan family.
If the Fan family is really overbearing and insists on killing him, then even if this unjust case may be clarified one day in the future, Shen Yi will not be able to see that day.
"This is the power of this era..."
Shen Qilang lay on the withered grass in the prison, closing his eyes to rest.
"Now I, and the Shen family, are too weak..."
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Jiangdu Prefecture, Wanghu Tower.
Jiangdu Prefecture is an ancient city. For one or two thousand years, every dynasty has dug moats. Over time, these moats connected together and communicated with canals from the outside world, gradually turning into a long and narrow lake. It was first called moat lake, and later Jiangdu Prefecture. As the palace gradually became more prosperous, the lake got a more elegant name, called Yudai Lake.
Wanghu Tower is located on the bank of Yudai Lake and is one of the top restaurants in Jiangdu Prefecture.
Lu Anshi rode a carriage and quickly arrived at the entrance of Wanghu Tower. Under the leadership of the Wanghu Tower boy, he went all the way up to the second floor and arrived at a private room on the second floor.
As soon as Mr. Lu arrived at the door of the private room, a middle-aged man with two beards, who looked very capable and dressed in casual clothes stood up to greet him. He held his hands in front of Lu Anshi and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu is here. I'm sorry to welcome him from afar." , please forgive me, sir."
It was Chen Yu, the prefect of Jiangdu.
Lu Anshi couldn't stand it when he saw this palace minister, so he returned the favor and said, "I've met the palace minister."
"You're welcome, sir."
Magistrate Chen led Lu Anshi into the elegant room and sat down. After he sat down, he stood up and poured tea for Lu Anshi. While pouring the tea, he smiled and said: "While waiting for you, sir, I brewed a cup of tea myself. This is the second cup of tea. Right?" It’s a good time to enter.”
Lu Anshi took the tea handed over by Magistrate Chen with both hands. After thanking him, he looked up at Magistrate Chen and asked, "Unknown Prefect summoned Mr. Lu to come. What's the matter?"
"I don't dare to use it as a summons."
Chen Yu waved his hand and said dumbly: "I haven't seen you for many days, so I just invited you to have tea."
He stretched out his hand to count, and said with a smile: "Remember, the last time I met my husband was when I sent Jiangdu scholars to Beijing to take the exam at the beginning of the year. Several months have passed in the blink of an eye."
Mr. Lu had a straightforward personality and did not like this convoluted way of speaking. He lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then looked at Magistrate Chen and asked: "The governor asked me to come, but because of the murder case at Ganquan Academy ?”
Chen Yu smiled and said nothing, just lowered his head and drank tea.
After drinking a cup of tea, Magistrate Chen smiled and said: "Sir, the weather in Jiangdu has been going well in the past two years, and the people are peaceful and happy. In this scientific examination, five Jinshi have been awarded. In my opinion, no matter what happens, it will still be successful." Make a big deal out of a small matter."
Lu Anshi frowned.
He looked at Chen Yu and asked, "Does the Governor know anything about this case?"
Magistrate Chen stretched out his hand to pour tea. While pouring the tea, he said lightly: "I have read the files submitted by the county government and said..."
"It is suspected that Shen Yi, a student from Ganquan Academy, injured someone and died due to love."
Master Lu took a deep breath, raised his head, glanced at Chen Yu, and said in a deep voice, "What about the Master?"
Magistrate Chen lowered his eyebrows, and after a long time, he sighed slightly: "Sir, please understand my difficulties. I am sitting in this position in Jiangdu, so it is not easy for me to get into a tense situation with Minister Fan."
Chen Yuneng became the prefect of a prosperous place like Jiangdu Prefecture at the age of less than thirty-five. He was obviously the master of someone in the court. Therefore, although his rank was much lower than that of the Liubu Minister, his authority was far inferior to that of the Liubu Minister.
Minister, but because he has a backer in the court, he is not particularly afraid of the Fan family, but he is not willing to have a quarrel with the Fan family.
"Fu Zun."
Master Lu looked calm and said calmly: "When this incident happened, I was annotating scriptures in the academy and did not inquire about it in detail. It was not until this morning that I asked about the matter in detail in the academy. But what I found out
, there seems to be a big discrepancy with the county government’s files.”
Magistrate Chen smiled slightly and said, "It's normal to have discrepancies. After all, cases are handled by people, and everyone has different things in mind."
"Sir, if you have any questions, you can ask them and we can sit down and discuss them."
Master Lu looked at the tea in front of him and said silently: "Master, I have also been an official. I know that there are no friends in the officialdom and there is no right and wrong in court affairs. However, no matter how much the officialdom attaches great importance to the word "interest", it cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
Are you going to turn everything upside down?"
Hearing Lu Anshi's words, Magistrate Chen's brows moved.
Next year will be the time for the civil service examination, which is also a very critical year in his official career. At this time, nothing can happen to Jiangdu Prefecture, so he naturally wants to calm down the matter as soon as possible.
Therefore, when he knew that Lu Anshi had gone to the county prison, he immediately sent someone to invite Lu Anshi to speak here, in order to prevent this matter from making a big fuss.
So, the Jiangdu Prefect looked at Lu Anshi and said slowly: "Sir, is there anything that confuses black and white under the rule of Jiangdu Prefecture?"