After returning from Wanghu Tower, Feng Zhixian looked unhappy.
There is no other reason, the main reason is that Shangguan is too slippery.
The Ganquan Academy case was obviously tacitly approved or even hinted by his immediate superior, Chen Yu, but when the matter was actually handled, the government office was not willing to take any responsibility. Just now at Wanghu Tower, Chen Yu himself clearly intervened in the matter.
But I don’t want to take any ideas!
If the prefect does not give any advice, it means that the county government is handling the matter from beginning to end. If the county government handles it well, the county government will not say anything.
If the matter is messed up, then when the responsibility is investigated in the future, the first person to come to arrest Feng Lu will be the Jiangdu prefect!
"It's really the first level of officialdom that can kill people!"
In fact, although Chen Yu was only one level higher than him administratively, he was three levels higher than him in terms of grade. One was a genuine seventh grade, and the other was a genuine fourth grade. There were three grades and six grades in between, which was a huge difference.
But this level is not that difficult to overcome. As long as you do your job well, or there is someone in the court who can get a good rating in the civil service examination, then the promotion from county magistrate to magistrate will only take two or three terms.
But at the moment, Feng Lu is indeed being suppressed by Magistrate Chen, and there is no way he can do it.
Even if there is a way, Magistrate Chen still has a good teacher in the court, but this is not something that a small magistrate like him can compete with.
This county gentleman had been sulking alone in his study for a long time, and he didn't even have the heart to eat dinner.
It wasn't until around Xu Shi that Zhixian Feng came out of his study and paced alone in the backyard of the county government office, scratching his head from time to time.
The reason why the county magistrate is troubled is because Magistrate Chen told him that this case must be put to rest.
It is easy to understand that settling the matter means that the case can be successfully concluded, both parties will no longer make noise and trouble, and do not make this matter a big deal.
But now, Master Lu has gotten involved. If the county government convicts Shen Yi, Master Lu will probably have no way to get through. But if Shen Yi is not convicted, Fan Dongcheng and others will be convicted...
Fan Dongcheng was really guilty, not to mention whether the Minister Fan in the capital would personally intervene in the matter. Even if the Minister Fan did not inquire about the matter, the Fan family in Jiangdu would not be easy to deal with.
"Damn it, there are evil officials at the top and unruly people at the bottom, and it's all on me!"
Magistrate Feng cursed her mother-in-law bitterly, and then muttered in a low voice: "This magistrate of Fu Guo is really not the work of a human being..."
After worrying for a long time, Magistrate Feng looked up at the moon in the sky, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. He coughed and said, "Here comes someone."
The servants in the county government are all Feng Lu's personal servants. As a servant, the most basic rule is that the master does not sleep, and the servants are absolutely not allowed to sleep. As soon as Feng Lu shouted, a servant immediately walked away with small steps.
He came in and said respectfully: "Master."
"Prepare the sedan, I'm going to the county jail!"
The servant looked up at the sky and said with a wry smile: "Master, it's so late. All the bearers in the county government have gone back. If you want to go out, you may have to wait a moment. I will ask someone to call the bearers back."
The bearer is not a personal servant, so he does not have to be at the county government office all the time.
Hearing these words, Feng Zhixian's face darkened, he cursed angrily, and then said in a muffled voice: "That's all, the Yamen is not too far from the county jail. I can walk there."
"Go and ask the bearers to wait for you at the gate of the county jail."
The boy nodded immediately and left respectfully.
After the boy left, County Magistrate Feng, who was dressed in civilian clothes, left the county government office with two followers and walked towards the county prison. The county prison was not far from the county government office in Taiyuan, so it was only two miles away. Soon Feng County Magistrate The master walked to the door of the county jail.
Magistrate Feng has served as Jiangdu magistrate for two terms and has been in Jiangdu for four or five years, so everyone at the Yamen Gate recognizes him. Seeing the master coming, several jailers who had been sleeping in a daze immediately woke up. , while rubbing his eyes, he opened the cell door and respectfully called the county magistrate.
Because he had something to do, Feng Lu didn't bother to deal with these jailers who were sleeping while they were fishing. After grunting, he walked into the prison. After entering the prison, he didn't go inside, but just sat down at a table at the door. He came down and said in a deep voice: "Go and bring the prisoner Shen Yi to see this county."
Several jailers nodded hurriedly, and two of them hurriedly entered the prison, woke up Shen Yi who was sleeping on the straw, and then brought Shen Yi to Magistrate Feng.
At this moment, Shen Qilang was still a little sleepy.
It's not that he's arrogant, it's because he's locked up in a cell and has nothing to do. He doesn't dare to eat the food in the cell. When he's hungry, there's nothing else to do except sleep.
Seeing the fat middle-aged man in front of him wearing common people's clothes, Shen Yi finally sobered up a bit, because he had seen this face several times in court.
Shen Qilang took a deep breath and was about to salute the county gentleman.
"Shen Yi pays homage to the county master."
Before he could kneel down, Magistrate Feng waved his hand, shook his head and said, "No need to be polite, just sit down and talk."
After saying this, Magistrate Feng pointed to the bench opposite him. At this time, the oil lamp burning on the table flickered, making Magistrate Feng's round face look a bit strange.
Shen Yi looked at the bench, then at Magistrate Feng, shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Master County Lord, my butt hurts, so I won't sit down anymore. I'll just stand and listen to your instructions."
After hearing Shen Yi's words, Feng Lu looked up and looked at Shen Yi's expression. He always felt that the Shen Yi in front of him was a little different from the young man in the court.
But if you look closely, it's clearly the same person.
This weird feeling was very strong, as if... it was as if the young man in front of me had been possessed by something dirty, and his demeanor and expression had completely changed into a completely different person.
If the Shen Yi in the courtroom two days ago was still a young boy, the Shen Yi in front of him, whose appearance had not changed at all, seemed... to have suddenly turned into a mature adult.
Magistrate Feng shook his head and put this strange feeling behind him. He turned to look at the jailers accompanying him and said in a deep voice: "You all should step aside. This county wants to ask him a few words alone." ."
The county magistrate is the master of the county government and the person who can decide the career fate of these jailers. After hearing these words, several jailers did not dare to neglect, and after handing over to Magistrate Feng, they turned around and left.
After several jailers left, Magistrate Feng reached for the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea from the porcelain bowl on the table.
This is his habitual action.
After taking a sip of tea, Magistrate Feng made another "poof" sound and spit it on the straw beside him. Then he frowned and cursed: "What bad tea..."
After scolding him, Magistrate Feng looked up at Shen Yi, narrowed his eyes, and whispered: "Shen Yi, after the county government's in-depth investigation, there has been some progress in Chen Qing's case. Now, this county needs you. cooperation.”
"Cooperate, cooperate."
Shen Qilang smiled with a smile on his face and nodded repeatedly: "No matter what the county master wants the people to say, the people will cooperate."
Magistrate Feng looked at Shen Yi again and felt that there was something wrong with this young man.
But now is not the time to worry about this.
The county gentleman said solemnly: "First of all, Mr. Fan never beat Chen Qing."
A smile appeared on Shen Yi's face.
He quickly lowered his head so that Magistrate Feng could not see the smile. Then he took a deep breath and said, "Yes, that's what the county magistrate said."