Lu Anshi, a native of Jiangdu Prefecture, also studied at Ganquan Academy when he was young. He became a Jinshi more than 20 years ago and served as an official in the court. In his hometown of Jiangdu Prefecture, he returned to Ganquan Academy to study. Now he has served as the headmaster of Ganquan Academy for nearly ten years. He is a very famous Jiangzuo scholar.
More importantly, this murder happened in the back of Ganquan Academy. The unlucky student Chen Qing also died in the back of Ganquan Academy. If this matter is investigated in detail, it will be hard for Dean Lu Anshi to evade it. responsible.
He has certain responsibilities and obligations to handle this situation properly.
After Shen Ling saw the content on the yellow paper, his expression immediately changed. He was silent for a long time, then he looked up at the completely dark sky, then looked back at his wife, and sighed slightly: "Madam, why? I want to go to Ganquan Academy."
Mrs. Shen is in her twenties this year. After marrying into the Shen family, she has always been very kind to Shen Yi and other family members. After hearing her husband's words, she glanced at Shen Ling, lowered her eyebrows and sighed: "Husband, Ganquan The academy is outside the city, and the city gates are closed at this time. You can go there early tomorrow morning."
"I'm going now."
Shen Ling's eyes were firm and he whispered: "I don't know how many times I have been to the county government in the past few days, but I still can't see Lao Qi, and I don't know the whole story. Now it's difficult for him to deliver the letter. As an elder brother, I naturally have to Do something for him..."
Having said this, Shen Ling looked at the night outside the door and sighed slightly: "With the current situation in Jiangdu City, even if my father and fourth uncle come back, I guess Jiangdu County Government will not buy our family's blame. What Qi said is right, the one who is most suitable and capable of coming forward now is Mr. Lu Shan of Ganquan Academy."
Having said this, he looked back at the lady next to him and whispered: "Madam, bring me some more money and I will take it with me."
Mrs. Shen nodded and said softly: "I'm afraid Mr. Lu won't want our family's money. If my husband gives him the money, he will still be angry with our family."
"It's not for Lu Shan."
Shen Ling whispered: "It's just that if you want to leave the city at this time, without some money to open the way, it might be impossible."
Mrs. Shen nodded, went back to the house to get a small bag of silver, handed it to her husband, and then said: "You... you can go to Ganquan Academy, but don't show off, let alone have any conflict with Mr. Lu. We can wait until father and fourth uncle come back to discuss everything."
The father she refers to is Shen Yi's uncle Shen Hui, and her fourth uncle is Shen Yi's father Shen Zhang.
Shen Ling nodded, took the bag of silver, and whispered, "I saved it."
After saying this, Shen Ling took out his carriage from home and got into the carriage compartment.
His father, Shen Hui, is the magistrate of a certain county in the southeast. He has an official position. His family is fairly well off and can be said to be a well-off family. Therefore, the family has a horse-drawn carriage. In comparison, Shen Yi's family has Much more depressed.
After getting on the carriage, Shen Ling quickly arrived at the Guangchu Gate of Jiangdu Mansion. At this time, the gate of Guangchu Gate had already been closed. Shen Ling jumped off the carriage and spoke to several guards guarding the gate in an authentic Jiangdu accent. After waiting for a long time, and finally giving nearly ten taels of silver to five or six guards to share equally, the door of Guangchumen slowly opened, revealing a gap.
A thirty-year-old officer glanced at Shen Ling and said in a deep voice: "Master Shen, if you open the city gate without authorization, you will be responsible. You are too conspicuous when you leave the city in a carriage, so we can only let you pass alone. As for this carriage..."
"It's better to turn back."
Shen Ling was silent for a while, nodded helplessly, and turned around to tell the coachman to drive home. He himself walked out of the Guangchu Gate through the crack in the door, taking advantage of the moonlight, and walked all the way towards Ganquan Academy located above Meiling.
By the time Master Shen arrived at the gate of Ganquan Academy, the moon was already in the sky. Shen Sanlang stood at the gate of the academy, took a deep breath, and slapped the door of Ganquan Academy hard.
A "well-known institution" like Ganquan Academy naturally has a concierge. Not long after, a little old man who looked to be in his forties or fifties opened the door. The little old man had already fallen asleep. After opening the door, he was bleary-eyed. He glanced at Shen Ling and asked, "Master, who are you looking for?"
"Look for Chief Lu Shan."
Shen Ling's eyes were firm and he lowered his head slightly: "Please inform me on my behalf."
The little old man looked at Shen Ling, then raised his head to look at the sky, and said: "This young master, my mountain chief is not seen by idlers. Besides, it is late at night, and the mountain chief has already gone to bed. If the young master wants to see you, My mountain chief, please come and deliver the name card early tomorrow morning."
"That's too late."
Shen Ling didn't waste any time. He took out three or four weight pieces of broken silver from his sleeve, put it in the concierge's hand, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is of great importance. Please inform Chief Lu Shan about this matter." , related to the reputation of Ganquan Academy in the past century!"
The little old man weighed the money in his hand, then looked at Shen Ling and said with a smile: "Then... Young Master, I will go and pass the news, but I can't guarantee whether the mountain chief will see you. "
Shen Ling sat down directly on the bluestone steps at the entrance of the academy and said, "If Dean Lu doesn't see me, I will wait here until dawn."
The porter cupped his hands and said, "If you dare to ask the young master's name, I can inform you."
"Jiangdu Shen San."
The porter then nodded, turned around and knocked on Lu Anshi's door, while Shen Ling sat at the door of the academy and sighed slightly.
Four days ago, his brother Shen Yi was inexplicably taken into jail in Jiangdu County. After being arrested, he died. As an elder brother, he didn’t even know what happened. Shen Ling knew nothing about the murder case.
During these three or four days, Shen Ling went to Jiangdu County Government several times, intending to visit Shen Yi, but was stopped by people from the county government. He never saw Shen Yi. He only knew that Shen Yi was involved in a murder case. But I don’t know the details of what happened.
It wasn't until today, when Shen Yi handed over a "text message" from prison, that he knew what exactly happened.
Even when the Jiangdu County government tried the case, his family members were not allowed to sit in the same court.
Now, the news has finally come out about Shen Yi, who is in prison. As the elder brother, he naturally wants to do his best to help his brother.
Thinking of this, Shen Ling turned his head and glanced at Ganquan Academy behind him, and said silently in his heart: "Lao Qi has been peaceful since he was a child, and he will never commit murder. This time he is sentenced to prison. Someone must have falsely accused him. I just hope..."
"I just hope that this great scholar from Jiangzuo can help a bunch of old people and not get along with those people in the county government."
Just as Mr. Shen was sitting at the door of the academy, thinking wildly, a mellow voice sounded behind him.
"Which young master is here late at night?"
When Shen Ling heard this, his whole body trembled. He immediately stood up, turned around and looked behind him, and saw a middle-aged scholar, wearing only a simple set of clothes, standing quietly behind him, accompanied by the concierge.
The headmaster of Ganquan Academy, Lu Anshi.
Shen Ling took a deep breath, knelt directly in front of Dean Lu, lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Lu, Shen Ling, my seventh brother is Mr. Shen Yi's disciple. Now that the seventh brother has been wronged and wronged, he will be killed before his eyes." With swords and axes on my side, sir, please come forward and seek justice for my seventh brother!"
"Shen Yi..."
Lu Anshi frowned slightly, then lowered his eyebrows and said: "I seem to have heard of this name. I heard it from the gentleman in the hospital. There was a life lawsuit three or four days ago and he was taken away by the county government. But I was there at that time. Annotation, Mr. Xie is handling the affairs of the academy..."
Lu Anshi looked at Shen Ling and asked, "Is there something hidden in this?"
Shen Ling lowered his head and kowtowed deeply.
"My brother has been falsely accused and suffered great injustice. For the sake of my brother's life and the reputation of the academy, please seek justice, sir!"
