In the main hall of the county government office, Magistrate Feng walked in from the outside with a smile on his face. Before he stepped into the door of the main hall, he raised his hands with a smile on his face.
"If the mountain leader has something to do, he sent someone to deliver a letter. Feng went to the academy to visit the mountain leader. How dare he go to the mountain leader in person?"
Magistrate Feng's words were very polite. After all, he was an official and Lu Anshi was a citizen. Regardless of whether Lu Anshi was a great scholar or not, he had given Mr. Lu enough face.
Lu Anshi also stood up, returned the salute to County Magistrate Feng, bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, you are so polite. I have taken the liberty to bother you today because I have something to ask your Majesty."
Magistrate Feng's brows twitched, but the smile on his face did not diminish. He smiled at Lu Anshi and said, "Sir, there is something wrong, but it doesn't hurt to ask."
Dean Lu looked at Magistrate Feng, then slightly lowered his eyebrows and said: "Your Majesty, a murder case occurred in our Ganquan Academy a few days ago, which has a very bad impact now. Lu was annotating scriptures a few days ago, but he didn't
I just heard about this matter yesterday, so I wanted to come over and ask the county magistrate, has this case in my academy been investigated clearly? "
Mr. Lu is still very skillful in speaking.
He is a citizen now and has no right to interfere with anything in the yamen, but he said "our academy" so that he can legitimately intervene in this case. Even because he explained the matter in advance, Magistrate Feng could not do anything about it.
I used this reason to frustrate him.
Magistrate Feng's expression froze, then he looked at Lu Anshi and sighed.
"Mr. Lu, this matter has been handed over to the county government. You could have ignored it."
Feng Lu's words were a reminder to Lu Anshi, a great scholar from Jiangzuo, that this matter was likely to bring him trouble, and since it had been handed over to the county government, he, the mountain chief, could not interfere.
Lu Anshi was also an official, so he could naturally understand the meaning of Feng Lu's words. The dean smiled at Feng Lu: "The county official said that Lu can ignore this matter. In other words, this matter
Lu can also take care of it."
"Okay."
Magistrate Feng sighed slightly and said: "Since you insist on asking, I won't say anything more. I can only tell you that this case is still under investigation. When the results are found, Feng will definitely
Send someone to inform sir."
At this time, Magistrate Feng would naturally not say that Shen Yi was the murderer.
After all, the person sitting in front of him is one of the famous scholars in Jiangdu Prefecture, and he is also the mouthpiece of Jiangdu Prefecture. Anyone who says anything in front of him must be held responsible.
Therefore, it is most appropriate to speak this kind of ambiguous official language.
"Since there has been no conviction yet."
Lu Anshi looked at the county magistrate Feng Lu and said with a smile: "Then the county magistrate allows me to go to the prison to take a look at this disciple?"
Feng Lu sat in his seat and was not in a hurry to speak. He first looked at Lu Anshi, then lowered his head and took a sip of tea. He sighed slightly: "Sir, he is the mountain chief of the academy, and Shen Yi is a student of the academy. It stands to reason that
It’s not easy for Mr. Feng to stop Mr. Feng if he wants to see him, but..."
Magistrate Feng looked at Lu Anshi and whispered: "For the sake of Mr. Feng, I think it would be better not to see him."
Magistrate Feng's meaning is very simple. This time it is not just a murder case, but there is also the Fan family of Jiangdu behind it. If they get involved rashly, they may become enemies of the Fan family.
More importantly, Fan Dongcheng was not the only person who beat and killed Chen Qing, but four people. Among these four people, except Fan Dongcheng, the other three were also from small and powerful families in Jiangdu.
For this kind of thing, the four families must be working together. If they really go against them, they will spare no effort to provide money and materials.
Although County Magistrate Feng was facing the Fan family, he still respected Lu Anshi to a certain extent. He didn't want Lu Anshi to get involved, nor did he want this master to get involved.
Of course, the more important reason is that he has already made some mistakes in arresting Shen Yi and conducting a lynching trial this time. If possible, he does not want this matter to have any more twists and turns.
Mr. Lu sat at the bottom and smiled at Magistrate Feng and said: "I have been most afraid of trouble in my life. When I returned to my hometown of Jiangdu, I just wanted to study and teach quietly. But now that I have become the head of the mountain, I still have to take care of things in the academy. Those who are in charge cannot live up to the heavy responsibility passed down by our ancestors."
Lu An Shizhong studied at Ganquan Academy before becoming a Jinshi, and his teacher was the previous mountain chief.
Magistrate Feng shook his head and sighed. He looked at Lu Anshi and lowered his eyebrows and said, "Since Mr. Feng is determined to go, Feng can't stop him, so he can only let Mr. go to the prison."
Lu Anshi is a great scholar of the time, a famous official, and has great social influence. If such a person intervenes in the case, it is impossible for Feng Lu to accuse Shen Yi. After all, as of this matter, he, as a county magistrate, is at most a The crime of negligence really killed Shen Yi and angered Mr. Lu, so it was not so easy to end.
"Thank you, Lord County."
"No thank you."
Magistrate Feng sighed slightly and said, "It's just that Feng can't accompany Mr. Feng. Mr. Feng has also been an official. You should know that local officials like me and others who serve as officials in other places sometimes cannot do as they please."
If local officials want to do their jobs safely and safely, they must not only maintain good relations with Shangguan, but also with local gentry, and county government offices are inevitably infiltrated by local forces.
The current Jiangdu County government has many informants from local forces.
Magistrate Feng refused to go with Lu Anshi because he was afraid of offending the Fan family and the Minister Fan. If Lu Anshi went by himself, he would have reason to break up with the Fan family afterwards.
"I don't want to bother you, the county magistrate."
Lu Anshi lowered his head slightly: "The county magistrate writes a note, and Lu will go by himself."
Feng Lu shook his head.
"You can't even write a note."
The county magistrate whispered: "Sir, you are on your way. I will ask someone to greet you in advance and I will not stop you."
Lu Anshi raised his head and looked at the slightly chubby Jiangdu County Magistrate in front of him, and smiled dumbly: "The magistrate is quite alert."
Magistrate Feng gave a wry smile: "Sir, that's ridiculous. In officialdom, sometimes you have to be careful."
"Thank you, the county magistrate."
In this way, Lu Anshi left the Jiangdu County Government Office and walked towards the county prison.
The county prison was only a mile or two away from the county government office. Soon, the carriage stopped at the door of the county prison. A jailer in soap clothes was already waiting at the door. After seeing Lu Anshi get off the carriage, he took a step He went up to meet him, leaned forward and said, "Is this Mr. Lu?"
Lu Anshi looked calm: "It's Mr. Lu."
"Master comes with the villain."
This clerk was none other than Zhou Sheng, who had previously delivered a message for Shen Yi. He bent slightly and walked in front to lead the way for Lu Anshi, and soon the two of them entered the county jail.
As soon as I entered the prison, the smell of rotten vegetation hit my face.
Lu Shanchang frowned slightly, but said nothing and continued to follow Zhou Sheng towards the depths of the prison.
Not long after, Zhou Sheng brought Lu Anshi to the door of a cell, then turned around and bowed to Lu Anshi and said, "Master, Mr. Shen is right here."
Lu Anshi nodded, looked at Zhou Sheng, and asked, "Do you want to be here?"
Zhou Sheng shook his head: "The superiors never asked me to listen here."
After saying this, he turned back to look at the ragged young man in the prison and said, "Master Shen, Master Shen, Master Lu is here to see you."
After saying this, Zhou Sheng bowed his hands to Lu Anshi and turned to leave.
Shen Yi, who was drowsy in the cell, was also woken up by him. After he woke up in a daze, Shen Yi saw a little old man with a long beard and a green suit standing in front of him.
He recognized him, he was his dean and his life-saving straw.
Shen Yi shook his head and tried to wake himself up. Then he stood up staggeringly, enduring the severe pain on his back, and bowed to Lu Anshi: "Student, meet the mountain leader."
Lu Anshi outside the cell door couldn't help but frown when he saw Shen Yi who was extremely pale in the cell and could hardly stand. "Why are you so haggard?"
"Go back to the mountain to grow up."
Shen Yi in the cell smiled bitterly and said, "Students... don't dare to eat."
He stretched out his hand to hold the prison door, stood up straight, and whispered.