Thinking of this, Li Hui suddenly jumped up from his stool. He suddenly realized that he had truly strayed into the vortex of the fight between the aristocratic families. He tried his best to avoid entering the room where the elephants were fighting, and did not want to become a victim of their fight. However,
He has stepped into it step by step now, and it is beyond his control.
In the struggle between aristocratic families, sometimes fierce battles will occur because of an insignificant matter. Because a fierce game will occur for an insignificant little person. Because it does not matter the size of the matter, the importance of the person and the
No. It only matters about victory or defeat, and about face.
Just like on the battlefield, often for an insignificant hilltop, both sides will go to great lengths to attack and defend, invest heavily in the battle, and turn the place into a slaughterhouse. What is being fought for is no longer the hilltop itself, but the battle for morale.
Fighting for face, fighting for momentum, fighting for confidence.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Ah Zhu saw Li Hui jumping up from his chair and pacing with a frown on his face, so he hurriedly came to ask.
When Li Hui came back to his senses, he saw A-Zhu's bright big eyes full of worry, and felt a little guilty. A-Zhu was very sensitive to her own emotions, and her mental state in the past two days had obviously been noticed by her, which made her feel uncomfortable.
She also felt worried.
"It's nothing, I just figured out one thing. Is the horse washed? I'll go take a look." Li Hui stretched out his hand to touch Ah Zhu's face and said with a smile.
A-Zhu smiled and nodded, and followed Li Hui to the horse. The horse was very energetic after taking a cold bath. The brown-black hair was very smooth and elegant, and the muscle lines on the horse's body were also very beautiful.
When it saw Azhu coming, it kept snoring and shaking its head.
"Look at the beast looking happy." Li Hui laughed.
"Don't call it a beast, it has a name, it's called Awang." Ah Zhu said angrily.
"Awang?" Li Hui was stunned, and then burst into laughter.
"Why are you laughing? Isn't this a bad name?" Azhu tilted her head and said dissatisfied.
"Okay. A very good name. Azhu Awang, sounds like your brother." Li Hui said with a smile.
Ah Zhu stamped her feet and said angrily: "That's the name of the big yellow dog my family originally raised. Why do you talk like that?"
Li Hui suppressed his laughter and nodded: "I see, Awang, that's a good name. However, this is a horse. Don't be too nice to it. Otherwise, how can you get rid of the whip when you ride it?"
"A whip? Why do you want to hit him? How pitiful he is. He is alone and has no parents. If you want to go on your way, just tell him. Why beat him? He is very smart and understands." Azhu said.
Li Hui was speechless, thinking: This horse will most likely be scrapped. It was originally a good horse, but now it will be kept as a pet. It is not like those horses raised in Jiangnan, which are bloated and fat.
, not even as good as a donkey.
However, since Azhu likes it, let her go. It's rare that she likes something, so just keep it as a pet dog for her.
As he was talking, there were sounds of footsteps outside the courtyard, and Zhou Che strode in from the door. Li Hui cupped his hands and said, "Brother, you are polite."
Zhou Che hurriedly returned the courtesy, quickly approached, looked at the horse and praised: "Wow, such a spirited horse."
"It's called Awang. Brother Zhou." Ah Zhu shouted.
Zhou Che looked at Li Hui, and the two of them burst into laughter at the same time. When Ah Zhu stamped her feet and screamed, Li Hui and Zhou Che had already walked side by side to the main room.
"Have you found out?" Li Hui asked after sitting down.
"It's been found out. My brother's guess is correct. Song Yande and Hu Wenli are both from them. A year ago, both of them were serving as court guests under Huan Huo, the governor of Jingzhou, and then they were recommended and appointed as the county magistrate and chief of Juchao County.
It’s your job.” Zhou Che said in a low voice.
Li Hui breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Is the news true?"
Zhou Che said: "Brother Jiang Sheng and Song Yande's subordinate have a good relationship with Zhao Yong. Last night, Jiang Sheng invited him to drink. After he was drunk, Jiang Sheng asked, and Zhao Yong said it himself. In the end, he told the truth, so it must be true. Besides, I found some information.
evidence."
Li Huidao: "Tell me."
Zhou Che said: "Song Yande's wife went to eat on the street yesterday and ate the boiled lotus root on the street. She disliked it because it was not as delicious as the Jingzhou pink lotus root from her hometown. It can be seen that they are from Jingzhou."
Li Hui nodded. Song Yande and Hu Wenli were from Jingzhou. This was not a secret. Li Hui had known it before. But they had served as guests of the Huan family before. This was really useful information. That was enough to explain their relationship with the Huan family.
relationship between.
"What else were found?" Li Hui asked with a frown.
Zhou Che said in a deep voice: "Hu Wenli secretly went to Lujiang County many times. Liu Laoer, who was punting the boat at the Wekou Pier, testified. Since coming to Juchao County, Hu Wenli has gone to Lujiang County every six or seven days. The most recent time was in Chu
1. Yes, on the day of Miss Azhu’s birthday, Hu Wenli’s subordinate Hu Baozi asked the yamen servant Lao Chen. Lao Chen didn’t pay attention and told him about preparing the lanterns.”
Li Hui nodded slowly. At this point, everything came to light. It was not difficult to find out, and all of this was completely consistent with Li Hui's guess. After learning that Huan Xu actually knew about his affairs in Juchao County, Li Hui immediately
The suspects were locked on Song Yande and Hu Wenli. Sure enough, it was these two people who were behind the scenes.
Li Hui suddenly remembered something. When Song Yande and Hu Wenli came to take office later that year, he wrote to Wang Muzhi to ask Wang Muzhi if these two people were recommended for appointment because of their loose behavior.
At that time, Wang Muzhi wrote a concise and concise letter back to himself, saying: "Colleagues should treat each other with tolerance and be patient with each other. Those two are elderly and prudent and will be of great benefit to the affairs of Juchao County."
I didn't feel the taste at the time, but now I understand. The so-called tolerance and patience with each other means telling myself that these two people may not be to my liking. It is ironic to say that it will be of great benefit to Juchao County.
Wang Muzhi should have known the origins of these two people, and also knew that they were arranged by the Huan family in Juchao County. However, he did not say it clearly. I think this is Wang Muzhi's usual style, and his life and death have nothing to do with him, so let him
When fighting with people arranged by the Huan family, he is also optimistic about the change. In short, it has nothing to do with him.
Li Hui didn't want to blame Wang Muzhi. As Wang Muzhi said, everyone has his own position in acting, and he had no reason to ask him to do anything. He also had no obligation to help him.
What Li Hui was thinking was that the Huan family had arranged for their people to take up posts in Juchao County a few months ago. Could it be that they had been targeting him for a long time? Or maybe they were just routinely arranging for the Huan family's ministers to serve in Juchao County.
Occupy the vacant official positions in various places? Juchao County was newly built, and the problem of lake bandits in Juchao County was solved. The vacant county official positions were just used to place Huan's subordinates. Such official positions are not big, and Huan's children
Naturally, it is disdainful, but it is a kind of praise for those court guests who were supported and attached to by the Huan family.
Moreover, if they find their own black spots and find out what illegal things they have done, they can replace them.
Li Hui couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this. The Huan family's influence is everywhere, and it has touched every level from top to bottom. It doesn't seem to be fake. Instead, they are practicing this and inserting their own forces and minions into
every corner,
"Brother, since these two people are causing trouble in secret, we can't let them go. They are eating the shit out of them. They came to Juchao County without doing anything good, but they secretly snooped and tipped off the news with ulterior motives. We have to deal with them." Zhou Che said solemnly.
road.
Li Hui smiled bitterly and said: "Since they are members of the Huan family, they are trying to find out information for Huan Xu. That is not considered cheating. What do you think of dealing with them? Kill them?"
Zhou Che said: "That's not a bad idea. As long as you give the order, I will take care of it."
Li Hui hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Absolutely not. They haven't done anything to kill or set fire, so how can they kill them? Isn't that asking for trouble? The Huan family is not something we can afford to offend. Killing them will cause endless troubles."
Zhou Che said: "Should we let them run free? With two more pairs of eyes and ears around us, wouldn't every move be known to others? Besides, we don't know what their purpose is. If we are not careful, we may be caught by them.
What are the disadvantages of living here, wouldn’t it be bad?”
Li Hui muttered: "That's true. We have to find a reason to drive them away. This matter is easy to handle. I will convene a meeting tomorrow and arrange for officials to go to the local market town to sit on site to help the people solve their problems. Let Song Yande and Hu Wenli go to Juchao
Go to the remote market towns in the county to take charge. This is called the official going to the countryside operation. Let them stay down there. Hey, out of sight, out of mind."
Zhou Che laughed loudly and praised: "What a good idea. Don't these two guys like to go to court to try cases? There are many trivial matters in the countryside, and the people are also difficult to deal with. Let them deal with it. I'm afraid of them.
If you cause chaos down there, the people will complain."
Li Hui chuckled and said, "I have no choice but to suffer for the people. It's best if they make too much trouble and commit some crimes, so that I can take them down."
Zhou Che stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Brother, you are so smart."