marquis of jingan

Chapter 8

In the main hall of the county yamen, County Magistrate Feng walked in from the outside with a smile on his face. Before stepping into the door of the main hall, he arched his hands and smiled all over his face.

"What's the matter with the head of the mountain? Send someone over to deliver a letter, and Feng will go to the academy to visit the head of the mountain. How dare you go to the head of the mountain himself?"

County Magistrate Feng spoke very politely. After all, he is an official, and Lu Anshi is a citizen. No matter whether Lu Anshi is a great Confucian or not, he has already given Mr. Lu enough face.

Lu Anshi also stood up, bowed his hands to County Magistrate Feng, bowed slightly, and said, "Your Highness is very polite, I'm taking the liberty to bother you today, but I have something to ask the County Magistrate."

Magistrate Feng frowned, but the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he smiled at Lu Anshi and said, "Sir, I have something to do, but it's okay to ask."

Dean Lu looked at County Magistrate Feng, then slightly lowered his eyebrows and said: "Master, a murder case happened in my Ganquan Academy a few days ago, which has caused a very bad impact. Lu was annotating scriptures a few days ago. Paying attention to these mundane affairs, I only heard about this incident yesterday, so I want to come here and ask the county lord, has this case in my academy been investigated clearly?"

Mr. Lu is still very skilled in speaking.

He is a citizen now, and has no right to ask about anything in the yamen, but he said "our academy", so he can intervene in this case justifiably, and even because he explained this in advance, Magistrate Feng couldn't help Use this reason to prevaricate 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, so you can ignore it."

Feng Lu's words were to remind Lu Anshi, the Jiangzuo Confucian, that this matter would probably cause him trouble, and since it had been handed over to the county government, he, the head of the mountain, could not ask questions.

Lu Anshi was also an official, so he could naturally hear the meaning of Feng Lu's words. The dean smiled at Feng Lu: "The county lord said that Lu can ignore this matter, that is to say, this matter Lu can also take care of it."

"Okay."

Magistrate Feng sighed slightly, and said: "Since Mr. insists on asking, I won't say anything more. I can only tell Mr. that this case is still under investigation. When the results are found out, Feng will definitely Send someone to inform Mr.

At this time, County Magistrate Feng naturally wouldn't say that Shen Yi was the murderer.

After all, the person sitting in front of him is one of the well-known Confucian scholars in Jiangdu Prefecture, who is also the mouthpiece of Jiangdu Prefecture. Anyone who says anything in front of him must be responsible.

Therefore, it is most appropriate to speak out such ambiguous official words.

"Since there has been no conviction yet."

Lu Anshi looked at Feng Lu, the county magistrate, and said with a smile: "Then the county magistrate allowed this old man to go to the prison, and see how this disciple is doing?"

Feng Lu sat in his seat and was not in a hurry to speak. He first looked at Lu Anshi, then took a sip of tea with his head down, and sighed slightly: "Sir is the head of the academy, and Shen Yi is a student of the academy. It is not very easy for Feng to stop me if my husband wants to see him, but..."

Magistrate Feng looked at Lu Anshi, and said in a low voice, "For the sake of Mr. Feng, I think it's better not to see him."

The meaning of County Magistrate Feng is very simple. This time it is not just a simple murder case, but also the Jiangdu Fan family is behind it. If he gets involved rashly, he may become an enemy of the Fan family.

More importantly, Fan Dongcheng was not the only one who beat and killed Chen Qing, but four people. Among these four people, except for Fan Dongcheng, the other three were also from small and powerful families in Jiangdu.

For this kind of thing, the four families must be united in their efforts. If they are really against them, they will spare no effort to contribute money and goods.

Although County Magistrate Feng was facing the Fan family, he still had some respect for Lu Anshi in his heart. He didn't want Lu Anshi to get involved, and he didn't want the master to get involved.

Of course, the more important reason is that he has made some mistakes in arresting Shen Yi and lynching the case this time. If possible, he doesn't want any further twists and turns in this matter.

Mr. Lu sat at the bottom, smiled at County Magistrate Feng and said, "My whole life, I have been most afraid of trouble. When I return to my hometown in Jiangdu, I only want to study and teach in peace, but since I am the head of the mountain, I still have to take care of the affairs of the academy It’s not good to live up to the burden passed down by the former teacher.”

Lu An Shizhong Jinshi was studying in Ganquan Academy before, and his teacher was the previous head of the mountain.

Magistrate Feng shook his head and sighed. He looked at Lu Anshi, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Since Mr. Feng insists on going, it's not easy for Mr. Feng to stop him, so we can only let Mr. go to the prison."

Lu Anshi is a great Confucian, a celebrity in the world, and has great social influence. If this kind of person intervenes in the case, it is impossible for Feng Lu to wrong Shen Yi. The crime of negligence really killed Shen Yi and annoyed Mr. Lu, so it was not so easy to end.

"Thank you county lord."

"No thank you."

County Magistrate Feng sighed slightly, and said, "It's just that Mr. Feng can't go with you, and you have been an official before. You should know that sometimes we and other local officials who are officials in different places can't do what they want."

If local officials want to do their jobs safely and steadily, they must not only have a good relationship with the Shangguan, but also have a good relationship with the local gentry, and the county government will inevitably be infiltrated by local forces.

The current Jiangdu county government has the eyeliner of many local forces.

County magistrate Feng refused to go with Lu Anshi because he was afraid of offending the Fan family and the Fan Shilang, and if Lu Anshi went by himself, then he would have a reason to break up with the Fan family afterwards.

"Don't bother the county magistrate."

Lu Anshi lowered his head slightly: "The county lord writes a note, and Lu will go by himself."

Feng Lu shook his head.

"You can't write notes either."

The county magistrate whispered: "Mr., just go. I'll ask someone to say hello in advance, and I won't stop you."

Lu Anshi raised his head and looked at the somewhat chubby Jiangdu county magistrate in front of him, and smiled dumbly: "The county magistrate is alert."

County Magistrate Feng smiled wryly: "Sir, you are absurd. In the officialdom, sometimes you have to be careful."

"There's Lao Xianzun."

Just like that, Lu Anshi left the Jiangdu county office and walked towards the county jail.

The county prison is only a mile or two away from the county government. Soon, the carriage stopped at the gate of the county prison. A jailer in soap clothes was already waiting at the gate. He didn't take a step until he saw Lu Anshi get off the carriage. Going up to meet him, he leaned over and said, "Is that Mr. Lu?"

Lu Anshi's expression was calm: "It's Lu."

"The master comes with the villain."

This little official was exactly Zhou Sheng who delivered the letter for Shen Yi before. He bent slightly and walked in front to lead Lu Anshi. Soon the two of them entered the county prison.

As soon as he entered the prison, a smell of rotting vegetation came to his face.

Lu Shanchang frowned slightly, but didn't say much, and still followed Zhou Sheng, walking towards the depths of the prison.

Not long after, Zhou Sheng brought Lu Anshi to the door of a cell, then turned his head to Lu Anshi and said, "Master, Mr. Shen is inside."

Lu Anshi nodded, looked at Zhou Sheng, and asked, "Are you here?"

Zhou Sheng shook his head: "The superiors never asked the villain to listen here."

After saying this, he turned to look at the ragged young man in the prison, and said, "Young Master Shen, Young Master Shen, Master Lu is here to see you."

After saying this, Zhou Sheng bowed his hands to Lu Anshi, and turned to leave.

And Shen Yi, who was drowsy in the cell, was also awakened by him. After waking up in a daze, Shen Yi saw a little old man with a long beard and a green dress standing in front of him.

He recognized it. It was his dean and his life-saving straw.

Shen Yi shook his head, trying to wake himself up, then he stood up staggeringly, enduring the severe pain in his back, and bowed to Lu Anshi: "Student, pay homage to the head of the mountain."

Lu Anshi, who was outside the prison door, saw Shen Yi in the prison, whose face was extremely pale and almost unsteady, couldn't help frowning: "Why are you so haggard?"

"Go back to the mountain leader."

Shen Yi in the cell smiled wryly, "Students...don't dare to eat."

He stretched out his hand to hold the door of the prison, let himself stand upright, and said in a low voice.

"Students are afraid...of being poisoned to death."

(End of this chapter)