The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 121
(Seek for collection, ask for recommendation tickets, ask for Sanjiang tickets!)
There are many things that cannot be stated in court, and need to be said behind closed doors.

Xie Shen still has this awareness.

The boy followed County Magistrate Wu to the backyard, and as soon as he entered the study, he waited for County Magistrate Wu to speak.

Since County Magistrate Wu suppressed the case and wanted to retry it another day, there must be his reasons.

Xie Shen now just needs to listen quietly.

"Xiansheng, do you know why this officer suppressed this case?"

Xie Shen didn't expect Magistrate Wu's first sentence to be nonsense, so he was stunned for a moment.

If he knew why Magistrate Wu suppressed the case, would he foolishly wait for Magistrate Wu to speak first?

"The student is stupid, please ask the county lord to express it."

County Magistrate Wu sighed and waved his hands: "Do you know who this Ninth Master you are talking about? How could you offend him? Aren't you embarrassing the county!"

County magistrate Wu has been an official for many years, and he naturally knows what is right and what is wrong.But some things can't be judged on the basis of right and wrong, so it seems that this Jiu Ye is definitely not the one that Wu County Magistrate can offend.

Xie Shen was startled when he heard this, what is the origin of this person, the county magistrate Wu was so horrified that he hesitated to speak.

After a moment of silence, County Magistrate Wu said again: "This county does not hide from you. The ninth master is named Tan Fang. Because he is the ninth in the family, he is called the ninth master. He runs a silk business and is considered a wealthy businessman in Yuyao." Rich businessman."

The more Xie Shen listened, the more confused he became. He thought that Lord Jiu would be a high-ranking official, and he must be a wealthy gentleman, but County Magistrate Wu said he was a merchant.

What do merchants have to fear?

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are at the bottom. Since when are officials afraid of merchants?
As if seeing Xie Shen's doubts, Magistrate Wu shook his head and sighed, "He is Eunuch Li's adopted son!"

Eunuch Li?
Xie Shen thought for a moment, there were quite a few eunuchs surnamed Li in the Hongzhi Dynasty, who is the Magistrate Wu talking about?

"The student is stupid, I don't know who is the eunuch Li that the county lord is talking about?"

County Magistrate Wu waved his hand and said, "Who else can it be? Of course it's Li Guang."

Li Guang?

Xie Shen wanted to cry when he heard this name.

In the Hongzhi Dynasty, the officials were clear and bright, and even the eunuchs in the inner palace were rarely arrogant and domineering.Not only did they not have power traitors like Wang Zhen and Wang Zhi, they never even had such a powerful faction as the Eight Tigers of Zhengde.

But if one insisted on finding one or two treacherous representatives from the eunuchs in the palace, Li Guang would probably be the one to count.

This guy, like many senior eunuchs, has the greatest hobby in his life to make money.His methods of making money are very subtle and diverse, and he is a rare and powerful faction among corrupt officials in the Hongzhi Dynasty.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand why most eunuchs are greedy for money.They entered the palace in abstinence since they were young, and beautiful women are not attractive to them, at best they are bought as decorations for vases.

No matter how powerful an eunuch is, they are still eunuchs, and they rarely leave a good reputation in the history, so there is no need to count on this reputation.

The eunuchs couldn't enjoy both, so they naturally focused all their energies on making money, and making crazy money became their only pursuit in life.

Of course, this is a bit perverted and deformed, but there is also a hint of sadness.

Li Guang is such a number one character!
Xie Shen is now enlightened.

Although Li Guang didn't rank among the top three in the palace prison, he was very popular, and in the final analysis it was still a matter of money.

Li Guang was able to earn money, so naturally he did not enjoy all the money he earned, and would give a share to several big bosses in the Supervisor of Ceremonies.Naturally, there will be no shortage of Admirals of the East Factory.

Money is such a thing, even if you are an eunuch who is in charge of the ceremony, it is impossible to refuse.Over time, Li Guang became an indispensable one among the group of eunuchs in the palace.

No matter how angry Xie Shen is, he must calm down and examine this matter carefully.

It was very common for eunuchs to adopt sons in the Ming Dynasty, and eunuchs guarding many places had adopted sons, not to mention a favored eunuch like Li Guang.

It is not surprising that Tan Fang is Li Guang's adopted son.The strange thing is why did Tan Fang, who was bestowed the title of Ninth Master by this person, send the villainous slaves in the mansion to rob Shui Yun?
Xie Shen didn't know this Ninth Master at all, and he had no grudges against him, so why did Tan Fang take the initiative to provoke trouble?
Then there is only one possibility, that the person he offended found Tan Fang and asked Tan Fang to come forward to find a place for him.

So, who could this person be?
Is it the arrogant and domineering Sun family uncle and nephew, or the shopkeeper Wu who holds a grudge against Xie Shen because he refused to cooperate?
No matter which side it is, there are sufficient reasons for attacking Shuiyun.No matter what, Xie Shen would never allow them to act recklessly like this.

And from Xie Shen's point of view, Li Guang definitely didn't know about such a small matter, it was nothing more than this Tan Fang pulling a tiger's skin as a banner.

If things really got serious, Tan Fang might be even more worried.

Although Eunuch Li Guangli didn't care much about his reputation, he couldn't tolerate others ruining his reputation, especially if this person was his adopted son!

Now we need to see what County Magistrate Wu means. As long as County Magistrate Wu has the courage to investigate, Xie Shen will have the confidence to find out the truth.

Others are bullying to the top, how can Xie Shen bear it!

It's just that Magistrate Wu obviously didn't intend to offend Tan Fang.Although Tan Fang has no official status, Li Guang is behind her. Unless it is absolutely necessary, County Magistrate Wu wants to turn a blind eye.

"Xiansheng, let's stop this matter. The three evil slaves have already been severely punished by the official, so there is no need for Xiansheng to hold on to them."

Xie Shen was very disappointed when he heard Magistrate Wu say these words.He also knew that important people might be involved in this matter, so he came to the back hall to talk with Magistrate Wu.He thought that County Magistrate Wu would discuss with him how to deal with it, but who would have thought that County Magistrate Wu would tell him to give up pursuing the case voluntarily!

It's fine if officials protect each other, after all, it's considered an unspoken rule in the officialdom.But Tan Fang is just the adopted son of Eunuch Li, without an official or title, and County Magistrate Wu actually disregarded the laws of Ming Dynasty for such a villain!
The image of magistrate Wu in the young man's heart suddenly collapsed, at this moment Xie Shen was quite desperate.

If the county magistrate doesn't care, who else can he count on?Do you want to go to Hangzhou Mansion to find Lu Yuan?Although Lu Yuan is the deputy envoy of the procuratorate, how could he manage such a small case.

If County Magistrate Wu forcibly closed the case, how could he reverse the case if he couldn't even get the file?
What's more, if Tan Fang didn't succeed once, she would naturally lose face, wouldn't there be a second time?
County magistrate Wu only punished a few evil servants and thugs, but condoned and indulged the mastermind behind the scenes. Is this what Yuyao's parents and officials did?
At this moment, Xie Shen realized that the bright and beautiful things he saw were just what County Magistrate Wu and others wanted him to see.

How could he have the opportunity to see the darkness behind human nature and the filth behind the glamor if he hadn't been in it?

Xie Shen is just a scholar from a poor family, it is impossible for County Magistrate Wu to offend Tan Fang for Xie Shen, so he can only rely on himself!
(End of this chapter)