royal husband

"What? Did you read that right?"

Zhang Zhiheng stood up in astonishment, his eyes full of disbelief.

There are not many soldiers in Zhuzhou, at most there are only two soldiers guarding the city gate. Their families also live in Zhuzhou City. It may be possible to surround such a large Zhangfu.

"Master, it's true." The servant couldn't hide his fear, "Those people are still shouting outside, telling you, and Master Chi, and Master Lu to... go out, or they will come in and arrest people."

"They dare."

After Zhang Zhiheng heard this, he immediately became angry.

Chi Zhen said solemnly, "Patriarch Zhang, they must be soldiers who transported food. Is this Lan Mingzhou really a fuel-efficient lamp? It can actually command them."

Zhang Zhiheng said angrily, "I knew Lan Mingzhou was not a good guy. I should have killed him when he first came to Zhuzhou."

"Patriarch Zhang, Patriarch Chi, let's take a walk." Lu Wentao narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "The soldiers surrounding Zhang's mansion are soldiers, and we can't get along with them. Besides, Lan Mingzhou has Have the guts to send soldiers over, the ones we sent may have already been caught."

Chi Zhen nodded in agreement.

"Patriarch Lu is right, what do you think Patriarch Zhang?"

Zhang Zhiheng gritted his teeth and said word by word, "Okay, let's go and see what tricks Lan Mingzhou can play."

Lu Wentao went on to say, "Wait a minute, it's unavoidable, we want to deal with it first."

Outside the Zhangfu.

The butler of the Zhang Mansion laughed and said, "Gentlemen, please wait a moment, our master will come out soon."

"We are also on business. It is impossible to wait here all the time. We are offended." After the soldier in charge said, he motioned for other soldiers to follow, intending to go directly to Zhang's mansion to arrest people.

to be frank.

They waited for a long time outside Zhang's mansion, and they had already exhausted their benevolence, but the other party still wanted to stand in a stalemate with them, so don't blame them for not giving face.

"Stop all of them." Zhang Zhiheng said angrily when he walked out of Zhangfu first, "Did I tell you to come into my place?"

Chi Zhen and Lu Wentao also came out with Zhang Zhiheng.

"Master, you can figure it out."

The butler of the Zhang residence couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"You are Zhang Zhiheng, the head of the Zhang family?" The soldier had never met Zhang Zhiheng, but he had already roughly guessed his identity from the words of the housekeeper of Zhang's house just now.

"Aren't you going to take me to the yamen? Let's go."

The soldier didn't expect Zhang Zhiheng to follow obediently, "Uh, that pool..."

"What? Didn't you see us?"

Chi Zhen choked back impatiently.

The steward of Zhang's mansion said quickly, "Master, this is Master Chi, and that is Master Lu."

"What do you tell him so much? Let's go."

Zhang Zhiheng glanced at the soldiers with disdain, and left with Chi Zhen and Lu Wentao.

Seeing this, the soldiers followed.

……

yamen.

"Lord Lan, Patriarch Zhang and the others ordered us to do all of this, and we are also innocent."

"Yes, Lord Lan, even if we were given a hundred guts, we wouldn't dare to do it."

After Tao Yichu's secret interrogation, the two men in black were brought to the Yamen court again, and they couldn't wait to tell everything one by one.

Lan Mingzhou frowned and said, "Is that true?"

While Lan Mingzhou was asking, he couldn't help but glance at Tao Yichu with puzzled eyes.

Tao Yichu noticed Lan Mingzhou's gaze, and immediately smiled back.

Actually.

He didn't have time to do anything, he just told the two men in black about Daxia's punishment, and when he took out the torture tools and was about to show them, their legs were weak, and then they all thought about everything. Shake it out.

"It's absolutely true, stealing food is a serious crime, how dare I lie."

"Me too, Mr. Lan, you can trust us, we agreed to help Mr. Zhang with his mother's work only because of our fascination for a while."

Suddenly.

The only clerk in the yamen went to the courtroom and reported back, "Report Master Lan, Zhang Zhiheng, Chi Zhen, and Lu Wentao are already waiting outside."

After Lan Mingzhou heard this, his pupils shrank.

"Okay, let them in."

Not a moment.

Zhang Zhiheng and the other three were taken to the Yamen court.

Zhang Zhiheng came up and yelled at Lan Mingzhou, "Master Lan, you have so many soldiers come to my house, what are you asking us to do? Could it be that you want to invite us to dinner? But we eat good food, you are afraid Excuse me please?"

Lu Wentao also disdainfully said, "Lord Lan, you should speak quickly, we are busy, not as idle as you."

Snapped.

With a cold face, Lan Mingzhou patted the startling wooden door and said, "No noise is allowed in the courtroom."

"If Lord Lan is right, we won't be like this." Chi Zhen looked at Lan Mingzhou and said coldly, "Master Lan is really promising. Since he sent troops to surround us for no reason, we are not afraid that we will report to the Lord Magistrate and say Are you pretending to be public for personal gain?"

Lan Mingzhou pointed to the two men in black kneeling on the ground and the five men standing beside him and said, "Your intention to steal food for disaster relief has been proven, and they are the witnesses."

Zhang Zhiheng preemptively said, "Huh? Aren't these two the thieves who sneaked into Zhang's mansion and stole several bags of food from us earlier? And they, I remember they were taken away by those two people, how could they appear here ?”

One of the men in black was dumbfounded, "Master, it's obviously you..."

Snapped.

Zhang Zhiheng slapped the man in black who was talking, "What am I? A thief like you who steals should be executed, and you even stalked me."

Chi Zhen cupped his hands and said, "Lord Lan, you don't want to judge us based on their one-sided words, do you?"

Lu Wentao also threatened plausibly, "Master Lan, if you are so assertive, you won't be afraid of 'our' hearts?"

The "us" that Lu Wentao mentioned does not refer to the people of Zhuzhou, but the gentry and businessmen headed by them in Zhuzhou. If they make trouble, they are not joking.

"..."

Lan Mingzhou couldn't solve the case for a while, and subconsciously looked at Li Jin.

Li Jin shook his head calmly.

Lan Mingzhou clenched his fists, "Since you say that these people are thieves and have nothing to do with you, then I will punish them for false accusations and theft. If you come, you will be put in prison first and wait to be punished."

"Yes, Master Lan."

After the Yachai got the order, he immediately took the five people down together with the soldiers.

"Master, it's all your attention, why do you want me to take the blame? I don't want to die, master, I don't want to die."

"My lord, save me, my lord, please help me."

Unlike the five men who had resigned themselves to their fate long ago, the two men in black heard this, and hurriedly shouted regardless, wanting Zhang Zhiheng and the others to rescue them.

Zhang Zhiheng ignored them, and said to Lan Mingzhou, "Master Lan, you should give us back the things they stole, right?"

This is what Zhang Zhiheng and the others came here for.

For them, these captured people are useless, and keeping them is a waste of food. It would be better to push them out to take the blame.

"No." Lan Mingzhou shook his head and said, "I have sent people to check the food they 'stolen', and it has already become moldy, so it is not suitable for consumption, so I decided to burn the food."

"What? You're all burned?"

Zhang Zhiheng gasped, his eyes were full of pity and anger.

The food was all silver, yet he actually burned it, burned it.

Lan Mingzhou said unhurriedly, "Since it's not suitable for food, it's a disaster to keep it. It's for your own good that I burn it. If the food accidentally leaks out and it's found to be yours, I'm afraid you will be killed." Misfortune is imminent."

"So, should we thank Master Lan?"

Zhang Zhiheng looked at Lan Mingzhou with eyes full of resentment, as if he wanted to eat/people.

Chi Zhen and Lu Wentao's faces were also very ugly.

They also contributed a lot of the moldy food that was exchanged. They thought they would get a share of the pie, but they didn't expect to steal chickens and lose money now. It's no wonder their faces look good.

"Retire."

Lan Mingzhou patted the gavel and left the courtroom.

"Let's go too." Li Jin patted the back of Ying Yuan who was sitting next to him, then stood up, followed Lan Mingzhou into the inner hall.

"Ah."

Yingyuan nodded and followed closely behind.

"hateful."

Zhang Zhiheng couldn't hide his angry curse.

"This is his territory, let's go back and talk about it."

……

Yamen Inner Hall.

As soon as Lan Mingzhou saw Li Jin who followed, he asked sharply, "Young Master Li, they have confessed just now, if I continue to press them, they will definitely not be able to escape, why do you want me to let them go?"

Li Jin looked at Lan Mingzhou with a full face and said, "They can't escape, but don't forget that if something happens to them, the forces behind them will affect Zhuzhou City. people."

When Li Jin was in Liujia Village, Zhou Yunting had already asked Zhou Yunting to go to Zhuzhou to inquire about the news. Not only did he know that Lan Mingzhou had arrived in Zhuzhou to serve as the county magistrate, but he also had a thorough understanding of the forces in Zhuzhou City. Ming Zhou, let them go for now.

"I was reckless." Lan Mingzhou lowered his head, "But if this happens, I won't be able to deal with them. What should the people do then?"

Lan Mingzhou couldn't understand how mean they were.

otherwise.

With Lan Mingzhou's cautious temperament, he would never confront them directly when he first came to Zhuzhou City.

"That's impossible." Li Jin shook his head, and continued, "Now we still need someone who can guarantee that Zhuzhou will not be greatly affected when we move them."

It will not affect Zhuzhou...

A word to awaken the dreamer.

Li Jin's words awakened Lan Mingzhou in an instant, "Li Shizi, there is a suitable candidate for the next official, the Cheng family. The Cheng family was also one of the prominent families in Zhuzhou back then. Unfortunately, it was later replaced by the former county magistrate Chen Manzhou and Zhang Chi. , the Lu family conspired to plot against them, so they had no choice but to retreat, but the contacts of the Cheng family are still there, and with the help of the Cheng family, everything will be solved."