Zhou Yi didn’t want to make a big fuss about the matter, so after roughly asking about the case, he withdrew from the hall on the grounds of a detailed investigation, and threw those moaning people in the hall into prison.

   Of course he wouldn't let those who tried to sabotage the township exam go unnoticed, but he didn't want to use it as a crime, because whether it was true or not, as a prefect, he couldn't please him.

   So Zhou Yi wanted to delay it, and secretly deal with it when everyone has forgotten about it.

   Zhou Yi sent Li Baolu away and turned back to the office. Master hurriedly followed and whispered, "Sir, do you want to invite that little Mrs. Gu to speak in the hall? This matter should not be publicized, why not greet her in advance?"

Zhou Yi once asked Changsui to check Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu. Naturally, he knew that Li Baolu had martial arts skills. He looked down on Jianghu people in his heart, but he was afraid that she would force him without a trace. The country's plan, let her focus on the overall situation, if the Guangzhou township examination is flawed, her husband will be the first to bear the brunt."

   This is a threat.

  Master nodded in response, and stepped back to find Li Baolu.

  Li Baolu did not stay in the mansion, but brought Shunxin home.

  Shun said indignantly, "Madam, the prefect is obviously trying to shirk. The prisoner was caught by us, but he never interrogated him."

   "It doesn't matter, we just know who did it," Li Baolu comforted him. "The matter of reporting to the official is over, and the next thing is the matter of the government office."

   "What if the prefect protects them?"

"Ou Dunyi's grades are not very good. I don't believe that he can only get good grades by hurting Brother Jingyun. How many candidates in Guangzhou prefecture are unable to take the exam due to accidents? No matter if they were killed or accidentally, when there is a reason , people will defend themselves. They have been studying hard for ten years, waiting for this day, but because of an accident, they have to wait for another three years, both psychologically and physiologically, it is difficult to accept, and now there is a catharsis Let them vent this despair and anger in their hearts."

   So Li Baolu doesn't care if Zhou Yi wants to delay the time, because someone will force him to investigate.

   What she cares about is the person who gave Ou Dunyi the idea behind the scenes. It is natural to solve these people in an open and fair way through legal means. No, they are not afraid. Anyway, they have enough enemies and don't mind one or two more.

   Now Gu Jingyun is the safest in the exam room, but Li Baolu can let go of his hands and feet to do some things.

"Sorry, you stay at home for a few days and don't go anywhere. No matter who knocks on the door, don't open it. Even if it's someone from the yamen, you shouldn't be home. If someone breaks in, you'll make things worse The bigger the better." Ou Dunyi's uncle is a Guangzhou judge.

  Li Baolu was going to stare at Ou Dunyi's book boy and servant, but he didn't have time to protect Shunxin.

  O Dunyi's family may not know what Ou Dunyi did, but the book boy and servant who are inseparable from him and who are his confidants are impossible not to know.

  If you want to find out who gave Ou Dunyi the idea, you can only start from them.

Li Baolu ran to stare at Ou Dunyi's book boy and servant, but happened to miss Zhou Yi's master. The master didn't find Li Baolu at the gate of the mansion. She shook her head thinking that he still had official business to finish, and planned to find Li Baolu later. .

As soon as he turned around and went back to the mansion, he was arrested and held his head in a low voice: "Master, something has happened," he looked around and said in a low voice, "I have only seen those prisoners who were put into the cell, and some of them are Ou Tong. The judge's servant."

  Master's expression changed, "Do you understand?"

   "I see, he is the servant of the Ou Tongju family."

   "Quick, go and inform the adults, and settle the case with personal grudges as soon as possible."

   Zhou Yi and Ou Tongjue were both officials in Guangzhou, and both of them could turn a blind eye to Tan Qian from Qiongzhou, which showed that he was a human being.

  The interests of the two people are intertwined. Although there are conflicts from time to time, the interests are the same in the big picture.

  Regardless of what happened today, Ou Tong will take him out if he knows about it or not, and let him pay some price in private.

   Otherwise, Ou Tongjing is involved, and Zhou Yi will not be able to fall well.

   As soon as Zhou Yi heard that Ou Tongshen was involved in this matter, he immediately thought of Ou Dunyi who was participating in the imperial examination, and he believed it by five points.

   I'm afraid Lao Ou did this for his nephew.

   His face was a little ugly, and he said annoyed: "Ou Tongju is too indistinguishable. The imperial examination is a major event for scholars, and he actually condoned his family to disturb the autumn."

   Zhou Yi's chest was heaving with anger, but he didn't dare to ignore it. After a while, he said, "Go and find out the identities of those people. After recording, find a reason to close the case."

"Sir, it's better to settle the case with personal grievances," the master said. "It is said that Gu Jingyun is arrogant and arrogant. Such a person is easy to offend others. Some people can't see that he wants to hit him on purpose, but it has nothing to do with Qiu Wei. An exam is an example."

   Zhou Yi thought for a while, and felt that this was a good reason. He nodded and said, "That's the case. Let them pay Gu Jingyun's wife some money for the carriage. No one was hurt anyway."

   Zhou Yi originally wanted to investigate, but now he has no desire to continue the investigation, I am afraid that the more he investigates, the more he will be unable to break free.

   "Invite Ou Tong, I want to have a good talk with him about this." Zhou Yi said with deep eyes.

  Master responded and took the arresting head to get the confessions of the servants, and then went to ask Ou Tong to sentence.

  Ou Tongju really didn't know what his nephew did, so he was a little dazed after Zhou Yi's confession.

   At this time, Li Baolu was lying on the roof watching the bookboys and servants below in a hurry.

   As soon as they came back after they sent the son to the examination room this morning, they knew that the person they sent to prevent Gu Jingyun from entering the examination room had been arrested.

   This is nothing, the worst thing is that there are no people they want to stop in the car, and their people are also turned and sent to the government office.

   They didn't expect Gu Jingyun's vitality to be so tenacious, and he avoided all "accidents", so this last resort was a temporary idea, and even a temporary arrangement.

  In a hurry, except for the driver, who was hired separately, everyone else was the family and the owner of the Ou family.

   If only the driver was caught, the key is that none of the people who were sent to support him escaped, and they were all caught.

   As soon as their identities were exposed, all the fools knew that their Ou family did it.

  The two of them are completely indifferent now.

   They usually just help the son to run errands, listen to his complaints, and wait for his pen and ink. They don't know how to deal with this kind of thing.

   And the son is in the examination room again, and he will not be able to come out until nine days later...

   But nine days were enough for them to be turned into corpses and devoured by dogs at the mass graves.

  The two did not dare to tell Ou Tongshen, knowing that once he knew that they would die, they finally got together and muttered, "This matter must not be stabbed to the master."

   "Everyone has been arrested, and their identities can't stand scrutiny at all. You can find out at a glance."

"So we have to find a way to suppress this matter," the boy said in a low voice, "Zhou Zhifu is very busy, and it is impossible to ask about everything. This is a trivial matter of two cars colliding. As long as someone takes over the case, we can keep it private. It works."

   "But the son is not here, who will listen to us?"

The book boy said meaningfully: "Master Yuan is the master's staff, he can speak on behalf of the master in the yamen, as long as he comes forward, he will naturally be able to suppress this matter, and maybe even catch our people unknowingly. come out."

  The servant hesitated, "What if Master Yuan is not willing to help?"

"He will be willing, don't forget, this is his son's idea for the son," the boy said with a sneer, "He thought he did it flawlessly? The son is also a fool, how could he be provoked without knowing? , but it is still useful to see him, it is not pointed out."

"You think, all the young and old of his family rely on the master. If the master knows that his son is privately urging the son to do these things, he can still do it? So he will definitely help in this matter." Shutong held the servant and said, "Yi Sooner rather than later, let's go, let's find Master Yuan."

  Li Baolu pondered for a moment, then left the roof, found the side door of Ou's backyard and knocked on the door.

   The old lady who was the doorman opened the door and found that she didn't know Li Baolu, so she frowned and said, "Who are you looking for?"

  Li Baolu hurriedly grabbed a dozen copper plates and stuffed them into her hands, and said shyly: "Hello, auntie, I, I want to find my cousin, but I don't know if she is in this house."

  The old woman took the money and looked slightly sullen. After putting it in her arms, she asked warmly, "What's your cousin's name? Tell me, there are so many women and girls in the backyard that I don't know."

  Every year, people come to look for relatives at the side door, and the old woman is not surprised.

   "My cousin is not a girl," Li Baolu said anxiously: "She is a wife. My cousin's father's surname is Yuan. It is said that he is an assistant to an official. Maybe he did. I also have a cousin who is very smart and powerful..."

Li Baolu said vaguely, but the old woman slapped her thigh and shouted, "Oh, you are talking about Mr. Yuan. Mr. Yuan has been with my family for more than ten years, since my family was the county magistrate, Mr. Yuan. You are indeed smart. It is said that you are better at homework than Master Tang. You are a relative of the Yuan family? Then how did you find it here? You should go to the Yuan family. Let someone open the corner door for him. Their house doesn't have to go through the door, but they can come in and out freely from the corner door. It's equivalent to a single house, it's not comfortable. "

Li Baolu was excited and lowered her head nervously, "It's just that my family doesn't communicate with my cousin's house very often, and I only get a reply every three years. As for her current situation, we don't even know that she is in Guangzhou."

   She said in a low voice: "We didn't come to the door when we were rich and rich, but now we come to her when we're down, I'm afraid..."

"Don't be afraid, girl," the old woman comforted her, "Mrs. Yuan is very good-natured, gentle and kind-hearted. When she saw her family's relatives coming, it was too late to be happy. , especially Mr. Yuan, whoops, I have never seen anyone with a better temper than Mr. Yuan." After speaking, he lowered his voice and said, "Our family's young master passed the exam last year, and his head seems to be only capable of When I see Tianwang Laozi, I usually use my chin to face my relatives. Who else can I see? But Yuan Gongzi is different, Yuan Gongzi is better at reading than Tang Young Master, but even if it is facing us inferiors The woman is also polite, and we often say that this is the style of a scholar."

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