Li Ling's sentence was quite rude, almost openly questioning that the fire was released by the other party himself, which changed the faces of many people around him. Ma Bangwen was a little slow to react, and was stunned for a moment before changing his color and said, "Mr. Li, do you suspect that this is the official who asked someone to set fire to the Pavilion Library of our government office?"

"In addition, I really couldn't think of a second more reasonable explanation." Li Ling looked at the other party with a burning look, "I said, there is no such coincidence in the world. I want to check the accounts, and then the shelf with the account book will be burned."

"Mr. Li!" Ma Bangwen suddenly shouted loudly and looked at him without any permission. "Although you are a high-ranking official in the court, it does not mean that the subordinates must compromise and let you be so wronged! Yes, you have really just asked to check the accounts, but the subordinates have not shirked any responsibility.

"And what you call coincidence is actually not a coincidence at all. Do you know that in the fire last night, two clerks in the yamen were burned to death, and they didn't have to die. And he, he, and them..." He said, pointing to the miserable subordinates around him, his voice was sharp and broken, "They were all busy all night, risking that they might be burned by fire at any time and were smashed by the falling beams and pillars. They were all injured. Even my prefect, the prefect, was also burned by fire... and all of this was because of your Lord Li's statement to check the accounts!"

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Li Ling's heart moved and he faintly realized that something was wrong.

Sure enough, the other party gritted his teeth and said, "Just because you, Lord Li, said that you would check the accounts today, so several clerks from our government office sorted out the old accounts in the warehousing warehouse all night, and then... someone accidentally ignited the paper and caused this fire.

"These two clerks died in this fire, and they rushed back to the fire to save the document and file... Lord Li, do you know that there would be no such unscrupulous disaster, it was your order that killed two lives. You are still blaming and doubting us, saying that the fire was released by us...

"Even if the subordinate is confused, he must explain the matter clearly, otherwise he will be sorry to his colleagues and subordinates. If the adults insist on blaming him, all the blame will be borne by me, Ma Bangwen!" As he said that, he suddenly took a step forward, looked up at Li Ling, and no longer had the previous flattery and humility.

These words and such expressions made his momentum turn upside down and suppress Li Ling, and the officials around the government officials all turned red, staring at Li Ling and the guards who came with him, and they were very stance to settle accounts with them.

Li Ling was also a little helpless. Is this the case? Is this the fire caused by himself? The death of these two people was also his own responsibility? As his mind was shaken, he took a step back: "Master Ma, if you really follow what you said, the official should really take responsibility..."

"Haha, this kind of small matter is not something that will cause adults to worry about. As long as the adults do not doubt the officials and think that we have something to hide and make such a crazy move, we will be deeply grateful." Ma Bangwen smiled slutfully, but expressed his intention to send guests off.

Li Ling hesitated for a moment, then swept past everyone present. In the end, he could only bow slightly and salute the two corpses, and then he took the people away from the government office in a daze.

Until he returned to the inn, he was still a little disappointed. This incident had a great impact on him. Although he was decisive enough to kill and even killed people with his own hands, one of them was the bottom line, not killing innocent people. Now, if he really did as Ma Bangwen said, he would have killed two innocent people.

So he couldn't get over this matter for a while, and he didn't know what to do with Yingzhou's next. Did he agree with their statement and report it to the court that there were indeed difficulties here and should the military rations delivered by Yingzhou be distributed to other places?

However, deep down, he still felt that something was strange about this matter, but with the fire, he couldn't figure out where to start.

In this way, Li Ling stayed in his room for most of the day and didn't even think about eating. It was not until dark and dusk that Li Moyun brought a tray and advised Li Ling to use some food first, but he still didn't react much. The knot in his heart could not be untied, and he really couldn't sleep and couldn't know the taste of food.

Seeing this, Li Moyun could only help enlighten: "Young Master, I always feel that what Magistrate Ma said and did was a big problem. He was deliberately targeting you and attacking you. If you are really affected by it and hurt your body, you will fall into their trap."

Li Ling was stunned for a moment before asking a little awkwardly: "What is the basis for your judgment?" After not dripping water for most of the day, his throat was dry and smoked.

But this time Li Moyun disappointed him and shook his head: "There is no evidence, I'm just a feeling. Ma Bangwen looks very low-key, but his eyes always have a chilling light, as if everything is under his control. For example, the people from Yingzhou Prefecture, and the rich gentry in the city, and even us..."

Li Ling's eyes suddenly turned a mistake with this statement, as if he had thought of something. Seeing this, Li Moyun continued, "There is another point, you may not notice it, but I have a strong feeling next to me, as if he knows you quite well, so every move comes from your weakness."

"What do you mean?" Li Ling really became interested again and asked in a hoarse voice.

"He knew you were soft and not hard, so he always seemed quite humble. But just looking at his response in the government office, he was actually a very controllable person. Not to mention facing you, even a real immediate boss, such as the governor of Huaibei, he might not show too much weakness. And the humble concession these two days is just a means..."

Li Ling focused on the contacts over the past two days. It seemed that Ma Bangwen was really as Mo Yun said, with contradictory qualities. For example, he apologized to himself yesterday, and he only looked at him, and everyone else followed him. Also, at the banquet yesterday, all the people who came were famous gentry in the city, which was obviously unreasonable.

If some important officials of the imperial court came to Yingzhou, it would be reasonable for these local forces to be more flattered. But the problem is that they are just a person who comes to investigate and handle the matter and have little interests to entangle with them. Can they be so eager to curry favor with them?

Transfer of military rations is the government office. What does it have to do with them? Whether it is successful or not, whether they are wrong or not, why should they wade into muddy waters if they don’t live their lives? The only explanation may be only one, they have to participate because someone forces them to attend or worry about being hated.

Thinking of this, Ma Bangwen's image in Li Ling's heart suddenly changed. Originally, because of the broken image of Yingzhou City and the yamen, Li Ling looked down on this fifth-rank prefect. But now, contempt has become vigilant. Is his humble performance really aimed at his own personality?

If this is true, this person would be terrible.

Acting skills and other things are second, the key is to master one's own personality. Ma Bangwen is the prefect of Yingzhou. He has never dealt with him before and has never even met him. How did he understand himself?

It would be fine if I didn’t think deeply. After thinking about it carefully, Li Ling felt that his back was cold. The water in Yingzhou should be deeper than he thought. Is this a conspiracy against him?

Li Moyun's words were not over yet. Seeing Li Ling calm down, he said again: "Then it was the fire, which was too coincidental in time. Just after those who wanted to meet the young master were blocked, the fire became popular. To say that this was an accident, the coincidence was too much. Although he did make some sense,... the words were obviously putting pressure on the young master, not unintentional. As for the death of two clerks, it was just to put greater pressure on the young master, or to mobilize public opinion in the city.

"So young master, there are too many strange things about this matter. You can't retreat because you feel guilty. It will only fulfill the feelings of those guys and fall into their trap."

Li Ling looked at this friend and friend whom he was most familiar with in amazement. It turned out that not only he was making progress, but Li Moyun also made great progress. After years of experience, he was no longer the passionate young man who only knew how to obey his teacher's orders and could only deal with problems with force. Sometimes, he had to look at problems more clearly than himself!

This thought lasted for a lifetime, and Li Ling smiled on his face: "You are right. This time I was indeed my plan. I was too careless and thought that I had the power to let everyone submit..." As he said that, he stood up and bowed to Li Moyun, "Thank you."

This made Li Moyun feel helpless. He quickly helped and gave a gift. At the same time, he couldn't help asking: "Young Master, how should we deal with it next?"

Li Ling regained his energy at this time and pondered and thought about solutions.

Obviously, Ma Bangwen really grasped some of his weaknesses and targeted them everywhere, which would make him restrain himself. Moreover, the current situation in Yingzhou alone is filled with layers of fog, making it impossible to distinguish what is true and what is false. We must find a breakthrough to break out of such a deadlock that leads to the truth.

But now that the Jiagekou warehouse is burned, I can’t find out what I’m best at. Where should I start?
Chapter completed!