Chapter 363: The next official has a clear conscience
Li Huan smiled when he heard this, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes and said lightly: "I think they will definitely come to see me."
Xu Ying couldn't help but show a bit of disbelief on his face, but he didn't mean to refute Li Huan. He wanted to see if those people had the courage to come to see them after hearing the news of their arrival.
Especially coming to see Li Huan, the god of murder with a notorious reputation.
Just by looking at Xu Ying's reaction, you can guess what Xu Ying is thinking. Chen Ang on the side smiled and said to Xu Ying: "Xu Ying, since the Marquis said those people will come, then they will definitely come."
Xu Ying couldn't help but roll her eyes at Chen Ang.
At this time, I suddenly heard a noise in the distance, and I could vaguely see many people in the city seeming to be avoiding something.
Chen Ang couldn't help but smile when he saw it: "Isn't this coming!"
Xu Ying showed a bit of surprise and disbelief, and also looked in the direction where the movement came from.
On the long street in the city, people were seen dodging to both sides, and soon a group of people was slowly approaching.
Surrounded by many officers, only sedans appeared in sight.
Seeing such a situation, Xu Ying couldn't help but murmured: "These people didn't run away, they really dared to come to see you, sir."
While muttering these words, he saw the top-top sedans stopped, and then a group of officials walked out of the sedans. The leader was none other than Xu Lin, the prefect of Yangzhou.
After getting out of the sedan chair, Xu Lin naturally looked towards the city gate. Not only Xu Lin, but also the officials who came with Xu Lin also looked towards the city gate.
However, except for Xu Lin, most of the other officials looked a little pale and had a look of fear in their eyes.
If it were not for the trust he had always placed in Xu Lin, there would be at least half as many officials present at the moment.
Even if no one wanted to escape, they would not dare to come to see Li Huan in person.
When Xu Lin saw Li Huan and his party at the city gate, he took a deep breath and slowly said: "Everyone, please follow me to greet the imperial envoy."
At this time, the officials in Yangzhou Mansion had no other choice but to follow Xu Lin towards the city gate.
However, at this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from far and near.
Xu Lin, who was walking towards the city gate, couldn't help but follow the sound of the horse's hooves when he heard it. When he saw it, his eyes shrank and his brows furrowed slightly.
The person who came was dressed as a military general, and he was followed by dozens of soldiers. Who could it be if it wasn't Pang Hui, the commander of the guard whom Jia Yuan had asked to contact earlier.
Pang Hui came on horseback with his soldiers. When he passed by Xu Lin and his party, his eyes swept over Xu Lin and others, then stopped at the city gate, and then turned over and dismounted.
The armor on his body made a clanking sound, and the muscular Pang Hui strode forward. Under the gazes of Chen Ang, Xu Ying and others, he bowed respectfully to Li Huan and said, "Commander Yangzhou Guard, Commander.
Pang Hui pays homage to the Imperial Envoy. The Imperial Envoy is here with great splendor. Please forgive me for not being able to welcome you from afar."
Li Huan's gaze swept over Pang Hui, as if he wanted to see through Pang Hui, and Pang Hui prostrated in front of Li Huan, feeling Li Huan's scrutinizing gaze, and felt panic in his heart.
, he even felt a faint cold sweat coming out of his back.
It is true that Li Huan's reputation is too evil, and he also knows why Li Huan came to Yangzhou Mansion this time. It is conceivable that with Li Huan's arrival, Yangzhou Mansion will probably start a bloody storm.
Yes, I don’t know how many people will have their heads chopped off by Li Huan, their homes confiscated and their clans exterminated.
Others don't know it, but Pang Hui is also one of the local gangsters in Yangzhou Prefecture. Although he has not colluded with Xu Lin and others, regarding the case of the murder of thousands of households in the Jinyiwei Guards in Yangzhou Prefecture, based on his personal connections, he does not dare to reveal the inside story.
To say that we know everything clearly is to say that we know more or less.
In Pang Hui's heart, the officials headed by Xu Lin had already been treated as dead by him, so when Jia Yuan came to ask him for help, even if he offered an offer that was hard to refuse, Pang Hui would not refuse it.
He refused the temptation from Xu Lin and other officials without hesitation.
Helping Xu Lin and others deal with Li Huan and his party, Pang Hui asked himself that he was not crazy enough.
Of course, he himself is not clean either. If Li Huan really wanted to investigate him, he would probably shed a layer of his skin even if he was not dead. But no matter what, at least he did not commit the same unforgivable crime of treason as Xu Lin and others.
, so he only hoped that he would be lucky this time and be able to escape.
Pang Hui, who was kneeling in front of Li Huan, had various thoughts flashing through his mind. Just when he was feeling uneasy, Li Huan's voice suddenly sounded.
"It turns out to be Commander Pang. Don't be polite, Pang. Please stand up and talk."
Hearing Li Huan's voice, Pang Hui couldn't help but feel a sense of joy in his heart. He instinctively kowtowed to Li Huan before slowly getting up.
Xu Lin and other officials who were approaching now naturally saw Pang Hui's submissive and anxious posture in front of Li Huan.
Some officials showed a bit of disdain, while others showed a bit of envy.
Xu Lin withdrew his eyes from Pang Hui, stepped forward and bowed to Li Huan, saying: "Xu Lin, the magistrate of Yangzhou, together with all the officials from the city, respectfully welcome the imperial envoy angel."
Looking at Xu Lin's polite and polite appearance, if one didn't know Xu Lin's background, one would have thought that he was a pillar of the country and a wise minister.
In contrast, the performance of some officials following Xu Lin was a bit unbearable. Some officials even had their legs weak and fell to the ground. However, there were only a few officials who could stand in front of Li Huan.
Li Huan looked at Xu Lin with great interest and said slowly: "Master Xu, do you know the crime?"
Just when Xu Lin and other Yangzhou government officials went to the city gate to greet Li Huan and his party, a group of people in the city gathered at some unknown time and also headed towards the city gate.
These people look like a group of ordinary people, but if you look closely, you will find that these people are all young and strong, and there are not even old, young, women and children.
Moreover, many of them have a completely unfashionable attitude. They are just some libertines on the street, and they are not popular.
And such a dark group of people, at least several hundred people in number, were heading towards the city gate in a mighty manner under the leadership of some people.
At the gate of the city, either Li Huan and his entourage were stationed at the gate, or Pang Hui came on horseback with dozens of soldiers, plus Xu Lin and other officials from Yangzhou Prefecture gathered.
In a short period of time, at least hundreds of people gathered here. Naturally, such a big movement also attracted many people in Yangzhou City to watch.
Apart from sending some manpower to maintain order around the area and prevent some people who were watching the excitement from getting too close, the Jin Yiwei did not expel the people around them.
All people in the world are the same. Not only the people in the capital have the mentality to watch the excitement, but the people in Yangzhou Prefecture are also curious.
Especially through word of mouth, many people learned that the imperial envoy had arrived in Yangzhou City to supervise the case of the murder of thousands of households in the Jinyiwei Station of Yangzhou Prefecture, which naturally attracted many people.
Originally, the case of the murder of thousands of members of the Yangzhou Jinyiwei Office caused a stir in the entire Yangzhou government. It can be said that even people with little information knew about such an earth-shattering case.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty and the establishment of the Jinyiwei Yamen, it can be said that such bad things have never happened.
The whole Jinyiwei Yamen was actually wiped out. What a bad thing it was. The whole country was spread and the court was in an uproar. All fools knew that it would be strange for the court to say that such a big case was not investigated strictly.
There are all kinds of rumors about this case.
Now that the imperial envoy has arrived, it would be strange to say that the people of Yangzhou Prefecture are not interested.
This means that the news about Li Huan and the others did not spread for a long time. If it had been longer, there would not have been thousands of people around, and most of the people in Yangzhou City might have arrived.
Under the attention of many people around, first Pang Hui arrived, and then Xu Lin and other officials arrived.
If when Pang Hui prostrated himself in front of Li Huan, the people around him were still talking privately, then when Xu Lin and other officials came forward to pay homage to Li Huan, the people around him closed their mouths one by one.
The number of people discussing it was obviously less than half.
Many people looked at Xu Lin and other officials with awe.
It is said that the county magistrate who broke the family is the governor who destroyed the family. As the magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, Xu Lin can be said to have a high and powerful position. It is not surprising that he is the uncrowned master of Yangzhou Prefecture.
In the Yangzhou Prefecture, Xu Lin's name definitely has a very high deterrent effect, which can be seen just by looking at the reactions of Baixin around him.
When Li Huan suddenly opened his mouth to accuse Xu Lin, there was silence all around.
If we really want to talk about identity, the ones present are Li Huan, the imperial envoy, and Xu Lin, the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture. As for Pang Hui, the commander of the First Guard, his rank is not bad, but he is obviously suppressed by Xu Lin and other civil servants.
It doesn't have much sense of existence.
When Li Huan questioned Xu Lin in front of so many people, they were naturally dumbfounded.
Even Xu Lin didn't expect that Li Huan would act so irrationally.
He even thought that Li Huan would accuse him, but that should only be after entering the city.
Xu Lin was stunned for a moment when he was unceremoniously accused of crimes in front of a group of officials and many people around him.
However, to be able to sit in the high position of the head of a palace and even have a decisive and ruthless mind, Xu Lin is naturally not an ordinary person.
Based on his character and methods, it can be said that as long as nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely rise higher and higher in the officialdom in the future.
After being stunned for a moment, Xu Lin's expression changed, he took a deep breath, bowed to Li Huan and said: "Why do you say this, sir? I have been working diligently and conscientiously since I became an official, and I dare not make any mistakes."
, I am afraid that I will fail His Majesty’s great grace, and I really don’t know what your Majesty is asking!”
After a slight pause in his voice, Xu Lin continued: "Although your Excellency is an imperial envoy, if you want to smear someone's innocence out of thin air, even if the official dies, he must report to the Holy One and ask the Holy One to uphold justice for the low official."
Just seeing Xu Lin clasping his fists and saluting in the direction of the capital with an aggrieved look on his face, if he didn't know what was going on, he would really think that Li Huan was framed by Xu Lin.
On the other hand, Pang Hui, who was watching this scene from the side, felt a thump in his heart. He glanced at Li Huan in shock, and then hurriedly lowered his head, feeling both fearful and happy in his heart.
When Li Huan came up, he asked Xu Lin to accuse him. Even he wouldn't believe it if Li Huan didn't have evidence of Xu Lin's crime.
The most important thing is Li Huan's determination to show off his cards directly without delay, which really shocked and frightened Pang Hui.
The several Yangzhou government officials who were standing behind Xu Lin and had not yet knelt down also changed their expressions and almost fell to their knees in fright.
However, after hearing Xu Lin's self-defense, these officials who were tied to Xu Lin on the same rope and suffered both prosperity and loss also turned to Li Huan one by one and said: "The magistrate is an upright and honest official. Everyone in Yangzhou Mansion knows who."
People don’t know that the people in the city regard the prefect as their parents, so the imperial envoy must not listen to the villain’s slander.”
Each of these officials kept saying how incorruptible Xu Lin was and how much he was loved by the people, and they almost didn't even invite a group of people to prove it.
Xu Ying, who was standing next to Li Huan, couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Xu Ying knew that people like Xu Lin had sent people to attack them and his party not long ago. A person who could do such a treacherous and unethical thing turned out to be a loyal and loyal minister of the court in the eyes of these officials, and a Qingtian parent official loved by the people. This
Xu Ying felt so funny.
"It's funny, this is funny. Uncle Ben is very curious, how can you say these words, or do you not feel guilty for saying these words?"
As soon as Xu Ying said this, Chen Ke, Ma Ming, Chen Ang and others couldn't help laughing.
In fact, the hypocritical manner of these officials really opened their eyes to what it means to be shameless and what it means to tell lies with open eyes.
Xu Lin glanced at Xu Ying and others, his face remained unchanged, and he still looked aggrieved and said: "There is no need to blame others if you want to incriminate me. I have a clear conscience..."
"Ah, you have a clear conscience. Come and see who I am and who this person is..."
While he was talking, he heard someone laughing angrily and pulling a figure forward to appear in the sight of Xu Lin and others.
This person was none other than Lin Pingzhi, who had been hunted down by the Yangzhou Prefecture and almost lost his life, and Xu Wei, the general judge of the Yangzhou Prefecture, who had been captured alive.
Whether it was Lin Pingzhi or Xu Wei, the appearance of the two figures in front of the officials of Yangzhou Prefecture could be said to directly change everyone's expressions, with a look of horror and disbelief in their eyes.
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