In the Liang Dynasty, there was also a rule that "a scholar-official cannot be punished". The original person was indeed one of the scholar-officials before. However, because the original person was framed before, his reputation was expelled. Now he is It's just a "thief teaming up with the army".
To be honest, he is just a middle-level officer. In all dynasties, there is no saying that officers cannot be punished. In fact, the existence of such things as military law often makes officers more vulnerable to punishment.
If Lu Xu was a civil servant, the most Liu Xinhou could do now was to put him in jail. But Lu Xu was a thief, and Liu Xinhou could even punish Lu Xu on the spot.
But unlike Sun Fushan, Lu Xu was an official of the imperial court after all, so he couldn't kill or maim people casually, otherwise Liu Xinhou would be in big trouble.
Although Shen Binhong is powerful, Liu Xinhou is now a thorn in the Qingliu people's side and a thorn in their flesh! There are so many people staring at him. If this matter is revealed, Liu Xinhou is not sure that Shen Binhong will protect himself.
But this does not mean that Liu Xinhou will not use the stick to silence Lu Xu.
It's just...Is Lu Xu that easy to handle?
Seeing someone rushing up to him, Lu Xu shouted: "Bold!"
After all, Lu Xu was a member of the Lian family, and his loud shout was as loud as a bell, which shocked everyone's minds.
Taking this opportunity, Lu Xu pointed at Liu Xinhou without giving any face: "Bold Liu Xinhou, you have such great official authority! After all, I am a formally appointed official of the court. If you say you want to convict me, you will convict me. You can Is there any evidence? Have you ever given me a chance to defend myself?"
"Prefect of Qinzhou! What a big official! Today you can frame me, a fifth-grade regiment training officer, at will. But tomorrow, can you lock me up and become the prime minister on the spot?"
Anyone can slap a big hat on him. Since Liu Xinhou wants to put the blame on Lu Xu and punish Lu Xu, Lu Xu can also use a big hat to make Liu Xinhou afraid to act.
Sure enough, after hearing Lu Xu's words, Liu Xinhou immediately showed a panicked look. He pointed at Lu Xu and said with a serious expression: "Bold Lu Xu! You are so unreasonable to me, aren't you afraid that I will punish you for the crime of roaring in court? ?”
Lu Xu snorted coldly: "If what I said is unreasonable, then you will punish me for the crime of roaring in court and I will be willing to accept the punishment. If what I said is reasonable and well-founded, but you still want to punish me, then I will ask you What’s your intention?”
"Today's people can tolerate their ministers speaking out when they make mistakes. But you! As a mere magistrate of Qinzhou, when your ministers speak out about your sins, you can only silence them by roaring in court."
"Where do you place the teachings of saints? Where do you place today's world? Is the authority of a mere Qinzhou prefect more inviolable than His Majesty's?"
Lu Xu's words were sonorous and powerful! It sounded like he was speaking with passion and anger. These words pointed directly at the hearts of everyone, causing everyone present to involuntarily react like the remonstrance in the play. He stared at Liu Shin-hou with the same righteousness as a loyal minister.
Yoo Shin-hoo can’t sit still!
Of course he knew that what he did was wrong, and he also knew that the fundamental reason why he was forced into this position by Lu Xu was that he was ignored by what he did.
But what can he do? Lu Xu appeared too suddenly and didn't give them much time to react. There were too many things they needed to deal with. The first thing they had to do now was to shut up Lu Xu and prevent him from doing so. Say the names of Shen Binhong and Liu Xiangling.
Especially for Liu Xiangling, if people among the scholars find out that Liu Xiangling is not dead, not only Shen Binhong and Liu Xinhou, but also the Wu family behind them may be implicated.
However, Lu Xuren is here, and he may tell the unspeakable secret at any time. But there are so many people watching in the hall, Liu Xinhou can't just send someone to cover his mouth, right?
That's why he made this move, but he didn't expect Lu Xu's counterattack to be so fierce. Liu Xinhou was forced to walk down from the top, and then he saluted respectfully in the direction of the capital to show his respect and repentance for the emperor.
In fact, Lu Xu didn't know who Tianzi was today?
Lu Xu was from the Qingliu sect, and people from this sect did not have a good impression of the emperor who favored the Wu family.
Therefore, the information the original body received about the emperor was all negative comments about how the emperor was deceived.
However, both Yuan Shen and Lu Xu understood that the emperor was far from being as fatuous as they said. On the contrary, the emperor successfully used the Wu family to contain Shilin's power and managed to maintain the operation of the country.
Moreover, Lu Xu also knew that no matter he was a good emperor or a bad emperor, they all wanted to have a good reputation.
So Lu Xu said that the emperor allowed his ministers to rebel against his words and speak out. Unless they really dared to rebel on the spot, who would dare to object?
Anyway, Yoo Shin-hoo didn’t dare! So he could only bow his head and admit his mistake!
After Yoo Shin-hoo finished paying homage, he had already sorted out his thoughts. When he stood up again, he already had a look of relief on his face.
He bowed his hands to Lu Xu and said, "The reason why Xiaguan just arbitrarily determined that you are guilty, Zixiu, is not because Xiaguan is arrogant, but because Xiaguan is anxious when he sees his former disciple making a mistake. To care about it is to be confused."
"Now, fortunately, Zixiu, you gave me a heads-up and woke me up in time, otherwise I would have made a big mistake as a teacher!"
"I'm here, sir. Thank you, Mr. Lu!"
With Liu Xinhou's official position, he naturally did not need to call himself a subordinate in front of Lu Xu.
The reasons why he said this were understood by everyone present. One was to show that he was very sincere in admitting his mistake. The other was to tell officials or the emperor himself who might come to inquire about the matter in the future to let them know that he would correct his attitude in time.
As for saying that he was called Lu Xuzixiu for a while, and Lord Lu Xulu for a while.
It was because he still didn't want to miss the opportunity to use the old teacher-student friendship to contain Lu Xu, but at the same time he also put aside his pretense as a teacher and looked at Lu Xu as a colleague.
Although until now, Lu Xu still has not explained to Liu Xinhou in front of everyone what happened in the original case? He also does not understand, has the teacher-student friendship between Lu Xu and Liu Xinhou been cleared up?
But at least Liu Shinhou can no longer suppress Lu Xu with the teacher-student passion, which is a good thing.
Lu Xu actually understood very well that now was not the best time to reveal the original case. Until now, Lu Xu had not understood how Shen Binhong was connected with the Wu family.
Then he doesn't know how this case can drag the Wu family into trouble? And only by dragging the Wu family into trouble can he get allies with enough weight to join the war and bring down Shen Binhong.
Since now was not the best time to reveal that matter, Lu Xu chose to endure it for the time being and concentrate on dealing with the opponent in front of him!