The next day, Emperor Yongning really talked about the case at the court meeting and demanded that it be solved within ten days. The Minister of Justice had a bitter face, but he had to accept the order. Lu Che was not too surprised with the information his father revealed yesterday. He was in charge of the case, and he would solve it even without the emperor's order.

After the court, Lu Che returned home and saw that no one was in his study. He asked the servant and found out that Lu Zheng had gone out early in the morning. Lu Che's face darkened and he said to the servant, "Go to the gatehouse and wait. Ask him to see me when the third young master comes back." The servant

replied and left.

Lu Che had originally promised his brother that he would let him go out if he passed the test, and he also planned to take him to the manor in the suburbs during the next day off. Who knew that he would go out without saying anything? He originally thought that after the previous life-and-death ordeal, Lu Zheng would be more sensible, but he remained the same.

Lu Zheng didn't think so much, but since his brother agreed, he told his mother and went out with Ah Fu and a few guards.

Before leaving, Lu Zheng even made a special plan. The inner city is where the dignitaries live, and the levels are clearly defined. It can be regarded as a political center and a high-end residential area. The outer city is a complete mix of good and bad people, and the East and West cities are also in the outer city. Lu Zheng wanted to go out and play, so he naturally wouldn't hang around in the residential area. So he waved his hand and the carriage went towards the outer city with a "kick and clatter".

The East Market was neat and tidy, and most of the shops inside had backstages. The West Market was more civilian, and the things sold were more diverse. Lu Zheng opened the curtain and was dazzled by the sight.

Suddenly, the carriage shook violently, and Lu Zheng was not paying attention and almost rolled off the carriage. After a burst of noise, the driver's angry voice: "Nonsense!"

Lu Zheng leaned on Ah Fu to stabilize his body, opened the curtain, and found that the carriage had stopped. He only saw the driver's slightly trembling back.

In front of the carriage, a thin man was lying, rolling on the ground, crying: "Someone was hit to death! ... The rich man hit someone to death!"

The driver was an honest man, and seeing him making such a fuss, his face turned red and he said in vain: "No... You are lying..."

A large group of people gathered around to watch the excitement, pointing at them and saying something like "The powerful family... are really not good people..."

Lu Zheng stood on the wheel and had a subtle feeling in his heart.

... Was he being "scammed" in ancient times? !

Of course Lu Zheng knew that the driver would not hit anyone. He was always a steady driver, otherwise his family would not let him drive for them, not to mention that Lu Zheng had just asked him to drive slower. At this speed, there would be no problem even if he hit someone head-on, not to mention that the skinny man was still some distance away from the carriage.

Lu Zheng understood clearly, but the public opinion of the people around him had been controlled, and they all came to denounce him.

The driver looked at Lu Zheng helplessly, almost crying in anxiety. He was a servant of the Lu family, but he was always dull and had no good job. It was not easy for the mistress to assign him to drive the third young master because of his stability. If he lost his job because of this, how would the family live in the future?

Lu Zheng stood tall and glanced at the crowd around him. Sure enough, he found several sneaky people moving around in the crowd. Lu Zheng frowned, but soon relaxed. He found that the two guards given to him by his family also noticed this. One of them had secretly mixed into the crowd and was heading towards the sneaky people.

Lu Zheng felt relieved and looked at the thin man who was still howling. He couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

"Who is making trouble!" A loud voice came from the back of the crowd. The crowd of onlookers separated a path, and a constable walked in with a knife.

He had bronze skin, a tall figure, and a square face. He looked righteous.

Lu Zheng was quick to notice that the man lying on the ground shuddered slightly when the constable came in, but soon he started crying again: "Sir, please help me! My family is in trouble and I rely on my work to support them. Now my leg has been broken by this carriage. How can I make a living in the future?"

The voices around him paused for a moment, and soon they started talking again. It can be seen that compared to the previous lively appearance, there is more sympathy for the victim.

The constable was unmoved, and glared at the surroundings with his tiger eyes: "Quiet!"

His voice was loud and dignified, and the people were naturally afraid of the government, so they dared not talk anymore, and the surroundings soon became quiet.

The constable glanced at the man lying on the ground, then looked at the coachman and asked, "Tell me, what happened just now?"

The coachman stared at the man lying on the ground, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Captain, you are wise. I drive for the young master of our family. I always prefer safety rather than speed. Plus, the young master has given instructions, so I was just driving a little faster than walking. I would never hit anyone. This man just rushed out from the alley and lay directly in front of our car. He was just taking the opportunity to blackmail us."

Lu Zheng glanced at the coachman in surprise. The coachman was honest and dull, but he spoke very clearly in this paragraph. He explained the facts clearly without revealing his identity at all. It seems that the servants raised by a wealthy family like the Lu family are indeed different.

After the driver finished speaking, a shout came from the crowd: "It's all cunning! The man fell in front of the carriage, who else could it be if not you!"

The crowd that was still suspicious was also led away by the wind, but Lu Zheng found that the constable was not moved at all, and even moved his fingers, the knife was half unsheathed, and a cold light flashed, and the originally noisy crowd suddenly became silent.

Seeing this, the man hurriedly shouted: "Official, please make a decision for me! I will not live anymore! I will not live anymore!"

"Shut up!"

The constable looked at both sides with a sullen face. Lu Zheng was calm and not worried at all. Although the driver was dull, he also stood straight in front of the carriage.

Seeing that the constable didn't say anything, Lu Zheng said, "Sir..."

"I'm just a small constable, and don't deserve to be addressed like that." The constable cupped his hands.

Lu Zheng then realized that he had made a slip of the tongue and hurriedly said, "Captain, since this man said his leg was injured, why don't

you call a doctor to take a look?" The constable nodded and pointed at the driver: "Go find a doctor nearby to take a look at him."

The driver nodded and was about to leave when the short man who had been crying and shouting hurriedly shouted, "Who knows if the doctor you found is in cahoots with you? You hit me and you want to use this trick to hurt me."

Lu Zheng frowned. He had finally managed to go out and really didn't want to waste time because of something like this, so he wanted to find a ladder for this man to get down. Who knew that he was so greedy and really valued money over his life.

"Then what do you want to do?"

The man rolled his eyes and shouted, "I have no means of living, so of course you have to pay the compensation."

Lu Zheng sneered, "Then how much do you want to pay?"

The man was delighted, "Five... No, one hundred taels!"

There were exclamations from the surroundings. According to the gold-silver exchange rate of the Great Xia Dynasty, one guan of copper money was equal to one tael of silver, and ten taels of silver was equal to one gold. One guan of copper money could meet all the expenses of an ordinary family for a month. One hundred taels was already a huge sum of money for them.

For the Lu family, this one hundred taels was nothing. Even the driver relaxed his face and just waited for Ah Fu to take the money to eliminate the disaster.

"It's not expensive." Lu Zheng nodded, but the constable's face darkened. He was about to say something, but was stopped by Lu Zheng's eyes.

Lu Zheng took out a silk handkerchief and wiped his fingers slowly, "But, when I bought this driver, it was less than one or two taels of silver. It is really impossible to make up for his mistake with a hundred taels of silver."

When the man heard him say it was not expensive, his face suddenly lit up, but changed when he heard the rest.

Lu Zheng saw this change, he put away the silk handkerchief, and said directly to the driver: "In this case, I will simply return the indenture to you, and you can pay the 100 taels yourself!"

The driver immediately knelt down and cried: "Master, where can I get so much money to pay him back!"

Lu Zheng smiled and said: "Then I will give you a solution, you can just drive the carriage and hit someone to death, and then you can pay for his life, and I will take care of your wife and children for you, how about it?"

The scene was suddenly in an uproar, and the crowd that was originally inclined to them also became excited, saying that Lu Zheng was black-hearted, and sympathizing with the poor driver.

The constable was not as angry as them, but just stood aside and watched. Lu Zheng did not let him go, and turned his eyes to him and said, "Captain, is this against the criminal law?"

The constable pondered for a moment and said, "If you return the indenture, the driver will be free. If he kills someone, he should bear all the responsibility. But everyone present heard what you just said, and he should be sentenced to abetment.

" "Abetment?" Lu Zheng smiled with interest, "How should it be sentenced?"

"Ten strokes of the cane." The constable said seriously.

"I wonder if gold and silver can be used to pay off the sentence?"

The constable pondered for a while, and then said, "Yes, ten taels of silver can be used to pay off one stroke of the cane."

Lu Zheng smiled and nodded, "Okay, Ah Fu, take out his indenture and silver."

Ah Fu stood in the carriage, took out a piece of paper from his body, and took out a banknote of one hundred taels of silver. There was a sudden uproar all around, and even the man lying on the ground changed his expression.

The driver just raised his head and looked at Lu Zheng, struggling with pain, but saw that Lu Zheng's expression did not change at all. After a long time, he kowtowed heavily and said, "Yes, thank you, young master!"

The crowd was stunned, and the man lying on the ground was also stunned. He thought that Lu Zheng was either admitting his bad luck and paying the money or bargaining with him, but who knew that he would hit someone to death if he disagreed with him.

The driver had already climbed onto the carriage and raised the whip.

"Snap!"

"Ah!"

Almost at the same time as the whip sounded, the man lying on the ground jumped up at lightning speed and ran out of the crowd.

The constable was prepared. As soon as he realized that the man was trying to escape, he caught him back in time.

Lu Zheng smiled and hugged his arm: "It seems that the injury is not serious. He can run and jump."

The driver just waved the whip in the air on the carriage. Seeing that the man who was trying to scam people had been caught by the constable, he got off the carriage and stood obediently behind Lu Zheng.

The constable had already stepped on the man's back: "Tell me, what's going on?"

The man realized that he was being fooled and wanted to smear Lu Zheng with dirty water, but the man clapped his hands: "Don't worry, constable. He won't say anything. Let his accomplice say it for him. How about that?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a man in a gray suit came out of the crowd carrying two men and threw them to the ground.

The two men were knocked dizzy and turned around. A knife with a cold gleam was pointed at their necks. Someone asked coldly: "Tell me."

These people realized that they had hit a wall. They confessed their crimes with tears streaming down their faces, and the crowd of onlookers sneered.