Han Yuehua said proudly: "He is not a fool like Fu Chengwang, he will naturally make the right choice. What is a mere Minister of Rites? How can he be compared with the Duke of Weiguo?"
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"Sir, here come the Magistrate of Changyuan County, Hou Ruguang, and the Prefect of Linxia Prefecture, Sun Cheng."
The elite soldiers selected from the Qingzhou army looked at Zhao Lin with shining eyes.
These people are basically from Qingzhou, that is, from Jiujiang Province, and they know what life was like in Jiujiang Province in the past.
Officials and bandits colluded to oppress the people, making their lives miserable.
It's not just a few words.
This was the life they used to live every day.
Since Zhao Lin came, such things no longer happen in Qingzhou, not to mention other places.
The people were able to eat their fill, the bandits were eliminated, and the officials no longer dared to oppress the people.
All this happened because Zhao Lin came.
And now, Zhao Lin has been promoted to the governor of Jiujiang and is going to bring everything in Qingzhou to the entire Jiujiang Province. How can they not be excited.
Zhao Lin sat on it and looked down at the embarrassed Hou Ruguang and Sun Cheng.
"Do you two admit your guilt?" Zhao Lin asked.
Sun Cheng stood up, dusted off the dust on his body, and said, "I don't know, sir, what crime have I committed?"
Although Hou Ruguang was not as bold as Sun Cheng, he also looked dissatisfied.
They have received news that Feng Siyuan has arranged for people to be silenced. Even if there is any problem, it will not implicate them. At most, they will be reprimanded for not governing strictly.
Feng Siyuan, Fu Wenqi, Gong Qiubai, Su Yinghan and others were watching from the side.
They want to see how Zhao Lin judges the case.
This is very important for how they cooperate with Zhao Lin next.
In addition, those officials who were dismissed from their posts also came.
This matter is also related to them, so they naturally have to pay close attention to it.
If Hou Ruguang and Sun Cheng walked out of the governor's office safely, it would prove that they had won over Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "Do you two think that since you have already killed the murderer Zhu San and silenced him, I can't do anything to you?"
Hou Ruguang smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I have a good understanding of this matter. After the old couple filed a complaint, I investigated. Unfortunately, it was just their one-sided account. There was no evidence, so I didn't care about it."
"Oh, it's not that I don't care. Zhu San once sued them for slander. But I saw that the old couple was having a hard time, so I advised Zhu San to be magnanimous. Otherwise, I would have arrested them long ago."
"Oh? So, not only are you innocent, but you've actually done something meritorious?" Zhao Lin said.
Hou Ruguang said, "I dare not take credit for it."
"Oh!"
Zhao Lin sneered, "To cause trouble for me, you're willing to harm someone else's wife and kill their husband. Is that worth it?"
Hou Ruguang said, "I don't know what the governor means."
Zhao Lin waved his hand: "You will know soon."
Soon someone came in with a person.
"Zhu San?"
Hou Ruguang was shocked when he saw the man.
Sun Cheng's expression also changed drastically, and he couldn't help but look at Feng Siyuan.
Feng Siyuan's expression also changed.
He didn't know Zhu San, he just told Hou Ruguang and others to do it, but he knew Zhu San's name.
Now that Zhu San appeared in front of him, he knew that he had failed and failed to silence the witness.
But this is impossible!
Just in case, Feng Siyuan didn't even let Hou Ruguang and others do it, but instead found someone no one would have thought of to do it.
I actually failed!
Zhao Lin looked at Feng Siyuan and asked, "Master Feng seems surprised?"
Feng Siyuan said quickly: "I am indeed a little surprised, because I heard that Zhu San escaped, but I didn't expect that he was caught by the adults."
Zhao Lin said calmly, "Zhu San, did you escape?"
Zhu San knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Excellency, I did not escape, but was deceived and taken away to be silenced. Fortunately, the soldiers arrived in time, otherwise I would be a corpse now."
"Zhu San!" Hou Ruguang shouted anxiously.
Zhao Lin looked at Hou Ruguang and said, "Zhixian Hou seems very anxious. What are you anxious about?"
"Your subordinate, your subordinate..." Hou Ruguang was covered in cold sweat and was at a loss. He asked Sun Cheng for help.
Sun Chengdao said, "I never thought that you, the Houhou County Magistrate, were so incompetent that such a thing could happen under your rule. You have truly failed my trust."
Hou Ruguang quickly said, "Yes, it was my incompetence that prevented me from noticing the criminals. Please punish me, sir."
Seeing that the two of them were singing the same tune and wanted to muddle the matter over, everyone around them shook their heads secretly.
It would be fine if Zhu San died, but he is still alive and has fallen into Zhao Lin's hands. I'd be surprised if he didn't bite you out. Why don't you quickly find a way to get Zhao Lin's forgiveness and dare to fool him?
"You really won't cry until you see the coffin."
Zhao Lin said, "Zhu San, tell me what's going on."
Zhu San hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, all of this was done under the orders of County Magistrate Hou. He is the mastermind."
"Nonsense. Zhu San, think it over before you speak. If you slander me again, don't blame me for being rude." Hou Ruguang said angrily.
Zhu San was even more furious: "You're going to kill me to silence me, why are you still being so rude?"
"You?" Hou Ruguang was furious and quickly said to Zhao Lin, "Sir, this man is completely mad and cannot be trusted."
Zhao Lin asked Zhu San, "How did Hou Ruguang instruct you?"
Zhu San said, "He said that as long as I robbed the woman and beat her husband to death, he would not care about anything else. My lord, you can send someone to inquire. Although I am not a good person, I would never do such a thing. This was all forced by Hou Ruguang."
"Zhu San, you said I was the one who ordered it. Do you have any evidence?" Hou Ruguang asked.
"No." Hou Ruguang said, "There were only two of us at the time. There was no third person present."
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