The smile on Qiao Ruixin's face gradually faded and she asked: "Who is the suitable candidate that the boss mentioned?"

"General Qiao, why should he ask questions knowingly?" Fan Yang smiled calmly: "Qin Xiao, the young minister of Dali Temple, has arrived in Hangzhou. Doesn't General Qiao not know? Dali Temple is the highest judicial office in the empire, and the young minister of Dali Temple also has the responsibility of patrolling the case. This time he

When I come to Hangzhou, these cases in Hangzhou will be handed over to him for review. It is in compliance with national law and he is the most suitable candidate."

Qiao Ruixin smiled and said: "It seems that the boss has already made a plan."

Fan Yang also smiled and said: "People from the Kyoto Judicial Office came to inspect the case. As the governor of Hangzhou, I naturally tried my best to cooperate. These case files are temporarily kept here. When Qin Shaoqing enters the city, they can be handed over to him directly."

"The Marquis guessed that the governor would do this." Qiao Ruixin sighed: "But if the boss does this, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles."

"oh?"

"Your Majesty the Governor, if there are no problems with these files, then it is of course very good. But if there are many flaws in these cases, has the Governor thought about the consequences?" Qiao Ruixin said slowly: "These cases were all convicted by the Hangzhou Prefecture's Yamen.

The prefect Mao led people to arrest him personally, and the Shence Army imprisoned or killed them, which was also fulfilling the responsibility of quelling the chaos. However, if there are any mistakes in the cases convicted by the prefect's Yamen, you, the governor, may not be able to escape the crime of oversight.

Bar?"

Fan Yang nodded and said: "Yes, there is indeed a problem. Of course I am guilty of negligence. But I have already made preparations. If there is a problem, I will naturally report the crime to the court."

Qiao Ruixin pondered for a moment and finally said: "So the Governor is determined to embarrass the Marquis?"

"General Qiao's words are serious." Fan Yang shook his head and said: "How dare I embarrass the Marquis? Even if I had ten courages, I would not dare. All I did was to fulfill my duties."

Qiao Ruixin didn't say much. She took out a document from her arms and handed it over. Fan Yang was a little confused, reached out to take it, glanced at it twice, his expression suddenly changed, he stared at Qiao Ruixin, and said coldly: "General Qiao, what are you talking about?"

mean?"

"This is Lin Hong's confession." Qiao Ruixin sighed: "The governor has been an official in Hangzhou for three years and has demanded as much as 110,000 taels of money from the Lin family. In addition, there is a large house in the north of the city. The governor also demanded money from the Lin family.

.I heard that there are several women raised in the house. They are all beauties collected by the Lin family from all over the country for the governor. The amount of money the Lin family spent on these women is not a small amount." His eyes became sharp: "Collect bribes to support them.

The singer is actually not a big deal, but the governor is so close to the Lin family, and the Lin family is the leader of the Jiangnan Rebellion. If you say that you have no intention of rebellion, no one will believe it."

Fan Yang stared into Qiao Ruixin's eyes and suddenly laughed.

Qiao Ruixin frowned, and Fan Yang shook the paper in his hand and said with a smile: "General Qiao, you are so soft, do you want to fight with me? It doesn't matter, in fact, this is what I expected. But I am the governor of Hangzhou,

After all, he is considered an important official of the imperial court. To convict me, not only do the three justices need to be tried together, but also the saint's approval is needed. It is easy to kill the old man with the knife in General Qiao's hand, but without the saint's approval, he can kill me directly.

I wonder what the saint would think? What would the governors of the eighteen states of the Tang Dynasty think?"

The governors of the eighteen states were all feudal officials of the empire. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, many governors had been convicted and had their heads beheaded. However, without the trial of the Three Laws Division, and without the imperial approval of the emperor, no one could give the governor

conviction.

Although An Xinghou had a distinguished position and had elite soldiers from the Shence Army, he had to consider the consequences if he wanted to attack Fan Yang.

If there is no sage to convict him and he deals with the governor of Hangzhou without authorization, the world will be shocked. The governors of various states will also be in panic. The situation of the empire that the sage finally stabilized will be in vain.

Qiao Ruixin didn't expect that this old man turned out to be a tough guy, so she was quite surprised. She stood up slowly, smiled faintly, and said, "In that case, please take care of me, Lord Governor." Without further ado, he turned around and left.

After Qiao Ruixin left, Mao Yizhi, the prefect of Hangzhou, came in from behind. Seeing Fan Yang's serious face, he cautiously said: "Sir, it seems they still have some concerns."

"There are some scruples." Fan Yang smiled bitterly and said, "But from now on, I will also have a big feud with the Xiahou family. It is unknown whether it will end well." He looked at Mao Yizhi and asked: "Those

Have the case files been hidden?"

"Don't worry, sir, it's been hidden." Mao Yizhi said immediately: "Unless An Xinghou has the courage to send troops to break into the governor's house and dig three feet deep in the house to search, they won't be able to take away the file. They have scruples about your Excellency.

As long as An Xinghou is not crazy, he will not send troops to break into the governor's mansion under any circumstances."

"Crazy?" Fan Yang sneered and said: "In my opinion, that An Xinghou has gone crazy." His eyes were deep and he murmured: "They didn't take away the file. An Xinghou will definitely not let it go. I'm just worried.

They will also come up with other means."

Mao Yizhi said worriedly: "Master Sha is still in their hands, and Qin Shaoqing has not entered the city yet. Sir, do you want to send someone out of the city to urge Master Qin to come over quickly? The more delay you have, the more danger you will face."

"There's no need to rush. The princess can let him come over, so she can trust him. We must also trust him." Fan Yang looked out the window and saw that it was getting late. He said softly: "If my guess is correct, Mr. Qin should be here."

Find a reason to go to town."

"Reason?" Mao Yizhi said in surprise: "He is the young minister of Dali Temple, and he goes to the city to patrol. Isn't this reason enough?"

Fan Yang smiled lightly and said: "Anxinghou killed so many people in the city, Qin Xiao may have thought he was crazy. Of course he can enter the city at any time, but the city is full of people from Anxinghou, so he always has to consider his own safety

.”

"Qin Shaoqing is worried that An Xinghou will do something to him?"

"This possibility does not exist." Fan Yang said: "If it were me, I would bring troops with me when I enter the city."

Mao Yizhi frowned and said: "There are Shence troops in the city. It is impossible for Anxing Hou to let Qin Shaoqing lead troops into the city."

"So although Qin Xiao is already outside the city, he has not entered the city for a long time." Fan Yang said calmly: "But of course he will not stand still. He should be thinking of a strategy to lead troops into the city." He closed his eyes and stopped talking.

The night was bright and stars were scarce, and it was already midnight.

Zhao Biejia was responsible for guarding the front and back doors of the Governor's Mansion, not allowing anyone to enter. The front and back doors of the Governor's Mansion were tightly closed, and soldiers from the Governor's Mansion were deployed to guard them. However, Zhao Biejia was always restless and could not sleep at night.

Sitting in the yard.

If it weren't for the life and death of his family, he really wouldn't want to become enemies with the Xiahou family.

But in today's situation, there is no choice. Regardless of whether you like it or not, you can only stand firmly with the adults at this time, hoping to survive this disaster.

There was a rapid knock on the door, heavy and rude, which made Zhao Biejia suddenly change his expression.

"Who is it?" A soldier had already shouted in a deep voice.

"The Shence Army captured the assassin, open the door!" a voice came from outside.

Zhao Biejia frowned and said: "How can we catch the assassin in the governor's office? It doesn't make sense."

"If you don't open the door, you are harboring an assassin." A stern voice came from outside: "The Marquis has an order to arrest the assassin and open the door quickly."

Zhao Biejia was horrified. At this moment, someone even knocked on the door. Zhao Biejia asked someone to report to Fan Yang. He knew that these Shencejun were very overbearing. If he didn't open the door, he was afraid that he would be knocked open by them and people would open the door.

When they entered the door, they saw several soldiers in armor standing outside the door. Behind the soldiers, a tall man stood, it was Qiao Ruixin, the general of the Zhonglang of Guide who had visited in the evening.

The street outside the door was completely dark, and there were at least hundreds of soldiers. Some were holding torches. Under the light of the fire, each of these people looked like wolves and tigers, with fierce faces.

"General Qiao!" Zhao Biejia tried his best to calm down and said, "There are no assassins in the governor's office, so how can we arrest the assassins?"

When he came over in the evening, Qiao Ruixin was quite polite, but now the lieutenant general had a cold face and said calmly: "Tonight, an assassin assassinated the Marquis. One of the bodyguards and protectors beside the Marquis was killed. After the assassin missed,

, escaped immediately, we chased him all the way, and found that the assassin had broken into the governor's house."

"Absolutely impossible." Zhao Biejia was horrified: "We have sent guards around the Governor's Mansion, and no one has been found to climb over the wall."

"That's because your soldiers are all drunkards." Qiao Ruixin said unceremoniously: "The assassination of the Marquis is extremely audacious. Now the assassin is in the Governor's Mansion. Are you going to hand it over yourself, or let us search for it ourselves?"

Zhao Biejia didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"Come here!" Qiao Ruixin raised her hand, and the officers and soldiers behind her were about to rush into the governor's mansion. Suddenly they heard a coughing sound, and following the sound, they saw Fan Yang in casual robes walking slowly over.

As if seeing a savior, Zhao Biejia hurriedly stepped forward: "Sir, General Qiao said that the Marquis was assassinated. The assassin climbed over the wall and entered the governor's mansion. They want to search the mansion."

Fan Yang asked Qiao Ruixin to leave in anger today, so he guessed that An Xinghou would not let it go, but he did not expect that the other party would come up with such a domineering and unreasonable reason. Looking at the formation, it was clear that he was going to break into the governor's mansion directly.

Although this reason is overbearing, it is extremely insidious.

Not only can you use this excuse to break into the Governor's Mansion and search for those case files, but the most terrible thing is that the assassin climbed over the wall and entered the Governor's Mansion. If the opponent was bitten to death, you could even use this to frame the assassin as being sent by the Governor's Mansion. Otherwise, how could the assassin have done it?

After the miss, he hid in the governor's mansion?

"The Marquis was assassinated?" Fan Yang stared at Qiao Ruixin.

Qiao Ruixin said calmly: "Although Mr. Hou was assassinated, he was not seriously injured. However, one of his servants was killed by the assassin. The assassin was naturally a rebel group. Mr. Hou has an order to arrest the assassin no matter what.

Bring him to justice." With his eyes like a knife, he stared at Fan Yang and said: "My Lord Governor, if the assassin is hiding in the Governor's Mansion, your safety will be worrying, so we must search the Governor's Mansion thoroughly and find the assassin. I don't know what the Governor's wishes are.

?”

"What if I don't agree?"

"Does the Governor want to protect the assassin?" Qiao Ruixin was very rude and sneered: "If the Governor blocks it, it will inevitably make people think that the assassin is related to you. For the sake of your innocence, it is better not to stop him."

"Yes, there are indeed assassins in the governor's office." Qiao Ruixin had just finished speaking when a voice came from behind Fan Yang. Everyone was startled. Fan Yang looked back and saw a person walking slowly from behind. He was very unfamiliar.
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