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Gong Mao failed to argue, but Xun Zhen was ruined. Zhao Ran felt extremely insulted and became angry.

His anger and humiliation were not caused by Gong Mao. Gong Mao, like Li Hu, was just a dog from the Zhao family. Zhao Ran didn't care about his fate, but "beating a dog depends on the owner." Xun Zhen first captured Li Hu and then dealt with Gong Mao. After a series of harsh hands, Tai also regarded the Zhao family as if nothing was left. He was blinded by anger. Zhao Ran summoned his disciples again, trying to gather people to enter the county government.

Zhao Ran was used to lawlessness, but his order scared the diners with some intelligence at his disciples. After much persuasion, he finally persuaded him. Zhao Ran said angrily: "My family is the hope of the prefectures and counties. Now that I have been humiliated by Yuzhou's son, can't I swallow my anger?"

A diner said: "Yuzhou's son is stupid and arrogant, and he will act against others. Sooner or later, he will be punished. Why should he be angry with him as a daughter?"

"If I don't get angry, I'm not going well!"

"I wonder how Shaojun wants to vent his anger?"

"Save Li Hu first!"

"In the eyes of villains, the urgent situation now seems to be to save Li Cheng from prison."

"Why?"

"Although Li Cheng was arrested and imprisoned, Li Cheng was 600 stones in the prefecture and county. Even if Yuzhouer wanted to kill him, he could not kill him for a while. You can't save him slowly."

The prefect of the county has no right to kill, let alone the officials of 600 stones, even the people in Guizhou will be punished by the court if they want to be executed according to their crimes. They can only be executed after the court is approved by the court. Moreover, the execution time is in autumn. It is now late winter, and there is still half a year before next autumn. From this perspective, there is no need to worry about saving Li Hu from prison, so you can "rescue him slowly."

Zhao Ran exhaled angrily and said, "What you said makes sense. So, in your opinion, what is the priority?"

"Since Yuzhou arrived in the county, he has been against Shaojun everywhere. Now Li Cheng has been arrested and imprisoned. 'There is nothing to be done under the three trees'. If Li Cheng was scolded, what would he say to Shaojun?"

Zhao Ran thought of this as early as when Li Hu was arrested and imprisoned. At this time, he was reminded by this disciple and thought of this worry again. His anger disappeared and turned into horror. He originally did not believe that Xun Zhen dared to attack him, but when Xun Zhen arrested Li Hu, Xun Zhen "incited" Wang Fen to drive Gong Mao away, one by one that he could not imagine happened in front of him, but now he was a little guilty. Li Hu knew a lot of his illegal and disorderly affairs. If Xun Zhen was tortured, it might be bad for him.

He pondered and said, "Your words are reasonable. How should you deal with them based on your opinion?"

"Young Master can send someone to sneak into prison and secretly meet with Prime Minister Li to communicate with him. In this way, we can prevent Yuzhou from chasing Li Chengqu into a trick, and secondly, we can also make some preparations for saving Li Cheng out of prison in the future."

Zhao Ran was overjoyed and said, "You are so kind! I will choose someone to go to prison to meet Li Hu." While calling someone to call a capable and capable disciple, he thought, "If Li Hu doesn't offer me, then I will give me a gift? Humph, I can't say that, I can only use one knife to crack him!"

It’s a pity that although Zhao Ran thought well, reality is very “cruel”.

Xun Zhen knew that the Zhao family was in full swing, and his clans were everywhere in Wei County, how could he not prevent him from sending people to prison and secretly communicated with Li Hu? He had already told Luan Gu that he must take care of Li Hu carefully, and that all the officials and soldiers responsible for taking care of Li Hu were transferred from Yi from the inside, and the people sent by Zhao Ran could not enter at all.

The Zhao family guest who was ordered to meet Li Hu, was out of Zhao's house for half a day, and not only did there be no news, but no one came back.

Zhao Ran felt strange and sent someone to investigate the situation again. This time, the people sent out ran back soon after.

Zhao Ran frowned and scolded: "Nothing at all, how can it be!"

The man said in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes."

"Where is Lao Shi? I asked him to go to Li Hu. He has been out for a long time now, but there is no news and no one is seen? Where have you gone?"

This "old history" is the capable disciple who was sent by Zhao Ran to meet Li Hu.

"He, he..."

"What's wrong with him?"

"He was arrested by Luan Gu and was imprisoned!"

"……,What?"

"Luan Gu arrested Lao Shi and imprisoned for the name of "running officials and soldiers, trying to spy on prison and plotting against evil."

Exercise means bribery. The Han legal system: accepting bribes is guilty, and bribery is also guilty.

Zhao Ran was stunned, stunned for a while, furious, suddenly stood up, kicked the verdict, and cursed: "Luan Gu Zhuzi dared to hear it!"

I remember that before Xun Zhen came to Wei County, the Zhao family was in Wei County, and even the people of the county knew only the Zhao family, but they did not know the county magistrate. But now, it has been less than a year since Xun Zhen arrived in Wei County. Not only was Li Hu arrested and imprisoned, not only were the county officials of the Zhao family exiled to the Zhao family, but even Cao, a small county thief like Luan Gu, dared to go against the Zhao family. It was tolerant, but who would not be tolerant!

Zhao Ran rushed out in anger and was about to go out with his sword in his arms.

Judging from his attitude, it goes without saying that he must have summoned his disciples and soldiers again, intending to attack the county government.

Several diners who were sitting in the hall tried to hold him to death and prevent him from going out.

In a rage, Zhao Ran kicked two doormen over, and held the scabbard and knocked the remaining people to the heads.

These people endured the pain and refused to let go. One of them shouted: "The villain has a plan. You can convict Yuzhou's Er without Shaojun in person!"

Zhao Ran held the scabbard and slapped it a few more times. He was tired of hitting, and sat on the ground angrily and asked, "What's the plan?"

The speaker was beaten by Zhao Ran to a point where the forehead was cracked, and blood flowed downwards. He was afraid that Zhao Ran would lift his sword again, so he ignored the pain, so he wiped a handful of blood flowing to his eyelids and told his plan in one breath.

He said: "Yuzhou's sons selected the strongest ones among the poisonous bandits, and organized them into nine divisions, and divided the county into the north and south, and ordered them to farm. The thieves were robbed and made a living. Now that they were bound by Yuzhou's sons, they would definitely be resentful. Young Master can send three or two people who can speak to sneak into it and challenge them to cause chaos. They have been surrendering for a long time, and I believe that Yuzhou's sons will definitely be unprepared and will definitely be lax in the precautions. Once chaos arises, the county in the north and south will not escape the disaster. At that time, the court will not need to come forward. The court will punish you. The minority will be taken away from the title of Yuzhou's sons, and the worst will be the throne of Yuzhou's sons, and the worst will be the throne of the capital."

When Zhao Ran heard this, he turned anger into joy, laughed, patted the man on the shoulder, and said, "You have such a good plan, why don't you offer it soon!"

The guest smiled bitterly and said to himself: "This plan is harmful to the heavens and the truth. How can I give it up unless it is absolutely necessary?"

Compared to Zhao Ran's ignorance of innocent people, this disciple has a little conscience, but this conscience is limited to when his own interests are not damaged. When Zhao Ran was so angry that he could not control his stupid things and might cause him to suffer, the lives of more than 100,000 people in the counties in the south and north of the county would be irrelevant.

Zhao Ran was not a fool, and his anger faded. After his mind became clear, he pondered again and said, "You are a good plan, but there are eight or nine thousand bandits in the military farm. Will they harm my Ye County after they provoke chaos?"

The disciple said, "Although there are many thieves who surrender, their armor and weapons have long been left untold by Yuzhou'er. At most, they can disrupt the counties in the south and north of the county. They will definitely have no spare energy to harm our Ye County. Even if they rob some weapons and attack Ye County, Yuzhou'er knows the soldiers and fights well. If there are thousands of followers in the camp outside the city, they will definitely be able to repel them. You can rest assured."

"Not bad, not bad, indeed!"

Zhao Ran decided to do this immediately. He immediately selected a few people who were good at speaking from his disciples and ordered them to disguise themselves and divide them into military fields in the south and north of the county to provoke the military bandits to cause chaos.

That night, the guest who offered this plan to Zhao Ran left without saying goodbye.

This plan was too poisonous. This disciple knew very well that no matter whether this plan could be achieved or not, he could not stay in Wei County. Instead of being exposed, he was cursed by the county people and criticized by thousands of people, it would be better to leave quietly now, change his surname and change his name, and live in a seclusion in a remote village.

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But it was said that it was inside the county jail.

Luan Gu and the county magistrate Cao Huo Heng were ordered by Xun Zhen to torture Li Hu and his assistant day and night.

The assistant official could not stand the torture and was scolded early on, admitting that Xun Zhen had put him on the head, confessing that he was ordered by Li Hu to stab Li Xiang to death on a certain month, Luan Gu, and Huo Heng wrote his confession, asked him to sign the name, and submitted it to Xun Zhen.

Li Hu's bones were hard. Maybe he firmly believed that Zhao Ran would save him from prison, or maybe he didn't believe what Xun Zhen would do. No matter what, he was the county magistrate of 600 stones. In short, he refused to give in and persisted for more than ten days.

But just as Zhao Ran’s disciple said: There is nothing to do under the three trees.

At the end of November, on this day, Li Hu finally couldn't stand the punishment, and after the assistant official, he was also scolded.

What he confessed was not only the crime of "instructing the assistant officials to stab Li Xiang to death", but also some crimes of Zhao Ran breaking the law and discipline. To be precise, the former was scolded, while the latter was not.

His arms were hung high and his feet were hung on the beam of the prison room without touching the ground. His hair was disheveled and his body was covered in bruises. He looked at Luan Gu with a dying moment. Huo Heng held the book of writing his confession and whispered, and he murmured a few words.

Luan Gu, Huo Heng did not hear clearly, stopped talking, walked to him, Luan Gu asked, "What did you say? But what else should I explain?"

Li Hu was severely punished and suffered internal injuries. He vomited blood as soon as he spoke. He stared at Luan Gu and Huo Heng, and repeated the words angrily, saying, "Yuzhou'er not only falsely accused me, but also wanted to punish Shaojun. Who is Shaojun? You can punish Yuzhou'er with your hands to death! You two help the evil and don't know how to live or die. Let's die with Yuzhou'er!"

Luan Gu and Huo Heng looked at each other.

Both of them were smart people. They tortured and interrogated Li Hu and his assistants for so long, but they could not see that there was a mystery in this case. They also vaguely guessed that Li Hu and his assistants were indeed false. They did not assassinate Li Xiang, but even if the truth was so, so what? Both of them had always hated the eunuch party, and they always took the example of the sages such as Li Ying, Zhang Jian, Fan Pang, etc. Now that they could see that Xun Zhen seemed to have the intention to punish the Zhao family, it would be okay to falsely accuse Li Hu, a lackey of the Zhao family, even if Zhao Ran was also falsely accused.

Huo Heng smiled, disdained to respond to Li Hu's threat, and said to Luan Gu: "Li Hu's confession has been completed. You and I will submit it to the Fujun now?"

Luan Gu replied, okay.

Li Hu watched the two of them turn and leave, and felt that the blackness in front of him was falling into a coma. His last thought was: "Shaojun, Shaojun! Why haven't you rescued me yet? I confessed you now. It's not my crime, but it's unbearable torture!"

In a moment of thought, there were complaints about Zhao Ran and guilt towards Zhao Ran. In the complaints and guilt, there was still unswerving hope that Zhao Ran would rescue him.

However, his hope cannot be realized.

Luan Gu and Huo Heng jointly asked for Xun Zhen and presented Li Hu's confession.

After seeing this, Xun Zhen nodded, put this confession with the previous confession of Li Hu's assistant, and collected it personally. With these two confessions in hand, plus other "evidence", "witness testimony", etc., a complete verdict was formed. With this complete verdict, the case of "Li Hu sent an assistant to assassinate Li Xiang to death" was an ironclad case.

Luan Gu said: "Li Hu was severely punished, can he be treated with a doctor?"

Xun Zhen did not answer him.

Luan Gu understood the truth and said goodbye to Huo Heng.

That night, Li Hu and Li Hu's assistant were killed in prison.
Chapter completed!