In the early morning, the back hall of the government office.

Ma Bangwen got up early habitually and was using breakfast in the hall. His mind turned to Lord Li who came from the capital. Now that things have come to this point, it seems that he should be staying for a short time and is about to leave Yingzhou.

Just as he thought of this, a confidant rushed to the door and said with a panic look on his face: "Master, something happened. Lord Li from the capital suddenly sent someone to Hu's house and took down Lord Hu..."

"Huh? What's the fuss about this?" Ma Bangwen put the bowls and chopsticks in surprise, and had no intention of eating anymore, so he got up and asked, "I asked someone to go to the inn to ask, what is Lord Li who is willing to take the officials of my government office at will!" As he said, he was about to walk out.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard a sudden noise outside. He frowned. As soon as he was about to have an attack, he saw several subordinates running over in a hurry. He stood in front of the courtyard between the front and back yamen and shouted: "Sir, Lord Li from the capital suddenly broke into the yamen and said that he wanted to try the case here. The lower officials and others could not stop him. Please ask the yamen to make the decision."

"It's just a mess!" Ma Bangwen's face suddenly became gloomy. Now hesitated no longer. He rushed to the courtyard quickly, ignored the greetings of his subordinates, and said, "Has he entered the government office? Where is the person?"

"Just... it's right in the lobby... and he even spoke, allowing many people from outside to go to the yamen to hear the trial."

Now Ma Bangwen understood what was going on now. Not only the officials in the yamen were dissuading them, but also the movements of the people after entering the government office. At that moment, he snorted coldly, couldn't hold back, and strode out, glanced at a few people casually, and cursed: "A bunch of waste, my yamen can't even defend it. How can I use you if I ask me to use it!"

Everyone bowed their heads and did not dare to say anything. They just followed closely and soon arrived at the second hall, which was a little confused. Many officials who arrived here in the morning ran around like headless flies. Until they saw the prefect coming with a gloomy face, they stopped saluting and looked panicked: "Sir, the front has been occupied by Lord Li. The people in our government office want to stop it, but they were driven away by the guards..."

"Hmph, useless things, I will meet him now. Is this the aura of their Beijing officials?" Ma Bangwen didn't care about his subordinates and walked out quickly, but at the same time, his mind was tightening. Someone had pointed out some of his habits and means about Li Ling before--

"This Li Ling is young and energetic. He has always been soft but not hard, but is still good at financial accounting checks. If you are soft and make friends with him well, you may be able to deal with it. If you are really tough and become enemies with him, with his current status and strength, you may not have a chance of winning.

"However, he is still a reasonable person. As long as you take advantage of the reason, you may make him retreat. But you must also beware of the strange moves of his troops. The best way is to keep a close eye on him and not give him any opportunity to take advantage of..."

Some of these reminders, Ma Bangwen listened to them and used them in this response. But some of them were not convinced and were not prepared to use them, such as keeping eye on Li Ling and his subordinates' actions, but now he regretted it because he didn't know why Li Ling suddenly used this move.

After passing through the second hall, bypassing the two pavilions, we entered the lobby. This place is the largest piece of land in the entire government office. A grand hall stands facing south. In front of it is a large square. At this time, there are hundreds of quite excited people on the square, and many people are coming to hear the news, almost filling the square.

The Yingzhou Prefecture Office has not tried the case public for several years. Now when the matter is out, it naturally attracts everyone's attention. Everyone is excited and there is a lot of discussion. These people have not even noticed the arrival of the prefect. It was not until a servant shouted loudly that they bowed in panic. Many people thought that the prefect Ma was the one who was being tried in the lobby today.

Ma Bangwen's face became more and more gloomy, but he ignored these people. Instead, he went straight to the lobby, arrived at the door, and drank the onlookers. Only then did he see that Li Ling was sitting in a well-dressed manner, and most of his personal guards were below him, and Hu Yi, who was kneeling on the ground in a mess, waiting for interrogation.

At this time, Li Ling was staring at him: "Why, do you still want to deny it at this time? I have someone here to prove it. Come on, bring Pang Sihai and others to me and confront him!"

Ma Bangwen's eyebrows and eyes suddenly jumped, and finally couldn't help but step into the court and shouted: "Mr. Li, what do you mean?"

"Master Ma, you are here just in time. I am just about to ask someone to come." Li Ling smiled at him immediately, but he didn't look at all anxious. "This Hu Yi, I have found out that he actually killed someone and destroyed the body. It is really unforgivable, so I will lend it to your court for a while and interrogate it. I hope you don't blame me."

"Mr. Li, you just urged military rations to be dispatched by the court. Where did you get the power to ask about the affairs of our government office? Not to mention interrogating the officials of our government office so unscrupulously!" Ma Bangwen was no longer polite and immediately questioned, "Don't say that Hu Yi has always been diligent and has no mistakes. Even if there is any mistake, it should be the superior magistrate who will be punished, rather than you, an outsider, to interfere with the affairs! Lord. Li, don't you think you have done this too long?"

This time he was really shocked and angry, so he didn't say anything nice. He even waved his hand after a pause: "Come, drive these common people out of my official position. This is really unruly. I will submit a letter to you, Lord Li!"

With his order, the servants who followed the government office were about to drive out the people. Their big stick was raised, and the people were indeed panicked and they were about to retreat. Unexpectedly, a few yells sounded: "Who dares to be presumptuous! My master said he wanted to try the case. How dare you disturb me? Who gives you the right?"

As he said that, the guards stepped forward, and with the sound of squeak, the sword was unsheathed, and the sharp sword light flashed. As soon as the powerful aura opened, it shocked the more numerous servants of the government office, which scared them to retreat. The people were also stunned. It was not until this time that they realized that the person who was going to be tried today was not the local prefect, but the foreign officials.

Ma Bangwen's anger became even more intense, and his face turned pale: "Mr. Li, what do you want to do? You are just transferring an errand. No matter what cases there are in the local area, it has nothing to do with you!"

"No, this matter is really related to the errands I have done." Li Ling looked at him without any permission, and his tone was extremely firm, "Because the matter involved in this official named Hu Yi was about the incident on the eve of the night that I was about to burn the government office account book that I just wanted to check, and this account book was related to my job in Yingzhou this time."

Ma Bangwen's body suddenly shook: "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You will know if you listen. Prefect Ma is very important, and I must investigate it to the end. If you still have to obstruct it, then I will have reason to suspect that you are inseparable from this matter."

Facing Li Ling's direct words, Ma Bangwen was completely difficult to deal with. It was not until this time that he learned how accurate a sentence in the statement about Li Ling was - "Showing his sharpness, young and energetic"! This made him feel cold and he could only hum: "I hope you have indeed obtained conclusive evidence, otherwise, even if I am not an official, I will sue you for a Hu Wei who is overpowered!"

"Then you listen carefully next to you. Come and prepare a seat for Magistrate Ma." Li Ling immediately ordered, then slapped the arbor, "Bring the person up to me."

Although this noisy episode was met, the people below were still reliable in doing things. At this time, Pang Sihai and others were brought over. When everyone outside saw them, many people shouted softly. Obviously, as government officials, they were still a little famous.

After seeing these people being brought into the hall, Hu Yi's expression was even more frightened and his body became a little soft. Li Ling immediately grabbed the reaction, slapped the table and shouted: "Hu Yi, do you still dare to say that you are wronged now?"

"I..." Hu Yi glanced at the subordinates beside him, and his guilty look was completely confirmed.

Li Ling did not give him too much chance to hesitate, so he turned to look at the four people: "You four will explain yourself, why you stolen the government office last night? Who was instructed by me again!"

Pang Sihai and Li Ling and others had already admitted everything before, but now, in front of the prefect and the Proxy Hu, they were a little nervous and did not dare to speak first. Until Li Ling slapped the table again, stared at Pang Sihai, and shouted: "Isn't it true to me!"

He suddenly burst into tears and said, "The villain was ordered to steal the bodies of Zhao Guang and Qian Hai who were burned to death last night..."

"Which order was he who was given?" Li Ling asked again.

"Yes... it's Lord Hu."

"When Hu Yi is at this time, do you still want to argue?" Li Ling immediately turned around and put pressure on the already pale Tutor Hu, staring at him as if there was any substance.

He wanted to deny it, but under heavy pressure, he couldn't say this sentence, so he could only ask for help and looked at Ma Bangwen, but the other party did not react at all, as if he was really here to be heard. In fact, Magistrate Ma also had a headache and wanted to help his subordinates to rescue him, but now Li Ling is the one who controls the field. He can see that as long as he says it, he will also trap himself.
Chapter completed!