Sui and Tang Dynasties: Awakening the Supreme Skills at the Beginning

At this time, one of the yamen runners was smart. He knelt in front of Li Zhen and kowtowed for mercy.

"I'm sorry, sir. I was wrong because I didn't recognize the real man. Please be magnanimous and don't hold the same opinion with a villain like me..."

Li Shutong's expression relaxed.

Seeing this, the remaining few people hurriedly knelt down and crawled in front of Li Zhen, kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Seeing this, Li Zhen couldn't help feeling happy.

Damn, where is your arrogance just now?

However, it is better to forgive others when you can. It is not necessarily a good thing for me to have a bad relationship with the people around Li Shutong when we first met.

"Never mind. It's your job to do this. You just look down on others!"

Li Zhen waved his hand.

Seeing that Li Zhen forgave them, several yamen runners and doormen were immediately grateful to Li Zhen.

Subsequently.

Li Shutong smiled slightly, "Since Master Li will no longer hold you accountable, I will give you a chance. You and the others will be retained for the time being to see how they perform. However, you will be fined for three months and each of you will be punished with twenty strokes of the cane."

"Thank you, sir, and thank you, Mr. Li!"

Those people immediately kowtowed to Li Shutong and Li Zhen.

Li Shutong stepped forward, looked Li Zhen up and down again, and asked again.

"Your name is Li Zhen, but is it the Li Zhen who made "Send the Wine In"?"

Li Shutong's question stunned not only Li Zhen, but also the clerk around him.

It seems that this Lord Li knows Li Zhen.

Just when Li Zhen was puzzled, he heard Li Shutong continue speaking.

"Your song, "Drinking Song", is full of heroic spirit and unrestrained emotions. It is something that not everyone can compose. I like it very much!"

"Lord Li, you are overpraising me. Poetry is a minor art, a minor skill for scholars!"

Li Zhen straightened up and said in a nonchalant manner.

"Junior brother Gao Yi!"

Li Shutong had a smile on his face, and his eyes revealed a hint of approval.

"I wonder what important matter has come to you, Junior Brother?"

Li Shutong asked.

Li Zhen took out Lin Qiuhao's handwriting and bowed to Li Shutong.

"This is Master Lin's handwriting..."

"what!"

Li Shutong was shocked.

It was the teacher who asked him to come, so it must be something important.

"This is not a place for conversation, please follow me, Junior Brother!"

Li Shutong bowed and walked towards the inner door, with Li Zhen following closely.

When they arrived at the flower hall, they sat down as host and guest.

Li Zhen presented Lin Qiuhao's letter to Li Shutong, who read it carefully.

Li Shutong glanced at Li Zhen in front of him, bowed, and spoke.

"Junior Brother Li, how do you want to deal with Village Chief Cui and Zhang Mingyuan? Do you want them dead or alive? Just say the word and I will make sure you are satisfied!"

Is it so tough?

Two lives are worth just one sentence?

Li Zhen's eyelids twitched, and he gained a further understanding of the power of this era.

"It doesn't matter whether Village Chief Cui and Zhang Mingyuan are dead or alive. As long as you don't kill Cui Wu, it doesn't matter to me."

Li Zhen was about to speak when Li Shutong continued.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Li. Master Qian often teaches us that we, the Confucian disciples, should not easily do evil to others. All we ask for is fairness and justice, so that they can receive the legal punishment they deserve and prevent more people from being harmed by them."

Li Zhen said with a righteous look.

"Okay, Junior Brother Gao Yi, I was right about you."

Uncle Li looked pleased and patted Li Zhen on the shoulder.

"Brother Li, you are too kind!"

Li Zhen bowed and smiled.

Then he discussed some details with Li Shutong and got up to say goodbye.

He also had to go to the Censorate to ask to see the Assistant Censor Liu Shuyue.

Li Shutong took Li Zhen's hand and walked him out of the yamen. When they reached the door, Li Shutong waved and called someone over.

"My humble servant Lu Feng greets His Excellency the County Master."

Captain Lu Feng bowed to Li Shutong.

He bowed to Li Zhen again.

"My humble self is Lu Feng, nice to meet Master Li."

In the eyes of ordinary people, Li Zhen was just a scholar and not worthy of the attention of a constable. However, this scholar was the junior brother of the dignified county master Li, and the two had a long secret conversation and sent him out personally, so as lower officials, they had to pay attention to him.

Li Zhen quickly bowed and responded.

"I am not worthy of being called Young Master. Captain Lu can just call me Li Zhen."

"Lu Feng, Master Li wants to go to the Imperial Censorate. I'm afraid he doesn't know the way, so you take him there."

Li Shutong continued.

"promise!"

Lu Feng bowed to Li Shutong.

"Master, please stay. Junior brother, please leave for now."

Li Zhen bowed to Li Shuyi.

"When Junior Brother solves his problem, I will have a drink with him."

"Farewell!"

Li Zhen bid farewell to Li Shutong and went to the Censorate under the leadership of Lu Feng.

On the way, after Li Zhen quietly handed Lu Feng two taels of silver, the relationship between the two soon reached the level of brothers.

As the saying goes, it is easy to see the King of Hell, but hard to deal with the little devils. Later, in this Chang'an City, you don't have to look for Li Shutong for everything. Now that I know Lu Feng, the constable, sometimes, he may be of great use.

A quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at the Censorate.

Since your majesty ascended the throne and changed the reign title to Zhenguan, the status of the Censorate has been repeatedly improved. In the past, it was just a department responsible for admonition and supervision, but now it has set up a prison to handle special litigation cases and gradually gained greater power. For major cases, the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple form a three-judicial department to jointly hear the case. The Dali Temple is responsible for interrogating the prisoners and drafting the verdict, while the Ministry of Justice is responsible for reviewing and reporting to the Censorate for supervision.

Lu Feng stepped forward and said to the doorman.

"Young Master Li Zhen has important matters to discuss with the Imperial Censor Liu Shuyue. Please let us know."

The doorman glanced at Lu Feng, then at Li Zhen behind him, and without daring to be negligent, he bowed.

"Please wait a moment, sir. I will be right back."

After an incense stick of time, the doorman came back.

He bowed to Li Zhen and said, "Mr. Li, Lord Liu wants to see you. Please follow me."

Li Zhen turned around and bowed to Lu Feng, "Brother Lu, we'll say goodbye now. I'll definitely invite you to drink and chat some other day."

Lu Feng waved his hand, "No problem, goodbye!"

Li Zhen watched Lu Feng return the same way he came.

Then he bowed to the doorman and said, "Thank you."

The doorman took Li Zhen to the flower hall, where Liu Shuyue was already waiting.

Li Zhen bowed to Liu Shuyue and said, "Junior brother Li Zhen, greetings to Senior Brother Liu!"

"Are you Li Zhen? Dean Qian's last disciple?"

"Exactly!"

Li Zhen was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Ok!"

It was obvious that Liu Shuyue was extremely satisfied with Li Zhen's performance.

"I don't know why you came here, Junior Brother?"

Liu Shuyue continued to ask.

Li Zhen took out Lin Qiuhao's handwriting and bowed to Li Shutong.

"This is Master Lin's handwriting..."

Liu Shuyue took the letter and read it carefully.

"Isn't that reasonable?"

"This Cui Hu is so bold and reckless. I will definitely fight him to the end!"

Liu Shuyue slammed the table and shouted loudly.

"Brother Li, rest assured and go for it. I will definitely impeach Cui Hu!"

"Li Zhen thanks Brother for your help!"

Li Zhen bowed to Liu Shuyue.

"You and I are brothers, no need to be polite."

Liu Shuyue waved his hand and said.

Then the two discussed some details and then stood up to say goodbye.

Liu Shuyue took Li Zhen's hand and walked him out the door.

After Li Zhen finished his work, he got up and went home.

When they reached Xuanwu Street, a loud shout was suddenly heard.

"Get out of the way, the horse is frightened!"