Being an emperor is not something he can do, so he can only rely on his connections.

After saying goodbye to his teacher, Zhang Jingwei was taken to the detention center and locked up with Mu Tou.

Because he had cut his hair short, Zhang Liu bought him a hat. Now that he was in prison, the hat was taken away by the officers in the detention center.

Seeing Zhang Jingwei with short hair, the two jailers were shocked at first, and then they laughed.

"Master Zhang, are you going to become a monk? Yeah, if it were me, I would also commit suicide or become a monk."

Zhang Jingwei ignored them and walked into the corner of the cell and sat on the ground.

Mu Tou comforted him, "It's okay, young master. The Tongzhi will definitely clear our name."

Zhang Jingwei leaned against the wall, closed his eyes and whispered, "We can hear the night watchman's beating from here. We'll take turns keeping watch later. Now it's the fourth watch, you take charge, and I'll take charge at the fifth watch. It's not safe here!"

Maybe it was because he had been tossing and turning all night, he was very sleepy and fell asleep in a short while.

"Dong—bang bang bang bang." A loud noise accompanied by four clapper sounds woke him up.

It’s five o’clock.

Zhang Jingwei asked Mu Tou to rest, but Mu Tou refused and insisted on staying on duty until dawn. Zhang Jingwei had no choice but to let him continue the night watch.

After a while, the sound of a door opening, "click, click...", made Mu Tou alert.

Four or five jailers came to the cell with short sticks. Seeing that Mu Tou was not sleeping, they started pointing at him and yelling at him.

"What are you looking at? Go to sleep quickly, or I'll beat you up too."

Zhang Jingwei was awakened by the shouting.

As soon as they opened the cell door, the wood blocked them.

Zhang Jingwei slowly stood up and asked, "My dear officers, I have no grudge against you, why are you trying to harm me?"

“Master Zhang, you’ve offended someone you shouldn’t have. We’re just following orders. Sorry for the offense!”

After saying that, the leading officer raised his hand and hit Zhang Jingwei.

Someone lit a fire and four or five people rushed forward.

Although Mu Tou did not dare to fight with the officers, his young master had already felt threatened, so he rushed forward without any unnecessary movement and knocked those men over with lightning speed.

Mu Tou was huge, nearly two meters tall, and had tripping skills. The jailers were just ordinary people, so he had a certain advantage.

"Stop it all!"

The Tongzhi, along with Captain Yang and a dozen constables, surrounded the prison cell.

Several of the constables controlled the jailer, and Constable Yang patted Mu Mu's arm with a smile.

"Hey, trainee, would you consider becoming a catcher?"

Mu Tou waved his hands and shook his head like a rattle.

"I am of low status, I can't bear the responsibility of being an official, I can't bear the responsibility..."

Captain Yang laughed heartily and said, "You are quite modest, boy. Judging from your performance just now, your martial arts skills are quite good. Maybe there will be a chance for you to come out and help."

After Zhang Jingwei saluted the Tongzhi, he said, "Teacher, I don't think the Tongpan will wait until dawn."

The Tongzhi snorted coldly and looked at the jailers who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy.

"Humph, I don't think he would dare to kill you!"

Zhang Jingwei smiled slightly, his trust in the Tongzhi even stronger. He knew now that his teacher was an upright and responsible official who would never allow him to be wronged.

The Tongzhi signaled the detectives to take the jailers away, and personally helped Zhang Jingwei up.

"Jingwei, your wife has already paid the fine." The Tongzhi said solemnly.

Zhang Jingwei nodded gratefully: "Thank you, teacher."

The Tongzhi turned and left, leaving Captain Yang and several constables to protect Zhang Jingwei and Mu Tou.

......

Its daybreak.

In the Marquis' Mansion...

Huangfu Ling did not sleep all night, pressing her fingers on her temples. She had already sent someone to the government office to pay a fine of 100 taels to get Zhang Jingwei and the other two released on bail. Her head was about to split because of this prodigal son.

After a while, the servant came to report: "It's bad, young lady, your son-in-law is going to be publicly tried, and the prefect wants to judge him personally."

"What? Why are we still trying this? Haven't we already paid the fine?"

"Yes Yes......"

The servant's hesitation made Huangfu Ling very unhappy.

Huangfu Ling shouted, "Hurry up and tell me!"

"It was my son-in-law who proposed a public trial himself, and he even beat the drum to report it!"

Huangfu Ling was immediately furious and gnashed his teeth in anger.

"Son of a bitch, is he crazy?"

At the same time, the Tongzhi in Yunzhou Yamen was also very shocked.

He cursed Zhang Jingwei in his heart: "Has this brat lost his mind?"

But when I saw Zhang Jingwei, I didn't complain too much.

He walked out of the Fumin Hall quickly, and what caught his eyes was Mu Tou, who was covered in knife wounds, and Zhang Jingwei, whose face was bruised and purple, followed by Zhang Liu, Zhang Shiyi and others.

Both of them were unharmed when they were released from the detention center on bail, but now Mu Tou was beaten to death and Zhang Jingwei had bruises on his face.

Above the court.

The prefect sat in front of the wide desk in the middle, and the associate magistrate and the assistant magistrate sat on both sides of the desk.

On both sides of the lobby are strong hands (the yamen runners who shout "mighty" in TV dramas are strong hands).

"Who's beating the drum for reporting?" Yunzhou Governor Lu Hui, my head is like this. Maybe I drank a little too much at the brothel last night. I woke up this morning and was still drunk when I was summoned by the drum.

"In reply to your Excellency, I am suing the governor of this state for allowing his men to harm the people, framing them, and hiring killers to kill them. His purpose is to put me to death!" After the court session began, only Zhang Jingwei remained in the courtroom. No one else was summoned and had to stay in the side hall.

"Did I hear it wrong? Why would I murder a mere commoner? Do you know that you will be punished by beating if you frame an official appointed by the imperial court?" Lu Hui asked, confused after sobering up a little.

"I am not wrong. The Yunzhou Tongzhi can serve as my witness."

More and more people gathered outside the court, and when they gathered together they started talking nonsense.

"Young Master Zhang is suing the prefect to avenge his father's death!"

"I heard that the governor confiscated the Zhang family's property and pocketed a lot of the money."

"Didn't Young Master Zhang suffer from poisoning and lose his memory?"

"I also heard that the young master of the Zhang family wants to do business."

"If you ask me, Young Master Zhang is still thinking about Miss Tang from the brothel. Wasn't the prefect sleeping with Miss Tang in his arms in the brothel yesterday? They are rivals in love."

"Bullshit! Young Master Zhang married into the Marquis's family. I heard that the tiger girl from the Huangfu family dotes on him in every way!"

……

The more the people talk, the more outrageous and irrelevant their talk becomes.

In fact, all this had nothing to do with the prefect. It was just that Zhang Jingwei wanted to make a big deal out of it and implicate the Tongpan, so he had to rely on the prefect.

The people of Yuncheng all know the relationship between the prefect and the Zhang family.

If this matter is related to the prefect, he will definitely do his best to get to the bottom of it.

What arson?

What thugs?

It would be so much trouble to check it yourself. It would be just a matter of a word to ask the prefect to check it.

The dying wood looked like it had only some superficial injuries.

It was just that Zhang Jingwei asked him to act more miserably.

Now is the time to settle old and new scores.