Father can be an enemy to the country

Although Liu Jing was too lazy to pay attention to Liben, this was his eldest brother's mourning hall, and the ceremony should not be discarded.

So I could only endure my nausea and watch Shen Liben twist a stick of incense, light it and put it in the incense burner. Then he pretended to face the eldest brother’s tablet and said:

"Liu Shenzheng, although you and I are just acquaintances, I know that you are upright and noble. Just rest assured, if you have any grievances, I will definitely help you find out."

After a pause, Shen Liben lowered his voice and said: "If your death was just due to an accident, I will definitely help you to make things right. I won't let the world say that Liu Bowen's eldest son fell into a well due to drunkenness and died."

"My eldest brother usually doesn't drink!" Liu Jing finally couldn't help but said angrily: "Don't try to ruin his reputation!"

"Mr. Liu, don't worry." Shen Li was not worried at all, and said in full imperial envoy style: "I have already said that I will definitely help your brother to get through."

"You don't need to be round, he wasn't an alcoholic in the first place, and he couldn't have fallen into the well on his own!" Liu Jing's face turned red in frustration.

"Mr. Liu, please be patient." Xiong Qitai also helped Shen Liben comfort him: "The imperial envoy will definitely investigate and will never tarnish Liu Shenzheng's posthumous name."

"Stop crying like a cat and pretending to be compassionate. It's you bastards who spread rumors all day long to smear my brother!" Liu Jing said with veins jumping on her forehead: "Get out! Get out of here!"

"Mr. Liu was a little agitated because of his grief. We'd better not disturb him." Shen Liben still maintained his demeanor. In fact, he didn't care at all. These second-generation people were not very capable and had a bad temper.

The officials laughed and said goodbye, leaving the official residence.

The door slammed shut behind them, and the officials shook their heads and sighed. "What qualities are they?"

"Forget it, I won't be as knowledgeable as him." Shen Liben waved his hand and said calmly: "He doesn't show respect, we still have to show respect."

"Yes, yes, what is your status, sir? There is no need to argue with a dandy." Xiong Qitai nodded, bowed his waist and stretched out his hand, smiling and said: "Please come to the main office to serve tea."

"No rush." ​​Shen Liben shook his head, pointed to the official house next door with a seal and asked, "Is this Cao's political house?"

"Yes. After the case of Liu Shenzheng falling into the well, this place became a haunted house. Cao Shenzheng and his family moved out that night." Zeng Tai replied: "Then, the inspector temporarily sealed the place."

"Well, we should protect the scene." Shen Liben nodded.

"Yes." Zeng Tai smiled sarcastically.

"Go in and take a look." Shen Liben pointed to the sealed door.

"Yes." Zeng Tai quickly ordered someone to tear off the seal and open the door.

The officials gathered around Shen Liben and entered the official residence. The official residence was in a mess, with worthless things scattered everywhere, which were obviously left behind by Cao Shenzheng when he moved.

After a search and a move, all useful clues were lost. I can only say that protecting the scene protected a lonely person.

Shen Liben did not criticize Zeng Tai because he didn't care at all.

He let Zeng Tai lead him around the scene, then looked at the well that killed Liu Lian, and then left the scene without saying a word.

~~

Returning to the back hall of Zhengya, Shen Liben, under the arrangement of Xiong Qitai, washed his face, changed clothes, and took a short rest.

After he had washed away his bad luck and put on his scarlet robe again, Xiong Qitai came in to pay his respects.

But seeing Shen Liben's face looking a little unkind, he felt nervous and asked in a low voice, "Sir, is there anything wrong?"

"Let me ask you again, are you hiding something from me?" Shen Liben stared at Xiong Qitai's seemingly loyal face.

"No. Really not." Xiong Qitai still denied it.

"Then let me ask you, that well is in such a remote location, how could a guy lead Liu Lian to that place?" Shen Liben suddenly raised his voice and asked, "What are you hiding?!"

"Yes, how did he do it?" Xiong Qitai looked confused, and then called out to Chong Tianqu and said: "Bizhi doesn't know, but I only know that I definitely didn't hide it from you, sir!"

"You really have a tough mouth," Shen Liben snorted and said with a straight face, "Well, if something happens, don't blame me for not protecting you!"

"I understand. It's just that I can see my heart for adults as bright as the bright moon!" No matter how hard and soft Shen Liben tried, Xiong Qitai just killed him and he didn't hide it.

"Let them all come in." Shen Liben had no choice but to reveal this section first.

~~

After a while, Deputy Ambassador Zeng Taifeng and other officials handling the case came to the hall to listen to the order.

"Everyone, please sit down." Shen Liben smiled warmly. He could not tell that he had just gotten angry with Xiong Qitai. He smiled and said to everyone: "I have called you all here to discuss how to handle the case of Liu Zhengzheng."

After a pause, he looked at Xiong Qitai again and said with a smile: "I had a brief discussion with Mr. Xiong Fangbo just now, and I feel that we should put the overall situation first. We can't discredit Liu Shengzheng, we can't discredit Jiangxi official circles, and of course we can't discredit the imperial court. Yes. What do you think?"

"That's right, that's right. It's up to the superiors of the ministry and the superiors of the vassal." All the officials nodded hurriedly.

Zeng Tai originally wanted to go with the flow as usual, but His Royal Highness the King of Chu's instructions echoed in his mind - 'Anything they advocate, you will oppose; whatever they oppose, you will support! ’

It's really easy said, but do you know how difficult it is to do? Going against your boss in public is too much psychological pressure...

"Since everyone has no objections, then our tone has been set..." Before Shen Liben could finish his words, Zeng Tai said weakly:

"I object."

"What did Zeng Lianfang say? I didn't hear clearly." Shen Liben looked at Zeng Tai in disbelief.

"Go back to the ministry hall. The subordinates said that I objected." Zeng Tai had no choice but to grit his teeth and fight.

"What are you objecting to? What do you have to object to?" Shen Liben's face sank. Before he could speak, Xiong Qitai asked, "What are your intentions? Do you still regard yourself as a member of Jiangxi officialdom?!"

"The lower official objected to setting the tone before investigating the case." A teacher like Zeng Tai was not good at work, but he was good at quarreling. "As an inspector, I am responsible for the punishment of a province. It is only natural that I demand to find out the truth! On the contrary, what is Xiong Fantai's intention to go online like this?!"

"Why didn't you object when you were drunk and drowned according to Cha Si's regulations?" Xiong Qitai turned on the roaring mode.

Zeng Taixin said that I was still dawdling around at that time, wasn’t it? Who would have ever imagined that he would become His Royal Highness the King of Chu's cat-teasing stick? However, he had already thought of his words and said sternly:

"At that time, the Imperial Envoy had not yet come, and the case was reported in the Yamen. I was worried that if I objected at that time, someone would take risks and continue to commit crimes in order to destroy evidence, and things would get bigger and bigger!"

Zeng Tai said and cupped his hands towards Shen Libengong and said: "But now that the imperial envoy has arrived, the situation is different. With him sitting in charge, who would dare to act like a monster again?!"

Shen Liben couldn't laugh or cry immediately. All the rules in the world were taken over by Zeng. What else could he say? He had no choice but to hold his nose and nod, "Zeng Lianfang is interested."