Lord Yuan and Chief Secretary Zhan also received the news and rushed over. As soon as they entered the room, they heard the scolding. They looked at each other and walked in reluctantly.
Tan Zhengtong immediately rushed over and grabbed Master Yuan's collar, angrily asking him: "Why did you do this? You clearly knew that it was a college, why did you go there to cause trouble? "
Don’t they know what it means to cause trouble in the academy?!
Lord Yuan himself felt a little regretful, and he didn't intend to make such a big deal out of it.
But now Qin Zhengtong grabbed his collar and cursed him, his saliva sprayed all over his face, and the anger in his heart was ignited.
After all, we were all on the same boat. It was really unreasonable for Qin Zhengtong to come here and show off. He pushed Qin Zhengtong away and sneered: "Are you confused, sir? I was ordered to catch the assassin!" He emphasized the word "assassin" and reminded Qin Zhengtong with gritted teeth: "The new imperial envoy will arrive in a few days. You must know it, sir! If I don't hurry up, will you still have to wait for the imperial envoy to come and punish me?!"
What he said left Tan Zhengtong speechless.
After a long while, Qin Zhengtong gritted his teeth in dissatisfaction and said, "You can't go to the academy to cause trouble for no reason! Now a student has died, and he is still famous. How can I explain this to the higher-ups? Even if it's you, don't think you'll be alright just because you have Lord Wei backing you up. When the censor finds out the whole story, you'll be the first one to be killed!"
Lord Yuan snorted in annoyance, not moved at all: "Sir, please don't scare me. Compared to these, catching the assassin is the real way to save my life! I didn't go there for no reason. I got the news that there are people with unknown origins in the academy, so I went there!"
Someone of unknown origin
Tan Zhengtong didn't believe his nonsense at all. After all, Lord Yuan was a well-known person who took advantage of others and caused trouble.
He sneered sarcastically: "So, then tell me, what news did you get?! Have you caught anyone again?!"
"It was these students who were causing the trouble. If they hadn't stopped them, they would never have gotten away! Besides, I've discovered that the son of Mr. Deng, the Guizhou Provincial Education Commissioner, who said he would come to Nanshan Academy to study, has lost his identity documents!" Mr. Yuan was annoyed: "How could such a coincidence happen in this world? Someone must have stolen their identity passes!"
Qin Zhengtong paused in anger, raised his eyebrows and asked hesitantly, "Who are you talking about?"
Lord Deng’s son
Lord Yuan thought he was deliberately asking questions, so he said impatiently: "The son of Lord Deng, the Guizhou Provincial Education Commissioner! He was going to study at Nanshan Academy and had already posted a letter, but he lost his identity card on the way, so he was delayed and was deceived. Because they didn't have identity documents, they were arrested by our people and stayed in jail for a while. I only found them yesterday."
That's why he brought people straight to the academy - Master Deng said it clearly, he came here with a bunch of second-generation rich classmates, because his father, who was the provincial education commissioner, wanted to force him to study here for a while, and then take the autumn examination here. It is much easier to pass the examination in Yunnan than in Guizhou.
A bunch of second-generation rich kids. Thinking of this, Lord Yuan immediately guessed the whole story - it must have been Xiao Heng and the others who came up with this idea, taking away Master Deng and the others' identity documents and entering Nanshan Academy under their names.
Qin Zhengtong was stunned, and then he immediately laughed: "This is ridiculous! How can you be sure that he is Mr. Deng and not lying to you? Maybe he wanted to get away because you caught him, so he came up with this idea to deceive you!"
He did not doubt Master Deng. After all, the things Master Deng used, his conversation, and what he said about the Guizhou officialdom were all true. He was impersonating someone else...
Then his heart skipped a beat again.
If it were an ordinary person, he would naturally not be able to replace the noble young master, but if it were Xiao Heng and his group...
He got goosebumps all over his body. After hearing Lord Yuan yelling that it was impossible and a group of people had indeed escaped from the academy, he tried to say calmly, "But this Master Deng you mentioned is now in the backyard of my house."
After hearing this, Lord Yuan was stunned.
Everyone was stunned, but Zhan Changshi was the first to react. He frowned and asked, "What did the master say?"
The chancellor was anxious, looking at this and that, feeling very uneasy, so he lowered his voice and urged: "My Lords, please give us a suggestion quickly. The students outside are very excited now. If the commotion gets worse and something happens, it will be bad."
These guys are all fools. If one or two of them really can't figure it out and want to die to prove their dissatisfaction, and one more dies, there will be no need for the imperial envoy to come. The inspector general will have to remove the prefect first. Although the inspector general is of low rank, he has great power. He has the power to deal with local officials!
Lord Yuan frowned first: "Let the palace soldiers suppress them first, arrest the ringleader of the trouble, and tell them that if they make trouble again, they will all be treated as assassins!"
Then he asked Tan Zhengtong: "Sir, is there really someone claiming to be the son of Guizhou's education commissioner in your residence?"
Qin Zhengtong frowned and nodded, feeling that his previous thoughts were too absurd - if it was really fake, then it would be understandable for him to go to Nanshan Academy, but how could he dare to go to Chu's house and now follow him to the mansion
He thought about it for a while and still felt that if there was a fake identity, the one who should be the fake one was the Mr. Deng whom Lord Yuan met.
Lord Yuan turned around with a sneer and ordered Chief Clerk Zhan: "Go find some people! Call all the soldiers in the palace! Today we will catch the turtle in the jar!"
Good thing you came. You even dared to come to the prefectural government office.
He thought about how exhausted he was in recent days trying to find Xiao Heng. He also thought about how he was almost killed by his brother-in-law, Lord Wei, when Xiao Heng escaped from the posthouse. He could no longer hide his anger and said to Tan Zhengtong angrily, "Sir, I am too lazy to say more. Let's go and see if it is true. If he is real today, then the one in the jail must be fake. I will kill the fake one later. But if he is fake... then our recent days of poor eating and sleeping can come to an end."
Having said that, Qin Zhengtong actually hoped that the one in his house was fake.
After all, although it is good to cling to the academician, if he can solve future troubles, he will have a worry-free future if he does not cling to the academician.
He felt a little dizzy and light-headed as he watched Lord Yuan and a group of people rush to the backyard, and he hurriedly followed behind.
One Hundred and Twenty-Seven: Catching the Evildoer
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