"I..." Wang Yaochen opened his mouth, intending to agree, but hesitated.

Because he knew very well that he really wanted to stand on Li Ling's side and fight against those corrupt businessmen and corrupt officials. It meant that he would face many terrible enemies, various conspiracies and plots, and even his life might be threatened. As a small prefect, he was a humble and rude man. Can he really withstand such storms?

Even this seemingly popular Lord Li, when facing the joint counterattack between the entire Huguang officialdom and the civil forces, can he protect himself? Even if he can protect himself, can he protect his own safety?

After all, what Wang Yaochen cares most is himself. In his opinion, he can abandon his power and justice. So he really dare not respond to this matter before there is a definite guarantee.

But then, after facing Li Ling's faint, obviously threatening gaze, he slammed and quickly reacted that he was not giving him a choice at all, but just giving him a chance to lose his merits.

With the thunderous methods he just showed, as long as he refused to use them, he would be the first to attack himself!

After thinking about this, Wang Yaochen finally made a decision and said a little hoarsely: "Since the lower official is the prefect of Suizhou, he should do his best for the people of Suizhou. Everything is subject to the orders of the Lord. As long as the Lord has his own destiny, I, and the government office, will follow it."

"Okay." Li Ling nodded with satisfaction. Sometimes speaking to such a selfish "smart person" is more difficult to save energy. "As long as you are willing to commit crimes and make meritorious service, I will protect you from harm. What I want you to do next is to block the news. Whether it is the true identity of my official or the fact that He Ben and others are taken away, these truths are only known by the people in the government office and cannot be spread. If someone else outside knows this for the next period of time, even if there is only one, I will only ask you!"

"Yes, yes, the officials must not let the news come out of the government office." Wang Yaochen agreed immediately, and said that he looked back at the government office officials in the government office. He was quite confident about this.

Sure enough, these people also responded: "We must keep this secret carefully and not let others know!"

"Um." Li Ling then smiled, "The second thing is that someone will come to Wuchang next. You cooperate with me to take it down. During this period, I will keep my door tightly and not let anyone escape!"

Wang Yaochen and others were stunned, and then they understood Li Ling's intention, and then obeyed the order again with a nervous mood. They knew very well that as long as the government office cooperated with Lord Li to take down all the merchants sent by the governor, they would be completely tied with Lord Li and would have no other way to go in the future.

However, at this point, they really have no better choice. They either cooperate with Lord Li to deal with Governor Jiang, or they are immediately convicted. Like He Ben and others, they are imprisoned and are waiting for the final result.

"Okay, I will only mention these two items today. As for how to act in the future, you can just follow my order." Li Ling said, stood up, and walked slowly out of the hall under the escort of Li Moyun and others. When he arrived in front of the hall, he stopped slightly and looked at Shu Wenqing, who was still in a panic: "Brother Shu, let's go back first."

But Shu Wenqing was still sitting there, almost no reaction.

In fact, since Li Ling revealed his true identity, Shu Wenqing was completely confused, full of panic, fear and doubt, and he has not come back to his senses until now.

Because the change in this matter was too amazing, it completely beyond his ordinary businessman's perception. Why did a so-called imperial merchant become a superior and even the prefect can only bow down to the high-ranking officials of the court who obeyed the orders?

Is this man named Lingli so high? Did he offend him before and will he be retaliated against? If he really became hostile to him, wouldn't he have only one way out, and even the entire family would be implicated...

The huge impact and panic made him completely ignore the many dialogues that followed, and also ignore Li Ling's greeting at this time. Until he slapped Shu Wenqing's shoulder hard and shouted: "Brother Shu, it's time to leave!"

He was so excited that he jumped up from his position, and then knelt down on the ground in panic: "Sir, Caomin really doesn't know your identity. If there is anything you offend, please forgive me... If you really want to punish me, please let my family go..."

Li Ling looked at this person's sudden apology with amusement, and then felt helpless. This was the huge gap between the officials and the people at this time. The only thing he could do was to help people up: "What do you say? Not to mention that you have never had any conflicts with me. Even if there is, I am not the villain who will definitely revenge. I still understand the principle that those who do not know will not be guilty. Get up and listen to me."

"Yes..." Although Shu Wenqing stood up, he was still nervous, "Sir."

"First of all, this title is better, because at least here, I am still just a businessman from another place. Don't call it wrong." Li Ling reminded, "I came here in a contemporary manner this time, and there are still big things to do. You can't make mistakes because of some details."

Shu Wenqing was stared at by him and said it with caution. He quickly nodded and agreed: "I understand... I will call you Ling...Boss Ling in the future?"

"That's right, even in front of the Shen family. By the way, your claim and attitude towards me must be changed back to what you used to be, otherwise anyone can see that there is something wrong." Li Ling said and patted his shoulder again, "I am still me, can you still be difficult for you? By the way, as long as you cooperate with me and help me do what you are doing, you will definitely benefit from it in accordance with your merits."

"It's... a villain... I understand." Shu Wenqing was a person of some insight. After some comfort, his mood gradually calmed down and his reaction followed. He looked at Li Ling's eyes with a little pleasing, but he couldn't correct this for a while.

"Let's go, we have been delaying in the government office for too long, so don't be suspicious." Li Ling smiled again and then went out first. Seeing this, Shu Wenqing quickly followed, and then Li Moyun and the others.

It was not until these people left that Wang Yaochen and other officials of the government office breathed a sigh of relief. After looking at each other, someone hesitated and said, "Sir, then we..."

"Since I have agreed to Lord Li to cooperate with him, let me act according to his orders. He represents the court." The prefect Wang made a complete decision this time.

...

Shen’s mansion, front yard living room.

Chen Tian and his son Chen Yunxiang were talking to a man with a calm expression: "You asked me not only to hand over all the food I just bought with money, but also asked me to prove Ling Li and others, saying that they wanted to seek personal gain and were ill-gotten?"

"That's right." The man nodded seriously, "Official Chen, this is the best choice for your Shen family. Only by agreeing to my request can your Shen family be safe in Huguang, otherwise..."

"Ha..." Chen Tian immediately sneered and interrupted the threatening words of the other party, "Do you think Chen is a three-year-old child? Can you scare me in just a few words? Brother Ling and others are righteous. In order to save the people of Suizhou, they can be said to have worked hard and even risked themselves to make a big profit. I will only admire such a person. If you want me to harm them, you are dreaming!"

Seeing him refusing, the man's expression became even more intense: "Uncle Chen, you have to think about it before answering. Even if you don't think about it for yourself, you should think about it for your family." As he said that, he winked at Chen Yunxiang beside him.

The latter immediately understood and said, "Dad, don't act irritably for a moment. It really hurts our whole family... Do you know that Lord Gu comes from Wuchang and is a confidant around the governor. Now it is not an ordinary businessman who wants to deal with the Ling, but the government..."

"Stop!" Chen Tian immediately scolded, "At a young age, you know what righteousness means and what is unscrupulous? Do you really think I was so dazzled that I couldn't see how many acquaintances you had? Gu Sizhu, even though you and my family have some friendship, don't want me to do something that I am sorry for Brother Ling in this matter. Even if I die, I will not prove him as you wish."

"Dad..." Seeing that Gu Sizhu's face was gloomy, Chen Yunxiang was really panicked and wanted to persuade him again. But before he could say it, Chen Tian had directly issued the order to expel him: "If you don't have any speculation, you can leave."

"Hahaha..." Gu Sizhu laughed in anger, but he didn't get up. He just stared at Chen Tian, ​​"It seems that Chen Tian is used to living a good life, and he doesn't know what his identity is. Do you think that your Shen family is a little famous and wealthy in Suizhou can make the government worry about you and dare not do anything to you? Then you are too self-righteous and not afraid to tell you the truth. If you really refuse to use it for me, then the governor means that Huguang will no longer have the foothold of your Shen family."

"You..." Chen Tian didn't expect the other party to say so directly, and he couldn't react for a moment. Then, he saw the other party take out something from his sleeve and push it in front of him: "You have a brother, Chen Yuan, who is doing business in Wuchang. Here is a piece of illegal things that your Shen family has done in Suizhou for many years, such as seizing land, occupying other people's wives and daughters, and... killing human lives! If all these crimes are implemented, you, Shen Daren, will be destroyed and the Shen family will be completely destroyed. Do you, hope I will make all this a fact?"
Chapter completed!