In the main hall of the Qiu family, the atmosphere was quiet.

Qiu Tianyin had completely understood what Jia Lian meant, and his thoughts changed rapidly.

He knew that the Xue family had a strong background. Xue Pan's uncle, Wang Ziteng, was already a first-class military attache and one of the most powerful military attaches in the dynasty.

But he was actually not too afraid of offending Wang Ziteng. He said that it would not be good for Wang Ziteng's life. Although he was in his prime, he was a military officer promoted by the Supreme Emperor. Now that Emperor Ningkang was in charge, he obviously intended to marginalize him, otherwise he would not be thrown to the border every now and then.

To put it bluntly, Wang Ziteng was in an embarrassing situation. Even if he was offended, it would not have much impact on his enemies.

But this Jia Lian is different. Jia Lian is in the spotlight. If Tai Sheng, who he offended today, is resented by him, I'm afraid that even if his enemy has Prince Zhongshun as his backer, the future may not be easy for him.

Qiu Tianyin thought for a while and said: "The lower officials already know the purpose of Marquis Zhenyuan's visit. However, although my enemies are the victims, they cannot interfere with the proceedings of the Ministry of Justice, so I am afraid that I will disappoint Marquis Zhenyuan.

In the opinion of the lower official, whether Mr. Xue will live or die in this case will all depend on the outcome of the review by the Ministry of Punishment. Even if Qiu wants to sell the Marquis a favor, he is afraid that It's also impossible."

Qiu Tianyin bowed his hands apologetically to Jia Lian, but his words had already expressed his rejection.

Jia Lian smiled slightly, didn’t he already let go? Jia Lian seemed to have misunderstood, and smiled nonchalantly: "Master Qiu has spoken harshly. Master Qiu has sadly lost his beloved son. Not pursuing the Xue family's fault is already the end of benevolence. How can I dare to ask Master Qiu to intercede for Xue Pan?" br />
To be honest with Mr. Qiu, I am here not only to bring the real culprit who killed Mr. Ling to Mr. Qiu for review, but also to atone for Xue Pan on behalf of the Xue family."< br />
"Oh?"

Jia Lian said: "Master Qiu doesn't know something. In addition to being family friends with my Jia family, the Xue family, Xue Pan's mother, is now Mrs. Xue's wife is also Zhuo Jing's biological aunt. Mrs. Xue's family knows right from wrong and is charitable. After learning that her son committed a murder, she was very sad.

She also told me that as parents, She deeply knows the pain of losing their son for Mr. Qiu and his wife. However, what has happened has happened, and she cannot make up for the harm to them, but she wants to do her best to make up for it. "

Qiu Tian Yin raised his eyebrows, he knew that the Xue family must be very rich as they have been royal merchants for generations. But if you think that his enemy is the kind who is willing to swallow his anger for a few taels of silver, then you have made a wrong calculation.

For his son’s case, he gave away thousands of taels of silver at once, just to make Xue Pan pay for his life! The big one among them is, of course, Qing ZhongKing Shun came forward.

Jia Lian looked at Qiu Tianyin’s expression and continued: “Although for Mr. Qiu, any compensation at this time is superfluous, after all, it is the only thing we can do.

I heard that Mr. Qiu has three sons. Although the third son is young, he is talented and intelligent, and he is of the same line as Mr. Qiu. It just so happens that I have been entrusted by Your Majesty to build a new firearms camp, and there is still a shortage of some junior officers. If Mr. Qiu is willing, he might as well teach the young master to join our firearms camp.

Others dare not say that if the third young master is really a malleable talent, I can guarantee that he will be promoted to the position of sixth-grade military attaché within three years. It is not impossible to reach the same height as Mr. Qiu in the future."

Qiu Tianyin, who originally thought that Jia Lian would say compensation, was stunned, and for a while his entire city could not help but express surprise. Qiu Tianyin's expression: "Do you really mean what you said?"

Although Qiu Tianyin didn't know much about the firearms camp, his status as a member of the Imperial Guard was enough to make people aware of its status. .

You must know that the most difficult army to enter in the world is the Imperial Guard. Even a senior general like him in the Guards cannot directly arrange for all his sons to join the Guards. In this process, there are indicators such as order.

Furthermore, even if he could arrange for his son to join the military camp, he would have to start as a big soldier.

Only the Firearms Battalion has a lot of vacant officer positions because of its new construction, but there are definitely many people keeping an eye on it. Just look at the fact that Shi Nai and his wife wanted to put their two sons into Jia Lian's firearms camp.

Qiu Tianyin did not expect Jia Lian to come up with this condition, but in an instant, he knew that his heart was moved. Parents love their children for far-reaching purposes. For a family with a weak foundation like the enemy family, it is particularly important for their son to have a great future.

"Naturally, I will not use false lies to deceive Lord Chou. In addition, the Xue family is also willing to offer ten thousand taels of silver as compensation to the enemy, just to be able to make plans for Xue Pan. Find a way out."

Jia Lian said, looking at Qiu Tianyin with a very solemn expression for the first time: "Master Qiu must have heard the rumors about the four major families in Jinling. I, King Xue of Jia Shi, The four families have been close friends by marriage since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Over the past hundred years, they have supported and cared for each other, and both prospered and suffered losses.

Although Xue Pan was not a talented person, he is now the only direct descendant of the Xue family. Heir. Therefore, we need him alive.

Please understand the reason, Mr. Qiu. If Mr. Qiu has other requests, just say it. My Jia family and Xue family can't do it. There are also the Shi family and the Wang family, who will take care of them one by one."

Qiu Tianyin's eyelids twitched slightly when he heard this. The meaning of Jia Lian's words is easy to understand. He promised to let Xue Pan live, and the four major families accepted him.If a person insists on letting Xue Pan die, then he will completely become the enemy of the four major families. As a member of the four major families, Jia Lian will regard his enemies as enemies even if he is passive.

What a courtesy first and then a soldier! Even so, Qiu Tianyin found helplessly that there was no anger in his heart. It was probably because Jia Lian had done too much "rituals".

Even when he tried to put himself in Jia Lian’s shoes, he felt that if he still refused, he would appear to be ignorant?

Haha, obviously I am the one who suffers, right?

Shaking his head, Qiu Tianyin said with a wry smile: "It's not that the official is disrespectful to the marquis. It's just that as early as the death of the dog, the official had already reported everything to the loyal prince. He even begged Prince Zhongshun to bring his subordinates to the imperial court to state his case.

If he retorts at this time, I’m afraid Prince Zhongshun will be angry...”

Jia Lian said: “Prince Zhongshun, then. Lord Bian Qiu, don’t worry, I will personally visit Prince Zhongshun’s Mansion later. Moreover, I am not asking my enemies to withdraw the lawsuit. Since the matter has alerted Shengting, it cannot end without any problems.

As long as Mr. Qiu waits and watches the case from today on, no matter what the final outcome of the criminal trial is, I will not regret my promise to Mr. Qiu."

Qiu Tianyin breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, no matter how rationally he considered it, if Jia Lian really wanted him, an old father who had just lost his son, to withdraw the lawsuit, he would not agree.

But if he just waits and watches and doesn't appeal again, he won't be under so much pressure. Moreover, he also wanted to see the methods of these four major families and see how Jia Lian could reverse Xue Pan's case after he cried and complained in front of the emperor!

"In this case, I will obey the wishes of the Marquis. Don't worry, the Marquis, even if the eldest son of the Xue family is found not guilty in the final trial, my enemy will not say anything more."< br />
With the decision made in his heart, Qiu Tianyin felt much more relaxed. He even thought that this Jia Lian was also interesting. It was probably because his second son had offended him at the door just now, so when he made the conditions, he ignored his second son and mentioned his youngest son instead.

However, this also shows that Jia Lian sincerely promoted, rather than making a perfunctory promise.

Thinking about it, this is fate. From now on, the youngest son will be much better than his elder brother.

But if the youngest son follows Jia Lian to seek a future, then he will be relaxed. He could still do it just by finding a vacancy in the guard camp.

Thinking that I had been worried about the future of my three sons, I didn’t expect that this matter was easily solved after Dalang’s unprovoked tragic death.

Suppressing his sadness, Qiu Tianyin smiled and talked toJia Lian chatted for a while and asked someone to call out the youngest son, who then sent Jia Lian out.

…

Coming out of the enemy’s house, Jia Lian saw Baochai hesitate to speak before getting in the car, and couldn’t help but laugh: “But I didn’t expect that the enemy would agree so easily? "

Baochai shook his head and said: "Baochai doesn't think it's easy. It's easy for the second brother Lian, but for others, even if they tell the truth, it will be difficult to change the attitude of the enemy."

Baochai did not go against her will, she told the truth. For example, many of the people of high status and status that her Xue family had invited before, many of them could not even enter the enemy's door, let alone touch the enemy.

Jia Lian nodded, feeling that Baochai was uniquely wise and wanted to make some suggestions.

"Actually, the reason why Qiu Tianyin agreed so easily was not only for his son, but also for himself. Qiu Tianyin had not moved from the post of Zuoduwei of the Guard Camp for many years. It has passed, and now there are two deputy commanders in the Hujun Camp, one of whom is over sixty years old, and may be old one day.

That Qiu Tianyin must want to make great progress. Furthermore, I know that my Jia family still has some say in the Ministry of War, so I am afraid that if he refuses, I will retaliate and ruin his promotion."

Baochai suddenly realized. Also, as the second brother Lian, it might be difficult to promote a fourth-grade military attache for no reason, but it would be very easy to ruin the promotion of a fourth-grade military attaché.

But she didn’t quite understand: “Since the second brother Lian knew about this, why didn’t the second brother Lian tell it just now?”

Jia Lian smiled slightly: “Why did you say it? ? Some things that each other knows well, it is better not to say it than to say it."

Baochai nodded, she seemed to understand. Looking at the smile, but in the middle of talking and laughing, he solved the problem that others thought was as difficult as the sky. Compared with his incompetent brother... Forget it, it is unfair to the brother to compare him with the second brother Lian.

As Jia Lian came to the Ministry of Punishment. As one of the most powerful organs of the Wei Dynasty, the Criminal Department was naturally close to the Forbidden Palace and deep in a heavily defended area.

Baochai couldn’t help but cheer up even more.

Sure enough, under the leadership of Jia Lian, the chief officer on duty asked someone to take her to see Xue Pan without any difficulty, while Jia Lian stayed in the lobby, obviously having more important things to say. Want to talk.

The prison in the Criminal Department was not as dark as imagined, and there were no prisoners shouting. The whole thing seemed quiet and orderly.

“We’re here.”

The jailer leading the way glanced at Baochai quietly, then lowered his head and walked away. Baochai also responded and looked at the cell in front of him.

On the straw mat, a fat man with unkempt hair and dirty clothes was lying quietly on his side. Who was he if he wasn't her brother Xue Pan?

Baochai couldn't help but wailed and called out: "Brother...!"

He called several times before waking up the person inside.

You just wanted to come see me? Where is my mother?"

"She didn't come. After you were brought here, we couldn't come to see you. It was Brother Lian who brought me here. I was able to come in."

Baochai said, taking out a roast chicken prepared in advance from the food box and handing it to Xue Pan.

However, after Xue Pan heard Jia Lian’s name, he suddenly lost interest in his favorite roast chicken.

"Brother Lian is here too? Haha, I knew it. So, I can go out? Really, it took so many days for you to know how to call brother Lian to come and rescue me. I don’t even know how much I suffered here..."

At this moment, Baochai felt pity for Xue Pan’s dirty appearance, and when he heard this, he also cursed angrily: " You have the nerve to be weird. You caused such a disaster yourself, and you don’t even know how many tears you made your mother shed.

The second brother Lian is not like you. He has important things to do, so how can he? I’ll take care of you when I have free time! If mother hadn’t gone to Tianjin Wei in person to ask him to come back this time, you would have just waited here to die.” After saying a few kind words, he happily picked up the roast chicken and started to eat it. He also said why he had never found roast chicken so delicious before.

Baochai looked at him quietly and sighed inwardly. Knowing that Xue Pan was in prison, he was afraid that he had no idea about his own situation.

I don’t want to say anything more. It’s a good thing that he can maintain such a good attitude.

When Xue Pan finished eating, Baochai told him in a low voice that her family would hire a lawyer for him. On the day of the court opening, he should not talk nonsense. He only said that he had eaten wine and didn't know anything. .

Baochai, like Jia Lian, felt that with Xue Pan’s IQ, there was no need to collude with him in his confession, so he said as little as possible and made fewer mistakes.



"How can I, Xue Pan, be such an unloyal person? If I betray Brother Sun in order to survive, it would be better for me to die!"

Baochai was furious. After a few words of persuasion, I saw that he was still bulging his eyes.Baochai couldn't help but cursed: "Then you can pay for your life. I will advise my mother to pretend that she has never had a son like you!"

"What's wrong?"

Suddenly hearing Jia Lian's voice, Baochai quickly wiped his tears and stood up from the ground.

When Xue Pan saw Jia Lian, he immediately gave him a flattering look: "Brother Lian, you are here. I knew you would definitely come to save me."

" Why did I come to save you?"

"Uh..."

" Xue Pan scratched his head, "Well, you are my cousin-in-law, how could you just watch? Should I pay with my life?"

Jia Lian ignored Xue Pan, looked at Baochai, and asked softly: "What happened?"

Baochai remained silent. , just glared at Xue Pan fiercely. Xue Pan said: "It wasn't her who thought of a way to save me, that is, let Brother Sun take the blame for me! I didn't want to, so she cried.

Brother Lian, you don't know, Sun The eldest brother is my newly recognized brother, his name is Sun Shaozu. He is the most righteous man, and he is highly skilled in martial arts and has great strength. His ancestors are from your Rongguo Mansion!

Aren’t you going to recruit personal guards? , if you recruit him under your command, he will definitely be a strong man!"

As he said that, Xue Pan proudly raised his neck and said: "Although I, Xue Pan, have no ability, I can betray I will never do anything about my brother. Huh, otherwise, after so many days, someone from the Ministry of Justice has interrogated me several times, and I haven’t even confessed to him!”

Jia Lian was too lazy to talk to this guy. The second-rate guy wasted no time and said directly: "Either you listen to our arrangement or you die. Think about it carefully and answer me carefully."

Sensing that Jia Lian did not mean to joke, Xue Pan choked. He paused and said blankly: "Is there a third option, for example, arranging someone else..."

Jia Lian didn't say anything, just took Baochai's hand and left.

"Hey, hey, don't, don't, don't..."

"Isn't it okay for me to listen to you."

Xue Pan muttered, I really didn't expect that Jia Lian and Baochai would really leave.

He threw himself on the cell door and waited for a while but no one came back. He suddenly sat on the ground with a look of regret on his face.

Huh? Could it be that brother Cai Lian just held my sister's hand? ?

Could it be?

"Yes, yes, hahaha, I will definitely not die..."

Xue Pan laughed silly. No wonder Brother Lian made a special trip to save him. No wonderToday, even my mother didn’t come, only brother Lian and his sister came. No wonder, my sister was willing to let a man hold her hand!

In one moment, Xue Pan figured out everything.