"Where is Magistrate Zhu planning to take the murderer?" the handsome young man called Li An asked.
"What is your name?" Zhu Yuren looked at Li An and asked.
"Student Li An." Li An was nervous inside. This Magistrate Zhu's eyes are so sharp. Did I ask too many questions and seem too eager, making him take note of me?
"Li An?" Zhu Yuren rolled the name around in his mouth. "Where do you study?"
"At Lakeside Academy. My teacher is the old gentleman Meng Deyu." Li An unconsciously straightened his back as he answered. It was a decision made by his subconscious, as though doing so would better prove his innocence. However, in the eyes of an old official like Zhu Yuren, that movement only made him look even more like a thief with a guilty conscience.
"Give my regards to Teacher Meng," Zhu Yuren said. He knew Lakeside Academy, and he knew Meng Deyu, but he did not know who this Li An was.
However, if everything he said was true, he could simply send someone to investigate later. As long as the green hills remained, there would be no fear of running out of firewood.
For the sake of an old friend, for the sake of a benefactor, Zhu Yuren was willing to become a blade in someone else's hand. But he still had to figure out exactly who was driving all this from behind the scenes.
"Yes. This student will certainly convey your regards, Magistrate Zhu," Li An said respectfully.
"I intend to send this murderer to the Yan Family estate and have him imprisoned and guarded together with General Uncle Yan," Zhu Yuren said with a hearty laugh. "I am a civil official. Aside from having a fairly sharp tongue and being able to write