As soon as the group of young men from the Zheng family of Xingyang arrived, Li Er arrived.
Therefore, not many people noticed who was among them.
When Zheng Wenshan looked over, the thirty to forty Zheng clansmen finally made way for him.
A scholarly middle-aged man slowly walked out from behind. He had a faint smile on his face and narrowed his eyes. He looked very kind.
One of the two deputy chiefs of the Zheng family in Xingyang, known as the smiling tiger Zheng Jingguang.
As soon as this person appeared, the scene immediately became heated.
There were rumors about him everywhere in Chang 'an.
"Your Majesty has been in a high position for a long time. I'm afraid you've forgotten that commoners can't stand being scared.”
"You asked a commoner so aggressively that he was so scared that he couldn't speak.”
Smiling Tiger Zheng Jingguang said softly.
He bowed to Li Er with a faint smile on his face.
What made Li Er and the others feel detestable was that someone among the well-dressed youths actually walked out to help Zhang Zuo and his family up.
He felt that Zheng Jingguang was the one who could speak at the scene now. He was the one who truly cared for the people.
Li Er was just a passer-by, and an aggressive passer-by.
"What is Patriarch Zheng doing?"
"Do you want to help me investigate the case, or do you want to stop me from investigating the case?”
Li Er said softly.
He didn't like it, but he didn't show it.
The man in front of him was the famous deputy chief of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and he could not be treated like an ordinary person.
If he was not wrong, the Zheng family of Xingyang had come prepared to completely suppress the salt master.
"I don't dare."
"This commoner feels that Zhang Zuo's family is very pitiful and wants to seek justice for Zhang Zuo.”
Zheng Jingguang smiled gently.
He had no official position in the imperial court.
In fact, none of the five surnames and seven Wangs were officials of the imperial court.
However, in their own families, they were supreme existences above one person and below tens of thousands of people.
Many people from the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs believed that the truly powerful figures would not be willing to serve the imperial court.
"Zhen also wants to seek justice for Zhang Zuo.”
"Why don't Patriarch Zheng let him step forward and we will uphold justice for him.”
Li Er waved his hand and said indifferently.
Li Junxian led a few plainclothes Imperial Army soldiers to the front and helped Zhang Zuo's family out of the center of the scene, across from Li Ke's group.
The young man from the Zheng family of Xingyang looked at Zheng Jingguang inquisitively, but when he saw Zheng Jingguang shake his head, he did not stop Li Junxian and the others.
Li Er looked at the Zhengs of Xingyang and the others. His expression did not change, but he had already blacklisted them in his heart.
These people actually had the thought of disobeying his orders. Damn it!
The five surnames and seven Wangs, I will destroy all of you sooner or later!
I'll destroy your entire family!
The world is mine.
Someone brought over a table and a stool for Li Er and Zheng Jingguang to sit down.
One was the current emperor, and the other was the deputy chief of the Zheng family in Xingyang.
The two of them were on equal footing, but no one felt that something was wrong.
The surrounding commoners seemed to find this very normal.
The Governor of the Capital, Zheng Wenshan, stood up and bowed to Zheng Jingguang before bowing to Li Er.
He was the governor of the capital, so he should be in charge of the trial.
However, Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji were not idle either. They 'assisted' from the side.
"Zhang Zuo, repeat what happened!”
Zheng Wenshan said in a deep voice.
"Yes... It's like this."
"Yesterday, my brother bought salt from the salt master. This morning, he cooked and ate it, and all of them were poisoned to death.”
"In the past, my brother used to cook those kinds of dishes. The only thing he exchanged was fine salt. He must have been poisoned to death by the salt master's salt!”
Zhang Zuo said shakily.
His body couldn't stop trembling, and he didn't dare to look at Li Er and the others.
There were too many big shots present. It was already very impressive that he dared to say it.
The few family members who came with him were speechless, and their faces were a little pale.
"Li Ke, what do you have to say?"
Zheng Wenshan nodded, seemingly telling Zhang Zuo not to be nervous.
Then, he turned to look at Li Ke and shouted in a low voice, giving off a somewhat aggressive feeling.
But the entire time, he seemed to be a selfless governor of the capital, doing everything for the good of the people.
"I have a lot to say, but before that, I have a question.”
"Who is this guy? Why should he be on equal footing with the Emperor? Was it his senior? Or did you, Zheng Wenshan, think that there was someone in the world who could stand on equal footing with the emperor?”
Li Ke pointed at Zheng Jingguang and shouted.
To be honest, Li Ke really didn't know who this person in front of him was.
From Li Er's words, he only knew that the other party was the chief of the Zheng family of Xingyang, but there were three chiefs in the Zheng family of Xingyang, and Li Ke did not know which one.
But even if he knew, Li Ke would not give him face.
He actually dared to mess with his own Salt Master. Did he think that he was easy to bully?
Li Ke didn't mention the matter of salt immediately because the other party had obviously come prepared. He would be wronged today if he said salt or not.
As soon as he finished speaking.
Everyone was dumbfounded, their eyeballs almost popping out.
Even Li Er, Fang Xuanling, and the others looked at Li Ke in horror.
These words were really clever. They did not follow the rules at all.
The Five Families and Seven Wangs of the Great Tang had always been on equal footing with the Emperor.
However, this kind of equality was only a subconscious that everyone agreed on. It was not justified on the table.
After all, Zheng Jingguang had just claimed to be a commoner without any official position. What right did he have to be on equal footing with the current emperor?
Zheng Jingguang's face immediately darkened.
He had been smiling before, but now, he was no longer smiling.
" How dare you! This is Zheng Jingguang, the deputy chief of the Zheng family of Xingyang! You!"
Zheng Wenshan shouted immediately. His expression was ferocious as he was about to curse Li Ke.
"I think you're the impudent one!"
"You are the capital governor of the Tang Empire, not the capital governor of the Zheng family of Xingyang!”
"I saw that you bowed to this guy first, right? The stool was also for him, right?”
"Let me ask you, are you the Emperor's official or his bullsh * t Deputy Patriarch's official? Hmm?"
Li Ke also shouted, his righteous voice interrupting Zheng Wenshan's words.
Li Ke was originally born in the royal family, and his temperament had a kind of king's aura.
Zheng Wenshan could not help but take two steps back in fear when he heard his words.
"You…"
Zheng Wenshan's face turned green from embarrassment and he pointed at Li Ke with a trembling finger.
As the commoners watched, all of them kept quiet and did not dare to speak. They could not help but gulp.
Li Er, who was sitting on the stool, looked at Li Ke with interest.
"You what?"
"Did I say something wrong?"
"If you don't know how to sit in this position, a lot of people want to sit in it.”
Li Ke retorted, leaving Zheng Wenshan speechless.
Zheng Wenshan had never thought that someone would bring up the issue of status that everyone was used to.
For a moment, he actually did not know how to refute Li Ke!
"Then are you right?"
At this moment, Zheng Jingguang, the deputy chief of the Zheng family in Xingyang, spoke.
His indifferent voice spread throughout the entire place, so cold that it made people tremble.
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