Chapter 2583 Involvement
Man Bao said, "The disease of uterine cold is not a small matter. You will get married and have children in the future. This disease must be treated as soon as possible. Even if it is not for the future, it is not good to have such pain when the disease attacks."
The palace maid held the medicine bottle, her eyes red.
Manbao took out two more bottles of medicine from the medicine box and gave them to the two eunuchs, saying, "These are for you."
She didn't say what medicine it was, but asked with a smile, "Do you know how to use it?"
The two young eunuchs blushed and nodded repeatedly.
Manbao then left with the medicine box.
The young eunuch waited until she was far away and the two palace maids had also left before he whispered to his companion, "Actually, I know what Master Zheng is doing. He's learning to speak, but he needs to repeat himself back and forth to make a sentence clear. He also keeps accidentally speaking incoherently. I'll tell Doctor Zhou the next time she comes."
"I'm with you."
Zheng Erlang was out of danger, and Zheng Wang and the other two left the palace.
Now we just have to wait for someone from the Zheng family's main branch to come and take Zheng Erlang out.
Zheng Erlang's escape from danger was just the beginning of this matter.
When Manbao returned home that night, he whispered to Bai Shan, "Xiaoxue Tang said this was related to land enclosure. What does this have to do with land enclosure?"
Bai Shan shook his head, he was also confused.
"Is it okay for you to bring County Magistrate Guo to the palace to see Master Zheng?"
"It's okay. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also knows about this, and he didn't stop it."
Bai Shan felt relieved when he heard it.
The next day was a small court meeting, and officials like Zhou Man and County Magistrate Guo were not required to attend. Therefore, when the ministers held the small court meeting, Manbao brought people directly to Master Zheng.
Mr. Zheng had a set of writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone in front of him. He looked up at County Magistrate Guo, stood up, saluted each other, and then sat down separately.
County Magistrate Guo then said, "Mr. Zheng, the Zheng family suspects there's something else behind your injury. I want to find out the truth and give you an explanation, so I have some questions I want to ask you personally."
Master Zheng nodded.
County Magistrate Guo asked, "Who reminded Master Zheng to go to the farm?"
Master Zheng thought for a moment, then picked up his pen and wrote, "After a long drought, spring rain suddenly fell in the capital. I knew a tenant had just died in Zhuangzi, so I wanted to go and comfort him. I asked to go myself."
"Then who told you that someone died in a fight at the manor?"
Although the farm belonged to the Zheng family, Zheng Fei did not live in the capital all the time and had his own manager to take care of it. He came here to study and prepare for the exam, so he should not be in charge of such menial affairs.
Master Zheng wrote, "I heard what happened when Manager Zheng was handling this matter, and that's how I got to know about it."
He paused and then said, "I even know the adults' verdict."
"Sir, do you think my judgment is unfair?"
Master Zheng nodded and then shook his head. "I asked the steward who started the fight first, and he said it was the head of our village. The two people sent by the village head were both injured by people from our village."
Therefore, Master Zheng did not express any objection to the verdict, but someone died in the village, and the verdict was just as severe as the other side, so the farmers needed to be appeased, so he went there in person.
This was a sudden idea of his. He didn't think anyone could control his thoughts. If someone really did it on purpose, then it should be Zhuangzi's problem.
Let them just happen to fight again on that day.
County Magistrate Guo asked a lot of questions. As the imperial physician who needed to check on Master Zheng's emotional ups and downs, Manbao sat aside and watched the whole scene.
County Magistrate Guo set the answer he had written aside on the table, tapping his fingers lightly. After a moment, he said, "The Zheng family recently acquired a piece of land in Qizhou. I heard it's about ten hectares in size, and it's also colliding with the land of the Hejian County Prince's family. But I heard that a few years ago, the young master strongly opposed the Zheng family's purchase of this land, and even went to Beijing early to prepare for the exam, is that correct?"
Master Zheng did not answer County Magistrate Guo's words. He simply placed the pen on the pen holder, clasped his hands in front of his abdomen, and looked at County Magistrate Guo quietly.
County Magistrate Guo raised his head and looked at him, and the two of them stared at each other for a long while without retreating or giving in.
Manbao looked at this and then that, wanting to ask if the relationship between the Zheng and Li families had become bad since the land in Qizhou?
But since neither of them said anything, she didn't want to interrupt.
In the end, it was County Magistrate Guo who looked away first, nodded slightly and said, "I understand."
Know what?
Manbao looked at him eagerly.
County Magistrate Guo ignored either of them, stood up, collected the words written by Master Zheng, and turned to leave.
Manbao thought for a moment and said to Master Zheng, "Don't get too excited. Calm down and have a good rest. I'll go see County Magistrate Guo off."
Manbao went after County Magistrate Guo.
County Magistrate Guo had rolled up his manuscript and tucked it into his sleeve. He had stopped in the courtyard to wait for Zhou Man. When she came up, he asked without waiting for her to speak, "Can Master Zheng's injury be cured?"
Manbao paused and said, "It's possible."
"What are the odds?"
About 70% to 80%? Manbao said, "50% to 60%."
County Magistrate Guo looked at her suspiciously, "Is your probability correct, or did you push it down?"
Manbao said seriously, "What do you think?"
She said, "Am I that kind of person?"
Magistrate Guo thought about it and decided to believe her, so he sighed and said, "I hope Doctor Zhou can cure him."
"Why is that?"
"Because he is a pillar of the country."
Wei Zhi also felt that he could become a pillar of the country in the future, and said to the emperor: "This matter should be severely punished."
The emperor, however, was content to watch the show and was reluctant to move. He said, "If I interfere in the fights between the noble families, I will only end up being a nobody. It's better to let them fight on."
Wei Zhi couldn't bear to see him gloating over someone else's misfortune, and couldn't help but retort, "Your Majesty, all people in the world are your subjects. No matter whether they are from noble families or humble families, they are all your people. No matter what the reason for their fighting, you should stop them and govern them according to the law. How can you just let it go?"
The emperor snorted in his heart, didn't you all just watch secretly when there was a joke in his family?
Why didn’t you remember that you were a subject at that time?
However, for the sake of his dignity, the emperor nodded solemnly, expressing his agreement with Wei Zhi's words, and then asked, "My dear minister, what do you think I should do?"
Wei Zhi thought about it. The matter was sensitive, and it was not appropriate for the emperor to intervene. However, he could make the final judgment. So he suggested, "Your Majesty, why don't you have Lord Yin and the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple jointly handle this case, find all those involved, and give Zheng Erlang justice."
The emperor thought about it and felt that Zheng Erlang was more useful than the Zheng family head and Zheng Dalang, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
Bai Shan used his position to check the new land purchased by the Zheng family in Qishan, but he could not find anything unusual. However, the land purchased by the Prince of Hejian had changed hands twice and ended up in the hands of the Ministry of Revenue.
Bai Shan was very surprised, so when he went to deliver the documents for review to the Ministry of Menxia, he went to the Ministry of Revenue instead. After a while, he started talking to the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
When the Left Vice Minister heard Bai Shan talk about this, he said, "The farmland available for official land in the capital and Yongzhou area is becoming increasingly scarce, so Minister Li bought a piece of land in Qishan, cleared it, and then transferred it to the Ministry of Revenue. In the future, if new officials need official land, they may be allocated to the Qizhou area."
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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