Chapter 1191 Old Woman
Ba Pu said this with an "Oh" sound, "I heard two people talking in the study not far away, saying that they are running low on food again."
Even Wei Zhi and Ji Xiang sat up straight now. Old Master Tang asked calmly, "Besides that, what else did you hear?"
As Ba Pu spoke in detail, he was also very confused. In his opinion, it was just ordinary talk and he didn't take it to heart at all.
The study was separated from the room he sneaked into by two walls, otherwise he would not have taken the jewelry in the dressing box and left after searching the cabinets and bedside and finding no gold or silver.
Although jewelry, gold and silver hairpins, etc. can be exchanged for money, they are not as convenient as gold and silver.
He was also very careful in selling goods. The silver hairpin he took out had no marks at all and was of ordinary style. He also deliberately avoided the properties of the Chu and Wang families. Who would have known that the pawnshop was also owned by the Chu family, even though there had been no news about it before.
When the other party saw the silver hairpin, he didn't ask him the reason and wanted to question him directly. When he saw that the situation was not right, he ran away.
As soon as he ran, his identity was exposed and he was stabbed. If he had not been a soldier or a scout, he probably would not have been able to escape.
Old Master Tang carefully inquired about the entire process, and after flipping through his case file, he said, "You committed the crime in Maozhou, so how come you were tried in Mianzhou and escorted to Beijing?"
Ba Pu said, "I fled all the way from Maozhou to Mianzhou, where I was captured. Since my ancestral home is in Mianzhou, I was tried there."
Wei Zhi also took a curious look at the case file and asked, "Weren't you escorted to Beijing with the prisoners from Maozhou? Why were you tried and escorted in Mianzhou?"
Ba Pu looked bewildered, but Old Master Tang explained, "There aren't many murder cases that require a second review by the Ministry of Justice. Escorting them to the capital is very expensive, so to reduce costs, neighboring states usually travel together. If there are also criminals in the places they pass through, they can send a yamen runner and pay a little money to ask the passing state officials to help escort them together. This reduces costs for each state, so this kind of thing is common."
Qiu Niang was a wife who killed her husband. The case file was unclear at the time. After reviewing it, Shangshu Feng was worried that it was a false accusation, so he had the person escorted to Beijing for retrial.
However, because Ba Pu killed too many people and had an extremely bad influence, he was sent to the capital to be punished as an example.
Generally, cases like this may not occur in a state for three years, so the cost of escorting prisoners to Beijing is very high. After all, you need at least three people to escort one prisoner, right?
Who pays for the officers and prisoners’ meals and accommodation?
Of course, it is impossible for the Ministry of Justice to pay for it. Generally, it is paid by the county government itself. Some poor counties simply cannot afford this money.
For example, in Luojiang County before the establishment of County Magistrate Yang, County Magistrate Fu would never submit case files of unjust, false or wrongful convictions under his tenure, nor would he allow such serious cases to occur under his tenure.
Otherwise, the county government would have to spend dozens of taels of silver to send a case to the capital, which would make County Magistrate Fu heartbroken.
Old Master Tang was very familiar with the Ministry of Justice and continued, "As for the trial in Mianzhou, the suspect was arrested in Mianzhou. If the trial was held in Mianzhou, then half of the credit would go to Mianzhou. Otherwise, if the case was sent back to Maozhou, then Mianzhou would have no credit."
Otherwise, Ba Pu stole things in Maozhou and killed people in Maozhou. The Maozhou government had already drawn his portrait. Another person died in the attempt to catch him. Mianzhou caught the person and sent him back. Then the only thing that this case has to do with Mianzhou is that Ba Pu was from Mianzhou.
It is not certain whether there will be any merit at that time, but most of the time it will be a failure. After all, if the people under his rule desert, it will be one thing, but if they also steal and kill, the superiors will hold them accountable for not educating them strictly.
Therefore, Ba Pu was snatched away by Mianzhou as if he had taken away someone else's credit.
The three of them looked down at him together. If the Chu family was indeed related to the rebellion of the King of Yizhou, then Ba Pu was lucky to have saved his life. Otherwise, if he was in Maozhou, he would have died long ago.
Naturally, these matters need to be investigated, and how to investigate them is the business of Lord Tang.
Because County Magistrate Tang is in Yizhou, his people can get there the fastest. Furthermore, Your Majesty should also be informed that Wei Zhi can still participate, but Ji Xiang has been partially excluded.
The matter in Yizhou is somewhat serious. As the head of all officials, his hometown is in Yizhou, which is his dereliction of duty. Now His Majesty wants to use him to suppress all officials and be the nominal leader, but in fact many things in this case are not his business.
After Ji Xiang, Wei Zhi and others came out of the palace, they bowed to each other, said goodbye and went home.
Wei Zhi and Old Master Tang stood and waited until Ji Xiang's carriage had left before asking, "Where did you take those two people?"
Old Master Tang said, "Yin Li is not in the Jingzhao prison right now. All these matters are under the control of his deputy, who is also your Majesty's man. He is more stable than the Heavenly Prison."
Wei Zhi watched Ji Xiang's carriage go away and sighed, "Ji Xiang is old."
Lord Tang did not say anything. His son was still in Yizhou City. The private soldiers of the King of Yizhou, who were hiding somewhere, were like a hidden pack of hungry wolves to him. If he was not careful, the entire Yizhou would be finished.
None of the people in Yizhou, including his son, could escape, so it was really hard for Lord Tang to sympathize with Ji Xiang, as he only had this one son.
Wei Zhi was obviously aware of his worries. He patted his hand and said, "Don't worry. Yin Li is near Yizhou."
Old Master Tang snorted coldly.
Only Yin Li himself knew Yin Li's current whereabouts. His son sent him a secret letter saying that when they besieged Dongxi Village, Yin Li was only willing to lend him a thousand soldiers and horses, and the garrisons in Yizhou and Suizhou all had spies of the King of Yizhou. If he had not laid the groundwork for a long time before, and had not suddenly transferred the garrisons, and had not had Yang Heshu's Mianzhou garrison to assist him, he would not have been able to command these garrisons at all.
When they found out that Dongxi Village was under siege, the garrisons of Yizhou and Suizhou almost rioted, and his son and Yang Heshu almost died. However, Yin Li managed to remain calm and not take action.
Old Tang didn't know whether to praise him or scold him.
Wei Zhi agreed with Yin Li's decision in his heart, but he didn't dare say it in front of Old Master Tang. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "How is the Queen Mother's condition?"
Old Master Tang sighed and said after a while, "There's been no progress. I heard she hadn't eaten a whole meal yesterday. This morning, His Majesty sent the Prince of Yizhou to tend to her, and the Queen Mother only ate half a bowl of porridge."
Wei Zhi frowned, "If this happens a few more times, won't the King of Yizhou be released?"
Old Master Tang didn't say anything.
Wei Zhi, who was always upright, could not help but scold: "This old woman is ruining the country!"
Old Lord Tang moved a little further away from him, indicating that he had not heard anything just now.
Wei Zhi was so angry that his beard flew away.
In a house in the outer city far from the imperial city, County Magistrate Fu, who had just arrived home, was so angry that he smashed a cup and shouted angrily, "This old woman is vicious!"
Mrs. Fu was hugging Fu Wenyun and crying sadly. She turned her head and said, "Master, you have to make the decision for our daughter. If she gets away with it this time, she won't know how she will be bullied by her husband's family in the future!"
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