Chapter 190: Hero Yan Takes Action (Two Chapters Combined into One)
This scene that happened in front of the Dali Temple spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital in less than half a day!
At the same time, countless pigeons flew out of the capital. At the same time, knights dressed as servants rode out of the capital and rushed to various places in Dayong.
Xiaoguai spit out a small bamboo tube containing a letter from his mouth and used his feet to push it in front of Zhao Shiqing.
Zhao Shiqing recognized it at a glance; it was tied to the leg of a carrier pigeon.
"Intercepting letters on the road? Don't do that next time." Zhao Shiqing said this, but his hands did not move, and he skillfully took out a scroll from the bamboo tube.
There were only two lines of words written on it in tiny calligraphy: The victim in the Dali Temple is complaining about his grievances, but is in danger.
In front of the word "危矣" (dangerous) are mountains outlined with brush and ink, exactly three.
Zhao Shiqing raised his eyebrows slightly. Is this dangerous?
It seems that the impact of this incident is greater than she imagined.
This was indeed the case, and Emperor Yongjia was furious.
Because the old man was not an ordinary citizen, he was the father of Huang Shikun, the prefect of Mingtai.
There was a case during Mingtai's rule in which a country man named Wang Feihu got into an argument with someone while going to the market and injured the person, and was sentenced to three years of hard labor.
Three years later, Wang Feihu returned home, only to find out that his wife had died and his eight-year-old daughter had "run away".
Wang Feihu went to great lengths to find out the truth about his wife's death and his daughter's "missing" state. It turned out that his daughter was insulted by his father. After his wife found out, she went to her parents-in-law to argue, but was beaten to death by his two brothers!
After learning the truth, Wang Feihu went to fight them, but was beaten to death.
In a fit of rage, Wang Feihu filed a lawsuit against his father and two brothers.
The local county government beat Wang Feihu with forty sticks on the grounds that it was unfilial for a son to sue his father.
After Wang Feihu recovered from his injury, he went directly to Mingtai Mansion, blocked the street to file a complaint, and handed the complaint to the prefect Huang Shikun.
After investigation, Huang Shikun dug out the body of Wang Feihu's daughter on the hillside behind the Wang family's house.
Wang Feihu's parents and brothers pleaded guilty one after another. Huang Shikun sentenced three members of the Wang family to death and Wang Feihu's mother to ten years of hard labor.
The case was closed at this point. The three people sentenced to death had to wait until the autumn to be executed, but Old Lady Wang was immediately escorted to a hard labor camp.
However, not long after Wang Lao Niang arrived at the labor camp, she suddenly changed her statement, saying that the man in her family did not harm her granddaughter, nor did he beat the mother and daughter to death. It was her daughter-in-law who was caught cheating on her and she accidentally killed her while beating her.
It happened that the Ministry of Justice sent people to inspect the labor camp, and the case was sent back to Mingtai for retrial.
At the same time, the father and son of the Wang family, who were still waiting to be executed in the autumn, also changed their confessions, saying that the incident had nothing to do with them. It was Wang Feihu's wife who stole the woman, and it was Wang's mother who beat the woman to death. As for Wang Feihu's daughter, she was strangled to death by Wang Feihu's wife.
Not long after, the government found the lover of Wang Feihu's wife, who confirmed that it was Wang Feihu's wife who strangled her own daughter to death.
Not only was the case reversed, but there was also complete evidence. After the re-sentencing, Wang's mother took all the responsibility, and the Wang father and son were acquitted.
When the three returned to the village, they told everyone that Wang Feihu was unfilial. Not only was Wang Laohu called a living turtle, he was also accused of being unfilial and unbrotherly.
Wang Feihu was indignant and directed all his hatred at Magistrate Huang.
He came to the provincial capital alone, changed his name and sneaked into the Huang family, intending to kill Magistrate Huang, but mistakenly killed his two younger brothers. Afterwards, Wang Feihu committed suicide.
This case caused such a big stir in the local area and because it involved relatives of officials, just two months ago, the case was transferred from the Ministry of Justice to the Dali Temple.
When the Dali Temple sent people to investigate, they found that the so-called lover of the king's wife was completely fake. The man had injured his vitals in an accident in his early years. Not to mention having an affair with someone, he couldn't even sleep with his own wife.
The Wang family father and son fled and disappeared after learning that Wang Feihu had killed the prefect's brother.
The matter is very clear. Old Man Wang harmed his eight-year-old granddaughter, and then ordered his two sons to beat his daughter-in-law to death, strangle his granddaughter to death, and fabricate that his daughter-in-law had an affair, and then put the blame on Old Man Wang.
It happened that the third prince was observing politics in the Dali Temple. The third prince determined that this case was caused by the wrong judgment made by Prefect Huang. Wang Feihu was the victim. Although he was guilty of murder, he was already dead, life for life.
Because of the wrong judgment made by Magistrate Huang, not only did he let the real murderer go, but he also implicated his two brothers, causing a tragedy.
At the same time, the third prince discovered that Prefect Huang had accepted bribes, so it was not that the prisoner was too cunning, but that he deliberately made a wrong judgment.
After all, Magistrate Huang was an official appointed by the imperial court, so he could not be sentenced at will. He was escorted to Beijing and detained in the prison of the Dali Temple.
Magistrate Huang had always suffered from heart disease. He was no different from an ordinary person under normal circumstances. However, during his detention, he could not bear the blow and his illness broke out. He died before the doctor arrived.
Magistrate Huang's parents lost three sons in succession and decided to die, but they did not want to die like this. They believed that Magistrate Huang was framed and died in prison because he was forced to death by the third prince.
Huang's father has a piece of evidence in his hand, which is the evidence that the so-called lover of Wang's wife was bribed, and the evidence that Wang's mother met with people from outside in the labor camp. These two pieces of evidence all point to the same person, that is, the current acting prefect, the former co-prefect Liu Qing.
Liu Qing is a disciple of Prime Minister Feng Ke!
In other words, Liu Qing is the third prince's man.
He had always been at odds with Magistrate Huang, and everyone in the yamen knew about it.
Now that Prefect Huang is in trouble, Liu Qing is likely to be the next prefect.
Huang's parents risked their lives to produce the evidence. Once this evidence was used, it would be a foregone conclusion that the third prince had framed the court official.
The impact of this incident has exceeded the affair between Prince Jing and his cousin.
Zhao Shiqing was very surprised. She subconsciously looked at Xiao Zhen: "Did you come up with this?"
Xiao Zhen shook his head: "It's not me."
Zhao Shiqing asked hurriedly: "Then do you know who it is?"
Xiao Zhen chuckled: "It's either this prince or that prince. At this moment, apart from them, who else would be willing to spend so much effort to break the sky."
It was obvious that this case was premeditated. Ever since Wang Laonian retracted her confession, the matter had transformed from a rape and murder case into a struggle between officials.
As long as Liu Qing is the Third Prince's man, then when this case reaches the Dali Temple, no matter how the verdict is made, the Third Prince will be involved.
Zhao Shiqing sighed, "I only knew that the royal family lacked kinship before, but only after arriving in the capital did I realize just how ruthless they were. They weren't brothers at all; they were simply murderers of my father."
She thought about the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince in her mind. Although these two princes were more sinister than the other, this case did not seem like something they could do. Just look at the Tong'an weapons case. It was a case that the Fourth Prince framed the Third Prince and Prince Jing. The case was done very crudely, and the word "frame" was almost engraved on the box.
Looking at the case of Feng Yalan falling into the water this time, the Fifth Prince almost said it himself: I did it, I just wanted to piss you off to death.
But looking at the case of Magistrate Huang again, it is clear that he had planned it carefully and for a long time.
This is not the style of the Fourth and Fifth Princes.
Could it be that Prince Jing?
Prince Jing had planned this case early on, but something went wrong before he could carry it out.
"Is it Prince Jing?" Zhao Shiqing asked.
Xiao Zhen smiled: "There is also a Second Prince, have you forgotten this person?"
"The second prince? Doesn't he just love reading and doesn't care about what's happening outside?" Zhao Shiqing was puzzled.
Xiao Zhen smiled and shook his head: "What you heard, and even what you saw with your own eyes, is what others want you to hear and see. At the same time, that is also the side he wants the emperor, his brothers, and all the civil and military officials to see."
Zhao Shiqing learned his lesson.
She decided not to say that Xiao Zhen was old-fashioned anymore. He was just more mature and thoughtful than her.
She is just a fledgling baby.
Baby Qing was not idle when she returned home. Every day she asked people, cats, birds, and even Ah Huang to go outside to inquire about news.
The message was quickly fed back.
Feng Ke postponed his third request to appoint a crown prince, and the time of the third request has not yet been decided. It may be a few months or even a few years.
In short, for at least three months, the Third Prince’s long-awaited three requests and three rejections will not be seen.
As for the case of Magistrate Huang, Emperor Yongjia also asked the Dali Temple to transfer it to the Ministry of Justice. The Minister of Justice, Lord Xu, was an old sly man. When such a big case was handed over to him, his hands were almost blistered.
Without saying a word, he handed the case over to Yan Xia.
Didn’t you see it?
The Third Prince has already behaved himself, so what else can he do as a good man? Who can he possibly defeat?
Looking at the Ministry of Justice, besides Yan Xia, is there a second person qualified to investigate this case? Do you dare to investigate this case?
No!
So this case belongs to Yan Xia, and it can only be Yan Xia’s!
Ever since Prince Jing got into trouble, Yan Xia was repeatedly told by Duke Weiguo to go to the Imperial College to study.
That’s right, others were afraid of getting into trouble and asked for leave from the Imperial College, but he went to school. For him, going to the Imperial College was the least troublesome behavior.
Today, Yan Xia slept in the Imperial College for the whole morning. When he was about to go to the cafeteria to eat, he saw his long-time attendant running over.
Because the second and third generation rich kids would fight at any time, the Imperial College stopped allowing their servants, attendants and guards to come in with them many years ago in order to avoid them from fighting in groups.
Therefore, the shed outside the Imperial College was built for these people.
Yan Xia was a little surprised to see his long-time attendant Walnut: "How did you get in?"
Walnut said, "I had something important to do, so they didn't dare to stop me."
"What's the matter?" Yan Xia took his food plate from the uncle serving the food. Yan Xia was very famous and the uncle in the cafeteria regarded him as an idol. It was not easy for him to come here, so everyone was eating chicken. Others had chicken nuggets, but only his plate had big chicken legs, and two big chicken legs at that!
Yan Xia gave one of the chicken legs to Walnut. The master and servant found a table and sat down, starting to eat the chicken legs.
After finishing his chicken leg, Yan Xia wiped his mouth and asked, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Walnut said, "Master Xu just sent someone over to tell me to tell you to go to the Ministry of Justice after school."
Yan Xia said, "Is there a major case in the Ministry of Justice?"
He hadn't been to the Ministry of Justice for several days. By the way, since he got engaged, there were twenty more red circles on his attendance book, which brought him one step closer to promotion.
If possible, he would like to write a letter to Zhao Yunnuan, tell him the good news, and let Zhao Yunnuan know that he is really not a fool who cannot be promoted.
However, he didn't write the letter in the end because he felt a little embarrassed.
I've been busy drawing red circles these days and haven't paid much attention to the affairs of the Ministry of Justice. Now I'm really in the dark.
Walnut said hurriedly, "It's the case of Prefect Mingtai. The Emperor has transferred it to the Ministry of Justice. As you know, Lord Xu only wants to live in peace until the day he retires. Seeing this case, I'm afraid he's been so scared that he can't sleep. So, he thought of you and asked me to tell you that it's best if you don't get involved in this matter. Whoever does will be blamed."
Yan Xia finished the rice in his bowl, stood up, and stretched: "Today's red circle is drawn, it's time to go home, let's go!"
Walnut: "Shall we go back home?"
Yan Xia: "No, if I go back, they will definitely not let me go to the Ministry of Justice."
Walnut: "You really want to go to the Ministry of Justice? This is not a good case."
Yan Xia: "As long as it's a case, there's no good one."
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The next day, the whole capital knew about one thing: Hero Yan took over the case of Magistrate Mingtai!
The impact of this case is so huge that it affects whether the third prince can become the crown prince.
In the Duke of Wei's mansion, Madam Yu was scolding her son: "I've told many people that you were seriously injured and you need to recuperate before you get married. You can choose not to take this case and say that you haven't recovered yet and need to continue recuperating."
Yan Xia was packing his things when he heard this and stopped. "Mom, you said outside that I wasn't feeling well? Who did you tell?"
Madam Yu: "What are you going to do? Kill someone to silence them?"
Yan Xia: "I'll write it down in a notebook and show it to them when I have a baby."
Madam Yu rolled her eyes. "You're still looking for a notebook to write it down. With the few things you know, can you even write down the whole person's name?"
Yan Xia: My dear mother, forget it, this is my dear mother!
At this moment, Walnut ran in excitedly: "Eagle, Master, Eagle, Eagle is here!"
Yan Xia's eyes lit up when he heard this. He didn't bother to argue with Mrs. Yu and walked out casually.
Madam Yu asked hurriedly, "What eagle? We agreed not to keep eagles. You guys run around all day, and even if you keep one, you don't take care of it. I still have to worry about it, one by one. Hey, why are you running around? Where are you going?"
Of course Yan Xia had to run, otherwise he would not be able to catch up with the eagle. Fortunately, Walnut brought the horse over, and Yan Xia jumped on the horse and chased the eagle.
The owner of this eagle is his sister-in-law.
Anyone who has ever married knows that you can’t afford to offend your sister-in-law or brother-in-law.
This time we didn’t go to the same teahouse as last time, but a small, inconspicuous restaurant.
There was only one table of guests in the restaurant, a fat old man and his little granddaughter. There was a bird cage on the table and a big yellow dog lying at his feet.
Yan Xia walked over and bowed to Zhen Wuduo as a junior.
Since this person is Zhao Shiqing's grandfather, he is also Zhao Yunnuan's elder, so of course he has to respect him.
Zhao Shiqing pointed across and said, "Brother-in-law, please sit down."
Yan Xia tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth to prevent himself from laughing.
Brother-in-law, he is my brother-in-law!
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