Chapter 339: Just asking for back wages?
Song Wang's arrival eased the deadlock between the two sides.
Jie Qi breathed a sigh of relief: "How come nephew Song has time to come to the Censorate?"
Kuai Wenshi clenched his fists.
He said dissatisfiedly, "They know each other and must have come together to rescue the Marquis. They want to disrupt the laws of the Censorate and trample the Censorate under their feet. Then all criminal cases in the world will be decided by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice."
"Shut up!" Jie Qi frowned and scolded.
Even a fool can see the clues. The Minister of Justice hasn't even opened his mouth to say what he's here for, but the Right Censor-in-Chief has been throwing mud. Is he really resorting to lynching?
Even if the Marquis was arrested, he was still a man of noble status.
"But the Censorate is indeed bustling today."
Song Wang said: "If we were just juniors, then we would indeed be causing trouble, but Uncle Jie, have you ever thought that I am the Minister of Justice, and Lord Jiang is the Minister of the Supreme Court. We came here for only one purpose."
It has been a long time since the three divisions have faced each other.
Jie Qi waved his hand, letting the guards leave. He said, "You mean to say that there are unjust, false, and wrong cases in the Censorate, and you want to intervene, right? Well, I want to see who dares to issue random orders here and resort to lynching, without even knowing it, and has alarmed two masters at the same time."
Kuai Wenshi hurriedly said, "Sir, we can't let them go. Otherwise, where will the reputation of the Censorate be?"
"It's long gone!" Xie Qi's chest heaved up and down as he said angrily, "If I've failed in my duty, I'll ask to be dismissed."
In the prison, the jailer lost his sleepiness when he saw so many adults coming together. He had never seen so many living adults in his life. He nodded and bowed to open the door, then he remembered the suffocating scene inside.
He wanted to stop it, but he didn't dare.
He scratched his hands and said fearfully, "Sir, what should I do?"
Kuai Wenshi slapped him, grabbed the jailer by the collar and said, "You useless piece of shit! You can't even stall for time, and you're the only one who's trying to be nice? Why don't you go tell the prince about this!"
When he heard the adults calling him, he forced a smile.
"Hey! Here it comes!"
Jie Qi was so frightened that his hands were shaking. He didn't even react when Jiang Jing and Song Wang broke into the prison. It was not until the Marquis was helped out and the smell of blood in his face sobered him up that he quickly knelt on the ground.
"My Lord, this humble official deserves death!"
Li Ningwan held his breath, straightened his back, and chuckled, "I'm not a marquis, I'm a serious criminal in the Censorate. The Right Censor-in-Chief was really harsh and almost took my life. However, if I sign this, I'm afraid it will really be fatal."
The black and white words were stained with blood.
Jie Kai was horrified after reading it, because this was evidence of a confession extracted through torture! But he knew nothing about this. He hurriedly explained, "I have always respected you, Your Majesty, and would never dare to do such a thing. As soon as I received the report about you, I began investigating the matter, just to clear your name."
He looked tired, and it didn't look fake.
What's more, when Jiang Jing came, he did see him checking the information all the time. This Left Censor-in-Chief had a good reputation and had handled many cases fairly and impartially.
Li Ningwan said, "I believe you, but how do you explain the injuries on your body?"
"I will definitely give you justice." Jie Qi looked aside and said, "Right Censor-in-Chief, did you give this order? You actually resorted to private punishment and do you still respect me?"
It turns out that he repeatedly obstructed Jiang Jing because he was afraid that the truth would be discovered.
He almost kicked Jiang Jing out. He was so stupid!
Kuai Wenshi shouted, "This is unjust! How dare this humble servant? It must be that others do not know the Marquis and mistake him for a serious criminal, so they resorted to torture. Once this matter is fully understood, this humble servant will rescue the person who made the decision without authorization and kowtow three times and nine times to the Marquis' residence to confess his guilt."
Sudden.
The jailer ran in, knelt on the ground, glanced at Kuai Wenshi quietly, and said.
"Sir, this is bad. Fifty or sixty people are outside, trying to cause trouble. They insist... insist..."
Kuai Wenshi continued, "What do you want? Tell me now!"
The jailer said, "These are all victims. They say that the Marquis has taken no life, abducted women, withheld money, and even beat many people to death. They insist that you execute the Marquis to relieve your hatred."
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When we returned to the Marquis' Mansion, there were quite a few people standing in the yard.
The leader was Li Fenghe.
Jiusu stepped forward, "Uncle San, these are..."
"Ahem, here's the thing. After I got the seal of power, I wanted to make some contributions. I wanted to go to the shop and show off my power. I didn't expect to discover something big." Then, Li Fenghe looked at the forty or fifty people and said, "This is the eldest daughter of the Li family. If you have anything to say, please tell her."
They looked at each other, not knowing how to start.
Shop? Jiusu thought about it and, following the Queen's hint, she should indeed go to the shop. She said, "What did my father do to make you all so angry that you bribed the people in the Censorate to beat him half to death?"
There are countless shops under the Marquis' Mansion.
Most of them have been rented out or sold, and only these ten shops still belong to the Li Mansion. The Marquis Mansion is very Buddhist and doesn't like to get involved in things. Most of the people working in the shops are elderly, and it would be a lie to say that they have no feelings.
The shopkeeper of Yutong Shop came forward, bowed and said.
"Miss, we are all under the Marquis's command. How could we possibly harm him? We just want to get our wages back."
Jiusu asked: "Just asking for your wages?"
The shopkeeper of Yutong Shop and the others nodded in agreement, "Yes, we just want our wages back. If it weren't for the fact that our families are so desperate and the shop assistants aren't complaining, and if the Marquis has done us such a great favor, we wouldn't ask for it."
Jiusu put away his umbrella and opened the door to the front hall.
"Everyone, please come in and take shelter from the rain. Zitan, go get some clean towels, and Kou Shao, prepare the ginger soup."
She invited Li Fenghe to sit in the main seat. Li Fenghe was flattered and discovered for the first time the joy of doing business. He clenched his hands nervously, thinking that whatever his niece said was right!
Jiusu bowed and said, "First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone. It is indeed our fault."
Li Fenghe applauded, "Yes!"
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I have to say that the dramatic and trouble-making Uncle San really livened up the atmosphere on the scene.
The shopkeeper of Yutong Shop waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, no, the Marquis may have been too busy and neglected it. We didn't go to the government to report him. Yes, we only told the steward Wang in the Marquis's mansion. Steward Wang asked us to write down the whole story and said that he asked the Marquis for money."
Jiusu's eyes flickered slightly, and he remembered the name.
"My father was arrested and taken to the Censorate. They used lynching to force him to confess."
The shopkeeper of Yutong Shop drank the ginger soup and felt warm inside. When he heard about the Marquis being tortured, he frowned with guilt, "We didn't report it to the authorities. Besides, we can just pay the overdue silver. There's no need for lynching, right?"
Jiusu said coldly, "Because when the Censorate arrested my father, the charges were disregard for human life, bullying men and women, and other crimes."
Hearing this, they knelt down together.
They all expressed their sincerity and believed in the Marquis's character.
Mingheng hurried over. He walked up to the girl and took a deep breath. "The young master asked me to tell you that the 'victims' are kneeling at the gate of the Censorate, demanding that the censor execute the marquis."
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