Chapter 257 Like Son, Like Father
Han Palace.
The King of Han looked straight at Li Gan.
He found that he still underestimated his son.
You underestimated his inability to accomplish anything and his tendency to cause trouble.
Not only did he provoke Li Xuanjing's family and invite his revenge, but he also lost the only golden medal of immunity from death in the short distance from the palace to the Dali Temple.
Can something like this be thrown away?
Why doesn't he lose himself?
But right now, there is no point in blaming him. The important thing is to get back the golden medal of immunity from death.
Li Gan said that the gold medal might have fallen into the palace.
The King of Han immediately summoned all the servants in the palace and asked them about the whereabouts of the gold medal, but no one admitted to having picked up the gold medal.
He sent people to conduct an extremely thorough search of all places in the palace, but still found nothing.
All servants in the palace have been strictly screened, and their loyalty is beyond doubt.
This gold medal could not have fallen in the palace.
Inside the hall, Li Gan looked bewildered, muttering, "This is impossible. Apart from the palace and the carriage, the only other place is the Dali Temple. Could it be that it fell in the Dali Temple? But I've looked for it in the Dali Temple, and it's not there..."
Dali Temple is Li Xuanjing's territory. If this gold medal falls into Dali Temple, it would be impossible to find it back.
The King of Han finally couldn't hold back his anger, pointed at Li Gan's forehead, and angrily said: "You are overestimating your own abilities and provoking Li Xuanjing. I gave you a golden medal of immunity from death, but you still threw it away. Tell me, what can you do..."
Jingzhao Yin took the initiative to persuade: "Your Majesty, calm down. The most important thing now is to rescue the young master of the Wang family. Let's think of other ways."
The King of Han thought for a moment and said, "I will go to the Secretariat first to see if they have any solution. If that doesn't work, I will ask my father for a gold medal to save my life..."
The most troublesome thing about this matter is that it is an ordinary murder case, which happens to be within the jurisdiction of the Dali Temple. It simply happened to Li Xuanjing, and he had no way to let the Zongzheng Temple intervene.
If there is any room for reversal in this matter, it can only be done by the two prime ministers giving the order.
The Wang family is not only important to the Han Palace, but also to the imperial court. I believe that the imperial court is unwilling to be hostile to the Wang family.
If the Secretariat does not agree, there is one last option.
Even if it is my father, I have to consider the feelings of the Wang family.
After a moment.
Secretariat.
The King of Han arrived in person, and two Zhongshu Shilang personally greeted him. After inviting him into a government office, the Zhongshu Zuo Shilang respectfully asked, "I wonder what orders His Royal Highness the King of Han has for you?"
The matter was urgent, so the King of Han went straight to the point and stated his purpose.
Upon hearing this, the two Zhongshu Shilang were both stunned.
The Dali Temple arrested the young master of the Jinyang Wang family and sentenced him to death. The King of Han hoped that the three ministries would issue an imperial decree to show some leniency to the young master of the Wang family...
From a legal perspective, this is not appropriate.
But from the overall situation, the three provinces also have reasons to show leniency.
The Jinyang Wang family is a wealthy family with a thousand-year-old heritage and a profound foundation. If you can avoid offending them, try your best not to offend them.
But the problem is that yesterday, Li Xuanjing's relative accidentally killed someone while acting bravely for justice. The two prime ministers jointly issued an edict, ordering the Censorate, Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Ministry of Justice to conduct a strict investigation...
Today, a relative of the King of Han deliberately beat someone to death, and he actually wanted the three provinces to issue an edict to show leniency.
He didn't take Li Xuanjing seriously at all.
If Li Xuanjing dared to issue this edict, he would arrest the officials of the three provinces and punish them to death.
The kind that can't even cry out for injustice after being screwed.
Both of them were old foxes who had been officials for many years and they quickly thought of some things.
The Dali Temple remained silent on this case at the time.
Why did he suddenly attack today?
This is obviously aimed at the Prince of Han's Palace.
Killing an official from the King of Han's camp and replacing him with his own cronies could be justified.
Killing Wang Heng would not do any good to Li Xuanjing and Prince Chun.
With his character of not taking action unless there is benefit, it is unlikely that he would do such a thing.
The two men looked at King Han with suspicion. Could it be that King Han was behind yesterday's case?
Although no evidence was found, there was indeed something unusual about yesterday's murder.
The perpetrators of these two cases...
One is the brother-in-law of the Prince of Han.
One is the sister-in-law of Li Xuanjing’s son.
There was only one day between the two events, and if you say there is no connection between them, I'm afraid few people would believe it.
You provoked them first, and now they want to retaliate. The three provinces have even less reason to intervene.
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Soon, the King of Han walked out of the Secretariat.
As expected, the Secretariat rejected his request.
He also knew in his heart that if nothing had happened yesterday, there might have been room for negotiation on today's excessive request, but the behavior of that rebellious son had obviously angered Li Xuanjing, and the Secretariat did not want to get involved in this muddy water.
After leaving the Secretariat, he did not return to the palace, but went straight into the imperial palace.
After standing in front of a deep palace for a long time, a figure slowly walked out of the palace, handed him a palm-sized brocade box, and said in a shrill and piercing voice: "Your Highness the Prince of Han, His Majesty said that those noble families took advantage of their control of the local areas and did not take the court seriously. Pardoning their death penalty would show that the court was afraid of them. This kind of thing will only happen once and will not happen again..."
The King of Han took the brocade box and said respectfully, "I will follow my father's instructions."
The eunuch shook the whisk in his hand, turned and walked into the palace.
The King of Han opened the brocade box and looked inside. When he saw the golden medal of immunity from death, he finally felt relieved.
He put the brocade box in his arms, left the palace and got on the carriage, saying, "Let's go to the Dali Temple."
This time, he planned to go in person.
In the Dali Temple, the sentencing of Wang Heng has ended.
Although the Prince of Han said that he would bring a golden medal of immunity from death, he had been gone for so long and had never returned, so the Dali Temple would certainly not wait for him forever.
Led by an official from the Dali Temple, the King of Han went straight to the Temple Chief Justice's Office.
Li Xuanjing put down the file in his hand, stood up, bowed to him, and asked, "Your Highness the Prince of Han, how come you have time to come to the Dali Temple?"
The King of Han said calmly, "Lord Li, I will not beat around the bush. Wang Heng is the legitimate son of the Jinyang Wang family. If the court kills him, it will definitely be at odds with the Jinyang Wang family. I hope you can consider the overall situation and release Wang Heng. I promise you that I will let him return to Jinyang immediately and never set foot in Chang'an again..."
Li Xuanjing said with a serious face: "Your Highness, please be careful with your words. The duty of the Dali Temple is to maintain the dignity of the court's laws. If the children of the noble families break the law, they must accept the punishment of the law. This Daxia belongs to the Li family, not the Wang family. Could it be that the court is afraid of the Wang family?"
The King of Han did not speak.
I wasn't left speechless by what Li Xuanjing said.
He just couldn't understand how people could be so shameless?
Why didn't he mention the law when his son killed someone?
I originally thought that it would be best if I didn't need the golden medal of immunity from death.
But Li Xuanjing was unmoved and extremely shameless, so there was no way to save this golden medal of immunity from death.
He really didn't want to talk to such a shameless person, so he took out the brocade box from his arms and said, "Okay, okay, now that you've seen the death-free gold medal, you should let him go, right?"
Li Xuanjing nodded and said, "If Your Highness has the golden medal of immunity from death, you can naturally take him away."
The King of Han opened the brocade box and wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something and he could not utter a word.
The brocade box was empty.
The golden medal of immunity from death is gone!
He has always carried this brocade box with him. Now the box is still there, but the gold medal is gone!
One time was a coincidence.
How could the second time be a coincidence?
He suddenly looked at Li Xuanjing and asked, "Are you playing tricks?"
Li Xuanjing looked at him in confusion and asked, "What are you talking about, Your Highness? What kind of tricks are you talking about? You are holding an empty box, are you trying to tease me?"
The King of Han looked at his face and saw nothing unusual on it.
His mind was blank at this moment.
He couldn't figure out how the gold medal was lost.
No matter how hard he racked his brains, he could not think of a way to steal the gold medal from the box remotely.
The psychological impact of this incident on him was even greater than that of Wang Heng's arrest.
After a while, he left the Dali Temple and returned to the palace in a daze.
Li Gan came forward from a distance and asked, "Father, what happened? Has Wang Heng been rescued?"
The King of Han shook his head.
Li Gan frowned: "The Secretariat is unwilling to help?"
The King of Han nodded.
Li Gan asked again: "Won't the emperor grandfather give me a golden medal of immunity from death?"
The King of Han said, “I gave it to you.”
Li Gan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Where is the golden medal of immunity from death? Send someone to send it to the Dali Temple."
The King of Han said: "It's lost..."
After a moment, Li Gan looked at the King of Han and said with disappointment: "Father, what's wrong with you? You can lose such an important thing..."
(End of this chapter)
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