Chapter 247: A Terrible Injustice
The soldiers behind her immediately grabbed her and pressed her to the ground. Seeing this, the several strong men who were chasing her retreated and ran away.
"What's going on?"
A local official was so scared that he stood up quickly: "Quick! Get this female assassin out, don't disturb the emperor and the imperial concubine."
But the girl looked weak and cried so hard that she was out of breath. She was injured and didn't look like an assassin at all.
The official who wanted to get rid of the little girl was fat and had big ears, a cunning look in his eyes, and he was not a good person at first glance.
"Wait!"
Obviously, Emperor Xuanwu and Jiang Xinyue had the same idea.
Just when the guards were about to pull the girl away, he stopped them and stared at her with a stern look: "Do you know that if you ram and interfere with the driver without reason, you will be beheaded."
"I didn't interfere with the driver without reason!"
The girl struggled to break free from the guards' grip, wiped the tears and dirt from her face, revealing a face as pure as a lotus.
She moved with the demeanor of a lady from a noble family. She bowed to the emperor and Jiang Xinyue and said, "I am the eldest daughter of Qin Zhigu, the richest man in Guiyang. A month ago, because the emperor was going to pass through Guiyang, the county magistrate held a banquet in his mansion in this name and invited the wealthy businessmen in the city to attend. My father, mother and sister went to the county magistrate's mansion together, but when we came out, my sister...my sister..."
At this point, she looked fiercely at the official who had just called her a "female assassin". Because of hatred, the finger she pointed at the official was shaking: "I am a... My sister was raped by him and thrown out of the county magistrate's mansion without a single piece of clothing. My parents sought justice for my sister, but he framed my sister for seducing him and put my parents in jail. "
She was crying uncontrollably: "I wanted to seek justice for my sister, brother, and parents, but my sister couldn't bear the humiliation and hanged herself at home. My parents also died in prison for some reason. The county coroner refused to perform an autopsy and insisted that my father and mother were angered to death by my sister. I am innocent. I did what I did today because I was wronged. Please, Your Majesty, help me!"
"This is too tragic. Her whole family died and she is the only one left."
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's too tragic. The county magistrate is so ugly, and he dares to say that the second Miss Qin seduced him. Who does he think he is? Would such a delicate and beautiful young lady ruin her reputation and give herself to him?" "
That's right! He is probably the one who killed Miss Qin's parents. He couldn't have coveted the Qin family's wealth and deliberately killed old man Qin's family..."
"Yes! He doesn't look like a good person."
Under the rule of Emperor Xuanwu, such a tragic thing happened. He had to order everyone to rest on the spot, and ordered people to detain the Guiyang County Magistrate, and then let Wang Dequan take dozens of guards to investigate the truth of the matter.
Such a big thing can't be kept secret. I'm afraid that the people of Guiyang know what the county magistrate did, but they dare not speak out.
Jiang Xinyue held Wang Dequan and whispered a few words in his ear. Wang Dequan looked at her in surprise and nodded quickly.
"What did Yue'er say to Wang Dequan?"
The emperor did not let Wang Dequan take Miss Qin away, but Wang Dequan still went over to help her up and let her lead the way.
Jiang Xinyue sighed, feeling heavy in her heart: "I'm just afraid that the people will be concerned about the officials' mutual protection and will not tell the truth, so I asked Wang Dequan to take Miss Qin and beat drums along the way to tell the people that the county magistrate has been dismissed, and told them to report any grievances, and the emperor will personally seek justice for them."
In this way, it not only perfectly solved the problem of the people's distrust of the government, but also made Emperor Xuanwu gain a lot of reputation among the people.
The magistrate of Guiyang County knelt on the ground with a "thump". He never dreamed that Qin Ruofang would run out of the county government.
It took a long time to wait for the results of the investigation. The Ministry of Internal Affairs had already arranged for the rest of the people to unload the things from the carriage and load them onto the big ship.
There were also some palace servants who were serving, and they all got on the ship first.
Only officials and their families stayed on the shore. They probably didn't want to miss such a wonderful show!
Tang Shiliang brought two chairs. Emperor Xuanwu helped Jiang Xinyue sit down. He didn't care about the reactions of the concubines in the harem. He fanned her and said, "If you feel hot, you can go back to the cabin. I will come back after I have dealt with it."
Jiang Xinyue shook her head: "I am not hot. I want to accompany the emperor."
She couldn't let the fat-headed and big-eared county magistrate who was so audacious and took human lives leave here alive.
About an hour later, Wang Dequan brought people back.
But this time it was not just Miss Qin who was there alone. Behind them, there were actually dozens of people wiping their tears.
Wang Dequan was calm when he left, but he was furious when he came back. He looked at the county magistrate with disgust and hatred.
"Your Majesty, that dog official is not a human! Last year, he forcibly confiscated my family's land. Not only did he not give me a penny, he also broke my son's leg. My son is now at home every day, depressed, and his life is ruined."
"The year before last, he asked soldiers to take my wife to the county magistrate's mansion, took her body, and threw her on the street. My wife was pregnant with that dog official's child. After he knew about it, he found a quack doctor to come to my house and force my wife to drink a bowl of abortion medicine, resulting in my wife's death."
"We poor students take the provincial examinations, but no matter how talented we are, we always fail. He accepted bribes and gave our examination papers to the sons of wealthy families. A classmate reported it before, but he was beaten up. His right palm was broken and shattered. The doctor said he will never be able to lift a pen again." "
Officials protect each other. We have nowhere to turn to. Fortunately, the emperor passed by here today. I hope the emperor will make a decision for us."
"Every word the eldest lady of the Qin family said is true. Although Mr. and Mrs. Qin have a fortune of millions, they are not unscrupulous profiteers. Which poor person in Guiyang has not received the Qin family's porridge? Even the scholars who were abused by corrupt officials have received help from Mr. Qin. Even if scholars like us are convicted today, we must seek justice for the Qin family."
"Yes! Mr. and Mrs. Qin are kind and benevolent. They cannot die in vain."
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Just these few people have already suffered tremendous injustice, not to mention the dozen or so people.
There is no telling how many people dared not come for fear of losing their lives.
Emperor Xuanwu looked at the governor of Chenzhou with a heavy gaze. The anger in his eyes made the governor, who was over fifty years old, tremble.
Pei Zhongshu stood behind the emperor and winked at the governor frantically, and the governor knelt down beside the dog county magistrate and said, "Your Majesty, I really didn't know that there was such a pest in Guiyang County. There must be a traitor in my government office who kept it secret!"