"You tortured me into confessing!" Dong Chuan Hou's heart sank, and he put on a righteous face, "I was wronged!"
Song Chengyi immediately clarified, "Dongchuan Hou, you are slandering and spreading rumors! Not only did our Ministry of Justice not touch your son, we also saved his life."
Hearing this...
Marquis Dongchuan stood there in a daze.
He understood that the news previously released by the Ministry of Justice was false!
The other party was just waiting for him to make a move.
In early August of the first year of Jinghe, two days before the celebration, Dong Wei reported that the Marquis of Dongchuan had committed many crimes, including corruption and bribery, false military orders, excluding dissidents and framing generals.
His father was sent directly to the Ministry of Justice prison.
The court was shaken and the people of the capital were also stunned.
Aren’t you too “filial”?
Xue Zheng was also stunned by this unexpected turn of events. He questioned Dong Wei's testimony and suspected that the Ministry of Justice had used means to force a confession and frame the Marquis of Dongchuan.
He deliberately sent people to the capital to create public opinion, implying that Ning Wanyin deliberately arrested Dong Wei, tortured him to extract a confession, and wrongly accused a meritorious official.
Song Chengyi immediately sent the unharmed Dong Wei for a parade through the streets.
While Dong Wei was being paraded through the streets, he spoke in a clear and powerful voice to clarify to the onlookers that his father was truly guilty and he had not been beaten!
Xue Zheng was almost mad. Okay, okay, you should go first since you have a son like this.
In August of the first year of Jinghe, the Marquis of Dongchuan was sentenced to immediate execution by beheading for multiple crimes.
On the same day, Dong Wei and Ning Heng were both released.
The title of Marquis of Dongchuan is hereditary and will not be abolished unless he commits treason, so Dong Wei successfully inherited the title of Marquis of Dongchuan.
The first thing he did after inheriting the title was to write a letter to the Empress Dowager, saying that he wanted to stay in the capital!
Dong Wei gave up taking over the Dong family army.
Because the Dong family army was loyal to his father, although some generals were implicated in the case of Dongchuan Hou and were questioned, there were still some who were not involved...
He didn't dare go back.
He was afraid that these people would avenge his father.
And after this incident, he finally understood why his father was so afraid of the Queen Mother!
He is scared too!
Wouldn't it be good for him to enjoy the good life with the iron hat title? As long as he didn't betray the country or rebel, he could live in peace and wealth until his death.
Ning Wanyin approved his request and nominated two more generals from the southwest to replace the original positions of the Dong family father and son.
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