Chapter 440 Such Straightforward Love
Prince Yong's Palace.
Xiao Jinxuan was reading the intelligence sent in from all directions, and issued orders one by one without even looking up -
"Has the whereabouts of He Xuanniang and her son not been found yet? Xie Heng will continue to keep an eye on them, and send someone to check for widows in the capital and the suburbs."
Since he is Xie Heng's beloved child and beloved son, he would certainly not place him too far away.
"yes."
"Have you sent people to verify the names on the list? If they are real, then send people to keep a close eye on them and don't make any surprises."
These carefully selected chess pieces will play the greatest role at critical moments.
"Has the cause of Prince Yong's death been investigated? Is it certain that it was the Crown Prince who did it..."
A pigeon fluttered twice and landed in Lingxiao's hand.
He took down the note and walked in quickly, "Master, this is news from the princess."
Xiao Jinxuan paused, finally raised his head, and waved his hand to let the people leave.
He took the note, which contained very brief words.
"Yan Hongyue is a descendant of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The rebellious forces may be related to the remnants of the Western Zhou Dynasty."
"The remnants of the Western Zhou Dynasty..." Xiao Jinxuan slowly narrowed his eyes, his expression sharp and cold.
In fact, he had already had his suspicions.
Many things that have happened in the past year seem to be caused by other forces.
The remnants of the Western Zhou Dynasty have been silent for so long, are they finally unable to hold back?
The note was very short. He read it several times. The more he read it, the more empty he felt. "This girl, didn't even think of writing me something, even just a few words?"
He sighed and was about to put the note into the box, but the moment he turned it over, he saw a strange crease.
Doubts suddenly arose in his heart, and he took the note back, turned over and examined it carefully.
At first he thought that these were creases made to facilitate putting the note into the bamboo tube, but when he looked closely, he found that the creases were horizontal, vertical and slanting, and seemed to contain some kind of pattern.
As if possessed by some mysterious force, he picked up the note, folded it in half along the crease, turned it over, and opened it...
When he finally finished folding it, he looked at the finished product, a hint of obvious surprise flashed across his eyes, and then he smiled happily.
The piece of paper was folded into a small "heart".
Such a subtle way...
Such straightforward love...
His little girl always knew how to make his heart melt.
"Prepare the horses," he ordered.
He wanted to see her, now.
Ling Xiao said "Oh" and went to do it immediately.
Soon, Xiao Jinxuan appeared outside the gate of the farmhouse.
"I'll go knock on the door." Ling Xiao was about to step forward, but someone raised his hand to stop him.
Xiao Jinxuan shook his head. "No need. I'll just take a look at her and leave."
Outside the yard is a tall jujube tree. Standing at the top of the tree, one can overlook the entire yard. Normally, Ling Feng squats there.
Today he was kicked out and his seat was vacated by someone else.
Xiao Jinxuan looked at Xie Zhuoning in the yard, jumping up and down, fighting wits and courage with the mouse, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
He is like a lover who cannot stand the light of day. He can only hide in the dark, bearing all the passionate love and bitter sadness alone.
Ling Feng asked, "Since you are here, why don't you go in and see the princess?"
Xiao Jinxuan shook his head. "It's good to know that she's okay. I won't go to see her."
He was afraid to see her, so he couldn't bear to leave.
In the yard.
"Stop! You stinky rat! I'll let you..." Xie Zhuoning paused, then turned around to look at the jujube tree outside the courtyard gate, and suddenly asked, "Who's on the tree?"
Ling Feng sighed, holding the sword, and emerged from the tree, "Princess, it's me."
"It's you..." Xie Zhuoning smiled, not sure what he felt. "Okay, it's okay. Go back to squat on the tree."
After saying that, she continued to chase the mouse.
Ling Feng turned his head to look at the tree and sighed again.
This couple is really worrying.
He returned to the center of the tree canopy and lowered his voice, "Master, the princess has no suspicion."
"Well, protect her well." Xiao Jinxuan glanced in the direction of Xie Zhuoning again, jumped down from the tree, and rode away without looking back.
As if it had never happened before.
He returned to the palace as quickly as possible, his figure was like the wind, his voice was as cold as ice, "Are you all ready?"
"Everything is ready."
"Then let's make the capital even more chaotic!"
…
The next day, a major event occurred in the capital.
Just after noon, a man began to beat the Dengwen drum in front of the palace gate. Each beat sounded like a war drum.
It was the time when the court was about to end, and the coming and going of civil and military officials soon attracted everyone's attention.
Left Prime Minister Shen Li'an stopped the carriage, walked up to the man, and asked him in a cold voice, "Do you know what the consequences will be if you beat the drum to report the incident?"
The man saluted and said, "I understand!"
"Oh? A military commander?" Shen Lian'an's expression was a little bit solemn. "Since you understand, do you still want to sue?"
He cut the nails and cut the iron. "Sue!"
Shen Lian nodded and stood aside without saying anything.
Someone immediately dragged a bench over and pressed the man down on it.
If you want to beat the drum, you must first be beaten with thirty sticks.
After being beaten with a stick, he was half dead.
Therefore, no one would choose to take this path unless it is absolutely necessary or there is no bloodshed and injustice.
“Snap—Snap—Snap—”
Thirty strokes of the cane, no mercy at all.
The young general's back was covered in blood and flesh, and he was almost dragged to Shen Lian'an.
Shen Li'an lowered his eyes and looked at him. "Tell me, who are you? Who are you suing?"
The man gritted his teeth and spoke word by word, "I, Han Ding, the Zhenwei Colonel of the Nanyang Army, sue Meng Xing, the Chief of the Ministry of Protection, for shielding criminals and abusing his authority!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the officials who were watching the excitement from all around were furious.
Meng Xing, the chief of the Sustainment Department, is no ordinary person. He is the most respected and influential person around the prince recently!
He was born into a noble family in Pingxi, and his family had been noble for generations. He married the only daughter of Earl Nankang.
Speaking of Nankang Bo, people in Beijing may not be very familiar with him. This person loved to indulge in mountains and rivers and be a free and easy wanderer, so he traveled around all year round.
There was nothing unusual about him, the key point was that he married a lady of noble status.
His wife was none other than Sima Ru, the eldest daughter of Sima Youxiang and the biological sister of the current empress!
With such a powerful background, and now being valued by the Crown Prince as the chief of the Pacification Department, he is certainly not someone that ordinary people can afford to offend.
But this young general actually went so far as to file a complaint against Meng Xing. How audacious!
If it were someone else, they might not even dare to accept the lawsuit, let alone submit it to an auditor.
But the person I met today was Shen Lian, who never gives face to anyone and only cares about right and wrong!
"You want to sue him, do you have a complaint?"
"Yes!" Han Ding immediately took out the complaint from his arms and presented it with both hands. "Meng Xing's concubine Liu has a brother Liu Sheng, who relied on Meng Xing's status to bully the city and the countryside, and wanted to force my sister to be his concubine! My sister fought desperately, and my father slashed Liu Sheng with a sickle to save my sister, but Liu Sheng filed a lawsuit against my father and took him to the government, saying that he intentionally injured someone!"
Shen Lian'an looked confused, "This was done by the brother of Lord Meng's concubine. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with Lord Meng, right?"
Han Ding continued, "The county magistrate, Lord Chen, was very perceptive and said that my father was acting in a legitimate defense and released him without charge. But Liu Sheng was dissatisfied with the verdict and held a grudge in his heart. He asked his sister to instigate Meng Xing to have my father imprisoned in the Yufu Division. He then took advantage of the fact that no one was at home and forcibly abducted my sister!"
Hearing this, Shen Lian'an's face changed immediately.
Let's not talk about the things Liu Shenggan did that angered everyone. The main responsibility of the Prosecution Department is to supervise and interrogate officials, as well as major cases that caused a sensation in the government and the public. Arresting an ordinary citizen is indeed an abuse of power.
"I have accepted this petition. I will go to the palace and present it to the Crown Prince!"