Chapter 23
"Oh~ There are actually officials who don't know our Prime Minister?" Song Henian couldn't help but walked out and said something in a sarcastic tone.
"Prime Minister? Prime Minister Lu! I am blind and ignorant." Lin Min matched the person in front of him with the Prime Minister in his memory and knelt down quickly.
"Hmph! County Magistrate Lin, you are just like your distant cousin!" After saying this, Lu Di flicked his sleeves and walked over.
The people watching around were all stunned. Who would have thought that this ordinary group of people had such high status?
"Prime Minister Lu, I am not like Lin Minzheng... I remember the emperor's great kindness and did not implicate my clan because of Lin Minzheng's case. I work diligently every day and dare not slack off..."
"You didn't dare to slack off and worked diligently, and that's how you raised such a son, or did your son learn from you?" Lu Ti interrupted him. This was simply nonsense. Looking at his fat appearance, these two words had nothing to do with him.
Lin Min looked back at his son lying on the ground. Even though he felt heartbroken, he didn't dare to say anything. He was still thinking about how to respond.
"Considering that you are a court official, I will give you a little face. Now take us to the government office and we will slowly sort it out." After Lu Di finished speaking, he retreated behind Zhou Xuanqing.
Zhou Xuanqing glanced at the yamen official just now.
The yamen official was also smart. He extended his hand to lead Zhou Xuanqing.
Prime Minister Lu was so respectful to this woman, could she be... The yamen official didn't dare to think about it anymore and led the way more cautiously.
Lin Min was supported by someone and walked behind. Looking at Lu Di's back, he knew that he could not keep his official hat this time.
When he arrived at the yamen, Zhou Xuanqing did not hesitate to sit on a chair in the side row.
Looking at Lin Min kneeling on the ground and the person lying there, a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.
There are actually officials who do nothing and indulge their family members!
Lu Di didn't say anything, but walked silently to the upper seat facing the door and sat down.
"Lin Min, do you have anything else to say about what happened today?" Lu Di spoke conservatively. After all, he only had evidence that Lin Min's son molested a decent woman in the street. He had no evidence about Lin Min, so he couldn't do anything to him.
Lin Min seemed to have discovered the problem as well, and his originally anxious heart calmed down. He had not done anything wrong. At most, his son had done something wrong, and he would be punished with fifty strokes of the cane.
"I admit that my son molested a woman in the street today..."
Zhou Erlan listened and snorted disdainfully. It was clear what kind of official he was, but there was no evidence.
Zhou Xuanqing turned his head to look at him, and seeing that he was a little anxious, he reached out and patted his hand.
"Keep calm and don't let your thoughts show on your face."
Zhou Erlan's face flushed as she listened to Zhou Xuanqing's words. Was her expression so obvious? She quickly adjusted her face.
Zhou Xuanqing couldn't help but curl his lips as he watched his expression change. Lan'er still had a lot to learn.
"I will punish my son with forty strokes of the cane as a warning!" Lin Min said, the punishment was neither too light nor too heavy.
Lu Di stroked his beard and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a man in black walk in with a stack of papers in his hand.
The man in black walked straight to Zhou Xuanqing, bowed, and handed the paper to her.
"Go down." As soon as Zhou Xuanqing finished speaking, the man slipped away.
Zhou Xuanqing didn't look at the stack of information, but handed it to Zhou Erlan instead.
Zhou Erlan took it and flipped through a few pages. The anger in his eyes could no longer be hidden, but he still remembered what Zhou Xuanqing had just said. He suppressed the urge to curse and walked over to hand the thing to Lu Di.
It would be best for Luti to do it at this moment.
Lu Di took a look and gave a cunning smile.
He said the emperor had a trick up his sleeve. But he was still shocked by the level of detail in the information. If it was this detailed, how could any official in the world be willing to embezzle it?
Lin Min panicked when he saw the anger among the others after seeing the information. Could it be evidence of his crime?
"Lin Min, last March, you embezzled three thousand taels of silver used for bridge construction. You favored your concubine over your wife, and allowed your concubine to poison your wife. Because the girl from the Niu family didn't want to be your concubine, you sent people to kill her, young and old..." Lu Di read out the details one by one.
With every word he said, Lin Min's face turned paler, and finally he lay on the ground in despair.
"Lin Min will be stripped of his official position and executed tomorrow! All his property will be confiscated, and those whose lives were lost will be punished with death." Lu Di said the final result, and Lin Min could no longer hold on and fainted.
Before he fainted, he was still thinking about how he had mocked Lin Minzheng for collaborating with the enemy and being killed, and today it was his turn.
It was already noon when this matter was completed. Several people had originally planned to go into the mountains, but they didn't expect that they could only move forward in the afternoon.
Before leaving the yamen, Zhou Xuanqing looked at the yamen official who came to persuade him and pointed at Lu Di.
Lu Di nodded and asked him to temporarily replace Lin Min's position, and decide whether he would stay or leave based on his performance.
Yamen official Zhao Qi looked at the backs of the few people and felt grateful.
"Sister, how did you get those things?" Zhou Erlan asked Zhou Xuanqing curiously.
When Lu Di heard this, he also came over with great interest.
"Lan'er, you will know when you ascend the throne." Zhou Xuanqing replied with a smile, but made Zhou Erlan stop.
When Lu Di heard this, he quickly pulled Tang Mitang over and stayed away from her. He couldn't bear to hear about the royal family's affairs.
Zhou Xuanqing stopped and looked back at him, a smile breaking out on his face.
"Lan'er, sister hopes that you can care about the world and the people, and move forward based on your own strength, instead of listening to anyone's instigation and acting on impulse. That position is not easy, and you still have a lot to face." After Zhou Xuanqing finished speaking, the invisible barrier pressing on her heart seemed to crack, making her feel much more relieved.
Zhou Erlan looked at her in disbelief, feeling a bit panicked at having her inner thoughts seen through, and also a bit guilty for hiding it from her sister.
"What's with that expression? It originally belonged to you. I've been carrying it for so many years and I've wanted to take a break for a long time." After Zhou Xuanqing finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and punched him, as if to vent his dissatisfaction.
Zhou Erlan pursed her lips and said nothing. She felt uncomfortable looking at Zhou Xuanqing. She had always wronged her sister...
Zhou Xuanqing shook his head with a smile and walked forward indifferently.
Tang Mitang looked back at Zhou Erlan in confusion, then followed Zhou Xuanqing.
Oh my god, what went wrong? The Demonic Princess wasn't occupying the throne anymore? Wouldn't those things have happened then?
Could it be that a chain reaction has occurred?
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The author has something to say:
PS: The Black and White Impermanence hid behind the crowd, watched Zhou Xuanqing and Zhou Erlan say those words, and looked at each other.
Bai: Fortunately it came quickly, otherwise this Tangmi Tang would not survive for half a year and would have burped again.
Hei: If we let that fortune teller tell us something in our dreams, it wouldn’t count as us breaking the rules, right?
Bai: Of course not. That’s not the ending we told Zhou Xuanqing.
Black: Hehe~ That’s right~
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