Chapter 69: Grievance
“Your Highness, these are the descendants of noble officials, and it’s not a big deal. Isn’t this...”
“You mean something is wrong, right?”
< br>Zhao Xing interrupted Liu Sanshi and said: "They interrupted Gu's elegance. What happened to them for a few days? These people rely on the shadow of their ancestors and will be sealed in the future. Just like this, in the future Can you count on them?"
Liu Sanshi didn't say anything after hearing this.
"Why did you stop? Let's continue." Zhao Xing said.
The musicians continued to play music after hearing this, but one of the two dancers gritted her teeth and knelt down with a pop.
"I beg your Highness to make the decision!"
Zhao Xing frowned slightly and said, "What do you need to do alone?"
As for the woman, she can guess his His identity was not surprising to him. Cao Qin and Liu Sanshi had just called him His Highness, and he also called himself Gu.
The woman here is not an ordinary dancer, but one sent here after being trained by the Jiaofangsi.
Some of the women in the Jiaofang Division are the family members of criminals, and some of them are officials who were convicted and were not included in the Jiaofang Division.
The Song Dynasty was relatively tolerant. Generally speaking, non-serious crimes would not implicate family members.
Just like Lin Xiaoniang, although her home was ransacked, she was not sent to the Jiaofang Department.
It is normal for this woman to be able to guess his identity through his title.
"This servant's father was originally a judge from Shezhou. There was a drought in Shezhou five years ago, and all the relief grain allocated by the court was burned. Therefore, he was accused and exiled to Rongzhou," the woman said.
"Is your father Li Daoquan?" Zhao Xing asked.
He had some impression of this matter. There was a drought in Shezhou five years ago, and the imperial court urgently allocated food for disaster relief.
However, the tens of thousands of kilograms of grain transported in advance were all burned due to fire before they could be used to help the victims.
Although the quantity is not large, it will take time for subsequent disaster relief food to arrive.
Because the government failed to provide timely relief, the rebellion triggered.
After learning about it, my father was furious and sent people to Shezhou for a thorough investigation. The result of the thorough investigation was that the fire was completely accidental.
But what happened was that Li Daoquan, as the chief official of a state, naturally had an unshirkable responsibility. He was sentenced to exile and his family was not included in the Jiaofangsi.
"Yes." The woman nodded.
Zhao Xing frowned and said: "Although this incident was just an accident, my father did neglect his duty. He deserves it. It's useless for you to beg for help."
"Your Highness, if this slave's father really neglected his duty, I would not be able to ask for help from Your Highness. However, the fire was not an accident at all, but man-made. This slave's father was framed." The woman cried.
Hearing this, Zhao Xing looked at Liu Sanshi. Liu Sanshi understood, asked the musician and the other dancer to step back, and followed him out.
"Do you have any evidence for saying that? Moreover, the court sent people to investigate the matter thoroughly. Why didn't your father say anything?" Zhao Xing asked.
“Your Highness, I don’t have any evidence, but my father does. This matter was done by Shezhou Lushi at that time. This person colluded with the imperial envoy to frame the slave’s father. In order to calm the people’s anger, the imperial envoy reported it After the imperial court, he was not escorted to the Third Division of Bianjing for trial. He was sentenced to exile and sent directly to Rongzhou," the woman said.
Zhao Xing sighed after hearing this. When he was still young, he didn't pay much attention to this matter.
However, he also knew that his father seemed to be very angry at that time and directly sentenced him to exile. There was indeed no trial by the three judges.
According to the rules, major and serious cases must be tried again by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple under the supervision of the Yushitai. Only after the three departments can reach consensus after the joint trial can they be convicted.
Li Daoquan, as a state general judge and a sixth-grade official, naturally cannot convict him so hastily.
What my father did at that time was not in compliance with the regulations.
However, Shezhou's delay in providing disaster relief at that time triggered a rebellion. In order to quell public anger, it was normal to handle special events.
What the woman claiming to be Li Daoquan's daughter said is indeed possible.
"What's your name?" Zhao Xing asked.
“My name is Li Wanling.” Li Wanling said.
"I can't listen to your side of the story about this matter. I need to investigate and investigate. You and I will go back to the East Palace later, and I will investigate clearly. If what you said is true, I will definitely give your father justice. "Zhao Xing said.
He can't even confirm Li Wanling's identity now, so it's naturally impossible to believe Li Wanling's words.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Li Wanling kowtowed excitedly.
Although Zhao Xing did not directly agree to rehabilitate her father, he at least allowed her to see the light of day.
Zhao Xing waved his hand and said: "Caidie, please take her to change clothes first."
"Yes." Cadie responded and led Li Wanling out.
As soon as the two went out, Liu Sanshi walked in.
"Your Highness, the slave has confirmed the identity of the woman, and she is indeed the daughter of Li Daoquan. In addition, the slaves who are musicians and dancers have also told her that they will not talk nonsense." Liu Sanshi said.
"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded and said, "Tomorrow you go and find out who was sent to Shezhou to thoroughly investigate this matter, and who was recording the matter in Shezhou at that time."
< br>"Yes!" Liu Sanshi responded.
"Why hasn't Cao Qin come back yet?" Zhao Xing frowned.
When Zhao Xing said that Cao Cao had arrived, as soon as Zhao Xing finished speaking, Cao Qin walked in and saluted: "Your Highness, everyone involved in the fight has been arrested and sent to the Kaifeng government office."
"Okay, Not long..." Zhao Xing saw Cao Qin's face was bruised and asked in surprise: "What's wrong with your face?"
"Back to Your Highness, Gan Dalang grabbed Wei Sanlang and refused to let go, I thought. When he went to separate the two, he punched him," Cao Qin said with some embarrassment.
"What a fool. He dares to beat even an isolated person. Now there are more reasons to imprison them." Zhao Xing sneered.
He has also heard about Dalang of the Gan family. His biological mother died of illness when he was a child. Due to some stimulation, his brain was a little abnormal.
It's not really crazy, just a stubborn person sometimes.
As the eldest grandson of the Duke of Guo, he had secretly obtained a military position and joined the army a few years ago.
As a result, this guy joined the army and often fought with people over trivial matters.
He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. He is tall and strong, and has a strong body. He can fight easily or hard.
He injured many people in the military camp, and finally made trouble with his father.
He was deprived of his official position and was sent home as a military official.
Cao Qin is the eldest son of the Duke of Wei and the nephew of Queen Cao.
He is also the top young master in Bianjing, and now he is in charge of Zhao Xing's bodyguard. In the entire second-generation circle in Bianjing, no one knows him.
Only these two fools dared to take action.
"Let's go back to the East Palace." Zhao Xing stood up and said.
...
Back in the East Palace, Zhao Xing asked someone to take Li Wanling to be settled, and then he went back to the palace to wash up and sleep.
He was sleeping soundly here, but there was a lot of excitement in the houses of the arrested young men.
After the young masters were captured, their followers hurried back to report the news.
Their family learned that their son was fighting in Fanlou and was caught by the prince. He was arrested and sent to the Kaifeng government office. They almost died of anger.
I was angry, but I couldn't ignore it, so I asked someone to prepare a car and go to the Kaifeng government office to take him back.
At this time, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion had gone home and only the petty officials were there.
When Cao Qin sent someone to send him over, he specifically told them not to let him go. How could the junior official dare to let him go? He could only tell them in a vague way. The prince had told him not to let him go.
Those people realized something was wrong at this time. At first, they just thought that His Highness the Crown Prince was angry and wanted to deal with their son.
Now it seems that things are not that simple.
It's just that it's late now and the palace gate has been closed. They can't even enter the palace to admit their mistakes to the officials.
We can only go back first.
(End of this chapter)