Chapter Thirty-Eight: Jingzhao Mansion!

Jingzhao Mansion, Zhengfu Yamen is located in the southwest of Shangjing City, close to Dali Temple.

Jingzhao Mansion is the place where various cases in Shangjing City are judged, and it is the place where the entire Shangjing City is punished.

Despite this, in a place like Shangjing, a case may be implicated in an official dignitary casually, so the highest official position in Jingzhao Mansion on the surface is Jing Zhaoyin, but the real person in charge behind it is Dali Siqing, one of the Nine Qings.

With Jiuqing's status, no matter what the identity of the prisoner is, even if it is a royal dignitary, he can be treated equally.

Today's imperial court, Confucianism is in charge, the military is external, it is not very stable, Shangjing has a population of 8 million, and there are thousands of lawsuits to deal with every day, so in order to effectively manage the huge Shangjing, the entire Jingzhao Mansion has set up yamen in charge of various neighborhoods in Shangjing.

In the morning, Master Kong Yi, who was in charge of the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion on Fengxi Street, had just finished handling a case and was correcting the verdict in the lobby, when suddenly, in the direction of the gate, there was a drum sound of 'dong dong dong-'.

"Come on, go out and have a look!"

Kong Yi raised his head and spoke.

"Yes, Lord Yunju!"

Soon, a sharp-eyed official in the lobby immediately rushed out.

After a while, the official went and returned, and brought back a bearded man, who was one of the attendants and guards of the gang of sons and brothers who were playing tricks in Zilanxuan.

As soon as the official entered the door, he first ran in front of Kong Yi in small steps, and then began to lean over and whisper a few words.

As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Yi's eyebrows jumped suddenly, he looked at the bearded man, and asked in a condensed voice: "You said that you had an incident with an adult of the East Palace in a teahouse...... Conflict...... That lord from the East Palace asked you to report the crime?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The bearded man who came to report the case hurriedly nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, looking cautious.

"What about the others?"

Kong Yi's face changed, and he unconsciously looked outside the lobby.

On the side, the sharp-eyed official who led the people in stepped forward and replied in a respectful and low voice: "My lord, he said that those people are still in the place where the crime occurred. ”

"I didn't ...... That's right. The bearded man nodded hurriedly.

Hearing this, Kong Yi squinted, and there was a hint of hesitation in his expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

"My lord, do you want to ...... I'm going to bring those people back?" saw Kong Yi's appearance and asked tentatively.

"No need. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Kong Yi waved his sleeves, got up and straightened his clothes, and said with a somewhat gloomy face: "Xiao Wu, prepare the car." ”

"Yes. ”

The official named Xiao Wu's eyes flickered, and he hurriedly ran out to prepare the carriage.

......

After the two pillars of incense, Kong Yi led a small team of Jingzhao Mansion people to escort the bearded man to Zilanxuan.

In Zilanxuan, in the lobby on the first floor, the handymen began to gather the debris on the ground, and the scattered wooden blocks of tables and chairs and the fragments of teacup magnetic tiles were thrown out of the house.

Li Yiqi asked Li Qian'er to help the old woman with injured legs and feet outside into the lobby, several old men were bandaging her wounds, and the group of kneeling young people of the family had already stood up, but they didn't dare to make a sound, standing obediently in the corner of the room like a dozen transparent people, and the young master Mo who fell into a coma was no one to take care of at this time, except for those few close lovers who were still guarding their side, the rest of the young people of the family had already avoided it as if they were avoiding suspicion.

No one is a fool, the big people in the East Palace came forward to stand up for this teahouse, this Young Master Mo's good days are over.

"It's coming. ”

Li Qian'er heard the footsteps, her crystal eyes flickered, and she whispered to Li Yiqi.

Hearing this, Li Yiqi looked up and saw a decent man in his thirties, wearing a court robe and a black crown on his head, walking in with a group of officials.

"Oh......"

Li Yiqi was slightly surprised in his heart, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He originally thought that there would only be a few officials, but he didn't expect that an official would be dispatched, seeing this white cloud dancing with a black unicorn pattern at the bottom of the side, and a court dress with a gold belt of ten knots around his waist, at least he was also an official above the fifth grade.

Kong Yi took a step forward, glanced at the environment in the lobby, his face sank, looked at everyone, and asked loudly, "Which one is the Lord of the East Palace?"

"It's me. ”

Li Yiqi smiled slightly, walked up, first lit up his token, and then bowed to Kong Yi, and said with a smile: "Under Li Yiqi, he is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and now he is a companion of the East Palace Prince's Mansion, dare to ask which adult your Excellency is?"

"This is the Crown Prince Jin Ling!"

Kong Yi stared at the token representing the identity of the East Palace, and his pupils suddenly contracted like thunder.

"Li Yiqi ......"

Kong Yi looked at the young and handsome young man in front of him, his brows furrowed, and he felt that this name seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

But soon, the words 'the prince's companion read' fell into his ears, and his face suddenly changed, and he gasped.

"You, you are ......" Kong Yi's eyes were horrified.

He suddenly remembered a major event in the court more than half a month ago, and a behemoth and a name involved in this matter.

"Dare to ask the title of the adult?" Li Yiqi looked as usual, and asked again.

At this time, Kong Yi reacted, his face was straight, and he hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Xiaguan Jingzhao Mansion allows Kong Yi to be sentenced to this jurisdiction. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Master Kong. ”

Li Yiqi nodded, with a calm smile on his face.

Knowing the identity of the other party, Kong Yi didn't dare to despise Li Yiqi's age anymore, but asked with a solemn face: "Master Li, since you reported the case, I don't know what happened here?"

"I came here to drink tea before, and I found that someone was making trouble here, so I ordered someone to report the case to Jingzhao Mansion, I am just the person who reported the case, she is the plaintiff, you can ask her for details," Li Yiqi smiled slightly and looked at the blind girl.

"Good. ”

Hearing this, Kong Yi nodded and walked towards the blind girl.

Seeing that Kong Yi was asking the blind girl and the young people of the family, Li Qian'er frowned slightly, came to Li Yiqi's side quietly, and asked coldly, "How long are we going to stay here?"

"Wait a little longer. ”

Li Yiqi smiled indifferently, thought in his heart for a while, and said slowly: "That Gu Qianyang hasn't appeared for so long, I'm afraid it's going to make an appointment with me, forget it today, I have another place to go in the afternoon, and when this Master Kong finishes asking, we will go back to the house." ”

"Good. ”

Li Qian'er's crystal eyes blinked, and she nodded indifferently.

After a while, after pretending to ask a circle of people, Master Kong walked up to Li Yiqi's side with a flickering gaze, and said with a smile: "Master Li." ”

Li Yiqi's expression remained unchanged, and he responded with a smile: "Master Kong, how is the situation?"

Kong Yi looked embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "This ......"

"Master Kong doesn't have to mind, I'm just asking casually, and you can ...... when it comes to the case," Li Yiqi said lightly.

"Hehe, this ...... Actually, it's nothing. ”

Kong Yi laughed dryly, and looked at Li Yiqi's gaze in the depths of awe, but also a trace of nervousness: "It's a small gang called the Shenlong Gang that is making a small fight on this street, and it doesn't hurt." ”

"Oh, yes......"

Li Yiqi raised his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes, and glanced at Kong Yi with a smile.

Kong Yi was uncomfortable with Li Yiqi's general eyes that saw through his heart, and said with a sneer: "This ...... Master Li, leave this matter to the lower officials, people...... I took it first. ”

"Master Kong, I am the guarantor of the boss of this Zilanxuan, they will surrender later, as for the others, ......" Li Yiqi responded indifferently: "Lord Kong, please take care of yourself." ”

"This ...... All right. ”

The gaze in Kong Yi's eyes flickered for a moment, but he still smiled, and then waved his big hand, and said to his subordinates with a majestic expression: "Come on, take everyone away for me!"

As soon as the words fell, soon, a sound of footsteps came, and the two officials showed a fierce look, holding the rope chain and torture equipment in their hands, and walked towards the unconscious Young Master Mo, without saying a word, the rope chain and the torture instrument were put on his hands and feet.

"You guys!"

Young Master Mo's entourage and guards were very anxious, but they didn't dare to stop the imperial court from doing errands, so they could only watch as their young master was pulled away by the officials of Jingzhao Mansion.

"And these people, take them with you. Kong Yi's voice was mixed with a hint of nervousness, pointing to the other young sons of the family.

"You ......"

"No, I'm innocent......"

“......”

Looking at the people of Jingzhao Mansion going away, Li Qian'er asked indifferently: "Just let them go like this?" Didn't you just say that there was a problem with the title deed......

"Hehe, not only is there a problem with the title deed, but everyone has a problem. Li Yiqi stood with his hands in his hands, staring at Kong Yi's back with a somewhat cold expression, revealing a hint of sarcasm in his tone, and said with a smile: "This Master Kong seems to be a model of 'diligent government and love the people'......"

"Eun Gong!"

A voice came from behind him, Li Yiqi looked back, and saw the one-armed old man staggering to Li Yiqi with the support of the blind girl, and then knelt down with a 'flutter'.

"Old man!" Li Yiqi's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

The embarrassing thing is that the old man looks thin, but he kneels on the ground, and his legs are like being filled with lead, and Li Yiqi didn't use any force to pull the other party up from the ground.

The embarrassment on his face flashed, the corners of Li Yiqi's mouth twitched slightly, but he still let go of his hand and said, "Old man, what's the matter with you, but it's okay to say it, it doesn't have to be like this." ”

"Engong, dare to ask Engong's name?"

The one-armed old man looked solemn, and behind him, the old men who were crippled all knelt down.

The blind girl's face was slightly red, and she said softly: "Grandpa, his name is Li Yiqi." ”

Although it is inconvenient for her to see people, her sense of hearing is more keen, and she has heard the conversation between Li Yiqi and Na Kong Yi before, including Li Yiqi's name.

"Xing'er, you want to call Engong. ”

The one-armed old man scolded with a displeased expression, then looked at Li Yiqi, kowtowed respectfully, and said, "Thank you for your help today, the old man is grateful." ”

"Old man, get up first, I have something to ask you. Li Yiqi subconsciously wanted to help the other party up, but as soon as his left foot took a step, he quickly retracted it, with a wry smile on his face, giving Li Qian'er a look.

Li Qian'er looked indifferent, but her thin lips hooked up a trace of imperceptible arc, stepped forward, and easily lifted the one-armed old man from the ground without much force.

"Eun Gong has something to say. The one-armed old man stood up and said with a straight face.

"That ......" Li Yiqi pondered for a while, then his eyes flickered, and he smiled faintly: "Old man, why do you open a teahouse in such a remote place?"

He originally wanted to directly ask this one-armed old man whether he had joined the army in Annan back then, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to ask this question, after all, this one-armed old man was also one of the people who was 'abandoned' by the Li family.

The old master suddenly appeared in front of him, it was inevitable that these people would not think much about it, and the most important thing was that Li Yiqi himself did not know what the attitude of this one-armed old man towards the Li family was.

Is it gratitude? or resentment?

If it's grateful, it's easy to say, but if it's resentful...... Then he still doesn't speculate, hurry up and flash people.

"Ahh

Hearing this, the one-armed old man sighed, and the old man's face showed a thick wry smile, lowered his head, and said: "The old man was a pawn in the Annan army back then, and later he was wounded, and he retired from the front line with the imperial court's silver salary. ”

"I wanted to find a better place to settle down, but I didn't expect that my granddaughter was born with an eye disease, and I looked for famous doctors for the old man, but my granddaughter's eyes were not cured, and the money was scattered. ”

"Fortunately, there are a few old brothers who don't give up, and everyone scraped together some money and set up a teahouse, which was okay at first, but then the business was sluggish, and they moved to this street a few years ago. ”

After listening to the words of the one-armed old man, Li Yiqi was stunned, couldn't help but look at the other disabled old men, and said softly: "Were several old people also soldiers of the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate back then?"

"Back to the benefactor, old man, I was from the Anbei Army back then. ”

"I'm from the Liaodong Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

"Old man, I'm from the Haizhou Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

“......”

Li Yiqi showed a look of surprise on his face, it turned out that these seven or eight old men were from all over the world, and not all of them were Li Jiu's subordinates back then, which was a bit unexpected by him.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yiqi also bowed his hand with a solemn expression, and said in a solemn tone: "Old man, I can't hide it, I am a descendant of the Li family in Wu'an, and my father Li Wenfeng." ”

As soon as the words fell, the lobby instantly became a little quiet, and there was a trace of confusion in the eyes of those old men, and they didn't know what Li Yiqi was talking about for a moment, but the blank meaning in the eyes of the one-armed old man only stayed for a moment, and his body shook violently, and the memories buried under the years were also quickly opened.

"You...... Are you asking Young Master Feng's son, that is...... Hou Ye's grandson!"

The one-armed old man's eyes were full of incredulity.

"That's right. ”

Hearing the extremely dry word 'Hou Ye' in the mouth of the one-armed old man, Li Yiqi nodded heavily, and the guilt in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"Goo!"

Staring at Li Yiqi's handsome face, the one-armed old man's throat moved, and he knelt on one knee violently, facing Li Yiqi, raised one hand on his chest, and saluted Li Yiqi in a strange posture.

"Fu Xiangzhen, the former captain of the Huozi Battalion of the Second Army of the Annan Army, has really seen the little marquis!"

A respectful, heartfelt voice lingered in Li Yiqi's ears, and he looked silent, not knowing what kind of expression to use to face this one-armed old man.

This one-armed old man did a military salute to him!