Chapter 120: The Edict
Jia Cong didn't know what the Jinyi pro-army looked like before, but judging from Han Tao, the pacification envoy, and the trial hundred households in front of him, they were actually just a group of officialdom red dust people.
I don't know what Han Tao said to this trial hundred, as soon as he got out of the sight of the servants of the Jia family, this trial hundred, who was still angry before, changed his face in a blink of an eye after entering the door, and gave Jia Cong a thousand beatings with a smile on his face, and saluted: "Humble to the prince of the world!" ”
Jia Cong was a little stunned when he saw this.
In fact, the Rong Mansion is no longer the title of the relative of the army, although there are many friends in the old world, but the real power on the surface is really limited.
Jia Cong, the son of the Rongfu, is only glamorous on the outside, just a good name, but in fact, he is not even qualified to receive an armored guard.
However, this trial hundred households are still respectful, as if he is really the prince of the country.
The prince of the Guogong Mansion and the prince of the Guogong Mansion are completely different things.
There is no doubt that today in the Ye Mansion, Han Tao must have misunderstood his relationship with Furong Gongzi.
In fact, I don't blame Han Tao for thinking too much......
Jia Cong's appearance, coupled with the literary name that has suddenly blossomed recently, and the extremely close attitude of Qingzhu, the close maid of Furong Gongzi, to him make it difficult for Han Tao not to think elsewhere.
Now this person is bent on being a lackey of the Ye family to protect his poor children.
It is not difficult to explain his position.
Before coming, I learned from Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen that the Jinyi pro-army set up a commander, commanded two Tongzhi, commanded two servants, and then came down, which was the pacification envoy from Sipin.
The commander of the Jinyi pro-army is in charge of everything, directly obeys the emperor's orders, and is responsible for very important cases, but rarely interferes in ordinary affairs.
Ordinary military affairs are handled by the left and right Tongzhi in the Jinyi Military Governor's Mansion on behalf of the commander.
The two commanders were responsible for inspecting the Jinyi pro-military guards in various parts of the Great Cadres, just like the "Discipline Inspection Commission" in later generations.
As for the North and South Pacification Divisions, the two pacification envoys were each in charge.
In other words, this Beizhen Fusi Yamen is completely Han Tao's territory.
Han Tao is a person who is thinking about it, and his subordinates naturally need not to mention it.
Therefore, this trial hundred, who was even more terrible than the king of Yama in front of ordinary people, actually had a flattering color in front of Jia Cong.
It's just that Jia Cong doesn't want to act as a fox and a fake tiger, and he knows that this kind of public person is the most black-hearted, and his strength is not wide.
Although I have to deal with it, I don't want to unconsciously grudge with this kind of person in the details.
If you let this person know that he and the master of the Ye family are just ordinary friends, there is no right and wrong.
Therefore, his attitude is not arrogant, reserved and gentle.
This kind of spring-like style made the trial hundred-hundred-family extremely happy.
Even if Rongguo Mansion is only the lord of the clan now, it is not within the reach of people like him.
Jia Cong was able to treat him like this, which made him feel great respect.
Therefore, the news that Jia Cong wanted to know was revealed in advance: "Shiziye, hey! Didn't you see what the kid who offended Fleur was made of......"
When Jia Cong heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "I didn't suffer any serious injuries, right?" ”
Try Baihu hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, except for ...... Hehe, except for the discomfort in that place, everything else is fine. In addition, this kid is really a coward, we didn't even ask, we took him to see the other prisoners being punished, and he himself recruited all the pickled things he had done before. ”
When Jia Cong heard this, he frowned slightly, paused, and said, "But what is the excesses of not being guilty?" ”
He didn't want to make a mistake and fall into the sin of cover-up.
Xue Pan really wanted to confess a few lives, Jia Cong definitely turned around and left.
He wouldn't put himself in it for the sake of Xue Pan or the Xue family.
Fortunately, the trial Baihu thought about it, shook his head and said: "It's not a big evil, except for bullying men and women, the most outrageous thing is to instruct a domestic slave in Southern Province and kill a person who competed with him for a girl." It's just that the case is already closed......"
As he spoke, he looked at Jia Cong's face carefully, and said tentatively: "Although the case is already over, if the prince is not satisfied, he can ......turn it over again."
Jia Cong shook his head and smiled: "Lord Baihu is joking, this person is my relative, and I came to take him home on the order of my parent." ”
When I heard this, I was dumbfounded, and looked at Jia Cong blankly, confused about the lawsuit......
Didn't you say that this one has an unpredictable relationship with the Ye family?
How......
The bastard who insulted the Ye family became his relative instead?
What is that one out of it for?
Try to make a mess in the minds of hundreds of households.
But what kind of selfish tricks have he never seen?
Even if you haven't seen it, you've heard of it.
Knowing that he can't say more at this time, he is more willing to live in confusion than to die smartly.
Seeing that he was so interested, Jia Cong smiled, satisfied in his heart, and didn't say anything more.
The two of them walked through the courtyard all the way, and after passing through the heavy guards, they finally met Han Tao, the pacification envoy who had been waiting here for a long time, in the depths of a courtyard.
The two saw each other and saluted, without being verbose, Han Tao personally led Jia Cong, with four henchmen, to the Fusi Prison in Beizhen, which is the famous Imperial Prison.
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The floor is paved with solid stones, and the walls are made of solid granite.
The inside of the dungeon is darker than the outside, and there is no fire at all.
It was only when Han Tao, Jia Cong and the four lieutenants entered that two lanterns were lit.
However, the dungeon is still clean, and there is no scene of hell on earth as Jia Cong imagined.
There was no word all the way, and the further you went, the dimmer the light became, and even the candle flame in the lantern in the captain's hand seemed to be unable to illuminate the darkness in the depths of the prison.
From time to time, a lifeless prisoner leaned against the prison bar, his eyes reflecting the faint light of fire, looking at the group of people who came in.
These people, Jia Cong only glanced at them, and they all felt a chill rising from the depths of his heart.
"Woo ......"
"Woo woo woo ......"
At this moment, a sobbing sound that was desperately suppressed and did not dare to raise a loud voice came from the front.
The lieutenant who led the way in front also stopped, took out the candle flame from the lantern in his hand, and lit the large oil lamp on the wall.
A cluster of flames rose up, and the brightness suddenly appeared, and the light illuminated the huge dungeon, and also dispelled the depressed heaviness that gradually grew in Jia Cong's heart.
After his eyes adjusted to the brightness around him, he fixed his eyes on the cell where the cry came from, whether Rao was prepared in his heart, or narrowed his eyes in shock by the scene in front of him......
I saw the faintly recognizable figure, curled up in a corner of the cell, holding his head in his hands, burying his head in front of his knees, sobbing one after another, and his body trembling uncontrollably.
Around this small cell, there are seven or eight cage-sized cells, adjacent to this one.
Seven or eight lifeless prisoners, ghosts, stood around the cell, staring silently at the sound of sobbing through the iron bars.
The scene was terrifying.
But when the fire was lit, the four lieutenants drove the men away with barbed whips.
When those people fell to the ground one after another, huddled in the corner and shivering, Jia Cong slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
It's strange that outsiders talk about the word edict and prison, and it's really not good......
Looking at Xue Pan in the cell, his unkempt and dirty hair and clothes on his body have long been unable to see the previous luxury.
It was in the form of fragments, and his clothes were not covered.
How can there be the previous arrogance and tyranny?
The sudden bright light of the fire did not bring him peace of mind, but seemed to be frightened a lot, and leaned back desperately.
It's just that there is already a corner behind him, where else can he hide......
Jia Cong looked at it silently for a while, and then turned his head to look at Han Tao.
After Han Tao nodded faintly, his eyes blinked, then he coughed and said apologetically: "Master Jia, I'm really sorry, there was a little accident when I put the prisoner Xue Pan in prison earlier. ”
Jia Cong frowned and said, "Accident, what accident?" As I remember, Fleur only told you to take him into custody and did not allow you to be punished. What's going on with him now? ”
Han Tao hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Gongzi Jia, there will be no execution, no execution...... Without the order of the prince of Furong, how can the lowly rank dare to stand up?
It's just that...... Due to a moment of negligence, he inadvertently locked Xue Pan with a group of flower thieves who had just been caught. Results ......"
"Flower thief? What flower thief? ”
Jia Cong asked in a deep voice.
Han Tao sighed and said: "Recently, a group of thieves who specialize in **** women have suddenly appeared in other provinces, and their methods are clever, and the local government has no way to deal with these people, and they have repeatedly set up ambushes and arrests, but they have suffered heavy losses, and they have all slipped away." Even the people sent by the Criminal Department suffered a big loss and made a fuss.
So the cabinet handed over the case to our brocade army, and sent elite people to the provinces to arrest all these thieves. ”
"Is there such a thing? These shameless bastards, so shameless, actually do the innocent deeds of bad people, they deserve a thousand cuts! ”
Jia Cong said in a deep voice.
Han Tao replied: "What Gongzi said is extremely true, and these people have already been sentenced to be beheaded by the Autumn Queen, and they will definitely die." It's just that...... Originally, it was planned to wait for the last one in the southern province to be captured and put on death row, so these were temporarily imprisoned in one cell. It's just that the flower thief in Southern Province has not been brought to justice for a long time, and after a long time, the lower officials have forgotten about this matter.
After the prisoner Xue Pan brought it, because the cell was tight, the captain below put people into one room at random, but he didn't expect to put them in that room.
That group of beasts, indecent, lustful, but because they have been locked up for more than half a year, they have never seen a woman, and they are full of anger.
Because he saw that Xue Pan was very white, he ...... Raped him. ”
Jia Cong was shocked when he heard this: "What did you say? How could such a thing be? ”
Han Tao pleaded guilty and said: "It's all because the lower officials are not well settled, and tomorrow, the lower officials will go to the Ye Mansion to personally ask the prince of Furong for guilt." ”
"You ......"
Jia Cong touched a soft nail, although he was angry, he was helpless, at this time, Xue Pan, who had been crying on his knees, finally reacted, who was coming.
He raised his head in disbelief and looked at Jia Cong who was standing in the light outside, and he didn't care about blocking the door and scolding people in the morning.
The cloaked man knelt on the ground and crawled over to this side, as if looking for a parent to make the decision.
It's just that the posture is a little strange, and the legs are a little far apart......
Jia Cong...... Brother Cong, Uncle Cong, Grandpa Cong! Get me out! My God, my mother, get me out......"
Seeing him crying incoherently, Jia Cong didn't say anything.
Otherwise, how can he have a long memory?
Looking at the many bruises on his face, if you are a passerby, you must know what this kind of mark represents.
In later generations, couples often planted strawberries to play, and it was this kind of bruising that was planted......
When Jia Cong saw this, he felt a little disgusted in his heart.
Thanks to his medical background, otherwise he would have to vomit at this moment.
Seeing that he was crying miserably, he was incoherent, so he asked, "Brother Xue, are you drunk?"
I pleaded with Furong Gongzi, and they said that I need to wait for you to wake up and kowtow to admit your mistake before letting you out. ”
When Xue Pan heard this, he didn't hesitate at all, kowtowed his head "bang", and said, "Grandpa, Grandpa Furong, Ancestor Furong!" I know it's wrong, I really know it's wrong, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore! ”
Seeing this, Jia Cong sneered, and said to Han Tao: "Lord Han, you have also seen it, he has now sobered up and knows that he is wrong, can he be released?" ”
Hearing this, Xue Pan's crying stopped abruptly, his big eyes were like a bell, and he looked at Han Tao with big eyes, his body was still trembling, his face was full of fear and horror, mixed with a little hope.
When Han Tao heard this, he sighed, shook his head and said, "Gongzi Jia, this matter is over, Gongzi can also take people back, but ...... Just now, Xue Pan recruited a lot of things, and we didn't ask, he recruited himself......
It doesn't matter if it's anything else, it's just that he personally admitted that he had instructed a house slave to kill a man named Feng Yuan.
It would have been easy if he hadn't said it, but since he said it, the lower officials couldn't treat it as if they hadn't heard it.
So, he can't go out yet.
It is necessary for the lower officials to send someone to Jinling to investigate the bitter master before the case can be closed.
If it is true as he said, it will not be closed for a few years......"
When Xue Pan in the prison heard this, he smashed into his head like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, his body shook twice, and he collapsed directly on the ground, his face full of despair.
He knows, let alone a few years, he can't live here for even three days, he will die......
Jia Cong glanced at Xue Pan, saw his appearance, squinted, looked at Han Tao and said, "Lord Han may not know, there is another reason for this matter." ”
"Oh? I don't know why? ”
Han Tao asked.
Jia Cong said: "It is true that Xue Pan and Feng Yuan had a dispute over a girl and made the slave beat someone to death, but there is another reason inside. ”
Han Tao said: "I would like to hear it in detail." ”
Jia Cong said: "Lord Zhenfu Xu doesn't know that the girl they are arguing about is not a slave, but a girl from a serious family.
But he was abducted by a kidnapper, thinking that after raising him, he would sell it for good money.
After Xue Pan knew about this, he never allowed others to buy it, so he argued and bought it, preparing to find his biological parents for this poor man in the future.
Oh yes, because I had a friend when I was in school in Guozijian and heard about the whereabouts of this girl's mother.
After I learned about it, I reported it to Xue Pan's mother, who understood the righteousness and thought that it would not be possible to separate human flesh and blood and cause a tragedy in the world.
So she sent her to me and asked me to find her biological parents on her behalf.
Xue Pan also knows about this, why, didn't he tell you? ”
Han Tao was suspicious: "Is there really such a thing?" He said in a deep voice: "Jia Gongzi doesn't want to make up lies in order to save this person." You must know that although you are a noble man, if you lie in public, you will never gain any good.
My Jinyi army is the army of the Son of Heaven, even if it is a public servant, it is not allowed to open the river. ”
Jia Cong smiled and said, "Lord Han said that he laughed, who doesn't know that the Jinyi pro-army is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven?" The most well-informed person in the world has never been a pro-army in brocade. If you turn back, Lord Han sends someone to find out that Jia Cong is lying and can't find a biological mother for that girl, so he can catch me and Xue Pan again. ”
When Han Tao heard this, he hesitated, looked at Xue Pan, who had regained some of his spirit, and asked in a deep voice: "Xue Pan, what Jia Gongzi said is true?" That woman is really a girl from a good family, and you have already given it to Jia Gongzi? ”
At this moment, let alone sending a girl, except for his mother and his sister, but as long as he has it, Xue Pan has nothing to not give.
Seeing that there was an opportunity to see the light of day again, Xue Pan shouted desperately: "If you really send it, you really send it!" Jia Cong wants to find her father and mother for Xiangling, and Xiangling will have nothing to do with me in the future, no longer irrelevant! ”
When Han Tao heard this, his face softened, and after glancing at Jia Cong, he said, "Since this is the case, then the case of your arson slave beating Feng Yuan to death will be put on hold for the time being."
The official will record this matter and give you a year, and after a year, the official will send someone to check whether there is any result.
Xue Pan, this official doesn't want to see you again in the prison of the Zhenfu Division, you can go! ”
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PS: Every time I read the Red Mansion, I always have a different experience. The last time I went through the Red Mansion again, I found out that although Xiangling's father was lost, there was a mother at home, who had been waiting for her news, and I felt very uncomfortable.
Of course, this is not only for saving people, but also for foreshadowing.