Chapter 64: Go and add a straw
Xu Anping saw He Xiaoxiao's small eyes wide, and he opened his mouth to scream. Before he could call out, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and shushed, and then said, "Miss He, I'm Xu Ningyi, and I asked you to come to Anlu Mansion this time to discuss how to move down the prefect Zhou Wudao." ”
He Xiaoxiao patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, got up from the bed and said, "Brother Xu, why did it take you so long to come?" I've been staying at Yuelai Inn for several days. Fortunately, she is a child of the rivers and lakes, and she is not as pretentious as the yellow flower girl raised in the deep boudoir.
"Oh, I delayed a bit of a thing, and I just came here today." Xu Anping casually found an excuse to be perfunctory, saying that He Xiaoxiao's mind was really big, as if he didn't regard himself as an outsider, but they had only met three or two times in total. "This time I moved down the prefect Zhou Wudao, what do you have any good ideas?"
"Huh? Oh, well. He Xiaoxiao sat at the table with a round face, frowned and thought about it, and suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Yes, we can sneak into the government office and steal the account books and hand them over to the governor of Shandong Province like last time." So when the governor came to investigate, he was out of luck. ”
Hearing this, Xu Anping didn't know how many times he shook his head today, and said helplessly: "First of all, not every corrupt official is as corrupt and bribe-giving as Li Weiwei and likes to keep accounts, and even if there are account books, with the cunning of the prefect Zhou Wudao, it is unlikely that we can get it." Secondly, even if we are lucky enough to get it, it will be difficult for Zhou Wudao to be convicted in an account book. More importantly, how do you know that the prefect Zhou Wudao will not bribe Shangguan like Li Weiwei? ”
"That's right, Master said that the crows in the world are as black as the crows, no officials are not greedy, no officials are not traitors. So what do we do? As she spoke, He Xiaoxiao also used her chubby fingers to make her hair a ball, which made people think that her head was a mess of paste.
Xu Anping then said: "Well, I need to emphasize that it is what you should do, not what we should do." However, I did come up with an idea for you. During the day, I spent money to go to the government office to find out the news. Sun Yongcheng, the imperial historian of the right capital, was ordered to review Zhou Wudao's case, and he stopped for some reason. When I came out this time, I brought the account book that I stole from Li Weiwei's study last time, and tomorrow you can go to beat the drum and cry out for justice for your family. ”
He Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, feeling that this was indeed a good idea, and quickly stood up and clasped his fists with both hands and said, "Brother Xu is really Zhuge among people!" No wonder you can make a name for yourself in the rivers and lakes. ”
Xu Anping smiled bitterly, feeling that He Xiaoxiao was poisoned by the martial arts script, but he didn't plan to shatter her martial arts dream, and said casually: "The name of the pear blossom rain sword is also like thunder, and I can't wait to get to know you as soon as possible." ”
He Xiaoxiao was really happy when she heard it, as if she had been recognized by the people in the rivers and lakes. Xu Anping didn't say much when he saw this, left the account books and left.
The next morning, Sun Yongcheng pondered and meditated on Zhou Wudao's case in the second hall. If he still can't find a suitable breakthrough in the future, he can only sentence Zhou Wudao to the crime of "not being quiet under the rule and not being strict with the emperor", and at most he will be dismissed from his post and investigated. This obviously did not meet his expectations, and it would not allow Zhou Wudao to get the punishment he deserved, and even give the officials he attached to him an excuse to interfere. "Alas! Maybe this time it will be a tiger that will not be bitten! When he was distressed, he heard the drum outside the palace being beaten, and sure enough, after a while, a servant hurriedly came to report. Sun Yongcheng did not dare to slack off, and then rushed to the lobby to start the trial.
He was slightly surprised to see a woman with a somewhat green face being brought up, but since the prefect had been taken into custody, he had to temporarily assume the responsibility of handling various cases. So he asked, "Who is in the hall, and what are your grievances?" Hurry up. ”
He Xiaoxiao knelt on the ground, and was not afraid of the sky and the earth, but when she saw the water and fire sticks on both sides, she was a little timid when she heard the loud noise in the hall, even if she was looking for justice for her family, she still said a little sneeringly: "Tell the lord of Qingtian, the daughter of the people is the daughter of a silk merchant in Qingping County, two years ago, the family's business was seized by Tian Huaying and Li Wei, and the eldest brother also died tragically, please ask the lord to be the master of the people's daughter!" ”
Sun Yongcheng pinched his beard and said, "The case of Li Weiwei and Tian Huaying has been interrogated clearly, and the capital will be deported soon." If you have nothing else, stand aside. ”
He Xiaoxiao was a little anxious when she heard this, and stammered nervously, "Qingtian... Big man, Li is the only one... I've given all the money and property that I plotted to rob my family to the prefect, please be enlightened! ”
"Oh, where do you know? slandered the officials of the imperial court, but he had to sit back. ”
"My lord, the people's daughter has the account book that Li only bribed the prefect."
Zhou Wudao was overjoyed, it was really a long drought and a rainy day! Holding back his excited look, he hurriedly said to the left and right: "Submit it." When he looked closely, he found that the account book remembered some grain receipts and expenditures, and knew that it was a simple hidden text. As long as he interrogates Li Weiwei, he can be right. Closing the ledger, he pondered for a moment, and finally realized that something was wrong that he had been ignoring before: the process of examining Li Weiwei was too smooth, and whenever he encountered difficulties, human and physical evidence would appear one after another, as if an invisible hand was fiddling with everyone, including himself. When the team was attacked and killed this time, there was also a person who had never shown up watching from the side, otherwise Tian Huaying's father and son would have died a long time ago, and it would not have caused a series of things to follow. Zhou Wudao really couldn't believe that it was the young woman in front of him who was leading these things. So, he screamed and asked, "Where did you get this ledger?" Li Weiwei's previous confession was not the account book you stole before! ”
He Xiaoxiao's face became flustered, and she wondered if Li was the only one who saw the stealing of the account book at that time, but she still gritted her teeth and said, "My lord, the account book was indeed stolen by the people's daughter." Because the girl was weak when she was young, she had been learning art in Mount Emei before, and she didn't know that her family was ruined after she went home, and she really didn't want her father to regret it for life, so she sneaked into the county government house and stole the account books, which was really a crime that deserved death. I just want the adults to bring the corrupt and bribe-takers to justice, and give justice to the father. After she finished speaking, she began to cry and kowtow incessantly, and some of the officials next to her couldn't bear it. But if they knew what He Xiaoxiao was thinking, they should feel that they couldn't cry or laugh. "It should hurt to be beheaded, right? I'm most afraid of pain. I heard that there is no meat to eat in the prison, what can I do......"
Sun Yongcheng asked expressionlessly, "Do you know Xu Si'er, the official of Qingping County?" ”
He Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment and replied, "Huh? Oh, the folk girl doesn't know. ”
"Where were you on April 21?"
He Xiaoxiao thought for a while, and said in a bit of a daze: "The folk girl was still selling art in Qingping County that day to make money. ”
Zhou Wudao saw He Xiaoxiao's expression and knew that she was not the mastermind, there must be someone hiding behind her, so she wanted to fish that person out, so he said: "You are commendable for your filial piety, and this time the official will not punish you." However, you still have to watch more "The Female Commandment" in the future, and do it in a comfortable room and IKEA, this is a good woman. The official will write you a note, and you will take it back and keep it after reading it, so as not to have more rights and wrongs. ”
He Xiaoxiao was still immersed in the sadness of not being able to eat meat at this time, and when she heard that she didn't have to go to prison, she was overjoyed and blurted out in her heart: "Ahhhh You don't have to go to jail! Great, I can continue to eat meat in the future. ”
Everyone was stunned.