"Strange things?" Cao Hao asked, "What's the strange thing, coming back so late?" ”

Cao Song pretended to be a little mysterious, and blinked and said, "Brother, someone knocked!" ”

There are two ways, one is to go to the capital Metropolitan Procuratorate, the infantry army commander Yamen or the general administration secretary to beat the drum, and the other is to intercept the holy car. Those who "knock on the coffin" are usually the ones who have been wronged by the officials and the people, and the original trial of the yamen was unfair.

Cao Hao shook his head: "What kind of strange thing is this?" On your way to school, you passed by the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, haven't you seen it several times? ”

Chu Yu was curious, this complaint was mentioned in the book and in the big play, but she had never seen it in reality, she couldn't help asking: "Second brother, who is complaining, what is the grievance?" ”

Cao Song glanced at his brother, as if complaining that he was stereotypical and boring, and then Fang turned his head and smiled at Chu Yu: "Sister-in-law, although this 'knocking' is not unusual, but it is rare for a woman's family to travel thousands of miles to 'knock', right?" ”

"Woman's house?" Chu Yu was stunned for a moment, showing some concern: "This, how is this a woman's family, that is the male ...... of the family"

Cao Hao also had a little curiosity when he listened: "The woman 'knocked', is that the husband being detained?" ”

Cao Song nodded: "The most unusual thing is not this, but the two women 'knocking' at the same time, it's not a family, but you sue my man, I sue you man like this, it's so lively in front of the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." Although they didn't start fighting, looking at the resentment of the two, they all wanted to eat each other! ”

Cao Hao and Chu Yu were a little confused, and since ancient times, they have only come to knock on grievances. These two families came to knock on the bell, that is when the officials below judged the case, "each played fifty boards" and failed?

Cao Song said carefully: "We heard a lot of shadows outside the yamen, as if this was the case. One of these two women is surnamed Sun, who was originally a wife of Zhizhou; Another woman's surname was Wang, who was originally the prefect's wife. This Zhizhou wife accused the government and the political envoy to extort silver taels from her husband; The prefect's wife accused the state of false accusations, and even the governor brought it with her, saying that the governor was favoritism, credulous the governor, and tortured her husband to disable. ”

Although it is a bit unusual for the two women to "knock" and praise each other, this case is not unusual.

In the past two years, because of the recovery of treasury silver, officials of all sizes have also panicked, and those who want to continue to be officials must make up for the shortfall, which naturally requires money. The court is low, and the officials have a lot of entertainment, if they don't use some means, how can they get money? After getting the remaining holes in the money, of course, you have to find someone to blame.

Whether it's the prefect or the prefecture, where can you speak locally? Of course, high-ranking officials such as governors, governors, and political envoys will not involve themselves, and the unfortunate ones are officials of this high rank.

"When the official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate received the paper, the prefect's wife Wang hit the pillar, and blood splattered on the spot!" Cao Song said at the end, with a bit of resentment in his tone: "If it is really the wife of a corrupt official, how can she be so chaste?" If it is according to what she said, not only the governor, but also the governor, the political envoy and others, none of them are clean! ”

When Chu Yu heard that it was "blood spattered on the spot", she couldn't help but be surprised. It's Cao Hao, who is also uncomfortable when he listens to it, this Wang family has traveled thousands of miles to Beijing, not only because he wants to wash away his grievances for his husband, but he is not a person who has the will to die. Choosing such a strong and helpless method, you should be afraid of "officials protecting each other", and the capital will suppress the case, so it will be ruined, and the surname will be sacrificed to publicize the matter.

Cao Song originally told his brother and sister-in-law because of this incident, but in the end, he felt that the atmosphere in the room suddenly became much heavier, and he felt bored, so he scratched his head and said: "There is also a strange thing, the saddest person who cried the most was not the servant of the Wang family, but the Sun family who was also in the hall." Everyone was puzzled, and inquired with the two servants, only to know that the two of them were originally world friends. It was this time in Beijing that although the two families lost their affection due to the lawsuit, they would still support each other when they encountered difficulties on the way. No matter how you look at it, these two don't look like villains! ”

Cao Hao listened to the depression in his heart, and waved his hand to Cao Song: "Go back to your yard and change your clothes, and wait for you to have dinner together!" ”

Cao Song responded and went back to Huaiyuan to change his clothes first.

Chu Yu was stunned, and after a while, Fang came to his senses and said to Cao Hao: "What a strange woman, although she has never met her, she still makes people have to have respect!" ”

Cao Hao shook his head disapprovingly: "It's really not advisable to fight for your life." As the Wang family said, his husband has been disabled and is in prison, who will take care of the elders and children? Even if you want to make a big deal and want to find justice, you don't have to do it. Moreover, if this practice is redressed, won't everyone follow suit in the future? is obviously a good person, but he has to despise his surname in order to get justice, and I don't know how many people will die in vain if this continues. ”

Chu Yu listened, and knew in his heart that Cao Hao was right, but he still couldn't help but sigh for the Wang family.

* This blood-spattered Imperial Court is also the first case since the founding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it has spread all over the capital, whether it is the people in the teahouse or the officials of various ministries, they all say it as a new thing, and listen to it as a new thing.

On the side of the Fujian Division of the Ministry of Households, everyone also said once, because this Wang family is from Gansu, and the people who sue are all high-ranking officials such as governors and governors, so everyone can't help but think that Qi Shiwu, the current secretary of the Criminal Department, was also promoted by the governor of Gansu, and there is another Eqi who was appointed by the governor of Gansu and transferred to Beijing. First, he worked as a household squire for a few months, and then transferred to the military department in March. This is an old case caused by a shortage of money and food, and now that the case has been turned up, it is impossible to ensure that the fire will be burned to anyone.

Cao Hao just listened, and was slightly alert in his heart, although Qi Shiwu and E Qi did not stand in line clearly, but according to rumors, they were both people who were attached to the prince by the party. He was thinking about the "two wasted princes" in his heart, whether this was the beginning of the year or the end of the year, he really didn't have an impression. I don't study history, I only know that it was in the fifty-first year of Kangxi, but I don't know this specific month.

Thinking about it again, Cao Hao felt that he was overly worried, this money and grain deficit case thousands of miles away, even if a few moths could be found, it should have nothing to do with the "Second Waste Prince".

After a few days, the conversation of the people in the capital after tea and dinner gradually shifted from "blood spattered in the Imperial Procuratorate" to "the daughter of the red flag tile went to her husband's house to cut her hair and keep filial piety after her fiancé's death, served her aunt for three years, and died of hanging". Because this was different from the usual observance, the magistrate paid more and more attention to it, and specially invited a table to "educate" the people.

Not long after, Kangxi sent back a decree from Rehe, and ordered Zhao Shenqiao, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and Ka Mintu, the head of the household department, to go to Shaanxi and Gansu to inspect and interrogate the two cases of Yao Honglie and Chen Hongdao. This Yao Honglie is the former governor of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningzhou, the husband of the Sun family; Chen Hongdao was the former prefect of Qingyang Prefecture and the husband of the Wang family who died in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Both are accused of "embezzlement of ink" and are now resigned and imprisoned in a local prison.

Either this Shaanxi and Gansu are too far away from the capital, or the prefect and the prefect are really nothing among the officials in Beijing, everyone discussed it for two days, and they already felt dull and boring, and they didn't bother to mention it again.

Fang Fang, an official who went to Shaanxi and Gansu to investigate the case, went out of Beijing, and the Criminal Department sentenced the Sichuan Jiapai case. It was the former political envoy Bian Yongshi who privately increased the fire consumption, in addition to sending the former Sichuan governor Nengtai and other silver 2,200 taels, a total of 27,400 taels of silver has been entered. Bian Yongshi, the former political envoy, was hanged according to the law, and he has passed away, so there is no need to discuss it. The former governor Nengtai, as the governor, belonged to the official and private faction, and he was not aware of it, and he was also receiving stolen money, so he should be hanged and imprisoned according to the law, and executed after the autumn.

At this time, even Mr. Zhuang sensed that something was wrong. These two cases involve the peripheral officials of the Tide file. When the crown prince was abolished, because they were not Beijing officials, the party was not so conspicuous, so they were not punished. In the following years, some were flattened, and some were promoted to six officials. Now he has been raptured and dealt with...... Cao Hao listened to it and knew that what he expected was good, and these eight achievements were the prelude to the second waste prince. Although he couldn't say anything more to Mr. Zhuang, he also revealed that he wanted to withdraw as soon as possible. Moreover, he also made the situation in the capital vaguely explained in his letter to his family early on, and sent two appropriate people to Jiangning. Although he has not done anything about the Cao family at present, he must also have a good idea in his heart, and it is better to be careful everywhere, so as not to be involved and troublesome not to do it.

In fact, there are a lot of people in the capital, and there are many people like Cao Hao who think of the prince, and at this time, the officials who originally had a little to do with the prince are all in danger, and they have gone to various elder mansions and palaces to inquire about the news.

Just when the undercurrent of the capital was surging, the holy driver was said to be the queen mother on September 22, returned to Changchun Garden from outside the Saiwai, and returned to the palace on September 29.

* On September 30, because he wanted to entertain Sun Jue and his wife, who had arrived in Beijing before, Cao Hao finished taking care of the yamen's errand early and returned to the house.

Sun Jue and his wife were invited to go to the Pingjun Mansion yesterday, and others like Zhaojia Mansion and the Sun family also posted posts, because although there were no elders on Cao Hao's side, it was the Cao family's own family, so they lined up behind the Pingjun Palace, and set up a banquet today. In addition to Sun Jue and his wife, Cao Hao also invited his sister and brother-in-law to come over as guests.

Cao Ying is seven years older than Cao Hao, has been married for five years, and has given birth to a pair of children, all of whom are carved in pink and jade, which is very popular. Chu Yu and Cao Yi are so rare that they can't do it, one person hugs the other, it's not enough to be close, and they can't stop praising it.

Although Cao Ying is demure, after all, she has been married for many years, seeing that her younger sister and third sister like children so much, she guessed what was on the minds of the two, so she diverted the topic and mentioned the matter of returning to the province before entering Beijing.

Both of them really looked over and listened to her details, and they were both concerned about the recent situation of Cao Yin and his wife.

Cao Ying stayed in Jiangning for two days, only went to Dongfu for one meal, and only knew a little about the recent situation of Cao Yin and his wife. And Cao Ying herself is not a person who likes to talk much, so she was cold after a few words.

Chu Yu and Cao Yi are both clever people, thinking that Cao Ying turned away, so they also refrained from speaking to the children.

Unconsciously, the topic talked about the old things in Jiangning, Cao Ying thought about it for a while, and asked Cao Yi: "When it comes to the past, I think of one thing. Yesterday on the side of the palace, I vaguely heard the mention of a Yongjia girl to be pointed out to which prince to be the concubine of Fujin, this Yongjia is the Wanyan Yongjia girl in the Jiangning Jizhu Society back then? I remember that she was two years older than her third sister, why didn't she get married yet? ”

"Sister Yongjia wants to get married?" Cao Yi showed a happy expression on her face: "Yes, she is filial piety in July, well, it should be almost the same!" ”

She said to herself, and when she saw that Cao Ying was still looking at her, she remembered that she didn't answer her sister's words, and said with a smile: "Look at me, I forgot to say it happily." The eldest sister guessed well, if it is Yongjia mentioned by the palace, then Sister Yongjia of Yanfu is right. Because Bao Gege of Nafu is friendly with Sister Yongjia, it is also possible to get better information. Because of filial piety, Sister Yongjia has been delayed for the past two years and has not been out of the cabinet, which is also full of filial piety. ”

Because Yongjia is the cousin of the Fourteenth Fujin, and the Fourteenth Fujin is good friends with the Seventh Fujin, Chu Yuyuan has also heard the name Yongjia, but he is not familiar with it. And after marrying into Cao's mansion, she often heard Baoya and Cao Yi mention Yongjia, and knew that she was the sister-in-law of Cao Hao's friend Yongqing, so she became a little close in her heart.

Right now, she thought about it for a moment when she heard this, but something was not quite right, because she asked Cao Ying: "Does this big sister really sound like Yan Fujin?" But in the palaces in Beijing, there is no prince who has not married? ”

Cao Ying nodded: "I heard it right, it's indeed Chang Fujin!" Because she heard that it was a blessing for her, she was blessed to be humane. Speaking of this, she paused, thought about it carefully, and said with a smile: "Yes, it seems to be Prince Jane!" That's right, it's Prince Jane's Mansion! ”

Chu Yu and Cao Yi looked at each other and were speechless for a long time. Although this Prince Jane Yarjianga is the king of iron hats and has a prominent reputation, he is not his first marriage. His grandson Fujin died of illness last spring, and it seems that Yongjia is going to succeed Fujin.

Although Prince Jian's mansion has lost a few little brothers in the past two years, there are now two sons-in-law left by Chang Fujin, and the concubines are also Prince Jian's favorite side Fujin, the oldest of which are thirteen or four, and they are about to get married.

Wanyan's family is noble, if it weren't for Yongjia Kangxi's illness in the forty-fifth year draft, she would be the prince who would be matched, not her cousin. And in the forty-eighth year, she delayed the draft because of filial piety, otherwise she would not be the fifteenth elder brother Fujin, and she would also be pointed to the county king as the concubine Fujin. Now, in terms of this Prince Jian's mansion, although he is a powerful among the powerful, his status is extremely noble, but it is not easy to succeed Fujin.

(To be continued)