Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Musician Asks for Help
Everything is a double-edged sword, if it is not handled well, it will hurt yourself, Uncle Shen really did not expect that his offensive against the King of Qi led to an alliance between the King of Qi and the crown prince.
Just when Luo Qiyu's evil surname had just spread throughout the capital, the King of Qi took a decisive measure, he personally interrogated Luo Qiyu, broke one of his legs, and then sent him to Jingzhao Mansion for punishment.
Immediately, King Qi raided Luo Qiyu's mansion in Wenwenfang, let go of more than 30 women he forcibly occupied, and came to the door to apologize one by one, making huge compensation, and the items forcibly occupied by Luo Qiyu were also returned to the original owner, and apologized and compensated for the loss.
At the same time, King Qi and Princess Qi wrote a "Letter to the Victim", severely condemning Luo Qiyu's evil deeds, apologizing for his negligence, and saying that Luo Qiyu would be severely punished, without favoritism and appeasement, and at the same time would use all of Luo Qiyu's property to compensate.
One by one, gratifying news spread throughout the capital, the king of Qi executed twenty heinous house slaves, the princess of Qi knelt down to the families of the victims who hanged themselves to make amends, and gave thousands of silver taels in compensation, and in the evening, public opinion in the capital began to turn.
While people severely condemned Luo Qiyu, more people praised King Qi for being virtuous, knowing that he could change his mistakes, and he could bend down to apologize, although it was illegal for King Qi to kill twenty domestic slaves without authorization, but no one blamed him, but clapped his hands and applauded.
King Qi dealt with this matter vigorously, and by the evening, he had already compensated 50,000 taels of silver, and most of the victims expressed their gratitude to King Qi while also expressing Luo Qiyu's youth and ignorance, and agreed to be punished lightly.
And the government is also very cooperative, Jingzhao Mansion tried the case overnight, and made a verdict early the next morning, Luo Qiyu committed a heinous crime, and should have been a capital crime, but he was young and ignorant, instigated by evil slaves, and at the same time he was able to compensate the victims with all his family property, sentenced to 20 lashes, and was sent to Lingnan to fill the army for life.
This crime should be very heavy, a lifetime of sending Lingnan to fill the army, in the eyes of many people, this is more severe than killing him, the people of the Daning Dynasty have always been very foolish, they only look at the present, as long as the current treatment is very heavy, it can relieve the anger of the moment, as for what happens in the future, they don't care.
But there are also people who understand, some people propose that one more article should be added, and they cannot be pardoned for life, so as to prevent them from being released back after encountering amnesty, but it is a pity that there are only a very few people who understand, and their voices are soon drowned out by the voice of praising the king of Qi.
Ten days later, Qi sent a petition from Luo Wei, begging the emperor to remove him from all his positions, but the emperor Huangfu Xuande not only did not remove him from his position, but instead appeased him because his only son had been seriously sinned, and said that he would not move from any of his positions.
And the king of Qi performed well in this crisis, which was deeply appreciated by the emperor, who not only rewarded him, but also pardoned his mother's sins back then.
The king of Qi was blessed by misfortune so that Uncle Shen Guo did not expect, although he still wanted to make a move, but because the emperor made a decision and did not dare to act rashly, the reason, Uncle Shen also knew that he did not grasp the best time to launch, giving King Qi a chance to breathe, he was annoyed in his heart.
Luo Qiyu's case is like a storm in summer, it comes and goes quickly, Luo Qiyu's case has just come to an end, and people have not had time to appreciate the subtleties of this case, and another grand event in Beijing has replaced Luo Qiyu's case and become a new topic of conversation in every household.
That is, the old proprietor of Qi Ruifu Commercial Bank will celebrate his 70th birthday, and he will invite celebrities all over the capital, and the scale is grand, and even the emperor will send people to send congratulatory gifts, which has attracted the attention of everyone in the capital.
....... Wu Jin is the same as everyone else, he is just a spectator of Luo Qiyu's case, and he did not participate in it, he can also see that Luo Qiyu's case is a contest between Uncle Shen Guo and King Qi, and in the end, King Qi reversed his passivity with vigorous and resolute means, so that Wu Jin also had to admire King Qi's courage.
But Luo Qiyu's case gave him a visible benefit, that is, Luo Qiyu withdrew from the dispute between the three families, and the proposal between the three families finally became a dispute between him and Guan Xianju.
As Jiutian said in his letter, his real opponent is not Luo Qiyu, but Guan Xianju, this guy is a famous family, knowledgeable, and his character is also well disguised, which fully meets the conditions of the Su family, and Uncle Shen Guo is fighting for him with all his might.
Although the prince will prevent the marriage of the Guan and Su families, the world is unpredictable, and maybe the Su family doesn't want to put all their eggs in one basket, so in this marriage proposal competition, he and Guan Xianju account for five or five points, and it depends on who can defeat each other in the behind-the-scenes struggle behind.
Wu Jin didn't have the energy to think about anything else, he was going all out now to defeat Guan Xianju, he knew that Guan Xianju would have an eager **, that is, to be admitted to Jinshi, but did he have this strength? If he admits a thousand people, he may have hope, but now he only admits sixty people, he will definitely not be able to pass the test with his strength, if he can't pass the test, he will be seriously deducted points for the knowledge column in his marriage proposal, that is the only one he is stronger than himself, he is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and it is strange that he does not take advantage of this superior condition.
Wu Jin had already competed with him once in Donghai County, and he believed that Guan Xianju would definitely make a move.
........., "Childe, there's a woman looking for you outside!" ”
At dusk, Wu Jin was writing a letter to Jiutian in the room, the housekeeper suddenly ran to the door of his courtyard and shouted, and disappeared, Wu Jin's pen stopped for a long time, he was thinking about who would come to him, and finally he suddenly jumped up, it must be Jiutian's maid A Qiao came, oh my God! His letter had only written three lines, and he didn't have time to write it down, so he ran out, thinking about what to do while running, he had just been promoted to the rank of lieutenant of the Plum Blossom Guard, and he was busy with things, so he would make up the letter he owed next time.
He took out another pearl flower, which was entrusted to him by the jewel for the nine heavens, and he could say nothing and make her think that she had given it to her.
Wu Jin quickly ran out of the mansion, and at a glance saw a young woman standing in front of the stone lion under the steps, he was stunned for a moment, it was not Ah Qiao, but the music girl he met at noon.
When Wu Jin drank too much, he couldn't control his desires, and gave Le Nu a name post, but when he sobered up and came to his senses, he regretted it a little, if he wanted a woman, he could find one in the palace, why should he be in a restaurant?
When the music girl saw him, there was a surprise in her eyes, and then it dimmed again, and she turned around, how could the royal family who died high in the sky take this little music girl to heart, forget it, don't humiliate yourself.
Wu Jin saw her turn around and knew that she was very conflicted, so he walked down the steps, walked behind her and smiled: "What, you don't know me anymore?" ”
Le Nu sighed lowly, "I'm sorry Childe, I shouldn't have come to you." ”
In fact, Wujin asked her to come to herself at noon with a very ambiguous meaning, and it is estimated that what she said now should not come to herself is two meanings.
"Hmmm! Your name is Bianjing Niang, right? Wu Jin smiled gently.
The young boy still remembered his name, which gave Le Nu another glimmer of hope in her heart, she turned around and begged in a low voice, "Childe, can you help me?" ”
Wu Jin nodded, "Come with me!" ”
He turned around and walked towards the house with Le Nu, Le Nu was timid in her heart, and followed all the way to the courtyard where Wu Jin lived, the yard was deserted, there was no one, no maid to serve Wu Jin, although Princess Lanling arranged two little maids to serve him, but he didn't like the two little maids very much, so he pushed it off on the grounds that he didn't like to be served.
"Come in! Don't be afraid. ”
Wu Jin saw the timidity in Le Nu's heart, so he smiled at her and comforted her.
Le Nu bit her lip and walked into the room with him, she was already mentally prepared to dedicate herself to him.
Now it was dark, and the room was dark, so he lit the candle and closed the window, and then sat down.
"What do you want me to help you?" Wu Jin asked softly.
Le Nu suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Wujin, "Childe, please save my uncle and aunt!" ”
"Don't worry! Slowly, what's going on? ”
Wu Jin dragged a chair to her, "Don't kneel, sit down and say!" ”
The music girl sat down timidly, lowered her head and said the anxiety in her heart.
"I told my son, I am a native of Ruyin County, my parents died early, it was my uncle and aunt who helped me raise me, my uncle and aunt are musicians, opened a music workshop, specializing in teaching students to play the piano, in order to support the family, this year's Huaibei drought, the hometown really can't survive, my uncle and aunt took me and my cousin to the capital to make a living, a friend of my uncle introduced us to play the piano to the drinker in the Baifu Restaurant, barely able to make a little money to make a living, ten days ago, there was a big family to do a birthday, posted a recruitment of musicians, my uncle went, also applied for, Half a month he can earn five taels of silver, our family is very happy, but three days ago there was an incident, the big family of the longevity lost a very expensive musical instrument, some people said that it was stolen by the uncle, as a result of the master's family reported to the official, the uncle was arrested by the government, I heard that there was a very heavy prison sentence, the aunt ran to beg the master's house, they said that it is okay to protect the uncle, but to compensate for this instrument, worth a thousand taels of silver, where can we afford to compensate, the aunt fell ill that night, more and more serious, the doctor came to see last night, Said that my aunt has a chronic illness, and if she doesn't treat it, her aunt can't survive for three days, but it will cost at least twenty taels of silver to cure the disease, and we only have three taels of silver in total, and my cousin and I are going crazy, and I happened to meet Childe at noon today, and I felt that Childe must have been sent by God to save me. ”
As she spoke, the girl knelt down again, crying silently, "Please save my uncle and aunt, the little girl is willing to repay her son by being a cow and a horse." ”
Wu Jin sighed and said, "Didn't I give you a hundred taels of silver at noon?" You can save your aunt first. ”
The music girl couldn't help crying, "One hundred taels of silver has been taken away by the restaurant, and I was also fired." ”
(To be continued)