Chapter 244, the woman who blocked the way

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was already the time for Cheng Yi to give a lecture in the Chongzheng Palace, Sima Guang was trustworthy, and he didn't know what method he used on the sickbed to persuade Gao Tao to let Zhao Xu issue an edict and allow Li Dang to enter the palace to attend the lecture in the Chongzheng Palace.

On this day, Li Dang came to Sima Guang's house again, reviewed Sima Guang again, gave him some Western medicine, and used his relatively spacious and stable carriage to take Sima Guang into the palace together.

Li Dang installed a shock absorber of his own design on his carriage, which made it much smoother than a sedan chair in the smooth road of Bianjing City.

Sima Guang got into Li Kang's carriage and found that the carriage was basically not bumpy and shaking, he was not surprised, remembering the praise of Li Kang in many people's mouths, and couldn't help but say: "Li Gongma, is it really a god?" ”

This is the first time that Sima Guang, who received the holy decree and was named the servant of the door, entered the palace after returning to Bianjing, and the last time he had already arrived at the door, he was suddenly drenched back by Zhao Ying's ice rain. This time, Sima Guang looked very cautious, always looking around along the way, afraid that another UFO would fly somewhere and attack him.

For the ice rain of unknown origin, after learning that Dali Temple had been tracking for many days without results, Sima Guang put the account on the head of the new party, he thought that it must be those ministers of the new party who secretly sent people to make ghosts, as for whether it was Cai Qu, Zhang Dian or others, Sima Guang felt that it was possible, because in the eyes of Sima Guang, who was a self-proclaimed gentleman, these people were all villains who tended to be inflammatory, pursuing power and interests.

Li Dang saw Sima Guang's frightened appearance, and secretly laughed in his heart, he thought that even if this Zhao Ying hated Sima Guang again, he would not attack him when he was accompanied by Sima Guang. However, seeing Sima Guang participating in the lecture of Chongzheng Hall while ill, Li Dang admired the willpower of this stubborn old man to some extent.

Li Dang said to Sima Guang opposite him: "Sima Xiangye's illness has not fully recovered, so it's better to close your eyes and rest." ”

Sima Guang did feel that his body was still weak, but as soon as he thought that he would be able to see Gao Tao soon, his heart was excited. What's more, when Liang Weijian came to visit him yesterday, he had already made it clear that after the lecture, he would be left alone to discuss some important court affairs with Gao Taotao. He shook his head and said, "It's okay, the old decay can still hold it!" ”

Li Dang smiled: "Sima Xiangye, don't overwork, pay attention to take care of your body." ”

Sima Guang shook his head, his eyes looked resolutely in the direction of the Forbidden Palace, and he looked like he had died with all his might.

At this time, the two had arrived at Baokangmen and were walking on Baokangmen Street, it was early in the morning, and the street was bustling with people. Sima Guang may have remembered the experience of going up again, his hands clenched into fists, his body was a little stiff, and his eyes began to wander around through the curtain again.

Li Dang smiled and said: "Sima Xiangye, don't worry, there are so many guards from Li, it's very safe!" ”

Sima Guang looked at Li Kang's subordinates on the left and right, his face was a little embarrassed, and he said: "Once I was bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of the well rope, and it was really like this. ”

Just as the two were talking, suddenly there was a burst of shouting voices in front of them.

Li dared to look through the curtain. I don't know where a woman came from nowhere, dressed in white, kneeling in front of Li Kang's carriage, holding a yellowed piece of paper. While crying, he shouted loudly: "Sima Xianggong, Lord Qingtian, please be the master of the slave family!" ”

Li Dang turned his head and saw Sima Guang's face pale. Obviously, he didn't want to go down, so he said: "Sima Xiangye, why don't you let the little one go down and have a look first." What the hell is going on? ”

Li Dang saw Sima Guang nodding and was about to jump out of the car, when he heard Sima Guang sigh and say, "Please help the old man go down with him!" ”

It turned out that although Sima Guang didn't want to pay attention to the woman in his heart, but seeing that there were more and more people gathered around, he still decided to go down to see it in person, he felt that he had a high reputation among the people of Bianjing, and he didn't want to affect his reputation because of such a small thing, so that people criticized him for not being sympathetic to the people's feelings.

Sima Guang got out of the carriage with Li Kang's support, and the two of them came to the front of the woman one after the other, but Li Kang was in front and Sima Guang was behind, although there were many guards, Li Kang was still worried that this woman who shouted grievances would be unfavorable to Sima Guang.

The woman, when she saw Li Dang and Sima Guang coming down, the crying had stopped, she threw the paper on the ground, pouted her buttocks, lay on the ground, her head was tightly attached to the paper, she didn't look up, and she still shouted loudly in her mouth: "Sima Xianggong, please make your old man's decision for the people!" ”

Li dared to look at the woman's dress, it should be that she was not very old, and seeing how sad she was crying, he didn't know what kind of grievances she had suffered. He stepped forward and asked, "Why did the little lady in front of you shout about injustice, Sima Xianggong has already come over, please tell me so." ”

The woman saw Li Dare to ask, but she didn't raise her head, but just sobbed and said: "The concubine Zhang An's family, her family lives in Kaifeng County, Kaifeng Prefecture, her family is poor, and she can't afford to pay money to the government to avoid military service. The slave family went to the county jail yesterday to visit her husband Zhang, but unexpectedly, he had been beaten to death. I heard that Sima Xianggong is the most fair and clear, so she made this decision, stopped Xiangye's car halfway, and begged Sima Xianggong to be the master of the slave family. ”

When Sima Guang heard this, he was excited, this is a matter involving the drawbacks of the new law, he has long felt that this exempt law is a fish and meat people, and now that he has this vivid example, of course he can't let it go, he said: "Present the case!" ”

When the woman heard Sima Guang's words, she hurriedly stood up, raised the paper and was about to walk towards Sima Guang.

Li Dang saw the woman's face clearly at this time, and saw that she had a marked melon seed face, her skin was as white as snow, with a pair of big eyes inlaid on it, and a few strands of bangs scattered on her forehead at will, looking very pure and moving. Li Dang took a few steps forward, suddenly stretched out his hand, stopped the woman, and said, "The lady of the An family should hand over the paper to Zaixia, and then transfer it to Sima Xianggong." ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, holding the paper in her hand and did not stretch out her hand to Li Kang, obviously very reluctant.

Sima Guang probably remembered the last time he was attacked by ice and rain, and appreciated Li Kang's caution, and he said behind Li Kang: "The lady should hand over this state to the master of the horse." (To be continued......)