Chapter 608: Another Layer of the Emperor's Intent
"Cry, master, I heard you right, at my age, I haven't seen anything, and I can still cry?" Wang Zhen said incrediblely.
"It's best not to cry, hehe!"
"Master Meng, the Chen couple have been brought in, where are they recognizing?" Guo Xiaochao and the director of the East Factory came over.
"Zhu Gongzi, what do you mean?"
"What about Tang Chen?"
"In the detention cell!"
"Let's go to the detention room, Meng Qing, sir, what do you say?"
"Yiqiē obeys the arrangement of the son and the master!"
"Then let's go, take the people over there, wait!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, gave an order, and took the lead towards the detention room.
"Your Excellency!"
"I've seen Zhu Gongzi, Mr. Wang!" Meng Yan motioned for Ou Feng to come forward and salute.
Ou Feng didn't know who this young man in Chinese clothes was, but it was right to listen to Meng Yan's words, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute them one by one.
"Where's Tang Chen?"
"In the detention cell!"
"Well, you go and bring people to the visitor's reception room." Meng Yan commanded.
"Master Meng, don't you just go over?" Wang Zhen asked suspiciously.
"Wang Weng, according to the rules of the Patrol Division, any suspect who visits or meets in prison will either go to the reception room or the interrogation room, and will not go directly to the detention room." Meng Yan explained**.
"Hehe, isn't this an extra move?"
"There are sometimes other suspects in the detention room, and if someone bribes a prisoner to come in to investigate or pass on information to other detainees, this is not careful, so in order to avoid such a thing, the prisoner must take the suspect to a special reception room for him to meet with his family or relatives and friends, and after the meeting. Bring it back again! Meng Yan explained.
"It turns out that Aiqing's purpose is to prevent it from happening!"
"For ordinary prisoners, there is no need to be so nervous, but the inspection department is not handling ordinary cases, so it is better to be careful, and we have had incidents of attempted robbery before. I have to guard against it. ”
"Lord Meng's heart is as careful as a hair!"
"Wang Weng praised it, please!"
"This is the reception room, there are two rooms in total, but two prison visitors are received at the same time, this is the No. 1 prison visit room, and later, the district prison will tell Tang Chen to bring it over."
"Why is there an iron fence in the middle?" A room with two doors, separated by an iron bar.
"The inspection department has stipulated that relatives, friends and family members must meet through the iron fence."
"Is this too unkind?"
"Committed a crime. You can't treat it like a normal person. Meng Yan said lightly.
"Childe, in a while, we will bring the Chen couple here and recognize the Tang Chen family." Meng Yan said, "Wang Weng still has questions?" ”
"Master Meng's arrangement is good, so be it!" Wang Weng thought about it, the Chen couple was controlled by the people under him, and Meng Yan couldn't play any tricks.
Seeing that Wang Zhen had no objections. Meng Yan clapped his hands: "Bring in the prisoner Tang Chen!" ”
Bang!
The iron door was pushed open, and two jailers. Tang Chen, who was dressed in prison uniform and handcuffed and shackled, walked into the reception room!
Tang Chen's love was a little unstable, obviously after seeing her husband's body, her body and mind were greatly shocked, and both eyes were swollen from crying.
Tang Chun's death, her orphan and widow. How to rely on it in the future?
"Master Meng, this is Tang Chen's family?"
"Exactly!"
"Isn't there another son, why didn't you bring it here?" Wang Zhen asked suspiciously.
"Do you think it's appropriate to bring that kid with you right now?" Meng Yan looked down on people like Wang Zhen who didn't have the slightest pity.
"How inappropriate, Lord Meng. The old man can warn you, if you can't see the child, the old man will never believe that this is Tang Chen's! Wang Zhen said.
"Wang Weng, don't you think about a child's feelings in such a scene?" Meng Yan said angrily, "A five- or six-year-old child, he doesn't even understand right and wrong, even if his parents commit a crime, he is innocent, right?" ”
Wang Zhen was frightened by Meng Yan's sudden anger, and he didn't dare to face Meng Yan's fire-breathing eyes.
"Sir, Meng Qing is right, the child is indeed not suitable to appear on this occasion, but what Mr. said is also reasonable, the child is also an important witness, and he should also see it." Zhu Qizhen said.
"Hmph, Wei Chen plans to ask the Holy Lord for a favor after confirming the identity of Tang Chen's family for a while!"
"Aiqing, please speak!"
"Weichen wants to ask the Holy Lord to allow Tang Chen's son, Tang Bao'er, to live with Tang Chen's parents and hand it over to Fang Zheng to take care of."
"I'm right!" Zhu Qizhen thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Master, this is not appropriate, is it?"
"Wang Weng, what's wrong with this, do you have to go down to the official to find out the "Da Ming Law" promulgated by Emperor Taizu and the relevant laws and decrees in Da Hao?" Meng Yan was-for-tat.
"Well, that's not necessary!" Wang Zhen's face was sneering, a five or six-year-old child, if he had to target and spread it, I was afraid that others would say that he had no mind at all.
These eunuchs are all stingy and mean, but what they don't like the most is what others say about them, and Wang Zhen is no exception.
"My lord, Mr. and Mrs. Chen Yuanwai brought it!"
"Bring it in!"
"Little old man Chen Jin and his wife Huang knock to see Lord Meng!" As soon as Chen Yuanwai and his wife came in, they knelt down and saluted Meng Yan.
"Old man, please get up!" Meng Yan stepped forward to help, "I've come to see this Zhu Gongzi and Mr. Wang, if they are willing to help with Ling Ai and Ling Son-in-law's case, there may be a turnaround!" ”
"Zhu Gongzi, Mr. Wang, the son-in-law and the little daughter are really wronged, please call the shots!" Old Man Chen immediately knelt down for Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen and kowtowed.
"Old man, please get up!" Zhu Qizhen glared at Meng Yan with disgust, how could he talk like this?
"Look, it's your daughter sitting across from you?" Persuading the two old men to get up from the ground, Meng Yan pointed to Tang Chen, who was sitting silently behind the iron fence, and asked.
Tang Chen has been crying silently, immersed in his sad world, and has not noticed the arrival of his old parents at all.
"Yingying!"
"Girl......"
As soon as the two old men saw Tang Chen, they screamed excitedly and threw themselves directly at the iron fence.
"Dad, mother......" Tang Chen suddenly heard these two familiar voices. As soon as his eyes were raised, he knelt on the ground with a pop of his legs, and quickly knelt to the edge of the iron fence, grabbed his parents' hands, and cried bitterly.
The parents and daughter hugged their heads and cried, and the scene made people can't help but have red circles in their eyes. In fact, Tang Chen's family is not guilty at all, but this is the Ming Dynasty, and it is very normal for Zhulian to be a family, you are the family of a criminal official, and it is easy to be Zhulian, so being an official's wife, brother and sister, there is a certain political risk. Maybe he will be implicated that day, and it is common to go to jail for raiding his home.
And this is the Ming Dynasty, the favorite thing to do is Zhulian, and even created the great initiative of the ten clans.
Wang Zhen was dumbfounded, he never imagined that the final result would be like this.
"This, this can't be, it......'s impossible," Wang Zhen wanted to shout, but it was fake. The kid surnamed Meng arranged it in advance, and this qiē was all fake.
But. He didn't dare to shout, he didn't have evidence, and if he didn't have evidence, he couldn't shout, otherwise he would be framed.
"Meng Qing, sir. Let's go out and leave time for them. Zhu Qizhen also felt a little compassionate, licking the calf, this is human nature, and it is also the way of heaven.
"Yes!"
"Wang Weng. Didn't cry, did you? Meng Yan asked jokingly.
"Humph!"
"I said, why are you heartless, such a touching scene, Zhu Gongzi can't help but have red circles in his eyes, but you don't feel it at all?"
Wang Zhen's eyes turned red instantly, not moved, but stimulated by Meng Yan, this kid is simply a magic star.
"Wait a minute, Master Meng, the old man hasn't seen the child yet!" Wang Zhen still didn't give up, this time he lost too much.
"Naturally, let's go to the duty room of the lower official, where the price comparison is suitable." Meng Yan nodded.
Returning to Meng Yan's duty room, Ou Feng came with Tang Bao'er.
"This is the son of the Tang Chen clan?"
"His name is Tang Bao'er, and his name is Tang Muyu!" Meng Yan introduced, "Come, Bao'er, I've met Zhu Gongzi and Mr. Wang. ”
"Master Zhu, hello Mr. Wang!"
"This kid is quite smart, how old is he?" Zhu Qizhen asked.
"I'm going to be six years old in two months."
"Master, can the old slave ask this child a few questions in private?" Wang Zhen's eyes were red, and losing to Meng Yan was not only a matter of silver, but also of face.
"Meng Qing, what do you think?"
"Yes, it's just that Wang Weng asked a question that doesn't scare the child." Meng Yan nodded, and he knew that Wang Zhenqing would not admit defeat.
If it was so easy for him to be appointed as a messenger, he and Guo Jing would be in a lot of trouble, and he knew it very well in his heart.
"Thank you, Lord Meng!"
"Brother Xiaochao, take Wang Weng and Bao'er to the reception room next door!" Meng Yan commanded.
"Whoa!"
"Zhu Gongzi, it's not early, you are out of the palace this time, the last time you came to the Weichen Mansion, the Queen Mother had some complaints, this time, the Queen Mother is afraid that she will be even more angry, right?" Meng Yan and Zhu Qizhen were left in the room, Meng Yan asked in a low voice.
"The queen mother is also worried about my safety, in fact, I am an adult, and I still know a little bit of proportion." Zhu Qizhen said.
"The Queen Mother also cares about the Holy One, what do you have to say, you can say directly to the Queen Mother, between mother and son, there is nothing that can't be said, what do you say?" Meng Yan Road.
"Hehe, I didn't expect Meng Aiqing to enlighten people."
"Shengshang, Wechen's mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to Wechen, leaving Wechen and his father to rely on each other, and then Wechen was sent to the Northern Yuan Dynasty when he was less than eight years old, and then later, Wechen came back, his father was no longer there, and the son wanted to raise and not wait, Wechen really wanted to have the opportunity to be able to honor his parents, but Wechen didn't have this opportunity in his life!" Meng Yan sighed.
"Aiqing is pure and filial, I am really a little ashamed!" Zhu Qizhen said with a shy face.
"The saint doesn't have the experience of Weichen, so he doesn't realize the preciousness of this kind of family affection." Meng Yan said with a smile.
"Meng Aiqing, this time I sent you to Datong, in fact, I still have a layer of intention!" Zhu Qizhen said solemnly.
"Holy Lord, please speak!"
"I want to ask Aiqing to go to the border to see in person what is the current situation of my Ming Dynasty's border affairs, and whether it can still resist the invasion of foreign enemies?" Zhu Qizhen said, "The reports are all good news and not bad news, but I have also noticed some situations, the Tatar and Warat tribes of the Northern Yuan Dynasty have been growing in recent years, harassing our borders, burning, killing and looting, and losing a lot. ”
"As far as Weichen knows, there are not many cases of large-scale border violations, but small-scale cavalry penetrates into the hinterland to reconnoiter and harass, which is almost common, but our border is very long, the early warning mechanism is not perfect, and we are on the defensive, so it is difficult to defend them one by one" (to be continued............ R1292