Chapter 598: Turning over the old case
Liu Yu held Sima Xuan'er's hand, and felt that there were many things to be sorry for her. A lady of the sky, for a love that has never had any promises, waits infatuatedly, has to endure the strange eyes of others, and even has to comb her hair to make sure that she will not marry. Today she finally looked forward to his statement, but she did not get the understanding of her family. Liu Yu thought, Sima Xuan'er must be uncomfortable in her heart at this time.
"Xuan'er, don't worry, I will give a reasonable explanation to my aunt and your family later."
Sima Xuan'er nodded, the tears on her face still did not stop, and Liu Yu personally wiped her tears. Wang Hu on the side was dumbfounded, and Wang Hu finally understood what Liu Yu was doing today, this was to complete his unfinished business and marry Sima Xuan'er home as a concubine.
"It's so difficult for Mr. to get out of the horse, and it seems that I didn't lose very unjustly at the beginning." Wang Hu's heart suddenly felt a little better, and he was also a little gloating.
"Sir, you see that everyone is out now, why don't you just snatch people home and do things, isn't it a hundred? The students are here to help you watch, if that mother-in-law makes trouble again, take her to Jingzhao Mansion to punish the crime! ”
Wang Hu rushed to make suggestions, but was glared at by Liu Yu coldly, and Wang Hu's excitement was scared back.
Liu Yu pointed at him and said, "If you dare to embarrass the Sima family, see how I clean you up!" ”
Wang Hu walked away with a disgraced face, not daring to show his eyes in front of Liu Yu again. He thought to himself, Liu Yue still has a different place, when he came to rob people, he couldn't rob them, and now Liu Yue definitely has the ability to snatch people away, but Liu Yue doesn't rob them.
"It seems that Mr. is very attentive to Miss Sima Jia, how can I compare?" Wang Hu was still gloating at first, but now he feels a little sorry for himself.
It was noon. There were quite a few cavalry and carriages coming from the direction of the official road in the inner city. It's not far from the corner of the street. A person hurriedly got out of the carriage, but it was Han Sheng, who was the right minister. Han Sheng took a notebook and walked over anxiously, and when he saw Sima Xuan'er, he frowned slightly, looking up and down, as if he was familiar with it.
"Brother Han, why did you come here in person?" Liu Yu asked.
"It's not that your words are not clear, why do you suddenly want to overturn the case for Sima Lang?"
heard Han Sheng say that he wanted to overturn the case for "Sima Lang". Sima Xuan'er's body trembled, this day she had been looking forward to since she was eight years old, and she had not settled until now for twelve years. When she arrived, she understood that Liu Yu wanted Han Sheng to do this, and her eyes were full of affection and gratitude when she looked at Liu Yu.
"Sima Lang's case, is it difficult to overturn?" Liu Yu asked.
"It's not a question of good or bad, there were too many people involved in the prince's case back then, you turned over this one, how do you explain the others? This case is a case that will be tried by the three divisions, and the case decided by the first emperor will be overturned if you say it. I'm afraid that the courtiers will also use this matter as your article! ”
Liu Yu smiled: "It doesn't matter what those courtiers do, who do they do to read their articles?" Posterity? Then let them make a fuss. Brother Han. Now it's not to overturn all the people involved in the prince's case, but to overturn Sima Lang's first, I have something urgent today. ”
"In a hurry?" Han Sheng frowned, "This reversal of the case, if you want to be convincing, you have to come up with evidence and reasoning that the world has nothing to say, you ...... Is there a rush to overturn the case? ”
Liu Yue stepped forward and explained the general situation, and then sighed: "I came to propose marriage today, and I ran into some trouble, and if I didn't come up with some decent dowry, it seems that I can't pass this hurdle." ”
When Han Sheng heard Liu Yu come to propose, he looked at Liu Yu with a little more strange in his eyes. Liu Yu spread his hands and said: "Brother Han, if you want to scold, scold, if you want to count, count down, anyway, I am married to the young lady of the Sima family." What do you have to say, make it clear at once. ”
After all, Han Sheng is Liu Yu's "in-laws", and Liu Yu went to pick up other women in front of his in-laws, which really made Han Sheng's face not very good. However, Han Sheng just sighed and said: "The love of men and women is your young people's, I am old, what are you scolding you for?" But I want to remind you that your majesty will be back in a few days, and you can think about how to talk to the women in your family. ”
Han Sheng said, opened the notebook, and then picked up the pen to make changes to some small details.
Liu Yu nodded helplessly, this time he wanted to marry a woman and go home, and he really didn't say hello to Xu Xuanzhu and other women, and when they returned to Chang'an City, they suddenly found that there were two more sisters, that is, there will be two women to share their husband's favor in the future, and it is inevitable that they will not have some strange thoughts. Especially for Xu Xuanzhu, who had just given birth to a daughter for Liu Yu and was in urgent need of psychological comfort, Liu Yu at this time was tantamount to sprinkling salt on her wounds.
"Brother Liu, look at it, what's the problem?"
Han Sheng is Han Sheng after all, he is the head of the secret intelligence organization of the imperial court before, and he was there in Sima Lang's case back then. Han Sheng can be regarded as knowing the beginning and end of the case, and it is not difficult for him to overturn the case now, and many details do not need to be transferred to the case file, and Han Sheng is also more experienced in communicating with the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Three Divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
After a brief arrangement, he had drafted the edict and handed it over to Liu Yu for review.
Liu Yu looked at it, he didn't know much about these overturned cases, Han Sheng wanted to do things so that outsiders couldn't find fault, but the matter was in a hurry, Han Sheng didn't prepare in advance, and he was afraid that there would be mistakes and omissions in some details.
"Brother Han, you are better at these. It's up to you. Need me to stamp something somewhere......"
"To overturn the case, it is best to have the jade seal of the Son of Heaven sit on it, but since it has passed the Criminal Department, the problem is not big, and the determination of some case files can be reversed after the Son of Heaven returns to the dynasty, and today is just a prelude."
Han Sheng was very experienced in this area, and he was not in a hurry to turn Sima Lang's case over at once. Today, I actually came to "pre-overturn the case", first give the case a personality, indicate that the case has "doubts and flaws", and then cancel Sima Lang's crime to prepare for the "complete overturn" in the future.
Han Sheng was very smart in this point and was not in a hurry, but it was also an explanation for Liu Yu and the women of the Sima family, so that the Sima family knew that there was hope for the case to be overturned. Although Sima Lang has been dead for 12 years, he will not survive if the case is overturned, but as soon as the case is overturned, the status of the Sima family will be different from before, and the men of the Sima family will have a better chance of joining the court in the future. After the eunuch and after the criminal minister, these two points are fundamentally different.
"Almost. Brother Han, you can make up your mind. Liu Yu said.
Han Sheng smiled, didn't say anything more to Liu Yue, took the draft edict and handed it to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, because when it comes to overturning the case, it must be asked by the Ministry of Rites, which means that the Son of Heaven wants to overturn the case, which is also the rule. Liu Yu looked at it, there was no one from the Criminal Department coming, and some of them were not perfect.
When the people from the Ministry of Rites entered Hengjie, Sima Xuan'er nervously pulled Liu Yu's arm and asked, "This case...... How exactly is it decided? ”
She had just seen Liu Yu and Han Sheng discussing for a long time, and it seemed that they were discussing the case of her father Sima Lang. Although she only heard a few words, she also knew that Liu Yue was going to overturn the case for the Sima family as a "dowry" to marry her, and now it seemed that it had been implemented by Liu Yu and Han Sheng, so she hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
"It's fine." Liu Yu smiled at Sima Xuan'er, "Let's go, let's go in together and know the way." ”
Although Chang'an City is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is located in a residential area outside Chang'an City, and there have never been so many officials and soldiers who have come at once. And the current person in official uniform is holding something like an edict in his hand, as if he has come to announce the decree.
More people from the neighborhood poured out of their homes to see what was going on. When they knew that the Tao was still related to the Sima family, they were all even more embarrassed and emotional, and the fact that the eldest daughter of the Sima family brought back the "wild man" today is already well known, and the people also thought to themselves, now that they have provoked so many people from the official family, is it causing official wrong?
The officials of the Ministry of Rites walked to the main gate of Sima's house surrounded by their entourage and people, and Sima Xuan'er's mother still sat on the ground and refused to get up, looking up at the comer, a little inexplicably surprised. With her knowledge, she can see that the official uniform of the official in front of her is from the Ministry of Rites, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites usually do not ask about the security matters of Chang'an City, and the Ministry of Rites will not come out unless it is royal or there is a problem with education, and she still doesn't understand why people from the Ministry of Rites will come.
The official of the Ministry of Rites stepped forward and asked, "Which one is the family member of Sima Taifu?" ”
He was about to ask a second time, when he found a woman sitting on the ground.
The woman had just had a big quarrel with Liu Yu and the other officials, and at this time, she was sitting on the ground and looked weak, even her hair and clothes were a little messy, she was holding scissors, looked at the person who came and asked, "I am." You are ......"
"In the Ministry of Lower Rites, Lang Sun Cang, Chengshangshu Provincial Xuan, the Criminal Department, together with the Dali Temple and the Three Divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, checked the old case to rehabilitate Sima Taifu Zhaoxue."
Hearing that she had come to "rehabilitate Zhaoxue", the woman had a look of disbelief on her face, and she hadn't figured out the situation yet. Why did you still come to force marriage and rob marriage just now, and now you are here to overturn the case for the Sima family?
"Mother, get up quickly......" Sima Xuan'er hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to pull the woman up.
The woman still sat stubbornly on the ground and shouted, "If you don't explain the situation clearly, you won't get up if you kill me!" You're in the Ministry of Rites, aren't you? Since it is a case of conviction of the three divisions, shouldn't it be someone from the three divisions? Why are you from the Ministry of Rites, why are you coming here to rehabilitate Zhaoxue? You are so easy to deceive as a mother and I am a three-year-old child? ”
Sun Cang came over this time, and he was also excited, originally he and Sima Lang were also old colleagues, but they couldn't cling to Sima Lang, the popular man in front of the Son of Heaven, but he still had a lot of respect for Sima Lang. Now that he was poured a basin of saliva on his head by the woman of Sima Lang's family, he felt that he was very wronged, and the people in the Ministry of Etiquette paid the most attention to etiquette on weekdays, and the woman in front of him, where was she as gentle and virtuous as Sima Lang's original partner? It's simply a market shrew, unreasonable! (To be continued......)