Episode 41 Love Out of the Water

Da Ming,.

At this time, two and a half months have passed since the disappearance of King Fuming and Xiang Xiaoqiang, commander of the People's Guard. Xiang Xiaoqiang last appeared in the field of vision of others on the afternoon of October 2. That night, the family couldn't find him. In the next few days, the whole family went crazy and desperately searched for Xiang Xiaoqiang's whereabouts, but they couldn't find it.

At this time, Fourteen Gege remembered what Xiang Xiaoqiang told her "when she had a paranoid attack". She calmed down and tasted it, and felt that it was so consistent, so like the real thing. If it weren't for the ridiculousness of "time and space travel", then Xiang Xiaoqiang disappeared out of thin air, and there really is no better explanation than this.

But Fourteen Gege is an adult after all, and she is not an imaginative person like Xiang Xiaoqiang, she is a very realistic person. Fourteen Gege told Qiu Yun and Xiuxiu what Xiang Xiaoqiang said, and the three of them discussed it and agreed that this "paranoid story" had nothing to do with Xiang Xiaoqiang's disappearance. Despite their grief and anxiety, they all decided to hide Xiang Xiaoqiang's "intermittent paranoia". Because not only will it not help to find him, but it will spread.

And early in the morning of the second day of Xiang Xiaoqiang's disappearance, he found Fourteen Gege and them with a stomachache, and took the initiative to say the task assigned to him to Xiaoqiang, that is, he found an important Soviet spy, and once caught him, but he miraculously ran away. And, the stomach ache says, the web page looks worried about the person, and even seems to be afraid of the person. The disappearance of the prince must be related to this person, and it should be the Soviet side.

The report of stomach ache immediately made everyone find the right direction. Xiang Xiaoqiang's disappearance immediately had a reasonable explanation, and the investigation also had a direction. Almost everyone believed that this must have been done by the Soviets, and that the next step should be to look at the Soviet side. As a result, no one thought about Xiang Xiaoqiang's "intermittent paranoia" anymore.

Xiuxiu immediately told Zhu Yourong that he couldn't kill Guangwu now, and he had to keep him and strive to change to Xiaoqiang with the Soviets. Zhu Yourong was also in a hurry, and when he heard Xiuxiu's words, he thought it was true, and immediately interrupted Shen Rongxuan to discuss it. Shen Rongxuan frowned and listened, and thought for a moment, although he felt that it was most beneficial for the country for Xiang Xiaoqiang to disappear forever, but after all, he couldn't show it. Now that Her Majesty the Empress has come to discuss an idea, Shen Rongxuan also feels that anyone who does not object to Xiang Xiaoqiang's return cannot object to this idea. Therefore, he thought for a while, and said to Her Majesty that he also thought that this solution could be tried. It's better for Guangwu to keep it for the time being.

But the problem is that since the constitution, neither the monarch nor the cabinet has the right to interfere in the functioning of the judicial system. Even in "extraordinary times" stipulated by the constitution, the monarch only has the power to mobilize troops and dissolve the cabinet, but not to interfere in the operation of the judiciary. Now that Guangwu has entered the judicial proceedings, it is impossible to rely on administrative orders or holy decrees to forcibly interfere. Moreover, now is the period when the jury deliberates on the verdict, and the jurors are strictly isolated from the outside world, and must not be influenced by the slightest outside public opinion or various forces, and it is useless for anyone to "say hello".

Therefore, Shen Rongxuan suggested that Zhu Yourong should not interfere for now, and after the court reconvenes and the verdict is announced, he can use the privilege of the Son of Heaven to make an ad hoc setting. Guangwu was sentenced to death, and at that time, as long as Her Majesty the Empress set a special reprieve, or changed it to life imprisonment, then it was equivalent to leaving Guangwu behind. Next, if it is really possible to negotiate with the Soviet side, then whether it can be changed or not will be the power of the cabinet government, and it will not be under the jurisdiction. Isn't that great.

Zhu Yourong felt that it was very reasonable, and after hanging up the phone, he discussed Shen Rongxuan's opinion with Fourteen Gege and Xiuxiu. Xiuxiu and Fourteen Gege glanced at each other, both of them felt unwilling, especially Fourteen Gege, who still didn't want to let go of Guangwu. She made another suggestion to Zhu Yourong, saying that Guangwu's defense lawyer could be encouraged to appeal on his behalf. Now that the case is heard by the Imperial Court, which is equivalent to the "Supreme Court", how can it be appealed? You can file a complaint with the Son of Heaven in your personal name and request an ad hoc request.

There were often such precedents in the Ming judicial circles before, and it is reasonable to use it once now. Once a complaint was filed with the Son of Heaven, even if the court sentenced Guangwu to death, it could only suspend it and wait for the Son of Heaven to decide whether it was enough to make a special decision. At this time, there is no rule on the length of time, so Zhu Yourong can slowly drag it out and wait for the relevant parties to negotiate with the Soviet Union. If the negotiations are successful, it will not be too late to set up a special Guangwu. If the Soviets had already killed Xiang Xiaoqiang, then the appeal would be dismissed, no special will be granted, and Guangwu will be directly executed. It's the best of both worlds.

Zhu Yourong felt that this suggestion was better, so he made up his mind and did so.

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The most chaotic first few days passed. Xiang Xiaoqiang still did not appear, and the spies, agents, and intelligence agents on the Soviet side never reported any news. At this time, the outside media was already boiling, in addition to the four hot spots of Japan's compensation, the two countries' **, Guangwu lawsuit, and the Central Asian War, there was another hot spot: Xiaoqiang's disappearance.

In the first few days, although anxious, worried, and chaotic, everyone still had a lot of hope. Because Xiang Xiaoqiang's disappearance is so strange, even if the Soviets come to kidnap him, it is difficult to do so without any traces. Xiang Xiaoqiang's wives always expect that Xiang Xiaoqiang hid because of something on his mind and disappeared for a few days to be quiet. Because only if he hides himself, he can disappear so cleanly.

Zheng Yuxuan also ran to Xiangfu every day to accompany his cousin. In fact, her "accompanying cousin" is a disguise, which is used to cover up the outside world. Several girls themselves know that Zheng Yuxuan is also one of the wives who have not passed through the door to Xiang Xiaoqiang. Just like after Xiang Xiaoqiang's last fall in northern Xinjiang, several girls cried together, waited together, and comforted each other together. They are also together now, talking about the last time, recalling Xiang Xiaoqiang's experience of saving the day last time, so as to comfort each other: he will still appear again this time.

But as time went on, slowly a week passed, two weeks passed, three weeks passed...... Guangwu's lawsuit has been pronounced and sentenced to death by hanging, and his defense lawyer has also applied to Zhu Yourong for an ad hoc appointment, and Zhu Yourong has also suppressed it with hope...... However, Xiang Xiaoqiang did not appear.

What is even more desperate is that the answers obtained from the contact with the Soviet side are all related to the Soviet side's categorical denial that Xiang Xiaoqiang disappeared from him. Whether it was the official statement of the Soviet Union on the table or the secret contacts between the two sides, the Soviet side flatly denied it.

At this moment, the girls in Xiangfu were desperate, feeling that they had fallen into the ice cellar, and they were cold.

Zheng Yuxuan couldn't hold her breath, once she came home from Xiangfu, she happened to be blocked by the reporter group, she had a seizure on the spot, and after losing her temper, she cried bitterly in front of countless cameras, unabashedly, and was finally put on the car by the bodyguards, and chased by the reporters for a long distance.

The headline photo of the major newspapers that day was the photo of the county lord Zheng crying for Xiang Xiaoqiang. Some newspapers even made special appearances. For a time, the "underground romance" and "scandal" between Zheng Yuxuan and Xiang Xiaoqiang became a hot spot again. It turned out that many of the reporters who were guarding the gate of the Yanping Mansion went to the gate of the Yanping Palace.