Chapter 40: Return to Jianye to meet the Divine Decree
Li Zhao died, his head was cut off by Yang Zheng, and he hung on the city gate of Wu County for three days.
It's also time for Director Wang to enter Jianye.
Sima Jingwen selected a hundred personal soldiers as guards, and took Xiu Wuji and Zhou Rong to leave Wu County for Jianye.
Wang Qing stayed in the Wu County Mansion and dealt with Hu Chong for the aftermath, and Master Gao knew that Li Zhao was dead, and he confessed truthfully before he was tortured, and the three records were also confessed according to the truth.
After Wang Qing finished handling the affairs, he took the rest of the guards to escort the prisoner car, account books, and evidence back to Luoyang first.
Although Hu Chongren was timid and confused, he was not very wrong, he was ordered by Sima Jingwen to deal with the problems caused by the grain requisition, and at the same time, the chaotic people who were imprisoned in the Wu County Prison were all released to their homes after recording their confessions.
After Hu Chong did his best to deal with the matter, he submitted a recourse and a petition to the imperial court, and waited for the imperial court's holy decree.
In the evening of the same day, Sima Jingwen, Xiu Wuji, and Zhou Rong arrived outside Jianye City, and Gu Rong, Mu Yixue, and Murong Jia were already waiting by the official road into the city.
Sima Jingwen and Li Zhao told Mu Yixue about their death, and when Yi Xue heard this, she was silent for a moment, and then turned to the Shinto pillar next to the official road and ran.
I saw Yi Xue leaning against the stone pillar, her shoulders twitching, as if she was crying bitterly, Zhou Rong just wanted to step forward when she saw this, but was pulled by Gu Rong, Gu Rong shook her head at Zhou Rong, and then snuggled at Sima Jingwen, Zhou Rong understood.
At this time, Sima Jingwen came to Yi Xue's side, handed Yi Xue his brocade handkerchief, and gently took Yi Xue in his arms, Yi Xue leaned on Sima Jingwen's shoulder and sobbed, Sima Jingwen's deep eyes revealed sadness, he didn't say a word, he just hoped that Yi Xue could cry happily.
Murong Jia saw all this in his eyes, and he also wanted to step forward to comfort Yi Xue, but when he saw Sima Jingwen passing, he twisted his head to the side, and his eyes turned red......
At noon on the second day, someone came to Sima Jingwen to pay homage, and the king of Fujie Yushi led to the outside of the city, and Lord Shi had already gone to greet him, and after noon, he asked King Langya to listen to the order.
So Sima Jingwen changed into a crown suit and took Gu Rong and Wang Qing to the Assassin Shi Gongfu to wait for the marquis.
Not long after, Director Wang was introduced into the public house by Shi Li with his personal guard Zhanpeng and his personal guards.
Wang Dao and Sima Jingwen hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they were polite and polite, but it was inconvenient to say more, so Wang Dao read out the holy decree.
Wang Dao read and enshrined the holy decree to Sima Jingwen, and then emphasized: "This time, Your Majesty and Niangniang understand the hard work of the Jiangnan Inspector of Langya Wang, and give Langya King the right to act cheaply, and specially order this official as the imperial history of Fujie to assist Langya Wang Inspector Huaiyin lost grain and Yangzhou collected grain. ”
Sima Jingwen bowed his head and bowed: "Minister Sima Jingwen bows to thank God!" ”
At this time, Shi Li also echoed with a face, "Your Majesty Shengming, Niangniang Shengming, King Langya is really hard this time, and I will do my best to cooperate with the next officials." ”
The person sent by Shi Li to follow Gao Bin has already returned, he already knows everything, and the best way to seek self-protection at this time is to put all the responsibility on Gao Bin and Li Zhao, as long as it does not affect the status of his brother Shi Chong, the future will be long.
Everyone took their seats, Gu Rong roughly talked about the arrest of Gao Bin, and Sima Jingwen didn't ask much, but said clearly: "As soon as Gao Bin's prisoner car arrives, he will be promoted to the court for interrogation." What do you think, Lord Wang? ”
Director Wang politely replied: "King Langya is the chief judge of this case, everything is up to you!" ”
"Where's Lord Thorn Shishi?"
"Shi Li doesn't dare, everything is arranged by King Langya!"
"Okay, I'll go to court tomorrow to judge Gaobin!"
Returning to the post house in the evening, Director Wang asked his escort Zhan Peng to find Xiu Wuji, and he called Gu Rong to Sima Jingwen's room.
At this time, only Sima Jingwen was cooking tea alone, Wang Dao and Gu Rong knelt down and sat down, and Sima Jingwen put the boiled tea soup in the green glaze cup in front of the three of them.
Director Wang looked at the tea in front of him, picked it up and shook it and smelled it, felt a little hot, put the cup down again, shook his head and smiled: "Jingwen's tea is still not hot enough, Master Gu's tea skills are exquisite, but Jingwen has not learned half a point!" ”
Sima Jingwen glanced at Director Wang and said, "There is only this tea, if you don't want to drink it, you can not drink it!" ”
Then he asked, "When will Gobin's prison car arrive?" ”
Gu Rong replied, "At noon tomorrow at the latest." ”
"That is, after noon, you can be promoted to the court to judge Gaobin?" Wang Dao interjected.
"Well, that's right." Gu Rong nodded in affirmation.
Director Wang remembered his brother Wang Yan's instructions, although he knew that his brother had always put profit first, but his self-protection ability was also very strong, and his words were not unreasonable.
So he said to Sima Jingwen: "At this time, Shi Li is afraid that he has already asked Shi Chong for help, and Jia Mi and Shi Chong will definitely protect Shi Li." ”
"yes, so I'm also thinking about how to convict Shi Li."
"According to the decree of the imperial court, those who violate the order are convicted according to the law, and the nobles can be convicted of crimes in addition to the crimes that are not forgiven, and I have eight discussions into the law, and the people who are relatives, deceased, virtuous, capable, meritorious, noble, diligent, and guest must be reported to the court. After all, this Shili is the son of Wuhou Shibao, the younger brother of Xianghou Shichong, the feudal official, and the nobleman, so he must not be forcibly questioned. Director Wang suggested.
Sima Jingwen also nodded when he heard this: "I have also considered this matter, Shi Li, Li Zhao, and Gao Bin are all officials appointed by the imperial court, and now that Li Zhao is dead, Gao Bin's crime has been confirmed, although they are officials from the fourth grade, but after all, they are not from the gate valve, how to deal with it must not be asked by the imperial court." As for Shi Li and looking at the trial of tomorrow's court, even if his crime is confirmed, he really needs to go to the court. ”
"Although this is good, it can't let Shi Li get away with it easily, if he is safe and sound, I am afraid that in the future, he will not care about it in Jiangnan and do whatever he wants." Gu Rong said his thoughts worriedly.
"It's not unreasonable for Lord Gu to be worried, so in this court trial, we must beware of Gao Bin taking all the blame for the crime." Director Wang agreed.
Sima Jingwen also nodded when he heard this.
At this time, there was the sound of someone fighting, Sima Jingwen stood up, pushed open the window, and looked into the courtyard of the post house.
I saw that Murong Jia and Yi Xue were learning martial arts, and the two were fighting, while Wuji, Qinghu, Zhou Rong, and Zhanpeng stood aside and watched the battle with a smile, commenting from time to time.
Sima Jingwen silently looked at Yi Xue, who was heroic in the courtyard.
At this time, Director Wang came up, also looked towards the courtyard, looked at Sima Jingwen again, and said with a playful smile:
"Who are you looking at with affection, Murong Jia? Prince Murong's martial arts seem to have improved again, alas, this Yi Xue girl's hand playing the piano picks up the sword, which is also unique. ”
As he was talking, he saw Murong Jia deliberately revealing a very small flaw, Yi Xue stabbed his sword upward, Murong Jia withdrew his arm in time, and only moved the sword down, Yi Xue's sword had already grazed Murong Jia's blade, making a sound of metal rubbing, and it hit Murong Jia's chest directly.
The sword trembled slightly, and the silver light that flashed from the Xiuyu sword seemed to illuminate Murong Jia's slightly embarrassed appearance.
Murong Jia grinned and looked self-deprecating: "It seems that Senior Sister's kung fu has improved again!" ”
"Senior brother, you let me again."
Yi Xue was already sweating slightly on her forehead, and she saw Yi Xue Qingyi wiping herself, her face was peachy, and she couldn't help but look at Zhanpeng on the side.
Seeing Zhan Peng staring at Yi Xue, Qinghu patted him: "Come, Zhan Peng, let's have a competition!" ”
Zhan Peng didn't respond to Qinghu, but said to Yi Xue with a smile: "I didn't expect Miss Yi Xue's kung fu to be good, can you ask for advice?" ”
Out of Zhanpeng's surprise, Yi Xue responded cheerfully: "Then compare and see!" After speaking, he mentioned the cultivation of the jade sword.
Seeing Sima Jingwen's unhappy face, Director Wang knew that he was eating, and couldn't help but want to tease:
"Our Zhanpeng has always been invincible, so I don't know if we can beat this delicate beauty!"
Sima Jingwen glared at Director Wang fiercely, darkened his face, and closed the window.
"Eh, I haven't finished reading it yet!"
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