Chapter 61: Surrender and Confession
This thing can't be said, Xiao Pingzhang looked at her face and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, it's just that my father said that he would teach Pingjing in person, and he would also teach Yuan Qi as well, and I was happy for them in my heart." ”
Meng Qianxue has always had a big heart and trusts Xiao Pingzhang very much, basically she doesn't think much about what he says, she just thinks it is true as he said, so she doesn't ask more, and falls asleep peacefully with Xiao Pingzhang's left arm.
Looking at his wife's sleeping face dotingly, Xiao Pingzhang put his hand on her bulging belly, and suddenly his palm was touched by something, but it was the child in his belly who greeted him. His heart instantly became soft, this is his child, they are connected by blood, two months later he can watch the child be born, hear his first cry in the world, and then babble and toddle, under the teaching of him and Xiaoxue, gradually grow into an excellent child. Was he once so expected to be born?
It should be, right?
Although he made mistakes, he is not a bad person after all. And now His Majesty and Father have asked me to re-examine this case, you ...... Will it never change?
After these thoughts calmed down, Xiao Pingzhang was finally able to analyze things calmly. He was originally guessing what the queen had done, but he didn't expect that the queen would want to overturn the case for the things of the year, what was her intention? …… Is it the same as the previous emperor, can't the Changlin Army be tainted?
This case is difficult to investigate, Xiao Pingzhang has no clue, so he decided to go to the court with Xiao Tingsheng tomorrow and look for an opportunity to go to Xiao Xin to see those cases. Although Xiao Xin and Xiao Tingsheng have both looked carefully and found no flaws, it is an entry point that cannot be avoided. According to the case, let's go back to the covert visit.
Xiao Pingzhang woke up before dawn on the second day, looked at Meng Qianxue's sleeping face and smiled at the corners of his mouth, and then got up lightly and dressed, turned around and was about to take another look at his wife before leaving, and then put on a pair of black eyes.
Xiao Pingzhang asked in a low voice, "Xiaoxue, woke you up?" ”
The person who was still in the fog shook his head and said, "No, Brother Pingzhang is going to the court today?" ”
"Accompany my father to the court, and there are other things to do." Xiao Pingzhang carefully coaxed her, "Xiaoxue, it's still early, you can sleep again." ”
"Hmm." Meng Qianxue nodded, "Then you come back earlier." ”
"Okay, I'll try." Xiao Pingzhang smiled and lightly tapped the tip of her nose: "Xu will come back very late, don't worry, you have a good rest and eat well." ”
In a daze, Meng Qianxue closed her eyes again and fell asleep.
Xiao Tingsheng didn't sleep all night, so he packed up early and sat in the front hall with a yellowed envelope in his hand. Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, he knew that Xiao Pingzhang would definitely go to court with him today, after all, those excerpts were all in the Residence Palace, and His Majesty was not ready to send the excerpts to other places, so if he wanted to check it, he could only go to the Palace of Residence, so he waited for Xiao Pingzhang to go out together.
When Xiao Pingzhang came out, he saw Xiao Tingsheng, who didn't know how long he had been waiting, and stepped forward to salute and said, "Father Lao has been waiting for a long time." ”
"It's still early, and it's not time to go out." Xiao Tingsheng waved his hand, and suddenly handed the envelope in his hand to Xiao Pingzhang, and said: "When we arrived back then, the eldest brother and sister-in-law had already killed themselves. I kept it and didn't open it until last night, when I remembered that year, and I decided to hand over this letter to you. ”
After receiving this letter, Xiao Pingzhang's heart was very complicated, after knowing the general content of the letter, he was not suitable to read the letter at this time, so he took the letter into his arms and decided to read it after the facts of the case were clear.
Seeing his movements, Xiao Tingsheng was stunned for a moment, and then understood that he really shouldn't give this letter to this child at this sensitive time, which made this child worry in vain. But now that it has been handed over and Pingzhang has already made a choice, there is no need to think about it. Raising his hand and patting Xiao Pingzhang's shoulder, Xiao Tingsheng raised his sleeves and said, "Let's go." ”
The father and son got on their horses together and went to the Chaoyang Palace. After the early dynasty, Xiao Xin left Xiao Pingzhang in the eyes of the courtiers of the palace and went to the Yangju Hall with him. Xiao Tingsheng went straight out of the palace and returned to the house, caught Xiao Pingjing is training, and sent him to bring Xiao Yuanqi to practice swordsmanship together.
Back at the Residence Hall, Xiao Xin sat down at the table and asked, "Pingzhang, you should know why I left you, right?" ”
Xiao Pingzhang lowered his forehead slightly, and said: "My father told the minister last night, Your Majesty and my father suspected that the case twenty-five years ago had an inside story, so they handed over the case to the minister for secret investigation. ”
"Pingzhang, all the relevant excerpts are here." Xiao Xin motioned to Xiao Pingzhang to flip through it, "Due to the special situation, these folds are all left here, and when you want to read the Pingzhang, you can come directly." ”
Xiao Pingzhang began to read it after seeing the ceremony, and Xiao Xin reviewed the folds on the side.
Different from Xiao Xin and Xiao Tingsheng, Xiao Pingzhang can read ten lines at a glance very quickly, and read the pile of excerpts in less than two hours, indeed as Xiao Tingsheng said, the certified physical evidence is complete, the confession is also very complete, the handwriting is clear and neat and there are no flaws, so where should this case start?
Even if he is as thoughtful as Xiao Pingzhang, he is hesitant for a while and can't find a place to start. In a trance, he picked up the only confession of surrender among these folds, which was the confession of his biological father Lu Yuan. As the saying goes, when you see words, you know who you are, looking at the strong and powerful handwriting of the flowing water, Xiao Pingzhang fell into deep thought.
He tried his best to recall the memories that were long ago, but apart from the scene of suicide, his memories of his parents were very vague. Lu Yuan has been in the north for many years, even if he returns to Jinling, he often stays in the army, and Xiao Pingzhang can see him for only a handful of days, and he only vaguely remembers that his father enlightened him. Only in the last days, his parents were with him, but when he was so young that he couldn't even remember what they looked like, he only remembered that his father taught him arithmetic, and asked him if he remembered, and even the day before he committed suicide, he still asked him to repeat and tell him to remember it well. He forgot everything, except the look in his eyes when he said the last sentence.
Father, are you really lost, or have you never changed?
Xiao Xin, who had been quietly reviewing the excerpts, looked at this courtier who was very trustworthy from time to time, and looked at Xiao Pingzhang's stunned eyes without the slightest disturbance, but looked at the confession in Xiao Pingzhang's hand twice. This confession can be described as a matter of detail, explaining everything clearly, it seems that everything is indispensable, but Xiao Xin always feels a little redundant, although Lu Yuan is thoughtful on weekdays, he is extremely clean and neat, and he does not drag the mud and water, and there is always a sense of disobedience when this confession is put with him.
But this confession, whether it is handwriting, choice of words and sentences, and speaking habits, all confirm that it was written by Lu Yuan himself, and there is no possibility of forging handwriting in the Chiyan case, because Xiao Xin and Xiao Tingsheng have never doubted this confession. But now even Xiao Pingzhang is stunned when he looks at this confession, is there any mystery in it?