Chapter Seventy-Five—Caught off Guard
"It's fine."
Rong Wenwen pursed his lips secretly when he looked at Shi Yu's serious appearance at this time, how could he not be indifferent at all when he was with the princess today.
The street where they are now is not far from the General's Mansion, and Jincheng has a carriage prepared at the gate in a short time.
He and the little eunuch were riding horses outside, and Shi Yu and the third prince sat in the carriage, silent.
Now Rong Zhi, who had just walked into the inner courtyard of the General's Mansion, was walking and suddenly stopped, and Rong Wen Wen was caught off guard and bumped into it.
"Wenwen, let me ask you."
Rong Zhi said suddenly seriously.
"Daddy, tell me."
At this moment, Rong Wenwen knew that she was at a loss, and she was already obediently waiting for her father's destined reprimand.
Who knew that Rong Zhi suddenly said in a deep voice: "Are you interested in the third prince?" ”
"Huh?"
Rong Wenwen looked at his father in confusion.
"Don't pretend to be confused with me, you just say yes or no?!"
"Why did you suddenly ask about this?"
You must know that your father never asks about her feelings, never!
Rong Zhi looked at Rong Wenwen and didn't have an accurate answer, and he was even more anxious.
"You see that Shi Yu is about to marry the princess now, if you are willing to like the three princes, after they get married, your father will naturally help you take care of everything."
This sentence, Rong Wenwen only sounded the first half of the sentence in his heart, yes, he is going to get married, so why should he still spend his mind on him...
"Yes and no!"
Rong Wenwen couldn't help but sulk, how could his father now push himself close to the alley.
"Okay, my father understands, you still have an interest in him."
Rong Wenwen didn't answer this time, but was actually thinking about Shi Yu and Sheng Erya in his heart.
Rong Zhi had already decided in his heart that Wen Wending was interested in the three princes.
It seems that he originally wanted to prevent his daughter from approaching the road to the palace draft, and he was going to start planning again.
...
In today's Dongchang, the few people who were captured at the dance party had already confessed without waiting for the interrogation of Jinyiwei.
"That Wei is extremely lustful, life is extravagant and decadent, as a general secretary of the council, collecting the people's petition for redress, but was bribed by the local prefect, so that the petition was not handed over, we are not convinced, this is a moment of confusion, dotted the servants on the Wei mansion, secretly drugged him, I thought that if he could get lost and report our grievances, we will send the antidote to him, who knows that he not only did not report, but even went to spend time drinking!"
Yi Zhengqing was a little embarrassed this time, he used to deal with a lot of grievances between officials, but this time it was obviously Wei Wei's fault first.
"Then you can report to the official, and commit suicide to the court official, but it is a serious crime!"
"Heh, my lord said that it was funny, if we can report to the official, why should we petition, but if there is a little way to live, how can we embark on the road of killing!"
The men were also dressed in extremely simple clothes, with patches everywhere under their coarse linen clothes.
"In that case, why do you want to take risks again tonight?!"
Yi Zhengqing asked again.
"We hate it very much, for the officials do not act, do not report the information, only cover the sky with one hand, since we have no way to retreat, on the Huangquan Road, we naturally have to pull people as companions, I thought that you were also the same as that Wei, talking about investigating the case, in fact, those dancing girls gathered in the house, and enjoyed themselves."
"It's so confusing!"
Yi Zhengqing's voice was very stern, but it was a little unbearable.
He has been an official for many years, and what he hates the most is naturally the inaction of officials.
He can devour those officials alive, but he is a little soft-hearted in the face of this grievance civilian.
"If you hadn't killed anyone and hadn't broken into the Yi Mansion again, this official might still be able to intercede with the saint and be extrajudicial, but now..."
"My lord, if we weren't forced to do this, how could we do this, you can eat and drink on the root of the imperial city without worry, and we, the old and the young, were oppressed by the landlord and confiscated a year's harvest, my old mother, starved to death at home a few days ago, and the child can only drink a little wild vegetable soup a day to satisfy his stomach, when did you go to the people to experience the suffering of the people?!"
"That's right, a few of our brothers today, even if they die, if they can be exchanged for justice, it will be worth it!"
"Wei deserves to die! My daughter is just thirteen, and he... He said that he would help us clear our grievances, and that he could give her a life of fine clothes and food, but then what? My poor daughter, tossed to death by him, was thrown by him on the mass grave outside the city, unclothed, covered with bruises, I have repeatedly reported this matter to the government, and now you have not received the slightest news?! ”
The few people who were detained, between their words, tears were in their eyes, Yi Zhengqing heard about their affairs, and the courage to interrogate the prisoners in the past suddenly disappeared.
The officials are for the people, but they really can't be blamed for this.
I was born into a family, and I went directly into the East Factory as an adult, all of which can be regarded as smooth sailing, but in contrast, I have never experienced the suffering in their mouths.
It's just that this matter is about the official's dereliction of duty, and the people have nowhere to redress their grievances, and this matter needs to be reported to the emperor again and request a joint trial by the three legal divisions!
"Let's go down first, wait for the emperor to be presented, and the trial will be held on a later date!"
As soon as Yi Zhengqing's words fell, the few people in front of him knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him.
"If Master Yi can really help us settle our grievances, even if we die, it will not be an exaggeration!"
They are now frightened by the officials, and now after this move, only Yi Zhengqing is their last straw.
After they were all escorted down, Yi Zhengqing personally swiped his pen and ink, and his words were sincere, and a letter of folds suddenly appeared, he was good at putting it away, and he needed to report these good students to the emperor in the morning tomorrow morning, but in this matter, the upper-level officials were not effective, and the lower-level officials did nothing.
In the early morning of the next day, in the Qianqing Palace, the emperor was furious when he saw Yi Zhengqing's recital.
"Lang Lang, in broad daylight, can still cause such an incident! What an official does not do! Permit! Joint trial of the three legal divisions! The Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for supervision, the Criminal Department to try the case, after the case is closed, the file will be handed over to Dali Temple for review, if you agree to the Criminal Department to review, then the water will come out, if there is any objection, continue the trial! ”
Hearing this, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and other officials hurriedly responded, and there must have been many officials implicated in this incident, and the emperor attached so much importance to them, they also needed to be reviewed.
It's just that in this way, the three law divisions investigate the case, or they still have to track down the case about officials, and all the officials below can't help but put themselves in danger.
They will inevitably make mistakes more or less in ordinary times, so won't the emperor catch them at that time.