Xinrong and Xinxiu stood by the door of the pond kiln workshop without changing their faces, and they were already numb to this kind of thing. What are you afraid of if you have a problem? As long as her aunt and grandmother had an idea, the problem basically did not exist.

And Su Qiao was speechless for a while. She originally hoped that Xia Yanqing could stay in the mansion to get married. As a result, this aunt was made up by the family and came to the workshop again.

Then, as soon as she came, she frightened one of the most senior craftsmen who would be in charge of the prison to the point of incoherence.

Alas, she really has no choice, she really doesn't know how to serve this aunt, and her previous ideas and practices are completely useless to her aunt.

Next, it was Fang Chaosheng's chance to show his strength.

Making a heat-resistant tin bath is not a problem at all.

Tin blocks, not a problem.

For Fang Chaosheng, who can mix up as a craftsman to become a seventh-grade official, these things are not a problem, and he immediately starts to make a statement.

On the contrary, the extraction of liquid glass is very troublesome, and the production method needs to be kept secret, which is quite a lot of twists and turns.

Fortunately, the trial operation of the pool kiln went smoothly, and a few crucible kilns were stopped. A half-decommissioned crucible kiln workshop was separated to form a separate small workshop for the production of float glass.

Fang Chaosheng and Qiao Chensheng were together and were in full swing preparing for the float glass. The female dependents received by the Xia family were also as lively as ever.

It was in the midst of this fiery prosperity that a dossier was sent to the emperor's desk.

At the same time, the contents of this dossier were also quietly passed on among some officials.

The two elders of the cabinet didn't look at the emperor's gloomy face, and only stood silently on the side, waiting for the emperor to ask.

The emperor kept his face calm for a while before asking, "Has it been verified?" ”

He Shouli glanced at Zhan Kangwen, and saw that the old fox had no intention of talking at all, so he had to say: "The ministers have asked people to go to Dali Temple to check the old files, and there is such a case on the file index, but the files can't be found. However, many people remember this case, about ten years ago, when Xia Ke was in charge of Dali Temple, he went to Fuhuai County in the northwest, and there was indeed such a case at hand. ”

"Can't find the dossier?" The emperor's face was even darker.

He Shouli hurriedly bowed: "There are others, only the file of this case is missing." ”

"What do you mean, Xia Ke was the elder in Dali Temple, and he took advantage of his position to destroy the evidence of the crime?" The Emperor asked in an unkind tone.

He Shouli bent his waist lower: "This, this is really hard to say." ”

After a pause, he still left himself some leeway, "If someone framed Lord Xia in this matter, the loss of the file may have been done by the person who framed it...... This, Weichen did not dare to make a conclusion. ”

"What do you mean? What should we do about this? The Emperor asked.

"Now the only way to do this is to send people to the northwest to visit the people and ask what the situation was about the case ten years ago. Then I asked the officials who served in the two northwestern counties in that year and asked about the trial of the case that year. He Shouli said.

Zhan Kangwen has not squeaked, this case is really difficult to investigate.

Ten years later, a drought broke out in the northwest ten years ago, and after the beginning of winter, until the autumn of the following year, there were no snows or rainfall.

In that kind of situation where starvation was everywhere and disaster relief was unfavorable, no one cared about the disposal of an official from the seventh grade, and few people could remember the details of the situation at that time.

It can be said that the available evidence is very unfavorable to Xia Ke.

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The dossier was sent to the palace in the afternoon of that day, and by the evening of the same day, the mansions that should have been known were already known. On the contrary, the parties Xia Ke and the Xia family didn't hear any news.

The next day, Xia Yanqing went to the Qingyun Zhai kiln as usual to do things, but the number of visitors to the Xia family was greatly reduced.

In the early court meeting on this day, it was discussed that someone had sued Xia Ke for abusing his power, corrupting the law, and unjustly killing the county magistrate of Qingzhou County when he took advantage of the severe drought in the northwest ten years ago to monitor the disaster relief situation.

The complainant's statement clearly states that when there was a great drought in the northwest and starvation was everywhere, the imperial court sent officials to supervise the disaster relief.

Xia Ke abused his power in Qingzhou County, and when the people of Qingzhou County jointly sponsored the county, he took advantage of the privilege of supervising disaster relief and acting cheaply, and sentenced the county order of Qingzhou County to be executed.

On the day of the beheading, the people of Qingzhou County and its subordinate villages, as well as the surrounding two counties, gathered, and all the people petitioned to avenge the county order, but they were all rejected by Xia Ke.

Pity the parents and officials who are dedicated to doing things for the people, and they died like this.

Also in Fuhuai County, the county magistrate of Qiuling County was reported by the people for doing nothing during the drought, resulting in countless starvation deaths for the people. was sheltered by Xia Ke and was safe and sound.

The statement on the pleadings is justified and well-founded, and it is also attached to the drawings of thousands of people in the two counties. Coupled with the loss of Dali Temple's files on these two cases, the situation was extremely unfavorable to Xia Ke.

As a result of the court discussion, because Xia Ke had served in Dali Temple for many years, the case was tried by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. During the trial of the case, Xia Ke was temporarily suspended from work and waited at home for summons.

Xia Yanqing got the news at noon and immediately rushed home. When he got home, Xia Ke hadn't come back yet.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the previous days, at this time, the maids and servants who came and went in the house were all depressed, making the family look extremely cold and depressed.

She was worried about her mother, so she hurried to Mrs. Jiang's room and saw that Xia Zixi had come back and was accompanying her mother.

Xia Yanqing first greeted his mother and sister-in-law, and then sat next to Mrs. Jiang, and then asked, "What's going on?" How can you say that your father is in a lawsuit? ”

Mrs. Jiang looked okay and did not show panic, but her eyes still showed worry.

She patted Xia Yanqing's arm comfortingly, but instead comforted her and said, "It's okay, your father won't do anything that violates the laws of the imperial court, don't worry." ”

Xia Yanqing could feel that Mrs. Jiang's palm, which had always been warm, was cool at this time.

She looked at Xia Zixi, Xia Zixi shook her head slightly and didn't say anything.

It seems that Mrs. Jiang and Xia Zixi know something, but they don't want to talk about it at this time.

Speaking of which, ten years ago, Xia Zixi was eighteen years old at the time, and he and his mother should know about the cases that his father went out to deal with.

In this way, Xia Ke's disposal back then was no problem.

Xia Yanqing was a little relieved, with Shao Yi, his feelings for warning the emperor because of his experience in his previous life, and the relationship between the grandson, as long as Xia Ke did not break the law, the emperor would not let anyone wronged him.

Everyone was in a bad mood, in order not to make Mrs. Jiang worry more, Xia Yanqing didn't ask more, just waited for his father to come back.

The family had lunch unpleasantly, Xia Yanqing accompanied Mrs. Jiang to rest in the room, and Xia Zixi, Yang and Gao went back to their own yards.

It wasn't until the evening that Xia Ke came back, and with him came back Xia Zitang and Shao Yi.

At this time, there was no distinction between the front yard and the backyard, except for the three young grandchildren, the family, including Shao Yi, gathered in Mrs. Jiang's room.

Mrs. Jiang, who had always maintained her composure, wanted to speak several times, but she didn't dare to ask the words.

Xia Yanqing still relied on the fact that she was a girl and asked, "Father, what's going on?" I heard that it was a triage of the three divisions, and they will listen to your explanation, right? ”

Xia Ke drank half a cup of tea, put the teacup down, wiped his beard, and then said, "I have already written a defense excerpt and handed it over." We just have to wait for the outcome of the trial. ”

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