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Chapter Seventy-Seven: Refuting Rumors (I)

Chapter Seventy-Seven: Refuting Rumors (I)

"There is some truth in what the fourth aunt said, but it is not appropriate to use it here. -- There are many kinds of rumors, some of which can be ignored, and those who are clear horizontally and vertically will clear themselves, and those who are turbid will be turbid. However, some rumors cannot be ignored. The so-called gale starts at the end of Qingping, which is the truth. Therefore, some rumors are groundless, and they will naturally fend for themselves. However, some rumors are not rootless trees or water without a source, and if you ignore them, they will spread more and more. What kind of consequences can be caused in the future, I think, the two of you haven't really thought about it yet, right? Shen smiled and continued.

"In the autumn of the first year of Longqing, there were rumors in the capital that Dilong had turned over, and every household began to hoard rice, grain and oil to cope with the disaster, causing some unscrupulous merchants to hoard Juqi and make a lot of money. Later, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Criminal Department found out that the rumor-mongers behind the scenes were manipulated by businessmen who hoarded Juqi behind the scenes. - The fate of these businesses, presumably some of you already know. ”

In fact, the "Dilong case" in the first year of Longqing was not limited to commercial fraud and price gouging. What's more, some people are trying to take advantage of the rumors that this earth dragon has turned over, saying that it is a warning from heaven that the emperor is immoral, and it is connected everywhere, with hidden counterintentions.

Emperor Longqing had just ascended the throne at that time, and Concubine Pang Guifei, who had made him in a stupor, had not yet entered the palace. At that time, he was still a sober-minded young man, so he immediately used thunderous means to clean up this rumor-monger with ulterior motives, and some lawbreakers who tried to fish in troubled waters and make profits for fishermen.

This "Dilong Case" wiped out the three largest imperial merchants in the Great Qi Dynasty at that time. Men over the age of 16 will be beheaded, and all women will be enslaved by the official tutors, and they will not be allowed to redeem themselves for generations. There are also a number of officials related to the Dilong case, which have also been swept away. Therefore, many positions were vacated for the new Jinshi of that year, and Emperor Longqing was able to use his own manpower by taking advantage of the situation, so that the Great Qi Dynasty was also quite peaceful for more than ten years. - And the wealth of the three imperial merchants can be worthy of ten years of state in the era of the first emperor. This inspection naturally made a great contribution to the enrichment of the treasury of the Great Qi Dynasty.

Pei Shufen heard Shen talk about the ancients, and frowned slightly. She has read a lot of books in the past few years, but she didn't like to read books like this kind of major cases in her previous life, and in this other world, she even skipped all these kinds of books directly.

In desperation, Pei Shufen stood in the hall, quickly glanced at the hall, and saw that the expressions of the people in the room were different, so he had a plan in his heart, and said with a smile: "Uncle and grandmother are reasonable, in fact, we have also checked." It's just that the eldest uncle and grandmother know that this kind of rumor has no head and no tail, and it is really impossible to prevent it. - We also have more than enough heart but not enough power. ”

Shen listened to Pei Shufen's words, and said with a smile: "If you can find out the head and tail, what should you Ningyuan Marquis Mansion do?" "Pei Shufan is a person from the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion, and this matter is said from the bright side, and the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion has to take the lead for her.

What the Shen family did this time, in the eyes of outsiders, was already a bit overstepping, relying on the residual power of the first assistant of the three dynasties, and he was aggressive.

Pei Shufen thought for a while, looked at Mrs. Tai and said, "This matter is very important, and it should be up to the mother to decide." ”

Mrs. Tai thought about it in her heart, and felt that this rumor had been spread for so long, and she wanted to check the head and tail, but she was looking for a needle in a haystack, and she didn't know how long it would take......

"If this matter can be found out, the old body will definitely report it to the queen mother and treat her for the crime of disrespect," Mrs. Tai put on a look of righteous indignation.

Shen nodded and said: "Mrs. Tai said this well-disrespectful to Mrs. Yipin Zhongzhenguo is disrespectful to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, disrespectful to the queen's mother, and even more disrespectful to the saint." Such a big crime of disrespect, according to the law of Daqi, at least the waist will be cut off and the city will be abandoned, and the heavy will be connected with the nine clans, it is really necessary to check it carefully, to see who has such a bold son, only trying to speak quickly, can take the lives of his parents and family as a child's play"

As soon as the words fell, the Dongxiang Hou Jimu, who was sitting at a table on the east side of the hall, had already fallen from his seat with a bang and fainted.

The maid brought by Hu Shi hurriedly stepped forward to pat her chest and rub her back, and finally woke her up, and brought hot tea over, so that she could drink it slowly and suppress her shock.

Pei Shufen listened to Shen's words, her face turned pale, and she finally calmed down, hurriedly walked to the side of Hu Shi under the hall, and said with concern: "But you are unwell?" Do you want me to have someone take you somewhere else to rest? ”

Hu Shi finally relieved himself, took Pei Shufen's hand and said weakly: "I have a headache, please forgive me for taking a step first." ”

Pei Shufen was about to nod in agreement, but Shen walked slowly from the hall and said to Hu, "Mrs. Hu, it's not too late to make your words clear." ”

Hu Shi saw Shen coming over, and asked her sternly, his eyes were black, and he wanted to faint again.

Shen said coldly: "If you faint again, you can only go directly to the lobby of Shuntian Mansion to interrogate." As if he had made a mistake, he patted his left cheek lightly and said, "I forgot to fight, such a big crime should go directly to the lobby of the Criminal Department." - Shuntianfu is not qualified enough to judge. ”

Hu Shi didn't dare to faint anymore, so he had to struggle to stand up, and said inwardly: "Don't scare me—the crime of disrespect is for you." Pei Shufan is just a lady of a first-class country, where can he deserve the word 'great disrespect'"

Seeing that the Hu family still had some knowledge, Shen nodded slightly and said, "You are also considered to be in a hurry." However, whether it is a crime of 'great disrespect' is not up to you and me, and the Criminal Department should have the final say. - Besides, even if it is not a 'great disrespect', it is impossible to cure a crime of 'contempt for the court'. Our aunt and grandmother's Mrs. Yipinguo is a saint, and if you slander her, you are 'despising the court'. Did you know that 'contempt of the court' is the same punishment as 'great disrespect'? ”

The Hu clan was not as specialized in the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty as the Shen clan, and he was frightened for a while, and his lips were closed for a long time before he realized that he had been fooled, and he said in a sentence: "How can I say that I slandered her...... What's the matter with me? It's ridiculous."

Shen walked around the Hu family twice, looked over, looked over again, and said meaningfully: "In this full house, you alone heard that you were disrespectful to Mrs. Yipin Zhongzhenguo, and you were going to 'abandon the city' and 'Zhulian Nine Clans', so you fainted." - If it weren't for your weak heart, how could you be scared like this? It didn't come from you, but from where? ”

Hu Shi absolutely didn't recognize this reason, and trembled and leaned on the arms of the big girl who was holding her aside, and hissed: "You are talking nonsense - what you said just now is so scary, I am just timid...... I've never heard anything so bloody......"

"Dongxiang Hou was also a man of great achievements and murderous back then, how could he marry such a timid and mouse-filled house? - What a big joke," Shen sneered, "Don't pretend." The words came out of your house in the first place. - Do you think that I have no evidence, so I will come to testify against others? ”

"What evidence do you have?" Hu was a little unconvinced.

Shen Shi stopped, stood in front of her, and said calmly: "Criminal Investigation Department of the Criminal Department, Ti Cai." ”

Hu Shi was impotent, his face was gray, he grabbed the sleeve of the maid behind him, looked around, and shouted at a mother-in-law behind him: "It's none of my business - it's this cheap maid who said it."

Shen Shi looked behind her, and saw a mother-in-law wearing a dark blue right-hand cotton robe and a cyan belt around her waist, dodging behind a group of maids brought by the Hu family, not daring to look up.

"Come here. - Your lady said that you were the first to get the word? I want to ask you, how do you know about the affairs in the inner courtyard of the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion, you mother-in-law of the Marquis of Dongxiang? Or did you make it up with your own swagger? ”

That mother-in-law was originally a henchman of the Hu family, and she was also the number one person in the inner courtyard of the Dongxiang Hou Mansion. Now he was pushed out by a few maids with a dead face, kneeling in front of Shen, his whole body was constantly trembling, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.

"Don't speak? It seems to be your fault. - Our aunt and grandmother don't know what enmity they have against you, and they want you, the mother-in-law of the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, to make up such nonsense and slander her. No matter what, you make something out of nothing like this, slandering the lady of the court, and the crime of abandoning the city. As for whether it will sit in your Dongxiang Hou Mansion ......"

Before Shen's words fell, the mother-in-law had already woken up, and shouted loudly like a pig: "It has nothing to do with slaves and maids-it was Mama Zhang from Ningyuan Marquis Mansion who told me...... "Mama Zhang is the housekeeper in the Zhonglan Courtyard of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, the son of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, if she saddles in front of Pei Shufen every day, she is very good at getting into trouble, and she is a famous big mouth. In several princely mansions near the Marquis Mansion of Ningyuan, there are many people who have friendships and relatives with Mama Zhang.

"How did you know Mama Zhang from the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion? Do you know that you can climb and bite indiscriminately, but you will be guilty of a crime" Shen is very good at touching melons.

The woman hesitated for a while, and then bowed her head a little ashamedly and said, "Mama Zhang...... It's the slave's in-laws......"

Shen smiled slightly, no longer asked, but saw that Pei Shufen didn't speak.

Pei Shufen heard that this thread had finally wrapped around the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, and immediately said sharply: "Bring Mama Zhang up for me" and turned to Shen and praised: "Uncle and grandmother are really worthy of being the eldest daughter of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department of the previous dynasty." This questioning and arresting the culprit is really powerful - thanks to my aunt and grandmother, I only learned today that this word was originally spread by our subordinates in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. ”

Saying that, Pei Shufen knelt down for Shen in the hall, and said with shame on his face: "It's because I don't govern my family strictly that I let such splashed people make waves, slander the eldest sister, and slander the eldest sister." - If the eldest uncle and grandmother want to be punished, let's first punish Shu Fen for the crime of 'not governing the family strictly'. ”

Shen smiled: "Didn't you just say that it was difficult to find the source of the message?" Now I'll help you find this 'culprit', you have to have a good trial, what kind of grudges does this Grandma Zhang have with our Pei family's aunt and grandmother. It has been two years since she passed away that these rumors that are not beneficial to this subordinate will be spread...... "to lightly avoid Pei Shufen's self-proclaimed fault of "not governing the family strictly".

Pei Shufen smiled bitterly, lowered his head and did not speak.

Mrs. Tai saw that she had been around for a long time, and she actually went around her house, and she was stunned, and she was busy holding the hand of the big girl holding the qin, and sacrificed the sick Dafa, and said: "I'm a little dizzy, I can't hold my hand, I have to go back and rest." ”

Pei Shufen saw that Mrs. Tai was leaving, so she hurriedly got up and said, "Mother, what can I do here?" ”

Mrs. Tai didn't look back and said: "You are the one who presides over the feed, you are in charge." - Don't be soft on such subordinates who slander their masters. Or beat, or kill, or sell, you have to deal with it quickly. ”

Shen took a step forward and stopped Mrs. Tai's way and said, "If Mrs. Tai leaves like this, no one in this hall is qualified to administer justice to our Pei family's eldest aunt and grandmother." Please don't be surprised, I can only send the relevant people to the Criminal Department for trial. ”

Mrs. Tai didn't leave, and she didn't want to stay, she was very embarrassed at the table.

Seeing this, Pei Shufen hurriedly stepped forward and helped Mrs. Tai personally to sit down on the Taishi chair on the side, and called someone to call Mama Zhang in. 's very frank and fair appearance made Shen slightly suspicious in his heart.

Mama Zhang in Zhonglan Courtyard was shocked when she heard that it was a rumor about the first wife Pei Shufan. When I came to the front of the hall, I heard that it was a big crime to slander Mrs. Yipinguo, and Mama Zhang immediately called out to hit the sky: "Uncle and grandmother Mingjian, this matter has nothing to do with slaves and maids. - These words, the slaves and maids all listened to the leaves of Kiripha."

Tong Ye is Pei Shufan's dowry maid, and he is also Pei Shufan's confidant in the Mansion of the Marquis of Ningyuan. The noble ladies who had a relationship with Pei Shufan back then all knew that this maid was relied on by Pei Shufan before his death.

When Shen heard that this was actually passed on by Tong Ye first, he was quite surprised. - She originally thought that after going around in a big circle like this, she would definitely be able to go around Pei Shufen in the end. Even if direct evidence can't be found, circumstantial evidence can be found to beat her. But Tong Ye is separated from Pei Shufen by a layer......

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