Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Execution Ground Changes

I drank a little wine today, I was dizzy, I updated early, and I went to bed early......

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The two brothers were talking, the door of the outer compartment rang, Xie Qi slowly walked in, and everyone immediately changed the topic and started chatting. When it was time for dinner, Mrs. Zhuo came to take Xiao Jingrui to the dining room, and Zhuo Qingyao and his wife had dinner together in their room due to their mobility difficulties.

Xie Bi and Zhuo Qingyi had already returned at this time, but Xie Yu and Zhuo Dingfeng didn't know why they didn't return, so they only sent someone to report that they didn't have to wait for them, so the elders in the hall only had two mothers, and the atmosphere was more relaxed.

Xiao Jingrui is the most favored child in the eyes of the two mothers, which is reflected in the dinner table, especially Mrs. Zhuo, any dishes that Jingrui likes to eat, are all put into his bowl first. Xie Bi jokingly complained on the side: "Xie Xu and I are also here, no one can see us?" ”

The eldest princess of Liyang was cold and self-controlled, only glanced at him, and smiled silently, but Mrs. Zhuo quickly picked up a chicken leg and stuffed it into his bowl, and said with a smile: "Okay, if you have it, eat it quickly." Young man, eat like a wolf before you talk. ”

Xiao Jingrui thoughtfully gave food to the third brother who was silently bowing his head to eat, and joked with a smile: "You are now my mother's son-in-law, and you have long been more expensive than me, and my mother-in-law always looks at her son-in-law more pleasing to the eye than her son, just like in the eyes of my mother, Brother Qingyao is also more important than me." ”

In order to distinguish, when everyone was present at the same time, Xiao Jingrui always called Mrs. Zhuo her mother and Princess Liyang her mother, and when he said this, the eldest princess couldn't help but smile and said: "Qingyao is already more sensible than you, so naturally you have to value him more." ”

Xie Bi wanted to say more, but Zhuo Qingyi secretly kicked him with a red face, so he had to change the topic and talk about the interesting story of going out of the city today, and everyone picked up a sentence or two from time to time, and they were very happy.

The quietest person at the table has always been Xie Xu, his arrogant and cold temperament is like his mother, Princess Liyang, who is meticulous in his manners and manners, and pays attention to food and silence during meals. After the meal, he sat silently with him for a while, then saluted the elders, greeted his brothers and sisters, and went back to his room to study. So much so that even a calm person like Xiao Jingrui couldn't help but want to call Yan Yujin and go to the study to make trouble with him.

"Xu'er acts in such an orderly manner at such a young age," Mrs. Zhuo praised Princess Liyang with a smile, "I will definitely be able to become a great weapon in the future." ”

The eldest princess had a smile on her lips, but there was a hint of melancholy in her eyes, and she said softly: "Xu'er is a person who loves to learn, but she has always thought too highly of herself, and she doesn't know the truth that there is a sky outside the sky and there are people outside the world, and she will inevitably suffer some losses in the future." ”

Xiao Jingrui and Xie Bi remembered the small loss that Xie Xu had already suffered in the Su Mansion at the same time, and the two couldn't help but glance at each other, but they didn't mention it very tacitly. When everyone gossiped together and arrived at the second watch, Xie Hou and Zhuo Dingfeng still did not return home, Xiao Jingrui felt a little uneasy in his heart, and after sending his mothers back to the backyard to rest, he immediately ordered someone to prepare a horse, and asked Xie Bi to wait at home, and he was ready to go out to look for it. As soon as they walked to the gate, the two fathers happened to come back.

"How do you wear a cape? Still going out so late? Xie Yu frowned and asked, his tone a little stern.

Xie Bi, who sent Xiao Jingrui out, hurriedly explained: "The eldest brother is worried that his father and Uncle Zhuo will not return at night, and he wants to go out to find ......."

"What's there to find? Even if something really happens to the two of us, what can you do as a little kid? ”

"Jing Rui is also filial, Brother Xie doesn't have to be too harsh," compared to Xie Yu's strictness, Zhuo Dingfeng has always been very kind to the children, patted Xiao Jingrui on the shoulder, and said gently, "It's hard for you to think, it's not too early, go and rest." ”

Xie Yu seemed to be in a good mood today, so he actually laughed and said, "Brother Zhuo, you are really too spoiled by children. ”

Since the crown prince has been doing things badly recently, Xie Yu has basically not shown a smile at home, so Xiao Jingrui and Xie Bi were very surprised by this smile, they didn't know what happened to make him happy, but they didn't dare to say more and ask more, just secretly guessed, saluted together, and retreated silently.

Early the next morning, Xie Xu, the third young master, set off to return to Songshan Academy, and in the afternoon, the eldest princess of Liyang decided to go back to the princess's mansion to serve her flower room, and the ladies except Xie Qi went with her, Xie Bi was stumped by some things in the house, so only Xiao Jingrui accompanied the escort. There are many varieties of flowers that bloom in spring, such as Yingchun, Ruixiang, Magnolia, Qionghua, Begonia, Lilac, Rhododendron, Hanxiao, Bauhinia, Tangtang, Jindai, Dendrobium...... Planted in the greenhouse, urging to bloom in one place, full of flowers, gorgeous and fragrant, everyone appreciated a day is not happy, that night stayed in the princess's house, the next day and enjoyed until nearly the evening, before returning home.

Because after two days of playing, the ladies were a little tired, Xiao Jingrui was only sent to the backyard door, and then quickly retreated. He first went to the West Courtyard to visit Zhuo Qingyao, and then returned to the small courtyard where he lived, ready to calm down and read a book.

As soon as he turned two pages, a familiar voice came from outside the hospital, calling his name all the way, and his tone sounded very excited.

Xiao Jingrui smiled bitterly and dropped the book, went to the door to welcome his friend in, and asked, "What's going on again?" Come sit and talk slowly. ”

Yan Yujin didn't have time to sit down, so he grabbed Xiao Jingrui's arm and said thoughtlessly: "I'm not wrong!" ”

"Nothing wrong?"

"The carriage we met outside the city the day before yesterday was He Wenxin sitting inside, I was not mistaken!"

"Huh?" Xiao Jingrui was stunned, "So he escaped from prison?" …… Isn't it, how can you escape from prison and go to the city? ”

"He fled, but he fled years ago, and when we saw him that day, he was caught!"

"Ran away years ago? But why haven't I heard of this news, and the Criminal Department has not gone to sea to catch documents......"

"It's the criminal department itself, of course there is no sea fishing paperwork!" Yan Yujin picked up Xiao Jingrui's cup of tea on the table and moistened his throat, "Let me tell you, He Wenxin's father, He Jingzhong, colluded with Qi Min from the Criminal Department, and found a person who looked similar to He Wenxin to lock up the dead ghost in prison, replaced the real He Wenxin, and hid it far away. After waiting for the spring decision, he cut people and buried them, and since then he has no proof of death, and the kid can get away with it and live again with a different identity! ”

"Impossible, right?" Xiao Jingrui was stunned, "This is also ...... It's so lawless......"

"It sounds quite bold, but the Criminal Department has really done it, don't say it, this Qi Min has quite an idea, I don't know if he came up with this trick alone......"

Xiao Jingrui felt that something was wrong, and asked with his hands on his chest, "Yujin...... This is supposed to be a very secret thing, how do you know? ”

"Now I don't know, I'm afraid that everyone in the capital will know!" Yan Yujin glanced at him, "Today's spring decision can be regarded as a big show, you hide at home and stay at home, of course you don't know anything." ”

"You went to the vegetable market to watch the spring decision?"

"I ...... I didn't go either...... What's so good about killing people......" Yan Yujin scratched his head embarrassedly, "But I have a friend who went, and he saw it clearly from the beginning to the end, and he told me all about it when he came back...... Do you want to listen or not? ”

"Listen, such a big thing, of course you have to listen."

Yan Jinyu was suddenly more interested, his eyebrows fluttered, and he said colorfully: "It is said that at that time, at the entrance of the vegetable market, there were crowds of people watching the execution, and the whole class of the criminal department was dispatched, and the prison officer was of course Qi Min, he was sitting on the upstairs directly opposite the torture table, and the vermilion blood sticks were thrown down from the upstairs one by one, and after each sign fell to the ground, there was a prisoner's head that fell off. Cut and chop like this, and then it was He Wenxin's turn, after verifying his body, Qi Min was about to send a blood stick, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, and your father suddenly shouted: 'Slow! ’”

"Who are you talking about?" Xiao Jingrui was taken aback, "My father? ”

"Yes, your father, Master Xie. He was also watching the upstairs at the time, and after stopping the executioner, he asked Qi Min: 'Lord Qi, human life is at stake, are you sure that this person is in good health?' Yan Yujin learned Xie Yu's tone, but there were seven or eight points of similarity, "As soon as this sentence was asked, Qi Min's face immediately changed, but the arrow had left the string, and there was no reason to return to the bow, Qi Min could only bite the bullet and say that there was no mistake, and ordered the executioner to hurry up and open the knife. Your father just shouted, 'Stay under the knife', and a carriage was escorted by the patrol battalion to the execution platform at this time, and several battalion soldiers dragged and dragged out of the carriage, and dragged out a person, guess who? ”

Xiao Jingrui said angrily: "He Wenxin." ”

"You guessed it! This is the real He Wenxin. But his father and Qi Min didn't admit it, if they didn't say this, it was fake. Your father sneered twice at this time, and brought out three more people, who were the cell boss and the middleman for the dead ghost, and there was also a woman, the woman only cried twice, and the fake He Wenxin on the stage couldn't hold it anymore, and suddenly screamed, saying that he was not a death row prisoner, and he didn't want to die...... Think about it, the people around were crowded with onlookers, there was an uproar, the scene was so chaotic, Qi Min was about to faint to death at that time. Wen Yuanbo also came to watch the punishment, and when he saw the hand of the criminal department, he jumped with anger, grabbed He Jingzhong and Qi Min, and made a fuss to face you. In the end, your father had the courage to send a brigade of soldiers and horses from the patrol battalion to take over the scene, but it was not out of control. Later, several of them dragged into the palace together, and it is estimated that they are waiting for the emperor to summon them outside the Taihe Palace for a while. ”

This is simply a strange news that I have never heard of before, Xiao Jingrui pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think it is really Lord He and the accomplices of the Criminal Department who did this thing to replace the death row prisoner?" ”

"I think it's true." Yan Yujin lowered his voice a little, "What a cautious person your father is, there is no ironclad evidence, he will play secretly at most, and he will not make such a show in public." It's okay for the officials, only He Jingzhong is involved in the crime, but the criminal department ...... I'm afraid I'll be boiled into a bowl of porridge this time. ”

"That's right, if it is found that there were similar cases of the same type in the past, Qi Shangshu's crime will be even heavier." Xiao Jingrui muttered, suddenly remembering his father's happy look the night before, and now it seems that it was because he caught He Wenxin...... The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment all support King Yu, and this prince, who has been smooth sailing recently, broke his two arms just for this case, which is enough for him to hurt for a while......

"Speaking of which, they are all the heads of the six departments, it's really filthy," Yan Yujin shook his head and sighed with emotion, "Since when have the courtiers become like this, such a person comes to assist the king in governing the world, can the world be cured?" ”

Xiao Jingrui lowered his head and was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "Can you blame the courtiers?" The monarch, the source also, the source is clear, the source is turbid, now in the court as an official, honest treatment of people is ridiculed as naïve, not scheming is regarded as naïve, if the atmosphere is like this, whose fault is it? ”

As soon as he said this, Yan Yujin was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, and said for a long time: "You are really a blockbuster, I don't care about the court situation at all?" If you can say such things, please bow down to me. ”

"Don't make fun of me," Xiao Jingrui glared at him, "It's not that I said this again, I just feel more and more...... He's right......"

"Who?" Yan Yujin thought for a moment and asked hesitantly, "Brother Su?" ”

"Hmm. We traveled thousands of miles, and we talked about all topics along the way, which is the emotion that Xie Bi slept one night and talked with me at night...... I really can't figure it out, Brother Su has such a concept, why did he choose Yuwang? ”

"Maybe he didn't have a choice, did he?" Yan Yujin shrugged his shoulders, "How much difference is there between the crown prince and King Yu?" ”

Xiao Jingrui nodded, and his expression was a little helpless: "Brother Su once said that establishing a monarch and establishing morality, the so-called monarch and ministers, is the luck of the society." Treat the people with kindness, treat the ministers with courtesy, non-virtue can not go far, non-kindness can not cherish people. The kings who are always suspicious and mean and unkind, how many of them have become famous and virtuous monarchs who have been famous for centuries? I think Brother Su's pain is nothing more than not being able to support a lord who can convince him in virtue......"

Yan Yujin's eyes flickered slightly, he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, his fingers flicked the teapot lid on the table, flipped over and played for a while, suddenly got up, and pulled the topic away from the place just now: "Jing Rui, it's moonlight outside, will you accompany me to Miaoyinfang?" ”

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