Chapter 139: Counter-Killing
A farce in which a military general beat a civilian official ended under His Majesty's reprimand, of course, after the civil official was beaten several times.
"Your Majesty, what Master Tong said, although it is a little mean, is what really happened. Lord Lu had a poor background when she was a child, but it was not a reason for her to deceive His Majesty. β
Then one of them came out of the ranks, and spoke for the civil servant what he had not finished.
This person is a little higher-level, Lu Weimang feels familiar, as if he is Lord Yao, the right attendant of the ministry.
At this time, Lord Yao's face was upright, as if he was just talking about things, he was in the ministry, and he said whether Lu Weimang's official position was rooted in red seedlings and his identity was legitimate.
Because of this, it is impossible to tell for a while that he is responsible, and if he came forward to talk about Lu Weimang, or whether he was an accomplice with the person just now, but one sings in black and the other in red.
None of that matters, though.
"Your Majesty, it seems that you are not very clear about the law. The current law was revised in the third year of the Great Dry Dynasty. And Weichen killed those two people exactly three years before the Great Qian, at that time, the world had just been pacified, and the local government was not in charge of it, so there were often human traffickers who set their sights on the orphans, weakness and children who remained after the war. His Majesty has to observe the people's feelings, and specially give the local government special privileges to deal with human traffickers and stabilize the overall situation. That year, in Feng County, if I remember correctly, the new county magistrate of Feng County issued a decree that whoever captures the wrong person and kills the trafficker, as long as the identity of the trafficker can be confirmed, not only is there no fault, but there is merit. β
This incident was also found out by Huo Jing later for Lu Weimang and informed Lu Weimang, which allowed Lu Weimang to live a peaceful life for a few years. Otherwise, this matter is a time bomb, and someone will use it to attack her at any time, as it is today.
After all, Lu Weimang only cared about bowing his head and carrying a big bag to earn money to make ends meet, where could he take care of the government's decrees?
"You're making it up! How do you prove that the government had this decree at the time? Also, how do you prove that the two people you killed were human traffickers? β
This was the gaffe howl of the child who first accused Lu Weimang just now, but no one paid attention to it.
This matter, everyone understands that Lu Weimang dared to speak out in the Chengming Palace, naturally he was prepared, and the evidence was complete.
But the boy was not reconciled.
As an imperial historian, he won a favored minister of the Son of Heaven, which has infinite benefits for his prestige and future, so he took the risk and was despised by everyone in the court, and shook this matter out in public above the court.
Now, Lu Weimang's situation has turned into safety, so in the future, not only will he not only be promoted, wealthy, famous, and status, but it will not be easy to keep his current official position under the contempt of the ministers.
Looking at the playful gazes of the others in the court, this Tong's eyes turned red with anger, "Lord Yao..."
"Master Tong, don't be impatient, your majesty has his own decision. What Master Tong did was also for the sake of the court, and I believe that although the people in the court misunderstood Lord Tong for a while, in the end, they would understand Lord Tong's intentions. β
The words were just and bright, but it made it clear to everyone present, "someone's accomplice or even a lackey!" β
Master Tong was appeased by Lord Yao's words, his emotions were no longer intense, and he accepted the reality of defeat.
"Your Majesty, what Lord Lu said is true. Back then, the county order, it seems that whose children came? Your Majesty, this is not difficult to verify, as long as you go to the Ministry of Officials to find out the appointment record of the Fengxian County Order, you can verify what Lu Weimang said. β
Although it still needs to be verified, it is obvious that everyone present knows that there is no need to verify it at all, this is an iron case, and it is definitely possible to find out that there is this decree, and it is definitely possible to find evidence of human trafficking between the two people.
Lu Weimang's crisis was resolved, and the people behind him made a bad move, just when the ministers acquiesced, and the early dynasty ended here, Huo Jing, who had been expressionless and silent in the front row of the generals just now, came out.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do."
All the ministers present only felt that today's early dynasty was really a climax, just now His Majesty's favorite minister Lu Weimang passed the crisis, and her fiancΓ© here took revenge.
I don't know why, I always feel dark, and I look forward to it!
I only heard Huo Jing's cold and powerful voice in the front row, "The minister wants to participate in the second son of An Guogong, form a party to gain power, and collude with the locality." β
Well, the boots hit the ground.
Although An Guogong is highly respected, Huo Jing is also a person who cannot be underestimated. Although he is still young, since he joined the office, whether he is leading troops to fight or returning to the dynasty to do things, although His Majesty values it, he is a board and a glance, step by step, and people can't find fault.
The little yellow gate handed over the notebook in Huo Jing's hand, and the emperor looked through it hastily, and his face showed anger, and everyone was curious, what was it that angered His Majesty? Everyone lifted their eyelids and looked up.
"Huo Jing, An Guogong stays and retreats from the dynasty!"
"Retreat!"
The little yellow door shouted, and everyone unwillingly withdrew from the Chengming Palace.
However, seeing that His Majesty was going to inquire privately, everyone also knew that this matter was not something that everyone could participate in.
"You say, what can the second child of the An family be?"
"Who knows? On weekdays, I look at the talk, but now, I finally put myself in. β
"I heard that the second child of the An family went out of Beijing with his family today, at this time, I don't know if I have left?"
"Let's go? What else to go? You have to get it back if you go. β
"As for it? I heard that in the early years, I was the same generation as His Majesty! β
"That's no way, he just went out of Beijing honestly, there are so many things today, where is the appearance of calming things, and I can't complain about Huo Hou in the end."
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Here, Lu Weimang also followed the crowd out, and Lu Qingshan took his colleague who had just come forward to beat people and said, after a while, he was going to drink.
Lu Weimang thanked the colleague who was upright, separated from his father, and walked towards Chunxi Hall.
It was almost noon that Huo Jing came out of the Qiande Hall and returned to the Chunxi Hall.
"Why, Your Majesty seems to be particularly angry."
Lu Weimang stepped forward to greet Huo Jing, but saw that his face was as usual.
"It's okay, not for me."
Lu Weimang smiled.
The two of them seem to be quite similar, and they are both a little stubborn.
is like Lu Weimang, most of the time, she doesn't want someone to stand in front of her everywhere, she just hopes that when she feels tired, someone can talk to and rely on.
The same goes for Huo Jing. The eye circles were red and black, but he said to himself that he was fine.
Lu Weimang didn't say anything more, and brought the food he brought.
"Eat quickly, rest for a while after eating, I'm afraid that when you are out of office for a while, you will be sleepy and stare at others and leave."
When Lu Weimang was studying, he was very sleepy, and he would unconsciously follow the person in front of him when he was out of school.
"Hmm."
Huo Jing didn't explain much and agreed.
The two of them simply ate lunch, played a game of chess, and after eating, Huo Jing fell asleep on the couch.
Lu Weimang took advantage of Huo Jing's sleep before staring straight at him for a while.
After accepting the kindness of others, she always feels uncomfortable, so she prefers to do what she can by herself rather than asking for help from others.
But today's cooperation between the two made Lu Weimang feel happy.
As for the ensuing reputation such as "retribution" and possible consequences, Lu Weimang said that although she is afraid of the trouble itself, she is not "afraid" of troublesome people and things.
When trouble really comes, she will only rise to the occasion, not to mention, there are people who fight side by side with her.
After the dismissal, Lu Weimang and Huo Jing were not able to go home as planned, but were invited to Fengyi Palace by the queen.
"You're out of breath, and you're anxious to protect your daughter-in-law and children. So who is An Guogong? Can't you talk to Your Majesty and me first? It's good, you have protected your daughter-in-law yourself, what do you let others say about you, and how do you talk about Lu Weimang? Yes? Will you two come to the family banquet in the future? After all, An Guogong is a prestigious old man, and now that you are shooting at him, at the family banquet, you will not let people target him? You just do it yourself, others don't dare to target it, and when the time comes, those women in the inner house don't say who is in charge, but think it's your daughter-in-law's fault! Even I find it tricky! β
As soon as the two stepped into Fengyi Palace, the queen came over with a feather duster, Huo Jing hid unhurriedly, and the queen's duster did not hit Huo Jing.
Huo Jing even had the strength to explain to the queen, "In this Kyoto noble circle, every new face appears, who is not picky?" It's just someone else, Weimang's nature is upright, not such an eight-sided delicate character. Instead of waiting for the time to be wronged and then attack, I will make an example first and let them see the fate of bullying my daughter-in-law! β
The two turned around again and again, and Lu Weimang reluctantly stopped in place, looking for an opportunity, before blocking in front of Huo Jing, "Niangniang, let's talk about something well." β
The queen gave up and threw the feather duster aside, and the palace maid immediately picked it up.
"Well, it's clear that you're a family. In the future, when Yuan Bai insists on going his own way again, you persuade some. If you can't persuade me, you can just tell me in advance, can you? Don't put your majesty there as you do today. Then An Guogong was kind to His Majesty when He was a child, and did he say no in private? Do you have to make trouble in the court? β
Huo Jing didn't speak, Lu Weimang could only come forward to explain, "Today's incident happened suddenly, who knew that there were waves of people who suddenly attacked me." If Huo Hou doesn't express his position, it is estimated that this matter is not over. Let's fight back, and we're not provoking trouble, what do you say? β
The queen then gave up, "If it weren't for the reason, I wouldn't have spared you so easily!" The queen nodded at Huo Jing, and then grabbed Lu Weimang, "We are right, we can't be like others, we are generally knowledgeable." β
The queen sat on the top and gasped, but Huo Jing didn't even take a breath, and she didn't know whether the queen was teaching Huo Jing a lesson or exercising herself.
"Mother, Your Majesty is here."
The palace maid came over to pass the word, and the queen got up and greeted the door, "I have just used a feather duster to chase Yuan Bai to teach him a lesson, if you are still angry with him to cut first and then play, you can also start yourself!" β
His Majesty's eyes looked at Huo Jing with a smile, and he held the queen who was still out of breath with his hand.
"Okay, you've been punished, I'll wait for the next offense and punish it together."
(End of chapter)