Eleven Niang is also investigating the case of Jiyang Ling's murder.

But she didn't know the origin of Qi Duan, and because He Zhan served as a picket, in order to supervise the smooth implementation of the new policy, he traveled to major states and counties, and his responsibilities were arduous, so she took away most of the detectives, and Eleven Niang wanted to understand the details of the case, so she could only use He Ye's manpower and intelligence.

Therefore, after she finished dealing with the dispute of Changyou Yuan like a quick knife cutting through the mess, she went to Zichen Palace, called Jiang Yu and Ruan Ling to assist, and rummaged through it before she figured out the details of Qi Duan.

This person was born in the Ming Dynasty when Renzong was born, because of the Han clan, there was no recommendation from the high gate, and he was vacant for up to seven years before he was awarded a real position, and he was idle after serving as a lieutenant of the plains, and then he didn't know how to climb to the Mao Wei Party, and then switched to the Yuan Party, and finally got to be awarded again, and Jiyang Ling was already his third official.

In other words, Qi Duan belongs to the Queen Mother's party system.

And the murderer Tang Chongdong, is Jiyang rich, owned tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, dozens of warehouses, this Jiyang County since the Wuzong Dynasty, it is an important port for foreign trade, there are poems for the mirror - Huangtian port water is like the sky, thousands of miles of wind to see the ship. Overseas pearl rhinos often enter the market, and fish and crabs in the world do not care about money".

Jiyang Commercial Market is prosperous, there can be dozens of warehouses, and the Tang family can save countless amounts of gold only with the profit of renting, and the family is rich as you can imagine.

Tang Chongdong's father, Tang Huoyin, has a very bold temperament, loves to make friends with wine and meat, is famous in Jiyang County, and is also known as a person who is very wealthy and powerful, but Qi Duan took office, because his eldest son took office because his eldest son took a fancy to the daughter of a restaurant in the county, in order to earn the favor of beauties, he often went to this restaurant to drink, or there were verbal teasing, but the daughter of this restaurant had already been good, it was Tang Huoyin's friend, this wine and meat man was reckless, he acted without scruples, and he did not know the son of Qi Duan. beat Qi Duan's son with a blue nose and swollen face, and carried it on his shoulders, and threw it straight into the river, so that the restaurant was afraid of a life lawsuit, so he personally rescued Qi Duan's son to avoid drowning.

The troublemaker later knew that he had provoked the son of the county order, fearing that he would be chased and punished, so he hid from the Tang family, and with the help of Tang Huoyin's momentum, he refused to be arrested by the public officials, so Tang Huoyin formed a feud with Qi Duan.

When the restructuring order was issued, Qi Duan investigated Tang Huoyin's four major crimes of bribing the government, illegally occupying land, concealing assets, and disobeying the monarch's order, arrested Tang Huoyin, and sentenced him to death, pending the review of the Criminal Department, but Tang Huoyin died violently in prison.

Not long after, his son Tang Chongdong carried a dagger, disguised himself as a peasant, and stabbed to death at the end of the rural patrol.

"Tang Chongdong confessed to his crime, and there were eyewitnesses, twenty or thirty people, this case is conclusive, but Jiyang County, public opinion was disturbed, saying that Tang Huoyin was not guilty, Qi Duan was because his son was beaten, and he was resentful, and he used the imperial court to issue an order to reform the system, and he framed Tang Huoyin for the crime, and because he was afraid that the criminal department would change his review, Tang Huoyin was killed in prison." Ruan Ling already had a grasp of the case, and seeing that Shi Niang's focus was on Qi Duan's official history, she not only explained what he knew, but also added her own opinions.

"On the surface of this case, it seems that the Tang family's father and son are lawless and resist the new policy, but this Qi Duan is a member of the Empress Dowager's party, and he has a feud with Tang Huoyin, so he may not take this opportunity to harm Tang's father, and even Xie Raoping, Wei Yuanping and their party members, vigorously advocate the execution of the murderer, saying that it is not enough to ensure the smooth implementation of the new policy.

In Ruan Ling's view, if the Empress Dowager Wei can't avenge the "unjustly killed" party members, it will definitely worsen the situation of people's hearts, and those who are at both ends of the rat and see the wind and rudder will not follow the Empress Dowager with all their hearts, and once Tang Chongdong is executed, it will definitely cause the people in Jiyang to boil, and those Empress Dowager party members will use the New Deal to pollute the good people as they want, causing people's hearts to be uneasy and resist the New Deal.

Shi Niang asked: "Then above the court, who is the master to release the murderer?" ”

"Du Jianzhi, Tao Baoyi, etc., and Feng Jizheng, also advocated strict investigation of the case, suspecting that Qi Duan framed the innocent, if this is the case, according to the case of Yangqiu in the Eastern Han Dynasty because of the humiliation of his mother, and the case of the officials who humiliated their mother in the market, Yangqiu not only did not suffer responsibility, but was even cited as filial piety, then Tang Chongdong, in order to avenge his father, killed the filthy officials, not only is he not guilty, but his filial piety should be respected." Ruan Ling obviously agreed with this point of view, for fear that Eleven Niang would resist because of Feng Jizheng, so he not only listed the veritable orthodoxy such as Du Yanzhi and Tao Baoyi first, but also emphasized: "Even Yuwen Gong and Lin Zhongcheng also advocate the innocence of the Tang family. ”

Yu Wensheng and Lin Xi, this is the close minister of the Son of Heaven, and Yu Wensheng is now responsible for leading the restructuring, of course, his opinion needs to be taken seriously.

"Lin Zhongcheng is worried that if Tang Chongdong is not released as soon as possible, it is very likely that he will be wiped out by the Queen Mother's Party first, so he hopes that the Holy Lord will make a decision as soon as possible."

It is no wonder that He Ye hesitated and handed over the case to the queen to be responsible for disposing of it.

"Those who advocate the execution of the murderer, is it all the Queen Mother's party?" Eleven Niang asked again.

"Most of them are the Queen Mother's Party."

That is, there are exceptions.

Jiang Yu originally had no intention of interfering in government affairs, but hearing that Ruan Ling's subjective consciousness was too strong, he couldn't help but interject: "There is also Shao Zhongcheng, who also advocates severe punishment of the murderer. ”

Ruan Ling hurriedly retorted: "Shao Borong has always been straightforward, rigid and inflexible, he doesn't care about the overall situation of the reform, he only adheres to the law of killing people to pay for his life, and advocates that even if Qi Duan kills Tang's father first, the way to redress grievances should also be sued by the government, and not to fight evil with evil, but even Confucius once responded to Zixia's question of 'the enmity of his parents, what is it', and said, 'Sleepy, pillow dry, This is to advocate that the revenge of killing the father is not shared, whether it is in the market or in the court, as long as you meet the enemy, even if you have no sharp blade, you should not return home to take it, and you should also avenge this blood revenge. ”

Eleven Niang raised her eyebrows: "It seems that there is a dispute between Ling'er and Shao Zhongcheng, and I don't know Xie and Wei Erxiang, according to what theory can they refute and release the murderer?" ”

"Tell Shao Borong a story." Ruan Ling snorted reluctantly: "What do you say, if Tang Huoyin really violated the law, and Qi Duan did not frame and filth him, could it be that Tang Huoyin died violently in prison, and Tang Chongdong used filial piety as a pretext to kill the imperial court officials?" How many of those who have committed capital crimes and are convicted, and their children and family members, will not also have a cover for committing murder and evil, so that the law will not become a dead letter, encouraging revenge for private killing, and will not riot and violence? ”

"I think Shao Borong's argument is not unreasonable." Eleven Niang said.

"Her Royal Highness!" Ruan Ling was so anxious that he jumped up from his couch: "If you really take what Wei Party advises and execute Tang Chongdong, it will be very detrimental to the reform." ”

"So if Tang Huoyin deserves his crimes, but we follow the murder and justify the release of the murderer, won't it cause panic among local officials? Who would dare to punish the lawless and investigate the trip of the noble to conceal the land and protect the property?! Eleven Niang frowned and said: "And this incident, at this critical moment, if there is no ill-intentioned person behind the deployment and planning, it is too much of a coincidence, this case will not only affect the reform, but also lead to the dispute between the birth ceremony and the law, how to choose between filial piety and national law, is the hidden contradiction, Ling'er don't forget, Empress Dowager Wei was respected by the Holy Mother as a mother-in-law, if this precedent is set, it will be the grave crime of the Empress Dowager Wei in the future, shouldn't it also be pardoned." ”

Ruan Ling was stunned, and only after a long time did he turn his brain: "The queen is suspicious, the queen mother confessed to her murder because she was afraid of Yao Qian, and she confessed to her evil deeds of killing the king, so she single-handedly planned the murder of Ji Yang Ling?" But Yao was only in prison for a few days, but Qi Duan had already been killed twenty days ago! ”