Chapter 158: Blood Book
Late at night, Su Hengyu led someone to carefully dig out a well-preserved small wooden box from under the tree that Xu's father said.
When she opened the box, it was a silk cloth stained red with blood.
The silk cloth looks like it's been some years old, but because it's so well preserved, it's still easy to see the handwriting on it.
Su Hengyu took a look, and saw the first line of words: "Chen Muzhi used his life as a guarantee to sue Meng Changhe, the prefect of Yuezhou, for corruption and bribery......"
She didn't dare to look at the rest anymore, but immediately closed the wooden box in her arms, turned to the Xu family and said, "I have found what Uncle Xu asked me to take, please rest assured, this matter will be resolved soon, and Uncle Xu and Xu Gongzi will definitely return to the mansion safe and sound." ”
Woken up by the housekeeper in the middle of the night, Mother Xu, who was still a little frightened at the moment, looked at the firmness on Su Hengyu's face, and her heart was a little calmer.
Originally, the housekeeper came to call someone, but she thought that the dog officer would not let go of her family and was ready to arrest herself and go to prison.
Unexpectedly, it was a group of strangers who came with a letter from Xu's father to take something away.
Mrs. Xu had never met Su Hengyu, but she believed in her husband very much.
The husband is now in prison, and his family obviously sent a lot of silver to the county government, but he can't even see each other. However, Su Hengyu, an outsider, not only saw her husband and son, but also got letters from them, which made Mrs. Xu have to believe Su Hengyu.
She knew that her family did not have the ability to resist officials, and if the appearance of the other party could bring a turnaround to the family, she would not hesitate to sacrifice all her family property.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Xu hurriedly said, "We naturally believe in the promise of the little boy. ”
She didn't dare to ask how long she would have to wait, Mrs. Xu just hoped to see her husband and son come back safely.
"Okay, now that we have got the things, it is inconvenient to stay in the Xu family for a long time, lest the people of the county government see that something is wrong with the Xu family and leak the news. Madame, go and rest, I'll take my leave. Su Hengyu arched his hand at Mrs. Xu, and then slipped out of the back door of Xu's house with his own people.
She quickly returned to the inn, where Li Wei was still waiting for them.
When the wooden box fell into Li Wei's hands, he quickly finished reading the silk cloth stained with blood and tears.
Li Wei's originally calm face was gradually filled with anger, his brows were tightly furrowed, and a pair of eyes seemed to be able to burst into flames.
"Bang!"
Li Wei slapped the table fiercely: "Damn! It turns out that Mu Zhi's death is like this, that Meng Changhe is really lawless and deceitful too much! ”
Su Hengyu didn't know much about local officials, she had never heard of this Mu Zhi before, so she asked curiously at the moment.
Originally, with Li Wei's temperament, he was reluctant to tell Su Hengyu about this kind of thing, but in the end, such important evidence was found by her, and he could only explain to Su Hengyu:
"Mu Zhi is the former Yuezhou general judge, he is a straightforward person, and there is no room for a grain of sand in his eyes. It was because he was too upright in temperament, so he offended many officials in the capital at the beginning, and was impeached, so he went to Yuezhou to do a general sentence. ”
"Originally, Mu Zhi should have returned to Beijing at the end of last year to report on his work, but who expected that Mu Zhi's family encountered bandits on the way, and the whole family died, and no one was left alive."
Originally, everyone only thought that the bandits were too arrogant, and Mu Zhi lived a frugal life on weekdays, and it was estimated that he didn't act like an official when he was on the road, which made the group of bandits so bold and took the lives of their family.
Later, Emperor Wei was furious when he learned about this, Mu Zhi was his person, although sometimes he was too stubborn, but he was a loyal and capable courtier.
Mu Zhi offended a lot of people before, and Emperor Wei didn't want this courtier to fold in the battle between the court, so he let him out, and by the way, let him keep an eye on Yuezhou, planning to wait until the matter in Beijing was resolved, and then transfer people back.
Unexpectedly, his courtiers had just been sent out for a year, and they died outside like this, and even his own family was not spared.
Emperor Wei was angry and arranged for many people to go out to suppress bandits, but even if the army of the imperial court exterminated many bandits, it still could not consume the anger in Emperor Wei's heart.
During that time, the people in the entire court were terrified every day, for fear that they would do something bad and make Emperor Wei unhappy and scolded them fiercely.
Li Wei and Mu Zhi are both Emperor Wei's people, and their relationship with each other is not bad.
Because Mu Zhiren is as upright as his name, Li Wei is very happy to associate with him. At the beginning, Mu Zhi was demoted, and he personally went to see off the other party, and agreed with him to wait until they would reunite in the capital in the future.
Who would have thought that friends would be gone.
However, the appearance of this blood letter completely broke the so-called "truth" before, and now recalling the murder of Mu Zhi, how could Li Wei not think of the strangeness in it?
Mu Zhi's family returned to Beijing to report on their work, even if he had always been frugal, but for the safety of his family, how could he not bring a guard family?
If that group of bandits is really vicious, he only needs to report his official identity, no matter how bold the bandits are, will they kill an official openly and openly oppose the court?
Now that I think about it, Mu Zhi didn't die of any bandit at all, but died in the hands of Meng Changhe, a traitor!
Thinking of this, Li Wei couldn't hold back his tears for a while, he held the silk cloth in his hand, looked at the handwriting written by blood, and couldn't think of what kind of situation Mu Zhi had in order to leave this blood book.
Su Hengyu saw Li Wei crying bitterly, and it was inevitable that he would feel a little sorry for this Mu Zhisheng.
She comforted: "Don't cry anymore, my lord, the top priority is to send the blood book to Your Majesty, and Zhao Xue for Lord Mu Zhi!" Instead of being sad here, it is better to act quickly and convict Meng Changhe of the crime one day earlier, so as to comfort Lord Mu Zhi's spirit in the sky! ”
Li Wei wiped away the tears on his face when he heard this, his eyes were full of anger and hatred: "You're right, what's the use of me crying here, if I don't solve the matter of Yuezhou sooner, and let that Meng Changhe find a chance to escape responsibility, even if I cry blindly, it will be useless!" ”
So, this night, Li Wei finally found the group of secret guards that Emperor Wei told him before leaving, which were obviously a group of people who could only be used when there was no way out, but Li Wei was easily used by Li Wei to pass on the blood book.
The secret guards acted quickly, but in just two days, a silk cloth with the heartfelt words of a deceased person and endless grievances was sent to Emperor Wei's desk.