Chapter Ninety-Seven: Out of Prison
In the imperial study in the capital, Sejong, who was overwhelmed by the ministers of the court, looked at the recital presented by the eunuch on duty at Zuo Shunmen, and Su Xiaolou actually handed him a recital, which made Sejong a little surprised.
Zhu Houxi opened the fold, Su Xiaolou said in the fold that the most filial piety behavior is to "respect relatives", so that his father can be respected, but the respect for relatives is to let his father enjoy the courtesy of the Son of Heaven, and he also proposed that Wuzong's edict only let the eldest son of King Xingxian inherit the unification, and did not require the successor to respect Xiaozong as the "imperial examination", and furthermore, the mother should enjoy the respect of the queen mother by virtue of her son.
Su Xiaolou's words are logically rigorous, the regulations are orderly, since ancient times, people have attached the most importance to filial piety, Su Xiaolou used filial piety as the reason to block the world's mouths, and found a suitable excuse for Zhu Houxi to respect his father for "Emperor Xingxian", and moved out of Wuzong's edict.
Sejong was overjoyed, these months passed, he finally heard the advice he wanted to hear, and hurriedly ordered someone to hand over this part of the piece to the cabinet for discussion, and finally Yang Ting and Mao Cheng and others were forced to give in, and the Empress Dowager (Empress Zhang of Xiaozong) issued a decree to posthumously honor King Xingxian as "Emperor Xingxian", respect Sejong's grandmother, who was also Xianzong's concubine Shao Shi as the "Queen Mother", and respect Princess Xingxian Jiang as "Xingxian Hou".
Sejong asked about Su Xiaolou's recent situation, and learned that the group of students at the big conference ceremony of Donglin College scolded themselves bloody, Su Xiaolou openly expressed his support for himself at the big conference ceremony, Zhu Houyu was very moved, and heard that Su Xiaolou was also framed and imprisoned because of this incident, Zhu Houyu couldn't sit still, and immediately sent someone to summon Cai Ping, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and instructed him to personally investigate Su Xiaolou's case, and be sure to return Su Xiaolou's innocence.
Su Xiaolou's case has caused a lot of trouble in Nanjing, and it has involved so many unwarranted things, how can the servants of the Criminal Department who have been officials for many years not see the catty in this, presumably many officials in Nanjing are involved, but since he has received the will of the Holy Lord, why should he be afraid of the Queen Mother's party.
But during this period of time, Sejong's means were seen by the officials in the court, but at a young age, he was able to stand alone, and he was at ease in charge of the middle feed, and he was neither humble nor arrogant in the face of a strong cabinet, and he would definitely have great achievements in the future, and he had the intention of defecting to the emperor's party, so it was better to sell it to Sejong.
Cai Ping, the servant of the Criminal Department, quickly sent his most proud person, known as the Iron Bread Rescuer, to Nanjing to investigate Su Xiaolou's case, Bao Catcher took people to secretly dig up the grave of Liu Kangyuan, the son of the servant of the Ministry of Justice, and after the autopsy, it was found that Liu Kangyuan's head was pierced with a silver needle in the skull that caused an old illness for many years, plus he was weak and sickly, Su Xiaolou's push brought a fatal blow.
After Liu learned that his son's grave was pouted, he was almost fainted, and he took the family to the nursing home and went to settle the account with the head of the Bao Catcher, but he was caught by the head of the Bao Catcher and imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department on the charge of forging false certificates and bribing officials.
As for the rumors that Su Xiaolou and Liu Kangyuan had already contradicted in the streets and alleys, they were purely rumors, and they were verified in the first two days of the arrest, and the speed of the arrest was breathtaking, and a group of people who spread rumors and forged false certificates were quickly arrested, as well as those officials who accepted bribes.
Rumors start with the wind and stop at the wind, and soon no one on the street dares to say anything.
The student of Donglin College will naturally not let go, and after a thorough investigation, the group of students who have nothing to do quickly locked up the suspect, but it was still a step too late, the student had hanged himself, and he took all the charges in the suicide note before his death, and the clues about the person behind the scenes were cut off.
Three days later, the head of the cell opened the chain and asked Su Xiaolou to be released from prison, which was originally not on the way, so Su Xiaolou deliberately went to the door of the cell where Lord Liu, the servant of the Criminal Department, was locked up.
"Lord Liu, good! Before leaving, I came to visit Lord Liu, after all, I won't see you in the future. β
Liu Shilang saw Su Xiaolou's anger trembling, stood up after a while, and scolded Su Xiaolou at the door of the cell: "Su Xiaolou, you return my son's life!" You give me back my life! β
"Hey! Lord Liu, this is not a nonsense, your precious son was not killed by me, there is a debtor and a debtor, who killed you, you go to whom, why are you holding me out? β
"Even if you didn't kill him, my son died because of you, and you can't get out of it, and I won't let you go if I turn into a ghost." Liu Shilang looked at Su Xiaolou viciously, eager to drink his blood and eat his flesh.
Su Xiaolou enjoyed the hatred at the moment, I sat in prison, watching you play all the cards in your hand, and there was still no way to do anything about me, in the end I could only stay in prison and never recover, and I will walk out of here openly.
"Lord Liu, you are really pathetic! Your son was killed, and you were still used as a flag, and you didn't want to find revenge on the people behind the scenes, but you grabbed me and didn't let go, and now you are an outcast, I'm afraid no one will come to save you. β
When Su Xiaolou came out, many people came to pick him up from prison, Xiong Er and Xiucai were not surprised, Lu Datong also came, and the unruly huskies also showed their goodwill that day.
Some people rejoice, and some people are sad!
Jia Shutang watched so many people being arrested one by one, even Liu Shilang was arrested, he was so scared that he couldn't do it, he had been paying attention to the movements of the Criminal Department these days, and he even slept with his ears open to listen to whether the head catcher of the Criminal Department had come to arrest him, for fear that Liu Shilang would involve him, so he packed up and prepared to run away at any time.
Lei Zhen, who learned the news, smashed a dagger that he bought at a high price two days ago, Su Xiaolou is really not to be underestimated, and he can even let the emperor send someone to save him, but his game can be described as seamless, even if something happens, he can't find his head, and Su Xiaolou's capital crime can be avoided from the crime of living, even if the emperor deliberately favors Su Xiaolou, he can't be too blatant, after all, the emperor of the new dynasty is young and isolated in the harem of the previous dynasty, and he is stared at by countless pairs of eyes every day, and he will be chased and scolded by the official if he makes a slight mistake, Su Xiaolou thought that he would be too peaceful when he came out? Still too naΓ―ve!
Lei Zhen thought about how much he trusted Su Xiaolou before, and handed over the land to him without reservation, if Su Xiaolou didn't join the emperor's party, he could still keep him, thinking of this, he felt that Su Xiaolou couldn't stay.