Chapter 6: Liang An is convicted

Zhang Xun wrote out Zhou Dunyi's famous article "Ai Lian Said" in the study, and then wrote Zhang Xun's gift to Miss Bai Yulian of the Bai family. Of course, the article changed Jin Tao Yuanming to Lu Qiao Wuliang, and changed it from Li Tanglai to since the Zhou Dynasty. Qiao Wuliang is the former vice president of the Hanlin Academy of Lu Guo, who went to Yiyuan to send Zhang Xun the clothes of the former saint and the seal of the "Grandmaster of Painting Dao". Although Qiao Lao has been dead for more than three years, Qiao Lao is a Confucian after all, and Qiao Lao does love chrysanthemums, which is known to the world. Although the Temple of Literature is in decline now, it is not as beautiful as before, but the deeds of Confucianism are still deeply remembered by the people of the world. In the entire Wenchang Continent combined, there were only a dozen Great Confucians. After Zhang Xun finished writing, he copied it 2,000 times and prepared to send it out as a leaflet tomorrow. Fortunately, this "Ai Lian Said" is very short, so you can't exhaust yourself to death. It's not that Zhang Xun doesn't want to contribute movable type printing, it's that the violent Qin is about to unify the six countries, and it's really inappropriate to take it out. After copying, Zhang Xun left the study and went back to the room to rest.

On the morning of the second day, Zhang Xun called Zhang Xing, Zhang Qianwen, Zhang Xiuya, and Zhang Ming, and gave the four children 2,000 pieces of paper that had written "Ai Lian Said", and asked them to go to the downtown to distribute them to the people of Luoyang. Zhang Xun went to the white greenhouse again, and after a night's rest, his injuries were much better. Zhang Xun advised: "In the past two days, you can recuperate with peace of mind. In this way, you can face the case in the best possible state. Bai Wen felt it now, Zhang Xun was really helping Miss and himself. So he said: "Master Zhang, I know, I will recuperate from my injuries in the next two days." Zhang Xun left the ointment and pills for Bai Wen, and left the room to go to the hall.

When they came to the hall, Simei and Bai Yulian were already sitting there, and after Zhang Xun sat down, he handed Bai Yulian a copy of "Ai Lian Said" and then said his plan. Only then did Simei know that the children were sent out by her husband, and Bai Yulian said: "Uncle Zhang, with such a good article, then Liang An will never get away with it." "At this time, the four children came back, and it was only two thousand copies, and of course it would not be long before they were distributed. Zhang Xun said: "Next, it depends on how much response this "Ai Lian Said" can cause to the people of Luoyang tomorrow." ”

Zhang Xun has not written an article for more than ten years, except for his travelogue. This article also mentions Bai Yulian, Liang An made a lot of noise in Tianxiang Building the day before yesterday, and Bai Wen was still beating drums in Luoyang Mansion to voice grievances, so as soon as "Ai Lian Said" came out, it naturally became popular. What's more, although Liang Xiangguo is high and powerful, there will always be opponents or even enemies in the officialdom. When these people see such an opportunity, they don't add fuel to the fire.

In the Liang Mansion, Liang Xiangguo couldn't wait to strangle this uncompetitive son to death. Of course, anger and hatred are anger and hatred, after all, it is his own son, and he can't ignore it. Liang Xiangguo said to Liang An: "You don't want to go out for the next two days, I will find a way to calm this matter." Liang Xiangguo didn't know at this time, and this matter was out of his control now.

Yin Wenlexing of Luoyang Mansion was admiring the "Four Beautiful Pictures of Peony", and the master hurriedly ran over and said, "Master, take a look at this article." "This master has been following Wenfu Yin for many years, and Wenfu Yin knows that something big must have happened, otherwise the master would not be in such a hurry. Seeing Zhang Xun's "Ai Lian Said", Wenfu Yin knew that this matter was completely big, and the method he originally planned to deal with only a few evil servants in the Liang Mansion would definitely not work. Then I should enter the palace immediately and meet His Majesty to report this matter in detail. Take the "Four Beauties of Peony" off the wall, roll it up and put it in a long box, and hold it in your hand. said to the master: "When I enter the palace to see Your Majesty, you must pay attention to the movements of the people, appease them in time, and say that the government will try this case impartially." With that, he went out the door.

After Wenfu Yin entered the palace and saw King Zhou, he dedicated "Four Beauties of Peony" and "Ai Lian Said" to King Zhou, and then gave a detailed introduction to the ins and outs of this matter, including Liang An's behavior of indulging in servants and wanting to force Bai Yulian to take Bai Yulian as a concubine, Bai Wen's drumming and grievances and Zhang Xun's attitude towards this matter. After listening to the report, King Zhou thought about it and said: "The widow immediately ordered the trial of the three halls of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Luoyang Mansion to be held in your Luoyang Mansion tomorrow. The widow has only one request, and that is to make the people of Luoyang believe that this Luoyang City is a place of rule by the king and a place of rule of law. You go back and prepare!" Wen Fu Yin bowed and retired. King Zhou issued an order, and the Criminal Department immediately sent someone to Liang Mansion to escort Liang An to Luoyang Mansion, and Liang Xiangguo felt that things were not good. Liang Xiangguo sent his henchmen to investigate, it turned out that Zhang Xun interfered, and now he has alarmed His Majesty. It is impossible for his son to get out of the way, so he can only ask for a light sentence. It's just that what Liang Xiangguo doesn't know is that his opponent in the court has also acted, and he is destined to not be able to save Liang An this time.

Zhang's Mansion, after Zhang Xun learned that King Zhou had ordered Qian Siguo, the servant of the Criminal Department, Zheng Weimin, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Yin Wenle Xing of Luoyang Mansion to try the case of Liang An's arson and servant wounding and forcibly robbing the people's daughter Bai Yulian in the third hall of the Luoyang Mansion at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, he called Bai Yulian and Bai Wen to inquire in detail about the details of the case again. The master and servant of the Bai family also knew that the trial would start at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, which was the key to deciding whether Liang An could be brought to justice, so they informed Zhang Xun one by one. After listening to it, Zhang Xun knew that this Liang An was in a catastrophe! He could only blame this Liang An for relying on his father to be Xiangguo, who was too arrogant, and all things that violated the law and discipline were done with an open fire and a rod.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the second day, the three public hearings began on time. Yin Wenlexing, the presiding judge of Luoyang Mansion, gave an order: "Someone came to bring Liang An, the criminal who set up arson and injured people." After the two officials took Na Liang up, one left and one right, Wen Fu Yin moved his gaze to the Bai family's master and servant and Zhang Xun, who were already standing there, and said: "Bai Wen, now you explain in detail in front of this mansion, Lord Qian, the servant of the Criminal Department, Lord Zheng of Dali Temple, and the people of Luoyang who are here to listen to this case at this moment, why you beat the drum and voice your grievances in this mansion three days ago, and who are you accusing of?" Bai Wen said: "Little Bai Wen told the three adults, and thanked the people for witnessing. Three days ago, Liang Xiangguo's second son, Liang An, took the maid Xiaomei and four evil servants to Tianxianglou fiercely. Shang Juan opened her mouth and said, "This is not good!" The maid Xiaomei came up and slapped Shang Juan to the ground twice. At this time, Liang An asked four evil servants to come up and prepare to rob my young lady, and the small ones fought to the death, and my young lady escaped. The little one endured the pain and wrote a complaint and came to the yamen of Luoyang Mansion to beat the drum and voice the grievances. The next thing was asked three days ago by the small drumming and rumbling of the grievances, and it was recorded, and the small one will not be repeated now. Seeing that Bai Wen had finished speaking, Wenfu Yin looked at Lord Qian and Master Zheng, and when he saw that there was no problem with the two of them, he said again: "Bai Yulian, you came to the details of when Liang An saw you and what he did to you." Bai Yulian said: "The people's girl Bai Yulian reported to the three adults, and this matter should start from the opening day of the Luoyang Peony Festival. The folk girl and my servant Bai Wen went to the peony garden to enjoy the peony that afternoon, who knew that she met this Liang An Liang Gongzi. Liang An saw that the folk girl was a little beautiful, so he came up to tease the folk girl. The folk girl was really angry, so she slapped Liang An. That Liang An looked at me viciously, but there were many people in the peony garden on the Peony Festival, so Liang An took the maid Xiaomei and the four domestic servants unwillingly left. Yulian, a folk girl, knew that Liang An would not give up, so she did not hesitate to stigmatize herself, and found her father's old friend Shangjuan, the old bustard of Tianxianglou, who was a waiter in the Ministry of Labor, and entered Tianxianglou to perform and took the stage name White Peony. The folk girl was too naïve to think that she could escape the catastrophe in this way. Who knew that Liang An found Tianxianglou on the second day after the closing of the Peony Festival, and the rest of the matter had already been said by Bai Wen, the maid of the people's daughter. The people hope that the three adults will redress the grievances of the people's maids. Wenfu Yin saw that the plaintiff Bai family master and servant had finished narrating, so he opened his mouth and asked Liang Andao: "What the Bai family master and servant said just now, do you have a place to complain." Liang An opened his mouth and said: "I, I, I ......" for a long time, and Liang An didn't know where to start. Wenfu Yin has been in Luoyang for many years, how can he not know what kind of goods this Liang An is. In the past, I saw that Liang Xiangguo's face was not easy to manage, and if you really want to deal with this Liang An, you don't need to send someone to investigate, and there is evidence. Wenfu Yin thought that "although he is the chief judge, he can ask about the case, as for how to sentence, let the two adults of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple have a headache!" and said to Lord Qian and Lord Zheng: "Lord Qian, Lord Zheng, this government has asked the facts of the case, this Liang An's crime is conclusive, and the two of you will see how to sentence it!" The three adults are slow, this Liang An is not only guilty of this crime, the little ones have evidence of hundreds of large and small crimes committed by Liang An in Luoyang in the past three years. The crimes committed by Liang An are simply too numerous to mention, and the three adults are invited to uphold justice for the people of Luoyang, and bring this "Luoyang tyrant" to justice, so as to appease the hearts of the people of Luoyang. There were also many people in the crowd who had been harmed by this Liang An, and when they saw this situation, they immediately knelt on the ground and said: "The grass people and others have all been harmed by this Liang An, and they kneel and beg the three adults to make decisions for the grass people and others, and severely sentence the sculprit Liang An, so that the people are angry." "At this time, the three adults didn't know that this was the political enemy of Liang Xiangguo in the DPRK and China who was taking the opportunity to fall into the ground, and now the situation has to be resentenced. The three adults first stated that they would handle the case according to the law, persuaded the people to get up, and asked the officials to bring the evidence in the hands of those who shouted loudly. After pretending to look at it for a while, the three of them discussed, and Lord Qian, the waiter of the Criminal Department, announced the result of the trial of the criminal Liang An: "The criminal Liang An, in the past three years, has relied on his identity as the son of Xiangguo to run rampant in Luoyang City, and has repeatedly committed hundreds of large and small crimes. The people of Luoyang are miserable, and now the officials should obey the king's orders and obey the people's wishes. Liang An was sentenced to Zheng County for ten years. The people knelt down and shouted "Your Majesty Shengming" three times before shouting: "Your Excellency is wise" before getting up and leaving.

Zhang Xun thought in his heart: "Look at me, the lawyer, I haven't opened a mouthful from beginning to end." Zhang Xun took the master and servant of the Bai family to thank the three adults and then returned to Zhang's mansion. Zhang Xun knew that Liang An was a straw bag, and it was Liang Xiangguo who was difficult to deal with. The sentence is to be allocated for ten years, but as long as Liang Xiangguo does not fall, it will barely be like that in the first year or two. Zhang Xun thought of Zheng County again, it turned out that this Liang An was sent to open up the wasteland, and the current Zheng County was not the Great Zhengzhou in the previous life.