Chapter III: Cracks in Integrity II

Integrity Rift II

In this year, under the hard work of Emperor De, all kinds of thieves are almost extinct, so there is no danger to life along the way, but the road is not very easy to walk, except for the spacious and flat official road, most of the time is running on the dusty sheep intestine path, and the road is even more muddy and difficult to walk in case of heavy rain. Eight days later, the old man Zhang, who had obviously lost a lot of weight, finally rushed home with thirteen snow salamanders bought at the price of twenty-five taels of silver each, three of which died, and thankfully he could fulfill the contract. This time, the old man Zhang can be regarded as having made a bloody investment, and all the savings of more than 300 taels of silver that his family has accumulated in the past ten years of careful planning and frugality have been bet into this business. Old man Zhang didn't dare to rest that day, so he hastily cleaned up his appearance and went to Fan's Mansion to summon his nephew to come out and ask him to report to the mansion immediately.

Watching his nephew with a happy face enter the house, Old Man Zhang was nervous, and his heart finally stabilized a little. But when he was led into the mansion to see the housekeeper of the Fan mansion, he received a thunderbolt reply. The housekeeper of the Fan Mansion said to Old Man Zhang with an embarrassed expression that because of some accidents, there is no need for snow salamanders for the time being, and he asked Old Man Zhang to go back and feed those snow salamanders alive, and when Fan Mansion needs it, he will buy them at the original price. Old man Zhang didn't know how to get home, and he couldn't afford to get sick that night. That night, the snow salamander that was kept in the wooden basin as a treasure died again, and the ice cubes used to maintain the temperature of the water wrapped back with the flocculent will also melt away, and this batch of snow salamanders will not let go of it, and they will face all death.

Old man Zhang's wife was so anxious that after a sleepless night, she finally came up with a solution, which was to sell the snow salamander as a more difficult to find fire salamander. Talking to the old man Zhang, the old man Zhang who was sick in bed just shook his head vigorously, and he didn't want to do so, but he couldn't help his wife crying and scolding, when it came to the old Zhang family, the son would come back to save his relatives soon, and as a parent, he couldn't tell his son about his family, and asked for a daughter-in-law to inherit the Zhang family.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and Emperor Mingde groaned for a while, and said to Fan Zuohudian, whose face turned from red to white: Fan Aiqing, what Li Aiqing said is the truth?

Fan Zuohudian was stunned and then reluctantly replied with a guilty face: This is ・・・・・・ true, alas, it is only to blame the ministers for not being able to find another difficult thing to find for my little girl's illness at that time, so that he was depressed and did not think ・・・・・・ it, so he asked the king to punish him. As he spoke, he lowered his head and leaned over motionlessly.

Fan Aiqing got up first, and said later, what is another hard-to-find thing to cure your little girl, if I have this, I will never be stingy, and I will give it to Aiqing. Emperor Mingde said softly.

Fan Zuohudian got up and looked at Emperor Mingde's sincere and eager eyes at this time, but his heart was mixed, some sour, some sweet, some blamed and a little moved. He was in a hurry for a while, but he was anxious about the courtiers who were officials in the same dynasty, and some of them gave him a look, and a few of them simply made a voice to persuade: Zuohudian, you should speak quickly, the king is still waiting for you to answer! Fan Zuohudian woke up suddenly, and said tremblingly: "Is this ・・・・・・, is this・・・・・・

Fan Aiqing, how did you learn from Li Aiqing, and you also began to vomit and vomit? Emperor Mingde's young face showed a slight smile and teased. The atmosphere relaxed suddenly, but Fan Zuohudian was walking on thin ice, and muttered: What ・・・・・・ this, in fact, the subordinates have already negotiated with the king before. After saying that, Fan Zuohu Hall was relieved, and his tense body immediately relaxed, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at the king's face.

After the ・・・・・・ begging, the begging is over ・・・・・・. Emperor Mingde groaned and frowned. The ministers were full of question marks at this time, and they looked at each other, but they didn't dare to talk out loud, so they could only wait.

The young Emperor Mingde stroked his forehead with his palm, and suddenly remembered.

Ten days ago, a giant merchant who had built a branch in several countries donated a blood coral, I don't know where Fan Zuohudian got the news, and the next day he privately asked Emperor Mingde for it. Fan Zuohudian is a good gentleman, and he is a relatively popular one among the ministers, and he shares many things in the middle of the hall together with the right household, and he has also made great achievements in the governance of the people. So he also liked Fan Zuohudian very much, and Emperor Mingde didn't care about these things outside his body, and he didn't ask Mingzuohudian why he asked for it, he just thought that Fan Aiqing liked this thing and looked good, so he nodded and promised immediately. Seeing that the king nodded and promised, Fan Zuohudian felt that there was no need to nag the king for what this thing was for. This blue blood coral, produced in the South China Sea, tens of thousands of coral only one plant, this thing also has the effect of replenishing blood and returning yin, lifting qi and rejuvenating the face, it is also a rare treasure for the people in the fairy gate, but the moon soul country belongs to the inland area, so almost do not know the effect of this thing.

The giant merchant attached the efficacy and use of this thing to the gift list, but Emperor Mingde did not pay much attention to it, and at that time he only glanced at it casually and asked the chamberlain to put it in the warehouse, so he did not look at the gift list. On the way to send this thing to the treasury, Concubine Dong met the emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Dong saw the waiter holding a huge gift box, very curious and asked the waiter to stop, open the gift box to see, Concubine Dong was shocked by the dizzying beauty of this thing and at the same time carefully read the instructions attached to the gift list, pressed the ecstasy in her heart, waved her hand and asked the waiter to seal the gift box and send it to the warehouse.

When she slept with the king the next night, Concubine Dong asked the king for this thing. Emperor Mingde was stunned at first, and then said with some embarrassment: During the day, he promised to give this thing to Zuohu Palace, as the king of a country, he can't be untrustworthy, and it chills the hearts of his courtiers.

When Concubine Dong heard this, she immediately burst into tears and choked up: Over the years, the concubine has tried her best to cater to the king despite her weak body and bones, and she has fallen into a situation of weakness and no supplementation, and the concubine has not asked the king for anything on weekdays, but I heard that this thing has the function of nourishing blood and rejuvenating the face, which is just suitable for the current situation ・・・・・・of the concubine, so I dared to mention it to the king, is the king already tired of the concubine, and hopes that the concubine's face will grow old early. Concubine Dong cried as she spoke, crying until she was crying with pear blossoms and rain, and her makeup was gone.

Looking at the blush faded and the slightly pale pretty face, Emperor Mingde felt a faint pain in his heart, yes, although Concubine Dong has to be favored by herself, but because of this, she also sleeps in the palace of the concubine far more than other concubines.

Thinking of this, Emperor Mingde's heart softened, and he grabbed Concubine Dong's little hand and said: "Concubine Ai, don't cry, you know your intentions, be obedient! Concubine Dong's delicate body was slightly sideways, and Emperor Mingde had to withdraw his arm that was standing in the air, and he was a little annoyed in his heart, but looking at Concubine Dong's resentful side face, the young emperor was relieved in an instant, and he took Concubine Dong into his arms and said softly: That's it, I'll give that coral to Concubine Ai, don't cry, huh?

Concubine Dong stroked the young emperor's sturdy chest, and said faintly: The concubine body is still not wanted, after all, the king still needs these courtiers to manage the whole country, so that these courtiers know that the king has treated them poorly because of the concubine, and they are afraid of ・・・・・・. It's okay, I've already thought about it, I'll tell Fan Aiqing tomorrow that I'll give him another more valuable item, and Fan Aiqing won't feel that he is treated lightly, hmm, hmm, before the words were finished, his mouth was blocked by Concubine Dong's cherry lips・・・・・・

Recalling this incident and making up his mind, Emperor Mingde first criticized himself, and then made a judgment on the case of fake death and the case of robbery. The first two cases were combined into one case, the old man Zhang's family of three, his feelings were pitiful but the crime was unforgivable, according to the laws of the Moon Soul Country, he was beheaded outside the gate at noon on the same day, and his son was on the border of the country for many years, and the government came forward to collect the bodies of the three people for a thick burial, and announced it to the world. Later, the emperor immediately summoned the giant merchant who donated the blood coral to the palace, and the emperor said that no matter how much it cost, he would ask this person to find and buy back a blood coral to treat Fan Aiqing's daughter.

In this way, the major prison robbery case that caused panic in the capital in the Moon Soul Country subsided, and people returned to their daily lives of not leaving no stone unturned and not closing their doors at night.