King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 29 A Complaint

[Some readers are still commenting at three or four in the morning, everyone should pay attention to their health! 】

All the way back to the palace, when he reached the palace gate, he saw a group of officials waiting outside.

He had never seen these people before, but from the patches on their chests, it could be seen that they were military officers of different ranks.

Tomorrow is the day to convene the military meeting, and these people gathered in the palace at this time, probably because they want to make a fool of the prince in advance.

Zhu Jinghong didn't communicate with these people, and led the guards on horseback into the palace gate, leaving a group of military officers covered in smoke and dust.

"Who was that just now, who led people to race horses in the palace..."

This person asked aloud, and someone immediately replied: "Who else, of course it is Lord Thirteen!"

"So it's this grandpa..."

Knowing that it was Zhu Jinghong who was riding the horse, the doubts of everyone present disappeared, so they continued to chat.

"Do you think that the bad debts in the treasuries of various places in Jinling can be cleared in half a month? It has already been three days!"

"You should still care about yourself. The Holy One is furious this time... If we don't do enough to suppress the Japanese, I'm afraid the end will be worse than these local officials!"

A word from the person behind immediately made the scene quiet.

Besides, when Zhu Jinghong entered the palace, he was the first to go to the direction of the bedroom. Regarding the matter of Xue Pan suing Hu Jin'an, he wanted to greet Zhu Jingyuan in advance.

"Is fourth brother here?"

In fact, these words are superfluous, Zhu Jingyuan has the attributes of an otaku, except for visiting Xiaoling once when he came here, he has never left the palace again.

"The prince is reading the newspaper!"

After rushing into the palace, Zhu Jinghong went straight to the study and saw the prince sitting behind the desk.

On his left and right, two desks were set up, and four officials of the East Palace were reviewing it.

"Thirteenth brother, are you back so soon?"

From Zhu Jinghong's trip to the palace to now, the time has not exceeded an hour, which really surprised Zhu Jingyuan.

Looking at his younger brother's heroic attire, and thinking of his frail body, Zhu Jingyuan would be lying if he said he wasn't envious.

"Fourth brother, I have an important matter to discuss with you, shall we go out for a walk?"

There were outsiders in the room, even if they were officials of the East Palace, Zhu Jinghong felt it was inconvenient to speak.

"Thirteenth brother, if it's not something urgent, wait until I read my last two reports and meet the generals of the Jinling capital!"

"Fourth brother, Jinling Dusi, did you ask them to come here today, or did they come by themselves?" Zhu Jinghong asked with a frown.

The agreed meeting time is tomorrow, and they shouldn't have come here today.

"This... they came here by themselves. I was going to shirk it, but they earnestly begged to meet, so I let them wait until now!"

Hearing this, Zhu Jinghong asked calmly, "What do you plan to say when fourth brother sees them?"

"Well this..."

Zhu Jingyuan has been very busy and hasn't bothered to think about these issues.

"Fourth brother, think again, what is the purpose of their visit?"

Before Zhu Jingyuan could reply, Zhu Jinghong explained: "I'm afraid I'm here to complain and to talk about conditions..."

"They throw difficulties at you, how should you deal with it, fourth brother?"

Zhu Jinghong has seen and experienced those messy things between the superior and the superior in the previous life.

"His Royal Highness, what the Thirteenth Lord said is reasonable, you have to be cautious about this matter!" The officials of the East Palace agreed.

Seeing that other people also nodded, Zhu Jingyuan approved Zhu Jinghong's point of view, and then said: "Then I will send someone to pass on the message that I am ill today and cannot meet each other!"

Zhu Jinghong smiled and came to the prince's side: "Brother, sitting still all day is not good for your health, let's go... let's go out for a walk!"

Regardless of whether he agreed or not, Zhu Jinghong pulled Zhu Jingyuan up and walked outside.

"Fourth brother, what's the situation in the past two days' reports from various governments?"

When mentioning this matter, Zhu Jingyuan was overjoyed: "It's very effective. Compared with before, it has made a lot of progress, and it is likely to be completed by the end of the month!"

"Fourth brother, but I still feel that I need to add a layer of protection, so I plan to..."

When Zhu Jinghong explained the plan in detail, Xue Pan and his servants had already rushed over outside the Yachasi's office on the other side.

As one of the top dignitaries in Jinling, Xue Pan entered the Yamen smoothly and handed over the written certificate.

This is the official ordered by the imperial court to be sued. If ordinary people would have been beaten out, the plaintiff happened to be him, the uncle of the Xue family.

No way, the certificate was uploaded layer by layer and sent to the desk of the deputy envoy who is sitting in the yamen today.

"It's ridiculous, bring someone here, sir, I'll interrogate myself!" Deputy envoy Chen Xuanyi said with a gloomy face.

"Yes!"

After a while, Xue Pan waved his folding fan, walked slowly into the inner hall, and said hello to Chen Xuanyi.

"Xue Pan, do you want to sue Hu Jin'an, the Tutor of Yingtian Mansion?"

"You know this matter is important, it's not a child's play!"

Putting away the folding fan, Xue Pan said very solemnly: "Lord Chen, I am not kidding, I really can't understand Hu Jin'an's disregard for human life, so I ask you to investigate carefully!"

"Are you really kidding?"

"Master Chen, do you think I'm joking?"

After putting down the case, Chen Xuanyi said calmly, "I can't take your case!"

"Master Chen, if you can't accept it, then I'll go to the palace to sue!" Xue Pan glanced at Chen Xuanyi, and then said: "If the crown prince doesn't care, I'll go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to sue the Metropolitan Procuratorate!"

"Nonsense!" Chen Xuanyi patted the table.

This is indeed nonsense, but Xue Pan has no choice, Hu Jin'an will die if he is not unlucky.

"Master Chen, depending on whether the inspector will accept this case, you can give me a hearty word!"

Chen Xuanyi wanted to refuse directly, but he was afraid that Xue Pan would go to the palace to file a complaint, which made him feel difficult for a while.

Of course, if it wasn't for the fact that Xue's family had some influence and was related to the Wang family of the Jia family in the capital, Chen Xuanyi would have ordered someone to beat him out.

What should I do if I encounter something that cannot be solved?The answer is to push it to those who have the ability to solve it.

Just as Chen Xuanyi was thinking about reporting the matter to He Gujin, the latter had already sent someone to him.

"Master Chen, Master He asked the humble official to invite Uncle Xue to go!"

This was something he could not have wished for, Chen Xuanyi nodded immediately, and handed the certificate to Xue Pan.

In desperation, Xue Pan had no choice but to leave with the certificate.

After turning seven times and eight times in the corridor, after entering a courtyard gate, Xue Pan came to a small garden.

At this moment, between the flower racks in the garden, there was an old man wearing a gray straight gown, holding scissors and trimming the flowering branches.

Hearing the movement behind him, the old man stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked at Xue Pan.

"Meet my lord!" Xue Pan saluted respectfully.

Standing in front of him was He Gujin, the inspector of Jinling.

"Nephew, I heard that you want to sue?" He Gujin walked to the chair, put the scissors on and sat on it.

As the head of the court, he can't hide any affairs in the yamen from him, so it is easy to know that Xue Pan's complaint is true.

"Exactly!" While answering, Xue Pan also handed in the certificate.

He Gujin already knew the content of the petition, but he still read it carefully, and asked at the same time: "Your case is not small, if you don't pay attention to it, the officialdom in Jinling will be shaken, your family is in business... why is it such a thankless task?" about?"

One sentence stopped Xue Pan. Although the latter wanted to explain, he couldn't think of a good explanation for a moment.

Seeing that he was silent, He Gujin asked again: "I heard that Lord Thirteen went to your house today?"

"Exactly!"

"What did the thirteenth master tell you?"

"This……"

Xue Pan couldn't make up his mind whether he should say something or not, so he simply chose not to say it at the moment.

Just when he thought that the so-called complaint would end without a problem, he heard He Gujin say: "Your case involves a lot of seriousness, the pleadings will be placed in the prosecutor's office first, and I will make a decision after thorough consideration..."

"how?"

(End of this chapter)