A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 568: The beginning and end of the Xianping Mansion case, the heirloom crisis in the Clan Mansion

Faced with the emperor's questioning, Yan Xuan, the prime minister of the foreign court, had no choice but to tell Bai Qian everything:
“Those who committed the crime were the sons of Duke Murong Chen of Xiangping, Duke Zhang Miao of Donghai, Duke Chen Qi of Wuyuan, Marquis Wang Teng of Anping, Marquis Baice of Xianping and other princes.

It is said that they gathered in a restaurant to drink and have fun. Prince Xianping took advantage of excessive drinking and took the lead in proposing horse racing.

Several people were already very drunk. They went down to the restaurant together, took out the stored horses, and ran rampant in the market regardless of the objections of everyone under them.

Finally, he rode through three markets before being stopped by the soldiers of Jinwu Mansion.

The resulting casualties were as many as thirty people, seven of whom died.

At first, because the matter involved the noble nobles of the Duke and the Duke, the Zhijinwu Mansion did not dare to handle it without authorization, so they wrote to the joint meeting for instructions.

Among them, seven princes, including Duke Xiangping, Duke Wuyuan, and Marquis Anping, are all accompanying General Ran in his campaign in Qingzhou, and Bai Ce is a descendant of the clan.

I discussed it with a few people, fearing that this matter would spread to the front line, so we decided to hold it back for the time being and wait until the battle on the front line is over before making any plans.

Who would have thought that His Majesty would already know about it before we could deal with it. "

Listening to Yan Xuan's defense, Bai Qian sneered:

"Is it too late? The Battle of Qingzhou has been over for more than three months, is it still too late?

Then Li Yan's last letter, the Battle of Qingzhou has ended, why are you still not accepting it? "

"I am terrified."

"You should be afraid. After such a big incident, riding horses in the streets, and still in the capital, how will the people in the world look at me, Daxia?

Let the people of Daxia view the imperial court.

Also, where are the people who committed the crime now? "

Tingwei Zhang Guang came out and replied:

"Because the imperial court gave instructions at that time not to cause unnecessary complications.

Therefore, the Zhijinwu Mansion exempted them from the death penalty on the grounds that their fathers had meritorious service.

But they were asked to pay and compensate the family members of the deceased.

As of today, no one has discussed this matter among the people, so I will not mention it again. "

Seeing how shameless these people were, Bai Qian laughed angrily:

"No one is talking about it because they are all disappointed with the court.

After seeing clearly the court's attitude towards nobles and nobles, how can we appease the people's hearts with such indifference to right and wrong? If the people's hearts are unstable, where is the military morale? Without military morale, how can the world be stable? "

Seeing that most of the people were frightened, Bai Qian stopped talking to them and intervened:

“Because this case involves royal family members and nobles.

Therefore, I decided to use five people, including Yu Shi Zhongcheng Bai Fu, Ting Wei Zhang Guang, Zong Bu Bai Sheng, Zong Ling Bai Li, and Zhong Chang Shi Deng Xuan, to supervise the case of horse racing in the capital.

All those involved will be arrested, and no matter who is involved, they will not be tolerated.

In addition, thoroughly investigate the death of the censor Li Yan to see if there is a killer behind the scenes. He dares to kill my censor. He is very courageous. "

"I obey your orders."

With the instructions given by the emperor, the progress of this case can be described as rapid.

In just one day, Tiqi and government officials from Tingwei Mansion and Zhijinwu Mansion knocked on doors everywhere and arrested as many as a hundred people related to the case.

"What are you doing? I am the prince of Xianpinghou and a relative of the emperor. Who dares to touch me."

Bai Cheng walked out of the mansion and looked at the dozen Tiqi at the door. Under the protection of the mansion's soldiers, he was not afraid at all.

"You are so impudent. Where did you come from? You dare to arrest my son Bai Ce? Who is the leader of these guys? Come out."

Xianping Hou Bai Ce also came out of the mansion. He had been fighting on the battlefield all year round, and he had a strong evil aura about him.

Tiqi who was present was frightened by the father and son and did not dare to take action.

At this time, another group of soldiers came.

"When the Clan Mansion is doing business, all idle people will get out of the way."

One of the leading officials showed the talisman to the white book to prove that he was genuine.

"According to the order of Zong Ling, we came to arrest Bai Cheng, the suspect involved in the case.

Someone will take it away. "

When Bai Ce heard that it was someone from the clan mansion, he suddenly panicked.

You must know that the Clan House is an yamen that specializes in managing the Bai clan, and the yamen chief, Zong Ling, is a son of the Bai clan with the divine seal.

All the descendants of the Bai family and the descendants of the Bai family are under the control of the clan government.

The clan mansion has a guard force of hundreds of people all year round, all of whom are members of the Bai family. Among the officials, many members of the Bai family even work part-time.

Bai Ce is the last generation of the Bai family in his own lineage, but he is still a little afraid of the clan house.

But you can't just give up your only son to someone else.

"Brother, give me some face and let my son go first. I will go to the palace in person to ask for a pardon from His Majesty. How about that?"

The clan official said expressionlessly:

"Master Marquis, it's not that I'm unreasonable, but in fact this case was supervised by Zong Ling personally, and there's nothing I can do about it.

take away. "

Helpless, Bai Ce could only watch Bai Cheng being taken away by people from the clan mansion. He now regrets very much. In the past, he only focused on fighting on the battlefield and neglected to educate Bai Cheng.

Bai Cheng has lost his divine seal, so he can only receive the lowest level of education in the Bai sect, which is far inferior to that of the Bai clan.

In addition, Bai Cheng's mother's preference for him caused Bai Cheng to be rebellious and act without scruples since childhood.

He often relies on his father, Bai Ce, who is a rare military commander in the clan. Because of his military exploits and his status as the son of the Bai family, he is domineering.

But it had always been a petty theft, and because he didn't have a divine seal, he didn't attract widespread attention from the people, thinking he was a dandy from some family.

I didn't think of Bai Shizi.

But now that the matter has become serious, His Majesty personally gave instructions and the court officials personally supervised the matter, what else can I do?
The only solution now is to give up his merits and title to see if he can save Bai Cheng's life.

After all, he is the only heir he has.

If something goes wrong with Bai Cheng, his lineage will be completely extinct. How can he meet his ancestors underground?

As soon as he thought about it, Bai Cai set off immediately. With his status as the son of the Bai family, he naturally had the right to walk in the palace and entered the palace smoothly.

Before Bai Ce entered the palace, he first found his second uncle Bohai Gong Bai Lei and his third uncle Leling Gong Bai Xuan.

They are brothers of the same clan as Bai Ce's father, Xian Ping Gong Bai Jian.

Under Bai Ce's cries, both of them could not resist their nephew's cry, saying that they could go to the palace to plead for His Majesty on his behalf, but they should not hold out too much hope.

When Bai Qian met Bai Lei and Bai Xuan, his first words were:

"Why, two uncles came to plead for Bai Zhi?"

The two laughed and said:
"Your Majesty is a wise prophet."

"I am not a sage, but you have come at the perfect time. Uncle Eleven, if you don't study your scriptures, why are you getting involved in this matter?
And Uncle Twelve, you have already taken care of yourself, so don’t get involved anymore. "

"Your Majesty, no matter what, Bai Cai is the son of the Bai family. It is better to spare his son's life for the sake of our ancestors.

If Bai Cheng dies, the Bai Jian lineage will be completely extinct. "

The two old dukes asked Bai Qian affectionately.

"Extinction? Now you know that you have to extinguish your heir?

When he rode the horse, he never thought that he was the direct grandson of Duke Xianping and wanted to maintain the reputation of the Xianping lineage.

Why, if something goes wrong, only his Xianping lineage is qualified to inherit, but what about the people who were killed by his collision?

Now that they are extinct, who are they looking for? "

Bai Qian's words left the two gentlemen speechless:
"Also, don't tell me here that the punishment is not worthy of the imperial family. There is no such law in Daxia, and there is no such precedent in the Bai family.

If you want to be respected by the people in the world, you must practice respectfully yourself and don't do such things that insult your ancestors.

Okay, you have fulfilled your promise to Bai Zhi. Go back and stop excusing the guilty. Mr. Bai never does anything against his will. Go back. "

Bai Lei and Bai Xuan looked at each other, sighed and left.

Walking out of the hall, looking at Bai Zuo who was kneeling on the ground, he shook his head and helped each other away.

Desperate, Bai Qian felt desperate and kept kowtowing, shouting and begging Bai Qian for mercy.

Blood flowed down his forehead, covering his divine seal.

In the end, Bai Qian still did not agree to Bai Ce's request.

In the first month of the third year of Jingping, the imperial court re-opened the case of horse racing in the capital. Thirteen people including Bai Cheng, the main culprit, were all sentenced to execution by Qiu Houwen.

There were also 121 officials involved in the case who were bribed by the criminal's family to excuse Bai Cheng and others, such as Zhi Jinwu and other officials.

Among them, Zhi Jinwu was dismissed from his post and was deeply involved in the case. Six people including Zhang Zi, the minister responsible for liaison, were sentenced to death by the Queen of Autumn.

Thirteen other princes and relatives of the principal offenders, including Duke Murong Chen of Xiangping, Duke Zhang Miao of Donghai, Duke Chen Qi of Wuyuan, Marquis Wang Teng of Anping, and Marquis Xianping, were all reduced from their surnames.

In order to cover up the case, Hou Weigai of Qixian County, who hired the murderer, was deprived of all his titles, houses, and official positions, and was demoted to a commoner.

In order to reward Li Yan, the imperial censor, the imperial court ordered that Li Yan be given posthumously the rank of sixth-grade supervisory censor and the title of Marquis outside Guanwai.

(The Yushitai officials from high to low are:
The third-rank censor is Zhongcheng, the fourth-rank censor is servant, the fifth-rank censor is palace censor, the sixth-rank censor is supervisor, and the seventh-rank ordinary censor is. )
In March, Prime Minister Yan Xuan, Zhongshu Ling Su Hu, and Shangshu Ling Xian Yumin were dismissed from office for dereliction of duty.

The imperial court appointed Da Si Nang Changchang as the Prime Minister, Cui Hao, the Minister's servant, as the Order of Zhongshu, and Wang Tuozhi, the minister of Zhongshu, as the Order of the State.

In May, the sentence for Bai Cheng and others was getting closer and closer.

The princes' mansions headed by Bai Ce are still looking for opportunities to rescue their eldest son.

Among them, the white album is the craziest.

In order to save Bai Cheng, he relied on his identity as the son of the Bai family to constantly ask for help from other brothers and uncles who were also the sons of the Bai family.

Regardless of their past relationship, Bai Ce must go there in person and ask them to go to the palace to intercede with Bai Qian on behalf of his son.

He was not asking for forgiveness, but for Bai Qian to be spared from death. Even if he was imprisoned for life, he would be happy.

So many Bai family members who valued family ties came to the palace for the first time in their lives to say good things to Bai Qian and Bai Ce.

There were so many clansmen begging for mercy that Bai Qian ordered the palace guards not to allow any clansmen who begged for mercy because of Bai Cheng to be allowed into the palace.

On the other hand, Bai Qian kept arranging women to go to jail, just hoping that Bai Cheng could keep a son, but they all ended in failure.

September is the last month of autumn. After this month, Bai Cheng and others will choose a day to kill.

Bai Cai was already disheartened and no longer wanted to plead with Bai Qian, but wanted to find another way.

(End of this chapter)