Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Thank you, my lord." Baili nodded, called Xiaopeng to give instructions, and then went back to sleep. Defang got up and said, "Xiaopeng, go change clothes with the lonely king."

"Change clothes? Do you want to take a bath, my lord?"

"Go out."

"The little one is going to prepare the sedan chair now." Xiaopeng turned to go, but Defang held him back, "No, change clothes and go through the side door of the dining room."

"My lord, what are you going to do?"

"Don't ask, change clothes quickly." Defang took Xiaopeng to change clothes. The two left the palace through the side door and came to the vicinity of the punishment department. I'm getting older, and my words are almost messed up, "My lord. This. He and me. What?"

"What are you talking about, don't be in a daze, and do it quickly."

"My lord, I don't dare."

"Why don't you dare?" Defang took out an ingot of gold and handed it to Xiaopeng, "Do as instructed."

"But my lord. This is not good."

"You do what the lonely king wants you to do. There's nothing wrong with it. Hurry up." Seeing that Xiaopeng was still hesitant, Defang said, "Xiaopeng, if you still want to stay in Nanqing Palace, you should do it quickly. Otherwise, don't go back from now on!"

"Yes, I'll go now, little one." Xiaopeng wiped his sweat, turned around and ran away. Defang frowned at the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and soon Xiaopeng ran back, "My lord, I've explained everything."

"Well, let's go back to the mansion." The two returned to the mansion to change their clothes, and Defang ordered, "Xiaopeng, you can't tell anyone about this, not even your father, remember?"

"Yes, little one remembers."

A few days later, Defang went to the Ministry of Officials to ask Shangshu Mu Peixiu about the matter. It happened that Du Wenkai also came here to look up the relevant files. Seeing that Defang was also in a hurry to salute, "The next official kowtows to the eight sage kings, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

"Isn't this Mrs. Du? Get up." Defang asked, "Why are you here at the Ministry of Officials?"

"Thank you, my lord." Du Wenkai stood up, "I'm here to check the official history of the criminal Li Mao, so as to understand his political achievements when he served as the county magistrate."

"What's the use?"

"It is written in the file that Li Mao's crime was abusive lynching to vent his anger, causing the legs of innocent people to be disabled. However, Li Mao took the initiative to pay the injured in silver taels afterwards, and his relatives did not want to investigate further. The officials want to find out Li Mao's achievements in office. , The Ministry of Punishments initially sentenced him to prison for half a year, and his sentence was changed to one hundred rods."

"As an official of the imperial court, Li Mao beat and maimed innocent people just to vent his anger. , Mr. Du, you don’t think about the wounded in the lawsuit, but you want to get rid of Li Mao.” Defang turned around and asked, “Master Mu, do you think this is appropriate?”

"It's really not appropriate." Mu Peixiu asked, "Master Du, is there a reason for you to do this?"

"Back to the lord, Mu Shangshu, the lower officials have indeed found out that Li Mao and the injured Wang Min were neighbors who had disputes before he became an official. After Li Mao became an official, he rarely had any contact. Min was drunk and noisy in the market, so he was taken back to the county government office. Seeing that Wang Min was very angry, Li Mao changed the ten boards that should have been played to twenty boards, so Wang Min's legs were seriously injured and disabled. I was very scared, so I took the initiative to pay the money. After the incident was discovered and reported by the supervisory censor, the Wang family said that they would not pursue it further. The officials had read some of Li Mao's books and felt that Li Mao was still a very competent official. , and there are still some doubts in this case, so the subordinate officials want to find out his political achievements, and then change his sentence based on the existing new evidence."