peasant girl wedding

Chapter 268 Interrogation
"General, someone is coming out."

In the hidden grass, a man's voice was deliberately lowered.

"Ah."

Ji Li replied, but his eyes never left a certain place.

After hearing a soft rustling sound, a pair of men's arms lifted up from the ground.

Wang San jumped to the ground, and slowly pulled Tong Zhi'er up.

Ji Li looked at Tong Zhi'er whose head and body were covered with leaves, feeling nervous and excited.

He stared at every part of her body, seeing that Tong Zhi'er didn't seem to be hurt, so he didn't add any hatred for Wang San in his heart.

After Wang San took Tong Zhi'er away, Ji Li led his people out from the haystack, picked a shortcut, and met Wang San at the place agreed upon before.

.........

Tong Zhi'er looked at the sky outside, her heart beating faster.

It's finally out.

Finally, I can see Ji Li.

Walking to the gate of a certain farm, Tong Zhi'er suddenly stopped, staring blankly at the man in the farm yard.

"Branch!"

Ji Li seemed to have sensed something, raised his head, ran over quickly, and looked at her nervously.

The husband and wife didn't care about talking, Ji Li asked Tong Zhi'er to take good care of him, and looked at Wang San coldly.

"Come on, take him down!"

"Yes, General!"

The rest of the people listened to the order and strode towards Wang San.

Wang San didn't resist, and let Ji Li's men catch him, "General Ji, believe it or not, within three days, I will definitely be able to get out of the cell."

"take away!"

Ji Li said coldly.

He walked into the house with big strides, and hugged Tong Zhi'er who came over.

"These days have made you suffer!" Ji Li said apologetically.

Tong Zhi'er shook his head fiercely, wet and hot tears overflowed from his eyes.

After a moment of tenderness, Tong Zhi'er told him everything about Wang San, including the hidden village and the gold mine in the village.

"Zhi'er, that gold mine is so weird, you and the child..."

Hearing Tong Zhi'er said that she also entered the gold mine, Ji Li was very nervous.

"I'm fine, I just went in once, it's fine."

Even so, Ji Li's worries did not diminish.

"If you're still worried, then find a doctor and show me."

"Alright," Ji Li nodded, and immediately ordered people to prepare a carriage, and drove to the city with Tong Zhi'er.

Back at the Yamen of the State Government, the first thing Ji Li did was to have all the doctors in Wuzhou City invited over to treat Tong Zhi'er one by one. After confirming that Tong Zhi'er was really all right, he Only then did he let go of his worries.

"My lord, my lord..."

The butler's anxious voice came from outside.

Tong Zhi'er immediately came out of the room and asked, "Housekeeper, why are you in such a panic?"

"My lord, ma'am, the imperial envoy has come to the Yamen and said that he will escort you back to Beijing!"

.........

"Lord Jiang." Ji Li walked to the Yamen, and shouted to the man in official uniform standing with his back facing him.

The man turned around, smiled and cupped his hands, "General Ji, I've offended you!"

Mr. Jiang raised his hand, and immediately, a government officer stepped forward and removed Ji Li's official uniform.

"Master Jiang, what do you mean?"

Mr. Jiang cupped his hands into fists, "General Ji, please forgive me. I am only following the emperor's orders. What does General Ji want to say? After entering Beijing to meet the emperor, the emperor will naturally defend General Ji. Opportunity. Someone is here, put Ji Li in the prison van and set off immediately."

.........

It was a carriage when it came, but it was a prison cart when it left.

Tong Zhi'er felt sore after following the prison van escorting Ji Li back to Beijing.

She had already heard from several soldiers that it was because of her that Ji Li gave Wang San the military salary from the front line in exchange for her.

No wonder Wang San said so on the day he was taken into custody by Ji Li, he would walk out of the prison safe and sound in three days, it turned out that he had premeditated and colluded with others to punish Ji Li.

.........

A month later, the capital.

At the gate of the city, the whole family of the Duke's Mansion came.

"Ah Li!"

Everyone looked at Ji Li in the prison car with heartache.

Even the second wife, who usually doesn't like Ji Li, feels quite uncomfortable at this moment.

The prison van didn't stay at the gate of the city, didn't give Ji Li a chance to talk to his family, and drove quickly to Dali Temple.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law..."

In the last carriage, Tong Zhi'er came down from the city, and looked at the crowd with shame on his face.

Everyone's eyes fell on her swollen belly.

"Zhi'er, do you have it?"

The eldest lady stepped forward and asked nervously.

Tong Zhi'er nodded, "Mother-in-law, it's all because of me that Husband did something wrong this time, but don't worry, I won't let Husband have trouble."

She looked at Ji Chang and knelt on the ground.

"Get up quickly, you are already full body, don't kneel on the ground."

The second lady came over immediately and pulled Tong Zhi'er up.

"Eunuch, I want to enter the palace to meet the emperor."

Ji Chang looked serious, "Are you absolutely sure?"

Tong Zhi'er shook her head, "I'm not sure, but if I don't even try, I'm not reconciled."

"Okay, the old man will take you into the palace."

Tong Zhi'er and Ji Chang got into the carriage and galloped towards the palace.

It was not a coincidence that they came. The imperial guards at the gate of the palace said that the emperor had already gone to Dali Temple.

"Eunuch, let's go to Dali Temple immediately."

"it is good."

At the gate of Dali Temple, there are crowds of people watching.

"Anyway, he is a general, but he is greedy for military pay. It is really hateful!"

"General Ji is not such a person, there must be some difficulties that we don't know about."

"No matter what the reason is, at this moment, we can't use half of the military salary. Other countries are eyeing us. If they know the news and send troops to our country, what will the soldiers at the border do? What will we do?"

"It's just..."

The interrogation has not yet started in the hall, but the discussion in the hall is already in full swing.

Ji Li knelt in front of the hall, and the Dali Temple Minister, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the envoys of the Metropolitan Procuratorate sat side by side.

Under the plaque hanging high in the mirror, the position of the presiding judge is still vacant.

"The emperor is here——"

The unique high-pitched voice of the eunuch in the palace reached everyone's ears.

Everyone prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live".

A flash of bright yellow quickly passed in front of his eyes, and when he looked up, the emperor was already sitting high in the court.

"Snapped!"

The gavel knocked heavily on the table, and the emperor looked at Ji Li who was kneeling on the ground expressionlessly, with sharp eyes.

"Ji Li, are you convicted?"

Ji Li kowtowed, and said in a deep voice, "I am guilty."

"Convicted?" The Son of Heaven snorted coldly, "As a general of a country, if you know how to break the law, I will never forgive you lightly. However, for your previous meritorious service in protecting the country, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be forgiven. From today onwards, if you are sent to Mobei, you will never be able to return to court!"

"Your majesty, my wife has something to say!"

Tong Zhi'er jumped off the carriage and said loudly.

Yacha stopped her, but was opened by Ji Chang.

The emperor was furious, "Ji Guogong, what do you mean?"

"I also ask the emperor to forgive me. My daughter-in-law has something to say to the emperor, and I ask the emperor to listen to my daughter-in-law."

"Tong Zhi'er, if you want to intercede for your husband-in-law, I will not agree."

The emperor said coldly.

Tong Zhi'er knelt on the ground, "My wife thanked the emperor for his kindness."

"Zhier..."

Ji Li looked at Tong Zhi'er.

Tong Zhi'er smiled at her, turned to look at the emperor who was sitting at the head, and told the whole story from the beginning to the end.

"...In the village, the minister's wife saw a gold mine."

The emperor's eyes darkened, "Gold mine?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is a gold mine. This gold mine was the moral culprit that caused Wangjia Village to be relocated ten years ago and disappeared from the world."

"Explain this clearly!" The emperor frowned.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Here's the thing..."

"According to what you say, this gold mine is not only useless, but also a bloody hole that hurts people. So, what's the use of you saying this? Could it be that you want to attract Xiaoxiao's people to covet the gold mine and harm my people?"

"Your Majesty, please appease your anger. This is not what my wife meant."

"Hmph, that's not what you mean, so what do you mean by telling this?"

"Your Majesty, although gold mines are harmful to people now and cannot be mined in them, my wife assures that after 100 years, gold mines will be able to be mined normally, which is a great thing for the country and the people."

"You promise? What guarantee do you take?"

"If the emperor is worried, the minister's wife will immediately write a written statement. After 100 years, the descendants of my Jifu will all enter this gold mine."

The emperor looked at Tong Zhi'er firmly, and said after a while, "I know you want to save your husband. Even so, if I don't make up for the 10 taels of military salary that Ji Li was short of, I will never agree."

Tong Zhi'er grasped the subtext in his words, and asked for proof: "Then what the emperor means is that if we can make up the 10 taels of military salary, the emperor will not pursue my husband's crime?"

"Yes, don't pursue it, as long as you can come up with a military salary of 10 taels of gold."

"Your Majesty, my wife has the guts to beg the emperor for a favor, and give my wife three days' grace."

The emperor squinted his eyes, 10 taels of gold, not to mention three days, even three months, may not be able to raise all.The annual harvest of the imperial treasury is only a little over 10 taels. Tong Zhier, a woman, has opened some shops before, how can she compare with the silver taels received by the treasury in a year?
So what about giving her this grace?Three days later, she couldn't raise 10 taels of gold, so Ji Li wanted to distribute it to Mobei.

After some thought, the Son of Heaven said in a deep voice, "Okay, I will give you this grace!"

Tong Zhi'er bowed respectfully, "My wife, I thank the emperor for your kindness, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

When the emperor left, the people started talking about it.

"Within three days, 10 taels of gold, don't be afraid that the wind will flash your tongue."

"That's right, 10 taels of gold, let alone three days, even if you give me 30 years, may not be able to raise it..."

Tong Zhi'er didn't pay attention to what everyone was talking about, and she was walking towards the prison where Ji Li was being held.

(End of this chapter)