The ghost king and princess of Feng Qingtian

Chapter 56 The Liu Family Scandal
Li Ziqiao shouted, "But business in that area is not easy to do, and the people don't have much money. I'm new here, so I'm afraid I won't be able to get involved."

Yu Shangshu nodded: "Yes, it's not easy to do business there, but it's the safest place. Otherwise, I have a lot of businesses there, all of which are time-honored and are still making money. It’s all cashed to you, you can save a lot of time if you manage it well, and the staff and customers are familiar with it, so you can only make money and not lose money.”

Li Ziqiao was overjoyed, "Then it's the best way, it saves me a lot of time, but it's too troublesome for adults."

Yu Shangshu said with a smile: "Young Master Li, you are being polite. As soon as I met Mr. Li, I considered it as a friend. Besides, I have been an official in Beijing for these years, and I don't have the thought to take care of these remote shops. It's considered a good idea to give it to Mr. Li. Help me myself."

Li Ziqiao said anxiously: "Then I still have to thank Mr. Yu. Li will remember this kind of love, and he will definitely repay it in the future."

Li Ziqiao and Yu Shangshu had a very happy chat, and they made an agreement on the same day that Yu Shangshu transferred the 50 shops near Guiwang Mountain to Li Ziqiao, the price needless to say, [-] taels.Li Ziqiao walked away happily as if he had picked up a big bargain.

Yu Shangshu was very happy. Li Ziqiao was a fool with a lot of money, so he believed what he said.These sixty or so shops are already in general business, but there are all kinds of businesses, and those who are generally inexperienced can't play at all, and they will return to him in the future.Besides, as far as the price is concerned, these shops are only worth two hundred thousand taels, so Yu Shangshu has earned 30 taels all at once, so he is naturally very happy.But thinking about where the 30 taels went, Yu Shangshu couldn't be happy again.Although the Yu family didn't suffer any serious injuries this time, the loss was not small. Apart from the shop and some treasures, there was not much money left.Without liquidity for the turnover of purchases, the business will naturally be affected, and I am afraid it will not get better in a while.And the culprit who caused all this was Liu Xiang, so Yu Shangshu didn't plan to make the Liu family feel better.

In the past two days, following the incident where the son of the Yu family spent a lot of money just to win a smile from a beautiful woman, many romantic affairs of the second and third sons of the Liu family, the dignified Mr. Liu's family, broke out again.

The first is Mr. Liu San. Last year, Mr. Liu fell in love with the wife of a farmer in the suburbs of Beijing, so he managed to snatch her over.In the end, the woman was also staunch and committed suicide on the same day.The third son of Liu got into trouble, so he asked the second son of Liu, who was the servant of the Ministry of officials, to come forward to suppress the matter and gave the farmer 100 taels of silver to settle the matter.But now, this farmer didn't know what he was thinking, and he still came to the gate of the prefect to beat the drums and complained, saying that the third son Liu robbed the woman and forced his wife to death, and the second son Liu protected his younger brother and used his power to suppress others.And the magistrate Bai Ziyu also accepted the case, and it is said that the third son Liu will be sent to the case.

And is Second Young Master Liu clean?In addition to the matter of oppressing people with power, Second Young Master Liu is also involved with a pretty widow.It is rumored that Mr. Liu Er is also a romantic figure. He hooked up with a merchant's hostess once he saw her beauty. After they had several contacts, the merchant found out.The businessman didn't dare to provoke the Liu family, so he could only swallow his anger and wanted to take the whole family out of the capital.But for some reason, within two days he became ill again, and in a few days he would be gone.And this Second Young Master Liu often went to and from the widow's house.But this businessman also has an old mother, and this old man is also a formidable person. He found someone to arrest and rape the second young master Liu and the widow, and made the incident known to everyone.Then, the old woman sued the second son Liu and the widow for poisoning her son, and she wanted the adulterer to pay for his life.Coincidentally, the pleadings were delivered to the magistrate's lobby on the same day.

Is that the end?Not yet, after that, there were one, two, and three romantic affairs of Liu Xiang when he was young, one, two, and three romantic affairs of the sons of the Liu family who were officials in the court, one, two, and three romantic affairs of the Liu family's stewards, and later There are even one, two, and three stories about Concubine Xian's romantic affairs when she was in her natal family.For a time, the Liu family formed an indissoluble bond with the romantic affairs, and many literati also joined in the fun, compiling these romantic affairs into story books and singing songs among the people.Although the matter of being romantic is not a big evil, it is also despised by others. In addition, Liu Jiaxiang claims to be a scholarly family and the head of the Qingliu, which makes people feel hypocritical and contemptible.Because the Liu family has always been domineering, the common people don't like the Liu family, and they are more than willing to spread the word about these things, so soon, the news spread to the surrounding counties, and Liu Xiang's reputation plummeted.

Liu Xiang knew that someone was playing tricks behind his back, so he immediately sent someone to investigate, but the result of the investigation made Liu Xiang puzzled. The Yu family of the Ministry of Households, the Zhang family of the Ministry of Industry, and later, the Zhou family also intervened. .When did the Yu family and the Zhou family get together again?Moreover, it is not once or twice that the Zhou and Liu families have fought each other. The Zhou family disdains to use this method, but why do they do it now?This happened too suddenly, without any warning. However, the second son of the Liu family is the legitimate son and will inherit the family business in the future. This incident may have an impact on him in the future, and it may make the clan members dissatisfied.

But what troubled Liu Xiang even more was in the court.The prefect Bai Ziyu wrote a letter to the second son of Qianzong Liu's family for lusting for women and murdering people. Now he has been sued by the people and presented two complaints.

Bai Ziyu said: "Since ancient times, princes have violated the law and committed the same crime as the people. The defendants of the Liu family must be dealt with fairly, but the third son of Liu has no merit, so the magistrate can summon him, but the second son of Liu is the servant of the Ministry of Officials. , on the same level as the minister, and the minister cannot try it, so I ask the emperor to make a decision."

Yu Shangshu prefaced: "The case of Liu Ergong's poisoning has not yet been finalized, but the matter with the widow was seen in public. This is a fact. It stands to reason that such a person is no longer worthy of being an official. Please also invite the emperor Remove him from his official position and demote him to a commoner, so that the Bai Zhifu can start the trial."

Master Zhou also said: "Your Majesty's words are very true, and I agree with you. In addition, Mr. Liu Xiangye is not strict in teaching his son, and he did these unseemly things, which shamed the entire court officials. I also ask the emperor to punish him. "

Liu Xiangzi couldn't bear this loss, and immediately argued: "It's too coincidental that these rumors appeared overnight in my Liu family, and then two consecutive pleadings, it's clear that someone deliberately framed it. The words of your lord and Yu lord are not the trick of the people behind this scene, please ask your majesty to investigate clearly."

The ministers on Liu Xiang's side immediately interceded, and the people on the Zhou University's side were unwilling to be outdone. The court soon became full of quarrels, as lively as a vegetable market.

Qian Zonggao sat on the dragon chair, watching the comings and goings among the ministers below, and couldn't get in a word, and then he didn't say anything at all, just like Yun Yuhong said, watch it as a play, Let's see which one has a good time, and we will settle the ledger together after autumn.After watching for a while, Qian Zong couldn't help but shift his gaze to Bai Ziyu.This is a beautiful man, and his appearance is worthy of his precious daughter, but he can't practice martial arts, his position is too low, and he is from the Jingguo family, so he is not taken seriously. What is so good about him that he can attract his daughter? Was it just that face?
After Bai Ziyu asked the question, he stood there and watched the people on both sides quarrel with each other.Holding the certificate, he seemed to be on the side with Master Zhou, Shangshu, but in fact, there was an invisible line separating him from the faction of Master Zhou.His demeanor seemed to be waiting in silence, quite like sitting on a mountain and watching a tiger fight.

The people on both sides argued for more than an hour, and a few senior officials couldn't take it anymore. They stood there with pale faces, and they almost rolled their eyes and fell to the ground.Qian Zong was already disturbed by hearing this, and had a faint headache.After a censor impassionedly stated his point of view, he finally said: "Please make a decision."

Qian Zong sat upright, coughed lightly, looked at the expectant faces below, but asked Bai Ziyu: "Bai Aiqing, what do you think should be done?"

All eyes immediately focused on Bai Ziyu.

Bai Ziyu didn't expect Qian Zong to kick the ball to him, but his face remained calm as usual, and he stepped forward and replied: "Everything you say is very reasonable, but most of them are just conjectures without evidence. Wei, but I also know that the judgment of the case should not be considered, it is based on witness and physical evidence, otherwise the case should be submitted to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial. If you have any doubts, you can also add evidence. The matter is right and wrong, but this is not enough , You will only know after the trial.”

Master Zhou immediately said: "That's fine, this is also a matter within the criminal department. After all, Second Young Master Liu is an official of the imperial court, and the magistrate is not suitable for trial."

Mr. Liu Xiangye disagreed, Mr. Hong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, is a student of the University of Zhou University, and he is a party of the University of Zhou University. If he is handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, can he come back alive?But if he wanted to refute it, there was no suitable reason, after all, this matter should be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment.In an emergency, Mr. Liu remembered that Mr. Hong should not be allowed to try the case alone, and that those who cannot get involved should make the matter fair, so he made up his mind and saluted Qian Zong: "This case is handed over to you." In the hands of the prefect Bai, it is a case of the people suing the government, in order to show justice, the prefect should also participate, and I suggest that the Ministry of Punishments and the prefect jointly try the case."

Qian Zong did not expect such a result. In the past, Mr. Liu would not let people try the case, even if he did not say that he was covering the sky with one hand. Could the members of the Liu family be wrong? It was the grassroots who framed good people. .Now the case is not only going to be tried, but also to be tried jointly by the two departments.Zhou and Yu joined hands to suppress Liu Xiangye. Bai Ziyu took the matter a big step forward with a few words. There is still something to be expected.

Qian Zong's evaluation of Bai Ziyu, from a young boy to a little bit, was also willing to promote him, so he nodded and said: "Since the two lovers have said so, then according to what you said, this case will be handed over to Mr. Hong of the Ministry of Punishment." Joint trial with the magistrate Bai."

(End of this chapter)