The reborn businesswoman is the queen

Chapter 226 Storm, Broken King's Arm
In September, the sweltering capital gradually cools down, and after several consecutive rains, the temperature drops a lot.

This is the most suitable season for traveling, and Dawei's annual autumn activities are scheduled during this period.At the end of August, the list of attendants for the Qiuxi event was announced to the world.In the harem, the concubine accompanying this autumn is the most favored concubine Xiao Gui; apart from the officials of the fourth rank and above among the foreign ministers in the past, Kong Lianxi and his heirs are missing today, and Mu Zhizhao, a new courtier, is added. On par with previous years.After the list was announced, everyone had no objections, and just waited for the third day of September, when all the courtiers on the list would follow Emperor Wu to Anshan for a ten-day autumn holiday.

On the last day of August, three days before autumn, all the nobles in the capital calmed down, quietly waiting for the grand annual event.

On this day, a storm broke out in the imperial capital without warning.

The cause of the storm is this.

Yu Minzhong, Minister of Industry, has a concubine in his family, who is very much loved by Yu Minzhong. He really wants the stars not to give the moon, and obeys her words.But one day when Yu Min was in court, he accidentally caught the concubine having an affair with the nurse.In a fit of rage, Yu Minzhong immediately ordered the nursing home to be killed and locked the concubine in the woodshed.

At night, the concubine somehow escaped from the woodshed.In order to avenge the nursing home, the concubine went directly to Jingzhao Yin's mansion to beat the drums to express her grievances, and sued Yu Minzhong, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, in court with a pleading.

Tian Zhongshu was very annoyed, Kong Lianxi had just left, why did Yu Minzhong get involved?

He didn't even want to read the pleading paper, so he sent the master to tell the concubine that the nursing home was a house slave, and the house owner had the right to dispose of it, so he told her to go back quickly.In the end, the master turned around and told him: "My lord, the matter is very important, you should take a look!"

Tian Zhongshu took the pleadings, and saw that the pleadings did not accuse Yu Minzhong of beating someone to death, but listed the ten crimes of Yu Minzhong in a clear and orderly manner. That's all for human life, but he couldn't help but ignore one of them.Tian Zhongshu was frightened into a cold sweat immediately, so he had to go into the palace all night tremblingly to ask Emperor Wu for orders.

After reading the pleadings, Emperor Wu was immediately furious. He not only ordered him to investigate the case with full authority, but also issued a decree ordering all officials to cooperate.

When Tian Zhongshu came out of the palace, his back was soaked and his face was pale. The master helped him at the gate of the palace, and he quickly waved his hands: "It's no big deal if I'm exhausted, go and settle that little concubine for me quickly. What happened this time It's really amazing, it involved more than 500 people's lives, and about [-] of them were court officials!"

The two hurried back to the government office. In order to prevent things from changing, they interrogated the concubine overnight and interrogated a group of witnesses.

On the first day of September, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were still unaware, and everyone went to the court as usual, but they didn't expect that what awaited them would be the emperor's attack.In the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Wu pointed out Jing Zhaoyin on the spot and ordered him to announce the results of the investigation in public.

Seven years ago, Yu Minzhong was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the minister was Xu Honghuai.Xu Honghuai is an upright person, and he has political disagreements with the cunning Yu Minzhong, especially after Yu Minzhong failed to marry Xu's daughter Jingwen for his son, he harbored a grudge and waited for an opportunity to retaliate.

Emperor Wu was in foster care when he was young. After he ascended the throne, he was very filial to his adoptive mother, requiring the world's literati, books and newspapers to avoid the adoptive mother's boudoir name.One day, Yu Minzhong went to Xu Honghuai's house as a guest, taking advantage of Xu Honghuai's unpreparedness, he hid a collection of poems in Xu Honghuai's study.In this collection of poems, one of the poems not only embeds the emperor's mother's boudoir name, but also insinuates that the emperor has unruly feelings for his mother.After a few days, Yu Minzhong ordered a skilled servant to steal from Xu's house, and then ran into the government's hands.After the government got the bandits, they searched for some treasures from the bandits, and when they returned them to the Xu family, the girl he arranged pretended to burn a book under everyone's noses, snatched it over and took a look, it was the collection of poems written by Da Ni!

Back then, Emperor Wu was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. In the end, dozens of Xu family males were beheaded, and the female family members were enslaved as official slaves.Many of Xu Honghuai's disciples were officials in the imperial court, scattered all over the country, and they were all questioned one by one. Dozens of officials, large and small, were implicated, a total of more than 500 people.

This is the first literary inquisition of the dynasty, and now that the old things are brought up again, no one would have thought that there is a huge grievance hidden in it.

Every time Tian Zhongshu read a word, Yu Minzhong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, turned pale. Before he finished reading, his legs became weak and he couldn't resist, and fell to his knees.He was originally a member of King Li, but this time Jing Zhaoyin did a good job of keeping secrets and moved quickly. Wei Quan was too slow to get the news, and he was caught by someone before he could react in time.The ironclad evidence is like a mountain, the witnesses and evidences are all there, Yu Minzhong can't deny it, and the emperor dare not make more mistakes, so he can only look at Zhao Yilong for help.

Zhao Yilong is an old fox who has been around for decades, his face is as calm as a mountain, and he gestured to Yu Minzhong to be steady with his eyes, then he stood up and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, this is an old case many years ago, and now it is brought up again, and the witness is with you again. Yu adults have resentful concubines, it will inevitably be somewhat distorted..."

"Zhao Qing, what do you mean..." Emperor Wu frowned and looked at Zhao Yilong puzzled.

Zhao Yilong had a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty, the matter is of great importance. I'm afraid it will not be convincing to the public based on the investigation of the Jingzhao Yin Mansion alone. It is better to let the Ministry of Criminal Justice retry the case. The case will be clearer."

Before Emperor Wu could speak, Jin Wang Wei Wuzhen, who had been standing aside, snorted coldly: "Listen to Mr. Zhao's tone, do you not believe the investigation of Jingzhao Yin's House? But I heard that Tian Zhongshu's actions were approved by the emperor." , there is nothing illegal in every word or deed. My lord is so eager to excuse Yu Minzhong, could it be that he himself was involved in it?"

These words reminded Emperor Wu, his face turned cold, and he looked at Zhao Yilong suspiciously.

Zhao Yilong shook his head, and said righteously: "His Royal Highness Jin Wang has nothing to prove, how can he bite at will? If it really has something to do with me, I should do my best to push the relationship away for self-protection. Why go to this muddy water?"

It was rare for Wei Shi to go to court today. Although he was standing behind King Jin and yawning, he shook his head when he heard this, as if disapproving.

"Okay, don't quarrel." When Emperor Wu always loved Wei, he was naturally concerned when he saw this, but he also knew that his son had never cared about the government. This behavior must have some opinions. When he turned his head to Wei, he asked: "Yuwang, why are you shaking your head? Do you have anything to say?"

Wei Shi took a step forward, pushed the wat board in his hand forward, and said back: "Father, my son doesn't know anything about government affairs, but I just think Mr. Zhao's words are not unreasonable. In this case, let Tian Zhongshu handle the case." Hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment. What good is it for everyone to fight here? Of course, Brother Jin's worries are justified. Why don't you let Brother Jin preside over the case, so that everyone can feel at ease ?"

Zhao Yilong became very anxious when he heard this. If Wei Wuzhen is really allowed to preside over the interrogation, it may be a matter of time before Minzhong is killed.He opened his mouth to refute, but felt that it was very inappropriate. This was an indirect admission that he was really involved in it...

Wei Quan also had no choice but to give Wei Shi an annoyed look, resenting that he didn't understand government affairs and was still causing trouble here.

Wei Shi blinked innocently: "Brother Li Wang, why are you staring at me? If I'm wrong, just say it."

"How can I..." King Li didn't expect him to be so bold that he would not take any losses in front of Emperor Wu. He was afraid that his father might misunderstand something, so he hurriedly explained.

Seeing the chaos in the court, Emperor Wu was very upset, so he approved Wei Shi's report on the spot: "Okay, as King Yu said, this case will be transferred to the Ministry of Punishment, and King Jin will preside over it."

After hearing this, Wei Shi retreated to his seat contentedly, yawned, and began to doze off again.

King Jin's presiding over this case was a chance to bring down an arm of King Li, so how could he let it go so easily.After the court, he took over immediately, not allowing Li Wang and others to have the slightest chance to breathe, interrogated witnesses, took evidence, and went through the case with lightning speed.However, what he can find out is naturally what the Jingzhao Yin Mansion can find out, and the King of Jin also understands that with this little evidence, Zhao Yilong may find a flaw in the court, and it will be a waste of time at that time. The loss outweighs the gain.

On the second day of September, when King Jin was at an impasse, a woman who claimed to be a descendant of Xu Honghuai knelt in front of the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to see her, holding a handwritten letter from Xu Honghuai, and shouted for grievances.

King Jin was overjoyed and hurriedly welcomed Xu Jingwen in.

The handwriting attached by Xu Jingwen is a bloody book written by Xu Honghuai in prison after he was arrested. Every word clarifies his grievances. hiding.Later, Xu Jingwen escaped, and this handwriting was kept safe as a relic of her father, and it was only seen today.

When Xu Honghuai was taken into custody, Yu Minzhong was overwhelmed with complacency. He once revealed the truth in front of Xu's family members in prison. Although Xu Jingwen was young, she remembered her enemy's voice and smile very clearly. It doesn't seem to be fake.

King Jin obtained such strong evidence, and entered the palace holding the blood book, and presented it to Emperor Wu with a bunch of testimonies.

Zhao Yilong also did not expect that the daughter of the Xu family's concubine is still alive, and now that the evidence is overwhelming, he cannot intervene, so he can only watch Yu Minzhong being imprisoned for framing officials and playing with the Sacred Heart, waiting to be executed in autumn.

King Li broke two of his arms all of a sudden, was hit hard, and his whole body was three points weak.Fortunately, the Queen is still there, and so is Zhao Yilong, and he is still stable. In order not to be seen by the Emperor Wu, he had to cheer up and prepare for tomorrow's trip.

With strong winds and waves rising and falling for two days, Mu Yunge just waited quietly in her Ningbi Pavilion, and when the dust settled, she just smiled lightly.

When the bright moon outside the window fell on her face, no one knew what role this quiet and beautiful woman and those slender and soft hands played in the storm in the capital city, what kind of situation they created change.

On the third day of junior high school, when the rooster was crowing, all the accompanying people gathered outside the Meridian Gate and knelt down to welcome Emperor Wu's car.After the simple ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, the long line headed for Anshan...

(End of this chapter)