Fortunate Young Gentleman

Tangning was sitting in the check-in room, holding a thin book in her hand.

The collection of grievances has been sorted out and printed. He has the first edition in his hands. In the future, some actual cases will be compiled and published, and the publishing expenses will be paid directly by the imperial court.

He checked for any omissions, then sat in a daze.

Today is the first morning court after the court break. The Minister of Punishment has not returned yet, indicating that the morning court has not ended yet.

The imperial court has not been functioning for half a month, and it should have accumulated a lot of things. Just like the Ministry of Justice, it has not been open for half a month. As soon as the office opened today, all the county offices from all over the country sent over all the accumulated case files.

The doctor of the Xingbu Yamen has not yet recovered from his foot injury and has not returned to the Yamen. All matters of the Xingbu Yamen are still decided by Tang Ning alone.

Around the time of the Shangyuan Dynasty, the capital was the most prosperous and noisy, and it was also a time when security incidents were prone to occur. In the past few days, too many people gathered in the capital area, and large numbers of people caused chaos. Among the stack of files on Tang Ning's desk, Several of the cases involved human lives.

Of course, these cases did not require the Ministry of Justice to investigate them one by one. Tang Ning opened the files one by one, found out the problematic ones, and filed them for retrial. The others were submitted to the Ministry of Justice for further review.

Like the Ministry of Punishment, after the Yuan Dynasty, all major government offices in the capital were extremely busy.

In Ping'an County Government Office, Zhong Mingli frowned as he looked at a case file in his hand.

After Zhao Zhijie had reviewed several files, he looked up and saw the expression on his face and asked, "What's the matter? I encountered a troublesome case."

"The complaint in this case involves Marquis Yanping, Marquis Changxing, Uncle Yongchuan, and Uncle Huining." Zhong Mingli shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't be easy to investigate."

Zhao Zhijie looked at him and said, "You have His Majesty's token in hand. Is there anything else you dare not check?"

"Yes." Zhong Mingli nodded and said, "Peng Chen, ask people to go to the house of Marquis Yanping, Marquis Changxing, and Uncle Yongchuan to meet with Uncle Ning, and summon these people to the county government for questioning."

Peng Chen cupped his hands and walked out quickly.

Yanpinghou Mansion.

The capital is a place where powerful people gather. Among the many princes, Yanping Hou has a deep background. The eldest son of the family works in the palace, so he is considered to be the best among the powerful children. If nothing happens, he can continue the glory of the Hou family. .

In addition, the Hou Mansion has taken refuge with King Kang in the early years. Now King Kang is as powerful as the king in the court. If he takes a small step forward, he will be able to set foot in the East Palace. By then, the Yanping Hou Mansion will also be considered to have the merit of following the dragon. Maybe it will. You can make further progress.

Marquis Yanping was sitting in the study, taking a sip and only drank half of a cup of tea. Then a shadow walked in and called out "Dad" slightly nervously.

Marquis Yanping glanced at his youngest son and asked, "What trouble did your boy get into again?"

His eldest son was considered outstanding among the children of the powerful, but this time he had been naughty since he was a child and had caused constant troubles.

However, he didn't take it to heart. He was just young and energetic, fighting for power and jealousy outside, and fighting fiercely. This is a common thing in the families of powerful people. As long as no lives are caused, each family will let it go, as for other disasters. , with the power of the family, it can be easily settled.

"It's not a big disaster." The young man looked up and said hesitantly, "Li Ping and the others were here yesterday. We accidentally set a fire and burned down a house outside the city."

"If you burn down a private house, you will be so nervous." Marquis Yanping put down the teacup heavily and said angrily, "You have killed someone."

The young man trembled and said in a trembling voice, "No, I don't know."

Marquis Yanping's face darkened. If it was an ordinary disaster, it could be settled with money or power. Once a human life occurred, it would not be that easy to suppress it within the confines of the capital.

As soon as he stood up from the chair, an old man knocked on the door of the study room and walked in. He glanced at the young man, looked at the Marquis of Yanping, and said, "Master, someone from Ping'an County Government asked the young master to go to the county government office to ask questions." case."

Fear appeared on the young man's face and he asked, "Dad, what should I do?"

Marquis Yanping glared at him and said angrily, "Tell me what you guys are doing first."

The young man whispered, "I, we just wanted to spend money to play with that woman, but she didn't let me, and even lit a torch to scare us, so we let people take his torch and burn down their house."

"You bastard," Marquis Yanping couldn't help but kicked him on the leg, and said angrily, "You don't want to play with so many women in the brothel, but you insist on finding those innocent women, why did I give birth to you?"

The young man lowered his head and said nothing. Usually they just use force, but with their status, they can settle it with a little money at most. Yesterday, the old man was really aroused, and he was impulsive. At this moment, he regretted it.

The old housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, now is not the time to blame the young master. The people from Ping'an County Government are still waiting outside."

If it were half a year ago, Ping'an County Yamen would not have the courage to come to Yanping Marquis Mansion to ask for someone, but since the new county magistrate took office, he has somehow gained His Majesty's favor. If he entered Ping'an County Yamen, it would be impossible It's hard to come out.

Marquis Yanping looked at the young man and asked, "Who else was there besides you yesterday?"

The young man immediately said, "There are also Li Ping, Cui Jiang, and Sun An."

Marquis Yanping looked at the housekeeper and said, "Take him to Ping'an County Yamen first to find out the truth, and then come back and report immediately."

The old man nodded and said, "Yes, sir."

Marquis Yanping waved and said, "In addition, send someone to invite Marquis Changxing, Uncle Yongchuan, and Uncle Huining."

The old man bowed and said, "I'll ask someone to invite you right away."

Not long after the old man and the young man walked out, several carriages stopped at the Yanping Marquis Mansion, and a figure hurriedly got off the carriage.

In the mansion, Marquis Yanping looked at several people and said in surprise, "I just sent someone to invite you, and you arrived so quickly."

One person looked at Marquis Yanping and asked, "I guess Ping'an County Government has sent people here too, right?"

Marquis Yanping looked at them, nodded, and said, "You are here probably because of this matter. Why, the matter is very serious."

The person who just spoke said, "A life was lost. As you know, this Ping'an County Magistrate is very difficult to deal with. He has His Majesty's support behind him, so we can't interfere."

Marquis Yanping nodded and said, "I know that the Magistrate of Ping'an County, Shou Anbo fell into his hands. If he doesn't let go of this case, it will indeed be difficult to handle."

He thought for a while and said, "I have a plan."

Tang Ning spent a whole day reading files in the Criminal Department. When she left the office, she was already a little dizzy.

The affairs of the Ministry of Justice are busier than those of the Ministry of Revenue. Fortunately, in another half month, the burden on his shoulders will be relieved. I don't know where he will go next. As long as he is not in the Ministry of Personnel, he should be able to relax for a while.

Xiao Jue stood waiting for him at the entrance of the criminal department. This was something she had agreed with him yesterday.

Tang Ning rubbed her eyebrows and asked, "How was the situation in the morning?"

Xiao Jue glanced at him and asked, "Why are you so concerned about the princess?"

"Isn't it okay to care about friends?" Tang Ning glanced at him and asked, "Tell me, has the imperial court reached an agreement with the Chu envoy?"

"There is no result yet." Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "We can't just agree to whatever the envoy of the Chu State asks us to do. We have to refuse a few times to look like a great country."

"By the way, there is one more thing." Xiao Jue suddenly said, "In the court, Prince Kang and Prince Duan both proposed to marry Princess Changning of Chu State. Guess who your Majesty finally chose?"

Tangning shook her head, "I don't know."

Princess Changning would marry whomever she wanted to marry, but she wouldn't marry him anyway. Tangning was generally not very interested in things that had nothing to do with her.

"Prince Kang." Xiao Jue said with a somewhat surprised tone, "Princess Changning is the only daughter of the regent of the Chu Kingdom, and her status is extraordinary. I thought that your majesty would choose Prince Duan to rebalance their power, but I didn't expect that your majesty would." Choosing King Kang, it seems that during this period, King Kang’s status in His Majesty’s heart has been much higher than that of King Duan.”

Tang Ning and Xiao Jue had guessed that this move by Emperor Chen would exacerbate the power gap between Prince Kang and Prince Duan. Perhaps in his mind, the balance of the Crown Prince's favor had already tilted.

Thinking of something interesting, Xiao Jue looked at Tang Ning again and said, "There is another thing that is very strange. The Princess Changning from the Chu Kingdom is actually also named Li Tianlan. She has the same name as Miss Li. What a coincidence." skillful"

He talked a lot, looked at Tangning, and said in surprise, "Why don't you speak anymore? Why are you speaking?"