Fortunate Young Gentleman

According to Tang Ning's original plan, when he went to Guizhou to look for Su Mei, Su Ruzhongyi, Tang Yaoyao and the others went to Chu. By the time he came back from Guizhou, they had already joined Li Tianlan.

In this way, when he picks up Su Mei, returns to the capital, brings Zhao Man with him, and uses a little plan, he can escape from the Chen Kingdom. From then on, there is no limit to the size of the world.

However, plans often fail to keep up with changes.

He did find Su Mei, but Xiaoru and the others were also stopped, and the situation in the capital was completely reversed.

I can't tell whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, let's call it a bad thing. The original plan of these people was to wait until Zhao Yuan grew up in three to five years, and Emperor Chen would pass the throne to him. Now Emperor Chen is seriously ill and may die at any time, and the day Emperor Chen dies will be the time for the Fang family to take action.

The sooner Chen Huang dies, the sooner Duan Wang dies.

It was a good thing, but their plan was completely disrupted by Prince Duan, and the court was filled with smoke and smoke, which was also not the result Tangning wanted.

However, no matter what decision he would make in the future, he still needed to meet with Chen Huang first.

In addition, there was another issue that Tangning had to consider.

He and Xiao Ru can leave, but his father-in-law is Jing Zhaoyin. Do you want him to give up his hard-earned official career and wander around the world with them?

This was obviously unrealistic. Tangning had not yet thought about telling her parents-in-law about this matter.

"What's wrong?" Zhong Mingli saw what was on his mind and asked, "Are you worried about Prince Duan?"

Tang Ning nodded and said, "Prince Duan has been recognized by His Majesty now. If he ascends to the throne, it will be difficult for his father-in-law, Jing Zhaoyin..."

"You don't have to take care of me." Zhong Mingli waved his hand and said: "I have been tired of being an official over the years. If His Majesty decides to pass the throne to King Duan, I will resign and retire to accompany Yuxian. Over the years, I have treated her too much..."

Tangning thought for a while and asked, "What if King Run is the one who succeeds?"

"Prince Run?" Zhong Mingli thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Even if I am not Prince Duan, I still have the intention of resigning. I want to see around with your mother-in-law. Staying in the capital is really meaningless..."

Since his father-in-law had already made plans, Tang Ning said nothing more. Watching him leave, Zhong Mingli stood up and walked towards the government office.

There is always a big gap between ideals and reality. He once had a dream of becoming a prince and becoming a prime minister. This dream did not come true, but it did come true in his son-in-law.

Now that he is nearly forty years old, he has taken these things lightly, and is also a little tired of the complexity of this officialdom. Rather than spending his whole life fighting with people in the court, it is better to resign as soon as possible to make up for the negative impact on his wife due to official business these years. of debt.

Although he intends to resign, he is still Jing Zhaoyin, the parent official of the people of the capital, and he has never relaxed about matters in the yamen.

As soon as he arrived at the government office, a young Yin brought over a stack of files and said, "Sir, these are the case files submitted by various county governments in Jingzhao Prefecture last month. Please review them and use your seal."

For some serious cases involving Jingzhao Mansion, the local county government is not qualified to make the final decision. Generally, the county government makes a ruling, and the case is closed only after the government office has reviewed and stamped the seal of Jingzhao Yin.

Zhong Mingli looked at each dossier carefully and made sure there were no problems before stamping it with a big seal.

"This case..." He picked up a file and said, "Why are there so few files?"

What he is holding is a file on a human life case. For a case like this, the review will be extremely strict, and the investigation by the local government will be very detailed. It is unlikely that the final file will only contain this small amount.

Na Shaoyin said: "The ins and outs of this case and the cause and effect are very obvious and there are no doubts. Therefore, the local government closed the case quickly and did not accumulate many files."

After Zhong Mingli looked at it carefully, he found that the case was indeed simple and the facts were clear at a glance, so he didn't ask any more questions, picked up the seal and stamped it.

Jingzhao Shaoyin picked up the one with the seal and said: "I have taken it to the Ministry of Punishment for filing..."

Zhong Mingli nodded, thinking about when to resign, and did not notice that when Shao Yin turned his head, a strange smile appeared on his face.

…

After Tang Ning returned to Beijing, he was not in a hurry to go to Shangshu Province to handle government affairs. Now, his mind was no longer in Shangshu Province, not in the court, or even in Chen Kingdom.

What he was thinking about was whether his family would go to Guizhou or the grassland after things here were over, or he could add another option to the Chu country.

After thinking about it carefully, he first eliminated the option of Chu State.

Although the Chu Kingdom can be regarded as a retreat, it is still someone else's territory. Li Tianlan is just a princess, not a khan, and not a saint. She cannot make the decision on Chu Kingdom's affairs alone.

Tang Ning no longer wanted to live this kind of life of being dependent on others. Compared with Chu State, Guizhou Province or the grassland was obviously more suitable. Compared with the grassland, Guizhou Province was under Su Mei's control and was safer.

But if she didn't go to the grassland to keep the appointment, Tang Ning was worried that Wan Yanyan would lead a hundred thousand cavalry to rush over. Fortunately, there were still two years left in the three-year appointment, so there was no need to rush.

Tangning took Zhong Yi and Su Ru to have dinner with her mother-in-law today, and unexpectedly found that her father-in-law was also there.

He is Jing Zhaoyin. He is busy with official duties and has many things to do every day. Not to mention lunch, dinner is often dealt with in the county office. How can he be at home at this time?

Not only Tang Ning was curious, but even Chen Yuxian was also surprised. He looked at him and asked in confusion: "Why did you come back so early today? Is there nothing going on in the yamen?"

Zhong Mingli's face was a little gloomy, and he said: "Something happened. I don't need to go to the yamen for the next few days."

Chen Yuxian's expression tightened and asked: "What happened?"

Zhong Mingli shook his head and said: "There is a case, and there are some problems..."

After listening to Zhong Mingli, Tang Ning knew what happened.

My father-in-law is Jingzhao Yin. The county yamen in the capital can handle small disputes on their own, but major cases must go through Jingzhao Fu Yamen and need Jingzhao Yin to review and seal.

The problem this time was in a case in a county under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture. This case, which had complete human and material evidence and had been concluded by the local county yamen, and the murder case that had been reviewed by Jingzhao Fu Yamen, suddenly underwent unexpected changes.

The criminal who was identified as the murderer became the victim, and the identity of the deceased was a local bully. When he was bullying the victim, he suddenly suffered from hysteria and died on the spot.

The deceased's ancestor was quite powerful in the local area. After some operations, the local county government reversed black and white, identified the original victim as the criminal, and fabricated human and material evidence, and soon made it an ironclad case.

Seeing that there was no doubt about the case, the Jingzhao government stamped the seal and transferred it to the Ministry of Justice for handling.

If it were an ordinary case, it would have ended here.

But the victim's family was dissatisfied with the government's actions, and actually filed a lawsuit against several officials including the local county magistrate and Jingzhao Yin to the Dali Temple.

This case involved Jingzhao Yin, and the Dali Temple reported the case to the Shangshu Province. The Shangshu Province quickly made a decision and immediately suspended Jingzhao Yin Zhong Mingli for investigation. As for those local officials, they were also controlled at the first time.

This case seems reasonable, but it is full of doubts.

The Dali Temple is different from the Jingzhao Prefecture. The Dali Temple only handles cases entrusted by His Majesty and does not accept civil lawsuits. Let’s not talk about how that person came to the Dali Temple. The Shangshu Province’s handling of this case is also abnormal.

Jingzhao Prefecture Yin is a fourth-rank official. Even if he failed in his duties, the main responsibility is not on him. How could the Shangshu Province make a decision to suspend him for investigation...

Obviously, this is a trap, a trap for his father-in-law, or a trap for him.

At the Prince Duan’s Mansion, Prince Duan showed a sarcastic look on his face and sneered: "I want to see whether you will help me or not..."