Chapter 81 Pardon
The female official Lin nodded slowly, looked up and down at Lu Jinping, and said, "Are you the great-grandson of Lu Deming, a man from the founding county?"
Lu Jinping hurriedly said, "Yes."
"Where are your parents?"
"My parents have passed away one after another, and only two sisters and I are left at home. My sister is far away from Fangzhou, so I am the only one in Tongzhou."
"I haven't heard that your ancestors are good at medical skills. Who did you learn your medical skills? By the way, Governor Feng also said that you are good at solving cases. Where did you learn this?"
Lu Jinping said: "I learned it from a Taoist who traveled around the world. He did not tell me the name, but only said he was destined to me and taught me Taoism every day. This means that some of the Taoist he taught me can be used to cure diseases, and some can be used to solve cases. After the teaching was taught, he traveled around and didn't know where to end. The Taoist who did not allow me to be called a master and apprentice, nor did he tell me his name."
Lu Jinping is now making up this lie and his face is still calm and his heart is still beating. Even he himself believes it a little.
A smile of relief appeared on the female official Lin's face: "It's rare that you have such an opportunity. You handled this case very properly. Queen Wei is very pleased. I specially ordered me to pass the imperial edict. You, Governor Feng and others will accept the imperial edict first."
The incense case was already placed above the flower hall. At that time, Governor Feng, Luo Sifa and Lu Jinping bowed and stood up. Female official Lin stood in front of the incense case, unfolded the scroll, and read out the imperial edict.
Logically speaking, Empress Wei could only issue her own imperial edict, and this effect was obviously not comparable to the imperial edict. However, this time, the imperial edict was issued directly under the emperor's order, but Empress Wei sent a female official to announce the edict. From this, it can be seen that the imperial edict of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was completely under the control of Empress Wei and others.
This imperial edict is in parallel style, very elegant. Lu Jinping only understood one general idea, which means that Tubo is located thousands of miles away in the Western Regions. He admired the power of the Tang Dynasty and came from the Western Regions to propose marriage. Their envoy accidentally hit someone because he drove a carriage. This was an accident. The emperor's kindness was great. In order to take into account the love between the Tubo prince and son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty, he pardoned all the guilt of the Tubo envoys.
This result was already expected by Lu Jinping. Since there is no direct criminal causal relationship between the female beggar who died in this case and Yun Jiu's behavior of driving a car and hitting him, then he did not have the guilt of intentional homicide. It was just a traffic accident, which was a negligence crime, and it was reasonable for the emperor to pardon.
The relationship between the father-in-law and son-in-law in the imperial edict is from the perspective of Princess Wencheng. In addition, in the correspondence between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, Tubo Zanpu often claimed to be the "nephew" of the Tang Dynasty emperor, and the Tang Dynasty emperor also called Tubo Zanpu "son-in-law".
After reading the imperial edict, the female official stood up and said goodbye. Before leaving, she looked at Lu Jinping and said, "You are still young and have such skills. You must cherish the skills given to you by God and serve the court. Your future will be limitless."
Lu Jinping hurriedly bowed to thank him. Lu Jinping always felt that the middle-aged female official looked at him with a strange look, as if he was worried. Could it be that the middle-aged female official fell in love with him?
Lu Jinping shivered. He read a lot of ancient Tang Dynasty stories, many things about Wu Zetian, Empress Wei, Shangguan Wan'er, Princess Anle, Princess Changping, etc. It is unknown whether these legends were compiled by later generations to belittle them when they wrote so-called biographies, but they gave him an impression that there were many things about women in the Tang Dynasty chasing men. Don't let yourself be attracted by this old woman, that would be troublesome.
Before leaving, female official Lin also explained that the handling of the specific case and reporting of the Tubo envoys would be handed over to the Tongzhou Yamen, and Empress Wei would no longer inform her separately.
After sending the female official away, Governor Feng and Governor Luo were obviously relieved. Governor Feng said to Lu Jinping: "Sir, you are responsible for this case, so you will inform the Tubo envoys of the imperial edict."
Lu Jinping nodded in agreement.
After saying goodbye, Lu Jinping took Ye Qingqing and rode his horse straight to the residence of the Tubo envoy Yunzi and his sister.
Ye Qingqing knocked on the door, and the doorman saw that it was the two of them, and immediately changed his smile and bowed. He already knew that the yamen, who was responsible for investigating and handling the case, was the decisive decision of their master's future and destiny, so he dared not be negligent. Therefore, on the one hand, he asked the other doorman to rush to report, while he respectfully led the two to the flower hall to serve tea.
Yunzi and his sister rushed to the flower hall. Seeing Lu Jinping's face with a smile, Yunzi breathed a little relieved. It seemed that it was not a bad thing. He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said, "The Lord is here, please forgive me for not knowing that I can't go to the door to greet me. Please forgive me for my crime."
Lu Jinping smiled and said, "You're welcome, I'm here to tell you that the emperor has issued an imperial edict to pardon your brother for driving and hurting someone. According to the investigation by the yamen, the final death of the beggar has no direct causal relationship with your brother, so he does not bear the criminal responsibility for intentional homicide. This matter is a conclusion for you. Although there is no final conclusion on how the female beggar died, we will continue to investigate and figure out what happened later. However, this has nothing to do with your brother, so you can rest assured."
Yunzi and Yunjiu were both happy and bowed to thank him. Especially Yunjiu, his face was about to laugh: "I knew that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty must be a magnanimous person, but I am still very sorry. I did something wrong in that matter, but unfortunately she was just a female beggar and had no family, otherwise I would have paid her family a lot of money."
Lu Jinping said: "Although she is a fool, she doesn't know where she came from or who her family is, it still costs money to restrain her bones. Since you have this intention, you will be responsible for the funeral. Express your apology."
Yunjiu hurriedly agreed in panic and said, "I am just thinking about this. Since the Lord has taken the initiative to propose it, I have no choice but to bury her. I will definitely express my apology."
Lu Jinping nodded and said, "In addition, if you find that the female beggar family you are hiding is not well-off, you should help them. It was they who discovered this female beggar and sent her to the mortal field to block the causal relationship between you and the female beggar's death. You are now free from sin, and you are considered to be kind to you.
"Okay, I feel very grateful when I hear the Lord said this. I will definitely visit them and give them a lot of rewards."
Yunzi said to Lu Jinping with gratitude: "I know you are helping with this matter from beginning to end. This matter can be turned into small things and small things, and it will not affect the marriage. A stone in my heart can finally land safely. Thank you, Lord!" He bowed to the ground with his fists and bowed to the ground.
Although Yunzi is a woman, she has a straightforward personality and is more free and easy to use as a man to hold his fists and salute, and she feels cool and heroic.
Lu Jinping said a few words of politeness and wanted to stand up and say goodbye. Yunzi quickly stopped him and said, "Sir, we are destined to know Sir. We Tubo people are the most concerned about repaying kindness and revenge. You have done such a big favor and we haven't expressed our gratitude yet. How can we let Sir leave like this? I immediately ordered a banquet to be held, let's have a drink, and we will express our gratitude to Sir at the table. Please don't refuse."
Yunjiu, who was standing beside him, also came forward to persuade Lu Jinping to stay. Lu Jinping said, "Okay, it's almost time to have a meal anyway. Since you are so hospitable, I'm too lazy to go home to cook, so I'll leave us to have a drink together."
Yunzi was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly ordered the banquet to be prepared.
Chapter completed!