Chapter 21 Civil Complaint
The Dragon Boat Festival is a sunny and good weather, and of course there is also good news that excites the people of the capital - the emperor's sage will go to Yunyin Temple to pray for the country.
Luoyue Tower was crowded with people early in the morning, which was comparable to the grand occasion when King Chen was still alive that day, and it was bustling and bustling.
"I heard that except for His Highness the Crown Prince and King Yuan were in charge of the palace, the other princes were going to travel with the emperor." Yuzhu stood by the window and said excitedly.
"No wonder, I just said that several private rooms in the Moon Tower today were packaged by several ladies." Shang Qi, leaning against another window, said while knocking on melon seeds.
And Yue Luo, who was bored and about to doze off on the stool, asked lazily, "Why?"
After eating the last melon seed, Shang Qi threw the melon seed shells in his hand into the empty plate beside him and said to her, "You don't think about it. Among all the princes, the only ones, the only ones, the 9th Master, the 14th Master, and the 17th Master did not marry. These three are the hottest players in the capital. I don't know how many girls are from the spring boudoir dream."
Yue Luo covered her mouth and yawned, muttering, "It's not mine."
"Hahaha" Shang Qi laughed loudly, he blinked at Yue Luo, "I calculated for you a few days ago and found that your Red Luan Star is moving, which is a good omen, you must seize it."
Yue Luo smiled and said without a smile, "It seems like it would be a pity that Mr. Shang didn't go to the street to tell fortunes for others."
Shang Qi wanted to say something to refute but was interrupted by Yuyan who pushed the door in. She nodded at Yue Luo with excitement, "Everything is ready, only the east wind is needed."
Yuzhu, who had been standing by the window, pointed to the crowded street outside the window, and said with a smile: "Why is the east wind coming."
Yue Luo put away his lazy expression, walked quickly to the window, and looked at the vast pair of people and horses in the distance, slowly heading towards this side.
The Imperial Guards were arranged on both sides of the official road early, standing straight with long spears in their hands. The people were rushing to see the face of the current emperor, so the Imperial Guards struggled to stop them.
The bright yellow treasure banners are layered and complex. Six tall and handsome black horses are gracefully pulling the emperor's carriage and walking slowly. The emperor's figure is hidden under a thick curtain, exuding an indescribable majesty, which makes people unable to see it.
On both sides of the dragon chariot are princes riding tall horses, arranged in order. Although the saints nowadays have many descendants, most of them die early, with more than 20 princes, but only seven of them have the following order.
The person walking on his head was King Ying Xuanqi, wearing a crimson court wardrobe, a national face, and two black eyebrows that were not angry and powerful. He was not handsome, but he was very majestic.
Next is the King of Qi Xuanzhan. Unlike King of Ying Xuanqi, the same crimson court robes are so heavy that they feel when worn on him. The delicate facial features, pale face, and bright lips reveal a pathological beauty.
Then there was King Chen Xuanyin, but he was wearing a mysterious outfit, a purple gold crown, and a pair of dragons stretched out to sea to apply his forehead. With his years of killing decision, he had a blood-licking evil spirit, standing between the sky and the earth like a peerless weapon, with a cold light surging, which was so breathtaking.
King Xuanyi of Yi looked heroic when he was wearing the same bloated court wardrobe. He looked heroic when wearing it, with his eyebrows and eyes as bright as paint. As the saying goes, the elegance and beautiful boy of the sect is also a handsome and beautiful boy.
Finally, King Qi Xuanmingzhou, who was not wearing the court uniform like King Chen, but was wearing a white python robe with four-clawed dragons coming out of the water, with a jade belt around his waist, a face like a crown and a star, and the Nine Heavens exiled immortal was afraid that he would sigh as if he saw him.
I have to say that the Xuan family has excellent genes. At least Yueluo heard the suppressed screams of the ladies in the box next door.
The people who were so excited that they wanted to see the emperor were all kneeling all over the ground, and no one dared to look up at the emperor's face without authorization.
Xuan Yin, who was sitting upright on the horse, raised his head and looked at Yue Luo with a sympathy. He bent the corners of his mouth.
At this time, a sudden commotion in the crowd.
The Imperial Guard immediately became alert and surrounded the emperor's carriage. Yuzhu asked with some concern, "Look at this situation, Xu Feng will not be pulled away if he fails to see the emperor."
Yue Luo shook her head, looking at the show, "With King Chen here, Xu Qian can't escape this time."
Two women in white dress rushed out of the crowd and knelt down in front of the imperial carriage with a "thump".
The mount of King Xuanqi of Ying was suddenly shocked, and his high front hooves were about to kick the woman. At this critical moment, a pair of slender and powerful hands tied the horse's reins. A majestic black horse roared and the manic horse finally stopped.
Xuan Yin patted his mount like praise, handed back the reins in his hand to Xuan Qi, and said, "Fourth Brother, be careful."
The commotion ahead alarmed the emperor who had been sitting in the imperial carriage. He heard a majestic middle-aged man calmly speaking, "What's going on ahead?"
A guard rushed forward and said respectfully to the emperor in the carriage, "Your Majesty, it was two women wearing mourning clothes, saying that they wanted to sue the emperor."
"Oh?" asked the emperor, "Who is the one whom I told?"
The guard replied, "Xu Qian, Minister of Revenue."
There was a silence in the car. Yue Luo was nervously paying attention to the movement downstairs. Finally, Emperor Chengde spoke, "Tell her to meet him."
After hearing this, Yue Luo breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Feng had been taken to the imperial court. She knelt in front of Quan Dongqi's noblest power, but she was not afraid like never before.
The whole street was surprisingly quiet, and a trace of determination flashed in Xu Feng's eyes. She took a deep breath and leaned on the ground, but her voice was extremely clear. "The civilian woman sued Xu Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, forbidding her to be ruthless, embezzled the national treasury, and deceived the emperor and disregard the emperor!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the seat was shocked.
King Xuanqi of Ying shouted loudly, "Bold and slanderous wife, Lord Xu is a pillar of the country, how can you frame it? The person who comes to drag down this alarmist and slander loyal and kind people to me!"
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The two guards who were about to step forward stopped in shock by this sound. Xuan Yi turned his head to Xuan Qi and said, "Fourth Brother, I haven't heard the reason for the matter yet. How do you know it's just a frame-up? Besides, the father hasn't spoken yet, so the fourth brother is a little bit over his business."
"You" Xuan raised his sleeves and did not look at the Fourteenth person who had dismantled his platform. Instead, he said to the emperor in the carriage, "Father, since ancient times, people have to be punished for suing officials. Only by being punished can one express grievances. The ancestor system cannot be abolished. I also ask my father to be approved."
The emperor sitting in the car said in a deep voice, "Accurate."
After a while, four strong and powerful imperial guards walked up with an iron plate about four meters long and two meters wide. The iron plate was densely filled with black patches around the steel needles, which were dried blood.
A criminal officer came over, saluted the imperial carriage, and turned around and said, "This punishment is called the rolling nail bed. As long as the plaintiff can roll over the nail bed, the trial will be held immediately." As soon as he heard this, the kneeling people began to whisper. When he saw the torture instrument, he knew that even if the nail bed rolled over, he would have to pay half his life.
Xu Feng looked at the nail bed in front of her and saw that the nail bed was still chilling in the sun. She imagined that there were so many unjust souls lying on it. She gritted her teeth, stood up, and was about to lie on it.
Xue’s mother beside her grabbed her and she burst into tears, "Miss, let me come. I’m old and I’m not sorry to die. But Miss, you must live well and avenge the Xu and Feng families."
After Xue's mother finished speaking, she pushed Xu Feng away and lay down first. The old woman immediately screamed in pain. Xu Feng's heart was bleeding, and her voice trembled, "Xue Ma, Xue Ma."
All the onlookers were moved by the old woman's loyal servant's righteousness and were both worried about her. Yue Luo didn't expect that Dongqi's people would sue for officials would have such an opportunity. It seems that Dongqi's non-commissioned system really gave the people no way out.
The more the system is, the more corrupt the imperial court is. If there is no change, Dongqi will be destroyed.
Yue Luo thought of this and looked at Xuan Yin subconsciously. Unexpectedly, Xuan Yin also looked at her. The moment when his eyes met, Yue Luo immediately understood, and he thought so in his heart.
Xue Ma gritted her teeth and rolled around the nail bed. There was a last moment left. Xue Ma lying straight on it. She had been so long that everyone thought she was dead. The Criminal Officer was about to come forward to check, but suddenly saw the old woman's body moving. The crowd cried a few times. The woman struggled to turn over and finally fell directly to the ground like a pile of meat. The blood soaked the filial piety clothes behind her, which made people unable to bear to look at it.
The criminal officer walked up to explore Xue Ma's breath, then shook his head as expected, "Dead".
Xu Feng rushed over and carefully helped Xue Ma who was lying on the ground. The tears she had been holding back could no longer help rolling down the moment she watched Xue Ma lying on it. At this time, she thought that the flood that broke the dam could not stop flooding.
Xuan Mingzhou looked at the loyal servants and righteous masters in front of him and couldn't help but sigh, "What a loyal servant." He ordered that the person who came to take the old woman down and bury her well."
Xue Ma's body was quickly taken down and disappeared into the public along with the terrifying torture instrument.
Xu Feng wiped away his tears and kowtowed heavily. When he raised his head again, he had a firm look in his eyes. Her voice said loudly, "The civilian woman is the wife of Xu Feng, the magistrate of Tongxian County, Xuzhou. Half a month ago, my husband was silenced because he noticed that the Xuzhou prefect and Xu Qian had privately taught each other. The civilian woman was also killed by the way. The civilian woman escaped by chance. The hardships were to make the matter public and make the whole family clear. I hope Your Majesty will make the decision."
She took out Xu Feng's official seal and handwritten letter from her arms, held it over her head with both hands, and the eunuch beside the emperor walked up to inspect it, and then presented it to the emperor. A pair of men's hands stretched out from the curtain of the car to take the things from the eunuch's hand.
Xu Feng, who was kneeling on the ground, had no timidity in his heart at this time, but only had a deep hatred for his enemies and love for his relatives. She continued with a clear voice, "Xu Qian colluded with the prefect of Xuzhou and was greedy for the disaster relief money allocated to Xuzhou by the court. This is greed for the merits, and it is a crime!"
Xu Feng's righteous words did not care about the sudden crowds of people around him. "Using power to deceive superiors and subordinates, the public opinion cannot reach the heaven's ears. This is the second sin!"
"Xu Feng, you can't stop talking! Do you know who you call a sinner!" Xuan Qi shouted angrily.
"Why should I get angry with the Fourth Brother?" Xuan Yin interrupted him and said, "Although this woman's words are presumptuous, every word is reasonable. This matter has nothing to do with the Fourth Brother. The Fourth Brother is too anxious. Could it be that he is anxious for someone?"
He ignored Xuan Qi's blushing face and said to Xu Feng, "No obstacle, continue."
Xu Feng naturally knew that he could not stop at this time. With the momentum in her chest, she continued to whisper, "Hold someone to silence the murderer, this is the third crime!"
"I saw that the matter was about to be revealed, so I blamed others and wanted to silence me later. This is the fourth crime!"
"Disregarding people's livelihood, without being a good official; not polite and loving, without being a good person, are the five sins of this!"
"Everything is true, and there is no false statement from the civilian woman." After she said that, she lowered her head heavily, "I hope the emperor will make the decision and return the justice of the people of Xuzhou and the undead of Xu and Feng families!"
After saying that, she buckled her head again, like a heavy blow to everyone's hearts.
Her words were so shocking. It was unprecedented in this society where officials were bigger than the sky. A stone caused a thousand straits, and the building of Dongqi finally had a crack.
"Dog Official!" An angry shout in the crowd caused an uproar.
"Kill him!" "Kill him!"
Someone shouted and was about to rush out of the Imperial Guard's protection. The people were angry and the scene was difficult to control for a while. The Imperial Guard surrounded one layer after another, and it was difficult to resist the extremely angry people.
"Ninth brother, why don't you go and transfer your Iron Eagle Army to defend your father!" The fourth prince shouted to Xuan Yin when he saw that the situation was not good.
Xuan Yin sat upright on the horse without any matter, with a charming curve bent at the corner of his mouth, "The Iron Eagle Army is far away in Jiangcheng, which is more than 40 miles away from the capital. There is not enough time for this trip."
Xuan Yi nodded, "Brother Jiu is right, but I remember that the fourth brother said at that time that the Iron Eagle Army was too powerful and should not be allowed to enter Beijing. It is enough to protect the father and have an Imperial Guard, right, Brother Jiu."
Xuan Yin thought for a while and said, "It seems that this is the case."
Xuan Qi suffered a loss, but he could only suffer a dumb suckling, and he couldn't say anything about the pain. He understood that Lao Jiu and Lao Si were just venting their anger on the same nostril.
The curtain of the imperial carriage finally opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a five-clawed dragon robe, a crown with white fat and white jade, beautiful beard and strong eyes, and graceful demeanor walked out.
The princes dismounted one after another, and the imperial guards bowed down together, shouting, "See the Emperor (Father)."
"Get up." Emperor Chengde raised his hand, and everyone thanked him again, "Thank you the Emperor (Father)."
Yue Luo sighed in his heart, this is the power of the emperor who is under the world, and the shores of the land are the kings and ministers.
"Xu Feng" Emperor Chengde looked at the woman kneeling on the ground and said, "If you have any mistakes in what you said today, can you know the consequences?"
The emperor was angry and buried millions of corpses. Although Xu Feng was afraid, he still said word by word, "Everything that the civilian woman said is true."
Emperor Chengde did not speak, but the people who knelt all over the ground didn't even breathe a lot. Everyone held their breath and condensed their breath, waiting for Emperor Chengde to speak.
Yue Luo knew Emperor Chengde's hesitation, and it was a big move that affected his whole body. This was no longer a simple case of corruption and murder. The officials of all sizes involved could be said in just a few words. If you investigate thoroughly, it would definitely be a major blood exchange from the court to the local area! But if you want the building not to collapse, you have to take this risk.
Emperor Chengde pondered for a moment and said, "This case is handed over to the Dali Temple for trial and I will inspect it myself."
Xu Feng's mood was full of all kinds of flavors at this time, and sincerely bowed to everyone, shouting, "Long live my wise emperor! Long live! Long live!"
Xuan Yin, who was kneeling beside him, grinned in a place that no one could see. The dent on his left face seemed clearer and more clearly, with a kind of evil and handsomeness.
"Long live Father, long live, long live!"
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