Magistrate Tao looked fearless, but Master Sun, who had followed him for many years, had to speak out.
He knelt down beside Magistrate Tao and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince! My lord is really a good official. They arrested my lord's wife and children. We obeyed orders! That's why we arrested those Jiang...
"
"Sun Shang! Shut up!"
Hearing Magistrate Tao's stern voice, Mr. Sun not only did not stop, but said even more calmly, "Your Highness! My family has good intentions, and I didn't want to kill them! So I just drank it in the wine served to them.
He gave them medicine and wanted them to sleep for a while. When the matter was over, they released them! But I didn't expect...those people would be rescued from the dungeon by Su Shaoqing, and even asked Mr. Tang to go to the back mountain to bring them to justice.
Rescued..."
Su Zhen smiled and said, "Master Sun, sometimes, the best way to solve a conspiracy is to turn it into a conspiracy and put it on the bright side. It's disgusting but not scary. Whoever gets dirty is embarrassed."
"His Royal Highness, gentlemen, as a master, I failed to fulfill my duties, which is why my family ended up in this situation. I beg your mercy! Please don't harm my family. I am willing to die to apologize!"
As he spoke, Master Sun kowtowed heavily on the ground several times. The sound was clear and loud. Master Sun's head suddenly became red and swollen, and a wisp of blood remained along the wound.
He stood up suddenly and rushed towards the pillar next to him.
Everyone screamed in surprise, and those who were close wanted to stop Master Sun, but he was surprisingly strong and couldn't stop him at all.
Seeing that his head was about to hit him, Su Zhen calmly raised her hand and snapped her fingers. A golden light flashed through, and Master Sun's leaning body suddenly stopped. She yawned and walked behind Master Sun.
, pulled him away by the collar at the back of his neck, leaned his back against the pillar, folded his hands around his chest, pointed the toes of his right foot on the ground, and supported the bottom of the pillar with his heel.
He turned to look at Magistrate Tao who was kneeling in silence, completely indifferent to Master Sun's desire to plead guilty and die for him.
"Ouch, Lord County Magistrate, what you are doing is too uninteresting. His Royal Highness is the future Crown Prince of Luo Qi, a majestic prince of the country. He can scare you so much that you dare not say anything. Could it be that the person behind you is still
What’s the background?”
"Su Shaoqing, the official said that you have too much trouble. Since the matter has been exposed, there is nothing to hide from the official. Master Sun has also said what should be said. But everyone in the Yamen is under the
Due to official coercion, please His Highness the Crown Prince not to harm innocent people."
Shangyu Chen said, "Innocent? Intent on provoking disputes between the court and the Jianghu, the crime can be punished by the nine tribes! As a county magistrate, you know the law and break the law! The crime is even more unforgivable!"
Magistrate Tao folded his hands, bowed solemnly and kowtowed, "I am guilty of this!"
Su Zhen walked towards him slowly, her steps falling on Magistrate Tao's heart. She glanced briefly and caught a glimpse of a pair of white brocade boots with exquisite embroidery patterns gradually approaching.
Su Zhen stood still in front of Magistrate Tao, then squatted down, her left arm resting across her knees, and her right hand casually resting on her bent leg.
"Magistrate Tao, actually, Su has been in Liting Town for two days, but Su has never revealed his identity. Do you know why?"
"..."
Magistrate Tao said nothing and just raised his head silently.
"I heard that in the thirty-first year of Shangde's reign, you went to Beijing to take the exam and won the title of No. 1 scholar in both civil and military affairs. You were supposed to be successful and have a smooth official career. But because you often spoke fiercely in the court and were upright and strict, you were often shunned by others.
.Then, he was demoted to Liting Town and became an inconspicuous seventh-grade sesame official. Your Highness, is this like this?"
At the end of her words, Su Zhen looked at Shang Yuchen.
The latter lowered his eyes and thought deeply, silently reciting the name "Tao Yongji".
"There is an imperial examination every three years. The top scholar six years ago was indeed named Tao Yongji. After high school, he was named the Minister of Household Affairs by his father. However... I remember that later the Ministry of Civil Affairs reported that Tao Yongji, the Minister of Household Affairs, was pedantic and mean.
, accepting bribes and buying and selling official positions. Later, Tao Yongji, who was born in both civil and military positions, was demoted to Liting Town."
The lingering wind outside the door blew the hair on his back. Magistrate Tao slowly raised his eyes, his sharp eagle eyes looking calm and calm.
"Oh~~That's it!" Su Zhen deliberately prolonged the ending, and continued to laugh, "Mr. Tao, I'll tell you the truth, Su secretly sneaked into your yamen last night. With your little wealth, it's true that
It’s not enough! The emperor is so far away today. After you were demoted, could it be that you have resigned yourself to depravity?”
Hearing this, Tang Yinchen suddenly realized, "Yes! I went for a walk just now, and I was thinking of vacating the house of your dog official, but your house is too shabby, and it can't compare to the young master.
The servant’s room in the mansion.”
"...."
Tang Yinchen then asked, "Hazel, could it be that he hid all the money he got? Look at the people outside, with no clothes and no food to eat. It's really miserable!"
Su Zhen shook her head, "The remnants of the flood have not yet passed, and people who are greedy for money will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune. But I have checked the yamen's account books, and Magistrate Tao has distributed all the disaster relief money and grain issued by the court to
It’s just that along the way, there have been deductions and deductions at every level, and it’s normal for them to get less. But what we want to discuss now is not those dog officials.”
Su Zhen's words, although sometimes there were some thorns in them, were all truthful.
"What exactly do you want to say?"
Magistrate Tao finally spoke.
"It's nothing, I just think it's a pity that a good man died like this. Of course, Magistrate Tao, if you have been drained of all your energy by the oppression of these six years, and then smoothed the edges, you are willing to become
The current situation, then, just treat Su as saying nothing."
After finishing her words, Su Zhen deliberately left him a space to think and struggle, counting silently in her heart. At the same time, Shangyu Chen cooperated tacitly, "Come here! Take him down!"
Two officers and soldiers immediately came in, one on the left and one on the right, put Magistrate Tao's arms behind his back, and forcibly dragged him up.
Magistrate Tao was like a lifeless puppet, showing no resistance. But just as he was about to step out of the door, he suddenly said, "Su Shaoqing..."
Su Zhen raised her lips, "Huh?"
From Su Zhen's rising voice, Shang Yuchen and Gu Yunshu could easily guess her thoughts.
As Magistrate Tao said, Master Sun has said everything that needs to be said, and what they want cannot be explained beyond his words.
Magistrate Tao looked at the two soldiers beside him and motioned for them to let go.
They looked at Shang Yuchen in embarrassment, and when they saw him nodding, they cupped their hands and backed out of the door.
Magistrate Tao's face finally showed a look other than pretending to be calm, and the fleeting entanglement faded away, and he knelt down opposite Shangyu Chen again. This chapter has been completed!