Chapter 452: Sow good causes and reap good results
The emperor was in a rage at that time, and Lin Chengyuan's family of three were escorted to Beijing and imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment without even a chance to complain.
The Jingzhaoyi Prison was okay, but the Criminal Department Prison was subject to a series of interrogations upon entering. The seven-year-old girl was fine, and Lin Chengyuan's wife did not escape the interrogation.
When men are interrogated, they basically apply force to the pain, while many of the women are treated in an insulting manner.
Mrs. Lin was a woman with a strong personality. She hung herself on the cell door with the iron chain on her hands.
Prince Li sighed: "Because the disaster relief money and food were corrupted by those dirty officials, the emperor's ancestors were so angry that they once wanted to imprison the nine tribes.
Fortunately, most of the money and food for disaster relief was later recovered, so the emperor's ancestors were changed to exile of the three tribes, and officials like Lin Chengyuan who had no direct evidence were spared, and the change was changed from execution to exile."
To put it bluntly, the court was short of food. After the emperor killed some of the principal criminals, those who were confirmed or suspected to be accomplices were sent to Lingnan to have their merits reduced.
Qi Bao'er looked at Lin Chengyuan, who had been forced to eat porridge by her father. He was obviously such a high-spirited person before, but now he looked so frightened in front of everyone that he didn't even dare to raise his head.
She didn't even know what to say, this was so unlucky.
Prince Li is different from Princess Binghua. He will not say things that are not true. He can say that Lin Chengyuan was framed. In fact, Lin Chengyuan specified that he was framed.
This is really... She doesn't even know how to evaluate it.
"Does the Emperor know?"
Prince Li rolled his eyes at her, "If mother hadn't found out about this matter, Lin Chengyuan wouldn't even have a chance to be exiled."
Lin Chengmu sent a box of money to Lin Chengyuan and wrote such a specious letter. If there was no evidence to prove that he was really innocent, based on the circumstances at the time, it was 100% safe for him to be taken away for interrogation and execution.
thing.
Lin Chengmu later either went crazy or knew that he would die for revenge. There were several innocent officials and merchants like Lin Chengyuan who were implicated.
Lin Chengyuan was the unlucky one. He was completely unaware of the incident, and then he was caught suddenly without even a chance to defend himself.
Others were retaliated for offending Lin Chengmu. The officials did not do things according to his wishes. The merchants did not give him money and did not give him money even after he asked for it.
It's just that these people are smart and have better information than Lin Chengyuan, so they have taken precautions and avoided this disaster.
Qi Kang'an over there didn't know these things yet, so he smiled and raised his hands to Qi Bao'er, "Bao, come on, come and get to know your Uncle Lin. Your Uncle Lin hugged you before."
Qi Baoer sighed and walked over with a normal expression.
Lin Chengyuan immediately stood up awkwardly, holding the bowl and bowing his head, not daring to look at Qi Bao'er.
"Don't dare, don't dare, the sinner cannot be the uncle of the princess."
Qi Kang'an pulled him to sit down again, "You can bear it, you can bear it. If it weren't for you, Brother Lin, I would have been exiled then."
Um?
Is the friendship between these two so exciting?
Seeing his daughter's doubts, Qi Kang'an motioned for his daughter to come closer, patted the flat-headed knife on his waist and explained:
"At that time, my father picked up a piece of black iron on the mountain, and he thought that he should take advantage of it when hunting.
Unexpectedly, the old blacksmith took the iron and silver from dad, and then went to the Yamen to file a complaint against dad."
The county magistrate at that time was Lin Chengyuan. After receiving the case, he did not immediately send people to arrest Qi Kang'an. Instead, he sent a Yamen officer to Qijia Village to conduct a detailed investigation. He was not an enemy spy, but an extremely ordinary person.
Farmer, Tie Tuozi also accidentally picked it up on the mountain, but he just wanted to use it as a hunting weapon.
Lin Chengyuan himself was a farmer, and he knew the hardships of farmers. They did not have enough food all year round, and they couldn't afford meat. Only those with some skills could go up the mountain to hunt for some game to eat as a sacrifice.
Maybe this was fate. Lin Chengyuan didn't know what happened at that time, so he didn't do anything to Qi Kang'an. Instead, he helped Qi Kang'an and threatened the blacksmith Old Five, telling him not to talk nonsense outside.
Lao Wutou must have misunderstood, thinking that Qi Kang'an and Lin Chengyuan have something to do with each other.
When Qi Kang'an went to get the knife, the old man couldn't help but muttered a few words, to the effect that he was blaming Qi Kang'an for being so secretive and shady when he was obviously related to the county magistrate, causing him to almost eat it.
Come on.
Qi Kang'an thought about it: Damn it, the county magistrate knew about his private use of weapons.
According to Qilin Law: Those who make iron tools privately within ten will be punished with ten whips for three years. If the number exceeds ten, they will be punished by Ka Shi. The number of whips will also increase with Ka Shi, and the service will be changed to exile.
This is just an ordinary iron weapon. If it were a weapon, it would be a direct hit.
As for why the county magistrate arrested him without knowing anything about it, Qi Kang'an thought a lot at that moment, but no matter what the possibility was, he was going to die.
In order to pray for safety, let's think about it. Let's turn ourselves in and hand over the knife. At least we can hope not to implicate our family members.
I never thought that the Prime Minister of Lin County was easy to talk to. Not only was he fine, he also made a friend who was an official.
A county magistrate and an ordinary citizen met because of a flat-headed knife.
It is said that when Qi Kang'an made the flat-headed knife, there was no daughter Qi Bao'er. If Lin Chengyuan had not let him go, no one would be able to snatch Lin Chengyuan's life back from the king of hell now.
It really lives up to the four words karma and retribution!
However, Wu Chengyuan himself did not know that his life was saved by Qi Baoer. In the eyes of outsiders, Qi Baoer only squatted down and pinched his lower veins, and he himself was unconscious at the time, so he thought it was Fang.
To save him.
After hearing Qi Kangan's words, Lin Chengyuan waved his hands in shame and said, "General, you have sinned against the people."
Those things have passed, and now we can no longer have anything to do with him.
In fact, he had already recognized Qi Kang'an, but he had never taken the initiative to acknowledge him because he didn't want to implicate him. If he hadn't wanted to thank his savior in person this time, he would have absolutely refused to come up when Kang Shun asked him to come up.
Yes, he knew Kang Shun too. He and Kang Shun were childhood playmates from the same village. When they were young, they often played naked in the river together.
Lin Chengyuan, who had only eaten a small bowl of porridge, did not dare to stay here any longer. He put down the bowl and chopsticks, took his daughter and bowed deeply to Qi Kang'an and his daughter. Without saying anything, he turned around and left with his daughter.
The experience along the way made Lin Zhizhi know that she was no longer an official girl. Although she was very hungry, and the aroma of the white porridge made her salivate so much that she wanted to swallow the pot, but when her father pulled her away, she immediately put the remaining food in the bowl.
I took a sip of half a bowl of porridge, put down the bowl and glanced at the bowl that I hadn't licked clean yet, bowed and turned around to leave.
Oh my god, how can I stand looking at this Qi Kang'an, "Wen Heng, let me leave the child here. Don't worry, I will take good care of her."
Prisoners cannot leave the prison team, but the rule is that dead people are still alive. It is difficult for an adult like Lin Chengyuan to take people away, but a little girl like Lin Zhizhi can just find an excuse for it.
As his daughter happened to be there, he told others that he needed a maid to wait on him on the way.