During this period of time, Ren Hengtai, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, who had been slandered and infamous, could hardly close his eyes for a moment and sleep peacefully.
Because the servants at home bear the name of the Ren Mansion, they will be pointed out whenever they leave the house. People with a strong sense of justice will directly throw everything they have on the servants of the Ren Mansion.
So now, the entire Zuo Shilang's house of the Ministry of Rites is like a dead city, no one dares to step out of the house.
There was an even deathly silence in the mansion. The servants did not even dare to make a sound when they passed by the master and his wife.
The niece whose parents died young, who was alone and bullied by the elders of the same clan, and who was taken in by Ren Hengtai and raised as his daughter-in-law, had already made trouble three times in the past few days and wanted to hang herself to clear her and her uncle's innocence.
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The gambling and lustful nephew was also severely beaten by the elders of the clan. After the incident in front of the Hongwu Gate where the people cried out for Ren Hengtai, he was thrown directly into Ren Hengtai's home by the elders of the Ren family and knelt down.
Until he fainted.
The niece-in-law, who was already in labor, was crying all day long. In front of Ren Hengtai's wife, she almost took all the infamy on herself.
Today, Ren Hengtai, who has a sallow complexion, dark circles under his eyes, and disheveled hair, is sitting blankly in front of his study room, looking up at the blue sky.
Now something like this happened in Yingtian City.
Ren Hengtai, who originally thought of sitting on the post of Minister of Rites, had nothing more to ask for. He even felt that after the anger and anger of the people in the city subsided, he really should write a memorial and submit it to the emperor to beg for his body and return to his hometown.
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"master!"
"master!"
"Something serious happened, sir!"
When Ren Hengtai was thinking about how he should write this memorial begging for bones.
There was a burst of noise from the servants outside the courtyard.
This made Ren Hengtai suddenly feel unhappy and frowned.
He saw the old servant who had been serving him for many years almost crawling in front of him, waving a piece of paper in his hand.
"Why is it so urgent and impatient? How can it be appropriate?"
Ren Hengtai cursed the old servant out of habit, but his eyes were attracted by the piece of paper that kept appearing in front of him.
The old servant who ran all the way from the backyard was already sweating profusely. He was breathing heavily, swallowing his saliva, reaching out and wiping his face randomly, and panting, he sent the paper to Ren Hengtai.
"Master, master. Things have turned around! There is no need for the master to resign and return to his hometown!"
No need to resign?
Ren Hengtai raised his eyebrows and stood up quickly, then bent down and picked up the paper in the old servant's hand.
While Ren Hengtai was reading the words, the old servant said with joy: "I only found out this morning when I secretly went out to buy groceries for my family. Yesterday, our neighbors and familiar people in the village all came to see us.
In front of the Hongwu Gate, I am crying out for injustice for you, Master."
"Not only did everyone complain about your injustice, they also informed the people in the city about our family's affairs and the master's good deeds."
"Now, many people in the city have begun to slap themselves in the face, claiming that they regret being so arrogant towards you!"
At this time, Ren Hengtai was listening to the old servant's words while his eyes were wandering on the paper.
In a short time, I had already read the words on the paper into my heart.
"OK!"
"Hurrah!"
"Now I want to see how those guys who resort to dirty tricks will deal with themselves!"
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"Tell me, is the news on this piece of paper yesterday true?"
"What is true or false? How can it be false?"
"Can those old guys half-buried in the soil really do such a thing?"
"Why not?"
"But we found a literate person last night, and he told me the content above word for word. As for our family outside Yingtianfu City, the old man seems to be kind on weekdays, and he often opens a porridge shop.
Help those around you. Unexpectedly, in a disaster year, I bought a little girl who was no more than ten years old from the countryside to warm my feet in the winter."
"Humph! Warming your feet doesn't matter. After warming your feet, you don't know where to warm them!"
"What a crime, you really deserve to die!"
In one of the teahouses in Yingtian City, like all other places where people can chat, a new gossip scandal is being staged.
In Zhang's tea shop, more than twenty people gathered in front of a table to discuss the sudden gossip from last night.
"Isn't that damn it? You really do one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes."
"Hey... Speaking of which, we really wronged Mr. Ren. If his neighbors and villagers hadn't told him, we wouldn't have known that Mr. Ren had done so many good deeds."
"Servant Ren is a noble man. Let's not talk about this. He is a minister, so he is naturally generous. We scolded his family yesterday. At worst, we will weigh two kilograms of meat and send it to his family to apologize."
"This is what you should do. When the time comes, call us to make amends with you."
"Damn, these people really deserve to die, they are worse than animals!"
"Yes, yes! It's just these eggless dogs!"
For a while, everyone in the teahouse was cursing, as if they shared the same hatred.
They really hate those people who made them lose two kilograms of meat in vain.
"You said that our family outside Yingtian City knew about it. But there are other families above, who are they? They are really unscrupulous."
Someone suddenly asked curiously, shaking his head and looking at the good people around him.
When someone who knew the inside story pulled away the crowd in front of him, he got to the table and pushed his butt again, pushing away the people sitting on the stools.
After making enough gestures, sit down peacefully.
While everyone was curiously waiting for an explanation, the man raised his eyebrows: "I'm thirsty."
"Quick! Here's my friend! Serve some tea, some good tea!"
The waiter, who had been squeezed into nowhere, immediately shouted loudly from outside the crowd, and within a short time, the best tea was served.
The man took a full sip of tea that he was reluctant to drink in the past, and wiped his mouth with satisfaction.
"You all don't know how to look at it, so you still have to follow the clues to find out."
"Look, it says here that the patriarch of this family occupies three houses of his daughter-in-law, and even wants those grandchildren to marry and go home for his enjoyment. This is not the Zhao family in Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi
Well."
"And this one, forcing Heli, a tenant farmer in the countryside, to keep him at home, just to feed his son who is already in his fifties and still stupid. He also took in a boy and girl who were homeless, but
He was murdered at the age of thirteen. This is the Shi family of Baoqing Mansion in Huguang."
"Also, what is written above is that his old wife died and he married a new wife. He was not able to do it, but he asked his personal servant to make peace with the new wife in front of him. This is Huang from Chizhou Prefecture.
Home."
"and this……"
As the people came one by one, gasps of cold air could be heard throughout the tea shop.
Just then, there was a sound of footsteps outside the teahouse, accompanied by a cry.
"Those old, heartless people are on Lion Rock!"
"Go and see if those unscrupulous people have any face!"
With a bang, the whole teahouse became lively, and everyone rushed out of the teahouse.
The guy is still asking for tea money later.
The shopkeeper got up from behind the counter, looked at the crowds of people outside, and smacked the counter: "How much money do you want! Close the shop and come with us to Lion Rock!"
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Viewed from the sky above Yingtian City, the flow of people throughout the city shows these strange movements at this moment.
In all the streets and alleys, people are rushing towards the west.
Under the small Lion Rock, there was already a buzz of people.
The narrow mountain climbing road was already crowded with people trying to rush to the top of the mountain.
On the top of a small mountain, there is a mansion and an elegant house. The door is closed at this time. Outside the door, the people who have inquired about the information earlier have rushed over, their mouths are full of fragrance, and they are throwing in the vegetables they just bought this morning.
After leaving the house, he threw everything he could pick up on the ground into the yard.
The entire courtyard was silent, except for the banging sounds of items being thrown in.
As more and more Yingtian people with a sense of justice and mission rushed up the mountain, the entire Lion Rock soon became overcrowded.
The Yingtian Mansion and Shangyuan County officials who arrived belatedly just took a look at the people who were covering the entire mountain like ants, and several leading officials almost fainted.
"Quick! Call the officers and soldiers from Xicheng over here!"
"Have someone go to the General Affairs Department and the Pedestrian Affairs Department to report the matter and ask the imperial court to come forward!"
At the last moment, Ying Tianfu Tongpan, who was the most responsible, shouted loudly, rolled his eyes, and fell backward into the arms of one of the strongest and quickest guards.
The officers from Yingtian Mansion and Shangyuan County looked at the unconscious adults in their arms one by one, glanced fearfully at the people on the mountain in front of them, trembled with fear, and hurriedly dragged the adults to a remote place.
place.
Some people went to the camp in the west city to look for officers and soldiers, while others went to the east city to spread the news and report that the court knew what was happening on the Lion Mountain.
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What happened on Lion Mountain quickly spread throughout Yingtian City.
The news also spread from outside the palace to the palace.
In the side hall of Zhongji Hall, more than a dozen princes who had been vassalized by the Ming Dynasty over the years, except for the Qin King Zhu Xiang who was still taking the blame at Zhejiang Road, gathered neatly around the old man and talked about their family's shortcomings.
In the back hall, there are also princesses from various families leading the young ladies and younger men from the palace, talking about the strengths of the men from each family, and of course they are just talking about the good things.
In the side hall, Zhu Yunxi is currently playing Go against Zhu Gaochi.
The polite cousins on the side watched the battle silently around the two men, with only raised brows and puzzled looks at Zhu Yunxi.
Everyone feels sorry that the great-grandson of the eldest uncle's family turns out to be a bad chess player.
Bang!
A black stone landed on the plate, sending all the black and white pieces flying.
Zhu Yunxi said with a dark face: "Let me give you a chance!"
Zhu Gaochi held a white coin and smiled silently: "It's one more time..."
Zhu Yunxi said angrily: "I am the great grandson!"
Immediately, a cousin who could not be named at the moment spoke up: "This is what Brother Xiu had agreed upon in advance. No matter what happens on the chessboard, there will be nothing else on the chessboard."
Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to search his body for a long time before he found the last gold leaf and patted it on Zhu Gaochi's hand: "I have no money, whoever loves me will get it!"
On the side, someone immediately started shouting that the boss of the fourth uncle's family should be punished.
At this time, the grandson of the side hall, Gou'er, had already rushed in. Standing at the door of the side hall, he forgot to take a look at the crowded side hall.
I saw that I couldn't get into the old emperor's side.
Sun Gou'er looked at the group of men from the old Zhu family present, and could only stamp his feet and shout loudly: "Your Majesty, the people gathered over the Lion Rock to denounce someone!"