Gu Lei was so angry that he opened his eyes wide and cursed.
Chu Nanzhi smiled calmly: "Now that things have happened, does Mr. Changshi think you still have room to bargain with me?"
Zhan He also angrily rebuked: "Queen, why do you bother talking to him anymore? I will definitely find out all the crimes of Lord Chang Shi and make him convinced."
"slow."
Zhang Xuan's face was extremely frightened. He knew that he had lost completely this time. If he didn't explain it quickly, he might even lose the lives of his family members. He immediately replied: "Since I took office as the governor of Donzhuo County, I have done nothing but governance.
Outside the county, he has been undertaking another errand."
"What's the matter?"
Chu Nanzhi asked impatiently.
"Take care of Tangmuyi, a place in several counties of Langzhou where the royal family in the capital granted titles to their female relatives."
Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth and replied calmly: "The Queen and you all also know that apart from the three Qinghe prefectures, the food towns of the royal family members in the past dynasties are mainly concentrated in Langzhou to the north of the Donghua River. Xiaguan was initially appointed as Douzhuo County.
The county guard was lucky enough to get to know the eldest princess Yan Jun, and he was also lucky enough to have her take care of her and Princess Wanying's Tang Muyi. These elder princesses left almost all the noble fiefdoms in the capital to be managed by their subordinates.
, I also benefited a lot from it."
"Princess Yanjun?"
Chu Nanzhi suddenly realized that it was no wonder he was so cautious just now.
But what puzzled her was that Princess Yan Jun was the flesh and blood of her ancestors and the pretty aunt. Why would she instigate Zhang Xuan to do these heinous things that hurt the family ties?
Furthermore, she was the daughter-in-law of the Ji family, and when it came to Mr. Chang, he was still her brother-in-law, so she had the heart to do such a cruel thing.
Zhang Xuan nodded heavily: "I don't dare to deceive the queen even if I have 10,000 courage. Princess Yanjun has used her status as the inner treasurer to let the official recruit talents for her and ask for bribes.
The 700,000 taels of silver from Zhuojun were given to the eldest princess by the top five nobles in the county."
"I think you are indeed very bold, and you dare to accuse the eldest princess."
Chu Nanzhi pretended to be angry and blamed.
Zhang Xuan was so frightened by this anger that he trembled, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and replied in a frightened manner: "There is a secret pavilion in the study of Xiaguan's old house in Douzhuo County.
Dear friends, we will keep detailed accounts of the fiefdoms, restaurants, and towns, as well as the account books of the money given to the eldest princess by the various noble families. The queen will send someone to check it out."
"You actually have a backup plan."
Chu Nanzhi shook his head disdainfully: "I just praised you for being a loyal protector of the Lord."
"Xiaguan, Xiaguan."
Zhang Xuan hesitated for a moment, and then summoned up the courage to plead: "Xiaguan's sins are serious, and I don't ask for forgiveness from Your Majesty and the Queen. It's just that Xiaguan's newborn child is a single descendant of nine generations of Xiaguan's lineage.
It is not easy for people to conceive, and all the children born to several concubines have died in infancy. Now that they have finally given birth to a boy, I would like to ask the Queen to show mercy and spare the lives of their mother and child."
"hateful."
Zhan He was furious when he heard this: "Then the wife of Sanlang of the Chen family, Mrs. Xu, and her newborn child are not human lives? How many innocent lives have been lost in the entire Langzhou City because of your words, Mr. Chang Shi, do you still have the dignity to defend yours?"
My wife and children begged the Queen for mercy?"
Although Gu Lei felt depressed, he couldn't bear to see any more innocent lives being implicated.
Glancing at Zhang Xuan fiercely, he put down his old face and tried his best to plead: "It will not bring harm to my wife and children, but please show mercy to the queen. Once what Zhang Xuan said is true, I beg the queen to advise your majesty to deal with these criminals leniently."
family."
Regarding Gu Lei's request, Chu Nanzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Although he had been lenient before, as long as all officials truthfully stated their charges, they would be treated leniently.
If she hadn't still expected this little old man to preside over the reform of Langzhou's official system, she really wanted to ask back: "Why don't you advocate maintaining the old system now?"
According to the laws of the Dahe Empire, what Zhang Xuan and Lu Cheng did was not a serious crime against the Nine Tribes.
It's just that she doesn't agree with this kind of torture from the bottom of her heart, and she echoes the situation: "Since Mr. Gu is asking for mercy, I will definitely tell His Majesty about this matter in person."
Gu Lei closed his eyes deeply, knelt down and bowed gratefully: "I thank the queen for her great kindness on behalf of countless people who have sinned."
After that, he stood up slowly, unwilling to look at his two once-proud disciples again, and said goodbye in a lonely manner.
After this blow, the most perfect Langzhou City in his mind no longer existed.
Thinking of the women and children who had passed away in tragedy, he now just wanted to do his best to help the queen complete the reform of the official system in Langzhou, hoping to see this feat carried out throughout the country in his lifetime.
After struggling for half a day, Chu Nanzhi was a little tired and asked people to take Zhang Xuan and Lu Cheng into prison. Zhan He and Li Sanmu also followed the order and went to Zhang Xuan's mansion to search for evidence, while she herself led Tang Weiming back to the mansion.
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Along the way, she was thinking about how to tell Lin Jinxiao and Yin Enci about this.
Her ancestors treated her well, but Chang Lao was her and the pretty boy's mentor. She didn't want her ancestors to be sad when they found out about this, but she couldn't just watch Chang Lao get hurt like this.
Tang Weiming saw her embarrassment and couldn't help sighing: "This is indeed hard to believe, but the fact that Princess Yanjun did such evil is really outrageous and unbearable. The queen is also exhausted mentally and physically because of it. It's better to wait until
After the matter is found out, please ask your slave’s godfather to return to Beijing in person to report the matter."
"That's a good idea."
Chu Nanzhi's eyes lit up: "General Manager Hai has been away from the capital for some time. Now that Yin Shaofu is in charge of the Luyangang Palace, he just happened to take time off to go back to the capital to see his ancestors and reunite with his brother."
After finishing his words, he quickly urged: "Mr. Tang, please immediately send someone to Luyan Port to ask the Chief Marine to come to Langzhou."
Thinking of Ji Huazhen who was still ill, Chu Nanzhi couldn't help but take a long breath: "As for the master's wife's house, you can go there personally for me and ask the four little treasures to go there too, and ask them to stay at the master's house for the next few days.
If you spend more time with her, you won't have to go back home."
In a few days, it will be time for Ji Huazhen to help the spirit return to his hometown.
Chang Lao's death has made her feel even more worried. If she learns that it was her younger siblings who killed Chang Lao, her anger will be even more difficult to calm down.
At this time, only the quadruplets could give her more comfort.
Tang Weiming nodded thoughtfully and said: "Queen, don't worry, I will definitely work with the little princess and your highness to appease the good old lady."
After hearing this, Chu Nanzhi felt much relieved.
Returning to the inner room, he saw Chu Wenbi and Abi Achun taking care of little Rui Ji. Little Rui Ji was drinking the freshly heated milk without crying or making trouble. Chu Nanzhi stepped forward happily and took care of him.
He passed the little Ruisi who was being held by Abi, looked at him with love and affection, and said with a warm smile: "Ruisi is so good. In two days, mother will find a wet nurse for you. You and your brother will never be hungry again."
My stomach is full."
Chu Wenbi guessed that his daughter had solved the strange things in the city, and he confirmed with great joy: "I just heard the commotion outside, Da Zhi, have you found the person behind the scenes?"
"Um."
Chu Nanzhi responded softly.
"Great, I'm going to ask the governor to issue some more notices. It's not that easy to let the two little guys drink milk all the time. We need to find some wet nurses to come into the house earlier. How can we make it happen in the future?
The princess and the prince are so wronged."
Seeing that his old father was about to go out impatiently, Chu Nanzhi couldn't bear to stop him, so he could only watch the old father-in-law go out to Tan Qing's house to continue to cause trouble for him.