I don't know why Wu Youcai invited people from the Prince's Mansion. People from the Prince's Mansion helped in the search, and Wu Youcai soon learned the whereabouts of Huo Xi's sister and brother.
When Wu Youcai was about to take action, he was repelled by Mu Yan's men who were watching closely.
Nor can you passively wait to be beaten.
Soon, Mu Yan found a small official in the Shibo Department who had been squeezed out by Wu Youcai, and asked him to go to the imperial envoy's door with evidence of Wu Youcai's corruption and selfishness over the years.
Generally speaking, many people don't want to get close to censors who are outspoken and dare to remonstrate.
I was afraid of being corrected, so I read a book. Mu Yan was a hostage, and he was worried that the emperor would doubt his intentions, so he did not plan to meet the censors in person.
And the censors were not very good at interacting with officials.
The main thing is to avoid suspicion and avoid forming cliques.
Moreover, in the previous dynasties, a large number of censors lost their lives, and not a few members of the clan were killed. By the time of Emperor Yongkang, the censors were all cowering and unwilling to come forward. It was useless to look for them.
Mu Yan looked through the censors and finally selected Jing Yushi.
Jing Yushi comes from a poor family, has no ties, and is not afraid of offending others. It is best to find him.
Therefore, when Wu Youcai was about to take action against the Huo Xi siblings again, the evidence of Wu Youcai's corruption and selfishness over the years was sent to Jing Yushi.
People who serve as censors are either prone to wind or rain.
In the previous dynasty, those who swore to live and die with the dynasty and to follow Emperor Jianwen to the death, their families and clans were completely devastated. The censors with different character and character all chose to lie dormant. They were also afraid of offending others.
But who doesn’t want to stand out?
Jing Yushi obtained the evidence and investigated for several days. Finally, at the court meeting one day, he obtained a copy of Shi Bo Si, saying that they were lax in their duties and embezzled the property of the treasury.
All evidence was immediately presented to Emperor Yongkang's Long Case.
Therefore, Wu Youcai immediately started eating free meals and was imprisoned.
In Taizu's dynasty, anyone who corrupted sixty liang of ink would be sentenced to death. But Emperor Yongkang was not so bloody. He only put him in Jingzhao Yamen Prison because he was related to the British Duke.
Wait until the facts of the case are found out before convicting him.
As soon as the Wu family heard the news, they immediately came to the Duke's wife Wu in tears.
The Wu family only has one root: Wu Youcai. Once he is convicted, what hope will the Wu family have?
"Daughter, you have to save your brother!"
Mrs. Wu's wife, Mrs. Wan, cried with tears all over her face, "Your man is the Duke of the country, why can't you help intercede with your brother?"
Although Wu's father, Wu Jian, looked solemn, he was not as sad as Wan.
His son-in-law is the prince of the country, and his granddaughter will soon enter the East Palace. He is the grandfather of the prince. If he is talented, he will only serve a few days of punishment, and he will be released soon.
But he still begged: "Daughter, please help your brother. Isn't that a place for people to stay in prison? It doesn't matter if he is not an official, just let him out. He can't bear the suffering inside."
Over the years, the Wu family has made enough money. With their good son-in-law as the Duke of the country, the Wu family has opened a shop and done business in the capital over the years. They have bought a lot of land in the shop and village. There is no shortage of food and drink, and it does not matter if they are not in the official position.
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When things are over and you want to be an official, just talk to your son-in-law or prince.
Mrs. Wan refused to visit her son for the past two days. Thinking of her son suffering in prison, she cried so much that her nose was filled with tears.
"Daughter, please help your brother. Is the Duke in the house? I'll go see him!"
Wu didn't expect that her brother would suddenly go in.
She had taken care of her daughter's affairs and was feeling comfortable. Why did something happen to her parents' family?
Is it greedy for ink? Is it selfish? Which official is not greedy for ink? Which official is clean? And it has been fine for so many years, so why did something suddenly happen?
Her brother is the brother-in-law of the Duke of Guo. In recent years, everyone has only supported him and fawned over him. No one dares to offend him.
Who is it? Who will target the Wu family? Or is he targeting her?
Could it be those two scoundrels?
But how capable are these two scoundrels?
Seeing Wu frowning and saying nothing, Wan felt that she was useless, left Wu and went to find the British father in tears.
Zhang Fu rarely goes out these days, except for going to court and doing errands. Whenever he goes out, he feels like others are pointing at him. He doesn't even dare to raise his head.
Wu Youcai was suddenly convicted and imprisoned. Zhang Fu was also thinking about it in his mind.
Could it be that the emperor gave him a warning?
He has gained too much and dares to covet the East Palace. Is the emperor angry with him?
Just as he was thinking about it, Wanshi waved away his servants and barged in.
"Son-in-law, you have to save Youcai!"
The emperor personally issued the order, and Wan felt worried that her son might be peeled off.
"My lord, we can't stop you..." The two servants guarding the courtyard lowered their heads.
Zhang Fu waved to them, and the two servants retreated.
"This matter is an order issued by the Emperor himself, with golden words. How can I influence the Emperor's will?"
Zhang Fu spoke calmly, without even looking at Wu who followed him in.
Before Wu opened her mouth, Wan started crying again, "Son-in-law, you are the Duke of the country, why can't you save Youcai? Go and intercede with the emperor, and say that the censor has wronged him, no?"
Just let it out?"
"You are treating our laws as nothing. I don't have that much power. I can't do this." Zhang Fu didn't move his buttocks and sat upright on the chair.
"You are refusing to save me! You are cold-hearted and cold-blooded. You look down on our Wu family!" Wan Shi howled.
Wu Jian saw his wife acting and rolling around, but Zhang Fu was unmoved and felt a little chilled.
"Son-in-law, I don't ask you to get rid of the crime for Youcai. It's okay if you can help alleviate the crime a little bit. It doesn't matter if he doesn't succeed in the official position. It doesn't matter if you have to pay compensation. Just let him go."
All right!
If they can't be officials, wouldn't the Wu family still be poor? They have finally saved some money over the years, and they don't need to rely on their daughter to supplement their income. How can the Wan family do anything?
"Good son-in-law, don't you have a gold medal for immunity from death? You can be exempted from death crimes, but you can't be spared from living crimes?"
Wu's eyes lit up when she heard this.
Zhang Fu's eyes shrank, "You even care about my things?"
When Mrs. Wu saw it, she hurriedly made amends: "My parents are also worried about Youcai, fearing that he will suffer in prison."
"What kind of punishment can you suffer in prison? You have food to eat and a place to sleep, and you don't have to worry about not being able to eat the next meal." Zhang Fu didn't look at her, as if he was talking about some unrelated person.
Wu gritted his teeth and said, "The Duke is avenging the injustice of those two scoundrels!"
"Son-in-law, please lend us your death-free medal."
"Excuse me, I can't. You only know that the gold medal for immunity from death can avoid the death penalty, but you don't know that it has conditions. The gold medal can only be used by me and my flesh and blood, and cannot be used by others."
Emperor Yongkang gave Zhang Fu a gold medal for immunity from death. Except for treason, he could avoid two deaths and his son could avoid one death.
How can others use it.
Mrs. Tai felt happy when she learned that Wu's parents had returned without success.
Her son has no smile on his face these days. He has gone the same way as his father.
At that time, sending their daughter to Prince Yan's Mansion was a decision that the couple had to make for the sake of the family and the Zhang and Wang families. Now, the Zhang family is favored by the emperor, and the Wu family dares to send Baguio to the palace.
Send it to the East Palace!
Wen Bi couldn't even lift his head.
She couldn't bear this. She didn't even let Wu come over for daily morning and dusk inspections.
Huo Xi also learned about Wu Youcai's conviction. At night, when he saw Mu Yan, he asked him, "Did you do it?"