Qiu Tianyin had completely understood what Jia Lian meant, and his thoughts changed rapidly.
He knew that the Xue family had a strong background. Xue Pan's uncle, Wang Ziteng, was already a first-class military attache and one of the most powerful military attaches in the dynasty.
But in fact, he was not too afraid of offending Wang Ziteng. Even if he said a thousand words, his life would not be good for him. Although he was in his prime, he was a military officer promoted by the Supreme Emperor. Now that Emperor Ningkang was in charge, he obviously intended to marginalize him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be thrown to the border every now and then.
To put it bluntly, Wang Ziteng was in an embarrassing situation. Even if he was offended, it would not have much impact on his enemies.
But this Jia Lian is different. Jia Lian is in the limelight. If Tai Sheng, who offended him today, is resented by him, I am afraid that even if his enemy has the backing of Prince Zhongshun, the future may not be easy for him.
Qiu Tianyin thought for a while and said: "The lower officials already know the purpose of Marquis Zhenyuan's visit. However, although my enemies are the victims, they cannot interfere with the proceedings of the Ministry of Punishment, so I am afraid that I will disappoint Marquis Zhenyuan.
In the opinion of the lower official, whether Mr. Xue will live or die in this case will all depend on the outcome of the review by the Ministry of Punishment. Even if Qiu wants to sell Mr. Hou a favor, I'm afraid he can't."
Qiu Tianyin bowed his hands to Jia Lian apologetically, but his rejection was already expressed in his words.
Jia Lian smiled slightly, didn't he already relent? Jia Lian seemed to have misunderstood, and smiled nonchalantly: "Master Qiu's words are serious. Master Qiu has lost his beloved son. Not to investigate the Xue family's fault is already the most benevolent and righteous. How can I return the favor?"
Dare you ask Master Qiu to intercede for Xue Pan?
To be honest with Mr. Qiu, I am here not only to bring the real culprit who killed Mr. Ling to Mr. Qiu for inspection, but also to atone for Xue Pan on behalf of the Xue family."
"oh?"
Jia Lian said: "Master Qiu doesn't know. In addition to being family friends with my Jia family, the Xue family's mother, Mrs. Xue's mother, is also Zhuo Jing's direct aunt. Mrs. Xue's family knows right from wrong and is philanthropic.
After learning that her son had committed a murder, she was very sad.
She also told me that as a parent, she deeply understands the pain of losing their son for Master Qiu and his wife. However, things have happened, and she cannot make up for the harm to them, but she wants to do her best to make up for it.
"
Qiu Tianyin raised his eyebrows. He knew that the Xue family, which had been royal merchants for generations, must be very rich. But if he thought that his enemies were the type who were willing to swallow their anger for a few taels of silver, that would be a wrong calculation.
For his son's case, he gave away thousands of taels of silver in one breath, just to make Xue Pan pay for his life! The big one, of course, was to ask King Zhongshun to come forward.
Jia Lian looked at Qiu Tianyin's expression and continued: "Although for Master Qiu, any compensation at this time is superfluous, after all, it is the only thing we can do.
I heard that Mr. Qiu has three sons in total. Although the third son is young, he is talented and intelligent, and he is of the same line as Mr. Qiu. It just so happens that I have been entrusted by His Majesty. There are still some junior officers in the newly built firearms camp. If Mr. Qiu is willing,
, you might as well teach your young master to join our firearms camp.
Others dare not say that if the third young master is really a malleable talent, I can guarantee that he will be promoted to the rank of sixth-grade military attaché within three years, and it is not impossible for him to reach the same height as Mr. Qiu in the future."
Qiu Tianyin, who originally thought that Jia Lian would say compensation, was stunned. For a moment, his entire city couldn't help but look surprised: "Does the Marquis really mean what he said?"
Although Qiu Tianyin didn't know much about the Firearms Camp, his status as a member of the Imperial Guard was enough to make people aware of its status.
You must know that the most difficult army in the world to enter is the Guards. Even a senior general like him in the Guards cannot directly arrange for all his sons to enter the Guards. Among them, the order must be arranged
and other indicators.
Moreover, even if he could arrange for his son to enter the military camp, he would have to start as a big soldier.
Only the Firearms Battalion has a lot of vacant officer positions because of its new construction, but there must be many people keeping an eye on it. Just look at the fact that the Shi family has the honor of a marquis, and Shi Nai and his wife want to put their two sons into Jia Lian's Firearms Battalion.
knew.
Qiu Tianyin did not expect that Jia Lian would come up with this condition, but in an instant, he knew that his heart was moved. The parents' love for their son has far-reaching plans. For a family with a weak foundation like the Qiu family, the son can have a great future.
Particularly important.
"Naturally, I will not deceive Lord Qiu with false lies. In addition, the Xue family is also willing to offer ten thousand taels of silver as compensation to the enemy, just to find a way out for Xue Pan."
As Jia Lian spoke, he looked at Qiu Tianyin with a very solemn expression for the first time: "Master Qiu must have heard the rumors about the four major families in Jinling. The four families of King Jia Shi and Xue have been in-laws and family friends for hundreds of years since the founding of the country.
Come down and support each other and take care of each other. When one is prosperous, everyone is prosperous, and when one is harmed, everyone is harmed.
Although Xue Pan is not a talented person, he is the only direct heir of the Xue family. Therefore, we need him alive.
I also ask Mr. Qiu to understand the reason. If Mr. Qiu has any other requests, just say so. Whatever the Jia family, the Xue family, the Shi family and the Wang family can't do, they will take care of it one by one."
Qiu Tianyin's eyelids jumped slightly when he heard this. The meaning of Jia Lian's words is easy to understand. He promised to let Xue Pan live. The four major families all agreed with him. If he insisted on letting Xue Pan die, he would be completely enemies of the four major families. And
As a member of the four major families, Jia Lian will regard his enemies as enemies even if he is passive.
What a good person to be polite before fighting! Even so, Qiu Tianyin found helplessly that there was no anger in his heart. It was probably because Jia Lian had done too much "ritual".
He even tried to put himself in Jia Lian's shoes, but he felt that if he refused, he would appear to be ignorant?
Haha, obviously I am the one who suffers, right?
Shaking his head, Qiu Tianyin said with a bitter smile: "It's not that I mean to disrespect the marquis. It's just that as early as the beginning of Quanzi's death, I had already reported all the matter to Prince Zhongshun, and even begged Prince Zhongshun to take me with him."
Go to the imperial court to express your love.
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Jia Lian said: "Don't worry, Mr. Qiu, on Prince Zhongshun's side. I will personally visit Prince Zhongshun's Mansion later. Moreover, I am not asking my enemy to withdraw the complaint. Since the matter has alerted Shengting, it cannot end without any problems.
As long as Mr. Qiu waits and watches the case from today on, no matter what the final outcome of the criminal trial is, I will not regret my promise to Mr. Qiu."
Qiu Tianyin breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, no matter how rationally he considered it, just for the sake of face, if Jia Lian really wanted him, an old father who had just lost his son, to withdraw the lawsuit, he would not agree.
But if he just waits and waits and no longer appeals, he won't be under so much pressure. Moreover, he also wants to see the methods of these four major families and see how Jia Lian will replace him after he has cried and complained in front of the emperor.
Xue Pan reverses the verdict!
"In this case, I will obey the wishes of the Marquis. Don't worry, Marquis, even if the eldest son of the Xue family is found not guilty in the end, my enemy will not say anything more."
With the decision made in his heart, Qiu Tianyin felt much more relaxed. He even thought that this Jia Lian was also interesting. It was probably because his second son had offended him at the door just now, so when he made the conditions just now, he ignored the second son and turned to him.
Mention my youngest son.
However, this also shows that Jia Lian sincerely promotes people, rather than making casual promises.
Thinking about it, this is fate. From now on, the youngest son will be much stronger than his elder brother.
However, if the younger son seeks a future with Jia Lian, then he will be relieved. He can still do it if he only finds a vacancy in the guard camp.
Thinking that I had been worried about the future of my three sons, I didn't expect that this matter would be easily solved after Dalang died tragically for no reason.
Suppressing his sadness, Qiu Tianyin smiled and chatted with Jia Lian, and asked someone to call the youngest son out and let him send Jia Lian out.
…
Coming out of the enemy's house, Jia Lian saw that Baochai was hesitant to speak before getting into the car. He couldn't help laughing and said, "But I didn't expect that the enemy would agree so easily?"
Baochai shook his head and said, "Baochai doesn't think it's easy. It's easy for Brother Lian, but for someone else, even if it's a big deal, it would be difficult to change the enemy's attitude."
Baochai was not against her will, she was telling the truth. For example, the Xue family had invited many high-status people before, and many of them could not even enter the enemy's door, let alone disturb the enemy.
Jia Lian nodded. He also felt that Baochai had unique wisdom and wanted to make some suggestions.
"Actually, the reason why Qiu Tianyin agreed so easily was not only for his son, but also for himself. Qiu Tianyin has been serving as the Zuoduwei of the Hujun Camp for many years and has not moved.
There are two deputy commanders, one of whom is over sixty years old and may be old one day.
That Qiu Tianyin must want to make further progress, and he knows that my Jia family still has some say in the Ministry of War, so he is afraid that if he refuses, I will take revenge and ruin his promotion."
Baochai suddenly realized. As Lian's second brother, it might be difficult to promote a fourth-grade military attache for no reason, but it would be easy to ruin the promotion of a fourth-grade military attaché.
But she didn't quite understand: "Since Brother Lian knows about this, why didn't Brother Lian say anything just now?"
Jia Lian smiled slightly: "Why should we say it? There are some things that each other knows well, and it is better not to say them than to say them."
Baochai nodded, she seemed to understand. She was smiling, but while talking and laughing, she solved the problem that others thought was as difficult as the sky. Compared with her incompetent brother... Forget it, let's compare her brother with Lian.
Comparing two older brothers is unfair to the older brother.
As Jia Lian came to the Ministry of Punishment. As one of the most powerful organs of the Wei Dynasty, the Ministry of Punishment was naturally close to the Forbidden Palace and deep in a heavily guarded area.
Baochai couldn't help but cheer up even more.
Sure enough, under the leadership of Jia Lian, the chief officer on duty asked her to take her to see Xue Pan without any difficulty, while Jia Lian stayed in the lobby, obviously having more important things to talk about.
The prison of the Criminal Department was not as dark as imagined, and there were no prisoners shouting. The whole place seemed quiet and orderly.
"arrive."
The jailer leading the way glanced at Baochai quietly, then lowered his head and walked away. Baochai also responded and looked at the cell in front of him.
On that straw mat, a fat man with unkempt hair and dirty clothes was lying quietly on his side, but he was not her brother Xue Pan. Who was he?
Baochai couldn't help but wailed and called out: "Brother...!"
It took several calls in a row to wake up the person inside.
Xue Pan opened his eyes blankly. When he found out that it was Baochai who came to see him, he immediately jumped up and cried: "My good sister, you are so cruel, why do you want to come to see me? Mother
Woolen cloth?"
"She didn't come. After you were brought here, we couldn't come to see you. It was brother Lian who brought me here, so I was able to come in."
Baochai said, taking out a roast chicken prepared in advance from the food box and handing it to Xue Pan.
However, after Xue Pan heard Jia Lian's name, he suddenly lost interest in his favorite roast chicken.
"Brother Lian is here too? Haha, I knew it. So, I can go out? Really, you guys, it took so many days to call Brother Lian to save me, and you didn't even know I was suffering here.
How much suffering..."
At this time, Baochai felt pity for Xue Pan's dirty appearance, and when he heard this, he scolded him angrily: "You have the nerve to be weird, you have caused such a disaster yourself, and you don't even know how many tears you made your mother shed."
.
Second brother Lian is not like you. He has important things to do, so he has no time to care about you! If my mother hadn't gone to Tianjin Wei in person to ask him to come back, you would have just waited here to die."
Seeing that his sister was angry, Xue Pan realized that he had made a mistake, so he said a few nice words in a roundabout way, then happily picked up the roast chicken and started to eat it.
Baochai looked at him quietly and sighed inwardly. Knowing that Xue Pan was in prison, he was afraid that he had no idea about his own situation.
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When Xue Pan finished eating, Baochai told him in a low voice that his family would hire a lawyer for him, and on the day of the court session, he should not talk nonsense. He only said that he had eaten wine and didn't know anything.
Baochai, like Jia Lian, felt that with Xue Pan's IQ, there was no need to collude with him in confessing, so he said as little as possible and made fewer mistakes.
Xue Pan agreed well at first, but when he heard the meaning of Baochai's words, which actually put all the blame on Sun Shaozu, he suddenly became unhappy.
"How can I, Xue Pan, be such an unloyal person? If I betray Brother Sun in order to survive, it would be better for me to die!"
Baochai was furious and tried to persuade her, but when she saw that he still had his eyes bulging and looked like he would rather break than bend, Baochai couldn't help scolding him: "Then just pay for your life. I will persuade my mother to pretend that she has never had you."
This son!"
"What's wrong?"
Suddenly hearing Jia Lian's voice, Baochai quickly wiped his tears and stood up from the ground.
When Xue Pan saw Jia Lian, he immediately gave him a flattering look: "Brother Lian, you are here. I knew you would definitely come to save me."
"Why must I come to save you?"
"Well……"
Xue Pan scratched his head, "Well, you are my cousin-in-law, so how could you watch me pay for my life?"
Jia Lian ignored Xue Pan, looked at Baochai, and asked softly: "What happened?"
Baochai was silent and just glared at Xue Pan. Xue Pan said: "It's not her, but she thought of a way to save me, which is to let Brother Sun take the blame for me! I didn't want to, so she cried.
Brother Lian, you don’t know, but Brother Sun is my newly recognized brother, called Sun Shaozu. He is the most righteous man, and he is highly skilled in martial arts and extremely powerful. His ancestors are from your Rongguo Mansion!
It just so happens that you want to recruit personal guards, if you recruit him under your command, he will definitely be a strong soldier!"
As he said that, Xue Pan raised his neck proudly and said: "Although I, Xue Pan, have no ability, I will never betray my brothers. Hum, otherwise, after so many days, someone from the Criminal Department would interrogate me.
Several times, I still haven’t confessed to him!”
Jia Lian didn't bother to talk to these idiots and said directly: "Either you listen to our arrangements or die. Think about it carefully and answer me after thinking about it."
Realizing that Jia Lian was not joking, Xue Pan was choked and said blankly: "Is there a third option, such as arranging someone else..."
Without saying anything, Jia Lian took Baochai's hand and left.
"Hey, hey, don't, don't, don't…"
"Why don't I just listen to you?"
Xue Pan muttered, he really didn't expect that Jia Lian and Baochai would really leave.
He threw himself on the cell door and waited for a while but no one came back. He suddenly sat on the ground with a look of regret on his face.
Huh? Could it be that second brother Cai Lian just held my girl’s hand?
Could it be?
"Yes, yes, hahaha, I will definitely not die..."
Xue Pan laughed stupidly. No wonder Brother Lian made a special trip to save him. No wonder even his mother didn't come today. Only Brother Lian and his sister came. No wonder, her sister was willing to let a man hold her hand.