This morning, Li Xiuyuan went to the palace very early to attend the court meeting.
However, as soon as he walked away, Qiu Rong followed and left the government office.
She felt that she had been living in the government office for several days, and she should go back to the escort office to see if she had received a reply to the letter she sent home last time. If possible, she should urge her father at home to come to the capital as soon as possible.
Thinking of what happened between herself and Mr. Li, Qiurong's beautiful eyes always flashed with a hint of shame.
But when she came to the escort agency and returned to the backyard, she vaguely heard the sound of a woman crying and sobbing from the empty bedroom.
"Miss Xie, is it Xiao Xie that you are crying in the house? What happened? Is someone bullying you?" Qiurong knocked on the door and asked with concern.
Xiao Xie's sad voice sounded: "You haven't returned home for several days. I heard from the escort that you live in the government office and are with Mr. Li. I think you have entrusted your body and mind to Mr. Li, and you got what you wanted.
I hate that as a female ghost, I can’t be close to Young Master Li, and I can’t be like you.
I served Mr. Li like this, and now every time I think about it, I can't help but cry with sadness."
"Miss Xie, I'm sorry." Qiurong said a little ashamed after hearing this.
"You don't need to apologize. It's just that my fate is shallow and I don't have such a blessing." Xiao Xie's sobs came from the room again.
Qiu Rong was not happy with what she heard. She knew that Xiao Xie admired Mr. Li very much. She had already been like this before she came here. However, as a female ghost, she had feelings of admiration but was unable to do anything about it.
, she also heard Xiao Xie mention her husband’s situation. Ordinary ghosts and gods cannot be relied on.
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"Miss Xie, don't be sad. Your husband will definitely find a way to solve your problem. I will explain your situation to your husband right away." Qiurong was soft-hearted and couldn't bear Xiao Xie hiding in the house all day and being sad, so she wanted to go back to the Yamen to wait for her husband.
Come back and explain this.
Xiao Xie didn't reply, only the sound of sobbing kept coming.
When Qiu Rong was about to leave the escort agency, one of the escort chiefs stopped her: "Madam, Madam, please stay. I have something to report to Madam."
"Are you calling me?" Qiurong asked.
"Of course I'm calling Madam." The head guard bowed respectfully: "Not long after Madam returned to the escort office, a businessman named Qiu Shou claimed to be Madam's father and said he was here to find Madam. He is now in the lobby.
Wait, if Madam wants to go out, I suggest Madam go take a look first.
Let’s see if this businessman from Qiu Shou is the madam’s father. If not, I can find a reason to send him away.”
"Qiu Shou is my father. Is my father in the lobby? That's great. I'm going to see my father right now." Qiu Rong said in surprise.
With that said, she hurriedly turned around and walked towards the lobby.
In the lobby at this moment, a middle-aged businessman with an average appearance was drinking tea and waiting quietly.
"Father, is that you?" When Qiurong came over and saw the man, she became very excited.
Qiu Shou was not surprised at this moment. Instead, he immediately put down the tea cup and became a little angry. "You are an unfilial daughter. You are so careless. You were deceived and sold to the capital hundreds of miles away. Do you know that you have added more money to your family?"
What a big trouble."
As he said this, he couldn't help but jump up, found a branch from somewhere and hit Qiu Rong.
"My daughter realizes that she was wrong, please calm down her father." Qiurong knelt down in a hurry, not daring to say anything.
But when Qiu Shou was about to fight, the bodyguard on the side came over quickly, grabbed his hand, and stopped him from teaching Qiu Rong.
"This escort, do you still have to deal with me scolding my daughter here?" Qiu Shou said angrily.
The bodyguard smiled and said: "If the father-in-law wants to reprimand his daughter for being young, of course he can't take care of it. But it is the married daughter who throws water. If the father-in-law wants to beat his wife, he has to ask the eldest young master for his opinion."
If the young master doesn't agree, my father-in-law can't do whatever he wants."
"What?"
Qiu Shou's eyes widened immediately: "You, you have become the wife of another family, this, this"
"Yes, yes, father, my daughter is now Mr. Li's." Qiurong lowered her head and said.
"I'm so angry that you, an unfilial daughter, have had an affair with someone else. Let's see if I don't beat you to death today, an unfilial daughter." Qiu Shou suddenly felt ashamed and angry. If he had known this, why would he have come all the way to the capital?
When he takes his daughter back, he might as well just pretend that he never gave birth.
He was so angry that he wanted to fight, but he couldn't. The escort on the side kept blocking him.
The escort did not make a mistake. Qiurong is now Li Xiuyuan's concubine and a member of the Li family. No one else except Li Xiuyuan has the right to beat or scold her, even her own biological father.
After Qiu Shou was briefly furious, he regained some sense. He moved his lips slightly and said, "I will definitely not agree to this matter. How can my daughter be used as a concubine? This matter must have been forced by that guy."
, report to the official, I must go to report to the official, go, if you are still waiting, I am your father, then just follow
I will report to the official, and then leave the capital with my father. After returning home, I will not mention anything about today to outsiders."
"Father, Mr. Li did not force his daughter. The daughter was willing to be with Mr. Li. He is an upright and good man who deserves to be entrusted to his daughter for life. He is willing to be his concubine. Father, you agreed with your daughter and Mr. Li.
Let’s do it.” Qiurong begged.
"No, in the third and fourth generations of my Qiu family, there has never been a woman who became a concubine for others. Don't say anything when we get to the court later. My father will report this matter to the prefect. When the time comes,
After the yamen trial, you will have no contact with that Mr. Li, and my father will take you with him.
go home."
Qiu Shou sternly refused and insisted on taking Qiu Rong to report to the official.
Qiu Rong was also shy and anxious. Her husband was the magistrate. If she really went to report to the official, what would she do if they met?
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan didn't know that something like this had happened in his backyard. He was currently in the Zichen Palace, looking at his nose and heart, standing motionless in a remote corner in a daze.
Above the court hall, all the Gong Gong princes were present.
The ministers of the Sixth Ministry, Mr. Yang of Zhongshu Province, as well as the civil servants who gave advice and the generals on duty, there were quite a few who were supposed to come, except for a few who asked for leave.
If you really don’t want to go to the Song Dynasty’s court meeting, you can ask for sick leave.
If someone is lazy and asks for leave five, six or seven times in a row, or even skips the court meeting for half a year, it is okay.
Of course, the premise is that your background is strong enough and you don't want to be impeached and lose your official position by the civil officials who are admonishing you.
The official still looked the same, sitting listlessly on the throne, yawning carelessly, obviously dissatisfied with the five-day court meeting.
"In the official family, I have a written notice. I want to impeach the prefect of the capital, Li Xiuyuan, Mr. Li."
An admonishing civil servant said: "There are many rumors in the capital that in order to solve the assassination case of Fang Shengyu, Mr. Li turned a deer into a horse and confused right and wrong. He forcibly identified a little maid in the Fang Mansion as the murderer, and even beat her into submission.
Case closed.”
"I also impeached Li Xiuyuan for corruption, perverting the law, and disregarding human life. Many families in the market were raided and arrested by Mr. Li because of the Wutongjiao case. As a result, the families were destroyed and the people were in dire straits. Last night, he personally led troops to surround Ruyifang. Therefore,
He caused dozens of lives and asked the officials to punish Li severely.
Xiuyuan, remove him from office and investigate." Another civil official said.
"Last night, I was in Ruyi Square and can testify." Huang Shilang nodded in agreement.
Li Xiuyuan's eyelids moved slightly in the corner, and he had already expected that many people would impeach him at this court meeting.
"Oh. Is this really true?"
The official raised his eyelids slightly and asked as if he was not surprised.
Immediately, Mr. Yan Kuan from the Six Gates stood up and scolded: "Guan Jia, I think this is nonsense. The assassination of Fang Shengyu was originally committed by Wang Erxi, a demon from the Wutong Sect. This person disguised himself as a woman and sneaked in."
Fang Mansion, seeking wealth and murder, Mr. Li found out his identity and arrested him, the evidence
It is conclusive, and there is no room for sophistry. Here are the files on the case, as well as Wang Erxi's confession paper. If any of you don't believe me, you can go to the cell with six doors to interrogate him in person."
"I also agree with Lord Yan's statement. The case has been concluded. According to the law, Wang Erxi should be executed. The list has been shown to the officials. The hearsay of these gentlemen cannot be trusted."
"Indeed, the case has been settled, so why argue? Mr. Li's speed in solving the case should be commended."
Several other unknown civil servants actually stood up and spoke favorably for Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan glanced at it, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He knew that Fang Shengyu was definitely not involved in Wang Erxi's case. There were several officials in the capital involved, and those who helped speak were probably at Wang Erxi's expense.
Bar.
If he continues to investigate, he will definitely reveal all the details of Wang Erxi's case.
Anyway, Fang Shengyu's family has been killed, so he doesn't need to worry about other people's reputation.
"Well, the case of Fang Shengyu's assassination ends here. Li Aiqing solved the case quickly and deserves a reward. He will give him a jade belt, a pair of Ruyi, and ten pieces of brocade." The official waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, official." Li Xiuyuan stood up and bowed his hands in salute.
"But what did Mr. Li say about the Ruyifang incident yesterday?" Huang Shilang scolded sternly, "Are the lives of dozens of people just ignored?"
Li Xiuyuan said: "Those people were not killed by my official, but by the big thief Shi Hu. When the official family and the Nine Mountains King Li Liangjin rebelled, this big thief Shi Hu was the leader of one of the thieves. Now he is fleeing the capital with the intention of colluding with the Wutong Sect."
The minister did not dare to be careless because of the suspicion of treason, so he was suspected of overstepping his bounds and dispatched
The police officers from the six gates, as well as twenty of my personal soldiers, and General Yaksha assisted, surrounded Ruyifang and killed him."
When he heard this, the Imperial Master waiting beside the dragon chair narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes flickered.
Shi Hu is dead?
Although he had received the news very early, he did not think that the old Black Mountain demon would be wiped out so easily, but after yesterday there was indeed no breath of Shihu.
Let's just consider him dead for now.
"The official family, I believe that Shi Hu was guilty of rebellion and his crime is unforgivable. Now that he has been wiped out, it is a great achievement. The casualties are inevitable."
At this time, Fu Tianchou, the Minister of War, stood up and said: "Even if the merits are equal to the faults, I feel that the merits outweigh the faults."
"Hmph, you are Li Xiuyuan's father-in-law, so you naturally speak for him. Do you need to mobilize so many troops to deal with a thief? What about the suspicion of trespassing? The people from the six gates plus my own soldiers, and Yaksha
The general's troops already number several hundred, and two people must be mobilized in the capital.
To mobilize hundreds of men and horses requires the order of you, the Minister of War, and to mobilize five hundred men and horses requires the official's will."
"Li Xiuyuan has mobilized more than two hundred men, but the officials don't know about it. Mr. Fu, you didn't stop it. I wonder how Mr. Fu can explain this?" A civil servant snorted coldly.
Li Xiuyuan took a glance and saw that this civil servant was actually the person who paid homage to Fang Shengyu that day. Later, it seemed that Fang Shengyu fainted from fright because Fang Shengyu had been faked by his magic.
I guess I still feel resentful and want to take revenge.
So petty.
At this time, Mr. Yang of Zhongshu Province also took the opportunity to stand up and said: "I also believe that Mr. Li has contributed to the extermination of Shi Hu, but the crime of arrogance is not small, especially in the use of weapons. According to the imperial law, he should be dismissed from his official position and permanently
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"Master Yang, he is working for the imperial court and has investigated this case. The transfer of the six gates at this moment was approved by the officials before. It cannot be said that he is using weapons in the capital." Fu Tianchou's face was dark and angry.
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Mr. Yang said: "It is precisely because of the official's permission that I believe that Mr. Li's action should balance the merits and demerits, and neither investigation nor reward will be given."
As soon as these words came out, Fu Tianchou's expression became slightly better.
But Li Xiuyuan looked calm and unmoving, because he understood that if someone really wanted to deal with him, he would definitely not use such a small crime.
"In this way, according to what Yang Aiqing said, the merits and demerits offset each other." Guan Jia said.
Although the civil officials were fierce in impeachment, Li Xiuyuan was not afraid of being distorted by his shadow. The impeachment was ineffective and had no substantive effect. It can only be said that it was just a means of civil officials.
Just like eating and sleeping, you can impeach someone a few times if you don't like them, and if they don't like you, impeach them a few more times. Anyway, you won't suffer any loss for fun.
"Fortunately, we settled the group of scholars yesterday. If those scholars came to the court today to remonstrate and jointly submit a letter, the situation would definitely become out of control." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.
It can be said that this invisible crisis has been resolved.
A seemingly dangerous court meeting ended in an anticlimax.
Although Li Xiuyuan was impeached, he was rewarded in the end and he was fine.
However, after the court meeting was over, he was not in a hurry to leave, but planned to take this opportunity to go to Daojun's temple to retrieve the Book of Life and Death.
But after some inquiries, I found out that Daojun's temple was in the harem of the imperial city.
This made him a little embarrassed.
The harem is where the emperor's queen and concubines live. No one else is allowed to enter or leave the palace, unless the emperor gives permission.
But just as Li Xiuyuan was walking and thinking, a eunuch suddenly hurried from somewhere and said, "Is it Mr. Li?"
"Huh?" Li Xiuyuan subconsciously became wary when he saw the eunuch, but then he went to recognize the eunuch. He was actually the man who sent the beautiful girl to the palace last time. He had also bribed him with a few Dongzhu.
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"It turns out it's my father-in-law from last time. I wonder if you have anything to do with me?"