Although this thought flashed across his mind, he quickly rejected it.
Even if there is no Han Ziyi, there will be others.
Shu Zuoxiang and others had already shown their wolfish ambitions when they bewitched his imperial grandmother to control his father.
How could they let him go so easily?
You must know that without his father, he, the prince, can still ascend the throne and become emperor, and he is not under their control.
Moreover, their foundation back then was not that deep.
How can it be so easy to uproot them now?
Now we can only take one step at a time and disintegrate their power bit by bit.
Besides, Chu Ximo took Zhai and Chu Yi and rode fast horses to the capital.
Because I had to hurry, I took the shortcut instead of taking the official road.
Unexpectedly, when passing by a village, I was shocked by the painful crying coming from every house.
"Zhai, go and inquire and find out what's going on!"
"Yes, Master!"
After Zhai left, Chu Ximo looked up at the scorching sun hanging in the sky. Heart-wrenching cries could be heard in his ears, and he felt irritable for no reason.
This place is close to Chushi Mountain. Could there be something wrong there?
Chu Stone Mountain, as its name suggests, is a mountain made entirely of stones. The stone bars, stones and other objects in Da Chu all come from there.
There are continuous stone mountains with very few trees on the mountains. Each mountain is composed of a big stone.
If Yan Shiqing were there, he would definitely sigh that this mountain is like a modern Huashan Mountain.
It's just that they are rarer and taller than the trees in Huashan.
Zhai came back less than half an hour later, but when he came back, his face was gloomy: "Master, the crying just now was because someone died in the family."
When Chu Ximo heard this, he frowned: "Since he is dead, why are there so many people crying? Could it be that he is a highly respected person?"
Zhai gritted his teeth and said: "He is not a man of high moral character, but a strong laborer. More than half of the entire village was killed or injured."
When Chu Ximo heard that it was a strong laborer, he knew something was wrong and hurriedly motioned for him to continue.
"This place is close to Chushi Mountain. It is said that since last year, the local county magistrate has forcibly recruited young and strong laborers from nearby villages to mine stones, in the name of being requisitioned by the court. The reason why I cried bitterly was because two people were carrying a stone down the mountain a few days ago.
At that time, he accidentally fell and the person died on the spot. The stone hit the gravel at the foot of the mountain. When the gravel jumped up, many people who were carrying the stone out at the foot of the mountain were injured. Many people were hit directly on the head.
They died on the spot. Many people were seriously injured. When the local county magistrate found out, he not only refused to provide any comfort or compensation, but also directly had the bodies burned. The seriously injured people were also forcibly taken away and burned.
After his death, his family members wanted to seek justice, but they were beaten violently..."
When Zhai said the last part, he couldn't say anything anymore. He was so deserted when he thought about it. At this time, his eyes were red and his hands were clenched into fists.
When Chu Ximo heard this, his expression changed: "Who is the local magistrate?"
For the construction of canals and embankments, the imperial court did say that stones would be mined, but this was not the case at all.
Regarding the mining of stones and iron ore, Dachu has a special set of regulations.
This county magistrate's move has seriously violated those laws. As long as the evidence is solid, he can be beheaded directly without going through the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple.
Just by listening to what Zhai said, he could list the four major crimes.
The first is to forcibly requisition the common people; one of the laws of Dachu states that no forced conscription is allowed. Except for heavy-duty prisoners, the requisition of the common people must be voluntary. Of course, for those common people, the court will also provide appropriate supplies every year
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Second, they devoured the money allocated by the court to supply workers who mined stones; since they were forced to quarry, they would definitely not give money, so where did the money allocated by the court go?
Third, they ignored human life. After the accident, they not only failed to report it, but also directly ordered people to burn the bodies and the seriously injured people who survived. This is inhumane and inhumane.
Fourth, instead of appeasing the family members, they beat them up. This is repression with force.
Who gave him the courage? A mere county magistrate dared to do something so outrageous to both humans and gods.
"My subordinates don't know, so they have to go and investigate!"
When Chu Ximo heard the words, he pondered for a moment, looked at Chu Yi, and said: "It's okay if I don't know about this matter. Since I know it, there is no reason to ignore it. On Chu Yi, you send a letter back to the capital and report this matter to my father.
The emperor and the emperor brother. I will stay here to investigate this matter. As for the matter of receiving the extra messenger, I will let my father find someone else."
"Yes, Master!"
In Yangjia Village, Yan Chunyan was dumbfounded when she heard the news from Ruanjiakeng that her mother had taken Xuezhi to the capital and asked Xuezhi to assume Shiqing's identity.
How could it be possible? Her mother didn't hate the Marquis of Zhenguo so much that she took Xuezhi with her and pretended to be Shiqing.
What on earth is going on? How could her mother agree? Does she want to die?
Xiangxing stomped her feet angrily, looked at her mother and father, and shouted loudly: "Look, look, you have to go find them. If it weren't for mother, you would have to go find someone, they
How could you use the name of your sister as a miracle doctor to go around in that county, and then plan with those people with evil intentions to go to the capital? Now, we are really going to be killed by them. And all this is because of you, mother.
So stupid."
The hatred in Xiangxing's heart was that her sister had not wanted them to go to Yan Xuezhi in every possible way, but her mother was so crazy that she couldn't bear that her grandmother and uncle, who were so old, had to wander outside.
Look, are you killing yourself now?
What kind of temperament does Yan Xuezhi have? She has a good reputation.
She dared to bet that within half a year, Yan Xuezhi would definitely die, and her family would be affected as well.
For someone like Madam, who only has one breath left in the capital to show up here, what does Yan Xuezhi mean? She doesn't care how much she weighs.
Yan Chunyan came back to her senses, looked at Ruan Feng who was covering his head in silence, sighed, and said: "Brother Feng, go and explain this matter clearly to your father. For the sake of our family, and for the sake of the Ruan family.
The Ruan family next to us must do what Taozi said. Otherwise, when it happens, it will not be a matter of life and death for our family, but for the entire Ruanjiakeng villagers."
Yan Chunyan endured the pain in her heart and said these words.
Not only does she have to break off the relationship with her mother, but she also has to let her father-in-law/uncle break off the relationship with her mother, otherwise the nobles in the capital will really be implicated if they get angry.xdw8
They are just ordinary people with no power, and those noble people can kill them with just one word.
If they persist in delaying it, what awaits them is to bear the wrath of those nobles with their lives.