Emperor Mu Xuan ordered the Marquis of Lu to temporarily assume the position of pacifier of Northern Xinjiang. There were quite some objections in the court. However, Emperor Mu Xuan ordered this, and even if there were any objections, they passed away calmly.
Du Changshi quickly inquired about Mu Anzhi's instructions, and Du Changshi found it strange, "It's so strange that even someone who has nothing to do with the Lu family wants to get some credit, but there is no movement at all from the Lu family. I also checked
After looking at the descendants of Lu Guogong's family, none of them served in the Northern Xinjiang Army. Marquis Lu only brought his eldest son with him, and none of the other generals were named Lu."
Du Changshi continued to lament, "In the past, I only heard that the Marquis of Lu and the uncle and nephew of the Duke of Lu had little contact after their clan split, but I didn't know that they were so quarrelsome."
"Just know this matter well." Mu Anzhi thought of Li Yuhua who often advised him not to regard Lu Hou and Lu Guogong as his comrades. He thought of his old friend's credit for suppressing bandits in northern Xinjiang and was fully rewarded by Lu Hou.
In the court, it was obvious that he was a decent person, so he ordered Du Changshi to go and inquire about him.
Du Changshi reported another matter, "I have something to report back to Your Highness. The flower-picking thief who roamed the thirteen places of Shaanxi and Gansu died of cold in prison at the end of the year. This case does not need to be tried."
"How can you be so careless when committing such an important case?" Mu An said.
"The guard beat him twenty times and drove him out."
Mu Anzhi didn't say anything else, thinking that the criminal in this case was dead and there was no need to bother interrogating any more. He was discussing other case files with Du Changshi when the palace servant came to pass on Emperor Mu Xuan's oral instructions:
Please come to the palace immediately to see Your Majesty, Your Highness.
The Liubu Yamen is located on Zhushi Street outside the palace wall. It only takes a moment to enter the palace. There is nothing important at hand at the moment. Mu Anzhi did not delay, just pushed the file and followed the chamberlain.
As soon as he arrived at the Imperial Study Room, he saw the Second Prince kneeling upright in the corridor. The weather was not good today, and the cold wind blew thin raindrops that wetted his hair and robes. Mu Anzhi passed by the Second Prince and entered the Imperial Study Room directly.
Emperor Mu Xuan sent a message to Mu Anzhi, "The wall at the North City Gate is broken. Please take someone to have a look and report back to me."
Mu Anzhi was a little puzzled and asked, "If that section of the city wall wasn't just repaired last year, how could it be broken?"
As soon as he spoke, Emperor Mu Xuan's gloomy expression became increasingly clouded, and Mu Anzhi understood the reason why the second prince was kneeling outside. He nodded, "Nothing else, I'll take someone over to check."
"Go ahead."
Mu Anzhi subsequently quit doing business. Even the prince had to sigh with emotion. In terms of the speed of handling the business, Mu Anzhi was really worthy of praise. He also had to advise Emperor Mu Xuan, "Father, calm down and wait until the third brother comes back to discuss the remaining matters. See if there is room for remediation."
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Emperor Mu Xuan was still angry, "I see that traitor will not give up until he pisses me off to death!"
"Father, I also know that these are angry words." The prince poured a cup of warm tea in a calm voice, and said in a calm voice, "It's not a good thing if something goes wrong right now. At least we know that the north city wall has not been repaired.
It can be remedied in time. As for why it has not been repaired, if there is corruption, just return the money and repair it again."
"It will take more than half a year to come and go." Emperor Mu Xuan took the tea and put it down on the table with a dull sound, "There is also the unsatisfactory thing about the second brother!"
"Whoever works as an errand has a smooth sailing. If my second brother can make progress in the future, it will be worth this lesson."
Emperor Mu Xuan was by no means a master of self-deception, and said coldly, "Originally, I thought he was more reliable than the third child, but now it seems that he is not even half as good as the third child!"
The third son has a bad temper and can choke Emperor Mu Xuan half to death from time to time. His popularity in the court is also limited, and all the cabinet officials have suffered from him. Normally, gods and ghosts are not close to him. But the third son has been on duty for more than a year and there has been no such thing.
Half an omission.
Even Emperor Mu Xuan would think of asking Mu Anzhi to investigate whenever something happened.
The raindrops were like threads, and when blown by the wind, they seemed a bit anxious.
Mu Anzhi held a sky-blue oilcloth umbrella and looked at the half-collapsed city wall with a big hole in it. He was stunned for a moment and asked the officers and soldiers guarding the damaged area, "When did this happen?"
The officers and soldiers wore oil-yellow hats and raincoats of the same color, and the raindrops rolled down the edge of the hats. The officers and soldiers respectfully replied, "I heard that it was an old farmer who was driving cattle and horses to deliver vegetables in the morning. The car was startled for some reason.
, the cow went crazy and hit the city wall with its head, causing the wall to collapse. The man has been locked up and taken to the Imperial Palace, and the cow has also been dragged away."
Mu Anzhi's eyes fell on the pieces of blue bricks and rocks on the ground that were washed away by the rain with only a faint trace of blood and red. His expression was unremarkable, and he nodded slightly at Doctor Zheng.
Zheng Langzhong raised his hand, and a group of people came forward with various items. Some people gathered the green bricks on the ground, some picked up earth and rocks and put them in their hands to twist and smell, and some servants held spears and stabbed them into the wall.
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In a short time, the Criminal Department completed the collection of evidence. Doctor Zheng whispered a few words in reply, and Mu Anzhi said to the officers and soldiers guarding him, "Guard this place well and don't let up."
"yes!"
The rain got worse after noon, and when Mu Anzhi took the memorial to the royal study to report back on the city wall investigation, the second prince still knelt down in the corridor, but his posture was not as straight as in the morning, and he was slightly rickety.
The memorial in the sleeve also has a bit of human body temperature, but the content inside is chilling to the heart. Mu Anzhi said in his heart, the second brother has been doing this since he was a child. He is still kneeling in the corridor, falling down.
It is better to kneel down in the wind and rain, so that Your Majesty can calm down earlier.
After reading the memorial, Emperor Mu Xuan became even more angry. He threw his hands on the ground and said in anger, "Let him go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment! He will be sentenced as he should be!"
Mu Anzhi stood motionless, and Emperor Mu Xuan was angry, "You are deaf!"
Mu Anzhi calmly replied, "The prince breaks the law and goes to Zongzheng Temple. The Ministry of Punishment does not care about the cases of members of the royal family."
The prince quickly broke up the fight and said, "Third brother, if you have nothing to do, go back to the Yamen first. Father, don't be angry. Fortunately, we have found out clearly. Now let's check for the deficiencies and make up for the mistakes."
Mu Anzhi Shiran returned to the Yamen to do some work. That afternoon, the case of repairing the North City Wall fell to the Ministry of Justice. Emperor Mu Xuan appointed Mu Anzhi to be the chief judge.
Li Yuhua also heard about this in the palace. The weather was not good in the morning, and there was rain for a while, which turned into fine pieces of ice in the afternoon. Li Yuhua looked at the sky through the glass window and held the palace lady in his hand.
The hand stove that was just presented said, "I also said that spring will hit the year before this year, so the weather will pick up early, and it will snow in the evening."
"No matter how early it is, it must be after the Lantern Festival." Empress Dowager Lan asked Li Yuhua with a smile if everything for the Lantern Festival was ready in the mansion.
"I prepared them all before the New Year. Just prepare the Lantern Festival for the Fourteenth Chef earlier." Li Yuhua told Empress Dowager Lan something about celebrating the festival, and then the chamberlain Lu came in to report, "It is said that His Highness is on a business trip."
Your Majesty, you have been kneeling outside the imperial study room since the morning, and you are still kneeling now. His Majesty Long Yan was furious, and the prince could not persuade him to stop, so he quietly sent someone over to the empress to report back. The prince said that the weather was getting colder and colder, and he was worried.
Your Highness has been suffering from illness after kneeling for a long time, and I would like to ask your Majesty to think of a way to prevent His Majesty from being too angry and damaging the dragon's body."
Queen Mother Lan quickly asked, "What mission made the emperor so angry?"
Waiter Lu replied, "It is said that this year there was an ox cart delivering food at the north gate. The ox hit the city wall and collapsed half of the city wall. This section of the city wall was just repaired by the Ministry of Works last year.
Your Majesty the Third Highness was ordered to inspect it and found that except for the first layer of blue bricks outside the city wall, there were many irregularities in the bricks and stones inside. His Majesty was furious because of this."
Empress Dowager Lan patted the armrest of the phoenix couch and said, "Why is this second child so ignorant? The same goes for the emperor, why bother getting angry about this? What's the use of making yourself angry?"
Li Yuhua wanted to step forward to persuade her, but she saw that Empress Dowager Lan didn't look like she wanted to be persuaded. Empress Dowager Lan said to Minister Lu, "Please come over and tell me that I have something to say to him."
Attendant Lu immediately went to invite Emperor Mu Xuan. Li Yuhua saw the opportunity and stood up, "Emperor Grandma, I will go back to the house first."
Empress Dowager Lan nodded and said to Li Yuhua, "Go back and tell Ashen that this case will be investigated in detail. The city wall is a city guarding fortress. If the city wall can be fooled, what else will the people below take care of? If things go on like this, what will happen?
Remarkable?"
"Don't worry, Grandma Huang, I know." Li Yuhua said happily and said goodbye and went home.
Li Yuhua went home and waited until it got dark before seeing Mu Anzhi holding an umbrella and returning home. Li Yuhua knelt down on the porch to greet him. Mu Anzhi threw the umbrella to Xiao Yi, swung it with his hem, walked two steps quickly and took Li Yuhua's hand, "Outside
It’s raining, don’t come out, you may catch a cold.”
"I'm wearing a cloak." Li Yuhua has always been in good health, and Grandma Sun has taken good care of her.
Mu An smiled, and the two of them went back to the house hand in hand. Li Yuhua saw that Mu An's skirt was wet and said, "I heard that you went to investigate the case of His Highness the Second Highness in the morning. Why didn't you send someone back home to get a replacement when your clothes got wet? They are so wet."
Wearing it for a day will make you stupid."
"It's just that there's some rain on the hem, it doesn't matter."
The maid had already brought warm cotton clothes and shoes. Mu Anzhi changed them with a smile and teased Li Yuhua, "You are so quick to get the news. Now you know about the second brother's case."
"That's not all. My father was so angry that the prince couldn't persuade him, so he sent someone to inform the emperor's grandmother." Li Yuhua tied the belt of his cotton robe, "The emperor's grandmother also asked me to tell you something else." Put Lan.
The Queen Mother repeated what she said and asked Mu Anzhi, "Is it serious?"
"If it wasn't serious, how could His Majesty get so angry?" Mu Anzhi asked, "Have you eaten well? I'm hungry."
"Okay. Let's eat together when you come back."
When Mu Anzhi took over the case, his subordinate Hua Chang Shi Huanli was a little worried. Without him, if this case was handled well, he would probably be known as a brotherly brother. If it was not handled well, he would not be able to gain favor. It was quite a dilemma.
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Mu Anzhi, on the other hand, had no distracting thoughts and focused solely on the trial of the case. As for other things, the relationship between the second prince and him was only average, and there was nothing to talk about. As for external evaluations, Mu Anzhi never cared about them.
However, Li Yuhua received a heavy gift from the second princess. Li Yuhua took the gift list but did not dare to accept it. She said in vain, "Second sister-in-law, don't worry, if it is not an important case, I will tell your highness that we are brothers.
Just pass it."
The second princess smiled softly, pushed the gift list back in front of Li Yuhua, and said softly, "The third brother and sister thought wrongly. These things are for the third brother and sister. I heard that the third highness has always been strict and fair in handling cases. If the third highness has any soft-heartedness, please third brother and sister.
It is necessary to persuade the Third Highness to be impartial and forthright in order to live up to the divine grace."
Li Yuhua was stunned.
"Second sister-in-law, you, you still..." You still remember the fact that His Highness had an extra room.
Li Yuhua only said half of what he said. The second princess took over the conversation and asked, "Should I forget?"
"That won't happen." Li Yuhua said in her heart, if it were her, she would remember it for the rest of her life.
The second princess laughed at herself, "Although I am slower, I am not an idiot. If a man doesn't have that person, even if there is that shameless woman who offers herself a pillow, she will refuse. I am lucky that I can see clearly now.
Third brother and sister, my natal family is quite prominent because of the royal grandmother, but now he is just an ordinary prince, yet he dares to humiliate me with his wife. If one day I really get the favor of my father, and once I succeed, I am afraid that the family will not be able to do it again.
There is no place for me to stand up! He is ordinary and dare not let me down even when he looks at my parents. I have never had great ambitions. In the future, if I count on my daughter and my son, I will never count on him!"
Li Yuhua looked at the thin cheeks of the second princess. The round cheeks in the past revealed a slightly pointed chin, and she vaguely looked like the Queen Mother Lan.
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