"What do you do? This is a holy chariot. No one can approach it." A forbidden soldier walked over and pushed the man.
"The common people have grievances. Your Majesty, please make the decision for the common people." The man ignored the forbidden soldier and continued to kneel down.
Seeing this, the imperial guards were also a little angry, and their hands became stronger.
Unexpectedly, this man was stronger and grabbed the imperial soldier's wrist and pushed him out.
Seeing this scene, many Imperial Guards rushed out, surrounded him, and attacked the Imperial Guards. This was a serious crime.
When the man saw that he was surrounded, his face was filled with panic.
He gritted his teeth, and after some mental struggle, he continued to kneel down in the direction of Bai Yutian.
Bai Yutian's trip was to inspect the construction of Qizhou City Academy. On the one hand, he monitored the progress of the academy, and on the other hand, he prayed for the academy.
This massive trip naturally attracted the attention of many people.
Although the action was hasty, the news had already spread.
The man didn't know where he got the news that Bai Yutian was coming to Qizhou City.
This was undoubtedly a huge surprise to him.
Bai Yutian was a little curious when he saw the situation in front of him, so he asked Dian Wei to go forward and check it out.
Not long after, Dian Wei came back and said, "Your Majesty, there is a commoner in front of you who says he has a grievance and begs your Majesty to make the decision for him."
Dian Wei said truthfully, which immediately made Bai Yutian interested.
Since ancient times, unjust, false and wrongful convictions have never ceased.
In the struggle between the government and the people, the people are generally in a weak position, and their own interests are usually harmed when officials protect each other.
Although Bai Yutian calls himself a tyrant, he also knows the power of the common people.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.
Therefore, Bai Yutian is very forgiving towards these common people.
"Bring this person up." Bai Yutian said loudly.
Since he dares to accuse him, Bai Yutian will have to interrogate him carefully, and maybe he can catch a few more corrupt officials.
"Your Majesty," the man said in a panic.
Although he was well prepared before coming, when he actually saw Bai Yutian, his body inevitably became nervous, and he even stuttered a bit when speaking.
"If you have any grievances, feel free to tell them. As long as the situation is true, I will definitely make the decision for you." Bai Yutian said calmly, looking directly at the man.
"Yes." After the man calmed down as quickly as possible, he said to Bai Yutian: "Your Majesty, the common man's name is Guan Zheng, and his parents both work in the mines..."
Qizhou has many mineral veins, especially gold-iron veins.
The weapons and tokens of the royal family are all made of amethyst cold iron produced in Qizhou.
In the entire Zhou Dynasty, only Qizhou produced this metal. Moreover, the largest vein of this metal was located in Qizhou City.
The rarity and characteristics of cold iron determine its high value.
It can be said that this cold iron ore vein can almost feed and drink the people of a small town for a lifetime.
Guan Zheng's parents worked in a cold iron mine.
Cold iron is specially dedicated to the royal family, so its production and polishing require specialized personnel to conduct statistics.
Guan Zheng's parents are both honest people who have worked hard all their lives and want to save some money so that their son and daughter can live a good life.
However, one day, a batch of cold iron produced from the mine was mysteriously lost.
There are about twenty pieces in this batch, and the largest one is as big as an adult.
These cold irons are all sent to the royal family. Even if one piece is lost, it will be a big deal and will involve many people, not to mention so many pieces.
At that time, the person in charge of the mine began to hold people accountable and at the same time searched for the missing cold iron.
What's outrageous is that the person in charge of the mine actually found Guan Zheng's parents and said that they had lost the cold iron.
Guan Zheng's parents were honest, diligent and conscientious. They had worked in the mines for decades and never neglected anything.
However, the person in charge of the mine decided that it was Guan Zheng's parents who were responsible, and reported it directly, saying that the loss of Han Tie was entirely their responsibility, and they were to be executed.
This cold iron vein is in charge of the Zhao family of Qizhou City. They have a very high status in Qizhou City, and they dare not offend the Qizhou Prefect and the lord of Qizhou City too much.
Guan Zheng has a younger sister named Guan Xin. The two of them went to the City Lord's Mansion and the Zhao family to inquire about the situation and prove their innocence.
As a result, not only was Guan Xin's innocence unproven, but Guan Xin was kidnapped by the dandy second young master of the Zhao family and made a concubine.
Guan Xin couldn't bear the insult and hanged herself directly.
As for Guan Zheng, he continued to report to the Yamen, the city lord's palace and the prefect, but there was no response.
If it weren't for Bai Yutian's inspection this time, I'm afraid he would have been desperate.
After hearing this, Bai Yutian and others all looked angry.
This kind of behavior is simply extremely bad.
At the same time, Bai Yutian also recalled a memory.
He did review this memorial before, just before going to Hidden Sword Villa.
The loss of cold iron is not a small matter for the royal family.
At that time, it was because some people said that Han Tie was lost only because of the workers' mistakes, and the Zhao family should not be implicated, so the memorial was filed.
Now it seems that the investigation was somewhat arbitrary.
Bai Yutian felt a little uncomfortable. He felt that it was his negligence in committing suicide that led to this incident.
Therefore, Bai Yutian still felt a little guilty about Guan Zheng.
"Guan Zheng, don't worry, I will definitely investigate and clear your parents and sister's innocence." Bai Yutian said firmly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Guan Zheng kowtowed crazily and thanked Bai Yutian.
Bai Yutian had someone pull Guan Zheng up, then placed him in the team and entered Qizhou City together.
After entering Qizhou City, Bai Yutian plans to try the case himself.
Originally, Bai Yutian came to Qizhou City to inspect the academy, but secretly to investigate the Tianlao case.
Now, a cold iron case has been temporarily added.
The next day, everyone came to Qizhou City.
Qizhou City is a magnificent city. In terms of scale, it is not inferior to Tailin City. In terms of prosperity, it is as good as Tailin City.
As soon as he arrived here, Bai Yutian went straight to the Yamen of Qizhou City. As for the prefect and relatives of the emperor who came to see him, they were all blocked out.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
In the yamen, a fat man in blue robe stood in front of Bai Yutian, trembling all over, and stammered.
He is the prefect of Qizhou City Yamen, Zhao Anping.
He knew that Bai Yutian was coming to Qizhou City, but he never expected that Guan Zheng would go directly to Bai Yutian.
Although he didn't know the reason for the loss of the cold iron from the mine, he could guess that it probably had nothing to do with Guan Zheng's parents.
However, this Hantie incident is too serious, and if it is really pursued, many people may be implicated.
Maybe even he, the prefect, will be implicated.
Therefore, using Guan Zheng's parents as a scapegoat is something that everyone is willing to see.