Chapter 72 Your Majesty, the old minister has been wronged
Chapter 72
Zheng Zhongqi sat in his own limited-edition sedan, all the way to the palace gate. Here he changed to a small sedan carried by two people, and continued walking inside.
The palace is a forbidden area for the royal family. Theoretically, you are not allowed to wear swords, ride horses, or sit in sedan chairs. There are exceptions for everything. The emperor will also grant some people the right to ride in sedan chairs in the palace to show the emperor's great favor.
Zheng Zhongqi, Cao Yansheng, Dong Qingshu, and Liu Xian, two or four ministers of Gu Ming, all have this honor.
It was said to be a sedan chair, but it was just a chair carried by two people. Zheng Zhongqi was sitting on it, thinking about how to meet the saint later.
"My lord?"
Cao Yansheng's voice sounded from behind: "It's so early today."
Cao Yansheng also sat in a small sedan carried by two people and greeted Zheng Zhongqi.
Zheng Zhongqi exchanged greetings, and the two of them drove together. Suddenly, Cao Yansheng lowered his voice: "Have you heard?"
Zheng Zhongqi's heart skipped a beat and he thought, maybe Cao Yansheng already knew about that incident.
Could there be any involvement of his in this matter?
The more Zheng Zhongqi thought about it, the more complicated it became, but the information he had in front of him was too little, and he couldn't see any clues. There was only a burst of cold sweat on his forehead.
"My lord, are you feeling unwell?" Cao Yansheng asked.
"Ha, I just didn't sleep well last night and am a little tired now." Zheng Zhongqi said, "By the way, what did Uncle Guo say just now?"
"What else could it be? Bailong Temple in the north of the city." Cao Yansheng clapped his thigh and said, "I heard that the Blue Immortal has refined a new medicine. After taking it, it can regain its glory and make the golden gun invincible. Lord Guo, you
If you feel a little weak, you can send someone to ask for help."
Zheng Zhongqi wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Haha, my health is very good, I'm not weak at all."
All the way to the inner palace of the palace, the emperor was discussing matters with Dong Qingshu and Liu Xianer. In fact, it was the two of them who were talking. The emperor listened with open ears. He was still immersed in the world of immortals he yearned for, looking forward to the imperial meeting.
Finish it early and you can pull out the Immortal Notes from under the table.
Zheng Zhongqi and Cao Yansheng got off the sedan at the same time. They had just crossed the threshold. Before Cao Yansheng could react, Zheng Zhongqi had already taken a few steps and fell to his knees with a plop. Suddenly, he burst into tears and kept saying: "I'm wronged, I'm wronged."
Dong Qingshu and the other three looked at each other, completely confused as to what was going on. They saw Zheng Zhongqi kneeling there, crying so sadly that his tears fell to the ground as if they were free of charge.
Liu Qubing was probably confused about what was going on, and suddenly a feeling of disgust arose in his heart.
The official document handed over by Baihu County was pressed in front of him. Liu Qubing had already thought about how to deal with it. Four words - leave it in but not publish it.
He pretended not to know about the matter and asked Zheng Zhongqi to deal with it privately. As time went by, the matter was gradually forgotten.
But unexpectedly, Zheng Zhongqi took the initiative to dig it out.
Today I took a deep breath and thought, I have retreated to this point, where do you want me to retreat to?
Do I have to give up this throne to you?
He stretched out his hand and forced a smile on his face: "Why are you wronged by Aiqing? Let me tell you slowly. Who in the entire Daqian can be wronged by Zheng Guogong?"
Zheng Zhongqi wiped his tears with a handkerchief and sighed: "It's a long story at this time. Your Majesty also knows that the old subjects are suffering. They only have a son when they are old, and they can barely continue the fireworks of my Zheng family."
Dong Qingshu and the three of them all curled their lips and thought to themselves, you only said that you have one son, why didn't you mention that you have more than a dozen wives and dozens of daughters.
This man has no face at all.
I saw Zheng Zhongqi continue to say: "Although the dog is naughty, he has a heart for the country and the king, and voluntarily went to the bitter and cold place at the border. Just as he was about to return to the capital to return to his life, there was a heavy rain, and a fisherman fell into the flood.
, he was about to die. The dog ignored the danger and risked his life to save him. Who knew that the people's hearts would change, and that family would actually be very vicious..."
"What happened next?" Cao Yansheng cheered.
"Later, they tried to steal Quanzi's property and even poisoned the food. Fortunately, Quanzi was alert and escaped with his life. Unexpectedly, the fisherman falsely accused Quanzi and colluded with the local magistrate to imprison Quanzi.
middle."
"What?"
"Why did this happen?"
“Unbelievable!”
Dong Qingshu and the three of them spoke to each other with incredible expressions written all over their faces.
Although they felt guilty, it was impossible for this matter to be as Zheng Zhongqi said.
You don’t know what your Zheng family is like.
"Oh, is this really the case?" Liu Qubing's expression was not as surprised as the others. He said, "I have never heard of this at all."
He had already read the official document from Baihu County, and it was completely different from what Zheng Zhongqi said. Liu Qubing naturally had his own judgment as to what the truth was.
"I wonder where your young master was arrested?" Cao Yansheng said.
"I never thought that there would be such evil officials with such evil hearts in the world."
"As ministers who care about life, this is our shame."
Zheng Zhongqi sighed and said, "It's in Baihu County."
"Huh?" Dong Qingshu frowned: "I seem to remember that the magistrate of Baihu County was appointed by His Majesty?"
Whoosh!
Several people looked towards the future.
Zheng Zhongqi sighed: "I beg your Majesty to make the decision for me and restore the dog's innocence. In this world, good people should not shed blood and shed tears."
Dong Qingshu and the others lamented in their hearts that Zheng Zhongqidao was so thick-skinned that it was unbelievable.
"Zheng Aiqing, please calm down. I feel bad when I hear you say that." Liu Qubing shook his head. What he said was indeed the truth.
Zheng Zhongqi acted like this because he wanted to ask for the emperor's oral instructions. If Liu Qubing relented, he would have the legitimacy of his operation.
However, Liu Qubing did not want to let go of this today.
Sixteen years old is the age of rebellion.
"How about we call someone from the six gates to find out the truth of the matter and then make plans?" Liu Qubing said.
Seeing that the emperor did not buy his face, Zheng Zhongqi felt uncomfortable. However, in front of other people, he could not refute. He wiped his tears symbolically and said: "I heard that there is a general in the Ministry of Punishment named Wu Shifei.
, why not just announce his arrival."
Wu Shifei works in the Ministry of Punishment, and his official position is the leader of the six doors.
He is actually Zheng Zhongqi's son. According to his seniority, he should be called Zheng Zhongqi's uncle.
Not long after, Wu Shifei trotted over, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to the emperor.
"Okay, no need to be polite. I think you already know why I came to you. I'm here to ask you why the Six Doors investigated this matter like this!"
"Your Majesty, I have already investigated clearly."
Wu Shifei raised his head and said: "When Mr. Zheng passed by Baihu County, the magistrate of Baihu County flattered him in every possible way, and even gave gold and silver to beautiful women, hoping to please Mr. Zheng and ask him to say a few good words for him. But Mr. Zheng was upright.
When he refused to accept the offer, the county magistrate became so angry that he falsely accused Mr. Zheng of murder. However, Mr. Zheng would rather break the law and even go to jail than agree to the magistrate's unreasonable request."
"Wow!"
Dong Qingshu and others opened their eyes wide. What Wu Shifei said was completely different from what Zheng Zhongqi said.
Zheng Zhongqi was also secretly annoyed. When he asked you to come over, all you had to do was answer that you didn't kill anyone. Who asked you to express yourself?