Chapter 150: Wen's Injustice Case Finally Revealed
Yizhou is only three hundred miles away from the imperial city, so Ximen Yourong's letter was delivered to the imperial city in no time.
When Dongling Yuanyong received Ximen Yourong's letter, although he didn't have any hope that she would tell him long words of love about her longing for him. But... Anhao... with just two words, did she save too much ink?
Already?
What's more, did he ask her to write a letter back because he didn't know she was well?
She had been in Yizhou for half a month, and this was her first letter to him, but he was really loved and angry at the same time! He loved her true temperament, and was even more angry with her true temperament!
He knew that she was very busy and hardworking in Yizhou. He knew almost everything about how she worked hard for the people every day.
Knowing that she didn't even have time to eat or sleep, he really wanted to rush to Yizhou immediately to be tired and hungry with her!
However, he had to let her wait a little longer. When he finished Wen's case and appeased everyone in the imperial city, he would immediately go to Yizhou to rescue the people with her!
Regarding the Wen family's case, he had nothing to investigate. Although he did not waste time to continue to investigate the final truth. But in fact, he knew everything he should know. Wu Jiayi was not the person who harmed the Wen family at all.
He could not bear to solve the case for so long, but he was just waiting for the "real culprit" of the Wen family massacre to take the initiative to take the blame.
However, his patience has run out! If the "real murderer" does not come forward to confess his crime, and Wu Jiayi firmly takes the blame, he will always give an explanation to the world, especially Wen Yuyin!
But it is impossible for him to convict Wu Jiayi as the principal culprit knowing that he is not the principal culprit. It is even less possible for him to let the truly guilty person go free. Otherwise, what is the point of reversing the case for Wen's family?
Dongling Yuanyong, who was sitting in the study at this time, was anxious to find Ximen Yourong, but when he thought of Wen's case, he finally frowned and told Eunuch Cao:
"Bring Wu Xingxu here!"
Eunuch Cao was not too surprised, he immediately explained. In less than an hour, Wu Xingxu had arrived in front of Dongling Yuanyong.
After he knelt down and bowed, Dongling Yuanyong did not let him stand up, but deliberately asked him to continue kneeling.
Wu Xingxu was half-crouched, so no one could see or know what he was thinking at this time.
However, Dongling Yuanyong didn't care what he was thinking. He looked at Wu Xingxu who was kneeling on the ground and said straight to the point with a cold tone:
"Sir Wu, your eldest son pleaded guilty to frame up the Wen clan and committed a wrongful death. Mr. Wu, how do you think I should convict him? Or should I order the destruction of your Wu clan to give the Wen clan the innocence and justice they deserve?"
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After Dongling Yuanyong's words fell, Wu Xingxu's body trembled obviously. I don't know if it was because of his weakness or because of fear that his body fell further to the ground in silence and did not dare to raise his head!
"Master Wu, I am asking you something, why don't you answer? Or do you have nothing to say and are you really prepared to watch your son die?"
Dongling Yuanyong's voice was even colder, and he even slapped the table with his hand to show his anger.
Wu Xingxu finally sat up slowly and stood up. Although he looked at Dongling Yuanyong with fear, he also looked at death. With slightly trembling hands, he took out a piece of rice paper folded several times and filled with words from his chest.
He raised his head above his head and leaned down and said:
"Your Majesty, the injustice of the Wen family has nothing to do with my son. Everything is the crime committed by me. I have written down the crime I committed in detail. Please read it for your majesty!"
It's not that Wu Xingxu doesn't want to struggle anymore, but that he has nothing left to struggle for.
He originally wanted to ask his brother-in-law, You Zhongru, to come forward to settle the matter. Because after the Wen family was framed and destroyed by him, You Zhongru knew that there were doubts about the Wen family's annihilation, but he not only chose to remain silent, but also responded with the final words
You quickly extinguished other voices of doubt. You Zhongru made everyone agree that it was the late emperor's will.
Therefore, even if someone has doubts about the result of the Wen clan's genocide, they dare not ask more seriously, otherwise it will be like holding the late emperor accountable!
Less than a year later, Wu Xingxu certainly never dreamed that the Wen family would still have a daughter alive, and that she would be brought before the current emperor, thus opening up this recently settled case.
His son took it upon himself to plead guilty. He thought he could turn things around on his own and prevent anything from happening to the Wu family.
However, it is no longer the Wen family’s daughter’s insistence that needs to be investigated to the end. Even the current emperor is looking after the Wen family’s daughter. How can he dare to compete with the emperor’s rights as a censor? What’s more, he has indeed maliciously framed the Wen family. This
If sin is covered up, it is no longer sin. If it is uncovered, how can he still deny it?
After struggling to the end, he finally went to find You Zhongru. But he didn't expect that before he could speak, You Zhongru coldly stopped his request for help and said:
"If you want to mention Mr. Wen's case, you can save it. The reason why I let you in at this time is just to advise you..." You Zhongru looked at Wu Xingxu coldly: "Repay what is due, at least.
It is also possible to save the Wu family and your innocent son."
"Sister...brother-in-law?"
Wu Xingxu's heartbeat quickened, and You Zhongru's words clearly implied something.
"Do you think I don't know what you have done? I didn't hold you accountable at the beginning, just because I didn't want to cause trouble when the new emperor returned. Now, I don't want to have anything to do with it. Your Wu family will end up like this.
The outcome is entirely up to the Holy One to decide!"
When You Zhongru said this, he actually understood it very well. He had long known what Wu Xingxu had done to the Wen family.
However, the government and the public at that time were indeed in chaos and unrest, and given his status as the first meritorious official of the new emperor, if he had a righteous intention to kill relatives and expose Wu Xingxu's crimes, the You family, who was related to the Wu family by marriage, would also be affected to some extent.
Since the Wen family survived and perished due to a combination of circumstances, You Zhongru would naturally choose to act as if he didn't know anything and keep silent in order to calm the matter. After all, the Wu family was also his in-laws' family.
But now that the Holy One is personally intervening on the Wen family's case, no matter how you look at it, he wants to get to the bottom of it.
In this situation, You Zhongru, who has been an official for many years, knows very well what is the official way of "avoiding disaster to protect oneself".
The more sensitive relationships come to him for shelter, the more he has to stay away from them, otherwise it won't be a problem to accidentally endanger the fish pond.
You Zhongru's determination extinguished Wu Xingxu's last hope, but it was his son Wu Jiayi who finally forced him to decide to plead guilty!
His son knew clearly that it was he, the father, who had committed the crime, but he was determined to take the blame for him! How could a father really trade his son's life for his own?
Moreover, Dongling Yuanyong was delayed in making the final judgment. In fact, he also guessed that there must be a reason.
Among them, the most likely possibility is that the fact that his son is not the real murderer has been known to Dongling Yuanyong.
Therefore, it is not that the Holy One does not make the final judgment, he is just waiting for the real murderer!
Now it seems that his guess was not wrong, Dongling Yuanyong was indeed waiting for the real murderer...or perhaps waiting for him to surrender!
After Dongling Yuanyong read the confession written by Wu Xingxu himself, he had no unnecessary nonsense and simply ordered Wu Xingxu to be detained on the spot and sent to prison.
At the same time, Wu Jiayi, who had been in prison for many days, was released, but his official position was suspended!
On the same day, Wen Junyin entered the palace again to meet Dongling Yuanyong. Dongling Yuanyong handed Wu Bingwen's "self-confession letter" to her for her to read.
After Wen Yingyin read it, she was much calmer than Dongling Yuanyong expected. At least she didn't hide her anger like she did at the beginning.
Dongling Yuanyong saw that she was silent, so he spoke:
"Miss Wen, the source of the Wen family's grievances has been revealed. I promised to give you justice to the Wen family. However, although Wu Xingxu caused your family to die in vain, I will not order the entire Wu family to be convicted as a way to repay you the Wen family.
It's fair. But I will do my best to satisfy you!"
Wen Yingyin remained silent. After a while, she sighed deeply with relief, and two lines of tears fell with the end of her sigh. But she quickly wiped away the tears on her face, and then faced Dongling
Yuan Yong knelt down and said:
"Daughter of the people, thank His Majesty for His grace! I once wished that the lives of the Wu family could be exchanged for mine to relieve the hatred in my heart. But for some reason, to this day, I no longer feel that taking the lives of the Wu family can change anything.
On the contrary, it may also become a shackles for my whole life. Your Majesty can uphold justice for me, Wenshi, and I can know the truth about my Wenshi being wronged. I am actually very satisfied. It’s just..."
The tears that Wen Gongyin had just wiped away fell again. She never thought that the reason why Wu Xingxu wanted to kill Wen was because he had a grudge against her father because of the many differences between him and her father.
In addition, her eldest brother married the daughter of the Shang family, whom Wu Jiayi fell in love with, which made the gap between the Wen family and the Wu family even deeper.
She always thought that it was Wu Jiayi who had a grudge against his eldest brother and was ruthless. However, she didn't want to think that it was Wu Xingxu who was ruthless and grudge against the Wen family.
Although it is incredible, it is also difficult to understand that one person's evil heart can actually harm a whole family because of mutual estrangement and festivals.
But the fact is that the Wen family, a great Confucian family, was tragically destroyed for such a ridiculous reason. This makes Wen Gongyin feel even more unjust and painful...!
But she has ascended to heaven, and even if she can take revenge as much as she wants, she can't get back the life of a loved one.
The day after Wu Xingxu took the initiative to plead guilty, Dongling Yuanyong ordered the posting of Wu Xingxu's "self-incriminating statement" against the Wen family, and at the same time posted Dongling Yuanyong's own "self-incriminating statement".
The Wen family's case happened in the hands of the late emperor, but Dongling Yuanyong took all the blame for the oversight on himself, and he committed the crime in his own name against the Wen family who died in vain!
In addition, he also ordered the restoration of the title of the Wen family as a great Confucian family. The Dongling family will record this case for generations to remember for Dongling descendants not to kill innocent people indiscriminately!
As for the Wu family's punishment order, Wu Xingxu was sentenced to death to appease the Wen family's grievances. All officials in the Wu family were stripped of their official hats and were not allowed to serve as officials in the court for generations. In other words, the Wu family was deprived of nobility.
Status, demoted to civilians!
At this point, although the hatred engraved in Wen Gongyin's bones is difficult to eradicate, it cannot be forgotten!
But Dongling Yuanyong's unjust judgment of the Wen family was beyond her imagination, which still made her feel grateful. She believed that her relatives could rest in peace if they had known about it, right?