"Get out of the way! Get out of the way and let me in!" There was a noise in front of the palace gate, which disturbed Xia Jingyan who was taking a boring walk in the garden.
"What's the noise outside? Chao Ya, let's go take a look." Xia Jingyan became interested when he heard the noise, pulled Lu Chao Ya and left.
At the door, there was a group of guards blocking an old woman in tattered clothes and unkempt hair. There were many sword wounds and bruises on her exposed arms. Xia Jingyan was in better condition, but Lu Chaoya was scared when she saw it and looked away with a frown.
Go face.
More and more theatergoers gathered in front of Prince Xia's Mansion, and the guards became more and more anxious. Stop them. It would be heartbreaking to let the people see that the palace doesn't care about them. But don't stop them. They let one person in for no reason.
Prince's Mansion, what kind of rules are these! And this old woman keeps saying she wants to file a complaint. What kind of complaint is she going to file? If you have a complaint, go to Dali Temple to file a complaint. What's the point of going to the Prince's Mansion!
Just as the guards were sweating profusely, Xia Jingyan's voice was like a savior coming to the world.
"Let her in."
"I will see you, Princess." The guards immediately let go of their hands and knelt on one knee to salute Xia Jingyan.
As soon as the guards let go, the old woman lost her balance and fell to the ground. But before anyone could help her, the old woman got up again and walked to Xia Jingyan and knelt down.
"Please help this girl, please help this old woman. She is so old but has suffered such a serious crime and needs justice!" the old woman shouted loudly.
The guards looked at each other in confusion, not knowing whether to stop him or not. It was not until Xia Jingyan said anything that he breathed a sigh of relief.
"You go about your own business first."
"yes."
The guards all stood back to their original positions, and the people outside the palace gate were still stopping to watch, but judging from their posture, Xia Jingyan must be meddling in his own business today.
"Old Madam, please tell me how I can help you. If you have any grievances, you should go to Dali Temple to file a complaint. Why do you come to the palace?"
Who is the old woman?
"The old lady is suing Zhang Qing, the current Young Minister of Dali Temple! His crimes are extremely heinous, but none of us in the village can fight against him...he died of injuries, but the old lady refuses to accept this fate! Everyone knows that Prince Xia's Mansion is Qingming, Prince Xia
If you love the people, you must make the decision for the old woman and the people of this village! The girl looks unusually dressed, so she must be the daughter of a high-ranking official. Please help the old woman inform the prince and deal with that villain Zhang Qing!"
"Brother Wang is busy with government affairs and has no time to see you. If you can trust me, why don't you let Jing Yan come and hear what mistake Mr. Zhang made?"
The old woman slowly raised her head. This girl calls herself Jing Yan? Xia Jingyan, Princess Anning?!
"If you insist on going to Brother Wang, Jing Yan has no choice but to let you go. But Brother Wang will definitely act in accordance with the national law. No matter what mistakes Mr. Zhang Qing makes, he is a first-class official and follows the law.
The most that can be done is exile. If, as you just said, Mr. Zhang’s crime is so heinous and he is not punished with the death penalty, can you swallow this sigh of relief?”
Xia Jingyan continued to speak, and the old woman gradually became moved. Yes, Zhang Qing, if you don't die, how can you calm down the public anger?
Her capable brother is protecting her. If she is really willing to meddle in this matter, all nine clans will be wiped out.
"The old woman is willing to explain the details to the princess." The old woman prostrated to the ground again.
Xia Jingyan smiled when he saw this, and stepped forward to help the old woman up. All the people saw it.
The door of the palace was closed, the guards returned to their original positions, and the people dispersed one after another, all praising the palace and the princess for loving the people. If it were anywhere else, it would be easy for the old woman to break in like this, and even sweep out the house. Prince Xia's palace is better
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Xia Jingyan notified the guards to summon Zhao Qichen, and at the same time he took the old woman back to Yuqing Pavilion. Everyone else dispersed, leaving Xia Jingyan and the old woman alone in the room. After a while, Zhao Qichen came.
, and also brought Luo Bei, a small team leader from Tianzhu Pavilion.
Xia Jingyan saw that the old woman was wearing thin clothes, so he took a cloak and put it on the old woman. He asked the old woman to sit down, and then he took the main seat on the left side of the main hall. Zhao Qichen sat on the right, and Luobei stood with Zhao Qie.
Next to the minister, three people confronted the old woman.
"When Jing Yan has something to say, he says it directly. The person you want to sue is Zhang Qing, the young minister of Dali Temple?"
"Yes!" When the old woman heard the name, her eyes were full of anger.
"No matter how busy Jing Yan is, he still knows that Zhang Qing is a high-ranking official of the country after all. False accusation is a serious crime that will destroy the nine tribes. You must think carefully and don't make up any of the words you say." Xia Jingyan asked.
He turned his head and stared at the old woman with a look that made the old woman tremble.
"Of course not!" No matter how scared she was, she still wanted to file a complaint, the old woman shouted.
When Xia Jingyan saw this, he stretched out his hand and made a "shh" gesture.
"Madam, don't shout anymore. From now on, you should speak in a lower voice. Walls have ears."
"Yes, yes..."
Seeing that the old woman responded, Xia Jingyan tilted his head and pointed at the pen and ink on Luo Bei's desk, asking him to record the old woman's words. Luo Bei immediately started writing and prepared.
In fact, Xia Jingyan has long seen that Zhang Qing is not a good person. In the past, Zhang Qing relied on Xia Jingsheng to see all his use value to survive. Otherwise, just because of his squinting eyes when he saw Xia Jingyan, Zhao Qichen had also sent people to dig him out.
After that, he gradually lost his use to Xia Jingsheng. Xia Jingyan thought about going back to settle the general ledger. Unexpectedly, Zhang Qing was at peace. Xia Jingyan could not find a reason to sue him.
I was investigating Tianzhu Pavilion, so I had no choice but to give up first.
Good guy, a few days later, Zhang Qing actually ran into the tiger's mouth again.
"Old madam, what crime did Zhang Qing commit?" Zhao Qiechen asked.
"Burn, kill and rob! Force people to be concubines! Do all kinds of evil!" The old woman suppressed the anger in her heart and gritted her teeth.
"How exactly?" Zhao Qiechen asked again.
The old woman knelt down on the ground with a plop, prostrated herself and said, "I beg the princess to make the decision for my poor daughter!"
"Old lady, get up and say something back." Xia Jing said.
The old woman stood up hurriedly and hurriedly talked about things in the village. After a moment or so, Xia Jingyan and Zhao Qichen roughly understood what she meant.
There is collusion between officials and businessmen, officials protect each other, and injustice is indeed injustice.
It turned out that the old woman's name was Li Ruomei. She was fifty years old. She and her husband made a living by fishing in a small fishing village in Qingxiang. Li Ruomei's body was cold and it was difficult to conceive. She took medicine for many years before she and her husband had a daughter.
As of today, their daughter Han Qiaoer is only fifteen years old. Han Qiaoer is a kind-hearted person and everyone in Qingxiang knows that. How many people are rushing to marry Han Qiaoer as their wife. She should have a worry-free future, but who knows when the engagement is made?
Later, he met a devil like Zhang Qing.
There was a local profiteer who was one of Han Qiaoer's many suitors. He had prepared countless gifts, but Li Ruomei and his wife only had one daughter in their lives. They did not ask their uncle to be rich and powerful, but they only wanted to treat their daughter well for the rest of their lives.
He refused the marriage proposal from the profiteer and promised his daughter to his childhood sweetheart.
The profiteer was furious. His boxes of real money and silver were no better than a poor boy?! He was not good, so he could not see others being good. It happened that Zhang Qing went to investigate the case of the mayor of Qingxiang, and the profiteer informed Zhang Qing about Han Qiaoer.
Zhang Qing'er was so beautiful that she immediately snatched Han Qiao'er away and rewarded the traitorous businessman with the position of mayor of Qingxiang.
Later, when Li Ruomei and his wife heard that their daughter had been robbed, they all went to the township chief to complain. Unexpectedly, the township chief had been replaced by a profiteer. The profiteer ordered Li Ruomei's husband and son-in-law's family to be killed on the spot, leaving Li Ruomei in confinement and beaten.
Day after day, Li Ruomei thought about committing suicide, but she missed her daughter and could only bear it. Finally one day, Li Ruomei took the opportunity to escape. The first thing she did was to file a complaint.
Sue Zhang Qing for robbing civilian girls, sue profiteers for robbing people of their lives.
Zhang Qing is the young minister of Dali Temple. Naturally, Li Ruomei cannot go to Dali Temple to complain. The only people in Dongjiang who can suppress Zhang Qing are the emperor, King Jian and King Xia.
Sue the emperor? Li Ruomei has no such idea at all. Fools all know how useless Emperor Yuan is in today's world. If he really sues the emperor, Emperor Yuan probably won't rush to help save people, but will ask: "Han Qiaoer
How beautiful is she? How about she be rescued and become a concubine?"
King Su is far away from the border, and I heard that King Su has a very bad temper. He only cares about fighting and may not care about the affairs of ordinary people like them. Therefore, the only one that Dongjiang can rely on is Prince Xia's Mansion.
Li Ruomei rushed all the way from Qingxiang to the capital. She couldn't remember how many crimes she suffered on the way. She only knew that Xia Jingyan, the princess of Princess Anning, was the hope of saving her daughter.
"Remember everything?" Xia Jingyan turned his head and looked at Luo Bei, who nodded.
Xia Jingyan turned back to look at Li Ruomei, "I understand the general situation. You said that your daughter Han Qiaoer was snatched away by Zhang Qing. I don't know much about the situation in Zhang Qing, so I thought first
Go and find out, you can pretend to be my accompanying nanny, and I will disguise you, but you have to keep calm and don't reveal your secret."
"That's natural!" After hearing this, Li Ruomei immediately bowed down, as if she was excited, and followed the servants to change their clothes.
As soon as Li Ruomei went out, Xia Jingyan's smile disappeared instantly.