Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

"Okay." As Xie Ze's words fell, Jiang Zhengchu, who was heartbroken, and Fu Xuerong and Xu, who were struggling and begging desperately, all stood there in a daze.

There is no time like now that they are more aware of what is waiting for them...

Xie Ze carried Jiang Xin into the carriage. His Ah Xin wanted to seek justice for himself personally, so naturally he had to accompany him.

On that day, the county government office in the capital was in chaos.

Niu Aijian, who had been the county magistrate for several years, was originally at home leisurely brewing hot tea and reading a collection of poems he had recently found. He was sighing that the capital city was indeed the foot of the emperor, and that he was having a really leisurely time as a county magistrate...

"Sir, sir! Something bad has happened!" A young yamen runner rushed in and said anxiously when he saw the county magistrate.

"Ah!" Niu Aijian was distracted and almost burned his tongue. He put down his teacup and glared at the person who came over: "What's the matter with you being so flustered?"

The young yamen runner came running over, sweating from his anxiety, and stammered, "Yes, someone came to report a crime!"

"Someone reported the case?" Niu Aijian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he stood up excitedly and said, "This is good news!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Niu Aijian seemed to feel that there was something wrong with his words, and coughed again to make amends for himself: "Ahem, what I meant is that the people are in trouble, and as the county magistrate, I should share their worries.

Someone reported the case, which means the people trust me. How can it be considered a bad thing? "

To be honest, he has very little sense of presence as a county magistrate.

A seventh-rank county magistrate was not qualified to attend court, and he was considered to be doing a good job as long as he handled the disputes among the people.

If it were another county, even a small official like this would be busy every day.

But he is the county magistrate of the capital. In this capital, any official is higher than him. If you take a walk outside, everyone you meet is either rich or noble.

Ordinary people simply don't dare to cause trouble, and those who dare to cause trouble will not be allowed to be solved by a small county magistrate.

He is so idle that his butt is almost covered with calluses!

A few days ago, a case was finally tried, which was the theft case in Baishan Academy. They just borrowed a place from him, and the case was fully tried by His Royal Highness the Wise King, with officials appointed by the court co-trialing. It had nothing to do with him at all.

Now, a case has finally come, how can Magistrate Niu not be excited? Maybe if this matter is handled well, it can also be counted as one of his political achievements!

"Oh no!" The young yamen runner was so anxious that he could hardly speak clearly. After a while, he straightened his tongue and said, "The one who reported to the police was the eldest son of the Jiang family, the one who was falsely accused of theft last time. And, the virtuous prince also came with him."

"The wise king is here too?" Magistrate Niu could no longer sit still and hurriedly followed the people out.

This is an ancestor whom you cannot afford to offend. I heard that even Lord Jiang from the Ministry of Justice is still suspended from work and resting at home because he offended him!

However, Mr. Jiang is now so highly regarded by the wise king. Which blind guy has offended him again?

County Magistrate Niu thought so and asked.

The young yamen runner wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a bitter face, "It was Lord Jiang's wife. Young Master Jiang sued his stepmother for hiring servants to murder him and made him mute."

“…Ah?!” Magistrate Niu stopped and was stunned.

This, this... this is not something he can control!

He said that in this capital city, there was no case that a small official like him could handle!

Magistrate Niu came to the court with the same gloomy face as the yamen runner, and he was mentally prepared after hearing what the yamen runner had said before.

Moreover, Xie Ze was present, and Jiang Xin and Lord Jiang were obviously injured. I wonder if there was some other hidden secret.

Magistrate Niu did not dare to take action rashly, and he went through the procedures quickly. He was about to say that the case involved the family of an imperial official, so he needed to report it to his superiors first.

Xie Ze said calmly, "Then let's detain all those involved first."

"This..." County Magistrate Niu wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't dare to agree, but he also didn't dare to refuse. He could only look at Jiang Xin pleadingly with a bitter face.

Regardless of whether it is true or not that Madam Jiang made Young Master Jiang mute, this person is the biological mother of the Fourth Prince's concubine.

He was just a seventh-rank county magistrate, and he had no one to support him. If he rashly imprisoned the mother of the prince's concubine, he would not be able to afford to offend the Fourth Prince if he blamed him!

Magistrate Niu was also a smart man. He knew that the wise king was a moody madman. It would be useless to ask him for help. It would be better to ask Young Master Jiang for help, who looked good-tempered.

Thinking of this, Magistrate Niu looked at Jiang Xin with even more pity, and said bitterly: "I really can't make the decision on this matter.

But rest assured, Master Jiang, I have already sent someone to report this matter to my superiors. I will also write another memorial later. I believe that His Majesty will know about this matter soon. You see..."

Jiang Xin had no intention of making things difficult for Magistrate Niu. He just wanted to follow the rules and restore the truth of that year.

Fu Xuerong is the biological mother of the prince's concubine and has an extraordinary status. It is normal that the county magistrate cannot do anything about it. Moreover, since the memorial has been submitted, it is only a matter of time before someone is sent to investigate.

After so many years, he is not in a hurry.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xin pulled Xie Ze's sleeve and whispered, "Your Highness, let's go home and wait."

Xie Ze paused, glanced at Magistrate Niu, and then nodded: "Okay."

As he spoke, Xie Ze looked at Fu Xuerong and Xu coldly, and said indifferently: "Take these two people back to Jiang Mansion and don't let them run away."

"Yes!"

After giving all the instructions, Xie Ze picked up Jiang Xin again, lowered his head and whispered softly: "Let's go home."

After saying that, he carried the person away from the county government office.

Magistrate Niu let out a long sigh, but when he saw Jiang Zhengchu standing in the courtroom in a daze, he didn't know what to say.

Unexpectedly, he had nothing to say. Jiang Zhengchu spoke to Magistrate Niu unwillingly, but upon closer listening, it sounded like he was talking to himself:

"This rebellious son is so kind to a stranger like you, and considerate of your difficulties, but why doesn't he show any affection to me, his biological father?"

"..." County Magistrate Niu originally felt a little sympathy for the unfortunate Minister, but he was speechless when he heard what the other party said.

As a father, you have ignored your eldest son for so many years and didn't even know that he was made mute by your wife. With such indifference, how can you expect him to show mercy to you?

Moreover, seeing how much the virtuous king loved Young Master Jiang, he should have known that the injuries on Young Master Jiang could not have been caused by the virtuous king.

How did those injuries come about? Who else would dare to hurt Mr. Jiang, who is so loved by the virtuous king? You can figure it out with just a little thought.

Lord Jiang is so foolish that he doesn't even know how biased he is on a normal day!

Now that Mrs. Jiang's deeds have been exposed, she finally thought of asking Mr. Jiang to show some mercy to her, but it's too late!

Thinking of this, County Magistrate Niu shook his head secretly, gave up the idea of ​​saying hello to Jiang Zhengchu, and turned around and left.

He is so confused that his family affairs are in a mess. Even if Mrs. Jiang is found innocent in the end, I am afraid that the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice will not be available to Mr. Jiang.

Jiang Zhengchu was now extremely anxious and worried, so he naturally did not notice the small matter that County Magistrate Niu left without saying goodbye to him. He just returned to the mansion with the help of servants in a panic, and did not even notice that Fu Xuerong was escorted back to the mansion in such an embarrassed manner.

But even if he noticed it, he probably wouldn't stop it. He already hated Fu Xuerong so much that he wouldn't care whether she was embarrassed or not!

The family walked back to the Jiang Mansion in such a mess and embarrassment.

Jiang Zhengchu's legs hurt so much that he could not bear it any longer. Just as he was about to ask someone to call a doctor, Wei Bowen from the Wei Mansion came again.

"How's the matter going?" Wei Bowen rushed here after hearing that Jiang Xin had returned home, and he didn't know what happened afterwards.

But just as he asked, he noticed that something was wrong with Jiang Zhengchu, frowned and asked, "What happened?"

"..." Jiang Zhengchu paused. Such a scandal was really hard to talk about.

Fortunately, he didn't need to say much. The people in the palace were still there. They naturally didn't mind promoting this matter. Seeing that Wei Bowen was interested, they walked up to him and said with a smile:

"Master Wei, please stop asking too many questions. Let Master Jiang have a good rest. After all, he probably hasn't recovered from the day he's been through."

Jiang Zhengchu: "..." Who is to blame for my day being like this? You still have the nerve to say that!

However, the subordinates of the palace were arrogant and domineering like their masters. They didn't care about Jiang Zhengchu's mood at all. They ignored his constipated expression and said to Wei Bowen meaningfully:

"Master Wei, please ask me whatever you want to know. I will tell you everything I know."

Wei Bowen: "..." Where did this arrogant servant come from? He interrupted his master. Does he know the rules? !

Oh, you’re from Prince Xian’s Mansion, so it’s okay…it would be strange if it was okay!

Why are the guards from the Xianwang Mansion in the Jiang Mansion, and they look like they are making decisions on behalf of Jiang Zhengchu? !

Wei Bowen wiped his face and even though he was slow-witted, he could tell something was wrong.

After listening to the whole story told by this insignificant palace guard, Wei Bowen could no longer stay there and left in a hurry without even looking at Jiang Zhengchu.

Are you kidding? Looking at the attitude of the wise king, he seems to want to tear down the Jiang Mansion. How could he possibly cooperate with them?

And this is not the most important thing at the moment. After all, Fu Xuerong is the biological mother of the Fourth Prince's concubine.

If it is finally found out that she poisoned her husband's legitimate son and made him mute, then the concubine will definitely be implicated, and maybe even His Highness...

Thinking of this, Wei Bowen immediately hurried towards the direction of the Fourth Prince.

The madman King Xian does everything without considering the consequences. Maybe he has already reported it to the emperor. He must inform His Highness in advance so that he can prepare early.

*

Just when the Wei Mansion and the Prince's Mansion were both in turmoil because of the affairs of the Jiang Mansion, Xie Ze, who had already returned home with his own tutor, was now staring at Doctor Xu who came to treat Jiang Xin's injuries.

Doctor Xu felt his back tingle when being stared at. He quickly checked Jiang Xin's pulse, then lifted his clothes to look at his injuries. When he clearly felt the eyes behind him were even more hostile, he immediately put down his clothes, turned around and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, Young Master Jiang only suffered a superficial wound. He only needs to clean the wound and apply some external injury medicine. He will recover after resting for a while."

As for what kind of external medicine to apply, Xie Ze has been fighting outside all year round, so the medicine in the palace must be much better than what he can get.

Xie Ze heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, but he still asked one more question out of concern: "Will there be any sequelae?"

He still remembered that in his previous life, whenever it was cloudy and rainy, Ashin's legs hurt so much that he couldn't even walk.

"Of course not." Doctor Xu was somewhat helpless, thinking that the prince was too nervous about this Mr. Jiang, but he still said dutifully: "Only injuries to the bones and muscles can leave sequelae. Mr. Jiang is lucky that his bones and internal organs were not injured. As long as he rests well, he will be fine."

Doctor Xu covered Jiang Xin with a blanket and said tactfully with his head slightly lowered, "Then Your Majesty, please treat the young master's wound as soon as possible. I will take my leave now."

If it were someone else's family, he or his apprentice would be responsible for treating the wound. However, looking at the wise king's attitude, if he brought up the matter, he would probably not walk out but be carried out instead.

But Doctor Xu's apprentice didn't know his good intentions. He followed Doctor Xu out of the door and asked in confusion, "Master, why did you let the prince apply medicine to that young master? What if the prince gets upset and thinks you were lazy and didn't treat Young Master Jiang with all your heart?"

His Royal Highness the Wise King is not someone who is easy to deal with. If he gets angry and has them arrest the master and disciple and throw them into jail, that would be disastrous.

Doctor Xu looked at his young disciple, shook his head, sighed and said, "Don't worry, the prince has been marching and fighting for many years, so he must be very good at bandaging wounds and won't be unhappy." On the contrary, if they insisted on staying to apply medicine to Young Master Jiang, that would make the prince angry.

"That's what you say, but the prince is such a precious person..."

"You, in addition to medical skills, you should learn more about how to read people's expressions."

*

Xie Ze was in no mood to care about the conversation between Doctor Xu and his apprentice. He was just asking someone to bring hot water to clean Jiang Xin's wound.

Although Jiang Xin was a little depressed because of what happened before, he saw that Xie Ze was going to do it himself, so he quickly stopped him: "Your Highness, just let Agui help me."

Xie Ze looked expressionlessly at Agui who was standing beside him holding a cup of hot water.

Agui, who was innocently targeted by the anger: "..."

Xie Ze took the basin and placed it on the bedside table, then said calmly: "When we came back just now, we alarmed a lot of people. I asked Agui to keep an eye on the outside wind to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation and making up rumors."

"Right, right, right!" Ah Gui stood at attention immediately and said seriously, "I'll go outside and watch to stop others from talking nonsense!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared in a flash.

Jiang Xin: “…”