[Bao Qingtian] Why is peace?

No matter how King Jing tried to stop him, Zhao Qiutang was still taken away by the people of Kaifeng Mansion.

Since he is a relative of the emperor and an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court to release relief, the case cannot be tried directly in Xuzhou Mansion due to circumstances and reason, so he must be taken back to Kaifeng Mansion.

However, the famine in Xuzhou had not yet been resolved, and Bao Zheng, as the person with full authority to deal with the matter, decided...to let Pang Yu, as the imperial envoy, continue to carry out the relief responsibility and act as the magistrate of Xuzhou.

Although Pang Yu's identity is not suitable as an acting magistrate, Chen Qian, the prefect of Xuzhou, died unexpectedly, and the second-in-command chief arrester Feng Dakai was also involved in the case. There is no master book (starved to death), and the yamen servant is not even as good as a fast arrester.

There is no other way, so the young master has to take on both roles.

Fortunately, Pang Yu didn't do these things alone. He had Bai Yutang by his side. Although the boss was reluctant, Bai Wuye stayed to help.

It's not the first time Pang Yu has done this matter of releasing relief. Although he is not very proficient, he is at least experienced.How to arrange for the common people to receive relief rice, how to buy rice from Linzhen at a low price and transport it back, how to arrange housing for the refugees, how to use work as relief...these things actually have regulations, as long as he follows them, he will not be in trouble. wrong.

Things are trivial, but by doing one by one, the harsh environment in Xuzhou can be gradually improved, and the number of hungry people is reduced day by day, and gradually expanded to allow everyone to have a full meal.

Before coming here, the Xuzhou people's impression of An Lehou was that he was the son of the grand master, the younger brother of the imperial concubine, and the king of Beijing. Although the rumors are not very good, but after all, they are far away. Not much realism.

But now that Marquis An Le came to release the relief, compared with the two young princes in Prince Jing's Mansion, he is like a good imperial envoy who is alive, selfless, and considerate of the people!

The common people don't care about the former reputation of the imperial envoy, as long as he can solve their livelihood problems and fill their stomachs, he is a good person and worthy of their love!

When Pang Yu left Xuzhou, many people spontaneously followed him to see him out of the city. The scene was shocking.

Pang Yu's nose was sour, and he almost cried.

"I used to go out, not to mention that everyone shouted and beat me, but no one was willing to give me a straight look. They ran away as soon as they saw me, and said, 'that little ancestor is here again'... Now such a change is really shocking me. I can't get used to it..." Pang Yu said with sadness and emotion.

"..." Bai Yutang didn't know what expression to make on this, one could imagine what kind of life the little crab had in the past.

The two hurried on their way, traveling day and night, and finally they did not miss the day when Mr. Bao interrogated Zhao Qiutang.

When Zhao Qiutang was brought into the hall, his face was still arrogant and he refused to kneel down.

"I am an imperial envoy appointed by the emperor, the son of King Jing, who would dare to make me kneel down?"

Before Lord Bao could speak, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu pressed Zhao Qiutang to the ground with killing power sticks on the left and right. The two brothers had long disliked the young prince.

"Shang Fang's sword is here, why don't you kneel down?" Zhang Long snorted coldly, "Besides, His Majesty has personally appointed an adult to try this case, even if you are a young prince, you have to follow the rules."

Zhao Qiutang struggled violently, but the Zijin Hammer was not in his hand, he seemed to have changed from a top expert to an ordinary person overnight, and he couldn't break free at all.

He glared at Bao Zheng angrily, but the latter was unmoved, and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Qiutang, as an imperial envoy, you used power for personal gain, harmed the people, and caused the people to misunderstand the emperor deeply. This is one of them. You were ordered to release the relief , but took the official bank as his own, serious corruption, the second. You persecuted the gentry, ruined the family, ruined the family, the third. You killed Cuiyu and other innocent people, and committed atrocities. The fourth... These four Can you admit to the crime?"

"I don't admit it." Zhao Qiutang twitched the corners of his mouth, "You made me all these charges, and I have never done these things."

"The evidence is convincing, and you are still sophistry?!" Mr. Bao said angrily.

"That's right, those things were all done by Zhao Qiujie, embezzlement and bribery, stealing people's property, killing people to silence...all of them were done by Zhao Qiujie alone, so what's none of my business?" Zhao Qiutang shrugged, "You can't accuse me of crimes just because there is no proof of death. Hold on to my head!"

"The Zijin Hammer is in your hands, even Zhao Qiujie will listen to you. If there is no force behind you, who would dare to act so boldly?" Bao Zheng slapped the gavel angrily, "Feng Dakai, the head of the Xuzhou government headquarters, has also pleaded guilty, and he himself identified you."

Zhao Qiutang still vehemently denied it: "So what, it would be too ridiculous to convict me based on just one arrest!"

"Not only Feng Dakai, but also the officials of Xuzhou Prefecture can testify." Bao Zheng said without hesitation, "What's more, there are countless people in Xuzhou Prefecture who witnessed you killing with a purple gold hammer. The crime of murder is as solid as a mountain of evidence."

"The crime of corruption, what evidence do you have?" Zhao Qiutang seemed to believe that as long as the crime was pushed to Zhao Qiujie, who had no evidence of death, he could sit back and relax and raised his chin.

"Of course there is evidence." Bao Zheng took the account book hidden by Chen Qian and Cuiyu in his hand, and flipped through it, "I want my family to think about how many antiques and curios your two brothers have collected. ?”

The moment Zhao Qiutang saw the ledger, his expression was a bit grim.

"Where did this come from?"

"Master Chen transcribed it, and Cuiyu hid it in the pickle jar." Pang Yu replied calmly, "This is the physical evidence that was exchanged with two lives, and I should also thank the two young princes for dividing up the property. It’s so clean that even a silver ingot belongs to it, so we can get the basis to directly convict you.”

"Pang Yu!" Zhao Qiutang became angrier as he listened, "Don't slander me casually!"

"The account book is written clearly. Whether it is slander or not can be explained by the exact same account book in the hands of the prince." Pang Yu glanced at King Jing who was sitting aside and listening to the trial.

King Jing's expression was even uglier than Zhao Qiutang's.

"Hou Anle said carefully, this king has never seen such an account book." King Jing said bravely.

"If it wasn't for being greedy, why did the prince bring so many gold, silver and jewels with him when he returned to Beijing?" Pang Yu raised his eyebrows, "Could it be that the prince is so lucky that he found the treasures of the previous dynasty?"

"An ignorant child dares to speak nonsense in court, Bao Zheng, why don't you just ignore it?" King Jing said angrily.

Lord Bao smiled slightly and said: "This residence thinks what An Lehou said is reasonable, and this residence is also very curious as to why the prince became so rich overnight... Presumably not only this residence, but even His Majesty will be curious."

Jing Wang gritted his teeth and said, "This has nothing to do with this case!"

"On the contrary, the government thinks that the money is the people's anointing that the young prince looted. As long as we compare this batch of property with the ledger, the truth will naturally come to light." Bao Zheng said.

King Jing is not only greedy, but he is always a little careless when it comes to money matters. He knew that Bao Zheng came to Xuzhou to investigate and release relief, but he dared to move all the ill-gotten wealth back to the capital. ?

"Then...these things are not what I want to take, but...it was done by Manager Zhu of the palace!" Jing Wang said anxiously.

"How did a little manager get such a large amount of money?" Bao Zheng looked at King Jing coldly.

"No...that's not money, it's just a local product!" A lot of sweat dripped from King Jing's forehead, and he thought of a lame excuse, "Yes, I don't know anything, I thought it was a local product, who knows They are all antique calligraphy and paintings, it must be that Mr. Zhu saw the money and deliberately deceived him!"

Pang Yu didn't even know what to say, the old prince's frightened excuse was like a self-report.

Zhao Qiutang also stared at his father with a murderous look. According to his previous thinking, everything will be fine if he pushes everything to Zhao Qiujie, who is already dead. Who knows that his father is so unreliable, and he pushes Manager Zhu away without discussing with himself. It came out, and the testimony before and after was inconsistent. Isn't this a disguised admission that the origin of the property is not clean?

What's more, what is the identity of Manager Zhu? Does he have the courage and power to commit such a heinous crime?

King Jing wanted to defend himself, when he heard someone say at the gate of the court: "There is no need to quarrel, I have already brought all the things here, whether it is stolen goods or not, a couple will know."

The person who spoke was none other than Princess Jing.

Princess Jing ordered seven or eight people to carry more than a dozen boxes into the courtroom, without even looking at Prince Jing, only staring at the only remaining son, with sad eyes.

Zhao Qiutang couldn't understand her grief at all, and shouted angrily: "You brought these things to the court, do you want to watch your only son die! You are still not my mother, I don't have a mother like you relative!"

Snapped!

Princess Jing slapped him hard, and said with tears: "It is because I am your mother that I am standing here! You two brothers used to think that I was too strict, but I felt that I was too soft-hearted. When I wanted to correct you, I was blocked by the prince, and I let the prince teach you to be like this... Fish and meat villagers, disregarding human life, brother killing each other! If you don’t teach me, I will apologize to Mr. Bao Sorry, I failed to teach these two children well and caused a catastrophe..."

Bao Zheng quickly walked down the steps and helped Princess Jing up: "Princess, please get up! Princess Gao Yi, I admire you very much!"

Princess Jing sighed and begged: "Qiutang is vicious today, it's all because his parents didn't teach him well. I wonder if my lord can let my concubine bear it for him? After all, Qiutang is the only blood of the prince..."

"Yes, Bao Hei...Master Bao, if you want to kill me, you might as well kill me! Qiu Tang is still so young, and he still has a bright future..." Seeing that the situation is over, King Jing simply imitated his own princess, to see if he could use a Life for life.

Zhao Qiutang looked at his noble father and beautiful mother in a daze, as if he had aged ten years in an instant, his face was full of sadness that he had never seen before.

Such parents are too strange in his eyes.

He watched the two supporting each other with tears streaming down his face. He said "replacement" on the left and "changed life" on the left. Suddenly, Zhao Qiutang's hatred and anger gradually faded away.

He straightened his back slowly: "Master Bao...I plead guilty."