The emperor is embarrassed

Lin Yongshang's letter came quickly.

He reported in detail the progress of the reform of the salt class, and expressed his views on the differences between him and Yongdinghou in the Xu family lawsuit.

Ming Zhan thought that Ma Wei had already returned to the northwest, so he simply ordered the case of Xu's family to be closed: Xu Bingsheng was executed, and Xu Bingzhong was released without charge.

Ming Zhan summoned Xu San and asked Xu San, "How about dealing with it like this?"

Xu Sanrao was eloquent, but he couldn't speak.He naturally hopes that his son will be well. Although the relationship with his family has not been harmonious, Xu Bingsheng also has a relationship with him as uncle and nephew.

Ming Zhan smiled and asked, "Otherwise, give them a change, or divide the two equally, and each will go to prison for 20 years?"

"Your Majesty, I listen to Your Majesty." Xu San felt that there was something in his mind that he hadn't figured out, but it was about his son's life and future.In front of Ming Zhan, Xu San didn't have time to think too much, he just acted according to instinct, and bowed his head, "I will be convinced by your Majesty's handling. My son, I understand, he will never do such a rebellious thing. !"

"I understand. Xu San, you must also understand." Ming Zhan ordered lightly, "Back off."

As soon as Ming Zhan's secret letter arrived, Lin Yongshang lived with He Qianshan as a businessman, and happily closed the case of Xu Bingsheng's collusion with pirates and private sales of grain and grass.

Not only that, 10,000+ catties of grain and grass were all confiscated, Xu Bingsheng made a decision, and Xu Bingsheng's father, Xu Li, who was the prefect of Taiyuan, was also dismissed from office.

When Mrs. Xu heard the news, she didn't come up in one breath, and directly drew over.After resuscitating her son and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mrs. Xu cried loudly, "My grandson! But it took my wife's life." The environment in Shanxi is not as good as that in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, Mrs. Xu did not go anywhere with her eldest son. Living in, on the contrary, living in the old house all the time, just keeping the eldest grandson Xu Bingsheng by his side, relying on it as a heavy responsibility.In addition, Xu Bingsheng had been raised on her lap since he was a child, and his grandparents and grandchildren had a deep relationship. Now, the white-haired man is giving away the black-haired man. Even Mrs. Xu Tai, who has always been in good health, couldn't bear such a blow and held her breath.

Xu Yuan's wife, Mrs. Liu, was afraid that the old lady would pass by again, so she hurriedly sat on the edge of the couch and leaned over to rub her chest. After taking a pill, he softly persuaded, "Old lady, please be more open-minded. The matter has come to this point, it is better to find a way to delay this lawsuit. Otherwise, please ask the third uncle in the imperial capital, third uncle..." After a pause, Liu Shifang said, "Third Uncle always has a way."

As if Mrs. Xu had been reminded, she asked urgently, "Where is Bingzhong? How was Bingzhong sentenced?"

Immediately, Liu's face was filled with remorse, and she lowered her head, not knowing what to say.Xu Yuan glared at his wife, and said to his mother in a gentle voice, "Mother, this matter has nothing to do with Bingzhong."

Mrs. Xu's wide-eyed eyes burst out with crazy resentment, and she screamed, "What is innocence! The two of them were arrested together! Is Bingzhong innocent? Is he innocent?" Laughing, the corners of my eyes are full of tears.

"Go! Go to the manor and invite the old man back!"

Even Xu Yuan felt that what Xu San did was too extreme, you can't let Bingsheng die just to save your son!No matter how famous the Xu family was, it could not prevent Xu Bingsheng from being beheaded.On the day Xu Bingzhong was released, Xu Bingsheng lost his head.

Xu Bingzhong has been in prison for many days. Although his family members are out to take care of him, and he has an old man who is a minister, he didn't suffer much in prison.Even so, Xu Bingzhong was indescribably haggard.

Zhu Guokang came to pick him up from prison, Xu Bingzhong burst into tears as soon as he saw his relatives.

"Let's go home first." Zhu Guokang patted his nephew on the shoulder and led him into the car.

Even if it is a noble son, these days in the prison, he is no better than a beggar on the street.It was June again, not to mention the smell on Xu Bingzhong's body. He felt that he couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly said, "Uncle, I'd better go out and ride a horse."

"It's okay, you can rest." Zhu Guokang, his own nephew, didn't feel any disgust, and added, "Anyway, it's better than the pigsty in summer." At the beginning, Zhu Guokang made his fortune by raising pigs.

Xu Bingzhong was embarrassed, hesitated for a while, and Fang asked, "Uncle, has Bingsheng returned home?"

Zhu Guokang was slightly surprised, "Are you guys locked together?"

"Since I went in, I haven't seen Bingsheng."

Zhu Guokang sighed softly, "Xu Bingsheng has already made a decision."

Xu Bingzhong was startled suddenly, and he didn't speak for a long time, his eyes were slightly red.He has a good father, and the most arrogant thing on weekdays is to take the dog legs to the street to verbally molest women from a good family or something, but now that it involves beheading, Xu Bingzhong couldn't tell what he was feeling, and murmured, "I don't know what to do either." Knowing what was going on, Bingsheng said it was a grain merchant from the northwest...just thinking about earning more money..."

Zhu Guokang scolded, "Fortunately, it has nothing to do with you, otherwise, your father would not be able to save you! You don't need to use your brain, money is so easy to earn? Those businessmen are smarter than monkeys."

"I just thought, maybe, they knew my father's identity, and they purposely gave me more money to find me, in order to catch up with me." Xu Bingzhong wiped his tears, his face covered with plaster.

"Then you can't accept it either." Zhu Guokang slapped Xu Bingzhong on the back of his head, "Debt collection stuff, how cautious your father is in being an official, you are really daring!"

Xu Bingzhong smoked twice and asked, "Uncle, how is my father?"

"Ah."

Xu Bingzhong didn't stay at Zhu's house for a few days, so Xu San sent someone to pick him up and return him to the imperial capital.

When Xu San saw the culprit, he couldn't get angry immediately.When Xu Bingzhong saw his father, his legs became weak and his face was sallow from fright, he immediately ran behind his grandmother to hide, and shouted timidly with half of his face, "Father, my son greets you."

Xu San's mother, Mrs. Li, smiled and patted her grandson's hand, "Why are you so afraid of seeing your father?" Like all the grandmothers who dote on their grandsons in the world, Mrs. Li said to her son, "San'er, Zhong'er finally came back. The face is also a little softer. The child is timid, don't scare him."

When Xu Bingzhong had an accident earlier, Xu San was afraid that the old lady would be too old to bear it, and the whole family kept it a secret.Therefore, at this moment, the old lady does not know the mess Xu Bingzhong has caused.Xu San scolded coldly, "Fortunately, he is timid!"

"Mother, I have something serious to ask him."

Xu Bingzhong didn't want to be alone with his father, Li smiled, "I ordered the small kitchen to prepare good dishes, and asked Tang'er to come back, so our family can have a reunion dinner."

With his grandmother's words, Xu Bingzhong dared to go with Xu San. Anyway, he would have dinner together later, so the beating probably wouldn't be too severe.

Although Xu San wished he could beat this prodigal son to death with a stick, he still had something to ask Xu Bingzhong, so he had to leave this bastard alone for the time being.

The father and son went to Xu San's study one after the other. Xu San sat in the spacious grand master's chair and first asked the matter clearly. How did he get fooled when he was doing business with a joint stock company? He sold grain and grass with a businessman disguised as a pirate, how was he arrested, and was interrogated several times in the prison. Who interrogated him, what was asked, and how did he answer?

Xu San listened carefully, but if Xu Bingzhong wanted to fool him, Xu San questioned them thoroughly.

"From now on, you are not allowed to walk around with anyone in my family." Xu San ordered coldly, and sighed, "If you are involved with my family again, we, father and son, will break it off."

Xu Bingzhong turned pale with fright, "Father—"

"Although Bingsheng is also your cousin, you have fallen on him this time." Xu San said lightly, "The emperor asked me, should I protect you or protect Bingsheng?"

Xu Bingzhong knelt down silently.

"You should know something good and bad when you go out. In the imperial capital, under my nose, if something happens, I can still protect you." Xu San closed his eyes wearily, "Outside, who will pay for you? "

"You still forgot to use my influence to get rich?" Xu San hated his misfortune, "You don't even know how deep the water is, so you dare to enter the water? It's normal to be calculated by others."

"Your temperament, if you were not from our family. Think about it, if you and Bingsheng changed identities, would you still be alive?" Xu San opened his eyes, looking at the delicate paintings on the top of the beam, "You also Knowing the filth of me and my family, this time, you returned to the imperial capital safely, Bingsheng lost his head, and they will hate our father and son even more. You don’t have the brains to deal with them now, if you feel guilty because of Bingsheng’s death For them, it is easier to be taken advantage of."

"Father, no matter what, I won't be able to crawl around." Xu Bingzhong felt that his IQ was not bad.

"When you find yourself crawling around, we don't know if we can leave scum in this family." Xu San thought about his sons, and sighed, "You three brothers, your eldest brother is honest, in the future, even No big promise, and no big trouble; your third brother..." When it comes to Xu Bingtang who lives in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Xu San starts to worry.

Xu Bingzhong hurriedly said, "I heard that the third brother has become a Jinshi. It's really not easy."

His original intention was just to please his father, but Xu San didn't have the slightest bit of joy on his face, instead he was secretly angry, and said coldly, "Same Jinshi, hmph, same Jinshi!"

"Father, how old is the third child? If it were me who took the exam, let alone Jinshi, no one would touch him."

Xu San was finally furious, "Bastard bastard! Why don't you compare yourself to the good ones! You go and have a look at others, Wen's literary champion, Wu's martial arts champion. You are all young and talented, grandma's, you are not only causing trouble for me, What else will you do!" I couldn't bear the anger and beat Xu Bingtang.

Xu Bingzhong cried for his father and mother, and rushed out in embarrassment with his head in his arms.

"Non-capsular thing." Xu San is old, and with his status here, he can no longer chase him out and beat him, so he can only swear a few words.

Xu Bingzhong didn't study much, so he understood two sentences, accepting with a small stick, and leaving with a big stick.When the father came to the fire, it was nothing for a son to suffer a few times, let alone he got into a big disaster.However, if he really wanted to beat him to death, he couldn't stand it.

Xu San was bored in the study, really worried about his three sons.

Xu San was worrying when he heard a servant coming from outside reporting: Master, the eldest girl is back, Madam invites Master to come over.

Hearing her daughter coming home, Xu San's face softened a little, and she felt strange, it was already evening, how could her daughter come back to her mother's house at this time, could something be wrong?Hastily went to the inner house.

Xu San has three sons and one daughter, and her daughter ranks second among her brothers and sisters, but because there is only such a daughter, when it comes to the ranking of sisters, she is naturally called "the big girl".

The eldest girl, Xu Yingyu, was Xu San's favorite since she was a child, and this girl is very spiritual, she has dabbled in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it's not the kind of school that the ladies use to show off, she really studies and appreciates, has extremely high taste, and has a literary talent Extraordinary, quite like Xu San's true biography.Xu San often gritted his teeth against his three sons. If the gender could be changed, would he still need to worry?

Xu San was still thinking about it on the way, his daughter has always been capable, and the cooking at home can be stopped, and his son-in-law is also considered capable.

Speaking of her daughter, Xu San was really relieved.At the beginning, Xu Yingyu didn't choose so many people who came to the house to talk about matchmaking, so many wealthy families, but only chose the young candidate who had just been elected by the Zeng family.

Xu San was really unhappy at first, but Xu Yingyu said that she didn't want to be rich, but only for this person.

As a result, Xu Yingyu's vision is not bad, and now her husband is a Jinshi and enters the Imperial Academy.Even Xu San felt that her daughter was good at reading people.

Xu Yingyu was talking to her mother, when she saw her father, there was a smile on her face, she got up to salute, "Greetings to Daddy."

"My family." Xu San raised his hand and said with a smile, "Sit with your mother." He casually picked up a chair and sat down.

Xu Yingyu is sitting on the couch with her mother. She is 23 years old and is in her best years as a woman. She is wearing a lotus-colored summer shirt, with three or five precious stones and beads on her hair, which is elegant and suitable.Xu San smiled and said, "I heard that the second younger brother is back, dad, what's the matter, I'm afraid there are a lot of gossips in my family?"

"Take care of them." Xu San didn't want to talk more about this matter with his daughter, but instead asked, "Why did you go back to your mother's house now? But something happened?"

The smile on Xu Yingyu's face faded, and she said seriously, "There is something I want to discuss with my father and mother."

Seeing their daughter's expression, Xu San and his wife thought they were afraid that something big would happen, so they were mentally prepared and waited for the bomb.Sure enough, a bomb out of thin air almost knocked out the couple, Xu Yingyu said calmly, "My daughter is going to make peace with Zeng Jing."