Lucky's Rebirth

Gu Changhua looked at the photo for the last time, no, Kang Zeming took a look and saw him surrounded by guards guarding the Dengwen drum, and watched him pick up the golden drum hammer that no one had picked up for a hundred years.

For 23 years, a son of a chief minister, in Taikangfang, from childhood to old bustard, has stayed in such a dirty place for 23 years, more than 7000 days and nights.

A pair of jade arms is a pillow for thousands of people, and a little bit of red lips is tasted by thousands of people. There is no dignity, and even more freedom.

Compared with him, he is very lucky. At least he has only one benefactor, and there are still many people who can't ask for the emperor. Only after knowing how desperate his previous life was, can he admire Kang Zeming, who is a hundred times more miserable than him. admiration.

Because he survived, breathing the filth, being in the mud, only relying on his faith, he lived, instead of dying on the day of being humiliated, living like Kang Zeming, from an official son, to a low-level The dusty male whore probably suffers from pain every moment of breathing, and death is a kind of relief for him.

Living is a hundred times harder than dying.

Based on this belief and persistence, Gu Changhua believed that Kang Zeming was really wronged, and that the case 23 years ago was really wrong.

"My lord?" The dark guard reminded Gu Changhua that the place where they stopped now was at the gate of the Meridian Gate, and it was time to return.

"Go back." Gu Changhua said.

The carriage turned around and turned around the way it came.

At the moment when they turned around, the magnificent and deafening sound of the drum resounded throughout the capital, clearly declaring that the Dengwen drum sounded.

All the people in the capital, whether they were peddlers, merchants, dignitaries, officials or students, all looked in the direction of the Meridian Gate.

The Dengwen Drum at the Meridian Gate, the Dengwen Drum at the Meridian Gate that was never sounded once in the founding of the country, rang today.

Under the rule of the Son of Heaven, in a peaceful and prosperous age, some people have been wronged all over the world, and they come to collect debts.

Liu Ren has been with Zhao Xi for more than 20 years. When Zhao Xi was a prince, he was his little eunuch. When Zhao Xi struggled from a prince to a prince, and then became an emperor, he naturally became a servant steward.

He grew up with Zhao Xi, during which time he was almost inseparable, and he knew many secrets.

For example, the first emperor's favorite woman was not actually the first emperor's empress Yuan, Empress Zhaoxian, not Zhao Xi's biological mother, the first emperor's successor empress Jingde, but an inconspicuous Zhaoyi in the harem.

The first emperor knew the depth of the water in the harem, so he loved the woman he loved to a degree.

In order to protect that Zhaoyi, he pampered Empress Jingde, who was still a beauty when she first entered the palace, as a shield.

It's just that people are not as good as heaven, that Zhaoyi was born weak, and he died without leaving a man and a half woman, otherwise Zhao Xilai would not be able to take the throne.

Empress Jingde, she is not beautiful, elegant and refined, but her face is just right. Empress Jingde is [-]% similar to Wang Meiren, plus the deliberate imitation of her actions and manners, in that After Zhaoyi's death, she was favored by the emperor and loved by thousands of people. The harem with three thousand pinks and blacks was colorless, and then she gave birth to Zhao Xi.

Zhao Xi stood out among the princes, became the empress, and was named the crown prince. Then the first emperor died, Zhao Xi became the emperor, and Empress Jingde became the queen mother.

——Empress Jingde's scheming, wrist, and forbearance are naturally not bad, otherwise she would not be able to become the queen mother, and it would be impossible to notice the inconspicuous Wang Meiren from the harem, knowing that Wang Meiren is the cinnabar mole in the heart of the late emperor .

Such a person, even if she retreated to the harem and usually does not show up, she can't underestimate her.

Bending down and standing watching, Liu Ren always maintained a respectful posture, looking at the most honorable mother and child in the world in front of him.

Asked about the emperor's diet and daily life, the queen mother knew that the emperor knew what she was talking about, but the emperor didn't speak, so she was the only one who spoke.

"I heard that today someone beat the Dengwen drum in front of the Meridian Gate because of the embezzlement of Shandong disaster relief bank 23 years ago?"

23 years ago, Shandong suffered a severe drought that had not been seen in a century. There was no harvest and locusts ravaged. The late emperor allocated 120 million taels of silver from the treasury to Shandong to relieve the victims. Son, in the official circles of the people, he is widely known as a clean and honest official, and he is a rare capable official. The first emperor only sent his youngest prince as an imperial envoy as a deterrent.

Thinking that the matter is over like this, it is enough to appease the people.

Unexpectedly, two months later, the disaster victims in Shandong traveled thousands of miles, took the blood books of thousands of people, rang the Dengwen Drum of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and sued Shandong officials for embezzling disaster relief funds from top to bottom. Mixed with most of the sand, the porridge that should stand upright with chopsticks is almost the same as clear water, so that the people in Shandong starved to death.

The first emperor was furious and ordered the three divisions to interrogate the case. In just a few days, the case came to light. Most of the officials in Shandong were purged. The bloody injustice, and the only child, Kang Zeming, who was only seven years old at the time, was saved from death and became a military slave because he was not old enough.

Even now, the young lady in Taikang Square took a picture and bumped into Gu Changhua.

While lamenting how small the world is, Zhao Xi said to the queen mother, "I'm going to have a joint trial with the three divisions. When the case is over, I'll just switch to the Jinluan Hall."

Is it true that the emperor really needs to interrogate the imperial court in person, let the emperor find evidence bit by bit, replace the criminals one by one, and occasionally torture the criminals, isn't this funny?

Such a big case is an old case, the evidence is completely destroyed, and the witnesses are almost dead. It doesn't take a month or two. If the investigation is not clear, the emperor can't be bothered.

On the contrary, a top-down corruption case in the whole province was solved within a few days.That's weird.I am afraid that it is true to launch a scapegoat to appease the resentment of the victims.

"That's a case appointed by the late emperor."

"Since that Kang Zeming dared to beat the Dengwen Drum, he must have been wronged. I'm afraid there is evidence in his hand. The Taizu set up the Dengwen Drum at the Meridian Gate, and there was an ancestral precept that anyone who beat the drum would be judged by the emperor. The case has yet to come." Injustice, and the legacy of the Taizu, the father will not blame his son for being unfilial and disrespecting his old man."

The queen mother remained silent, "He belongs to the Kang family."

Zhao Xi took a sip, and his eyes moved. He knew what the Queen Mother meant. Kang Zeming's surname was Kang, and his father's favorite woman was also surnamed Kang. The elder sister of Yuan Diqin, the aunt of Kang Zeming's Diqin who knocked Deng Wengu.

The beauty of the Kang family is the source of the Empress Dowager's favor on Emperor Yuxian. Because of her similar face, she stands out in the harem.

The Empress Dowager might be a little grateful at the beginning, but that little bit of gratitude couldn't help passing by as time passed, and it disappeared completely after knowing that she was Kang's shield.

And in order to keep the late emperor, she imitated Kang everywhere. She likes to eat mille-feuille cakes, but pretends to like sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. She likes bright colors, but she can only wear elegant ones. The lotus leaf fragrance that has been around for more than ten years.

After pretending for 20 years, after the death of the first emperor, she is no longer her own. Now she can't figure out whether the peony she likes or the chrysanthemum.

She is grateful to the Kang family, but hates the Kang family. They are all the late emperor's women. Why is she the rightful lord? Dun, who erased himself and became the Kang family, was forced to become a harem target by the late emperor.

How much did she dodge?

As an emperor, Zhao Xi couldn't understand it better.

He could only sigh, "Mother, you are already the queen mother."

And the Kang family left nothing behind, your natal family is already Wei Enhou, and the Kang family only has a young lady who has been working for 23 years, you laughed at the end, didn’t you?

Now that things have happened, why bother to worry about Kang Zeming?

Thinking of Kang Zeming, the Empress Dowager felt a little more compassion. Thinking about how pitiful it is for an official to be reduced to prostitution, Kang Chunyuan was indeed wronged in that case, but it was pushed out by the late Emperor due to circumstances. , used to vent public anger, think about it, the queen mother's heart is balanced, Kang Chunyuan is the elder brother of the Kang family, and he was given up by the late emperor for the sake of the country, and the Kang family is nothing more than that in the heart of the late emperor.

In the heart of the emperor, who can compete for thousands of miles, the foundation of the ancestors?

Zhao Xi personally sent the Queen Mother out of the bedroom and put her on the chariot.

"You heard it."

When Zhao Xi returned to the palace, he saw Gu Changhua wearing a scarlet official robe, white silk stockings and black leather shoes, with a whitebait bag around his waist, sitting leisurely on his seat, holding a green emerald cup, taking a sip Sitting in front of the table sipping tea.

Gu Changhua became more and more unrestrained. This is the result of Zhao Xi's hard work, and Gu Changhua thinks he deserves it. Everyone is comfortable.

"Where's Kang Zeming?" Gu Changhua was not interested in the conversation between the queen mother and Zhao Xi. He only needed to know the meaning of the case that the mother and son were not obstructed. The queen mother might not like the Kang family, but at that time she was only a queen and had no With the ability to make such a big case, at best, he just stood by and added fuel to the flames. It was Kang Zeming's luck that the case did not involve the Queen Mother.

"He's in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Don't worry. He's eating well and sleeping well. I'm sure he'll be alive and kicking when things are over." Zhao Xi took out Gu Changhua's white jade cup, drank the remaining tea from the cup, and licked the rim. lick.

Gu Changhua turned a blind eye to such ambiguity, "23 years, what happened?"

"It seems that you care about that Kang Zeming very much. If I didn't know that you appreciate him, I would really be jealous." Zhao Xi finished teasing and talked about the business, "I don't know the details, but there is indeed something strange about the case. The imperial envoy has arrived. In Shandong, it took only five days from the investigation and the collection of evidence to the verdict. Before that, the governor of Shandong hanged himself in the Yamen with his own belt. The evidence of corruption and bribery was all there, and the imperial envoys made the case solid in five days. "

Just five days, this is the most terrible thing, the most strange, and the most worthy of suspicion.

"You forgot to mention one thing. Before the imperial envoy arrived, the people's grievances in Shandong were boiling to such an extent that they almost sparked a civil uprising, but after the case was pronounced, everything subsided." Those with eyes and a little brain will know that Shandong's subsidence , was suppressed with the heads of Shandong officials, and the heads must be enough, otherwise how to calm the suffering of the victims in Shandong, the families were destroyed and the bones were piled up, how could this corruption case that shocked the world and attracted the attention of the world win into the world people's hearts.

The instigator was the first emperor.

Of course Zhao Xi knew this. In the face of the big situation, what was a mere chief envoy?

The emperor first learned that he had to choose.

"The case will be heard by the three divisions in Dali Temple tomorrow. I have ordered you to supervise the trial." Instead of waiting for you to speak, let me say it first. Kang Zeming's character is indeed admirable, and it's no wonder Gu Changhua wants to help him A handful.

Zhao Xi took off the jade pendant on his body and tied it around Gu Changhua's waist, "I forgot to tell you, the current Shaoqing of Dali Temple is the imperial envoy sent by the late emperor to Shandong."

That is, the person who convicted Kang Chunyuan.