Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

After dealing with the woman's case, Zhou Xingzhi hurried back on the road. When he arrived at the house, everyone in the kitchen had already prepared lunch.

"Your Majesty is back." Sitting together, Zhong Qingyi and Ye Ningxuan waved to her enthusiastically. Since leaving the palace, Zhong Qingyi has become more and more courageous. Relying on Ye Ningxuan's side, he will not guard those miscellaneous things. The rules are over.

"Well, Ning Xuan, how are you feeling today?" Zhou Xingzhi didn't care about these false courtesy at all, and she knew Zhong Qingyi's character, so she didn't correct him too much.

"It's much better. I wake up today as usual." Ye Ningxuan's attitude is much calmer this time, everyone is a woman, and there is nothing to hide about this kind of thing, "I know you, did someone come to the Yamen today to seek justice. "

Zhou Xingzhi nodded, sat down next to Ye Ningxuan, and briefly mentioned today's case when the food was served.

"These hypocrites are the most abominable. They start to step on the red line of the law because they have something in their stomachs." Zhong Qingyi reacted greatly when he heard it, "What kind of parents' orders and matchmaker's words are selling their daughters! There is no law against him?"

"According to the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, Chen Dalang's behavior is not a crime. Parents have the right to decide their children's marriage. As children, if they don't listen, they will be labeled as unfilial." Ye Ningxuan explained.

"There's...something wrong with this, Your Majesty?" Zhong Qingyi actually wanted to swear, but because of Zhou Xingzhi's presence, she tried her best to swallow the swear words.

"There are indeed some problems, but it is difficult to change." Zhou Xingzhi said.Since the feudal society, women's status has been oppressed little by little. If Qin Ran hadn't listened to politics for three years, the situation of women would be even worse than it is now.

Zhong Qingyi picked up his chopsticks and poked the rice in the bowl. He was not in a good mood. Zhou Xingzhi could kill someone, but it would be of no use, as it would not change the status quo at all.

Ye Ningxuan also saw that Zhong Qingyi's state was not right, and wanted to say something to persuade her.

Zhou Xingzhi held Ye Ningxuan's hand, and shook his head at her. It is very difficult to solve this situation, and it is better to wait for Zhong Qingyi to figure it out by making some illusory promises together.If you can't adapt to this era, then try to change this era.

Zhou Xingzhi's punishment of Chen Dalang looked heavy in the eyes of the magistrate, but in the eyes of the common people, Chen Dalang was guilty of cheating in the imperial examination and deceiving the emperor. His Majesty only dealt with him alone and did not affect his family. .

With the blessing of double filters, Zhou Xingzhi's image in the eyes of the common people will be even better.Many people who have really suffered a lot dared to bring the collected evidence and came to beat the drums to complain.

Zhou Xingzhi handled these cases very quickly. She only had to look at the pleadings, confirm the evidence, and finally assign a local official to deal with it according to the laws of the Zhou Dynasty. A case was almost finished.

The magistrate also had a good eye. After Zhou Xingzhi dealt with one or two cases, he directly took over these simple cases, and made a report after the handling, which was to save Zhou Xingzhi time.

In this way, on the fourth day, Ye Ningxuan's body also recovered as usual. Under Zhong Qingyi's suggestion, the two changed into clothes that were more convenient for movement, and went to the Yamen with Zhou Xingzhi.

I don't know whether the luck of the two of them is good or bad. Just after entering the yamen, the drum of grievances was sounded. After a while, a man wrapped in white gauze was brought in by the guards.

"Who is playing the drums to appeal for grievances?" Zhou Xingzhi patted the gavel skillfully.

"Grassman Xu Zhi sees Your Majesty!" The man knelt on the ground and kowtowed with difficulty, "Caomin, Caomin want to report to His Majesty, the Wan family in Dongcheng colluded with Wang Tongshang in the government office, and planned to kill my parents ten years ago , murder for money!"

After hearing Xu Zhi's words, Zhou Xingzhi immediately became excited. She was waiting for this kind of person, "Wang Tongpan? Is it the Hangzhou government's Tongpan?"

"His Majesty, there is no judge surnamed Wang in the Hangzhou Mansion." The magistrate immediately stood up and said, "This Mr. Xu must have admitted the wrong person, right?"

"Xu Zhi, right? Who is Wang Tongpan you're talking about?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"Your Majesty, Wang Tongpan has been promoted now, and he is in the court!" The man said and looked at the magistrate... the position of the magistrate behind him.

"Oh?" Zhou Xingzhi raised his eyebrows. This time, a big one came. Generally speaking, he is a Tongzhi above the general judgment.

"Your Majesty, Xu Zhi is making a false accusation, and I have never done anything to seek wealth or kill him!" Wang Tongzhi, who was stared at by Xu Zhi, suppressed the horror in his eyes, lifted his outer robe and knelt on the ground, "I hope your majesty will learn from you. "

"Xu Zhi, what you said is unfounded, but what evidence do you have?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"Your Majesty, here are the letters between the two of them ten years ago, a total of three letters." Xu Zhi took out three letters from his chest with difficulty, and handed them to Wei Zhong.

Xu Zhi knelt on the ground and continued, "Caomin actually planned to come here on the first day, but Caomin was too careless and told his plan. As a result, someone came to deal with me that night. Fortunately, Caomin was cleaning up all night. Evidence, I didn’t go to bed early, so I got away with it.”

Zhou Xingzhi didn't bother about the authenticity of Xu Zhi's words, but opened the three letters, and asked Zhinao to identify the three letters by the way. After confirming that they were ten years ago, he glanced at the kneeling letter with great interest. by Xu Zhi.

"Wang Tongzhi, do you believe that you wrote these three letters?" After roughly browsing the contents, Zhou Xingzhi gave the things to Wei Zhong and asked him to pass them on to Wang Tongzhi.

Wang Tongzhi couldn't help shaking his hands when he received the letter. What are those people doing for food?

"Your Majesty, these three letters were indeed written by the minister, but they were just discussing the recent price issue with the Wan family, and there was no mention of the Xu family." Wang Tongzhi's head is still clear, and he saw the above After content, start to defend yourself.

"Indeed, there is indeed nothing in these three letters." Zhou Xingzhi changed his sitting position, "Xu Zhi, is the evidence you are talking about just these three ordinary letters?"

"Caomin still has evidence." Xu Zhi twitched the corners of his mouth, knelt on the ground and kowtowed his head, "Most of the injuries on Caomin's body were sent by Wang Tongzhi. As long as His Majesty investigates what happened three nights ago, there will definitely be clue."

"Nonsense, Xu Zhi, you have to think clearly, you are not just falsely accusing the imperial court officials, you are also deceiving His Majesty, this is a serious crime!" Wang Tongzhi thought of something, and his complexion instantly changed a lot.

"Your Majesty, it hasn't rained in the past few days, and the grass people have never dealt with the scene. Your Majesty can send experienced people to investigate, and they will definitely find clues!" Xu Zhi kowtowed again, "If the grass people If there is no mistake, those people are most likely Wanjia's nursing home."

"You're talking nonsense!" Wang Tongzhi's complexion became even worse, but he still managed to stabilize his mind, "Your Majesty, this person blamed the minister on the basis of the correspondence between the minister and the Wan family ten years ago, which is obvious. It's just to slander the minister. The so-called being hunted down and the scene are all Xu Zhi's one-sided words, maybe it was all arranged by Xu Zhi!"

"Since Wang Tongzhi denies it, let His Majesty send someone to check it out. Cao Min just forgot to say that those people are wearing brand new night clothes with the smell of dye on them. I'm afraid they just rushed out. Yes, Your Majesty can go and check to see which shop sells large quantities of black cloth." Xu Zhi said, looking up at Wang Tongzhi.

"Black cloth is not a rare thing, it can't be used as a basis at all." Wang Tongzhi argued vigorously.

Zhou Xingzhi didn't express any opinions, but sat lazily on the chair, watching the two argue with each other.As time passed, Wang Tongzhi's rebuttal became weaker and weaker, and the sweat on his forehead became more and more profuse.On the other hand, Xu Zhi, although he has many wounds on his body, his mental outlook is very good.

"If I guessed correctly, Xu Zhi, you deliberately released the news to Wang Tongzhi." Zhou Xingzhi said with a smile, "You already knew when they were going to deal with you, and prepared an escape plan in advance."

"Let me guess again. Your injury was also intentional. You don't have any evidence from ten years ago, so you can only induce the other party to make mistakes again. After all, buying, murdering and killing people is also a serious crime. As long as I am willing to investigate Go on, maybe you can find out a lot of things."

"Is what I said right? Xu Zhi?" Zhou Xingzhi said as the smile on his face gradually faded, "Remember, lying in front of me is a crime of deceiving the emperor."

The complacency in Xu Zhi's eyes quickly subsided, and he lowered his head again, "Your Majesty, it is clear that the Caomin did use some small tricks, but the Caomin had no choice but to do so. That’s why we made this decision.”

"Even I dare to take advantage of you, but I don't see why you have no choice." Zhou Xingzhi propped his hands on the desk, "Wang Tongzhi, how long have you been an official?"

"Reply, report back to Your Majesty, I have been an official for 20 years." Wang Tongzhi swallowed silently, answering Zhou Xingzhi's question honestly.

"Xu Zhi, how old are you?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are twenty-two out of thirty grassroots." Xu Zhi replied with his head still lowered.

"Most of the evidence for what happened ten years ago should not be found now. I will not decide who is right and who is wrong just because of the two of you." Zhou Xingzhi said slowly, "However, Wang Tongzhi, three days ago Can you admit to buying murder?"

"Chen...Chen..." Wang Tongzhi began to sweat crazily on his forehead. He just felt the benefits of power ten years ago, so he inevitably made a mistake. Unexpectedly, he was used to make another mistake ten years later. If he Admittedly, under His Majesty's wrath, he must have no good end.

"Your Majesty, this matter involves court officials, so it's better to investigate further." Ye Ningxuan had been sitting by the side to listen, and only said after seeing the stalemate in the situation.

The officialdom in Jiangnan is complicated, and Ye Ningxuan worried that Zhou Xingzhi would behave in the same way as last time, so she directly dragged Wang Tongzhi down and cut him down.This can certainly satisfy people's hearts, but it will also arouse some officials' fear of Zhou Xingzhi.

"The empress is right, I am in a hurry." After hearing Ye Ningxuan's words, Zhou Xingzhi quickly restrained his emotions, "Prefect, I will leave it to you to investigate the matter of Wang Tongzhi, within three days Give me a result."

To deal with officials, let them toss with themselves.

"Minister Zunzhi." The prefect was already wrinkled into a bitter face, His Majesty really wanted to push him off the cliff!

"Your Majesty, besides this, Caomin has other grievances, please Your Majesty." Xu Zhi did not get up, but kowtowed again, "Caomin also wants to sue the second master of the Lu family in Hangzhou. , once snatched my sister, my sister was so stubborn that she refused to obey, and finally was forced to death by the second master of the Lu family!"

Xu Zhi closed his eyes and forced back the tears in his eyes, "There is no evidence for this matter, but the grass man is willing to bet his life, and I hope His Majesty will investigate this matter!"

After hearing Xu Zhi's words, Zhou Xingzhi subconsciously looked at Ye Ningxuan, and their eyes met in the air.

If they remember correctly, there is only one wealthy businessman named Lu in the Hangzhou prefecture, and the lady from the Lu family gave them 5000 taels of silver.

The author has something to say: rub your hands, the case basically consists of these two cases, and all of them are derived from this case later!