doctor knife in hand

Sun Xueshi didn't dare to say more, and when he was about to put it in the list, he heard Song Heng say, "Master Sun, don't hurry, I still have something to do with you."

Sun Xueshi looked up at Song Heng, and seeing the memorial in his hand, he felt a little uneasy, but he still said, "Dare to ask and enlighten me."

Song Heng said, "A few days ago, you sent me a piece of impeachment that was not strict, reversed the etiquette, and shaken the foundation of the country. I dare not admit it. This time, I will also repay you." Song Heng turned to face Emperor Wen of Chu. Said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Sun Xueshi for the crimes of dereliction of duty, accepting bribes, and murder."

As soon as Song Heng's words came out, the court was once again in an uproar.

Sun Xueshi's eyes widened, his whole body trembled angrily, he knelt down tremblingly, and cried, "Slander and slander the British public out of nothing, and frame the veteran, please the emperor to investigate clearly"

In the past few days, Emperor Wen of Chu was astonished no less than three times.

The old academics of the Hanlin Academy do not have real power like the Six Departments, where can they say that they neglected their duties and took bribes, let alone murder

Even if Emperor Wen of Chu favored Song Heng in his heart, he couldn't believe it.

He said, "British officials can't talk nonsense, they have to have real evidence."

Song Heng said calmly, "Your Majesty, as I said earlier, this minister is not like Mr. Sun who spouts his words in this court just by catching wind and shadows. Since I impeach him, I have made sufficient preparations."

He presented the memorial on his head and said, "It records the places of the chastity archway that Mr. Sun asked to confer over the years, including the Lin Zhang family in Wulin Village, Xijiang, the Li family in Cixi Town, Chenzhou, and the Mo Chen family in Mojia Village, Liangzhou. , Jinwu Siyan Village, and Xie Jiang’s family have a total of eight virtuous wives.”

Emperor Wen of Chu took the memorial from Eunuch Ying, opened it, and Song Heng continued to say, "The Zhang family of Wulin Village is still keeping the festival, the Li family of Cixi Township died as a martyr, the Mo Chen family of Mojia Village was a widow, and the Siyan Village Xie Jiang's family died at the festival, so the eight women were either widowed or buried, and they were very unified."

Emperor Wen of Chu nodded while looking down, seeing faster than talking, and soon his face became ugly.

All the ministers looked up curiously, and Emperor Wen of Chu's face was almost ashen when he saw it, and he almost fell off.

What happened to these eight chaste women made the emperor so angry.

His Royal Highness wanted to see it very much, but Emperor Wen of Chu hesitated for a while, and asked Mr. Ying to take the bus to him.The prince opened it and looked down, the expression of shock and anger immediately appeared on his face.

"This is simply unreasonable, it's too much"

He couldn't swear too harsh words, but looking at Xueshi Sun's face was shocking, it looked like he wanted to kill someone.

Sun Xueshi didn't know what happened, but his body was relatively honest. Seeing the emperor and princes glaring at him, he knew that he was going to die, so he knelt on the ground and dared not move.

Song Heng didn't even look at him and said, "Everyone knows that the Chastity Archway is not just a memorial archway, but an honor. It is easy for a young woman whose husband has died to benefit the whole family. However, there are so many widows in the world, and there are many who do not want to remarry. It is not easy to apply for memorial archways to the court for these women. The imperial palace, how can we know about the Zhenlie woman among the people, naturally someone needs to tell the emperor about her deeds, Lord Sun, this is what you did."

Sun Xueshi stood up slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Yes, but this is the duty of the humble minister."

Song Heng said, "That's right, but how did you select these women? The chaste women who wrote to you about Ye Meixiang today, the Linzhang clan of Wulin Village is just a poor clan with only ten men or less. Now, there are hundreds of land properties under the name of Guanglin Zhang, and there are more than a hundred people attached to this family. They are all in order to exempt from corvee and tax. It can be called a big family. Other villagers in Wulin Village who do not want to attach or hand over their land properties are expelled After going out of the village, Wulin Village has become a land with no tax and no corvee, and the Lin Zhang family has servants when traveling and maidservants in daily life. There are countless adoptive sons and righteous daughters. Marrying a local gentry has become the tyrant of Mo Village. Mo Chen is a [-]-year-old woman. All marriages between men and women in Mojia Village must be approved by her. It is up to her to decide whether a woman is virtuous or not. Pointing fingers is the matter of Ye Meixiang today, but she is just an illiterate old woman. Just these two, it is not an exaggeration to convict you of dereliction of duty."

Sun Xueshi was stunned, trembling, and said, "I don't know, I don't know! They are far away from the capital, and I really don't know what will become like this."

"Is that so?" Yang and his party asked, "Since we are far away from the capital, how do we know what happened to Ye Meixiang in the capital, and how did the letter reach the capital quickly through layers of post stations, where it fell into your hands, Mr. Sun, and went straight to Heaven?"

Xueshi Sun opened his mouth, "Yes"

Song Heng narrowed his eyes to look at him, but he lowered his head and remained silent.

"There is dereliction of duty, so where do you start with taking bribes and killing people, my lord."

A minister at the side asked, and took a closer look, but it was Mr. Qin who had been married to Xueshi Sun and had been divorced.

When he asked this question, he had a smile on his face, and his tone was relaxed, which showed that he was unhappy with Xueshi Sun, and he was very happy to add insult to injury.

Song Heng then said, "As Master Sun said, festival women are far away in the provinces, and there are too many women who meet the requirements. There is a quota for the memorial archway, and the current emperor does not respect such customs, so there are even fewer. Looking at These chaste women can be found all over the world, and there is no pattern. However, Mr. Sun’s nephew, Sun Xingren, seems to have been promoted all the way from the county magistrate to the governor at that time. If there is a chaste women's plaque in a place, it means that the atmosphere here is clean and upright, and the evaluation of officials is excellent, Mr. Jiang, I am right."

Mr. Jiang is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He is very clear about the promotion of officials, especially the promotion of senior officials.

"Although he has selfish intentions, it doesn't mean Mr. Sun accepts bribes."

This was asked by another Fujianese who was still married.

Hearing this, Yang and his party sneered and said, "Master Fujian is confused. These chaste women are acting biased and committing a crime of deceiving the emperor. As officials of the jurisdiction, they have never reported or dealt with such a big matter. Is it related to this?" Still not clear? Order to check it out."

"What about murder?"

Song Heng said, "The surviving chaste women all wrote letters to reprimand Ye Meixiang. If there is nothing to say, they all died of martyrdom. If the martyrdom is voluntary, it doesn't matter, but if it is forced to be buried, is it murder?"

As soon as Song Heng finished speaking, Xueshi Sun raised his head abruptly, squinting his eyes and scolded, "How could the blood-spouting officials know that she was forced to die? If they knew, they wouldn't dare to ask the archway to be closed anyway."

"That's right, it's also possible for the people in the village to force the young woman to death in order to invite the memorial archway."

"Otherwise it would be too appalling."

Song Heng sighed slightly and said, "Lu Jin, the Chinese medicine official of the minister's mansion, regards human life as the heaven, and both men and women go all out. But there are always some people who, for their own selfishness, erase her life at will, which is sad. Four eaves Qi Xie Jiang's father once sued Xie for forcing his daughter to death. Xie Jiang was from Tongzhou. He sent his husband back to his hometown after helping Ling. But sleeping peacefully in the house, he committed suicide by taking poison, and left a suicide note saying that he would go with his husband. Xie Jiang's father denied his suicide note, saying that Xie Jiang's death was murder, which was not his wish. However, Sun Xingren, the magistrate, rejected his appeal, and the second The Rijiang family and his wife fell into the water and died. The prefect pronounced the sentence because of the death of their only daughter, and they threw themselves into the river in grief. Later, the Xie family requested an archway for the Xie Jiang family."

Song Heng actually didn't pay attention to these things, but only because he wanted to catch Sun Xueshi's handle, so he made a vigorous investigation.

Unexpectedly, there are so many hidden secrets among the chaste women, how many women's blood and tears are buried under the chastity archway, and their lonely souls are drifting in the world, with nowhere to redress their grievances.

"Your Majesty, it has been ten years since Jiang's son and nephew dictated it. When I ordered people to investigate, I accidentally discovered that the person who gave the drug was a drunkard and gambler. He asked Xie for money more than once in the past ten years. That's why he was so talented. Discover the truth. At the end of the memorial attached to the confession of the person who gave the medicine, I implore the emperor to send someone to verify it, and return the three members of the Jiang family to justice."

Speaking of this, it has been roughly confirmed to be true, and Emperor Wen of Chu ordered the Criminal Department to preside over the trial on the spot.

And Sun Xueshi has already pouted.

He has read a lot of poetry and books, entered the Imperial Academy in high school, although his official position is not high, but the reputation of Shilin is not bad, and there are many students under him.

The guards dragged him out mercilessly and put him in a prison. Even Sun Xingren, who was already the governor, was also waiting to be arrested and brought to justice.

As for the frugal woman

Song Heng suggested, "Your Majesty, it is a woman's free choice to keep chastity or die for her husband, remarry or stay in her husband's house. As long as she stands upright, she is a virtuous daughter. There are interests in the memorial archway, even if there is no grandson. Bachelor, Governor Sun, as long as it is profitable, there will still be one Xie Jiang family after another, or the Lin Zhang family and Mo Chen family who have gained power and talent through this, and I beg to cancel the chastity archway."

Yang and his party took a step forward, "The minister seconded the proposal."

The prince nodded as he listened, if it wasn't for him who was sitting on the dragon chair, the matter would have been settled.

It's just that Emperor Wen of Chu pondered and didn't agree immediately.

So the King of Qi came out and said, "Father, I think this matter is not in a hurry. The folks are proud of the chastity archway, and some chaste women are indeed noble and admirable. If it is canceled suddenly, it will not chill the hearts of these people." After all, what the imperial court advocates is keeping the chastity, how can it be changed suddenly, how will the woman who has been sticking to sacrifice for it deal with herself?"

Emperor Wen of Chu nodded slightly when he heard the words, and he said, "King Qi is right, Duke Ying, the original intention is good, but everything has a process, so let's take it slowly. However, these women and clansmen who set up archways but behaved biasedly, when Strictly investigate and punish, and make no mistakes."

After finishing speaking, Emperor Wen of Chu got up again and said, "It's too late today, so let's retreat, and we can discuss things tomorrow."

Eunuch Ying raised the dust and raised his breath, but he heard Song Heng say, "Your Majesty, I have one more matter, please Your Majesty to make a decision."

Emperor Wen of Chu frowned, looked at him, although he was unhappy, but he still gave it to him, "Say it."

"It's really unexpected that the story of Ye Meixiang spread so quickly, and it's also strange that Mrs. Sun can quickly receive a letter from a concubine. Mrs. Sun is only a member of the Hanlin Academy. I don't know who made it for him. The minister suggested Check it out."

Emperor Wen of Chu looked at Song Hengqing's indifferent expression, and suddenly looked at the crown prince sympathetically, sighed, and nodded, "Let's check."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Song Heng to thank the lord Long En, he immediately took down the pill and walked away.

The prince walked slowly, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, coughed and smiled at his uncle.

Yang and his party approached Song Heng and said in a low voice, "You are really ruthless, the crown prince is trying to help you, but you don't give his Yue family a way out."

Song Heng brushed the hem of his clothes lightly, and said casually, "He's everywhere, annoying."

"Tell me, does Little Doctor Lu know that you are such a person?"

Song Heng smiled and said, "What, am I not a gentleman?"

Yang and his party gave him a blank stare and left.

Song Heng bowed his head slightly to greet all the adults, and everyone hurriedly returned the salute, barely smiling.

After these few days, anyone who tripped Song Heng seemed to go in, and those who complained about the sick, he was still standing in the court hall with the spring breeze blowing his face.

The clinic is open as usual, and the palace is going as usual, and no one dares to provoke him.

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