"Strange thing?" Cao Yong asked, "What strange thing is that I will come back so late?"

Cao Song had a pretty mysterious meaning and blinked and said, "Brother, someone is knocking on him!"

"Kowtow" means that everyone is familiar with the complaint. There are two ways: one is to go to the capital city inspector's office, the infantry commander's yamen or the Tongzhengsi beat the drum, and the other is to intercept the saint's chariot. "Kowtowtow" is usually the case when officials and the people encounter unfairness, and the original yamen reviews the unfairness.

Cao Yong shook his head: "What a strange thing? You have seen it several times on your way to school?"

Chu Yu was curious. The complaint against the emperor was mentioned in the book and in the big drama, but she had never seen it in reality. She couldn't help but ask: "Second brother, who is complaining, and what kind of injustice is it?"

Cao Song glanced at his brother, as if complaining about his rigidity and boredom. Then Fang turned his head and smiled at Chu Yu, "Sister-in-law, although this 'kow' is not unusual, it is strange for a woman to travel thousands of miles to 'kow' to 'kow'?"

"Women's home?" Chu Yu was stunned and showed some concern: "How come this is a woman's home? That is the male at home..."

Cao Yong also felt a little curious when he heard this: "Woman 'kows', is that my husband being detained?"

Cao Song nodded: "The most strange thing is not this, but two women 'knocked' at the same time, not a family, but you sue me and I sue you men like this, it's very lively in front of the Censorate's Office. Although they didn't start to fight, they looked at the resentment of the two, and they wanted to eat each other!"

Cao Yong and Chu Yu were both a little confused. Since ancient times, they have been wronged and only came to blame the enemy. Both of these families have come to blame. Is it because the officials below who "each beats the fifty-odds" when they judge the case?

Cao Song said in detail: "We heard something vaguely outside the yamen. It seems that this is the case. One of the two women's surname is Sun, who was originally a magistrate's wife; the other woman's surname is Wang, who was originally a magistrate's wife. The magistrate's wife accused the magistrate and the governor of blackmailing the husband; the magistrate's wife accused the magistrate of false accusations, and even brought the governor with him, saying that the governor had committed favoritism and fraud, trusted the governor easily, and tortured and severed his husband."

Although the two women "knocked" and complained to each other, the case was not surprising.

In the past two years, officials of all sizes were panicked by the pursuit of treasury silver. If you want to continue to be an official, you have to fill the deficit, so naturally you have to have money. The court's salary is low and officials have a lot of social engagements. If you don't use some means, how can you get money? After getting the remaining holes in the money, you will of course have to find someone to take the blame.

Whether it is a prefect or a prefect, how can this place be spoken locally? Of course, high-ranking officials such as the governor, governor, governor, and governor will not involve themselves. The unlucky one is the official of a high rank.

"When the official of the Censorate took the paper, the prefect Wang hit the pillar and blood splattered on the spot!" Cao Song said at the end, with a little resentment in his tone: "If he is really the wife of a corrupt official, how could he be so virtuous? If it were as stated in her confession, not only the governor, but also the governor, the governor, and others were clean!"

When Chu Yu heard that it was "blood splattering on the spot", he couldn't help but speak out in surprise. Even Cao Yong felt uncomfortable when he heard it. The Wang family traveled thousands of miles to Beijing, and was determined to clear her husband's grievances, and was not a person with ambition to die. If he chose such a strong and helpless method, he should be afraid of "officials and officials protecting each other". The capital city suppressed the case, and then burned the boats and sacrificed his life to spread the matter.

Cao Song made a fuss about this and told his brother and sister-in-law. However, at the end, he felt that the atmosphere in the room suddenly became much heavier, and he felt that he was bored. He scratched his head and said, "There is something strange. The one who cried the most sadly was not the servant of Wang, but the Sun family who was in the hall. Everyone was puzzled and asked the servants of the two families, and Fang knew that their families were originally family friends. This time, although the two families were indifferent due to lawsuits, they would still support each other when they encountered difficulties on the way. No matter how they looked, neither of them looked like evil people!"

Cao Yong felt depressed and waved his hand to Cao Song: "Go back to your yard and change your clothes, and wait for you to have dinner together!"

Cao Song responded and went back to Huaiyuan to change his clothes first.

Chu Yu was stunned. After a while, he felt relieved and said to Cao Yong: "What a strange woman. Although she has never met her, she still has to feel respect!"

Cao Yong shook his head in disapproval: "It is not advisable to fight with life. As Wang said, his husband has been disabled and is in prison. Who cares for the elders and children? Even if he wants to make a big deal and wants to find justice, he will not have to do this. Moreover, if this practice is to quell the grievances, will everyone follow the example in the future? He is obviously a good person, but he has to despise his life in exchange for justice. I don't know how many people will die in vain if this continues."

After hearing this, Chu Yu knew in his heart that Cao Yong was right, but he still couldn't help but sigh for Wang.

*

This blood splattering of the Censorate is also the first case since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. It spread throughout the capital the next day. Whether it was the people in the teahouse or the officials of various ministries, they all said it and listened to it as a new thing.

Everyone also said that because Wang comes from Gansu, the people who sued him are all senior officials like the governor, which makes everyone think that Qi Shiwu, the Minister of Justice, was also promoted to the Governor of Gansu. There is another E Qi, who was promoted from the Governor of Gansu. He was the Minister of Revenue for several months and was transferred to the Ministry of War in March. This was an old case caused by the deficit of money and grain. Now that the case is overturned, it is impossible to burn anyone.

Cao Yong just listened and slightly alerted in his heart that although Qi Shiwu and E Qi did not stand in a clear position, according to rumors, they were both people who were affiliated with the prince. He was thinking about the "second deposed prince" in his heart. He really had no impression of whether it was the beginning of the year or the end of the year. He was not a history student, but he only knew that it was in the 51st year of Kangxi, but he didn't know the specific month.

Then, Cao Yong felt that he was worried about it again. Even if this case of shortage of money and food thousands of miles away could be found, it would have nothing to do with the "second deposed prince".

A few days later, the topic of conversation among the people in the capital gradually changed from "blood splashing the captain" to "the daughter of the red flag and tiles inlaid after her fiancé died of illness and went to her husband's house to cut her hair and mourn her. She served her aunt for three years and hanged her to death." Because this is different from the usual integrity, local officials attached more and more importance to it and specially invited a commendation to "educate" the people.

A few days later, Kangxi sent a decree from Rehe, and indicted the two cases of Yao Honglie and Chen Hongdao, the left censor of the Censorate, Zhao Shenqiao, and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Ga Mintu, went to Shaanxi and Gansu to investigate together. Yao Honglie was the husband of the former magistrate of Ningzhou, Shaanxi and Gansu; Chen Hongdao was the husband of Wang, who was formerly prefect of Qingyang Prefecture and died in the Censorate. Both of them were charged with "greed", and they are now dismissed from their posts and imprisoned in the local prison.

Or is Shaanxi and Gansu too far from the capital, or is this prefect, the prefect is nothing among the officials in Beijing. After talking for two days, everyone felt that it was bland and boring and too lazy to mention it again.

The officials who went to Shaanxi and Gansu to investigate the case went out of Beijing, and the Ministry of Justice sentenced Sichuan to additional cases. It was the former governor Bian Yongshi who secretly sent additional cases. In addition to sending the former governor Nengtai and other 2200 taels of silver, a total of 27,400 taels of silver were included. The former governor Bian Yongshi, Zhaolu, planned to be trampled, but had died of illness, so there was no need to discuss. As a governor, Nengtai, was a private official, and was not aware of it. He was also stolen, and he was also subject to stolen silver. Zhaolu, planned to be trampled and executed in the autumn.

At this time, even Mr. Zhuang realized something was wrong. These two cases involved the peripheral officials of the princeling party. When the prince was abolished, they were not officials of the capital, and the party affiliated with them were not so eye-catching, so they were not punished. In the following years, some were transferred to the six ministries and promoted to the officials of the six ministries. Now they have been lifted out to deal with...

After hearing this, Cao Yong knew that what he expected was good, and this was probably the prelude to the second deposed prince. Although he could not say much to Mr. Zhuang, he also expressed his intention to withdraw as soon as possible. Moreover, he also made the situation in the capital in his letter early and sent two proper people to Jiangning. Although he did not do anything about the Cao family, he should have some ideas and be careful everywhere, so as to avoid being involved and troublesome.

In fact, there are many people in the capital, and like Cao Yong, who thinks of the prince, there are many people on the head. At this time, everyone was in danger of being in trouble. They squeezed their heads and went to the prince's mansions and the prince's mansions to inquire about the news.

Just as the capital was undercurrents, the emperor served the Empress Dowager on September 22 and returned to Changchun Garden from outside the border, and returned to the palace on September 29.

*

On September 30, Cao Yong had already finished his choreography at the yamen and returned to the mansion because he was going to host the banquet for Sun Jue and his wife who had arrived in Beijing the day before yesterday.

Sun Jue and his wife were invited to the Prince's Mansion of Pingjun yesterday. Others like Zhaojia and Sun family members also posted posts. Although Cao Yong had no elders, he was the Cao family, so he was ranked behind the Prince's Mansion of Pingjun and had a banquet today. In addition to Sun Jue and his wife, Cao Yong also invited his sister and brother-in-law to come and serve as guests.

Cao Ying is seven years older than Cao Yong. He has been married for five years and has given birth to a pair of children. They are all made of jade and are very popular. Chu Yu and Cao Yi are both so rare. They hugged each other and were not close enough. They kept praising each other.

Although Cao Ying was quiet, she had been married for many years after all. Seeing her younger brother and sister and third sister liked their children so much, she guessed that their thoughts were different and mentioned the matter of returning to the province before entering Beijing.

As expected, both of them looked over and listened to her detailed explanation, and they were concerned about the recent situation of Cao Yin and his wife.

Cao Ying stayed in Jiangning for two days and only went to the East Mansion for a meal. He only knew the recent situation of Cao Yin and his wife. Cao Ying himself was not a person who liked to say more, so he became cold after saying a few words.

Chu Yu and Cao Yi are both smart people. Thinking of Cao Ying's reversal, they also restrained themselves from talking to the child.

Before I knew it, the topic talked about the old things in Jiangning. Cao Ying thought for a little while and asked Cao Yi: "When I mentioned that back then, I remembered something. Yesterday, I was in the palace and vaguely heard about a girl named Yongjia who was accused of being a concubine of being the wife of the prince. This Yongjia was the Wanyan Yongjia girl from Jiangning Jizhu Club back then? I remember that she was two years older than her third sister, why hadn't she got married yet?"

"Sister Yongjia is going to be accused of marriage?" Cao Yi showed a happy expression on his face: "Yes, she is filial to July, well, it's almost time to calculate the day!"

She said to herself, and when she saw Cao Ying still looking at her, she remembered that she did not answer her sister's words, and hurriedly said, "Look at me, I forgot to say it happily. The eldest sister guessed it well. If it was mentioned by Yongjia from the royal palace, then the Yongjia sister of Wanyan Mansion was correct. Because the Baoge Gege of the mansion had a good relationship with Yongjia sister, there was also some information. Because of filial piety, Yongjia sister has been delayed in the past two years and has not been married, so this is why she is filial."

Because Yongjia is the cousin of the 14th Concubine, the 14th Concubine is also acquainted with the 7th Concubine. Chu Yu had also heard of the name Yongjia, but he was not familiar with it. After marrying into Cao's mansion, she often heard Baoya and Cao Yi mention Yongjia, and knew that she was the girl of Cao Yongqing's friend, and she felt a little close to her.

At this moment, she thought about this for a moment, but she was a little wrong, so she asked Cao Ying: "Is this elder sister really the legitimate wife? But no princes in the royal palaces in the capital have not been married?"

Cao Ying nodded: "It must be right, it's true that he is the legitimate concubine! Because he heard that he is the legitimate concubine, he told the humanity that she is a blessing." At this point, she stopped, thought about it carefully, and smiled: "Yes, it seems to be Prince Jian! That's right, it's Prince Jian's mansion!"

Chu Yu and Cao Yi looked at each other and couldn't speak for a long time. Although Prince Jian Yaer Jiang A is the king of iron hats and has a prominent reputation, he is not the first marriage. His wife died of illness last spring, and it seems that Yongjia is going to be the successor to the wife.

Although Prince Jian’s mansion had few young princes in the past two years, there are now two legitimate sons left by the legitimate concubine, and the illegitimate son is also the one who is the most beloved side concubine of Prince Jian. The oldest of them are thirteen and fourteen, and they are about to be married.
Chapter completed!