Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

A middle-aged man wearing a golden hair crown and brocade clothes quietly appeared behind Hu Yan, bowed and said:

"Lord Hu, I haven't seen you for a long time. I beg you not to take offense at the rashness of my visit."

The slightly familiar voice made Hu Yan stop, took back the foot that was about to cross the threshold, and turned around with some doubts.

After seeing the person coming, he narrowed his eyes inexplicably.

Afterwards, he calmed down the turbulent emotions in his heart, greeted the visitor with a solemn face and slightly squinted eyes:

"It's you, Brother Wang. I haven't seen you for many years. If you don't want to be your rich man in Yongchuan, what are you doing in Luojing?"

The visitor didn't care what Hu Yan's tone was, and just replied with a smile: "Xiaomin hasn't seen Your Excellency for a long time, and I miss you very much. I heard that His Majesty recently summoned His Majesty, and the official was reinstated. Xiaomin came here from Yongchuan to congratulate Your Excellency. Let's talk about the old days..."

As he said that, he gave Hu Yan a meaningful look, and then continued: "By the way, I came to Luojing to watch the excitement, but it's a pity that it didn't get to watch the excitement that I wanted to see today."

Hu Yan thought for a while, and there was a hint of clarity in his eyes, obviously thinking of something.

In other words, he knew what this person meant by "lively".

The so-called btw, obviously he didn't believe it.

This so-called convenience is often the main purpose.

But don't tell me if you see it through, it's polite, there's no need to be serious.

So Hu Yan waved his hand, and then stretched out his hand to the door: "Hahaha, brother Wang came from a long way, please come in and sit down."

"Ha~ha, Mr. Hu, that little man took the liberty of disturbing you."

The visitor who spoke polite words followed Hu Yan into the gate, and asked as he walked, "Master Hu, you know, why is the excitement I want to see today gone?"

"No rush, let's sit down and talk."

After finishing speaking, Hu Yan led the visitors to the living room to sit down, ordered the servants to serve tea, and then asked, "Brother Wang wants to ask about Xia Yan, right? Why, did he offend you?"

The visitor replied seriously: "Since Mr. Hu knows what Xiaomin said, then Xiaomin will say it directly."

He deliberately coughed twice, cleared his throat, and then continued: "Xiaomin just heard that today is the day that dog official Xia Yan will be punished, so today he made a special trip to the execution ground to wait, as for offending."

Having said that, he suddenly snorted coldly.

"Hmph, since he took over Mr. Hu as the county magistrate of Yongchuan, Xia Yan has been suppressing all the big families in Yongchuan and doing all kinds of evil things. As the first family in Yongchuan, our Wang family is naturally the first to bear the brunt of it. We have been targeted by this dog official all the time. All kinds of businesses have plummeted, and countless money has been lost. Now God opened his eyes, this dog official finally obeyed the law. Although Xiaomin couldn't kill him, but watching other people's heads fall to the ground can relieve the hatred in Xiaomin's heart. How could he know that he was sentenced today? Among the criminals who were beheaded, there was no such dog official."

As he said that, he cupped his hands to Hu Yan and asked, "Dare to ask Mr. Hu, but Xiaomin misremembered the sentence. Wasn't the dog official executed today?"

The person who came was none other than Wang Licheng, a well-known nobleman in Yongchuan County.

The Wang family he belonged to used to be just a small and wealthy family, but it gradually grew bigger and became the largest wealthy family in Yongchuan only by colluding with Hu Yan, the magistrate of Yongchuan County at that time.

Hu Yan glanced at him. It must be that after he was promoted, Xia Yan, the new magistrate of Yongchuan County, had too much appetite and ugly eating, which caused the dissatisfaction of the wealthy Yongchuan family headed by the Wang family.

No wonder this fella fell so quickly, as soon as the queen mother was brought down, he died.

Presumably these powerful families must have been behind the scenes.

When he was thinking this way, he picked up the teacup, took a sip casually, then put it down and said, "Brother Wang heard that right, today is the day when Xia Yan will be executed, but today someone in the court asked for a retrial of Xia Yan's case." , Your Majesty has already given permission, so Xia Yan’s death sentence is postponed, and we will make a decision after the case comes out.”

"What?!" Wang Licheng said eagerly, "Your Majesty is confused!"

"Brother Wang, be careful!" Hu Yan hurriedly stopped him from continuing, lest he say such outrageous words again.

You must know that the entire Luojing City is now under the control of the Cangming Army, and the extremely powerful Xuanwu Guard has replaced the Embroidered Clothes Guard. The most powerful of the guards established the Xuanji Guard to serve as the emperor's eyes and ears.

If you don't pay attention, you will risk going to prison, let alone being charged with slandering His Majesty.

Wang Licheng knew that his words were inappropriate, but he couldn't hold back and said, "The evidence in Xia Yan's case is solid, and the evidence is overwhelming. Why is there a need for a retrial? Isn't this a waste of time, manpower and material resources?"

After a pause, he said with an unbelievable expression:

"Master Hu, as a doctor of the Ministry of Punishment and a member of the fifth rank, did you not object to this extremely stupid proposal?"

Hu Yan snorted coldly, "Brother Wang doesn't know something. The person who complained is deeply favored by His Majesty. I am a soft-spoken official. What's the use of objecting?"

"This..." Wang Licheng hesitated.

"Your Majesty naturally has His Majesty's reason for doing this." Hu Yan said bluntly, "As a courtier, I must not disobey His Majesty's will, otherwise, what is the difference from the rebellious Demon Queen?"

After hearing this, Wang Licheng couldn't help exhaling.

His Majesty said in a golden voice, since he said that there will be a retrial, then the matter of Xia Yan is a foregone conclusion, and we can only see what kind of retrial will follow.

"Then, who is in charge of supervising this case?"

"snort."

A look of displeasure instantly appeared on Hu Yan's face, and he couldn't help remembering that the empress had directly ordered Lu Chen to supervise the case when he was about to go down to court.

"Your Majesty appointed Lu Chen, who is the one who went up for a retrial, to urge the San Judiciary to retry the case."

Hearing this, Wang Licheng secretly wrote down the name that made his teeth ache.

at the same time.

Yongchuan County.

Su Yue is a well-known beautiful village girl in ten miles and eight towns. Today she has free time, so she went to the county town with her parents to purchase things. Unexpectedly, she happened to run into Wang Yi, a well-known playboy of the Wang family, taking to the street to do her best.

That Wang Yi was full of fat, obviously a wretched bastard, when he saw Su Yue, his eyes lit up, and he immediately stepped forward to block the way of Su Yue's family.

"Huh? Where are you going, little lady? If you are free, why not go back home with me to enjoy the flowers and drink some wine?"

Su Yue refused, and with the help of her parents, she desperately got rid of Wang Yi's entanglement.

Then the family couldn't care less about shopping, and hurried home.

But they didn't realize that since the moment their family left the gate of the county seat, a wretched figure followed behind them, wretched them all the way to Shangyun Village, it was the boy who went out with Wang Yi today.

After the boy found out where the girl lived, he immediately went back to the county town and informed Wang Yi.

At this time, Wang Yi was smacking at the amazement of the day, while secretly annoyed at the family's ignorance.

When the boy came back, he saw that his young master's attention was on the girl, he immediately smiled, and then leaned closer to Wang Yi's ear and whispered a few words.

After a while, Wang Yi suddenly laughed lewdly.

At this time, the young man said again: "Master, why don't you go directly to the door and bring her into the mansion, this woman, don't look at her making a fuss now, but as long as the raw rice is cooked, everything will be fine." According to you, young master, when the time comes...hehe..."

After Wang Yi heard it, he suddenly felt that it was such a truth, so he laughed too.

Early the next morning, Wang Yi brought a group of servants to the village, and knocked on the door of Su Yue's house following the lead of the follower.

The sound of knocking on the door panel immediately attracted the attention of Su Yue who was working in the small courtyard. She stood up and asked loudly, "Who is it?"

The crisp female voice from inside the door resounded in Wang Yi's ears, like a magic elixir to relax the whole body, and even signaled the boy to keep knocking.

Su Yue didn't hear a response, and the knock on the door was so urgent, she had to go forward and open the door.

Seeing that the leader outside was the harasser on the streets of the county town a few days ago, he couldn't help but be startled, and was about to close the courtyard door.

But he didn't want to, when Su Yue was about to close the courtyard door, Wang Yi signaled the young man to come in, and then laughed and said: "Little lady, what are you doing closing the door so quickly, I brought a generous gift."

While talking, Wang Yi wanted to pull Su Yue.

"Ah!" Su Yue yelled in shock while dodging, "What are you doing?!"

The violent struggle and exclamation soon attracted the neighbor's aunt to come over.

Seeing what happened in the courtyard of the Su family, the aunt suddenly felt bad, and immediately shouted: "Come quickly, there is a bad guest at the old man Su's house!"

After a few words, they called the villagers who hadn't had time to go out to work in the fields.

The villagers of Shangyun Village were surprisingly united. When they saw someone bullying their village belle, they immediately went up without hesitation, beat the group of young fellows to one side, and then blocked Su Yue behind him, glaring at Wang Yi and the others people.

"snort."

Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to him, and the plan was basically in vain, Wang Yi immediately snorted with a look of displeasure.

"You rascals dare to ruin my good deeds, do you know who I am?!"

As he said that, without waiting for everyone to respond, he said arrogantly: "Master, I am the eldest son of the Wang family, the most powerful family in Yongchuan. If you offend me, you will offend the entire Wang family. If you are sensible, get out of here quickly." , I can pretend that this incident never happened, otherwise, I will make you feel overwhelmed and walk around!"

"Pooh!"

His response was a mouthful of thick phlegm.

But a man in linen clothes stood up and glared at Wang Yi without fear.

"It's just a dude, a dog-like character, what's so great about it?"

After the voice fell, the companion on the side took the words and said angrily: "That's right, you're just a mere scum, what can we do?"

"Master Xia just said that the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people! The king's law is greater than the sky! Even the royal family is like this, what are you?"

"Dare to bully us, we will definitely ask the county magistrate to uphold justice for us!"

"Yes! The county magistrate is the master of Qingtian, and he will definitely decide for me and other good people!"

"Yongchuan has Lord Qingtian here, and we have nothing to fear!"

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What the villagers said to each other completely overwhelmed Wang Yifang in terms of momentum.

"Hahaha!"

Wang Yi suddenly laughed a few times.

"You mean Xia Yan, that dog official? Haha!"

"That guy bribed the Demon Queen's followers, used various names to rob our rich family's property, committed numerous crimes in Yongchuan, and made people angry. Now that he is finally caught, he must be sentenced to death. Maybe he has already been beheaded. You actually expect a dead man to stand up for you? It would be better to count on me to be merciful than to count on him!"

"Hahaha! I really laughed to death!"

Hearing this, some villagers couldn't help but froze.

"You fart!"

At this time, an old man choked out loudly: "No accident will happen to the magistrate of the county!"

"That's right!" The aunt on the side said quickly, "We have already written a petition, as long as Master Qingtian in the capital reads our petition, he will know that the county magistrate has been wronged!"

As soon as these words came out, the old man's expression changed immediately.

"Shut up!"

He tried to stop Da Niang.

But the words spoken are like water poured out, irreversible.

The aunt knew she had said something wrong, so she didn't dare to say anything more.

You must know that this is the secret of several villages, and it is also the last way for the county magistrate to survive. Once these rich and unkind people know it, the consequences will be disastrous.

Wang Yi didn't expect to snatch a girl on a whim, and unexpectedly learned that such a major matter related to her own interests, she couldn't help laughing, "Just wait and see if Xia Yan will be finished!"

After finishing speaking, he proudly led a group of servants who were beaten up with bruised noses and swollen faces, and walked away laughing wildly.