Reborn Emperor's House

Jiang Lou froze for a moment, then rushed out like a rabbit.

Tang Yan, who hadn't reacted yet, was left dumbfounded while holding the teacup.

Jiang Lou trotted all the way to the door, and saw two young masters standing at the door, followed by two attendants.

Jiang Lou bowed to the older young master, and quickly welcomed him in. Both of them went to the living room without saying a word.

When Tang Yan saw that the prince was coming, he quickly put down his teacup and stood up to salute.

As soon as Jiang Lou came in, he turned his head and said, "Everyone back down. Don't come in without permission."

Jiang Lou ordered his servants, and when all the servants retreated, Jiang Lou immediately knelt on the ground, "Jiang Lou, the magistrate of Chennan City, please refer to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness."

"Master Jiang, please rise."

"I dare not."

"Master Jiang is not at fault, so why not dare?"

"Your Highness?" Lord Jiang looked up at the prince.

"Get up quickly." The prince helped him.

"That minister, you can't even get up. At this moment, the matter is of great importance. Your Highness should let the minister kneel and speak."

Tang Mu stepped forward and gently tugged at the prince's sleeve. The prince looked at Tang Mu, and Tang Mu shook his head at him, saying don't force it, let him speak first.

The prince no longer helped Mr. Jiang, "Okay. Mr. Jiang, please tell me."

Jiang Lou knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, I have been the magistrate of Nancheng for four years. Nancheng is a land of fish and rice. The folk customs are simple and the weather has always been good. Only about two years ago, a wealthy businessman came to Nancheng. The business of the rich merchant is selling cloth. Lord, at the beginning, nothing was the same, but after about a year, the lower officials discovered something was wrong."

Jiang Lou's voice trembled a little, which showed his mood at the moment.Jiang Lou put everything on this time, on the crown prince, whether he was dead or alive, he accepted it all.

Jiang Lou went on to say, "First of all, it's just a few small things. A man was robbed while walking at night and lost two dozen taels of silver. But the man was just an ordinary banker's family. At first, the lower official thought that he purposely exaggerated the amount, but later Catch the robbers and find out so much money."

"Later, some idlers in the city became rich one after another. Some people drank too much and made troubles in restaurants in the city. After being caught, they paid full compensation to the restaurants, and even gave a lot of rewards."

"There are also some families that were not wealthy, and the men actually married concubines."

Tang Mu complained silently in his heart, the magistrate is a bit gossip...

Jiang Lou went on to say, "These are mostly trivial things, but this kind of thing happens frequently. Once there are too many things, the lower officials feel that something is wrong. These people seem to get rich overnight. The lower officials are worried that they will take risks, so they send people to investigate, but only It was found that these people were all shipping goods for rich merchants."

Jiang Lou paused, then continued, "It's just transporting the goods, how did you get such a large amount of income? The officials felt strange, so they kept staring at the rich merchants, but they didn't have any clues."

"What's the last name of this rich businessman?" Tang Jingyu asked suddenly.

"The surname is Ding." Jiang Lou replied.

The third prince... Sure enough, it was the family of Concubine Shu's mother, the Ding family.

Jiang Lou knew in his heart that this wealthy businessman was related to the third prince.

Although Jiang Lou is far away in Nancheng, his surname is Jiang after all. Although he doesn't inquire about the Jiang family's affairs, he knows something about it.At least, he knew that although the Jiang family was powerful, they were not trusted by the emperor, and the position of the crown prince was a bit embarrassing.

But there is no way, he really has no other way now, Jiang Lou continued, "Until last month, after investigation, the officials found that when they transported goods, the goods transported by land and water were different. By chance, the officials sent The person watching reported that one of the waterborne cargo packages fell into the water, but they didn't fish it out in time. At night, the subordinate officials took people to investigate, but the bag that was salvaged was empty..."

"The lower official thought it was very strange at the time, and ordered people to investigate secretly, and found that these goods did not seem to be cloth, but shipped from other places. For this reason, the lower official sent people to follow them, but the people who followed them for half a month were not alive or dead. corpse……"

Jiang Lou took a deep breath. If he found out about this unintentionally, he would be ruled out, that's for sure, and he was mentally prepared, but he was unwilling to die unjustly like this!

Jiang Lou went on to say, "Until one day, the lower official heard a report that there was a dead body in the outskirts of the city, and the lower official took someone to see it. It was one of the people sent by the lower official. The official opened it forcibly... it was a small handful of salt."

Jiang Lou's voice trembled a little, can the prince help him?Will you help him?Even if he doesn't help, at least he can't bring this secret into the coffin, at least someone needs to know that he was wronged.

"The lower officials deduced that they were selling smuggled salt, and immediately arrested the person who transported the goods and detained the cargo ship. Unexpectedly, all the goods on board were replaced with cotton. It can be seen that they had prepared for a long time, and the lower officials arrested one of the leaders and came back for interrogation , The man confessed that they were indeed transporting salt. Then the officials detained him and was about to report it to the capital, but the man died in the sky prison, and all his family members were missing. All the statements were dead without corroboration."

Jiang Lou shook his head, knowing in his heart that he was a dead end, and he didn't know what the outcome of this last fight would be, so he just asked God to open his eyes.

"The lower officials have been sending people to investigate, but...no results. It wasn't until Mr. Tang came with the imperial decree that the lower officials knew that this family had gone to the capital to sue the imperial court."

Jiang Lou smiled wryly, "Nowadays, there is no proof for what you say, and no proof for death... The officials don't ask for absolution, but only for His Highness to bring the real culprit to justice in the future."

After Jiang Lou finished speaking, he looked up at the prince and saw that the prince was expressionless, but his brows were slightly frowned. He thought to himself, if he is wise and safe, his surname is Jiang, and the emperor sent the prince to investigate, and the prince reversed the case for him, so the crime of favoritism must be inevitable. , the status of the prince is embarrassing, now it seems... the bet has been lost...

Jiang Lou kowtowed to the prince, then knelt there and bowed his head in silence, his face full of despair.

"You are the Jiang family, why don't you ask the Jiang family for help?" Tang Jingyu asked.

"Xiaguan is not the main branch of the Jiang family, but a branch of the side branches. It is insignificant. It is a great fortune to sit in the position of magistrate, so why bother with the Jiang family's power. Besides, the incident happened suddenly, Xiaguan has no evidence, and selling private salt is no small matter Now, the Jiang family is in a delicate position, who will the officials turn to for help?" Jiang Lou had a desolate look on his face, with a sense of abandonment in his tone, as if he was already an outcast.

"You get up first. Since Gu is here, he won't let them be lawless." Tang Jingyu said.

Jiang Lou looked up at him for a while, "Your Highness really?"

"Naturally."

Jiang Lou stood up, thought for a while, but then smiled self-deprecatingly, "Your Highness was sent by the emperor to investigate the magistrate who caress about human life, not a profiteer who sells private salt. Jiang Lou's life is not worth it. Your Highness... It doesn't have to be."

Tang Jingyu knew in his heart that Jiang Lou was right, he believed in Jiang Lou, but the emperor did not believe him.

If he wants to help Jiang Lou reverse the case, unless there is solid evidence, the emperor will feel that he is deliberately favoring the Jiang family.And all his previous efforts were in vain, and he, the prince, would be thrown into limbo again.