Records of the King of Xin'an County

Prince Xin'an, who was sitting on the side, smiled slightly in his heart.

Send someone to search and collect evidence?After waiting in a long line for more than half a year, how could the saint give Li Qianniang the time to cover up the evidence or ask for help?Presumably, when Xu Tian sued yesterday, he had already sent Jin Wuwei to search the whole Xu family.Li Qianniang's yard was turned upside down.As for the evidence of witchcraft, if there is any evidence, it is Li Qianniang's own fault; even if there is no evidence before, the Xu family dares to sue, and she will definitely let her have it.From the beginning to the end, there is no need for the saint to bother.

The king of Xin'an County is actually more inclined to believe that Li Qianniang got involved in this matter on her own initiative without knowing what the crime of witchcraft is.After all, how could a twisted person like her be content with cursing and slandering?In order to change her current situation where no one can rely on, she can even reconcile with Princess Anxing, and even corrupt the relationship with Li Ge, what else can't be done?

Because of the extremely similar reactions to each other, Li Hui, who was sitting among his grandpa and cousins, naturally gained their trust and approval.Both Li Wei and Li Jing watched the palace people take the swearing Xu Tian out with complicated expressions, and said in a low voice, "He actually has the guts to sue, so it shouldn't be a lie... This Li Qianniang... Sigh... Our family can still raise such a person..."

After His Royal Highness Pu Wang was greatly shocked, he suddenly felt extremely relieved: "She said that kind of rebellious words in front of Yue Niang and San Lang last year! Unexpectedly, she would dare to make things worse in private! Such unfilial people should follow the law. Not to mention that she was involved in witchcraft and plotted against her!" Unfilial piety is a serious crime, listed as one of the "Ten Evils", and it should be punished with death according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty.What's more, what she offended was the first emperor and the empress successively, and committed the crime of disrespect.

The worried Princess Qinghe also frowned: "Brother, my sister-in-law has been lying in bed for a long time, but she has not improved. Could it be because of her witchcraft? On the day my grandfather died, my sister-in-law reprimanded Li Qianniang. The name was wrong, so I noticed that she had a strange expression at the time. This matter must be carefully investigated, and the related objects that hate witchcraft should be destroyed immediately, and then quickly set up a dojo to pray for sister-in-law and drive away evil spirits."

What she said was well-founded, which caused the saint's expression to change slightly. For a moment, he didn't care that it was King Jing who was judging the case, and immediately said coldly: "Bring Li Qianniang and the maids and servants who serve her!"

King Jing had already been subdued by the private words of the two monarchs and ministers just now, so he naturally didn't care about these details.Li Hui keenly noticed that Princess Anxing glanced over with a half-smile, as if she was thinking.It seemed that she was calmer than Princess Linchuan and Princess Qinghe, as if she was sure that Li Qianniang's case had nothing to do with her.No matter how much Li Qianniang tried to quibble, she still couldn't get involved—maybe, this case really didn't hurt her.

At this time, Li Qianniang, who was still dressed up, came to the palace with tears in her eyes. After timidly looking around, she bowed to the elders, and then covered her face and wept: "Uncle, my son was wronged by the Xu family! My son lived like this An Ning, with so much love from the elders, how could she do something outrageous? On the contrary, the Xu family has always wanted to use their son to obtain an official position, but when he insisted on not allowing him, they hated him. Let’s not mention the respect, but he still frantically falsely accuses his son..."

Before she finished speaking, she fell on the ground weakly and began to cry.

"The Xu family is so rebellious, why didn't you mention it to us earlier?" King Jing's attitude was both majestic and indifferent, "With Zongzheng Temple here, they still dare to bully our clan daughters?! Come on, bring Yichuan County The lord's personal servants and servants are all called, and let them talk about how the Xu family bullied her and what they have done that is unreasonable!!"

Li Qianniang cried for a while, and then quickly said: "Many servants usually don't pay attention to Er, so what they said must be false. Uncle only asks Er's personal servants named A Ming and A Yue, they must be Know everything without saying nothing!" After she finished speaking, she fell on the ground again, as if crying bitterly.

So, the palace people brought two fair-skinned but somewhat short maidservants.After the two announced their names, they both said that they had served the Yichuan County Lord since they were young, and they were both from Qianzhou.Originally, they were not considered personal servants, they only did some cleaning work, but last year when the prince was assassinated when he returned to the capital, the two confidant maids were shot dead, and they were promoted to be the intimate servants of the Yichuan county lord. people.

King Jing asked: "The Lord of Yichuan just said that the Xu family was extremely disrespectful to her. We were all very indignant when we heard it. Tell me, how did the Xu family bully her?" The royal family all looked at the two maidservants coldly, waiting for what kind of false lies they could tell.No matter how much they quibble at this time, when the evidence of witchcraft is presented, it will be indistinguishable.

The two maidservants had already been locked up separately, and their treatment was naturally far inferior to that of Li Qianniang.The two were already trembling with fright, their faces were pale, and it was very possible that they could not even speak clearly.However, Li Hui took a closer look and found that they had glanced at each other in private, as if they had already made up their minds.

One of them kowtowed heavily and said with trembling lips: "The Xu family treats the county master very well...the daily expenses given to the county master are the best..."

"Bitch! How dare you slander me?! It's like a pig and a dog!!" Li Qianniang suddenly raised her head, her expression changed drastically, and she interrupted her with gritted teeth, as if she was about to jump into a rage the next moment—but standing in front of her The palace servant next to her reacted very quickly, and quickly and accurately gave her a cup of "soothing" medicinal soup: "The emperor must not be rude, the county lord, please be quiet."

Li Qianniang was still babbling and wanting to beg for mercy and curse, but then she could only collapse on the ground, her eyes wide open, showing a frightening distorted expression, she stared at the two maidservants intently.This change of face, like a shrew on the street, opened the eyes of the clans present and frowned.Even Li Wei and Li Jing, who had some sympathy and hesitation in their hearts just now, also showed disgust.

The maid who was interrupted continued: "The county lord has always disliked that the Xu family could not find the jewelry and satin rewards from the palace, so he called the steward of the Xu family to scold him when he had time, and secretly cursed that everyone in the Xu family is poor, and ordered the slaves and maidservants Rushing outside the courtyard of the Xu family’s ancestors, pointing at Sang and cursing Huai. It was the lady of the Xu family who brought over the jewelry at the bottom of the box in her dowry, and the county owner calmed down his anger... From then on, every time the county owner wanted jewelry or money, he would use it The Xu family has always dared to be angry and dare not speak out about this method."

Another maidservant added: "After getting married, Mr. Xu's family wanted to live in the hospital. The county lord has always insisted on keeping his filial piety, and he is not allowed to step in at will. However, despite what he said, the county lord did not stay at home. She lived in mourning and kept filial piety, but often went out to shoot, hunt and ride horses, and occasionally drank and had fun. The servants and others persuaded many times, but the county master refused to listen, and even scolded the late queen when she was drunk, saying that she didn't want to keep filial piety for the late queen at all!"

"So, it is true that Xu Tian sued the magistrate of Yichuan County for slandering the former emperor, cursing the queen, and even committing rebellious actions by witchcraft?" King Jing asked again, secretly scolding his own idiot son inwardly. How many times! ——Who on earth said that this Yichuan County Lord is affectionate, filial and well-behaved? !Wouldn't it bring down all the children of his family, and dare to have fun during the filial period between Empress Wende and Emperor Taizong! !

"It's all true!" The two maidservants wiped their tears and cried out their grievances, "The maidservants have persuaded the county master that since he has married Mr. Xu's family, he can live his life in peace, and he must be able to live comfortably in the future. But the county lord could not listen to such words, and punished the servants to kneel for a whole day and night...the knees were almost crippled, and they could not walk for half a month, so the servants did not dare to persuade them again..."

"The county lord has always resented the injustice of the first emperor, who succeeded the king of Chu, and caused her to become a distant clan girl who was ignored. She didn't want to be filial to each other. She not only drank and had fun, but also kept cursing at the Buddha statue. Later She begged a few statues from a female crown temple, and she was tired of the curse all the time, and she was still buried under the bed."

"Listen to her, these statues will always bless her, restore her identity, and make her the only princess in the Tang Dynasty... other words... the servants dare not listen any longer... let alone say... "

"The county lord hates the empress and Princess Changning very much, and cursed them with idols... This is what I saw with my own eyes, and I dare not say a word of lies! Otherwise, I will teach my servant to be struck by lightning and die!!"

Now that the two personal maidservants had turned against each other, King Jing ordered the palace servants to bring up the treasures dug up and other servants.When the puppets stained with mud were displayed, the saint's face changed.The royal family is most afraid of witchcraft. Who knows who Li Qianniang has cursed besides Princess Changning and Empress Du?She wholeheartedly wanted to become a princess, if there was no other person on the throne, how could she be crowned princess? !

After recording all the confessions, and hurriedly ordered the palace staff to invite eminent monks and Taoist priests to deal with the things in the town, King Jing glanced at the saint and said calmly: "The evidence in this case is solid, even if she denies it, she is also guilty." Unforgivable. Sage, I think, unfilial, treasonous, disrespectful, and immoral—the ten heinous crimes, Li Qianniang has committed four crimes, and she must not be easily spared. Although clan women are usually not sentenced to beheading or hanging , but... there are exceptions."

The saint's expression was gloomy: "After all, she is a clan daughter, she must be given some face. Poison wine, white silk, or a dagger, let her choose. Moreover, this matter can't stop here. The female crown who helped her witchcraft Where exactly is it, and whether there are other people involved in it, it must be carefully investigated. Uncle doesn't have to rush to deal with her, and ask in detail, and ask everyone who is close to her on weekdays, maybe there will be other gains. "

King Jing's heart trembled, and he quickly agreed.

At this time, Princess Anxing suddenly wiped away her tears, and said with aggrieved face: "Sage Mingjian, I got closer to her a few days ago because I felt pity for her... But I have never heard that she has such a rebellious behavior." Thought!! If I knew she had done such a thing, how could I approach her?"

The saint frowned slightly, as if he had regained his usual gentle attitude: "Second sister, don't worry, you are all from my own family. I can understand your compassion and will never implicate innocent people. However, witchcraft has always been a big case. , must not be tolerated easily. If you have never been involved, you will be safe and sound; if you have evil intentions, you should naturally be punished."

Princess Anxing took a deep look at him, tears welling up in her eyelashes: "The sage is right, but this matter should not be publicized after all. Otherwise, the reputation of our royal family girls will be completely ruined by this bitch... When it comes to marriage in the future, I'm afraid I will suffer..."

"Second sister is really far-sighted." Princess Qinghe continued solemnly, "However, the emperor's nature is kind, so he will naturally make a decision, so we don't need to worry too much. What's more, there is Uncle King Jing here. The matter that Zong Zhengqing has to deal with, Why should we go overboard and give pointers?"

Princess Anxing forced a smile, wiped away her tears and said, "I was confused because of my anxiety, what my sister said is very true. I also believe that Uncle King Jing will deal with it properly."

These words sounded very ordinary, but Li Hui, who was on the sidelines, always felt that there was a deep meaning implied in them.He was still thinking silently: Speaking of the reputation of the clan daughters, isn't Princess Anxing the most rumored at the moment?It is extremely ironic that she would actually use this matter as an excuse to persuade the sage not to pursue it further.

The saint's eyes moved slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "This is a family matter, which should have been handled by my uncle. I believe that every family has rebellious sons and daughters. As long as it is handled properly, it will definitely not affect the marriage. "