The general's wife is sick

Lord Yusun stood up for Zhang Li, "General Xiong, if Master Zhang really slandered you, you can show evidence. Now, please be polite."

Xiong Jinghai showed his ruffian appearance, "Master Sun! I'm a warrior with a straight temper, so I can't compare to your civil officials who are polite and knowledgeable,"

This sentence means that I am a martial artist anyway, so I will scold if I scold, if you have the ability, you can learn from me and scold me without being polite!

Mr. Sun snorted angrily at his words. He has looked down on Wu since ancient times. Naturally, he would not lower his figure and quarrel with Xiong Jinghai on the spot. "Is General Xiong guilty?"

"Why am I guilty, why should I be guilty?" Xiong Jinghai clasped his fists and bowed to Emperor Xuande, "Your Majesty, since Mr. Zhang has counted the crimes of this minister in detail, please show Mr. Zhang evidence, otherwise don't blame this minister. Regardless of the affection of being an official in the same dynasty for many years!"

Zhang Li then said, "Your Majesty, here is the evidence for this humble minister."

Zhang Li took out the pleading paper from his cuff, and Shen Lin handed it over, while he talked eloquently, "This old man Liu risked his life from the northwest to Beijing to file a lawsuit in order to get out of Xiong Jinghai's control."

Xiong Jinghai suddenly knelt down, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged."

Zhang Li flicked his sleeves, "General Xiong, the last person I participated in was General Wang of the City Defense Army. He also kept complaining, and now he is still persuading the general to confess earlier, so that he doesn't have to suffer from that flesh and blood."

At this time, people came forward one after another to help Zhang Li. Emperor Xuande glanced at the people who stood up, and suddenly asked, "Is there anyone else who wants to say?".

The officials attending Xiong Jinghai below said in unison, "I hope the emperor will see clearly!"

Emperor Xuande said with a smile, "I have heard about the changes in the Northwest in the memorial, but I have never actually seen it. Since today's incident is caused by the Northwest, let's announce this old man Liu into the palace. In front of everyone, I will Also ask the previous question."

Things did not develop as most people expected. Xiong Jinghai was detained and awaiting investigation, but even though things were unexpected, Zhang Li still seemed calm, "Your Majesty is wise! To ensure the safety of old man Liu, this time After he entered Beijing yesterday, he temporarily lived in Weichen's mansion, so Weichen sent someone to pick him up."

It wasn't the first time Old Man Liu came to the capital, but it was the first time he entered the palace. It was obvious that he was not used to facing so many officials all of a sudden.

Under the guidance of the little eunuch, he knelt down and saluted the two soldiers, "The grassroots pay homage to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

"Be flat!"

Old man Liu knelt on the ground and dared not get up, "Caomin dare not."

"Forget it, tell me why you want to sue Northwest General Xiong Jinghai?"

The old man Liu looked blank, "The Caomin did not sue General Xiong, the Caomin came to deliver things to the General and his wife!"

Zhang Li exploded immediately, "Old man Liu, the pleading paper you sent to me yesterday is still on the Emperor's Longan. How do you say you didn't come here to sue?"

Old man Liu glanced at him, and in his eyes, the people under the hat in the identical court clothes looked almost the same, "It turns out that it is Master Zhang, didn't Cao Min say that he came to give things to the general and his wife, Cao Min Douda's words are not If you know one, how can you write a pleading paper?"

Zhang Li's chest heaved with anger at the old man Liu's overturned confession in court, "Weren't you very happy when I sent someone to pick you up yesterday, and told the entourage that someone made the decision, and you are being coerced to change your mouth now?"

Master Xia Yusun also asked, "Don't be afraid, the emperor knows every detail and will not let the bad guys go. If you have any grievances, you can say it in front of the emperor."

Old man Liu was even more confused, his mind was buzzing, "Caomin is just here to deliver things, there is no grievance, and he has never been coerced."

Among the crowd, he raised his head and saw Xiong Jinghai kneeling on the ground, "General Xiong, it's me, you and your wife left Yingkou quietly, everyone thinks that you don't treat us as your own." No, no, I brought two carts of things, and it was the big guy's wish."

Xiong Jinghai was still kneeling on the ground, turned his head and said, "Old man Liu, you can't read, who wrote the pleadings for you?"

Old man Liu said, "I have never written a pleading paper!"

Zhang Li was taken aback for a moment, this incident revealed strangeness everywhere, could it be that he was used as a gun?

Thinking about it, he asked, "Then let me ask you, what did you mean when I sent someone to pick you up yesterday evening?"

Old man Liu said, "I thought you were General Xiong's friend. I had a lot of food in the car, and I was afraid it would be ruined after walking all the way. I thought someone would finally take me to General Xiong."

"The paper?"

"What kind of paper, that's a gift list I asked someone to write. I don't have much etiquette in the northwest, but I know that the capital is the most polite here, so I asked someone to write a gift list for your lord."

Zhang Li couldn't help but take a step back, he was being tricked, he didn't even understand the matter himself, and even wrote the memorial when he saw the pleadings before he had met the plaintiff, he was too greedy for success, so overjoyed.

Emperor Xuande asked, "You haven't written a pleading paper, didn't you come to the capital to sue?"

Old man Liu said, "That's right, my life is no worse than that of people in the capital, so why should I sue!"

Emperor Xuande was curious, "Although the whole world is my royal land, and I am very pleased with the development of the northwest, but your words are exaggerated. There are changes in the northwest, but if you say it is comparable to the capital, I don't believe it."

Old man Liu wiped his nose, he still remembered the etiquette, "Back to the emperor, we now have no fewer shops in Yingkou than in the capital. And we have built a new outer city, all of which are workshops. Of my three sons, two have joined the army. , the younger son just got married this year, and the three daughters-in-law are all working in the workshop, the eldest daughter-in-law is in the hemp rope workshop, the second daughter-in-law is in the embroidery room, the third daughter-in-law is the most promising, in the charcoal pen workshop, my youngest son is also in the soybean oil workshop I work in the workshop. I graze on the grassland, and the old woman takes care of the rabbits and chickens at home, but the copper coins that our family receives every day can buy a family’s rations for ten days, which is something that I couldn’t even dream of before !"

Hearing the development of the matter, Zhang Ting put his heart into his stomach and asked, "Old man, in front of the emperor and all the ministers of civil and military affairs, you have to tell the truth, don't say that it was General Xiong who coerced you to say so." of."

Old man Liu straightened his back, "What do you say to coerce me? General Xiong and his wife are such good people, who would dare to slander him like that?"

Zhang Li swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he did this wrong, he lowered his head, "Your Majesty, it was my minister who didn't find out the truth, fell into the villain's tricks and wronged Mrs. Xiong General Ji Yipin, this minister is willing to be punished. "

"Hey?" Old man Liu said, "Master Zhang, you are a good man. You took me into the house and gave me food, but I really didn't come to sue. If it weren't for General Xiong and Mrs. Xiong, let's not talk about earning rations. Last year I was afraid It’s me and the old woman who will freeze to death and starve to death in winter.”

Compared with punishing Zhang Li, Emperor Xuande was more interested in Old Man Liu's words, "Speak slowly."

"Going back to the emperor, our place is very cold in winter, with heavy wind and heavy snow. Every winter, people of the old man's age would freeze to death and starve to death. But last winter, the general's wife sent someone to repair the kang for us, which is to boil water. It is a good thing that can make the house warm by cooking, and it is not cold at all to sleep on it. The wife also sent someone to send the rabbits raised in his rabbit farm and a lot of dry firewood. If there are not those dried rabbits, I and The old woman is destined not to live now."

Listening to old man Liu, Xiong Jinghai felt doubtful in his heart. He asked, "No, this general remembers that Liu'er is a widow who let the composition count. How come you have three sons and you also took these?"

Old man Liu chuckled and said, "General, at the beginning we really only took care of them, but one day my old lady saw that my wife had a big belly, so she sent some eggs, and my wife asked the soldiers to take care of all the old people at home. All these things were sent."

Xiong Jinghai was a bit apprehensive, no wonder Liu'er's money was spent so quickly, old man Liu had three sons, and Ji Liu was so soft-hearted that he was required to raise them.

Seeing Xiong Jinghai's complexion, Old Man Liu hurriedly said, "General, madam is kind, so God gave you three golden dolls. This is a blessing that no one else can exchange!"

Old man Liu thought that what he said would make Xiong Jinghai feel more comfortable, and he would no longer care about the things he sent out before, but he didn't know Xiong Jinghai well, so he only listened to Xiong Jinghai, "I have three sons, that's what I can do. What does it have to do with God!"

Everyone didn't understand what they heard here. The official who just fell into trouble wanted to sell himself in front of the prime minister, but he didn't expect that this matter would be an oolong from the beginning to the end, and Zhang Li, who was doing justice for the people, was even more heartbroken. The cold sweat dripped down.

Emperor Xuande said, "It turned out to be a misunderstanding, old man Liu, you said you came to give a gift, what kind of gift did you give?"

"Your Majesty, the general and his wife sneaked away from Yingkou in the middle of the night, and we don't even know."

"Pfft!" Someone laughed out loud. Now that they knew that this was an oolong incident, the atmosphere in the court room eased a lot.

Emperor Xuande also laughed, "It sounds like two young lovers elope."

Old man Liu waved his hand, "I was wrong. In order not to let us send them off, the general and his wife left before dawn. After we found out, we were always in a bad mood. Then we gathered some things. My young I used to go to the mall and went to a lot of places, so the big guy asked me to send them over. They are all worthless things, but it is our heart, general, where do you live, I will take care of it later The car will be sent to you."

Xiong Jinghai snorted arrogantly, "No! If you didn't tell me in advance when you came, I was almost wronged."

Old man Liu is also very innocent, "I don't know that someone has replaced the gift slip I entrusted with a pleading paper. Hey, could it be that person I entrusted changed my gift slip into a pleading paper?"

"Did you tell outsiders that you came to give me a gift?"

"Say it!"

"You deserve it for being used by others!" Xiong Jinghai was still furious, "Fortunately, Mr. Zhang brought you into the house, otherwise you would have no life left, you would have been killed by someone long ago!"

"Ah?" Old man Liu didn't know that he had turned around before the gate of hell.

Zhang Li also suddenly realized that if someone really killed old man Liu in advance, then the pleading paper in his hand would become the only physical evidence, and Xiong Jinghai's situation would not be as easy as it is now.

This person used him to frame Xiong Jinghai, and just happened to meet him in a greedy act, so he almost got caught!

Zhang Li knelt down with a thud, "Your Majesty, my humble servant was deceived by others, and he was so happy. It is an unforgivable crime. General Xiong, I didn't notice this matter, and I almost killed the general, but the general ignored the previous suspicions and still spoke for me. Zhang Li Really ashamed."