Cannon Fodder [Quick Transmigration]
Chapter 53 The Fisherman's Husband
A month later, other than the magistrate, other officials dispatched from the capital arrived in Yangjiang Province one after another to take over the affairs in Xiao Zimo's hands.
As for why the magistrate didn't send anyone, it's because after all, it is the magistrate of a province, and it is also a position that many officials must contend for. There is a lot of quarrel in the court for this position, but it can't delay the political affairs of Yangjiang Province because of this position. So there was a scene where all other officials were in place, but the magistrate had no one to take over.
But at least a lot of people came, and Xiao Zimo was finally free, but this also meant that his mission to Yangjiang Province this time had been completed, and he had to return to Beijing to return to his mission.
The day before his departure, Xiao Zimo invited Wu's father and the others to have dinner together in a restaurant as a thank you for their care for him during this period of time. At the same time, he also promised Wu's father and the others that he would come to marry Wu Bai again after returning to Beijing.
After hearing Xiao Zimo's promise, Father Wu and Brother Wu breathed a sigh of relief.
When Xiao Zimo returned to Beijing, he took Tang Maode and the officials from Yangjiang Province who were also arrested by him. He knew that he still had a tough battle to fight after returning to Beijing, and he didn't just arrest these people.
Along the way, Xiao Zimo took the 5000 people he selected from the navy and headed towards the capital in a mighty large group. He thought that with so many people, there would be no one to rob the prison car on the way. , The backers behind these officials should wait until they arrive in the capital. Unexpectedly, he still encountered dozens of people to rob the prison car along the way, but fortunately, he did not relax his vigilance because of the large number of people, so Did not let those people succeed.
Along the way, apart from the fact that people often came to rob the prison car at the beginning, no one came to rob the prison car as he got closer to the capital. At first, he was a little surprised, because he was almost in the capital, logically speaking, he shouldn’t The offensive should have been more aggressive. Later, he suddenly realized that these people had given up on hijacking the prison car, but when he brought them to the capital, after these people's home court, the opponent would definitely become more active.
Sure enough, after he successfully arrived in the capital, locked Tang Maode and others in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the emperor ordered him to try the case himself, he received invitations from all parties.
Regarding the purpose of these invitations, Xiao Zimo knew very well, and of course he would not go to the appointment. At the same time, he also knew that his actions would offend many people, but he had no choice. It is a knife in the emperor's hand. Judging from what the emperor revealed to him this time, he understands that the other party does not intend to let Tang Maode and others go, so he must not be influenced by all parties in this trial. A test for him.
If he can stand this test, then his official career will be smooth in the future, and it is not impossible for him to be an extremely personable minister.
However, Xiao Zimo's state of mind has long been different after going through Yangjiang Province. He no longer regards this trial as a task or a test, but wants to do what he wants to do for those innocent people who died tragically. The common people were wronged, and Tang Maode and others were punished as they should.
Although Xiao Zimo is a child of a big family in the capital, his mother and father died early, and now the family is headed by his stepmother and father. His father has many children under his knees, and his stepmother and father have three outstanding sons. He has been with him since he was a child. The relationship between father and son was cold, and the relationship between father and son did not ease after they grew up.
On this day, he had just returned home from the Ministry of Punishment, but he was notified by the servants in the mansion that his father was looking for him. Xiao Zimo didn't think much, changed his official uniform and went to his father's study.
"I heard that the emperor gave you full authority to interrogate the criminal officials in Yangjiang Province?" Father Xiao asked.
As soon as Father Xiao spoke, Xiao Zimo understood what the other party would say next, so he directly refused: "This matter has nothing to do with you, Father! Please don't interfere!"
"You... Forget it, you have only been in the officialdom for a few years, so it's no wonder that you don't understand the truth of this because you are young, you just listen to me this time, and just betray a few insignificant people. "Father Xiao ordered.
Then Father Xiao took out a piece of paper from the drawer, handed it to Xiao Zimo, and said: "Here, this is the list, you just need to judge these people according to what is written on it."
Hearing this, Xiao Zimo paused in his heart. After a while, he took the paper and looked at the names on it. Sure enough, there were no powerful officials like Tang Maode and Zhifu on it, and almost all of them were marginal figures.
After reading the list, Xiao Zimo sneered in his heart, put the piece of paper in his arms without saying a word, and exited Father Xiao's study.
Seeing his son's appearance, Xiao's father was very satisfied, thinking that the other party had agreed to his order just now, he was overjoyed, and found someone to prepare the carriage, he had to tell others that the matter was settled.
But obviously, Xiao's father, who hadn't taken care of Xiao Zimo much since he was a child, didn't understand Xiao Zimo's temperament.
The next day, he happened to be taking a rest, so he was resting at home, and by the way, he took the exam to teach the next few good sons, and asked them to learn from the eldest son Xiao Zimo and give him a good face.
Father Xiao is enjoying this rare leisure time in the mansion. He just feels that life is very happy. He doesn't need to spend much time on the big day to become a dragon and phoenix among the people, step into the court, and now he can help him. It can be called a father and son Together, its profit breaks gold.
Thinking of this, Father Xiao glanced at the sons in front of him again, each of them was tall and straight, full of vigor and spirit, and his eyes were full of admiration. Thinking of how many good helpers he would add to the court in the future, Father Xiao's eyes were filled with satisfaction. That is unstoppable.
He was in a happy mood and was happy to see everything, so that Father Xiao didn't notice that the eyes of the children under his knees flashed with admiration, and when he didn't pay attention, the eyes of everyone made contact. spark.
Xiao's father sat on a chair, drinking tea leisurely, tested his sons except Xiao Zimo, and planned to let them go down.
At this moment, the butler of the Xiao Mansion suddenly came to their ears and whispered something, Father Xiao hurriedly said: "Please come in quickly."
It was rare for the brothers who were about to leave to see their father so irritable. They stood still for a while, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one left here.
After the butler left for a while, he ushered in a man in a fine attire.
When the man saw Xiao's father, he said in a strange way: "Master Xiao really gave birth to a good son!"
Xiao's father had just finished the exams for his sons, and he was very satisfied in his heart. He didn't understand the other party's intentions for a while, and hurriedly said modestly: "The prince is too polite, the dog is still young, how can he be a prince?" praise."
Seeing a hint of complacency on Xiao's father's face, the man's complexion darkened, and he slapped the table next to him vigorously, shaking the teacup on the table, splashing a few drops of tea stains and falling to the ground.
"Xiao Changzhong, you are so brave, you dare to lie to me!" the prince said angrily, looking directly at Father Xiao.
This prince is the brother of His Majesty's mother and compatriots. His title is Ping, and he is valued by the emperor on weekdays. Naturally, Xiao Changzhong did not dare to offend the other party. Therefore, when he saw the other party getting angry, he immediately took the initiative to confess: "Please calm down, please, don't know What did the servant do wrong that made the lord so angry, I hope the lord will tell me, I will definitely correct it, I will definitely correct it..."
"Change? Hmph! What are you going to change? You really raised a good son!" King Ping glanced at Xiao Changzhong twice, and then said with a look of surprise: "I didn't expect that you, Xiao Changzhong, are hiding so deeply that even this king can I was tricked by you."
Xiao Changzhong became more confused the more he listened, and quickly asked: "What are you talking about, my lord? Please tell me clearly!"
But King Ping snorted coldly and said, "Forget it, I don't have the time to waste time here with you, but remember, don't let me catch you, otherwise..."
Otherwise, King Ping left without finishing his sentence, but Xiao Changzhong is not a fool, of course he knew that there must be no good words behind it.
As soon as King Ping left, Xiao Changzhong immediately realized who the good son that King Ping was talking about was referring to, and what he was thinking, his expression changed instantly, and he shouted, "Get your chariots and horses ready!"
Father Xiao walked out of the hall while giving orders, leaving only his good sons looking at each other in the hall, not knowing what happened.
At the gate of the criminal department, Father Xiao had just got off the carriage when he saw Xiao Zimo coming out of the carriage. He immediately accused him, "What have you done, you rebellious son?"
Seeing Xiao's father like this, Xiao Zimo sighed in his heart, he didn't expect the other party's news to be known so quickly.
Xiao Zimo said as he got into the carriage, "Since father already knows, why are you asking me?"
Seeing that Xiao Zimo didn't answer his question directly, Xiao's father stepped forward to stop him, but unfortunately the other party had ordered the coachman to take a step forward on the horse, and Xiao's father could only jump in anger.
Father Xiao originally wanted to get in the carriage he came in and follow up, and ask that Nizi carefully, but after thinking about it, he still didn't follow, and instead turned around and entered the gate of the Ministry of Punishment.
After Xiao's father found out what Xiao Zimo had done from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he wished he could rush to shoot that traitor to death.
It turned out that Xiao Zimo did not follow his orders and only tried those people on the list handed over to the other party. Instead, he sentenced Tang Maode and other important officials to death, and executed them immediately, because those people committed a crime. The crimes were all carefully investigated by Xiao Zimo when he was in Yangjiang Province. Most of the cases committed by everyone were death sentences. On the contrary, it was the people on the list that Xiao's father handed over to Xiao Zimo. It can be sentenced to a post-autumn sentence.
Hearing Xiao Zimo's death of Tang Maode and others at the Ministry of Punishment, and thinking of what King Ping said before leaving his mansion, Xiao's father felt dizzy at this moment, but fortunately the coachman helped him in time .
When Father Xiao returned to the Xiao Manor, he had gradually calmed down, and even thought about how to solve this problem. He must not allow the entire Xiao Manor to be buried with that rebellious son.
In the evening, after dinner, Xiao Zimo didn't leave directly, but just sat on the chair without moving. He wanted to see what Father Xiao would do with him.
Usually Xiao Zimo would be the first to get up and leave the dining room after eating, but today he was not the first to leave. This made the rest of the Xiao family realize something unusual, but the current head of the Xiao family, the husband, had no expression on his face. No accidents, because he had already learned about Xiao Changzhong's plan from his husband Xiao Changzhong.
Xiao Zhujun, who was present at the moment, was very happy.
He has long been unhappy with Xiao Zimo. After all, Xiao Zimo is not his own, and he has not been close to him since childhood, and he has several sons under his knees. Doesn't it mean that in the future, Xiao Zimo's property will have nothing to do with Xiao Zimo, it will all belong to his son?
Sure enough, after a while, I heard Xiao's father say: "Zimo, you offended someone who shouldn't be offended this time, even if you are a father, you can't protect you. As the head of the Xiao family, I can't let the Xiao family be destroyed. In your hands, because you are the only child of your parents, I will not personally send you to others to make amends, but you will no longer be my son from now on... In the end, I still I want to advise you, if you have self-knowledge, you should take the initiative to ask the other party for mercy, maybe you can save your life."
Xiao Zimo hadn't spoken yet, but the rest of the Xiao family were surprised, especially the few young masters of the Xiao family who were still following their father's teachings this morning and asked them to learn from the big brother Xiao Zimo. Shocked, as if my father had just told a ghost story.
Seeing the performance of everyone in the Xiao family, no one felt sorry for him, even his stepmother and father had a flash of excitement in his eyes, Xiao Zimo felt nothing in his heart, he stood up and was about to leave.
Anyway, the Xiao family was no longer his home after the death of his mother and father.
Thinking of the figure in Haining Village, Yangjiang Province in his mind, Xiao Zimo felt warm in his heart. Now that he has found his home for the rest of his life, he will let go of Xiao's family.
Seeing that Xiao Zimo got up and wanted to leave without saying a word, he had hoped to drive Xiao Zimo out of the Xiao Mansion so that he would not hurt his father Xiao, who felt a little uneasy for no reason, and subconsciously shouted: "Stop!"
"Anything else?" Xiao Zimo paused.
Seeing that Xiao Zimo didn't turn around to reply, Father Xiao said angrily, "Is that how you talk to me!"
Xiao Zimo turned around to look at Father Xiao, and chuckled lightly: "Then how do you think I should talk to you?"
"I'm your father..." Father Xiao was about to make a big accusation, but was interrupted by Xiao Zimo.
"Oh... Could it be that Mr. Xiao has lost his soul? You just said that I will not be your son from now on, so how can you be my father?" Xiao Zimo paused for a while. Glancing at his younger brothers, he said again: "Lord Xiao doesn't look like a person who lacks a son, why did he misrecognize his son for no reason? Healing, this is my last piece of advice to Lord Xiao."
"You... Nizi, get out!" Father Xiao was so angry that he pointed at the door and said.
Xiao Zimo took a deep look at Father Xiao for the last time, then turned and left.
As soon as he walked out of the dining room, Father Xiao lifted the dining table angrily and shouted: "Get out, get out!"
I have never seen Xiao's father get angry like this. The children of Xiao's family were frightened, and they stood still and did not dare to move. Fortunately, their mother and father were clever, knowing that they should not stand here and touch Xiao's father's bad luck, so they decisively took them away. The sons slipped away.
After Xiao Zimo left the Xiao Mansion, he did not go to other places, but directly entered the palace, handed another confession in his hand directly to the emperor, and at the same time expressed his resignation to the emperor.
He only wished that after this matter was over, he would return to Haining Village and be an idle fisherman against the person he longed for.
This confession is a secret confession made by Tang Maode and others. In fact, Tang Maode and others do not know this confession. One of Xiao Zimo's subordinates has been to southern Xinjiang in the early years and knows that there is a medicine that can confuse people's minds. , He recommended this medicine to Xiao Zimo when he was in Yangjiang Province.
Tang Maode and others were given this drug, and they easily confessed who was behind the scenes, and they forgot this memory after the effect of the drug wore off.
After reading the confession, the emperor's face was gloomy, he didn't know what he was thinking, then he picked up the resignation letter on the side and opened it for a look, his face turned dark again, he wanted to get angry, but he thought of something, he suppressed it, and said in a deep voice: "I already understand why you came, you go down first!"
For this, Xiao Zimo was not too surprised. He had already noticed that the emperor would not let him go so easily, so he was not too surprised that the emperor asked him to step down first.
After leaving the palace, Xiao Zimo randomly found an inn to live in.
The next day, he just got up and packed himself, and was going to go to the dental office, and asked the dental office to recommend a house for him.
Yes, he felt that the resignation letter he submitted to the emperor would definitely not be approved immediately. He planned to buy a house to live in first. If the emperor still disagreed after a month, then he would pretend to be sick, but he couldn't keep going for a month. Living in the inn, as for why they bought a house instead of renting one, Xiao Zimo said that if Brother Bai suddenly became interested in the capital one day, and they happened to have a house in the capital, they could come and live here for a while!
Who knew that the moment he stepped out of the inn, he was forced to receive an imperial decree, and he was transferred to Yangjiang Province as the magistrate.
For this edict, Xiao Zimo thought about it and accepted it.
After receiving this imperial decree, Xiao Zimo didn't want to go to the dental shop to buy a house in person, he just ordered his subordinates to do this kind of thing.
After sending off the eunuch who came to pass the decree from the palace, Xiao Zimo couldn't wait to pack his bags, and took some of his subordinates to the pier in a carriage, heading straight to Yangjiang Province.
Many people who had been staring at Xiao Zimo saw that he had accepted the imperial decree and became the magistrate of Yangjiang Province. These people went back to report the situation to the master.
They also didn't expect that Xiao Zimo didn't enter the palace to thank him, but ran directly to the pier and left the capital by boat, which made it too late for their master to take action against Xiao Zimo before Xiao Zimo left the capital.
But when they knew that Xiao Zimo was leaving by boat and wanted to send people to catch up again, it was too late, and their mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers.
The emperor in the palace sat on the dragon chair and thought for a whole night, and finally the look in his eyes changed from hesitation to firmness and determination.
The people in the capital city who were still eating melons the day before were all executed on the spot by Xiao Zimo. On the second day, they saw many official residences in the capital surrounded by officers and soldiers, and most of them were high-ranking officials. The prince, the common people were curious about what these people had committed.
But none of this has anything to do with Xiao Zimo, and he doesn't know the regret that Xiao's father in the capital feels at the moment. If he had known that Prince Ping would be imprisoned, he would not have driven such an excellent son as Xiao Zimo out of the Xiao family.
After Xiao Zimo arrived in Yangjiang Province, he did not go directly to the magistrate's yamen, but came to Haining Village.
Standing at the gate of the Wu family's courtyard, Xiao Zimo suddenly felt a little homely and timid. His hand knocked on the door for a long time, until a familiar voice came from behind him: "Brother Xiao."
He turned around quickly and looked at the person behind him, his eyes were right and he didn't blink.
It was rare to see him look so stupid, Wu Bai let out a chuckle, and said, "Brother Xiao, you are back, let's go in first!"
Listening to the tone of the person in front of him, as if he had never left before, Xiao Zimo instantly put those inexplicable emotions behind him, he also laughed, and took the basket in Wu Bai's hand , he knew that the other party must have delivered food to Wu's father and the others before returning.
There are not many bowls, only a few. Wu Bai has washed them at the seaside before, and now he just needs to get some well water to wash them.
Wu Bai didn't want Xiao Zimo's help, so Xiao Zimo just squatted down and watched Wu Bai clean these bowls, only thinking that the other party's washing dishes was so attractive.
After packing up these bowls, Wu Bai asked the other party about his trip to the capital this time.
Xiao Zimo naturally would not hide Wu Bai, in his heart, Wu Bai is his future husband, the two will be together for the rest of their lives, there is nothing that cannot be said, and he does not want to hide each other, so he honestly I have said everything that happened in the capital this time.
Of course, he also said that he severed ties with his father.
Wu Bai knows Xiao Zimo very well. He knows that Xiao Zimo is a person who attaches great importance to family affection in his bones. His parents in the previous life were a little tricky. The other party did not really complain about the two old people. In this life, he will break with his father. It must be the other party. What did he do to hurt Xiao Zimo.
As Xiao Zimo's husband, he certainly believed that the other party would not be a heartless person, but Xiao Zimo did not elaborate on what Xiao's father had done, and Wu Bai did not ask, because Xiao Zimo in this life Zimo still has no memory, so it is understandable to regard Father Xiao as his father in the eyes of the other party.
Holding Wu Bai in his arms, he told him what happened in the capital. In the end, Xiao Zimo still didn't tell Wu Bai that when he was a child, he saw his father hooking up with his stepmother and father immediately after his mother and father were ill. When he saw this incident, he questioned his father in anger, who knew that his father did not hold back at all, instead he took his new love to show his love to his mother and father in front of the hospital bed in a show of power, and as a result, his mother became more angry The illness, and soon passed away.
It is also because of this that he has not been close to his father since he was a child, let alone his stepmother.
For so many years, he has actually been deeply guilty of self-blame. If he hadn't blamed his father, his father would not have taken his stepmother to his mother's bedside to stimulate his mother and father. He felt that his mother Father may not die.
But he has figured it out now, his father is a selfish and arrogant person in his bones, even if he hadn't stepped forward to accuse him, the other party probably wouldn't consider his mother and father's feelings, just because the other party could directly take the stepmother His father was upright and upright in the mansion, and when he finally saw his attitude of not restraining himself, he knew that the other party was just using him as a child's excuse. Even without him, he believed that Xiao's father would find an opportunity to kill his mother and father. Show off in front of you.
Thinking that he has nothing to do with the Xiao Manor now, Xiao Zimo didn't want to continue to mention them, but changed the topic.
"I am the magistrate of Yangjiang Province now. After I have arranged the affairs of the magistrate's yamen, I will ask the matchmaker to come to propose marriage." Xiao Zimo suddenly thought about his future husband and wife life when he said this.
"Yesterday, my father and my brother were talking about you secretly behind my back. I don't know when you will marry me. They are worried. They are afraid that you will leave and never come back. They are worried that I will be sad. They don't want me to know, but you know, their voices are really loud, even if they are whispering, I still hear them." Wu Bai helplessly spread his hands and smiled.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Zimo was also amused, and said: "Then now that I'm back, they should be able to put that heart back in their stomachs."
The two talked for a while, and seeing that the sun was getting westward, the two turned over the seafood that was drying in the yard.
After finishing these, Xiao Zimo said goodbye and left. He originally planned to stay in Haining Village for a few days before going to the magistrate's office, but now he changed his mind. He wanted to marry Wu Bai into the door as soon as possible, so that he wanted to When I was younger, I only needed the distance from the front office to the back office, not the distance from Haining Village, the provincial capital.
For Xiao Zimo's careful thinking, Wu Bai could see it clearly, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, so he didn't keep the other party.
At night, Father Wu came back, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he happily shouted at Wu Bai: "Brother Bai, I heard that Xiao Zimo is back? Is this true?"
Apparently the two had heard what other villagers said, but there was nothing to hide, so they nodded to show that it was true.
Seeing him nodding, Father Wu was satisfied, and said, "I knew Xiao Xiaozi was reliable."
Brother Wu also nodded: "Yes, our little brother is so good, he will definitely not lie to us."
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Wu Bai and Xiao Zimo's marriage was decided quickly, and it was completed quickly. The two quickly completed the process and became husband and wife again.
After the two got married at the end of the year, Wu Bai received an invitation from Wen's mansion after five years. Now Wu Bai is the magistrate's husband, and no one dares to offend easily. As the leader of the local businessmen, the Wen family has a happy event at home, so it is natural to give it to him. The Xiao Mansion issued invitations, and as a family member, Wu Bai naturally wanted to make this trip.
After arriving at Wen's house, seeing Xue Yushu who came to get married, Wu Bai was stunned for a moment, and then became happy for the other party. The other party can be safe in this life and marry Wen Ke. This is really a joy for everyone.
Of course Wu Bai didn't know what he said at the beginning. After returning home at night, Wen Ke had a nightmare. In the dream, Xue Yushu went to Beijing to rush for the exam and died prematurely. Keep an eye on, he knew that Yan Shaoyuan was pursuing Tang Ling all over the city, so naturally he would not agree to the other party's pursuit, so he told Tang Ling about this, and wanted the other party to restrain Yan Shaoyuan, but Tang Ling thought he was doing something wrong. Demonstrating to the other party, and later, his family's business was ruined by Yan Shaoyuan and Tang Ling's father, and he was also killed.
After waking up from a dream, Wen Ke couldn't remember anything clearly. He only remembered that something would happen to Xue Yushu, so when Xue Yushu went to Beijing this time, he insisted that the other party promise to bring more people. Wen Ke talked about the bandits he met when he went to Beijing. After Wen Ke heard this, he was also afraid for a while, but fortunately, dreams are dreams after all.
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As for why the magistrate didn't send anyone, it's because after all, it is the magistrate of a province, and it is also a position that many officials must contend for. There is a lot of quarrel in the court for this position, but it can't delay the political affairs of Yangjiang Province because of this position. So there was a scene where all other officials were in place, but the magistrate had no one to take over.
But at least a lot of people came, and Xiao Zimo was finally free, but this also meant that his mission to Yangjiang Province this time had been completed, and he had to return to Beijing to return to his mission.
The day before his departure, Xiao Zimo invited Wu's father and the others to have dinner together in a restaurant as a thank you for their care for him during this period of time. At the same time, he also promised Wu's father and the others that he would come to marry Wu Bai again after returning to Beijing.
After hearing Xiao Zimo's promise, Father Wu and Brother Wu breathed a sigh of relief.
When Xiao Zimo returned to Beijing, he took Tang Maode and the officials from Yangjiang Province who were also arrested by him. He knew that he still had a tough battle to fight after returning to Beijing, and he didn't just arrest these people.
Along the way, Xiao Zimo took the 5000 people he selected from the navy and headed towards the capital in a mighty large group. He thought that with so many people, there would be no one to rob the prison car on the way. , The backers behind these officials should wait until they arrive in the capital. Unexpectedly, he still encountered dozens of people to rob the prison car along the way, but fortunately, he did not relax his vigilance because of the large number of people, so Did not let those people succeed.
Along the way, apart from the fact that people often came to rob the prison car at the beginning, no one came to rob the prison car as he got closer to the capital. At first, he was a little surprised, because he was almost in the capital, logically speaking, he shouldn’t The offensive should have been more aggressive. Later, he suddenly realized that these people had given up on hijacking the prison car, but when he brought them to the capital, after these people's home court, the opponent would definitely become more active.
Sure enough, after he successfully arrived in the capital, locked Tang Maode and others in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the emperor ordered him to try the case himself, he received invitations from all parties.
Regarding the purpose of these invitations, Xiao Zimo knew very well, and of course he would not go to the appointment. At the same time, he also knew that his actions would offend many people, but he had no choice. It is a knife in the emperor's hand. Judging from what the emperor revealed to him this time, he understands that the other party does not intend to let Tang Maode and others go, so he must not be influenced by all parties in this trial. A test for him.
If he can stand this test, then his official career will be smooth in the future, and it is not impossible for him to be an extremely personable minister.
However, Xiao Zimo's state of mind has long been different after going through Yangjiang Province. He no longer regards this trial as a task or a test, but wants to do what he wants to do for those innocent people who died tragically. The common people were wronged, and Tang Maode and others were punished as they should.
Although Xiao Zimo is a child of a big family in the capital, his mother and father died early, and now the family is headed by his stepmother and father. His father has many children under his knees, and his stepmother and father have three outstanding sons. He has been with him since he was a child. The relationship between father and son was cold, and the relationship between father and son did not ease after they grew up.
On this day, he had just returned home from the Ministry of Punishment, but he was notified by the servants in the mansion that his father was looking for him. Xiao Zimo didn't think much, changed his official uniform and went to his father's study.
"I heard that the emperor gave you full authority to interrogate the criminal officials in Yangjiang Province?" Father Xiao asked.
As soon as Father Xiao spoke, Xiao Zimo understood what the other party would say next, so he directly refused: "This matter has nothing to do with you, Father! Please don't interfere!"
"You... Forget it, you have only been in the officialdom for a few years, so it's no wonder that you don't understand the truth of this because you are young, you just listen to me this time, and just betray a few insignificant people. "Father Xiao ordered.
Then Father Xiao took out a piece of paper from the drawer, handed it to Xiao Zimo, and said: "Here, this is the list, you just need to judge these people according to what is written on it."
Hearing this, Xiao Zimo paused in his heart. After a while, he took the paper and looked at the names on it. Sure enough, there were no powerful officials like Tang Maode and Zhifu on it, and almost all of them were marginal figures.
After reading the list, Xiao Zimo sneered in his heart, put the piece of paper in his arms without saying a word, and exited Father Xiao's study.
Seeing his son's appearance, Xiao's father was very satisfied, thinking that the other party had agreed to his order just now, he was overjoyed, and found someone to prepare the carriage, he had to tell others that the matter was settled.
But obviously, Xiao's father, who hadn't taken care of Xiao Zimo much since he was a child, didn't understand Xiao Zimo's temperament.
The next day, he happened to be taking a rest, so he was resting at home, and by the way, he took the exam to teach the next few good sons, and asked them to learn from the eldest son Xiao Zimo and give him a good face.
Father Xiao is enjoying this rare leisure time in the mansion. He just feels that life is very happy. He doesn't need to spend much time on the big day to become a dragon and phoenix among the people, step into the court, and now he can help him. It can be called a father and son Together, its profit breaks gold.
Thinking of this, Father Xiao glanced at the sons in front of him again, each of them was tall and straight, full of vigor and spirit, and his eyes were full of admiration. Thinking of how many good helpers he would add to the court in the future, Father Xiao's eyes were filled with satisfaction. That is unstoppable.
He was in a happy mood and was happy to see everything, so that Father Xiao didn't notice that the eyes of the children under his knees flashed with admiration, and when he didn't pay attention, the eyes of everyone made contact. spark.
Xiao's father sat on a chair, drinking tea leisurely, tested his sons except Xiao Zimo, and planned to let them go down.
At this moment, the butler of the Xiao Mansion suddenly came to their ears and whispered something, Father Xiao hurriedly said: "Please come in quickly."
It was rare for the brothers who were about to leave to see their father so irritable. They stood still for a while, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one left here.
After the butler left for a while, he ushered in a man in a fine attire.
When the man saw Xiao's father, he said in a strange way: "Master Xiao really gave birth to a good son!"
Xiao's father had just finished the exams for his sons, and he was very satisfied in his heart. He didn't understand the other party's intentions for a while, and hurriedly said modestly: "The prince is too polite, the dog is still young, how can he be a prince?" praise."
Seeing a hint of complacency on Xiao's father's face, the man's complexion darkened, and he slapped the table next to him vigorously, shaking the teacup on the table, splashing a few drops of tea stains and falling to the ground.
"Xiao Changzhong, you are so brave, you dare to lie to me!" the prince said angrily, looking directly at Father Xiao.
This prince is the brother of His Majesty's mother and compatriots. His title is Ping, and he is valued by the emperor on weekdays. Naturally, Xiao Changzhong did not dare to offend the other party. Therefore, when he saw the other party getting angry, he immediately took the initiative to confess: "Please calm down, please, don't know What did the servant do wrong that made the lord so angry, I hope the lord will tell me, I will definitely correct it, I will definitely correct it..."
"Change? Hmph! What are you going to change? You really raised a good son!" King Ping glanced at Xiao Changzhong twice, and then said with a look of surprise: "I didn't expect that you, Xiao Changzhong, are hiding so deeply that even this king can I was tricked by you."
Xiao Changzhong became more confused the more he listened, and quickly asked: "What are you talking about, my lord? Please tell me clearly!"
But King Ping snorted coldly and said, "Forget it, I don't have the time to waste time here with you, but remember, don't let me catch you, otherwise..."
Otherwise, King Ping left without finishing his sentence, but Xiao Changzhong is not a fool, of course he knew that there must be no good words behind it.
As soon as King Ping left, Xiao Changzhong immediately realized who the good son that King Ping was talking about was referring to, and what he was thinking, his expression changed instantly, and he shouted, "Get your chariots and horses ready!"
Father Xiao walked out of the hall while giving orders, leaving only his good sons looking at each other in the hall, not knowing what happened.
At the gate of the criminal department, Father Xiao had just got off the carriage when he saw Xiao Zimo coming out of the carriage. He immediately accused him, "What have you done, you rebellious son?"
Seeing Xiao's father like this, Xiao Zimo sighed in his heart, he didn't expect the other party's news to be known so quickly.
Xiao Zimo said as he got into the carriage, "Since father already knows, why are you asking me?"
Seeing that Xiao Zimo didn't answer his question directly, Xiao's father stepped forward to stop him, but unfortunately the other party had ordered the coachman to take a step forward on the horse, and Xiao's father could only jump in anger.
Father Xiao originally wanted to get in the carriage he came in and follow up, and ask that Nizi carefully, but after thinking about it, he still didn't follow, and instead turned around and entered the gate of the Ministry of Punishment.
After Xiao's father found out what Xiao Zimo had done from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he wished he could rush to shoot that traitor to death.
It turned out that Xiao Zimo did not follow his orders and only tried those people on the list handed over to the other party. Instead, he sentenced Tang Maode and other important officials to death, and executed them immediately, because those people committed a crime. The crimes were all carefully investigated by Xiao Zimo when he was in Yangjiang Province. Most of the cases committed by everyone were death sentences. On the contrary, it was the people on the list that Xiao's father handed over to Xiao Zimo. It can be sentenced to a post-autumn sentence.
Hearing Xiao Zimo's death of Tang Maode and others at the Ministry of Punishment, and thinking of what King Ping said before leaving his mansion, Xiao's father felt dizzy at this moment, but fortunately the coachman helped him in time .
When Father Xiao returned to the Xiao Manor, he had gradually calmed down, and even thought about how to solve this problem. He must not allow the entire Xiao Manor to be buried with that rebellious son.
In the evening, after dinner, Xiao Zimo didn't leave directly, but just sat on the chair without moving. He wanted to see what Father Xiao would do with him.
Usually Xiao Zimo would be the first to get up and leave the dining room after eating, but today he was not the first to leave. This made the rest of the Xiao family realize something unusual, but the current head of the Xiao family, the husband, had no expression on his face. No accidents, because he had already learned about Xiao Changzhong's plan from his husband Xiao Changzhong.
Xiao Zhujun, who was present at the moment, was very happy.
He has long been unhappy with Xiao Zimo. After all, Xiao Zimo is not his own, and he has not been close to him since childhood, and he has several sons under his knees. Doesn't it mean that in the future, Xiao Zimo's property will have nothing to do with Xiao Zimo, it will all belong to his son?
Sure enough, after a while, I heard Xiao's father say: "Zimo, you offended someone who shouldn't be offended this time, even if you are a father, you can't protect you. As the head of the Xiao family, I can't let the Xiao family be destroyed. In your hands, because you are the only child of your parents, I will not personally send you to others to make amends, but you will no longer be my son from now on... In the end, I still I want to advise you, if you have self-knowledge, you should take the initiative to ask the other party for mercy, maybe you can save your life."
Xiao Zimo hadn't spoken yet, but the rest of the Xiao family were surprised, especially the few young masters of the Xiao family who were still following their father's teachings this morning and asked them to learn from the big brother Xiao Zimo. Shocked, as if my father had just told a ghost story.
Seeing the performance of everyone in the Xiao family, no one felt sorry for him, even his stepmother and father had a flash of excitement in his eyes, Xiao Zimo felt nothing in his heart, he stood up and was about to leave.
Anyway, the Xiao family was no longer his home after the death of his mother and father.
Thinking of the figure in Haining Village, Yangjiang Province in his mind, Xiao Zimo felt warm in his heart. Now that he has found his home for the rest of his life, he will let go of Xiao's family.
Seeing that Xiao Zimo got up and wanted to leave without saying a word, he had hoped to drive Xiao Zimo out of the Xiao Mansion so that he would not hurt his father Xiao, who felt a little uneasy for no reason, and subconsciously shouted: "Stop!"
"Anything else?" Xiao Zimo paused.
Seeing that Xiao Zimo didn't turn around to reply, Father Xiao said angrily, "Is that how you talk to me!"
Xiao Zimo turned around to look at Father Xiao, and chuckled lightly: "Then how do you think I should talk to you?"
"I'm your father..." Father Xiao was about to make a big accusation, but was interrupted by Xiao Zimo.
"Oh... Could it be that Mr. Xiao has lost his soul? You just said that I will not be your son from now on, so how can you be my father?" Xiao Zimo paused for a while. Glancing at his younger brothers, he said again: "Lord Xiao doesn't look like a person who lacks a son, why did he misrecognize his son for no reason? Healing, this is my last piece of advice to Lord Xiao."
"You... Nizi, get out!" Father Xiao was so angry that he pointed at the door and said.
Xiao Zimo took a deep look at Father Xiao for the last time, then turned and left.
As soon as he walked out of the dining room, Father Xiao lifted the dining table angrily and shouted: "Get out, get out!"
I have never seen Xiao's father get angry like this. The children of Xiao's family were frightened, and they stood still and did not dare to move. Fortunately, their mother and father were clever, knowing that they should not stand here and touch Xiao's father's bad luck, so they decisively took them away. The sons slipped away.
After Xiao Zimo left the Xiao Mansion, he did not go to other places, but directly entered the palace, handed another confession in his hand directly to the emperor, and at the same time expressed his resignation to the emperor.
He only wished that after this matter was over, he would return to Haining Village and be an idle fisherman against the person he longed for.
This confession is a secret confession made by Tang Maode and others. In fact, Tang Maode and others do not know this confession. One of Xiao Zimo's subordinates has been to southern Xinjiang in the early years and knows that there is a medicine that can confuse people's minds. , He recommended this medicine to Xiao Zimo when he was in Yangjiang Province.
Tang Maode and others were given this drug, and they easily confessed who was behind the scenes, and they forgot this memory after the effect of the drug wore off.
After reading the confession, the emperor's face was gloomy, he didn't know what he was thinking, then he picked up the resignation letter on the side and opened it for a look, his face turned dark again, he wanted to get angry, but he thought of something, he suppressed it, and said in a deep voice: "I already understand why you came, you go down first!"
For this, Xiao Zimo was not too surprised. He had already noticed that the emperor would not let him go so easily, so he was not too surprised that the emperor asked him to step down first.
After leaving the palace, Xiao Zimo randomly found an inn to live in.
The next day, he just got up and packed himself, and was going to go to the dental office, and asked the dental office to recommend a house for him.
Yes, he felt that the resignation letter he submitted to the emperor would definitely not be approved immediately. He planned to buy a house to live in first. If the emperor still disagreed after a month, then he would pretend to be sick, but he couldn't keep going for a month. Living in the inn, as for why they bought a house instead of renting one, Xiao Zimo said that if Brother Bai suddenly became interested in the capital one day, and they happened to have a house in the capital, they could come and live here for a while!
Who knew that the moment he stepped out of the inn, he was forced to receive an imperial decree, and he was transferred to Yangjiang Province as the magistrate.
For this edict, Xiao Zimo thought about it and accepted it.
After receiving this imperial decree, Xiao Zimo didn't want to go to the dental shop to buy a house in person, he just ordered his subordinates to do this kind of thing.
After sending off the eunuch who came to pass the decree from the palace, Xiao Zimo couldn't wait to pack his bags, and took some of his subordinates to the pier in a carriage, heading straight to Yangjiang Province.
Many people who had been staring at Xiao Zimo saw that he had accepted the imperial decree and became the magistrate of Yangjiang Province. These people went back to report the situation to the master.
They also didn't expect that Xiao Zimo didn't enter the palace to thank him, but ran directly to the pier and left the capital by boat, which made it too late for their master to take action against Xiao Zimo before Xiao Zimo left the capital.
But when they knew that Xiao Zimo was leaving by boat and wanted to send people to catch up again, it was too late, and their mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers.
The emperor in the palace sat on the dragon chair and thought for a whole night, and finally the look in his eyes changed from hesitation to firmness and determination.
The people in the capital city who were still eating melons the day before were all executed on the spot by Xiao Zimo. On the second day, they saw many official residences in the capital surrounded by officers and soldiers, and most of them were high-ranking officials. The prince, the common people were curious about what these people had committed.
But none of this has anything to do with Xiao Zimo, and he doesn't know the regret that Xiao's father in the capital feels at the moment. If he had known that Prince Ping would be imprisoned, he would not have driven such an excellent son as Xiao Zimo out of the Xiao family.
After Xiao Zimo arrived in Yangjiang Province, he did not go directly to the magistrate's yamen, but came to Haining Village.
Standing at the gate of the Wu family's courtyard, Xiao Zimo suddenly felt a little homely and timid. His hand knocked on the door for a long time, until a familiar voice came from behind him: "Brother Xiao."
He turned around quickly and looked at the person behind him, his eyes were right and he didn't blink.
It was rare to see him look so stupid, Wu Bai let out a chuckle, and said, "Brother Xiao, you are back, let's go in first!"
Listening to the tone of the person in front of him, as if he had never left before, Xiao Zimo instantly put those inexplicable emotions behind him, he also laughed, and took the basket in Wu Bai's hand , he knew that the other party must have delivered food to Wu's father and the others before returning.
There are not many bowls, only a few. Wu Bai has washed them at the seaside before, and now he just needs to get some well water to wash them.
Wu Bai didn't want Xiao Zimo's help, so Xiao Zimo just squatted down and watched Wu Bai clean these bowls, only thinking that the other party's washing dishes was so attractive.
After packing up these bowls, Wu Bai asked the other party about his trip to the capital this time.
Xiao Zimo naturally would not hide Wu Bai, in his heart, Wu Bai is his future husband, the two will be together for the rest of their lives, there is nothing that cannot be said, and he does not want to hide each other, so he honestly I have said everything that happened in the capital this time.
Of course, he also said that he severed ties with his father.
Wu Bai knows Xiao Zimo very well. He knows that Xiao Zimo is a person who attaches great importance to family affection in his bones. His parents in the previous life were a little tricky. The other party did not really complain about the two old people. In this life, he will break with his father. It must be the other party. What did he do to hurt Xiao Zimo.
As Xiao Zimo's husband, he certainly believed that the other party would not be a heartless person, but Xiao Zimo did not elaborate on what Xiao's father had done, and Wu Bai did not ask, because Xiao Zimo in this life Zimo still has no memory, so it is understandable to regard Father Xiao as his father in the eyes of the other party.
Holding Wu Bai in his arms, he told him what happened in the capital. In the end, Xiao Zimo still didn't tell Wu Bai that when he was a child, he saw his father hooking up with his stepmother and father immediately after his mother and father were ill. When he saw this incident, he questioned his father in anger, who knew that his father did not hold back at all, instead he took his new love to show his love to his mother and father in front of the hospital bed in a show of power, and as a result, his mother became more angry The illness, and soon passed away.
It is also because of this that he has not been close to his father since he was a child, let alone his stepmother.
For so many years, he has actually been deeply guilty of self-blame. If he hadn't blamed his father, his father would not have taken his stepmother to his mother's bedside to stimulate his mother and father. He felt that his mother Father may not die.
But he has figured it out now, his father is a selfish and arrogant person in his bones, even if he hadn't stepped forward to accuse him, the other party probably wouldn't consider his mother and father's feelings, just because the other party could directly take the stepmother His father was upright and upright in the mansion, and when he finally saw his attitude of not restraining himself, he knew that the other party was just using him as a child's excuse. Even without him, he believed that Xiao's father would find an opportunity to kill his mother and father. Show off in front of you.
Thinking that he has nothing to do with the Xiao Manor now, Xiao Zimo didn't want to continue to mention them, but changed the topic.
"I am the magistrate of Yangjiang Province now. After I have arranged the affairs of the magistrate's yamen, I will ask the matchmaker to come to propose marriage." Xiao Zimo suddenly thought about his future husband and wife life when he said this.
"Yesterday, my father and my brother were talking about you secretly behind my back. I don't know when you will marry me. They are worried. They are afraid that you will leave and never come back. They are worried that I will be sad. They don't want me to know, but you know, their voices are really loud, even if they are whispering, I still hear them." Wu Bai helplessly spread his hands and smiled.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Zimo was also amused, and said: "Then now that I'm back, they should be able to put that heart back in their stomachs."
The two talked for a while, and seeing that the sun was getting westward, the two turned over the seafood that was drying in the yard.
After finishing these, Xiao Zimo said goodbye and left. He originally planned to stay in Haining Village for a few days before going to the magistrate's office, but now he changed his mind. He wanted to marry Wu Bai into the door as soon as possible, so that he wanted to When I was younger, I only needed the distance from the front office to the back office, not the distance from Haining Village, the provincial capital.
For Xiao Zimo's careful thinking, Wu Bai could see it clearly, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, so he didn't keep the other party.
At night, Father Wu came back, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he happily shouted at Wu Bai: "Brother Bai, I heard that Xiao Zimo is back? Is this true?"
Apparently the two had heard what other villagers said, but there was nothing to hide, so they nodded to show that it was true.
Seeing him nodding, Father Wu was satisfied, and said, "I knew Xiao Xiaozi was reliable."
Brother Wu also nodded: "Yes, our little brother is so good, he will definitely not lie to us."
......
Wu Bai and Xiao Zimo's marriage was decided quickly, and it was completed quickly. The two quickly completed the process and became husband and wife again.
After the two got married at the end of the year, Wu Bai received an invitation from Wen's mansion after five years. Now Wu Bai is the magistrate's husband, and no one dares to offend easily. As the leader of the local businessmen, the Wen family has a happy event at home, so it is natural to give it to him. The Xiao Mansion issued invitations, and as a family member, Wu Bai naturally wanted to make this trip.
After arriving at Wen's house, seeing Xue Yushu who came to get married, Wu Bai was stunned for a moment, and then became happy for the other party. The other party can be safe in this life and marry Wen Ke. This is really a joy for everyone.
Of course Wu Bai didn't know what he said at the beginning. After returning home at night, Wen Ke had a nightmare. In the dream, Xue Yushu went to Beijing to rush for the exam and died prematurely. Keep an eye on, he knew that Yan Shaoyuan was pursuing Tang Ling all over the city, so naturally he would not agree to the other party's pursuit, so he told Tang Ling about this, and wanted the other party to restrain Yan Shaoyuan, but Tang Ling thought he was doing something wrong. Demonstrating to the other party, and later, his family's business was ruined by Yan Shaoyuan and Tang Ling's father, and he was also killed.
After waking up from a dream, Wen Ke couldn't remember anything clearly. He only remembered that something would happen to Xue Yushu, so when Xue Yushu went to Beijing this time, he insisted that the other party promise to bring more people. Wen Ke talked about the bandits he met when he went to Beijing. After Wen Ke heard this, he was also afraid for a while, but fortunately, dreams are dreams after all.
作者有话要说:感谢在2021-07-0714:07:35~2021-07-2123:46:51期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~
Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 3 bottles of Li Li; 1 bottle of Ling Xuan;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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