Little Wife Treasure [Rebirth]

According to the regulations of the Great Jin Dynasty, those who beat the Dengwen Drum to express their grievances must first roll over a five-foot long and wide iron nail board. It will be recorded in detail by a full-time internal servant, and only then will he have the opportunity to appeal to the saint in person.

Because the process of suing the imperial court is too harsh, few people dare to ring the Dengwen drum in front of the palace gate unless they are responsible for bloody feuds or shocking injustices. For hundreds of years since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Dengwen drum has been beaten The number of ringing is very few, only a few drums are played, and there are many important officials or relatives of the emperor involved, and the grievances are all embarrassing.

Emperor Jin and Yuan had been in power for decades, and it was the first time that the drum sounded. The guards on duty in the palace were helpless when they saw this, so they sent the palace servants to report to Zhengtai Hall, and then carried out the punishment according to the law, frowning at the woman. Humanity: "You... let's start."

The eunuch who announced that someone had sounded the Dengwen drum went to the Zhengtai Hall. Emperor Jin and Yuan were sitting on the main hall talking and laughing at Yan Yan with his courtiers. His face twitched, and he told Emperor Jin Yuan about this in a low voice.

Emperor Jin Yuan frowned, and the smile on his face disappeared for a moment, and he suddenly lowered his face and said, "Is that true?"

The old eunuch Zhao Lindao: "The grievances come from the mouth of the woman, and the old slave doesn't know the truth."

"How unreasonable!" Emperor Jin Yuan patted the back of the chair severely and said sharply.

And everyone in His Highness was startled by the sudden words of Emperor Jin Yuan. The musician who played the music stopped first, and even the dancers flinched and left the stage.

Prince Xie Zhao, as the crown prince, saw that Emperor Jin and Yuan looked worried and worried: "Father, is your body unwell?"

"I'm fine." Emperor Jin Yuan glanced at the prince, but he couldn't help but think of Ningguo Duke's mansion, and he couldn't help showing some scrutiny to the prince in his eyes.

Prince Xie Zhao didn't know what happened, but a little uneasiness suddenly rose in his heart.

But at this moment, a weak woman in white clothes but already covered in blood was escorted into the palace by the Ouchi guards. Not only the princes and ministers present were shocked, but even the soldiers who were used to killing life and death They couldn't help frowning.

"Ms. Li once paid a visit to...the Holy Majesty."

The woman's complexion was extremely pale, and blood was still oozing from the iron wounds on her body, but she had bought her own life for the opportunity to cry out for grievances, but the brilliance in her eyes was better than ordinary people's.

"Are you the one calling for injustice in front of the emperor?" Emperor Jin Yuan looked down at her, and said for a while, "What is the grievance, and what is the complaint, you can tell them one by one in this hall."

Mrs. Li Zeng kowtowed weakly, and almost exhausted all her strength to stare fixedly at Duke Ning, who was not far from the seat of the crown prince, and said in a shrill voice, "Mr. She brought her youngest son and Xianggong together to study in Beijing. Unexpectedly, on the way to Beijing, she met a group of children from aristocratic families running wildly in the street. The woman, Xianggong, was kicked off the horse by the leader of Ningguogong’s son to save her youngest son, and died on the spot! The woman had something in her heart. Hate, wanted to discuss a fair king's law with the son of Duke Ning, but unexpectedly the servant of the prince said that at the foot of the imperial city, his Ning family is the king's law, and even threatened the women in his words. Only the servants around His Royal Highness saved the life of the woman and the youngest son..."

When she said this, she was emotionally sad, and she was bruised after rolling over the iron nail board, and she couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground and passed out.

Seeing that she was not well, Emperor Jin Yuan ordered the imperial physician to come and treat her for a while, and looked at Duke Ning with gloomy eyes: "What do you want to say, Duke?"

"Your Majesty, don't listen to this woman's one-sided words. She...she must be deliberately trying to frame our Ning family!" Ning Guogong felt that something was wrong when he heard the woman's words, especially when the other party said "Ning "Home is the law of the king", cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he almost staggered out of the table, and angrily said, "Legend to deceive people! Really deceive people! Your Majesty, my Ning family has been wronged! Yes, even if I give my little boy a few hundred thousand more courage, it is impossible for him to make his subordinates say such rebellious words, please learn from your Majesty!"

Emperor Jin Yuan sneered, looked at the crown prince Xie Zhao who was stunned aside, and said, "What do you think, crown prince?"

Xie Zhao saw his elderly grandfather kneeling on the ground, weeping bitterly, although he couldn't bear it in his heart, but as the prince, he was in front of almost all the princes and ministers in the capital, no matter how much Xie Zhao thought His family would not have such a rebellious heart, and reason told him that this is definitely not a good time to intercede.

After hesitating for a moment, Xie Zhao thought about it and said, "Father, maybe there is some misunderstanding in this?"

"Misunderstanding?" Emperor Jin Yuan looked at him for a long time, and he didn't know whether it was disappointment or what, and then called Jing Wang Xie Lin's name, "Third son, Mrs. Zeng Li said that you were there that day, why don't you tell me what happened that day?" what happened."

"It's a bit of a misunderstanding." Xie Lin raised his eyes when he heard the words, with a calm expression, "It was indeed my king's carriage that passed by that day, but my king was not on the carriage that day, and it was my king who saved the woman. As for the servant beside me, why don't Father let him speak?"

Emperor Jin Yuan had a sullen face, he didn't care who it was, and nodded casually.

Immediately, Xu Xiaoyan, who was by Xie Lin's side, stood in front of the hall and told the story of that day slowly. He seemed like a stunned eunuch who was not afraid of anything, and directly described Ning Zuoting's arrogant and dandy behavior that day It was so vivid that all the princes and ministers present couldn't help shaking their heads and frowning frequently after listening.

"You dog slave, you are talking nonsense!" Seeing this, Ning Guogong pointed at Xu Xiaoyan's nose and scolded.

Xu Xiaoyan was not afraid of him, he cupped his hands and said to Ning Guo: "My lord, this slave is just talking about the facts, if there is a lie, the slave would rather be struck by lightning!"

"I heard that the son of the Duke's family also entered the palace today." In the court and the public, a courtier who was quite at odds with Duke Ning suddenly stroked his beard and said casually.

His voice was not too loud, but it happened to be heard by Emperor Jin Yuan in the palace.

Emperor Jin Yuan's eyes darkened, and he waved his sleeves: "The son of Duke Xuanning enters the palace."

Such a big event happened in the Zhengtai Hall, so the women's family's seat and the twin's children's seat naturally heard the news early. Ning Zuoting heard that someone would rather roll over the nail plate to come to the saint and tell him to kill him with a horse. Scared to turn pale.

And Ning Anyan twisted the veil, and accepted all kinds of obscure looks from the surrounding princes and ladies, only then did she realize that Ning Zuoting had caused such a heinous disaster!

Said that her Ning family is Wang Fa!What an injustice that traps the whole family!

Ning Anyan stared bitterly at this cousin who had always been spoiled at home, and now finally caused a catastrophe, until Ning Zuoting was asked to leave by several palace servants.

"Ning Zuoting, can you admit that you killed Zeng Juren with your horse?" Emperor Jin Yuan said coldly.

Facing the coercion of Emperor Jin Yuan, Ning Zuoting turned pale with fright, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "I don't admit it! I don't even know who Zeng Juren is, so why would you deliberately ride a horse to kill someone?"

Ning Guogong also echoed: "Your Majesty, it is said that the son of a humble minister rode a horse to kill, but we must also pay attention to personal evidence and evidence. This woman and the eunuch of Prince Jing's mansion must not be partial to the one-sided words of this woman!"

"Oh?" Xie Lin narrowed his eyes, and said in a low voice, "Duke Ning, what you mean is that this king's servant deliberately framed your son?"

The crown prince Xie Zhao persuaded: "Third brother, what you see is not necessarily what you see, maybe there is really some misunderstanding?"

Xie Lin heard the words, suddenly chuckled and said: "The crown prince is right, and Ning Guogong is also right. Judging cases always pay attention to witnesses and physical evidence, why don't you ask the father to call all the people who were present that day to the hall to confront each other? "

Emperor Jin Yuan said to the guards in the palace in a cold voice: "Just follow what King Jing said."

But just as he finished speaking, there were eunuchs outside the Zhengtai Hall, the Empress Dowager, Princess Anning and others.

The Empress Dowager Zhao was originally talking to Princess Anning, but when she saw that there was a big trouble next door and the younger brother of the Empress Yuan's family was taken away, she had no choice but to continue the banquet at the table, and only brought everyone A person went to Zhengtai Hall to find out what happened, and it happened that she entered the hall, and Zeng Li, who had been healed by the imperial physician before, woke up.

Emperor Jin Yuan raised his eyes coldly and saw the descendants of the empress dowager's family. He ignored everyone's ceremony and said to the dying Zeng Li who was kneeling in front of the palace: "Recognize it carefully. With Young Master Ning?"

Mrs. Zeng Li carefully looked at the people one by one, among them there were a few children from aristocratic families who quietly shrank back from the crowd, they were particularly conspicuous, as expected, they were the young masters and ladies who followed Ning Zuoting that day.

Emperor Jin Yuan ordered the guards to bring those people forward, squinted their eyes and asked them: "You said, did Ning Zuoting kill someone with his horse that day?"

The children of the aristocratic family shook their bodies and secretly raised their eyes to look at Ning Zuoting, but they saw Ning Zuoting staring at them.

They were all young masters and young ladies who were pampered at home. Where had they seen such a scene? Among them, the least courageous one trembled all over, knelt on the ground with a crying voice, and tremblingly said: "I don't know, I really don't know."

"It's not like you weren't there, how could you not know?" Qin Wang Xie Cheng is a man who doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, and interjected with a sneer, "Or are your eyes actually born blind?"

Xie Cheng said that the youngest young master wanted to get into the ground, but Zeng Li looked at them with hatred in his eyes.

This group of aristocratic families involved many aristocratic families who merged with Ning Guogong, but when everyone was panicking, a young lady couldn't hold back the fear in her heart, and brought out all the things.

She cried like pear blossoms and rain, and only said that she was going to attend the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet of Princess An Ning, and she happened to meet Mr. Ning's family on the way, so they went together, or that Ning Zuoting wanted to ride a horse, and they couldn't stop her, Due to the status of Ning Guo Gongfu in Beijing, they had no choice but to follow him. It was true that Ning Zuo Ting rode his horse into people, but at that time they were all frightened and stupid, and Princess An Ning's chrysanthemum appreciation banquet could not be delayed for a while. That's why they...

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we really don't know whether that person is dead or not." The young lady said with a trembling voice, but she left out the relationship between the sons of aristocratic families and Ning Zuoting, who made mistakes alone, innocent. extreme.

The sons of several aristocratic families were not stupid, and they all echoed: "Yes, yes, we really don't know if the man who was hit by Mr. Ning is dead."

Zeng Li watched them put all the blame on Ning Zuoting with cold eyes, but she didn't say anything for a while, because she knew that Ning Zuoting was indeed the one who killed her husband-in-law, and although she hated the children of these aristocratic families present as well , but also understand that I can't do anything to them alone.

But up to now, it is true that Ning Zuoting hit someone on horseback, and it is true that the person died after that. Zeng Li’s dead husband was a man of fame. In any case, Ning Zuoting’s All charges are established.

And at this moment, the palace guards who were sent out of the palace by Emperor Jin Yuan to find the servants who followed Ning Zuoting that day also escorted them into the palace.They are just servants of Duke Ningguo's mansion, so they are naturally different from the princes of a prestigious family. In order to press for information about the situation that day, the guards of the palace tortured a few servants. The servants were not strict with their mouths. The matter was explained clearly.

Emperor Jin Yuan took a few sips of tea and asked, "Ning Zuoting, do you have anything else to say?"

Ning Zuoting had already collapsed on the ground when those slaves were shaking their heads and doing things, with snot and tears all over his face, he crawled to Ning Guogong and cried, "Father save me, father save me!"

"You rebellious son!" Ning Guogong was angry and sad, he waved Ning Zuoting away with his sleeves, as if he was in a hurry, pointed at him and said, "It's a misunderstanding to the Holy Father for you in vain, I didn't expect... to support you After so many years, I never imagined that such a wicked person like you would be born in vain!"

"Father?" Ning Zuoting stared blankly at Ning Guogong, but seeing the ruthlessness in Ning Guogong's eyes at first glance, how could he not understand... He, has he been given up?

However, when faced with Ning Guogong's behavior, Zeng Li panted and said to Emperor Jin and Yuan: "The grievances that the women complained about today are because of the son of Ning Guogong who killed the people's wife on horseback but indulged outside the law. The second is to sue Ning Guogong and Jing Zhaoyin for colluding with each other, preventing the women from reporting to the government in every possible way, and threatening the lives of the women's family!" She almost used all her strength here, and kowtowed heavily , with a mournful voice, "If it weren't for the fact that there is no way to sue for injustice, how could the women be forced to sue the imperial court!"

First it was the son of Ning Guogong, and then it directly involved Ning Guogong and Jing Zhaoyin's Goulian.

Everyone at the scene was shocked. You must know that the most taboo of emperors throughout the ages is forming a party among courtiers for personal gain. family, and threatened Zeng Li, then this matter is not trivial!

Emperor Jin Yuan did not doubt Zeng Li's words. At the beginning, he was tolerant of the Ning family in every way if he was hindered by the prince's face and a little remembrance of his wife who died young, that is, the death of Feng Yuan. Perhaps it was because of the tolerance and generosity of the royal family that it became more and more uncontrollable. Emperor Jin Yuan became even more angry when he thought that the Ning family dared to associate with Jing Zhaoyin, and also spread the words "The Ning family is the king's law" , couldn't help squinting and sneering: "Ning Guogong is really a great authority, why don't I abdicate and let the virtuous, and let you take the throne for a while?"

These words fell into the ears of everyone, and there was nothing like a thunder.

Ning Guogong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, wept bitterly and said: "Your Majesty! I am loyal to you, you have to trust me, I will never dare to have any treasonous intentions, Your Majesty!"

Jing Zhaoyin also rolled to the front of the hall to plead guilty.

Prince Xie Zhao knelt down on the ground silently, he knew that once Emperor Jin Yuan decided on this matter, what he said at this time would be useless.

Emperor Jin Yuan looked gloomy, closed his eyes and said: "Put Ning Guogong, Ning Guogong's son, and Jing Zhaoyin into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Shi, he was sent to the Taiyuan Hospital for careful diagnosis and treatment, and the injury should not be delayed."

The dying Zeng Li heard the words and said weakly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Several people were quickly taken down by the guards. The crown prince Xie Zhao looked ashamed, but in the Zhengtai Hall, except for the Queen Mother Zhao, everyone knelt in the hall, waiting for the Emperor Jin Yuan to appease his anger.

Emperor Jin Yuan rubbed his tired forehead. There was no good banquet, he waved his hand irritably, and was about to retreat back to the palace.

But when Emperor Jin Yuan walked to the entrance of the main hall, a wine jug slipped to his feet, almost stepping on it.

The old eunuch Zhao Lin quickly grabbed Emperor Jin Yuan, and said in a sharp voice: "Bold, who deliberately threw the jug at His Majesty's feet, it really has ulterior motives!"

Emperor Jin Yuan looked gloomy and glanced at the crowd, only to see a member of an aristocratic family wearing a dark blue robe with a flushed and drunken complexion saluting crookedly.

Zhao Lin took advantage of the opportunity to see this person, so he asked the palace attendant to see him pull out, frowning under the instruction of Emperor Jin Yuan, and asked, "Which family are you from, how dare you be so rude in front of His Majesty?"

Pei Feizhang was dragged forward in a daze, he could only vaguely realize that it was a servant pointing at his nose and scolding him, his temper suddenly came up, and he cursed angrily: "Whose slave are you, dare to talk to the young master like that? Do you know If you know who the young master is, believe it or not, I will immediately find someone and beat you to death!"

In front of Emperor Jin Yuan, his words and deeds were so inconsequential, even though everyone could see that he was drunk, they couldn't help but lament for him, thinking that this kid might be doomed.

Sure enough, after Pei Feizhang scolded the old eunuch Zhao Lin, he seemed to think that he had not caused enough trouble, so he hiccupped Jin Yuan Emperor with a sneer, and said with a triumphant smile: "The Ning family is really stupid to death, Wasn't it just that he ran over someone to death with a horse, and was sued by a mere woman in front of the imperial court? Back then... the second uncle of the young master, he was... someone who dared to bump into the younger brother of Concubine Shu's family, It's ridiculous that the Yang family suspected this Manchu family all over the place, and they didn't even know that the murderer they caught was actually my second cousin's scapegoat... Hahahahaha... Not only the Yang family is stupid, this The Ning family are also stupid... hiccup!"

"What did you say?" The Yang family present looked at Pei Feizhang in disbelief as if struck by lightning.

But Pei Feizhang was still standing there drunk and giggling.

"Has this young master of the Pei family been bewitched? What kind of madness is this?" Wei Liang, who was standing in the corner watching the excitement, said in a dark voice.

Bai Guo shook his head, thinking that Concubine Shu was the mother concubine of King Jing, quietly raised his eyes to look at Xie Lin who was far away from the other side of the hall, with a look of worry that he didn't even realize: "If what he said is true ..."

"Then the Pei family has suffered miserably from his little misfortune." Wei Liangyin muttered gloatingly.

In front of the main hall, Emperor Jin Yuan was almost dizzy from Pei Feizhang's anger. Just a few days ago, Xie Lingang told him about the enmity between the Pei family and the Yang family.Seeing Pei Feizhang's expression of being so drunk and forgetting himself, and still muttering some words that others couldn't understand clearly, Emperor Jin Yuan ordered Zhao Lin with a sullen face, "Go sober him up!"

After all, Emperor Jin Yuan seemed to be consciously looking in Xie Lin's direction, but Xie Lin was being blocked by the little eunuch beside him at this time, and there was a lot of unbelievable and uncontrollable anger in his eyes.

This astonishment and anger were exactly the same as those of the Yang family who were full of hatred for Pei Feizhang in the palace, and it didn't seem to be foreseen in advance at all.

Emperor Jin Yuan originally suspected that Pei Feizhang's unexpected words and deeds today were caused by his good son, and he specially wanted to show the so-called "evidence" of the past few days in front of him, but after seeing Xie Lin's performance, Emperor Jin Yuan seemed to be a little bit Not sure anymore.

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhao Lin called for a palace attendant to pour a whole basin of cold water over Pei Feizhang's head.

Pei Feizhang was so cold that his whole body shivered instantly, and his eyes suddenly became clear for a moment.

When he saw clearly who was standing in front of him, Pei Feizhang's eyes widened, and he immediately knelt down on the ground with weak legs: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Emperor Jin Yuan looked down at him condescendingly: "Do you still remember what you said just now?"

How could Pei Feizhang not remember, but it was because of remembering that he became more and more desperate, wishing he could go back to the past and strangle himself before half a cup of tea.

It's a pity that the matter is now a foregone conclusion, Pei Feizhang didn't dare to raise his head, trembling all over, he said: "Your servant just now, just now, was talking nonsense after drinking, nonsense, nonsense!"

Emperor Jin Yuan sneered faintly: "But I have only heard a sentence of telling the truth after drinking."

After all, Emperor Jin Yuan didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and only said to the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the palace guards present: "Put him in the prison together, and interrogate him together with the murder case of the son of Ning Guogong. We will see the results.”

Hearing this, Pei Feizhang collapsed to the ground.

The farce of the night seemed to be staged in succession. Emperor Jin and Yuan didn't want to stay in the hall for a moment, and left without looking back. After he left, Queen Mother Zhao also left one after another with a group of concubines. The courtiers and family members of your subordinates also left the palace one after another.

No one is comfortable with the reward banquet of the three armies. Wei Xizhou led all the soldiers out, and saw his adopted son hiding in the corner of the hall talking to a handsome little pair.

"...If I were that Young Master Pei, the first thing to do now would be to commit suicide and apologize." Wei Liangyin said so, but unexpectedly a big slap fell from the sky on the back of his head, accompanied by Wei Xizhou The voice said, "Stinky boy, you are hiding here and growing mushrooms, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Wei Liangyin was stunned for a moment, and Bai Guo was also startled, and looked up at the person who came.

"Father!" Wei Liangyin growled in a low voice, rubbed the back of his head, and complained, "Can't you show me some face in front of my cousin?"

Wei Xizhou first hummed heavily, then his eyes fell on Bai Guo's fair face, his whole body froze, he blinked suddenly and then stared fixedly.

Bai Guo knew the identity of the man in front of him when he heard Wei Liangyin call him father, but now Wei Xizhou just looked at him and didn't speak...

Bai Guo hesitated for a while, and tentatively called softly, "Is it... Uncle?"

When Wei Xizhou heard this, the eyes of the man with a firm face suddenly became hot, and his voice was dry and hoarse: "It's me."