NOVEL WEB Chapter 27 - Arrests
Entering the study, Hou Ye was playing a game with himself. Seeing Xia Chu come in, he opened his mouth and said, “You ran away after you finished your meal in the past two days. Come to me now, there must be something wrong.”
Xia Chu sat down opposite the Hou Ye, nodded and said, “Do we have nails in Mr. Wu’s mansion?”
Hou Ye took back Luo Zi’s hand and asked him, “What do you want?”
“No, it’s not a big deal, just a little servant. I need him to report something to Mrs. Wu tomorrow.”
“What’s up?”
“His son Wu Yuren was sued.”
Lord Hou frowned, confused.
Xia Chu sorted out the wording, and then said: “That’s how it is. As for me, I want to bring Taifu Wu to Dali Temple in the Shenshi tomorrow afternoon. After thinking about it, how can this Taifu go to Dali Temple. I’m thinking about it. , find a stranger tomorrow. Go to Dali Temple to sue Wu Yuren after noon, whatever reason you want. Bullying men and women, maliciously hurting people, etc. Then you need such a person to pass on Mrs. Wu, slander He went to Dali Temple.”
“And after you go?”
“Is there a misunderstanding after going there? Others act in his son’s name. Taifu Wu has always cherished feathers, and he will not embarrass that person in Dali Temple.”
“Then what are you doing in such a big circle?” Hou Ye listened to it for a long time. It wasn’t a difficult thing, but why was it so frustrating.
“Tomorrow you will know.” Xia Chu held his cheeks with both hands, and looked at Hou Ye Lingling.
“Well, I’ll see what you can come up with tomorrow.”
“Don’t forget to pass the message on time at three o’clock.” Xia Chu urged as he walked.
“Understood.” Hou Ye replied to his leaving back.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, a major event happened in the capital. Dali Temple Minister Hu Yingmao and Wu Chaosheng went to the Prime Minister’s Mansion in person and arrested Zhu Chenlin, governor of Jiangzhou. The officers and soldiers of Dali Temple lined up in two rows, and escorted Zhu Chenlin to Tianjing.
It has been a long time since there had been such an incident of arresting people with troops in the capital, and the arrest was still a disciple of Prime Minister Du, the second-rank governor of Jiangzhou. There was an uproar among the people, and there was a lot of discussion.
In Prince Mo’s mansion, Xu Wenlan rushed into the study, took the tea cup in Xiao Mubai’s hand and drank it.
He panted and said, “Zhu Chenlin was arrested, you know.”
Xiao Mubai nodded, he had already asked Han Sa to check, but he hadn’t come back yet.
“Do you know what happened?” Xu Wenlan asked.
Xiao Mubai frowned slightly.
“Could it be because of the official silver for disaster relief.”
“You know all this? I’m still here to tell you, I’m exhausted.” Xu Wenlan wailed.
“I guess, I don’t know the specifics. What do you think?” Xiao Mubai raised his eyebrows.
“Can you guess this?” Xu Wenlan looked at Xiao Mubai’s head dissatisfiedly.
Xiao Mubai glanced at him, Xu Wenlan looked back angrily, sat down and said to him: “Dali Temple received a letter from the security bureau in Jiangzhou during the afternoon of Shenshi. It is said that the letter reads It’s splendid, it’s amazing.”
“Talk about the point.” Xiao Mubai looked at him with cold eyes.
“That’s the point. The pleadings record in detail that Zhu Chenlin has long been looting the people’s fat, taking bribes, and taking bribes. The most important thing is that the official Yin who did the disaster relief was the one who sent Jiangzhou’s navy to pretend to be a pirate. , robbed.”
“Guan Yin found it?”
“I found it. The details are written in the letter. There is a deserted Guanyin Temple 100 miles away in the northern suburbs. He also specially instructed the private soldiers who were disguised as farmers nearby. Mr. Hu led the soldiers to take those who were on the body. The peasant households who found the printed letter were arrested, and two million taels of official silver were dug out under the Buddha statue.”
“Hu Yingmao is quite imposing.” Xiao Mubai snorted.
“How dare he, even if the official silver is found. He still wants to inform Prime Minister Du and pass Zhu Chenlin over to ask questions.”
“You were reprimanded by Mrs. Wu, right?”
“How do you know everything.” Xu Wenlan was a little frustrated.
“It’s not hard to guess, although I received the petition, dug up the official bank, and arrested private soldiers, according to the law, people can be detained. But the other party is Du Hanfei’s disciple after all, and he is a second-rank official. He was freed from the crime and said that he was framed by others. He is a third-rank Dali temple official who still wants to live a good life.”
Xu Wenlan was listening to his analysis with gusto, and when he saw that he paused, he realized that Xiao Mubai had ordered an empty teacup, and hurriedly filled it for him.
Xiao Mubai took a sip of tea and then said: “But Mrs. Wu is different. He was the emperor’s companion when he was young. I won’t talk about his affection, his grade is the same as Du Hanfei, and he prides himself on being clean. The most important thing is to look down on this kind of corruption, forming parties for personal gain, and officials and officials protecting each other. Naturally, they will scold Hu Yingmao.”
Xu Wenlan nodded.
“Fortunately, he ran into this incident at Dali Temple today, otherwise, this matter may have been reduced to a major event and a trivial matter. Now, Taifu Wu has brought Master Hu to the Prime Minister’s Mansion to arrest people with great fanfare. The trouble has already come to the emperor, so press yes. I can’t hold it anymore.”
“You said, why did Mrs. Wu appear in Dali Temple? I just happened to come across this incident.”
“I heard that it was a coincidence. In the afternoon, someone sued his son for robbing a civilian girl. He went to Dali Temple and found that it was a misunderstanding. Someone took his son’s name, and when he was about to leave, the guards came to sue Jiangzhou. Governor Zhu Chenlin smuggled official silver and framed it to frame Lu Mingxi, the governor of Jiangcheng.
“It’s a coincidence, isn’t it?” Xiao Mubai smiled playfully.
Xu Wenlan asked in surprise: “Are you doubting…Impossible, who has such a big hand?”
Xiao Mubai looked at Xu Wenlan’s head and shook it into a rattle, and murmured, “Yes, who is so generous.”
After Xu Wenlan slowed down, she looked at Xiao Mubai who was lost in thought and asked, “Mubai, do you think Zhu Chenlin will be convicted?”
“If it’s just like this, 80% of the time it can’t be settled. Zhu Chenlin refuses to plead guilty. Du Hanfei will do some more work and find someone to push him out.”
“Isn’t that a waste of time?” Xu Wenlan pouted.
“Unless there is evidence, it has to be hard evidence.”
“Have it?”
“There will definitely be, and I’d love to see it too. How capable and what kind of evidence can be produced.”
Xu Wenlan looked at Xiao Mubai’s determined expression, and her normally indifferent eyes were full of anticipation, which made him inexplicably excited and curious about the outcome of this case.
“Then I’ll go back to the house and stare at my father’s tone, and I’ll come back as soon as there is any news.” Xu Wenlan got up and said goodbye.
After Xu Wenlan left, Xiao Mubai called Han Hong in. He ordered him to check the details of the person who sued Zhu Chenlin, and the details of the person who wrongly sued Mrs. Wu’s son.
Han Hong took orders to go to the office.
Xiao Mubai played an endgame by the window, but the hand that held the child did not fall…