Dressed like a loser and went to raise a baby

Chapter 323: Serving as a model to serve as a warning to others

In the teahouse and street in the afternoon, people were talking about the old man of the Zhou family who was accused of forcibly marrying a civilian girl.

"If you ask me, the old lady of the Zhou family couldn't forcefully marry the actor, so it can't be considered a forced marriage. It's not appropriate for the government to arrest a 70-year-old old man like this."

"You can't say that. That's because someone stood up for the actor, so the forced marriage was not successful. If the forced marriage was attempted, it can only be said that the circumstances were not that serious, and it cannot be regarded as innocent."

"That's right, that's right. The actor is unwilling to marry. The Zhou family should not use its power to suppress others. The actor was also forced by the Zhou family to have no way of living, so he went to the Yamen to sue the Zhou family." Offended. How can a little actor from a powerful family survive in this world?
"Speaking of this, I remembered something again. The day before yesterday, there was a girl in Jigong Lane. She was attracted by a small official and wanted to be a good concubine. The girl's family was afraid of the small power in the hands of the small official. I had no choice but to agree. Unexpectedly, the girl was a fierce person. The day before yesterday, she was wearing a red wedding dress and hanged herself."

The people around me felt goosebumps all over. He was wearing a red wedding dress and hanging himself. It was still midnight, so naturally they had some opinions.

"I heard from the old man that if this young woman, wearing red clothes, commits suicide when she is young, she will turn into a ghost seven days later and seek revenge on her enemies."

"That girl probably wants to take revenge on that little official!"

"A good girl from a good family is hired as a good concubine, and the elders in the family dare not refuse. To put it mildly, her whole life is ruined. How can this girl not hate her?"

"So, this kind of forced marriage of civilian girls with power is so abhorrent and must be severely punished and put an end to it."

"That's right, the government did a good job catching that old guy."

Because of the incident involving Old Mrs. Zhou, the amount of discussion among the people of Kyoto about the demon concubine has temporarily dropped. They are all discussing the incident of Mr. Zhou being caught forcibly marrying a commoner girl.They were all waiting to see how the government would deal with it, and no one saw the Jingzhao Yamen open to hear the case.

When my father-in-law was arrested, the minister of the Ministry of Industry immediately went to jail to arrest him, but the governor of Jingzhao didn't even see him.

It was just the prison guard who let him in to take a look at his father-in-law.

It is really pitiful for a 70-year-old man to be locked up in a dark prison.

The head of the family, who was originally energetic and dignified at home, actually burst into tears in front of his son-in-law.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry comforted his father-in-law and said that he would take him out of prison soon.

Then he sent someone to find the actor. As long as the actor said he would not sue his father-in-law, his father-in-law would naturally come out.

After searching for a day, I found that the actor actually lived in the house of Wang Xin, the chamberlain.

Who is Wang Xin?The emperor's closest servant, his minister of the Ministry of Industry and Industry, would politely call him "Wang Gonggong" when he saw him.

No wonder Jing Zhaoyin didn't see him. It turned out that the prince had also intervened in the matter. Maybe the emperor also knew about it and asked Jing Zhaoyin to handle the case impartially.

The Minister of Industry did not dare to find anyone else, for fear that the emperor would pay attention to the matter and punish him for the crime of provoking power and bending the law for personal gain.

We can only wait for the father-in-law to be tried in court and see how Jing Zhaoyin decides.

This matter is not serious at all. His father-in-law is so old, so the sentence should not be too harsh.

I also went to my in-law's house and comforted my mother-in-law and my brothers-in-law.Taifu Yun's cronies went to the abbots of several large temples, but no one was willing to do such a thing, and said that it was blasphemous to the gods and Buddhas.

Although Taifu Yun gave a lot, this matter involved not only a concubine, but also the emperor's heir.In the eyes of those who believe in gods and Buddhas, the emperor's heir is the son of the dragon. If he harms the son of the dragon, his cultivation and merit will be damaged.

They all remember that the wandering monk who was talking nonsense outside Huguo Temple is still wanted by the emperor!
Who can guarantee that after they said such things, the emperor would not hold them accountable or accuse them of deceiving the public with their lies?
After returning to the palace, Leng Luoyue took the kitten to Le Gongfang every day to plan and rehearse the program for the fund-raising performance in a few days.

She had gone out of the palace to do good deeds to gain her reputation, and she was also paving the way for a fund-raising performance.

The fund-raising performance will start in Kyoto and then spread to other places.

After going there a few times, the kitten would hum and sing: "Let's ring the Siwande bell~"

Seeing the singing kitten, Leng Luoyue had a new idea.

Children's voices are the clearest, most innocent, and also the most contagious, so she decided to include Mao Maoer in her charity show.

She told Feng Chenghan this idea, and for the first time, Feng Chenghan did not refuse. He would leave the palace by then anyway.

People from the patrol camp will be arranged to maintain the scene openly, and people will be sent to protect them secretly. At the beginning, no one will know the identity of Leng Luoyue, so there is no need to worry about what will happen.

The Zhou family and the Minister of Industry waited for several days, but Jing Zhaoyin did not open the court to hear the case. The old man Zhou couldn't bear to stay in the prison and fell ill directly.

The Zhou family was extremely anxious. The assistant minister of the Expediting Department tried to find someone, but he was just dragging it out without opening a court to hear the case. How long would he be kept in jail?
There was no other way, so the Minister of Industry went to Jing Zhaoyin again, and Jing Zhaoyin met him this time.

And, it was very embarrassing to tell him that the emperor knew about this.I have also heard that it is not uncommon in Kyoto for the rich and powerful to use their power to oppress others and forcibly marry civilian girls. A few days ago, some girls were forced to hang themselves.

The emperor intended to use Mr. Zhou as a model to set an example and suppress such unhealthy tendencies. Therefore, if this was to be tried in court, the sentence would definitely be severe.

If the sentence is severe, the worst case scenario is to be exiled. Mr. Zhou has lived a life of pampering, and he is so old. How can he bear the pain of exile?

Jing Zhaoyin said that he had postponed the trial until now, but it was actually for the sake of Mr. Zhou and the Minister of Works, and asked the Minister of Works to find a solution.

The emperor wanted to use his father-in-law as a model to serve as a warning to others. The Minister of Works said with a bitter face, what else could he do?
Jing Zhaoyin said he was confused. Since it was the emperor who wanted to handle the case strictly, he naturally had to ask the emperor!
Mr. Zhou was so old. As his son and son-in-law, he did not want the old man to suffer, so he went to ask the emperor for mercy. This was a filial piety, and the emperor had no reason to blame him.

Jing Zhaoyin also said that if the minister of the Ministry of Industry could make a contribution and relieve the emperor's worries, maybe the emperor would just spare Mr. Zhou.

The Minister of Works felt that what Jing Zhaoyin said was reasonable. After leaving Jing Zhao Yamen, he was thinking about how to make meritorious service.How can we relieve the emperor's worries?
Suddenly I remembered that in the morning before yesterday, when the people in the Ministry of Revenue were talking about allocating food for disaster relief, the emperor sighed and said, "I'm afraid there won't be much food in the granary!"

It seems that I am very worried about food.

Thinking of this, the Minister of Industry suddenly knew what to do and hurried to Zhou Mansion.

(End of this chapter)