Just after Fang Jun hosted a private banquet for the prince and the king of Wu, a memorial was sent from the Yushitai to Menxia Province, and was presented directly to the emperor by Chu Suiliang, the minister of Huangmen...
"Your Majesty, I have just been reading the memorials in Menxia Province and found a memorial impeaching Fang Jun, the Minister of War, for raping a civilian girl."
Chu Suiliang entered the Dragon Palace quietly, with a smile on his face as he discovered something interesting.
His Majesty Li Er, who was dealing with official documents, put down the brush in his hand in astonishment, took it over and flipped through the memorial, wondering: "Is there such a thing?"
Looking closely, the memorial shows that Fang Jun was arrogant and domineering among the people, and even used his status to take a married girl into the house, and did whatever he wanted...
Chu Suiliang said with a smile: "The responsibility of the censor may be rumored, but it is not the case for the chamberlain. Someone must have maliciously slandered him."
His Majesty Li Er glanced at Chu Suiliang, nodded and said: "That makes sense. Are these supervisory censors just doing nothing? When they hear the slightest rumor, they directly write a letter of impeachment. Do you really think that I have nothing to do all day? I don't need to pay attention to this matter. , but what is the name of this supervisory censor..." He flipped through the memorial, looked at the signature, and continued: "I ordered the officials under the order to be diligent and pragmatic, and not to be so pretentious."
"Here."
Chu Suiliang responded, rolled his eyes, and said: "It's just that since there is a censor who dares to speak out so bluntly, there must be some rumors circulating among the people, which are quite convincing... The status of Fang Shilang is different, and his official position is His title is all in glory, and such rumors not only damage his reputation, but also put the imperial court into a passive position, leading to misunderstandings among uninformed officials and the people... How about sending another official to conduct a thorough investigation secretly to see if it is true? "
His Majesty Li Er threw the memorial on the table, picked up the tea beside him and took a sip.
The young man admires Ai, he is full of vigor, he is wary of sex, and it is understandable that he likes female sex. He didn't think that Fang Jun would be so reckless as to rob a civilian girl. Even if Fang Jun had this intention, wouldn't he be afraid that his father, Fang Xuanling, would break his legs? As long as it's not a robbery, there's no problem.
As the father-in-law, although he is a little uncomfortable with this matter, His Majesty Li Er doesn't think it's a big deal if he applies it to others. He himself is a man of this kind, and he even goes further than most men in the world...
Of course, if Princess Gaoyang returns to the palace in tears and complains, that will be a different matter.
Now Princess Gaoyang has not caused any trouble, so how can others take care of her?
So His Majesty Li Er just went through this matter in his mind, and didn't think it was a big deal. He didn't even think about it. Even if Fang Jun really did something inappropriate, he could just catch Fang Jun and give him a beating, so he said casually: " Okay, let’s find out.”
The matter passed through his mind, but he didn't care that his thoughts seemed to have guided him unintentionally...
Chu Suiliang said without any expression on his face: "Here! I understand."
His Majesty Li Er doesn't pay attention to Fang Jun's nonsense. He is currently focusing all his experience on the Eastern Expedition. The nationwide allocation of grain, grass and weapons, and the requisition of civilian equipment require huge coordination and a lot of energy. The yamen takes charge of its own affairs, but ultimately it is up to the emperor to make the final decision.
When Chu Suiliang saw His Majesty Li Er burying his head at the desk again, he gently refilled the teacup on the Emperor's desk, then bowed and exited the hall.
Returning to Menxia Province, Chu Suiliang called one of his confidants, Shu Ling Shi, and whispered something in a low voice. The Shu Ling Shi nodded repeatedly. After Chu Suiliang finished his instructions, he quickly left, went out of the Menxia Province Yamen, and went straight to the imperial court. Shi Tai walked away.
*****
Le Yanwei was overjoyed immediately after receiving the information from Chu Suiliang. He summoned a few confidants and went to the Wannian County Government Office to meet with Li Yifu. He explained his intention and asked him to take the officials to follow him and go to Lishan Farm to search for Fang Junzhi. Evidence of guilt".
Li Yifu was silent and felt quite embarrassed.
This time Le Yanwei was acting under the orders of the Jiangnan and Guanlong families. Li Yifu was speculating on the King of Jin, but the King of Jin was imprisoned, so he naturally became the lackey of the Guanlong Group. It was impossible to refute Le Yanwei's request. . But he has not forgotten Fang Jun's "favor of giving him clothes". Now he and Le Yanwei are collaborating to plot against Fang Jun. If word spreads, wouldn't he become an ungrateful person?
Le Yanwei was quite unhappy and scolded: "As a county magistrate for ten thousand years, you are loyal to the emperor at the expense of his salary. How can you ignore the law because of personal favor?"
Li Yifu had a good idea and was determined not to go. He only agreed to send people to follow Le Yanwei.
The reason why he was so determined was that he was afraid that if the news spread out and he would be scolded as "ungrateful", and because of his understanding of Fang Jun, how could he easily fall into the trap of others? But don’t fail in your attempt on Fang Jun, and be brutally retaliated against...
Le Yanwei had no choice but to take people to Lishan Farm by himself.
The supervisory censor has the power to report on rumors and pick up officials to detect illegal acts. However, if you want to convict officials, you still need conclusive evidence. Le Yanwei's trip is to search for Fang Jun's "robbing civilian girls" Evidence of guilt...
He and others changed into casual clothes, walked cautiously to the farm, and went straight to the bun shop.
"I am the Supervising Censor of the Censor's Office. I am now under the emperor's orders to investigate the case of Fang Jun raping a civilian girl. All questions must be answered truthfully. If you make false statements, you will be severely punished!"
Le Yanwei showed off his official authority and looked upright.
"Yes, yes, just ask, ordinary people don't dare to speak nonsense."
The fat landlady and her husband ignored him and quickly lowered their heads, looking very frightened.
"I'm asking you, was your daughter raped from the house?" Le Yanwei got straight to the point and went straight to the point. Don't use any tactics against such untouchables. With the emperor's orders, I can't scare you to death!
The fat proprietress hesitated for a moment and said cautiously: "This...can't be considered a robbery, after all, I also gave a gift..."
Le Yanwei said: "Is there any more gift? Bring it to me and take a look."
"Here."
The boss hurried back to the back room, followed by two government servants. After a while, he carried out a rattan box and placed it in the middle of the room. Le Yanwei stepped forward to open it and saw two bolts of silk, ten guan of money wrapped in red cloth, and oddities inside. Seven or eight kinds of congratulatory gifts.
For ordinary people, these gifts are considered generous, but who is Fang Jun? The richest man in the Tang Dynasty took a concubine with only such a small amount of gift, which would make the whole world laugh out loud. It would be no different if he gave it to him or not.
Le Yanwei was cautious and confirmed: "Are these gifts really given by Fang Jun?"
The fat landlady nodded vigorously: "Fang Erlang personally brought it here."
Le Yanwei felt reassured and asked, "Don't you think it's less? That Fang Jun has a fortune of hundreds of millions, so such a small gift is simply ridiculous."
The fat proprietress said: "How dare you think it's less? What a noble man Fang Erlang is. He condescended to personally deliver the betrothal gift. If you think you're young, isn't that shameless? The whole family of the grassroots owes its life to Fang Erlang. Today, even if it means our lives, let alone a daughter?"
Le Yanwei was extremely satisfied, secretly thinking that Fang Jun, you are really arrogant and domineering. You robbed someone else's daughter, so you are stingy with a little gift? Giving more can also show that you are married, but giving just this little is no different from robbing a bride!
He stared at the two couples and asked in a deep voice: "If the case is interrogated in Dali Temple tomorrow, and you two want to tell the truth, just repeat what you just said."
The fat proprietress and his wife were startled: "Dali Temple? Oh my god, we are not going."
Le Yanwei said: "If you don't want to go, you have to go. Fang Jun robbed your daughter. Don't you want to ask His Majesty to seek justice and rescue your daughter from the dragon's den?"
The two couples shook their heads like rattles and said in unison: "No, we don't want anything! If you don't know what kind of person that Fang Erlang is, how can we know? This is absolutely impossible to do. Just take what I said just now." We didn’t say anything, we would never dare to sue Fang Erlang.”
It seemed that the couple were completely intimidated by Fang Jun's lewd force, and they were probably afraid of Fang Jun's retaliation afterwards, so they decided not to go to Dali Temple to complain.
Le Yanwei threatened: "It's not up to you. Fang Jun knows the law and breaks the law and gets a one-level penalty. If you know about it and don't report it, you will be guilty of the same crime as Fang Jun. Fang Jun is a marquis. The one-level penalty is nothing more than banishment from the army." As civilians, you are about to be executed!"
"Copy, copy, copy... copy and kill everyone?!"
The couple was so frightened that their legs were shaking...
Le Yanwei couldn't help but feel extremely proud when he saw this. As long as this matter was handled properly, his official position would definitely be promoted. He didn't dare to think about it from the sixth-grade imperial censor, but it should be okay to be the seventh-grade chief register, right? Even if it is not possible, you can also be sent to another place as an official. Although it is not necessary to be a royal censor, it will be rich in wealth...
Immediately, Le Yanwei took the fat landlady and his wife back to the Yushitai in secret, and then used the name of the Yushitai to sue Fang Jun for robbing civilian girls, running rampant in the countryside and other illegal activities, and waited for the Dali Temple to be tried.
