In the eyes of the common people, hardships as big as Mount Tai are just an understatement in the eyes of the top figures in the court.
In the morning of the next day, the officials of Yangxin Palace reported their work to Emperor Tongzhi. In the end, King Yu still failed to solve the case, and the assassination of Xin Jian turned into a strange mystery!
No killer has been caught, no clues can be found, and all the witnesses and evidence are listed together. In the end, the only reasonable explanation is that the evil ghost is seeking his life.
Several eminent monks and Taoists from all over the capital came to save him, and they even performed divination on the altar. The result was that the dead Guang Liang was causing trouble for Xin Jian!
It sounds like a very reasonable explanation. After all, Xin Jian's complaint did cost Guang Liang and other supervisors their lives, and that night there was a well-known ghost cry.
It is too ridiculous to attribute the assassination case to the evil ghost seeking his life, but it is a pity that the people at that time really accepted such an answer!
The Way of Gods and Ghosts was so popular in those days!
It's useless for Xin Jian not to accept it. Jingshi Iron Factory gave you three thousand taels of solace money to buy you peace of mind, okay? You can negotiate any conditions, but you weren’t really hurt anyway!
Your student Huzi broke a leg? Okay, I'll also pay three thousand taels for the decoction and medicine. Since I'm not disabled, this is enough to spend!
At that time, the people were simple and timid, and they did not dare to expect anything like truth and fairness. When they saw that the court was really paying money, these people, instead of being angry, kept thanking the Lord for his kindness and saying good things about the court!
Xin Jian had nothing to do when faced with this situation. He knew that these workers had lived in this era since childhood and could not change their inertial thinking. Being able to get a little compensation from the court was already a blessing in their eyes!
Xin Jian was much more mature and tactful, and did not bother with the matter. He just accepted the money and shut up. The money turned into pens, ink, paper and inkstones and was divided among the students in the night school class.
King Yu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Xin Jian, the prickly head, didn't cause trouble, everything else was a trivial matter. As long as the foreign and Japanese devils were appeased in these years, everything would be fine!
King Yu directly reported to the emperor that the case had been closed, even if the evil ghost claimed his life, everyone was happy. Xin Jian also stated that he would not pursue the case, and the victims had been properly settled.
Zai Chun actually didn't want to pursue the case anymore. There were too many things going on in the court now, and none of them were bigger than this one. When he heard that the Chinese side was no longer making trouble, he naturally nodded and asked King Yu to close the case.
The ministers discussed the national policy again, and the court meeting naturally dispersed at around nine o'clock!
Prince Yu ran toward the Xihua Gate. After walking a few steps, he heard Fu Qing's voice behind him, "Prince Yu! This case was handled beautifully. Congratulations!"
"Oh... Mr. Fu Qing has promoted me. It's all my duty. I'll share my worries with Lord Long Live... Why did you come here if you didn't go through Donghua Gate?"
"Oh, I'm going to go out of the city to Xishan to check the copper cables in the post office's inventory... The accounts in the two places don't match up, it's a quarrel! Damn it, I suspect there is a spy stealing copper cables and selling them, let me catch him I have to peel off his skin!"
"Ah... Let's go to Xishan Daku. That's this direction. Let's go together, let's go together..."
From the Military Aircraft Department to Xihua Gate, the two of them walked in the car and chatted. As they talked, Fu Qing's voice changed, "Hey... I saw something very sad yesterday, and I have to tell you about it!"
"I went home after the curfew last night. When I passed by Zhushikou in Nancheng City, I saw a woman running wildly on the street with her child in her arms, shouting for a rickshaw as she ran!"
"I asked my servants to inquire and found out that the child had a high fever and was about to die. I went to see the doctor at night but couldn't find a rickshaw or sedan!"
"There was nothing I could do. I asked my soldiers to take the mother and son off on horseback. I don't know if the child was saved?"
"The prince is in charge of everything on the ground in the capital. I just want to ask... weren't there rickshaws running every night before? Why are there suddenly no more rickshaws?"
King Yu was stunned, his mind suddenly turned one hundred and eighty times, and he considered a lot in a short period of time.
This Fucha family is the boss behind all the rickshaws in the capital. Xiao Letian gave their family the entire business of producing rickshaws in Qing Dynasty!
All rickshaws produced in the Qing Dynasty were their family's industry, which meant that the downstream running business was also considered the Fucha family's industry!
The more work they do, the more rickshaws they sell, and the more money they make. Does Fuqing blame me for ordering a ban on rickshaws running at night?
Delayed their family's ability to make money? Come here and warn yourself? Darling, Fu Qing is not easy to mess with. His brother-in-law is simply the living king of hell!
I would rather offend the Long Live Lord than the Führer!
"Oh... this is what Third Master is talking about! I've been having a headache these past two days. These censors come to me all day long to complain, saying that there are always foreign cars breaking the curfew in the middle of the night!"
"Fighting, swearing, ringing bells to disturb people... and it's also illegal, forcing me to crack down hard, so the market inspections have been stricter in the past two days..."
"There is nothing we can do about this. Who allowed the Qing Dynasty to have this curfew system?"
The ball was kicked and the responsibility was directly placed on Yushi Qingliu and the ancestral system!
"Hahaha... What Prince Yu said is that I have no other intention. I just feel sorry for the sick mother and son!"
"Xiaoguan has an immature idea. This national law is nothing more than human feelings! The family laws of our ancestors are correct, and the curfew is also conducive to the safety of the people!"
"But we can't stick to the rules and stay the same! People have headaches and brain fever at night, family members go out drinking and hangover, and even the wife quarrels with the man and runs out in the middle of the night to go back to her parents' home..."
"These are all unsafe things. It's really unjustifiable if you don't let these relatives go out!"
"I heard before that the Police Headquarters issued a hundred late-night traffic notices? Isn't this a good attempt at reform? We will not abolish the curfew system, but we can reform it in a limited way!"
"A hundred late-night road tickets are a hundred licenses! Make them official, legal, and long-term... All those who hold these licenses must be registered. Every day, whoever goes out to run at night must Report it to the police!”
"In this way, you policemen will have a hundred more helpers patrolling the streets late at night. If you encounter someone who is sick or drunk, you don't need the police to take him away. A rickshaw will take him home with a wave of his hand!"
"Don't worry about security issues. All rickshaw pullers have been registered. Do they still dare to steal and commit adultery? They are all registered. They are easy to catch!"
Prince Yu rolled his eyes and thought that he still had to sell off the Third Master's reputation. He immediately smiled and said, "The Third Master really loves the people. This is a good idea!"
"On the one hand, we will not abolish the curfew system. We will still run errands according to the old rules... And these one hundred coachmen, once registered, can be regarded as an auxiliary force for the night patrol soldiers!"
"It helps make the lives of the people in the capital more convenient! They are all driving under the supervision of our police, and there are no safety concerns!"
"Haha... Third Master is so calculating! That's it!"
Note: Happy holiday to all book lovers on August 15th! May the whole family be happy and healthy!
