In the study of a mansion in Nanjing that was hung with mourning banners, Mr. Liu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, received Jia Shutang, who came to express his condolences. Jia Shutang was happier when he heard that Su Xiaolou accidentally killed the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs, rather than marrying a concubine. , this Su Xiaolou came to his house for a meal and broke up his wife and children. He had wanted to deal with him for a long time, but he never found the right opportunity. Now that the opportunity came to his door, he wanted to make Su Xiaolou live forever. Not allowed to turn over.
Mr. Liu, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, lost his beloved son in middle age. He was heartbroken and his eye sockets had sunken a lot in the past two days. His son had been weak and sick since he was a child, and he had been constantly taking medicine. , to be so cruel to his son, he must make that Jin Yiwei pay for his son's life.
"Master Liu, my condolences! People cannot be resurrected after death. Master Liu cannot let the murderer go easily."
Mr. Liu's eyes were full of hatred: "The hatred for killing my son is irreconcilable. I will never let go of the Jin Yiwei who killed my son. I don't need Jia Shutang to remind me."
Although Jia Zhengjing was on good terms with Mr. Liu’s son Liu Kangyuan, Mr. Liu still disliked Jia Shutang and his son Jia Zhengjing. This Jia Zhengjing knew that his son was weak and often encouraged Liu Kangyuan to visit brothels. Last year, he was actually killed by a group of people. He planted it in the soil. Fortunately, a passing fishing boat found it in time and saved his life. Otherwise, he would have wanted an explanation from the Jia family.
Since then, the Liu family has strictly ordered Liu Kangyuan to play with Jia Zhengjing. Unexpectedly, Jia Shutang came again.
Jia Shutang didn't mind Mr. Liu's lukewarm attitude and thought he was overly sad: "The officer who killed my nephew knew him well. He had a perverse temperament, was arrogant and cunning, and was always willing to spend money. A few years ago, he also had a serious relationship with a serious man." We had a conflict, and I wanted to invite him to the house for a meal and turn the hostility into friendship, but I didn't expect him to spread rumors and cause trouble, and even ruined the whole banquet. I really can't swallow this, I am willing to help you!"
Mr. Liu has not been idle these days. He is looking for connections everywhere. He is writing a memorial to ask the emperor to make a decision for his son. He is afraid that people from the Ministry of Punishment will give Su Xiaolou a light sentence because his son is weak and sick. When he heard that someone came to ask for help, To help myself, my attitude has softened a lot: "Oh! Does Jia Shutang have any good suggestions? Tell me!"
Jia Shutang lowered his voice and said: "We cannot let the emperor know at this time that nephew Liu Xian was discussing a grand ceremony in Donglin Academy and openly denounced the emperor for disrespecting orthodoxy and being unkind. Mr. Su is very smart! During the grand ceremony, I stand openly as the Emperor. If the Emperor knew what he would think, I'm afraid he would favor Su Xiaolou."
Mr. Liu was furious when he heard that there was another thing, this evildoer didn't care about discussing the gift at such a sensitive time, and openly insulted the current emperor: "Then in the opinion of the book hall, what should we do to make that Su Xiaolou die?" No burial place?”
"Xiaguan still has some connections in Shangjing, and he can still speak well in front of Shouning Hou. Xianguan can send a letter to the Marquis, asking him to consult the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to rule the son's case as intentional murder. , Of course we still need some evidence, it all depends on your methods, Mr. Liu, I think the time when your son and my son were ambushed years ago can be said to have been done by Su Xiaolou."
Master Liu immediately understood and understood what Jia Shutang meant. He cupped his hands and said, "Then we really need more Jia Shutang. I will order someone to do it right now!"
Jia Shutang came out of Mr. Liu's residence with a sinister look in his eyes. Hou Ninghou was the younger brother of Empress Dowager Zhang. His power was so great that no one dared to touch him. He asked Hou Ning Hou to take action to put pressure on the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. In addition, Liu The minister's forged evidence will definitely convict Su Xiaolou of intentional murder. Even if Su Xiaolou is a relative of the emperor, he should shed his skin!
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In the prison of the Criminal Department, Su Xiaolou has been in jail for nearly ten days. If nothing happens, he will make fun of the cell leader. Life in the prison is quite pleasant. There is wine and meat every day. It's just the cell leader who has nothing to do with it. Adhering to the principle of not being able to offend or hide, he did not dare to approach Su Xiaolou. He returned to his boring days, only playing with the mice that occasionally came to visit.
During this period, Lai Qian took Yu Sheng to visit Su Xiaolou. Lai Qian said that there was a rumor outside that Su Xiaolou was a bully. He often ate bully meals, collected protection money on the street, and would punch and kick him if he didn't pay. Not only did he not pay the prostitutes under his name, but he also viciously beat the women, molested women from good families and made her pregnant, and she was irresponsible. She was also a gambler by nature. She was addicted to casinos and owed huge debts. Some enthusiastic people came forward to speak out. Su Xiaolou now has a bad reputation on the street. It smells worse than pickled fish mixed with stinky tofu that has been left out for half a year. During this period, people poured excrement and water at the door of Su's house every day. Once they came, they were intercepted by a few of Su Xiaolou's thugs. After one fight, no one dared to go there.
Su Xiaolou was about to explode with anger. When had he ever done these things before? These people really poured dirty water on his head while he was in prison.
What's even more annoying is that Su Xiaolou once punched and kicked an old man with a gray beard and threatened to remove one of his legs if he didn't hand over the money he had on him. Liu Kangyuan, the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs, saw him and stopped him. Su Xiaolou held a grudge and once bribed a group of people to kill Liu Kangyuan. At that time, Jia Shutang's son Jia Zhengjing was also implicated. Jia Zhengjing was even willing to testify in court.
Nonsence! Su Xiaolou had never heard of this kind of thing. No storyteller could make up stories like this group of people. It would be a pity not to become a storyteller. Su Xiaolou secretly swore that he would throw these people into the manure pit after he went out. Wash that stinky mouth!
Seeing that the situation is getting more and more unfavorable for his young master, he wants to rob the prison in the worst case if he comes with the money, travel around the world, and find a mountain to be the king of the mountain. Wouldn't it be free and easy? Except for Yu Sheng, who has special skills, the Su family is not an ordinary person. It can sweep across a large area when it comes out. If it really robs the prison, the group of government officials may not be able to stop it.
The same is true, but breaking prison means going against the court. The Su Xiaolou family will be wanted nationwide. Even if they change their identities through disguise, it will be difficult for them to walk on the bright side without clearance documents. They can only be forced to go to Liangshan to dominate, or He went to sea to become a pirate and build a business empire. Thinking about it, it’s not bad! But Su Xiaolou still refused the kind offer of money. He hadn't reached that point yet, and he wouldn't lose anytime soon. The more those who harmed him behind his back wanted to harm him, and the more they wanted him dead, he just wanted to do it. The group of people wanted to watch him walk out of the prison unscathed. Seeing that the group of people couldn't stand him and couldn't kill him, Su Xiaolou felt very happy. Every day after that, they would live In fear of being retaliated, Su Xiaolou would turn into a demon in his dreams every night, torturing and devouring them again and again.
Su Xiaolou comforted Lai Qian and told them not to act rashly, and also asked Lai Qian to tell his thugs that by arresting and beating up the people who spread rumors and caused trouble, they could only confirm his reputation, but in fact they were playing into the enemy's eyes. It's a shame, if someone falsely accuses him again, just ignore it.
Chief Cui has also been here in the past few days. Looking at Chief Cui’s livid face and serious expression, you can tell that he is not far away from asking for help. Especially when such a stingy person as Chief Cui actually brought good wine and food to see Su Xiaolou, Su Xiaolou Lou even more suspected that this was a deprivation meal.
In the Ming Dynasty, only the cabinet memorials could be sent directly to the imperial court, and they were all sent to the General Affairs Department. After they were handed over to the cabinet, they were then forwarded to the emperor or directly to the palace clerk's office. But there was not only this way of submitting memorials, and some Officials can be introduced by the official of Honglu Temple. There is a tedious process that can probably write a paper.
All in all, He Bi's memorial may not be seen by Shizong. Chief Cui investigated the medical records of major hospitals in Nanjing, but there was no medical record of Liu Kangyuan. It can be said that all the doctors in Nanjing City have not treated Liu Kangyuan, the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs. , a person who has been weak since childhood has never seen a doctor, and has not even had a fever or cold. It is obvious that someone has given him a silence order.
And now more and more evidence points to Su Xiaolou's deliberate murder. It is not easy for Mr. Cui to resist the pressure from all parties and support Su Xiaolou until now.
