Two days later, the Pingchang Marquis Mansion was raided, attracting a crowd of onlookers.
The unearthed gold, silver and jewelry were piled up at the door of the house, like a hill. The quantity was beyond people's imagination.
Not only that, there are also a large number of letters exchanged, many of which are related to government affairs, and some are actually about imperial examination fraud cases and official promotion scandals, which is simply staggering.
Yang Xiao committed a serious crime of decapitation, which implicated nine clans, but Li Luansong did not harm anyone else. Only the Pingchang Marquis Mansion was detained. After the trial and the verdict, the whole family was exiled to a bitter cold place.
As soon as the news came out, Yang Zhi fainted on the spot.
The rich young lady who has been pampered since she was a child has never touched the beauty of the world. Now she has been reduced to a lowly status and has to be sent away. Not to mention the long journey, such a delicate little lady may be raped on the road... How can she survive like this.
The officers and soldiers pushed the family out. Yang Xiao, wearing shackles, kowtowed and prayed: "Sir, please be merciful and let my daughter go. I still have some private treasures that I can give to you."
He wanted to keep his only daughter.
The two officers and soldiers looked at each other, and one of them asked: "Where?"
Yang Xiao was afraid of being plotted, so he hesitated to say anything. Another officer directly pulled Yang Zhi, who was also shackled, and the little lady was violently pulled, staggering on her feet and screaming in surprise.
"If you don't say anything, we brothers will destroy him now." The man's squinting eyes roamed over Yang Zhi's body, and he said frivolously: "This thin-skinned and tender meat makes people greedy just looking at it. Today, brothers You can enjoy your meat now..."
"Dad." Yang Zhi was trembling with fear.
Yang Xiao still dared to hesitate and said quickly: "Guan Ye, Guan Ye, let me hide it under the floor tiles in the study. The brick pressed under the table leg on the left side of the desk is my private collection."
The two officers looked at each other again, one stayed to wait while the other went to the study.
After a while, the man took out a mahogany box and opened it. It was full of gold bars and silver notes.
"Please, sir, have mercy on me, little girl..."
"You have a filial piety." After the two officials put the wooden box away, they smiled and said: "For the sake of money, we brothers should be gentler. Today, let the young lady feel the different charms of our brothers. "
As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled Yang Zhi towards the room, saying hello as he walked: "Brothers, it's time to have fun, get in line."
Yang Zhi's heartbreaking cries were drowned out by the lewd laughter of the men. Yang Xiao tried to stop him but was knocked to the ground, watching helplessly as his daughter was humiliated.
"stop."
A voice stopped everyone's movements, and everyone knelt down and saluted: "His Royal Highness Prince Gong."
"The Marquis of Pingchang has committed a heinous crime. According to the law, he will be punished after being paraded in the streets." Li Luancheng said angrily: "Who allows you to abuse lynching and rob civilian girls? Come and capture them all."
That day, it was Li Luansong who asked Lao Qi to come and take a look.
He knew very well how these soldiers who were wandering around the military camp would react to the imperial intrusion.
After all, he helped Yang Zhi once and did his best in a place where she couldn't see.
Shen Que was right. Just because he deserved it didn't mean he had to bear what he shouldn't have to bear. What's more, as a woman, she probably didn't want to see Yang Zhi being insulted. It was disrespectful to women.
It is said that a scholar can be killed but not humiliated. This is true for men, and it is also true for women. This is the obsession in Shen Que's heart, and Li Luansong somewhat understands it.
That day, the streets of Jin'an were crowded with people.
Yang Xiao's family paraded through the streets in shackles and accepted the people's scolding and humiliation.
Everyone threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at them.
Li Luansong wanted to tell Shen Que in this way that he had adopted her opinion and let them get the punishment they deserved. That was the law, not his personal anger.
Ever since he received Shen Fu's letter, he wanted to explain to her, but he knew that Shen Zhen would not see him.
She should know about this earth-shattering way. Maybe, later today, she will agree to see him, or maybe tomorrow, Li Luansong is waiting with hope.
However, after waiting and waiting, no news came from Shen Que.
Li Luansong couldn't sit still anymore, he had to go find her.
As soon as they stepped out of the main hall, someone sent an urgent report from the border gate: "Ola Kingdom has attacked, and now it has reached the southwest, and the border gate has been breached."
This sudden news disrupted his plan, and he had no choice but to summon his ministers to discuss countermeasures.
Wala is a small country, located to the north of Soto Kingdom, and Daye is to the south of Soto Kingdom. In recent years, not only Soto, but also Oara have been actively developing their military, politics, and economy. Unexpectedly, they dared to attack Daye, which is really incredible.
Some people advocated a quick victory, and simply went straight to Huanglong and handed him a pot to see if he dared to be arrogant.
Some people also think that such a small country has the guts to attack Daye, and there must be some tricks behind it. It is best to find out the truth first, know yourself and the enemy, and do not act rashly.
Others said it might be related to Soto.
Some people stood up to object. After all, Prince Soto was in Jin'an, so they didn't dare.
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From the bright sun to the sunset to the moon, everyone was noisy, pointing at the public opinion map and arguing. Someone accidentally knocked an envelope on the desk. It seemed that it had not been opened, but there was no sign of it. People pay attention.
The white envelope, pressed with paint, lay quietly on the soft blanket. Occasionally, someone would step on it, leaving huge shoe sole marks.
Finally, Li Luansong endured his headache and decided: "First send reinforcements to fight the enemy, while inquiring about the news, and free up a few days to make detailed arrangements."
Only then did everyone leave, and he felt exhausted.
Suddenly he looked up and saw the moon, and suddenly remembered his important things. It was so late, Shen Que must have fallen asleep, should he go find her now...
In fact, Shen Que had already left, just before the Pingchang Houfu family paraded through the streets early this morning.
After discussing with Mutam, we decided to take a boat to go south. We can pass many places along the waterway. I thought that this trip was to gain a lot of experience, so I simply walked around and saw more.
The boat was chartered by Mutam alone to make Shenzhen's journey more convenient and quieter.
It was a very large and luxurious official ship with three floors in total. Shen Que said it was too luxurious, so Mutam just helped her get on the ship and listened to her talk.
Dad also set out today, also by water, and the boat was also provided by Amu, but in a different direction. Shen Silang came to say goodbye to her father and sister and burst into tears. Shen Que persuaded her for a long time.
Zhang Chengru came to say goodbye on behalf of the Zhang family and said, "My mother wanted to come in person, but her health has become worse and worse over the past year. It's foggy today, so I came here on her behalf."
After saying that, he handed over the wooden box that the old lady gave to Shen Que: "She will always worry when you go out. Take these, you will need them on the road."
Knowing the old lady's temper, Shen Que did not refuse. After briefly chatting with him about the school, he looked up and saw Muso Naren standing not far behind.
She didn't go back with Mutam, saying she still had things to do, but Mutam simply ignored her.
Shen Que looked at her with his eyes always fixed on one person. He was slightly surprised in his heart, but he never expressed it.
Muso Naren apologized to her: "It was my ignorance that made you suffer so much. I didn't say those words to you sincerely. Can you forgive me?"
"I would also like to thank you for letting me understand what love is at once. Shen Que, you are really amazing."
Shen Que laughed and told her to be careful in everything and ask Shen Silan for help if anything happened.
Everyone waved goodbye, and Shen Que also said goodbye to everyone. Only one person was stamping his feet anxiously and looking forward to it, but he didn't dare to let Shen Que discover his abnormality.
Zelan followed Shen Que south this time. As someone close to the lady, she naturally knew her heart best.
It is impossible to say that he is not angry with Li Luansong at all. Therefore, if His Highness the Crown Prince can come and persuade her at this time, even if she cannot keep her, she will come back soon.
However, she clearly wrote a letter to Wuyue and asked Wuyue to hand it to His Highness, but why hasn't she been seen yet?
Did you not see the letter, or is His Highness the Crown Prince also having a bad temper and not coming?
Oops, this is really annoying.
The ship was about to set sail, but His Highness the Crown Prince was still not seen. Zelan sighed helplessly.
At this time, someone suddenly ran from a distance, and Zelan immediately became energetic, thinking that it was the person she was looking forward to.
Only when we got closer did we see clearly that they were some villagers. It was very foggy today and other ships were not able to sail. They were in a hurry to leave, so they wanted to take a downwind boat.
"We will disembark at the next port, hoping that it will be convenient for you and your wife."
The leader of the aunt looked very kind, and there were about ten people standing behind her. They were all carrying baggage. Although their clothes were not very luxurious, it could be seen that they had no worries about food and clothing.
"We don't want to sit here in vain. We'll give you money and you decide a price." Someone said, "Don't worry, we all bring our own dry food and we will definitely not dirty your place."
Of course, Shen Que had no problem. He invited them to board the ship without taking any money, and they were treated as companions.
The vermilion official ship started slowly and disappeared into the mist little by little.
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Besides, Li Luansong had been busy all day, and it wasn't until night that he debated whether to miss Shen Que or not, for fear of disturbing her rest.
While wandering around the desk, the palace man was cleaning up and found the letter that fell on the ground, with countless footprints on it.
Li Luansong opened it and read it, and was shocked. It was written by Zelan, saying that his wife was leaving today. He didn't have time to read carefully what was written after that, because the person had already disappeared into the night on horseback.
Knocking on the door of Shen's Mansion, what I got was the news that Shen Que had left, and even Shen Fu had left.
Li Luansong actually had not even seen the resignation letter submitted by Shen Fuduo a few days ago.
The sadness and regret are not as good as the confusion and confusion at this moment.
Is this God's will? He was a step too late after all and missed her after all.
