Chapter 799: tip of the iceberg
Chapter 799 The tip of the iceberg
"You little bastard, what nonsense you are talking about, the queen has already concluded it, so don't you still want to kill your father?"
Lieutenant Tong Xian strode forward to reprimand Mr. Chen's young master. Gu Lei was so angry that he slammed his cane on the ground, and reprimanded solemnly: "The queen and the governor are here, why are you a little boy?" The county lieutenant is doing wild things here?"
"Lieutenant Tong County."
Chu Nanzhi also glared at him fiercely: "Since I entered Chen's house, you have repeatedly obstructed the father and son, what is your intention?"
"Queen, Your Majesty"
Tong Xianwei was about to speak when he was forced back by Gu Lei's sharp eyes.
Chu Nanzhi can be considered to have fully seen Gu Lei's prestige among the officials and people in Langzhou at this time, and it is true that a look can make people feel frightened.
She strolled back to the hall, bent down and stared quietly at the weeping little boy with pear blossoms and rain, and softly comforted him while wiping his tears: "Good boy, auntie also wants to seek justice for your mother, but Auntie can't help you like this."
After hearing this, Dabao of the Chen family immediately looked fiercely at Lieutenant Tong with his immature eyes, but before he could speak, he was stopped by Chen Laosan again: "Dabao, don't talk nonsense."
"Chen Sanlang, you still want to lie to Bengong now?"
Chu Nanzhi gave a look without anger, and immediately suppressed Chen Sanlang's anger.
Chen Family Dabao then looked firmly at Tong Xianwei, pointed at him angrily and said loudly: "Mother, it was him, he was the one who killed our mother, and made us and father lose her mother."
"you"
Tongxian Lieutenant was about to draw his sword fiercely, Chu Nanzhi directly waved to the guards in front of the courtyard: "Take down this unparalleled Tongxian Lieutenant."
"Queen, don't listen to this childish nonsense."
Tong Xianwei shouted hoarsely with a bitter face.
Chu Nanzhi turned a deaf ear to her and continued to face the Chen family Dabao, and said in a gentle voice: "My good boy, don't be afraid, tell your aunt how this man killed your mother."
Received her comfort, Chen Jia Dabao replied while sobbing:
"At the beginning of last month, my father received the official funeral order, and took us back to my grandma's house, but was reported. Afterwards, the Tong County Captain took people around to search for the whereabouts of our family. My father had no choice but to He took us to hide in Tibet until ten days ago when my mother was due to give birth. My father had no choice but to secretly take us back to the old house, but that night Tong Xianwei found the house, and they broke into the room and beat the mother who was about to give birth. A Niang and her younger brother who had already given birth were beaten to death in front of our eyes by them."
Hearing this, Chu Nanzhi clenched her fists angrily.
When she was about to give birth, she was already in pain, but she suffered such a serious crime.
She looked at Chen Laosan in great distress, and asked sharply: "Chen Sanlang, is what your son said true?"
Chen Laosan kept choking up, recalling the tragic situation that day, the heart-piercing pain made him speechless for a while.
Chen Dabao plucked up his courage and continued: "Lieutenant Tong said that my father and mother died in the country and gave birth to a child, and he concealed it from the government and did not report it. He committed an unforgivable crime. If my father does not cooperate with the government and report the death of mother as a dystocia, I want to expose my father and implicate the whole family, so my father has no choice but to keep it a secret in order to protect me and my younger brother."
"Tong Fei, can you confess what the young master of the Chen family said?"
Gu Lei finally couldn't hold back at this time, his pupils burst into flames, and he looked at the county captain angrily.
When he was in the county government, he once boasted in front of the queen that all his disciples were loyal people. He never thought that he would encounter such a shocking thing after walking through the county.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. I don’t know how many similar tragedies happened in the whole city of Langzhou in the past month, which is really infuriating.
Tong Fei was escorted by the guards, shaking her body tremblingly, as if she was at a loss.
"What a simple and honest folk custom, the people of Langzhou voluntarily abide by the etiquette and law in memory of the late emperor's kindness, and refuse to exceed the rules."
Gu Lei looked at the long history Zhang Xuan with a lonely face, feeling a great humiliation: "This is what you say to live with the people and plead for the people?"
"Teacher calm down, there must be some misunderstanding."
Zhang Xuan was also very angry, and cast an angry glance at Tong Fei, who had already turned livid with fright: "Quickly tell me, who ordered you to dare to disobey the late emperor's will and act against it?"
As he spoke, murderous intent appeared in his eyes: "If you dare to say another wrong word today, I will let you die without a place to bury you."
Facing the aggressive and fierce eyes of everyone, Tong Fei struggled to break away from the restraints of the guards, slammed into the thick pillar in the hall, bleeding profusely, and died on the spot.
Zhang Xuan hurried forward to check Tong Fei's breath, then walked back to Chu Nanzhi and Gu Lei, and said in a deep voice: "Report to the queen, report to the teacher, this little county captain committed suicide in fear of crime."
"Lord Chang Shi has such great authority, just a few words can make people commit suicide in fear of crime."
Chu Nanzhi glanced at Zhang Xuan fiercely like a blade.
But as soon as the words fell, Gu Lei saw a mouthful of hot blood spurting out of his mouth, and he staggered and fell directly to the ground.
"Teacher."
Zhang Xuan didn't care about Chu Nanzhi's scolding, and went forward to support Gu Lei in a hurry.
"The grass people are guilty, the grass people are ashamed of the people of Langzhou, and ask the queen to punish the crimes, the grass people are willing to apologize with death today, and give justice to the people of Langzhou who have suffered this time."
Gu Lei fell into Zhang Xuan's arms, his sad eyes fell on Chu Nanzhi's body, extremely pale and weak.
Chu Nanzhi just quietly stared at the Chen family father and son and the county lieutenant lying in a pool of blood.
This Tong Fei is no more than a small county magistrate in the county, but he dared to act so boldly, presumably there must be someone behind him.
Even if Gu Lei is more prestigious, he may not be able to make the entire Langzhou officialdom be used by him.
I'm afraid there are bigger forces behind this, and Gu Lei's reputation is just a public opinion force fueled by the people behind it.
"I have never thought of punishing Mr. Gu. I believe in the vision of my mentor Chang Lao. There will inevitably be friction in the replacement of the old and new systems. I am never afraid of obstruction and refutation by people of insight like Mr. Gu. As long as it is It is an upright move and I am even willing to accept the debate with my heart, but if someone wants to use insidious tricks to deliberately maintain the old system, then I will never be merciless if I find out."
Looking deeply at Gu Lei and Zhang Xuan's master and apprentice, Chu Nanzhi said solemnly:
"The reform of the government system in Langzhou is bound to persist to the end. I still say that the empire is not the world of the aristocratic family, but the world of the people of the whole country. Although the palace cannot ensure the absolute fairness and justice of the reformed official system, it can govern the world. After all, it depends on those who are virtuous and capable, and only a sound evaluation mechanism can ensure the fairness and strictness of the selection of officials."
After saying that, he immediately urged Zhan He in front of everyone: "Lord Zhan, from today onwards, you start to thoroughly investigate the murders of bereaved mothers in the whole state, and you must find out the perpetrators behind it."
"The next official takes orders."
Today's queen's actions undoubtedly gave Zhan He the hope of breaking the ice. He vowed to seek justice for the innocent people who passed away.
(end of this chapter)