Chapter 113 A life for a life (1)

Xia Ji didn't speak. Yu Xiao, who was standing beside him, took out the Jin Yiwei token and handed it to him with an indifferent expression.

"Yu Xiao, the Jinyiwei Qianhu, this is our Jinyiwei commander, Mr. Xia."

After hearing this, the magistrate immediately weakened at his feet. If someone hadn't been supporting him, he would have fallen to the ground.

Besides Xia Ji, who else can be the commander of Jin Yiwei, surnamed Xia?

Why does this evil star suddenly appear here? Doesn't he usually never go out to Beijing?

Unless it is a major case ordered by His Majesty, this evil Yama almost never sets foot in Beijing.

"Xia...Mr. Xia, why are you here? Is there any big case to investigate? Do you need help from a subordinate?"

The prefect steadied his steps and asked quickly.

However, Xia Ji just looked at him indifferently and said, "What's going on here? Were you just planning to kill ordinary people too?"

Although the commander of the Jinyiwei usually acts a little cruelly, he has never been cruel to ordinary people. Now a magistrate of Minghe Prefecture dares to treat ordinary people like this. If they hadn't been here, they would have been bleeding like a river at this moment!

"I don't dare, I don't dare. Please don't misunderstand, Mr. Xia. I'm just trying to scare...yes, I'm just trying to scare them!"

How dare Magistrate Minghe say that he has such thoughts? Even if he does, he must say that he doesn't!

A third-grade magistrate claimed to be a lower official in front of a fourth-grade official. Such a person was actually in charge of the entire Minghe Prefecture. No wonder there were disaster-stricken people everywhere along the way!

Xia Hanyu's perception of the person in front of him was extremely bad at this moment.

Yang Hong, who was on the side, saw that the magistrate was so low-key to Xia Hanyu and his party, and heard that Yu Xiao and the others claimed to be members of the Jin Yiwei, and that Xia Ji had just rescued them, he immediately rushed towards them like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood. Then they knelt down.

"Young Master Yang Hong from Taiping County, Lord Jin Yiwei Xia, our Lord is unjust, please make the decision for us Lord!"

Even though the rumors about Jin Yiwei are not good to hear, they have no choice now.

The magistrate on the side heard what he said and immediately retorted: "Master Xia clearly knows that these people are secretly opening the court's reserve granary, knowingly and deliberately. I am indeed acting in accordance with the decree!"

"Since we are acting in accordance with the will, why do these people protest collectively? I see you have ulterior motives!"

"Sister, we can't spare him!"

As soon as these words came out, what else could the prefect not understand? Who else in the world could claim to be an orphan except the Crown Prince of the East Palace? The Crown Prince’s sister was His Majesty’s most beloved eldest princess!

It turns out that the person who just scolded and stopped him was actually Her Royal Highness the Princess!

At this moment, no one could stop his feet from weakening, and he knelt down in front of Xia Hanyu and Xia Chengyun with a plop.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, Du Yongyuan, the magistrate of Minghe Prefecture, is here to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness the Princess is a thousand years old!"

At this time, he was lying on the ground, not even daring to raise his head. His body had begun to tremble a little, but he tried his best to restrain it.

Yang Hong looked at the group of people in front of him with his mouth open, and then he quickly knelt down. As for the common people, they naturally knelt down and shouted Qian Sui.

The biggest official they usually see is the county master. Originally, there was also a magistrate, but they didn't expect that today they would have the opportunity to see the prince and princess. They are the son and daughter of His Majesty the Emperor!

"snort."

Xia Hanyu snorted coldly, and his majestic eyes fell on Du Yongyuan, "Du Yongyuan, do you know your guilt?"

"Xiaguan...Xiaguan, don't you know what the crime is?"

Du Yongyuan didn't know whether he was pretending to be stupid or he really didn't know. He lowered his head and his voice was full of doubts.

"Really?" Xia Hanyu's expression remained unchanged, but his voice became colder. "You used the crossbows distributed by the imperial court to target the people of Great Xia. Do you really have no idea what crime you have committed?"

"In response to the eldest princess, I really just want to scare them! As you can see, they are really unruly people, and they actually stopped me from carrying out the execution. I have no choice but to do so."

Du Yongyuan knew very well that he would never admit to this crime no matter what, otherwise he would have to risk his life here if he failed to succeed today.

But he didn't know that Xia Hanyu never cared whether he confessed or not. If he didn't confess now, he would confess sooner or later.

Her eyes fell on Ban Zheng on the execution platform, and the people immediately began to cry out for injustice.

"Your Highness, Mr. Ban is really unjust. He did it all for us. Please, Your Highness, please spare Mr. Ban's life. Common people are willing to use their own lives in exchange for his!"

"The common people are also willing."

"Everyone is willing to do it!"

After they finished speaking, they kowtowed furiously, making loud banging noises.

"I have never said that I want Mr. Ban's life, please stop knocking."

This kowtow gave her a headache. She didn’t know how much she had kowtowed today. Almost all the people’s heads were broken. Let’s ask Bai Zhi to take a look at it for them.

"Does Her Royal Highness mean to let Master Ban go?"

Some people immediately asked.

Xia Hanyu nodded with a smile, "Ban Zheng was indeed wrong to open granaries privately, but the imperial court built granaries in various places for emergency purposes. Although the purpose was to provide military supplies, it did not state that they were not for civilian use, so Ban Zheng's move was not considered deceiving the emperor.

, what’s more, Mr. Ban has already written a memorial and submitted it to my father. Based on my understanding of my father, he will not punish Mr. Ban, and may even reward him. "

Of course, it's only possible. After all, before half of the Xie family's property was acquired, he was still poor and would be reluctant to part with it.

However, although the laws of the court cannot be violated, her father seems to find it difficult to speak, but if he is a good official who truly cares for the people of the court, it is actually not difficult for him to speak.

Otherwise, no one would have dared to collect Cai Sheng's body before.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, Du Yongyuan became anxious.

"Your Highness, Princess, no, what Ban Zheng has committed is the crime of deceiving the emperor. Your Majesty has issued an edict before. Unless the matter is urgent, the food in the spare granary must not be touched!"

"These hundreds of thousands of people affected by the disaster are now homeless and have no food to eat. Isn't it an emergency?"

Xia Hanyu turned sideways and looked at him, her eyes suddenly cold.

"this……"

Du Yongyuan was speechless for a moment.

Xia Hanyu looked at him coldly, and the aura on his body gradually became filled with murderous intent, rushing towards Du Yongyuan.

"Mr. Du, instead of caring about Master Ban's life and death, it is better to care about yourself first."

"You ignored innocent people's pleas for life today, and even killed innocent people indiscriminately. Is it for the court or for yourself? I will give you a chance to explain it properly."

"Here comes someone, take him down, and put him in the Taiping County jail for the time being to wait for disposal."

(End of chapter)

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