Marriage of the Di Daughter

Jiang Li walked out of the tavern.

Ye Mingyu squatted on the side of the street for a long time, when he saw Jiang Li coming over, spit out the grass root he was chewing, and asked, "How is it? Are you finished?" He didn't ask Jiang Li who she met or what she was doing. If it was Ye Jiaer, he would have asked the previous question, but if it was Jiang Li, sometimes he felt that Jiang Li, as a junior, had more ideas than his peers, so don't worry. More importantly, Ye Mingyu thought that even if he asked Jiang Li, Jiang Li would not say anything.

Why waste effort? Then don't ask.

Jiang Li nodded: "It's over, uncle, let's go back."

The meeting with Ji Heng, or even the talk with Ji Heng, did not take Jiang Li too seriously. Although it was rumored that Ji Heng was a moody person, Jiang Li thought that was just his performance. He has his own ideas in everything he does. But after several confrontations, and she had thought about it seriously, the possibility that Ji Heng would break her plan was really very small. Even if I really missed Ji Heng's matter, it was an insignificant matter to Ji Heng. He couldn't do it himself. The reason why he chased him from Xiangyang to Tongxiang was because his actions were too strange, and he wanted to be a theatergoer.

That's all, let's watch the show. She has never been afraid of becoming an actor, but she has to handle the succession and transition of this play by herself.

Ji Heng is not important, the important thing is that after seven days, his father will be executed. She couldn't find evidence to reverse the case for her father, so she had to prepare for the worst and rob the court. However, whether the robbery field can be successful, even if it is successful, whether it will be involved in the future, is also a matter that needs to be seriously considered. So the most comprehensive way is to start with the evidence.

Ye Mingyu readily agreed when Jiang Li said back. The homestay they stayed in was also in Qingshi Lane, not far from Xue's house which was sealed off. People who want to come to Feng Yutang will pay attention to the place where they stay. It is too eye-catching to choose Qingshi Lane. But Jiang Li just wants to make a big splash, just to let Feng Yutang know that she has come to settle accounts after autumn.

When they got back to the B\u0026B, Ye Mingyu asked someone to get some food, and asked the guards about the terrain in this area. Jiang Li stayed in the room by herself, and Ye Mingyu gave Jiang Li the files of Xue's family. Er and Baixue are waiting at the door, and if Jiang Li wants to drink tea or something, he can help.

Jiang Li was reading the file seriously.

If possible, she must find out the doubts and loopholes in the case of the Xue family in the dossier, grasp the doubts and loopholes, and pursue them step by step. Even if it doesn't work, it can be deliberately enlarged to confuse the public and buy time for Xue Huaiyuan.

The dossier should have been made by Feng Yutang, perhaps because of Princess Yongning's confession, Feng Yutang's dossier of the Xue family conceals it seamlessly, and it describes Xue Huaiyuan as a corrupt official who commits all kinds of crimes. Jiang Li looked at it, and gradually wanted to sneer in her heart.

Xue Huaiyuan has never done any of the above things, but Feng Yutang, the current Tongxiang county magistrate, is pretty much the same. However, Xue Huaiyuan pleaded guilty. Jiang Li could think of what they did to get Xue Huaiyuan to confess his crime. Perhaps it was for this reason that Xue Huaiyuan was tortured and lost his mind.

From a certain point of view, this dossier is really flawless. Feng Yutang must have expended a lot of effort on this to assign these crimes to Xue Huaiyuan. But because everyone in Tongxiang knew what kind of person Xue Huaiyuan was, these things seemed extraordinarily ridiculous.

Jiang Li read it at a glance.

In the dossier, some small loopholes can be found. For example, the disaster relief money embezzled by Xue Huaiyuan was dug up in the backyard of Xue's house. But the disaster relief money back then was indeed clearly distributed to every commoner. The new "silver" was probably added by Yongning himself.

Feng Yutang can add unnecessary crimes to Xue Huaiyuan, but he can't erase Xue Huaiyuan's kindness and political achievements. On this point alone, Jiang Li can win a first-line chance for Xue Huaiyuan if he doesn't let go.

"Not enough." Jiang Li murmured, it was far from enough. The opportunity that was given to Xue Huaiyuan is really not worth mentioning. Once Yongning and the others find out that they use Feng Yutang's current identity to cheat and add more fuel, this bit of evidence will become useless evidence.

Feng Yutang had to be unable to play a role. Even if he was the magistrate of Tongxiang, he could no longer interfere in the case of the Xue family. How to do this... Jiang Li thought hard.

Tong Er lightly came to pour tea for Jiang Li, Jiang Li was thinking about throwing herself into it, but she didn't see the tea that Tong Er poured was in hand, she stretched out her hand to hold the nausea, the teacup fell to the ground with a "bang", and all the scalding hot tea was poured on the ground. Ginger pear on the arm.

"Oh my god!" Tong'er screamed, and hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe Jiang Li, and said while wiping: "Girl, girl, are you okay? Bai Xue, bring a scald ointment!"

Bai Xue left in a hurry, Ye Mingyu heard the movement and hurried over to look at it, and asked, "What's going on? What happened?"

Tong'er was about to shed tears of self-blame, and said: "It's the servant girl who is not good. The servant girl poured tea and let the tea scald the girl. Don't leave any traces. What should I do?"

"A Li, are you okay? Does it hurt?" Ye Mingyu turned his head to look at Jiang Li, but saw Jiang Li sitting there blankly, staring at the broken teacup on the ground.

Ye Mingyu thought that Jiang Li was dumbfounded by the pain, so he hurried forward a few steps, stretched out his five fingers and shook in front of Jiang Li: "A Li? A Li?"

Jiang Li stared at him blankly, as if she just realized it, but she immediately stood up and said excitedly: "I know, I know!"

"Know what?" Ye Mingyu was confused, and Tong'er was also confused.

"According to Beiyan's laws and regulations, the personal and material evidence is solid. If you sue the magistrate, you can sue the higher-level government office. But the higher-level government office is Tong Zhiyang, who may not be willing to help. I counted and counted, only the situation in Yanjing City is complicated. This case was taken to Yanjing City and handed over to Dali Temple for further investigation, but what I want to try is not the Xue family's case, but Feng Yutang's. As long as Feng Yutang himself is involved in the case, he can no longer intervene in it. The evidence is too numerous to count!"

This is to avoid suspicion. Naturally, Feng Yutang can "fabricate" evidence without any scruples, and Jiang Li can also do it by himself. Anyway, when he arrived at Dali Temple, Feng Yutang's evidence was all innumerable. On the contrary, she has nothing to do with the Xue family, but she is a real outsider.

Ye Mingyu was not in the officialdom, and he didn't know much about Beiyan's official system, so he just said, "But why did Dali Temple accept Tongxiang's case?"

A case in Tongxiang, what about it?

"That's why we have to make a big fuss." Jiang Li said.

Tong'er's action of overturning the teacup reminded her that to make everyone pay attention to this cup of hot tea, it is not enough to just make a splash in Tongxiang. The movement has to be bigger, bigger, and no matter how big it is, it would be even better if it involves a certain nobleman in Yanjing City. In this way, with all eyes gathered, the case of the Xue family is no longer just a simple case of dirty officials, it may be framed, it may involve an old case, or it may even be treason.

She is not afraid at all, she will make this case bigger and bigger, if Dali Temple does not dare to accept it, she will go to court. No matter how Hong Xiaodi made peace with King Cheng and Princess Ping, but if the upright officials were framed by others, people all over the world would doubt whether the emperor was destined. Even if it was to stabilize people's hearts, Hong Xiaodi would not let nature take its course. What's more, King Cheng and Emperor Hong Xiao are natural enemies.

Emperor Hong Xiao would not let go of any opportunity that might make King Cheng suffer.

Ye Mingyu thought about it, but still didn't understand, so he asked, "How do you plan to make a big fuss?" Actually, for Ye Mingyu, the Xue family has nothing to do with him. But because Jiang Li cared so much about it, and Ye Mingyu also felt that Feng Yutang was too disgusting, if Xue Huaiyuan was really wronged, it would be really pitiful. It is their nature to be jealous of evil and uphold justice. If this is the case, what if they draw their swords to help when they see injustice?

"It's not enough to just check the evidence on the file. It's not heavy enough, and it doesn't make sense to get it to Dali Temple." Jiang Li said: "We still need witnesses."

"Witness?" Ye Mingyu asked, "You mean the people of Tongxiang stand up to rehabilitate their former county magistrate? How is this possible? You didn't see that these people are like mice seeing cats when they see officers and soldiers. , This is all 'the road is in the eye', dare not even say a word of the truth, how dare you stand up? And do you know, today the guards heard that someone spoke for Xue Huaiyuan before, and the government asked people to take this If a man's son is arrested and threatened by his parents and children, even a man who really has justice in his heart will not dare to tell the truth, the disaster will not be as serious as his wife and children!"

Jiang Li said: "That's because Feng Yutang has gone too far, and Feng Yutang gives people the feeling that he can sit in this county magistrate's position for a long time. The people dare not speak out. Once the people Thinking that Feng Yutang may be about to fall, he will have the courage to point out Feng Yutang's crimes."

"So? Are the people you're looking for witnesses?" Ye Mingyu asked.

"No." Jiang Li shook her head: "All the common people can say is Feng Yutang's evil deeds, and Xue Xiancheng's Qingming. These words can only be used as the last straw that broke the camel's back. They didn't appear now. At another time, it would have come out much better."

Ye Mingyu was even more puzzled: "Then Ari, who is the witness you are looking for?"

"It's official servants." Jiang Li looked deeply, "It was Xue Huaiyuan's former subordinates, and now all the official servants in the county government have been replaced by Feng Yutang. Those official servants are all resolute people, and Feng Yutang replaced him. People don't know whether they are dead or alive. If you want to see people alive, you need to see corpses. If they are still alive, they are evidence. If they are dead, those corpses are also evidence. Pile, huh?"

Ye Mingyu was dumbfounded.

Jiang Li's eyes were calm, but when she said these words, a chill flew out of her eyes. But thinking about the scene in Jiang Li's words, Ye Mingyu couldn't help but feel numbness in his back. There are very few people in the Jianghu who destroy people, and they are all deeply enmity. Of course, there is also a saying that one day the emperor and one courtier, but Feng Yutang is just a small county magistrate, does it mean that a county magistrate has to pay so much for a change?

"A Li, how do you know that these officials are replaced by Feng Yutang? You haven't seen them before." Ye Mingyu suddenly remembered something and said.

Jiang Li smiled: "You can tell at a glance. How can a decent official have such virtues? They don't even know the basic official etiquette in their words and deeds. I don't know where Feng Yutang found such a group of rabble. Probably used to be a gangster Hooligans and the like, how could there be such subordinates when Xue Xiancheng was here, unless he wanted to destroy his name."

Seeing that her words were reasonable, Ye Mingyu nodded and said, "That's true. I don't think those officials are serious people."

"Ali, do you want our guards to search for people in Tongxiang?"

"That's not true. Although Tongxiang is small, the terrain is complicated. I can find a map. But the problem is that once Feng Yutang finds out that we are looking for these official missions, he will probably hide them."

"Then steal people!" Ye Mingyu said without thinking.

"It's to rob people, but not now." Jiang Li thought for a while, and said: "Uncle, there is a dumb woman who pours Yexiang in the county government. Can you ask your people to find a way to pick up the dumb woman and come with me?" See you, but don't alarm anyone, and you can't be discovered by Feng Yutang's people."

"Alone?" Ye Mingyu patted his chest, "It's no problem, I've taken care of the kidnapping." Seeing Tong'er and Bai Xue staring at him, he scratched his head, "Last time, Tong Zhiyang's outer room and son, isn't it? Did I abduct it myself? Until now, Tong Zhiyang has not found out that I did it." He said it very proudly.

"It's not kidnapping, this dumb woman may know the current whereabouts of the officials." Jiang Li said: "So, you must be careful."

Ye Mingyu stood up: "Don't worry, uncle has something to do, which time has it failed for you?" He walked a few steps, then suddenly turned around and asked: "But this dumb woman is called a dumb woman, so she must be dumb, right? If she is dumb, how do you ask? Is she literate?"

"She's not dumb." Jiang Li said behind him: "She can talk."

...

Ye Mingyu left.

After Ye Mingyu left, Jiang Li asked someone to bring in paper, pen and ink, and began to draw a map for Ye Mingyu in detail. No one knows Tongxiang better than her, and she knows every place in Tongxiang. If there is something she doesn't know, it is the county government that has taken on a completely new look. Feng Yutang has made the county government "his" county government. Jiang Li didn't know how much it has changed.

But she knows everything about Tongxiang and other places. Ye Mingyu was going to take action in Tongxiang. With this map, he was even more powerful. No one could do it in more detail than her.

After finishing the map, she began to look at the file again, and recorded the loopholes in the file, to see if she could use this to find out some evidence in the future.

Unknowingly, time passed quickly, Bai Xue and Tong'er called Jiang Li to dinner, but Jiang Li didn't care about it. It was getting dark, and the oil lamp was lit in the house, and Jiang Li realized that it was already night. She looked out the window, frowned and asked, "Uncle hasn't come back yet?"

Bai Xue shook her head.

"Why have you been here for so long..." Jiang Li murmured, and just as she was talking, Ah Shun who was beside Ye Mingyu came to report: "Miss Biao, the third master is back, and the dumb woman is also brought back, do you want to meet now? "

Jiang Li was overjoyed and said, "Come here."

When I went to the room, I saw the dumb woman, who was devouring her meal, as if she hadn't eaten something good for a long time. Ye Mingyu sat on the side, crossed his legs, gnawed on a steamed bun, and when he saw Jiang Li coming, he said as if asking for credit: "Ah Li, what's the matter, I brought people here, and no one was found." Then he said: "Bah, Feng Yutang is so unlucky to find someone to follow me. If I hadn't asked someone to pretend to be me to lure him away, I don't know when I would be able to get rid of this trouble. The place where the dumb woman lives is not under surveillance, but just in case One, I'd better wait until it gets dark before bringing her here."

Jiang Li looked at the dumb woman.

The gray-haired old lady swallowed her last mouthful of porridge before looking at Jiangli.

The dumb woman's face was full of ravines due to old age, her eyelids were drooped, her back was hunchbacked, and her figure was thin. She was an old lady in her dying years. Probably because of the work of pouring night incense, there was an unpleasant smell all over his body. Others must avoid it.

Jiang Li didn't show disgust, but said calmly: "Mute."

The dumb woman looked at Jiangli for a while, then suddenly said, "Who are you?"

Ye Mingyu was taken aback. Along the way, from the time he took the old lady away, the old lady hadn't said a word, even when she was taken away, the surprise was only for a short moment. Hearing that when people get old, they are always so calm, Ye Mingyu thinks this old lady is dull. Jiang Li said at first that the dumb woman could talk, but Ye Mingyu thought it was a joke, but now the dumb woman really spoke, her voice was hoarse, but it was still clear, and he muttered: "You really can talk! .”

"My name is Jiang Li." Jiang Li looked at her and said with a smile: "Mute woman, I came here to find out where Xue Xiancheng's former subordinates are now."

The dumb woman said, "I don't know."

Jiang Li smiled: "How come you don't know? Feng Yutang replaced all the people who used to be Xue Huaiyuan, but he didn't replace you. I probably think that you will be good, but I know, you know, right? "

The dumb woman said: "I know, but I can't say it, if I say it, I will die."

"Don't you want to avenge Xue Xiancheng?" Jiang Li smiled, "Xue Xiancheng is a good man." There is another sentence she didn't say, Xue Huaiyuan once helped the dumb woman.

The dumb woman was originally a widow, her husband died young, she had no children, and she did not remarry. Because of his ugly appearance and being single, he is often bullied. When Xue Huaiyuan took them into office, the dumb woman was already an ugly old woman who was bullied.

She often went to pick up other people's leftovers to eat, and she didn't want to be a beggar begging on the street. It is not a problem to have enough food and clothing for a few months.

If it weren't for Xue Huaiyuan, the dumb woman would have froze to death on a certain winter day. And the dumb woman's dumbness is precisely because she has been bullied by others all the year round, and she gradually refuses to speak, so others think she can't speak. But Jiang Li knew that the dumb woman could talk, because once Xue Zhao gave the dumb woman the wild fruit she picked, and she heard the dumb woman say "thank you" to Xue Zhao.

Feng Yutang replaced everyone in the county yamen, but he didn't replace the dumb woman, probably because he thought the dumb woman was just a night-scented person and was of no use. In addition, the dumb woman was still a mute, so she really saw and heard it. , can't tell.

But the moment Jiang Li saw that the dumb woman was still there in the county government today, she knew that her chance had come.

The dumb woman looked at Jiangli blankly, which made her look like a fake coincidence, and she said vaguely: "Why should I believe you?"

"It's not believing in me." Jiang Li said softly, "It's believing in fairness and justice."

"Is it fair for Xue Xiancheng to be imprisoned? Is it fair for someone like Feng Yutang to sit on a local judge? Besides, when Xue Xiancheng is here, dumb woman, you should live better It’s much better now, at least it’s full and warm, isn’t it?” Jiang Li smiled, and glanced at the table on one side, where the food on the table had been swept away by the dumb woman, and the winter coat she was wearing , has broken many holes.

The dumb woman lowered her head.

The rich lady in front of her was right. When Xue Huaiyuan was around, she had enough to eat and warm clothes. Xue Huaiyuan's son Xue Zhao and daughter Xue Fangfei would often send her things to help her. Although she is still in the county government office now, let alone a month ago, what she eats on weekdays is the leftovers from the officials.

Life is not easy, Feng Yutang's days in office are like those days when she was bullied when she was young. But in this world, why is it that good people don't live long and evil people last thousands of years?

The dumb woman raised her head to look at Jiang Li again, and she asked, "Why are you helping Xue's family?"

"I have an old friend with the Xue family," Jiang Li said, "I was entrusted by someone to rehabilitate the Xue family. Don't worry, I won't tell others. It was you who told us these things, and Feng Yutang couldn't find out about you. I can guarantee your safety."

The dumb woman laughed hoarsely. When she smiled, the creases on her face were huddled together, but she looked much more kind than the gloomy one just now. She said: "I have nothing to be afraid of. I have lived so long, I have already lived enough. I still stay in the county government just to see how long the county magistrate Feng Yutang can do. I hope to avenge the Xue family, but I can't do it, I waited and waited, and finally I waited for you."

Ye Mingyu opened his mouth wide, and suddenly he uttered such a long sentence from this old lady who is not good at words, it was really surprising. And what she said was touching.

Jiang Li looked at her quietly, and after a while, reached out to hold the dumb woman's hand: "Thank you."

The young and plump hands are stacked with the old and dry hands, but it seems to have reinjected vitality into the old man. The dumb woman's eyes became very bright, she spoke very slowly, but every word was very clear.

"Feng Yutang and the others replaced everyone in the county government office. Mr. Xue was imprisoned, and his subordinates refused to accept it and were locked up. There was a little black who was struggling and was killed by them. Feng Yutang was afraid of killing the rest. If they get too much and cause trouble, they will be sent to the mine tunnel in Dongshan to be mined for others."

"Dongshan Mine Road?" Jiang Li was surprised, "Isn't that an abandoned mine?"

The dumb woman glanced at her: "It's rare for you to know."

Ye Mingyu interrupted: "What is the mine? There are still mines in Tongxiang?"

The dumb woman sighed: "Few people know about the mine. When it comes to the younger generation, not to mention outsiders, even Tongxiang locals don't know that there is a mine in Tongxiang. Decades ago, someone lived in Dongshan, Tongxiang. Gold was dug in the mine, and others said it was a gold mine, so they reported it to the imperial court. The imperial court sent people to explore, and even asked people to mine in the mine, but after digging for a whole year, except for a little bit of gold, no gold mine was dug. The officials in charge of mining at that time were dismissed, and this mine is also an abandoned mine.”

Jiang Li was not as surprised as Ye Mingyu when she heard what the dumb woman said. The young people in Tongxiang, even some older ones, didn't know about it, but she did. Before Xue Huaiyuan took office, he wanted to know about Tongxiang's past, and he had personally seen the Dongshan Mine.

Jiang Lidao asked, "Since it is an abandoned mine, why did Feng Yutang send them there?"

The dumb woman sneered: "Because Feng Yutang wanted to torture these people. He then sent those people to the mine and asked them to work in the mine tunnel from morning to night until the gold was dug out. Everyone knows that Dongshan can't dig out gold. Those people If you can't dig gold in your life, don't even think about it in your life."

"He is abusing his power. The mining of mines has to be reported to the court. He even mines gold privately. Even an abandoned mine is enough to be his crime!" Jiang Li said angrily.

"Miss, you have to know that none of the people working in the mine is comfortable. Besides, Feng Yutang planned to torture them, and it will only get worse. I heard from Feng Yutang's subordinates that the officials were stripped naked, their limbs Put on shackles, work all day long, if you don't do well, you will be beaten and kicked frequently, and you will be killed or injured. It is common for a man of seven feet to live worse than a dog. If this continues, I don't know how many people can survive , I don’t know how many people are still alive.”

"This is too much!" After hearing what the dumb woman said, Ye Mingyu slapped the table, "It's just crazy!"

Jiang Li pursed her lips tightly and did not speak, making the people who were originally officials into slaves, driven by confession, Jiang Li imagined the miserable situation of those people. This kind of torture is not only a physical torture, but also a great damage to their self-esteem.

Feng Yutang is really lawless in Tongxiang.

"That's all I know, that's all." The dumb woman said, "Miss, if you want to find those officials who disappeared, you can go to Dongshan to have a look. But don't let anyone find out, there are still Feng Yutang's subordinates watching over there... ...Do you know where Dongshan is?"

"I know." Jiang Li said, "I know how to find those people."

The dumb woman looked at her, and slowly said: "Miss, I don't know what you are behind, but since you have started to investigate the case of the Xue family, I hope you can investigate it to the end. I am an old bone, and I am about to enter The coffin is gone, as long as I can reverse the case for the Xue family and let me see that God still has fairness and justice, it doesn't matter if my life is worth it."

"Don't worry." Jiang Li looked at her and said like an oath: "I swear, I will investigate to the end, and I will not give up halfway. No matter what troubles I encounter, I will never give up. If I break my oath, I will be struck by lightning."

The dumb woman was relieved.