Chang Anqing

Chapter 350
Because of the anger of the corruption case, Yang Chongyuan, who came to Lishan for hunting, was naturally dispirited, but after staying for less than half a month, he returned to Chang'an with a bad heart.

Just when everyone was anxious and cautious, no one thought that the truth of this corruption case was far from being so simple and thorough.

When Chen Guogong Yang Yuanjing led his troops to blockade the mansion of the criminal Yu Shijing and searched it inside and out, the family property he got almost shocked the whole Chang'an, and even shocked Yang Chongyuan, the founding emperor.

Not to mention the family property, fields, and shops owned by Yu Shijing, they are just carved beams and painted buildings in the mansion, famous paintings and antiques, gold ornaments and jade articles, which one can be exchanged for, which is not a sky-high price?

But the salary of a first-rank Beijing official in Chang'an is only so much, not to mention this life, even three or five lifetimes may not be able to accumulate such a staggering amount of wealth.

Therefore, the moment Yang Yuanjing reported the sealed accounts to the heaven, he shocked the government and the public, and aroused many officials' enthusiasm, wishing to criticize and attack him.

Yes, the same as an official.

Some people only have clothes for four seasons in a year, guarding a salary that can't die of starvation, keeping their careers private, living a tight life, and working hard for the common people for most of their lives.

And some people?But without any effort, he collected countless wealth, but where could these wealth come from?Isn't it all the people's fat and people's anointing from layers of exploitation and search?
All of a sudden, the sinner Yu Shijing became a tycoon in the country that everyone could punish. Not to mention the officials and people in Chang'an, even the counties and counties in every state launched a thorough investigation of the Yu family and severely punished them.

Facing the growing condemnation in the court, there are also petitions that almost overwhelm the imperial case.Yang Chongyuan Longyan was furious, and immediately ordered Dali Temple and the Sanfa Department to re-interrogate, and must conduct a thorough investigation again.

As Yu Shijing's elder brother, Yu Dingfang had a prosperous career in the court, and his career was flourishing, and he had aroused the envy of many people, both openly and secretly.

Therefore, at this time, those who are interested will naturally link this matter with his intentions or inadvertence. It is convenient to kowtow in the court hall to reflect on the crime of negligence, but there are still rumors that it is far from being as simple as negligence.

Under these layers of pressure, the memorial to impeach Yu Dingfang went crazy again, forcing Yu Dingfang, the minister's right servant, to shoot, and the dignified "prime minister" took off his crown and asked to be sent to prison, begging the emperor to find out.

However, when everyone was waiting for Yu Dingfang to collapse, the officials who held the imperial decree to investigate Yu Dingfang found nothing. They never expected that although the "Prime Minister" of the dynasty was not impoverished, he was definitely upright. Clean and unpretentious.

Although he lives in the first class, the mansion he lives in, and the fiefdoms he owns are all gifts from the emperor. Except for the gifts from the emperor, everything in the house is very common. It can be said that everything is clear and clean.

In this way, those who wanted to add insult to injury naturally rushed in vain, and could only watch Yu Dingfang being wronged in resentment, not to mention the emperor personally praised him and restored him to his original post, even the common people all praised him as a rare and upright official.

And in Dali Temple, under the interrogation by the three courts, the criminal Yu Shijing also vomited out the source of his crimes of bribery and exploitation, and took all the blame for his crimes.

For this reason, the Dali Temple clarified Yu Shijing's eight major crimes in the hall, and stated them one by one in front of the emperor's officials, which caused the courtiers to kneel down and beg the emperor to punish him severely. Kneeling down and begging, every word and sentence reveals the four words of righteousness and extinction of relatives.

After all this fueled the flames, Yang Chongyuan’s anger of the emperor was pushed to the extreme, and he immediately wrote an imperial sentence, hanged the criminal Yu Shijing and his male relatives, and confiscated all his family property, while the rest of the family members, regardless of gender, were not enslaved and distributed to the frontier. Never return to Chang'an.

Just like that, in the rainy June, the rich and powerful Yu Mansion collapsed, whether it was Yu Shijing's wife and concubine, Mei Ji, Chuai's children, or those servants who were arrogant, they were all put on The sinner's shackles were sent to the unknown future amidst the pointing and cursing of the world.

In mid-June, the continuous rain gradually turned into a downpour. Listening to the sound of pouring rain outside, in the cold and damp cell, Yu Shijing, whose prison clothes had already been tattered, was lying on the dirty haystack like a pool of stagnant water, listening There were the squeaks of rats, the painful wails of prisoners, the rude curses of jailers, and the sound of whipping.

At this moment, he has long lost his suave and suave appearance. He looks like a pool of mud. His unkempt hair covers a face full of dirt, and his eyes stare blankly at the small door that was opened on the cell. windows.

He knew that he was not far from death.It was doomed the moment he understood his brother's intentions, decided to shoulder all the guilt, and save his family with death.

Even if he doesn't want to, dare not admit it anymore, he has to face the fact that the holy anger he aroused now is no longer the result of whether he can survive or not, but that he died alone, or a group of people accompanied him to die result.

Thinking of this, Yu Shijing couldn't help shivering, a kind of bone marrow-gnawing fear spread from the bottom of his heart to his whole body again, which made him curl up and hug himself tightly, trying hard to stop the unreasonable trembling.

There is no one who is not afraid of death.

So what.

As long as he can keep his family, his children...

Yes, as long as they can be kept, as long as brother can keep them, it's better than the whole family going to hell.

At this moment, Yu Shijing couldn't help comforting himself in his heart, as if he could forget the fear of being strangled.

Accompanied by the terrifying footsteps, Yu Shijing was frightened and couldn't help shrinking into the shadows and darkness. The next moment, he saw the jailer with indifferent and contemptuous eyes walking over with the food, and threw the food outside the door like feeding a dog, and said impatiently: "Eat quickly, you don't have a few days left."

When Yu Shijing's eyes fell on the meal that was not sour, it looked like it had vegetables and meat, and it was many times better than before, he couldn't help sobbing in his throat as if he had choked on a stone. He naturally understood that this was a decapitation dinner.

Seeing Yu Shijing's face covered with tears in fright, the jailer couldn't help but snorted coldly, and then spit out: "It's so beautiful in the past, isn't it so tired that the whole family went to hell together? A companion—”

Hearing the jailer's cursing words, Yu Shijing's pupils were startled, and she crawled to the door like crazy and desperately, and shouted hoarsely, "What did you say? What did you just say? What is going to hell? Who is going to go to hell!"

The jailer who had already walked away slowly was startled by him, and immediately walked back angrily and hit the door with a whip. The whip fell on Yu Shijing's body and made the sound of skin and flesh being ripped apart, but even so, he still didn't care. Unmoved, he shook the prison door frantically: "Say it, say it!"

"You still don't know about it?"

Seeing his crazy appearance, the jailer couldn't help but playfully said: "Tsk tsk, what did you do when you were plundering people's wealth and having a good time?"

"Okay, then I'll tell you, and let you be a smart ghost. Your son has been hanged, and he will accompany you to the execution ground in two days. As for the others, they will also be sent to the frontier as slaves. But who knows that they can't stand the toss, and before halfway there, your wives, concubines and daughters are all dead, and the rest of them may not live for a few days when they get to the place."

As soon as these words came out, Yu Shijing's pupils trembled, and his body shaking against the prison door trembled even more violently.

dead, all dead—

"No, no—"

Yu Shijing kept murmuring as if she had lost her soul: "He said he would save them, he said—"

"preservation?"

Hearing Yu Shijing's words, the jailer said as if hearing a fairy tale: "The crimes you committed are enough for you to die ten times. Who else would dare to save them? Even the unparalleled You Pushe was so troubled by you that he took off his hairpin." Take off your hat and make an apology."

"I want to see Yu Dingfang! I want to see Yu Dingfang!" Hearing what the jailer said, Yu Shijing was reminded, and immediately screamed like crazy.

"It's up to you? Are you worthy? You want to see You Servant, but people don't want to see you again! You Servant is upright and honest. In order to plead for the common people, he personally brought a petition from all officials and asked His Majesty to punish you severely. Please demote yourself and punish yourself, now you still want to see him? A joke!"

"Let him come to me! Let him come to me!"

Seeing that Yu Shijing was completely insane, the jailer spat in disgust, turned around and went outside.

"Yu Dingfang! You lied to me! You lied to me! Come, come, I want to see him, I want to see him!"

Yu Shijing was so desperate that his crazy roar resounded through the prison, but no one paid attention to him, leaving him with red eyes and shaking the prison door...

(End of this chapter)